PGM Journey into Mystery 83 1 1

[dogfooddog]

Hi, this is my first post here - I was going through our silver age title and realized I had picked this up in the distant past.    note pencil on back

 

all comments/insight appreciated, have not had to evaluate something on this scale before.

 

Edited January 26, 2019 by dogfooddog
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[theCapraAegagrus]

4.5 IMO.

[Phill the Governor]

With a dry clean I'm at a 5.5

 

On the middle back right cover, is that a horizontal pencil mark or a tear?

Edited January 28, 2019 by Phill the Governor

[timfinz]

Nice book!

Spoiler

4.5 IMHO

 

[dogfooddog]

2 hours ago, Phill the Governor said:

With a dry clean I'm at a 5.5

 

On the middle back right cover, is that a horizontal pencil mark or a tear?

thanks to all posters for  replies - 

 

I had thought this was a deep pencil mark (and it may be anyway) but on the back cover, that  is a slight cut?/tear, goes all the way through the back cover and is about 1cm long.  is visible  on the back page, I did not  see it a few  more pages  into back of book (not 100% sure how many pages it penetrates).

 

how might this impact grading vs. the thread consensus?

[marmat]

Very cool book, 4.0

[Phill the Governor]

2 hours ago, dogfooddog said:

thanks to all posters for  replies - 

 

I had thought this was a deep pencil mark (and it may be anyway) but on the back cover, that  is a slight cut?/tear, goes all the way through the back cover and is about 1cm long.  is visible  on the back page, I did not  see it a few  more pages  into back of book (not 100% sure how many pages it penetrates).

 

how might this impact grading vs. the thread consensus?

With a dry clean I'm at a 5.0 but wouldn't be surprised at a 5.5

[Bomber-Bob]

Lots of chipping with a dangiing 'chad' but the tear holds it down for me. If the Back cover pencil marks clean up I can see this as high as 5.0. Right now, I am at 4.5 . No big pieces missing, no stains, nice book. 

[The Lions Den]

The back cover brings it down a bit for me...4.5.

[Dark Knight]

4.5

[Mucheee1]

4.0 due to roughness of bc

[Primetime]

VG (4.0) 

[comicginger1789]

4.5 for me for the same reasons others have mentioned. Potential for higher with a cleaning though.

[Lpgk]

3.5 due to the soft spine and pencil. 

[flashlites]

My first thought was a 4.0, but with the cut/gouge on the back cover penetrating layers of the book I believe it would grade a 3.0.

[LDarkseid1]

In the 4.0 range. Could benefit a pressing/cleaning.

[flashlites]

On 1/25/2019 at 2:25 PM, dogfooddog said:

Hi, this is my first post here - I was going through our silver age title and realized I had picked this up in the distant past.    note pencil on back

 

all comments/insight appreciated, have not had to evaluate something on this scale before.

 

I would love to have this book in my collection in any condition!!! Thanks again for sharing it with us.

[PopKulture]

4.0, maybe 4.5, and a great presenting copy for the grade!  

[engelhard]

I think this is in the range of a 3.0 to 4.5...  awesome book and still a good looking copy.  i wish i had it

If it was mine i would not get it pressed/cleaned... Sure you may be able to get rid of some of those flaws but i think its to risky with this grade.. besides a 3.0 to 4.5 will still bring a high dollar amount

[Spawn1709]

Very good book. I'm pretty jealous. 

4.0 for me!