Avi Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Thoughts on this copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 with the spine beign what it is, top front edge has a couple of sections showing wear, bottom edge has some color loss, minor crease of LRC, back cover has a lot of discoloration along the top. My uneducated guess would be 5.0 Avi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davet75 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 color breaking spine creases, color loss spine wear, color wear with loss at bottom front cover, right lower corner 1/4" color breaking crease, edge wear with slight color loss, light foxing on front cover whites, moderate foxing / dust shadow top of back cover. strong colors, lies flat with no large creases CGC 6.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 5.5 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I'm comfortable at the 6.0 depending on how hard they hit the colour loss. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway29 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 5.5, and I debated if it was 5.0. Pin-up intact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Callaway29 said: 5.5, and I debated if it was 5.0. Pin-up intact? pinup is intact. I was going a little higher on the grade, closer to 6.5 or 7. Was trying to compare with actually graded books for better comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Avi said: pinup is intact. I was going a little higher on the grade, closer to 6.5 or 7. Was trying to compare with actually graded books for better comparison. I agree, I'd think an easy 7.0. Strong colors, not much wrong with it? 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Avi said: pinup is intact. I was going a little higher on the grade, closer to 6.5 or 7. Was trying to compare with actually graded books for better comparison. Here's a 6.5 that was posted up recently Avi. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, Gnasher said: Here's a 6.5 that was posted up recently Avi. Thanks...so maybe after a clean and press can get to 6.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 On 4/9/2019 at 2:08 AM, davet75 said: color breaking spine creases, color loss spine wear, color wear with loss at bottom front cover, right lower corner 1/4" color breaking crease, edge wear with slight color loss, light foxing on front cover whites, moderate foxing / dust shadow top of back cover. strong colors, lies flat with no large creases Whew. I'm glad you added in the sentence at the end! I was going to tell him he should just throw the book out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, Avi said: Thanks...so maybe after a clean and press can get to 6.5 We'll never know 100% until you try. It's been said many times, you have the book in hand, we only have a 2 dimensional representation, so you should have a better idea, and I don't like to second guess cleaning and pressing, but there's been plenty of winners with it. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 21 minutes ago, Gnasher said: Here's a 6.5 that was posted up recently Avi. Sure, but without seeing the back cover of that one, it's hard to guess why it was graded a 6.5. The front looks great but the back could look like it was gnawed by beavers. If the scans here are accurate, the OP's book has exceptional color snap and not a lot wrong with it. I'd be surprised if it didn't grade a 7.0 as is. I'm also not so sure the slight ink loss along the bottom edge wouldn't be discounted as a production defect, as I've seen a number of #181s with varying degrees of it. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Point Five said: Sure, but without seeing the back cover of that one, it's hard to guess why it was graded a 6.5. The front looks great but the back could look like it was gnawed by beavers. If the scans here are accurate, the OP's book has exceptional color snap and not a lot wrong with it. I'd be surprised if it didn't grade a 7.0 as is. I'm also not so sure the slight ink loss along the bottom edge wouldn't be discounted as a production defect, as I've seen a number of #181s with varying degrees of it. That may be true concerning the back cover I've only given it as a guideline for Avi to go by. Personally, I'm still at a 6.0 as it is 1950's war comics and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 fine + 6.5 Point Five and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
