csaag Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) 1st post - been going thru my collection from back in the late 70's bought with my paper route $$$ Still educating myself on the whole submittal process & 'pressing' which I never heard about until a week or so ago. This one may be my key issue book in the best shape. Paper routes didn't pay much. Thanks! Edited October 12, 2019 by csaag grade rcvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 That corner chip, along with page quality makes it a 7.5 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I will also say in the range of 7.0-7.5 for the reasons above plus the fact that the front cover appears slightly faded. The red seems more orange than it ought to, unless that is the lighting. Not sure if a press would help or not, book looks pretty flat and the spine looks awesome. Would definitely grade it as this book in any grade is money right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 thanks cover color does look better live. My phone camera seems to not do that great a job or I'm a poor photog. I am sending it in to CFP soon and he'll see if he can do anything with it and then off to CGC Back in the day when I got this, I remember the copies of AF 15 /FF 1 etc in the glass cases only being a few thousand dollars (though a ton of $$ to me back then) With a character that has had sustained popularity, it makes me wonder what it will be going for in another 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 We are all "assuming" the MVS is still present and intact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 a quick search says that means 'Marvel Value Stamp' Please let me know if I'm wrong I read the book when I first bought it back then and it's been in storage ever since. I hope it would've stuck with me if a piece was cut out so I assume it's there. But I'd have to repage through it to verify. At this point, I'm getting antsy about handling it so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 It is towards the back on an Ad page. If you bought it "brand new" it is most likely there. http://www.mvstamps.com/issues.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 no I bought it for prob ~$25 around the 1980 time frame +/- a few years thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Don't be afraid to handle. Just make sure hands are clean and dry and if you are that worried, slip on some gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I actually think after a pressing this has potential to reach 8.0-8.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, LDarkseid1 said: I actually think after a pressing this has potential to reach 8.0-8.5. This. It's already at 8.0. Spine is smokin' and far over-compensates for the back cover corner chip. 8.5 potential and not more only because of the color-breaking crease on the upper right edge. Color is nice too. You can see the book is a vivid red and not hued toward the orange end of the spectrum in one of those pics. Nice gloss, great spine, great structure, decent centering, no print line or blob distractions... solid 8.0, even with the corner, grade a book on its whole. What a shame you didn't spend all your route money on more of these!! You certainly hit a home run with this. Edited February 13, 2019 by James J Johnson LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks to all. Just gingerly paged thru it and everything is intact. Hope to package it up with several others and ship to CFP. I imagine it will be a bit of time before it returns, but I'll update here whenever it gets back home. Paper route $$$ brought me a lot of joy either occasionally buying ones hanging on the walls (got several of the dark phoenix run in pretty good shape for ~$10) or just thumbing thru the quarter bin looking for favorite issues. Picked up JLA 4 , Flash 139 for like a buck apiece, of course they're in pretty poor shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, James J Johnson said: This. It's already at 8.0. Spine is smokin' and far over-compensates for the back cover corner chip. 8.5 potential and not more only because of the color-breaking crease on the upper right edge. Color is nice too. You can see the book is a vivid red and not hued toward the orange end of the spectrum in one of those pics. Nice gloss, great spine, great structure, decent centering, no print line or blob distractions... solid 8.0, even with the corner, grade a book on its whole. What a shame you didn't spend all your route money on more of these!! You certainly hit a home run with this. Ok good to know I wasn’t going to be the only one in the 8.0 and above range lol. Mine just came back a 7.0 and this is definitely nicer than mine was by at least a point. But even so and honestly none of the defects scared me from thinking this had 8.0 and up potential. A 9.0 on the other hand though I’d say is a stretch. Edited February 14, 2019 by LDarkseid1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, LDarkseid1 said: Ok good to know I wasn’t going to be the only one in the 8.0 and above range lol. Mine just came back a 7.0 and this is definitely nicer than mine was by at least a point. But even so and honestly none of the defects scared me from thinking this had 8.0 and up potential. A 9.0 on the other hand though I’d say is a stretch. The corner eliminates it from 9.0 consideration. The rest of the book would have to be perfect, other than that corner piece defect, for CGC graders to even think of a 9.0, IMO. Early Silver age book? That nice except for the corner? Maybe. But Bronze age with that corner? No. Edited February 14, 2019 by James J Johnson LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 20 hours ago, csaag said: no I bought it for prob ~$25 around the 1980 time frame +/- a few years thanks for the info Too funny... I got mine in 82/83 for Christmas from my Sister and she paid $20/$25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engelhard Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 who cares what the grade is lol slab it and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ell it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiedagod Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowgradecomics Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I was at a 9.0 before I saw that corner.. now I'm thinking 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Wow, I thought this thread was dead. Joeypost is working on it , then off to CGC. So I imagine it will still be a bit before it shows back up. Whenever it does I will update. Thanks to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowgradecomics Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 2 hours ago, csaag said: Wow, I thought this thread was dead. Joeypost is working on it , then off to CGC. So I imagine it will still be a bit before it shows back up. Whenever it does I will update. Thanks to all. Oops! I didn't even look at the original post date, it just showed up at the top of the thread when I happened to be looking through lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...