AJ0605 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Looking for some help on this one. The covers look nice. Some small spine stresses. The main concern for me is the discoloration on the top and bottom of the covers. It's not super easy to see in the pics, but can be seen in person. From doing some research it seems that this would be tanning? It's also hard for me to discern the color of the inside pages. Obviously it's probably hard to tell from the pictures. I'm not sure how all of this would affect the grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 the book looks great but has those few issues u were talking about. Based on the tanning i think u start talking about something in the range of 7.0 I would think based on the high quality of the rest of the book it should b like a 7.5 p.s. I'm pretty sure others will grade it higher,,,that 1st page certainly doesn't appear to b very clean and looks like it has a lot of wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ0605 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thanks for that. I’ve never bought a book that had tanning on the inside with what appared to be a VF to NM cover. It was pretty surprising and wasn’t sure how much of a hit it has on grade. It doesn’t seem like that common of a problem on higher grade books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 anybody else want 2 help this guy with a grade ...i'm a newbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 A white color background on a cover is a pretty hard color to keep blind white and this book demonstrates it. The Tanning is certainly bleeding through on the front and it's a really glaring discoloration as opposed to other print colors, so, it's screaming at you. I had about four copies of this book off the newsstand. I went to High grade comics to look at a comparable cover and theirs is really white, so it's going to hurt you. What I also looked at was the price there to help decide what exactly to do and it leaves you scratching your head . Around a 7.0 it lists at about $150. The book given the white really needs cleaning, not so much pressing and cleaning would help . The tan pages are I suspect a result of how it was stored but isn't toothpaste that's going back in the tube. My current shot is a 6.5, perhaps a 7.0 with cleaning. Then, look at the market and decide if you want to invest that plus grading. It's not a cheap book but it's not a high value either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 As is, this should pull about an 8.0 at the CGC. It's very consistent with other #1s in that CGC grade, and extremely susceptible to the edge tanning seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 and there ya have it AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 7.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 prove us all wrong. Get it graded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 7.5 - when in doubt CGC currently loves 7.5s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 cgc 8.0 FoggyNelson, ComicConnoisseur and Lucky Baru 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Baru Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 7.0 to 7.5 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 metropolis has an 8.0 listed that in my opinion has more pronounced tanning than this copy. It is $200.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuscemasAvengers Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Unless there is structural damage I cannot see, I'm at an 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdean2437 Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
