Please grade my Avengers #93 - 52-Page Neal Adams! Yowza!

[divad]

Arguably, One of the hardest Bronze-Age books to find in grade:

 

 

 

[divad]

Notes: That's a staple "bulge" at the lower staple - not a tear; very light to light spine wear; tiny impact crease to lower left spine corner; common ink streak through Thor's arm; VL surface wear FC; and 1/2" non-color breaking fold/crease to LLBC. O/W, perhaps O/W to White pages.

[ComicSupply]

Bad Day VG/F

Good Day Fine

Great Day Fine+

 

I suck on squarebounds, so don't kill me.

[KingOfRulers]

I'd go with a 6.5.

[Aces]

6.5

[divad]

Bad Day VG/F

Good Day Fine

Great Day Fine+

 

I suck on squarebounds, so don't kill me.

 

[october]

6.5/7.0

[uclapeterg]

7.0.

[Kakapo]

6.5 - I was going to say 6 but let the opinions of others sway me (cardinal sin)

That is a bit of nastiness at the bottom staple, though...

[inconceivable]

If that is not a tear at the lower staple, then I would give this book a 7.5 for the accumulation of small defects with nothing too significant. Back looks pretty nice.

 

Dan

[verygoodplus]

7.0

[nik]

I would go with a 7.5 on this, and it sure is a tough book to find in grade.

[arexcrooke]

Diva, i was going to say f/vf to vf-. But to echo Russ' sentiment, i suck when grading squarebounds. I just do. I dont have many and I dont have many on my wantlist, other than a Thor 193.

[arexcrooke]

What I meant to say was i dont know what is normal production defects and what is allowable for square's, cause it is obviously different than regular books.

[ComicSupply]

Yeah, I am just terrible on them.

 

For instance,

 

Where the staples pop through and catch dirt on the back and front, is that a defect?

 

Bottom left corner where sometimes you see the paper bends in like a blunted corner, is that a defect?

 

Sometimes the binding is offcentered or half on and half off, is that a defect?

[divad]

Yeah, I am just terrible on them.

 

For instance,

 

Where the staples pop through and catch dirt on the back and front, is that a defect?

 

Bottom left corner where sometimes you see the paper bends in like a blunted corner, is that a defect?

 

Sometimes the binding is offcentered or half on and half off, is that a defect?

 

They are all defects, just more prevalent issues on square-bound books. Obviously, if they are absent, then the book without them is a higher grade.

 

But, because they are stapled and then the covers are glued on - a certain amount of staple bulging and dirt is going to be ubiquitous. Similarly, spine puckering at the corners and along the length of the spine where the glue is applied is quite common. Finally mis-aligned and glued covers are rampant - all of these are production defects as they relate to how the book was constructed and manufactured.

 

But perfect copies do exist, and it is these that should get the 9.6's and 9.8's - I wonder if there are ANY 10.0 52 pagers or better? Greggy? Steve? (Bronze age or older please!)