CGC blue label Whiz Comics #3 with color touch and glue? 0

[Howling Mad]

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I've heard of this, but never seen one in the wild. Is it common to give a blue label to GA books with minor color touch? Did CGC's standards change at some point?

[Chicago Boy]

27 minutes ago, Howling Mad said:

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I've heard of this, but never seen one in the wild. Is it common to give a blue label to GA books with minor color touch? Did CGC's standards change at some point?

Not uncommon imo 

[Howling Mad]

3 hours ago, Chicago Boy said:

Not uncommon imo 

As someone who primarily collects silver age this isn't common at all. I'm wondering, does CGC give more leeway to GA comics? I've certainly seen glue get a blue label, but not color touch.

[Straw-Man]

thousands of such g.a. books, and they go many years back.  my understanding is that it doesn't apply to silver. 

[G.A.tor]

2 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

thousands of such g.a. books, and they go many years back.  my understanding is that it doesn't apply to silver. 

I was once told that if the glue and/or color touch is minor enough that if removed grade would be same, so Cgc allows 

[Sqeggs]

8 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

thousands of such g.a. books, and they go many years back.  my understanding is that it doesn't apply to silver. 

You know I think I've seen it on a few SA books -- possibly these are errors and the books should have been PLODs.  But certainly it's mostly on GA books.

[Sqeggs]

20 hours ago, Howling Mad said:

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I've heard of this, but never seen one in the wild. Is it common to give a blue label to GA books with minor color touch? Did CGC's standards change at some point?

Been their policy from the beginning.  Supposedly was adopted because there were a significant number of ped books (including Church copies) that had a bit of color touch or had minor spine splits sealed with glue.  Putting those books in restored slabs would have been a nonstarter as CGC was trying to attract business from established collectors and dealers. 

On this book, I'll hazard a guess that both the glue and the ct are at the top of the spine and meant to repair a bit of damage there.