gadzukes Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) Sending this in to be graded on Monday. Looks pretty nice. Front cover is great. Back cover has a couple light stains. Edited February 9, 2019 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 nice! I be in a good mood and say 8.5 because I can't see the spine, if it's clean then maybe 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxwll Smrt Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 FC is nice...VF+ to VF/NM. The BC, because of the stains, dirt and is VF- to VF. Is there a small area of water damage on the BC by the word "candy"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, szavisca said: Looks 7.5 ish as is ….seems like a good candidate for a boost from a press and clean. Whats going on with her complexion? Looks like she broke out in a rash. A few lower grade copies on Ha show that sort of effect on their scans. Curious if anyone knows what caused that...printing variance... tanning?... You're right about her face. Major acne problem. I'm not going to press this one. 1 staple comics make me nervous to press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Very fine or better👍👍‼️💙 Gnasher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I'm at the 6.5/7.0 mark too as she stands now. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 My amateur opinion: 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Grade is in...... It only got a 5.0. Bummer. graders notes say the figure of the Blonde Phantom has tracing mark indentations (I didn't even see that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Great haul today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Favourite cover from this series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 with the slight spine roll...wouldn't a press have helped that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said: with the slight spine roll...wouldn't a press have helped that ? Probably. But, with only 1 staple holding the cover I was nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, gadzukes said: Probably. But, with only 1 staple holding the cover I was nervous. I don't think that slight spine roll made much, if any, difference in the grade. The indentations definitely dropped the grade but I think only one tick. The bigger impact was probably the Back Cover stains. I totally agree with your decision to not press the book with only one staple. It looks like the one staple has a small tear already and it can be risky. There are some wrinkles on the BC that a press probably would have helped. What was the Page Quality ? I think it's a very cool book. Is it a keeper or are you selling it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said: I don't think that slight spine roll made much, if any, difference in the grade. The indentations definitely dropped the grade but I think only one tick. The bigger impact was probably the Back Cover stains. I totally agree with your decision to not press the book with only one staple. It looks like the one staple has a small tear already and it can be risky. There are some wrinkles on the BC that a press probably would have helped. What was the Page Quality ? I think it's a very cool book. Is it a keeper or are you selling it ? Cr-OW PQ This is a TOUGH book to find. It never seems to come up on ebay. It's the only BP I own. I think I'm holding for right now. This group of submissions I just got back have a lot of books you don't see too often. When I get the box from CGC I'll post all the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, gadzukes said: Cr-OW PQ This is a TOUGH book to find. It never seems to come up on ebay. It's the only BP I own. I think I'm holding for right now. This group of submissions I just got back have a lot of books you don't see too often. When I get the box from CGC I'll post all the pics. Cool. It's actually refreshing to see a collector hang on to some books. Looking forward to the pics ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 20 hours ago, gadzukes said: Grade is in...... It only got a 5.0. Bummer. graders notes say the figure of the Blonde Phantom has tracing mark indentations (I didn't even see that). Pressing will help. I had few books with the tracing mark indentations. It kicked about 1 point up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davet75 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, JollyComics said: Pressing will help. I had few books with the tracing mark indentations. It kicked about 1 point up. A dry cleaning of the back cover and a skilled press of the front should help this immensely. Those don't look like water stains so they may clean up nicely. The front cover looks like an 8.5, with the stains I had it at 6.5. Kinda shocked at how harshly this was graded. I get the indentations are considered cover wear, but still seems overly harsh. The worst case scenario is that the staple pops and you're looking at a 4.5 no matter how nice it cleans and presses. tough call... Edited February 10, 2019 by davet75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, davet75 said: "staple pops" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfinz Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Spoiler 5.5 IMHO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 what is a tracing mark indentation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
