Fantastic Four 52 0

[Jasonhelmut]

I’ve Had this for about a decade and I’m debating cracking and pressing it.  It doesn’t have any large noticeable flaws and the notes just say “interior cover tanning.”  Any idea how much that hurts a grade?  The top right front corner is glare/reflection not a crack or crease.  Any guesses on its grade?

[ninanina]

With some danger of being severely under graded, I go in at 9.0...and I'm basing that on a couple things.

1) the numbers in the grade both have rounded bottoms...that rules out 9.2 and 9.4. Not sure if a 9.6 can have tanning on the back cover?

2) it's much nicer than an 8.5 and that would rule out 8.0.

But, without the tanning...an easy 9.6.

This is a beautiful copy.

looking forward to see how I did

[Jasonhelmut]

Thanks for your response, I sure wish you were right!  It’s an 8.  I was wondering how much the tanning detracted from the grade.  It looks pretty good to me and I wasn’t sure how bad that hurt it.

[1950's war comics]

nice SS key !!

[ninanina]

Every Grade description from 9.0 on up reads "The overall look is as if it was purchased from the newsstand". It stops saying that at 8.0. So it got dinged pretty hard because of the tanning. Anyway, it's a copy I would be proud to own.

[Chaos_in_Canada]

I would have guessed 9.0 not 8.  too bad about the tanning on the book I guess CGC hammered it pretty hard. Anyways very nice book!

 

[Spawn1709]

Beauty of a book!