PGM Incredible Hulk 181... in fact, give it two grades... as is... and after a press... cuz it sure as hell needs one... EDIt: grade is in... 0

[oldrover]

On 12/13/2018 at 12:14 AM, davet75 said:

Major defects: accumulation of color breaking creases on the spine and corners, edge and cover wear with some color loss, and long color breaking crease.  rusty staple and minor rust migration not an issue at this grade.

CGC 4.0

Normally i'd say this would not improve with a press, but there's an example of an FF5 that had a press and spine realignment that reduced the appearance of the spine creases and appeared to actually reduce the severity of the color breaking and the grade looks like it jumped from a 3.0 raw to a CGC 4.0.  amazing work. 

If the same magic can be applied to this book, i'd say a good dry clean could clear up the dirty whites, and a good press and spine realignment will fix the spine roll and may reduce the appearance of the color breaking spine creases.  This could possibly hit 4.5 if you have the same results as the FF5.  Can't say for sure if this would be the case, but check this out and judge for yourself.

 

Nailed it. Came back a 4.5. Nice work, Dave!

[oldrover]

And after all that... 4.0's and 4.5's are selling for almost exactly the same money.

 

 

[davet75]

Hi Ross.  Very happy to see you got the bump to 4.5. 

The pricing from 4.0 to 4.5 will definitely start to diverge at some point soon... likely when Disney/ Marvel announces it's first X-Men movie.