PGM GRADED THOR 165 0

[ROBTOTHEC]

Already been graded!  Wondering what you folks think it got?   First pic is camera, second two are scans.   Thanks

 

 

[csaag]

Nice - the obvious defect is that LRC on the front.  You can see it breaks color on the 1st pic.

Maybe a couple of tiny tics on the spine, but that could easily be my eyes fooling me

One grading guide I'm looking at says a small crease is acceptable for an 8.0 if color is not broken

So I'll guess 7.5 though I hope there's things I don't know which would allow it to grade a bit higher cause it's a nice looking book.

[Black_Adam]

[theCapraAegagrus]

8.0? Outside chance of 8.5?

[oldrover]

I’m thinking it begins with a 9.

[ivegotneatstuff]

I think its a 9.2 ...even considering 9.4

[ROBTOTHEC]

I was hoping at least an 8.5 when I sent it in.  It's a gorgeous copy.   It came back ...  7.0! 

I also had a Batman #227 that I was hoping the same.  Even the CBCS rep at the convention where I submitted them looked at it and said,

"wow, that looks like a pretty nice VF copy!"   It came back at 6.0?   I am thinking I need to break these open and send them to CGC.  There were

others too and they seem to grade awfully harsh and even a little unreasonable.  I have never been that far off with the CGC books I send in.  In fact we are incredibly close or spot on!

Edited March 16, 2019 by ROBTOTHEC

[ivegotneatstuff]

what are the notes? I'm confused - that bottom right corner crease is so light..it barely breaks color - and even with the spine ticks... Ive seen 9.4's with a light corner crease like that before.. theres not enough distributor ink to matter

Is it the soiling on the back cover? 

Edited March 16, 2019 by ivegotneatstuff

[jfairlee]

Was thinking 9.0.   Something not showing for a 7.0.  No way it is that low from pictures.  

[Joosh]

I see discoloration in the white of the title. Is that staining/foxing? 

[ROBTOTHEC]

OK, I have added some pics.  You can see the lower right corner which shows much less in hand than the close up.   Also, you will see two ever so slight spine ticks.  One is in the indicia at the very bottom

of Thors cape.  The other is on the red of his cape just below his hammer.  Other than that the spine is pretty flawless as is the rest of the book other than what I just mentioned.  I own 8.0/8.5 books that show fat worse

than this book does.  I was shocked this was given a 7.0.  Again I own 7.0's with so many more and noticeable flaws than this book.  

 

 

 

 

Edited March 21, 2019 by ROBTOTHEC

[Dick Pontoon]

First and foremost, posting books graded by the other guys is frowned upon by our CGC Overlords and against Board Rules.

That said, the back cover looks problematical to me. That’s a very noticeable stain LLC. There’s a lot of soiling by the spine and it looks dirty elsewhere. Is that a slight staple pull on the lower staple? How bad is the distributor spray? Is it all over the top edge? Does it bleed into many pages?

[ROBTOTHEC]

1 hour ago, Pontoon said:

First and foremost, posting books graded by the other guys is frowned upon by our CGC Overlords and against Board Rules.

That said, the back cover looks problematical to me. That’s a very noticeable stain LLC. There’s a lot of soiling by the spine and it looks dirty elsewhere. Is that a slight staple pull on the lower staple? How bad is the distributor spray? Is it all over the top edge? Does it bleed into many pages?

I did not know that but for future use thank you! 

 The back cover presents far better in hand.  No stain in LLC.  The apparent soiling along the spine is ink from when the book was manufatured.  Yes there is a 1/8" tear at the bottom staple.  Light rub at top staple. 

[CycleGirl]

It's hard to see everything through a slab. Did you ever get the grader's notes?