Comics with color fading...

[Red Hook]

I have no idea.....what would they knock it down to.....7.0? 7.5? 8?

[divad]

There's always room for more love on the boards!

 

 

That's gross!

 

It looks like something my Mom would send me

 

[divad]

Guess the grade. What you see is what you get, and the book is otherwise 9.X:

 

 

My guess is they came down pretty hard on it There are also two small areas of soiling / boogers / chocolate ice cream in the logo area - otherwise a very sharp book

 

I'll go with a 6.0 , as the fading has not affected the darker background colors. Pov talked about this before somewhere - how the "four colors" fade in stages

[joe_collector]

There are also two small areas of soiling / boogers / chocolate ice cream in the logo area

 

Nah, that's just the scanner picking up the inside cover.

 

EDIT: I just checked and it was spots on the slab. Nice...

[divad]

There are also two small areas of soiling / boogers / chocolate ice cream in the logo area

 

Nah, that's just the scanner picking up the inside cover.

 

What about the dark flecking just above the 4 in the issue number? Is that on the case?

[divad]

It's not a 3-color variant, is it?

[joe_collector]

What about the dark flecking just above the 4 in the issue number? Is that on the case?

 

Yeah, I took it out, and it was like someone saw the grade and snorted some Coke on it.

[Red Hook]

Joe, I'm about to go out to the movies.....so what's the grade?

[joe_collector]

CGC 4.0

 

I guess CGC does go by Overstreet in this case.

[divad]

CGC 4.0

 

I guess CGC does go by Overstreet in this case.

 

HUGE deduct!

 

and I imagine . . . a deft acquisition by JC

[rjpb]

CGC 4.0

 

I guess CGC does go by Overstreet in this case.

 

HUGE deduct!

 

and I imagine . . . a deft acquisition by JC

 

Before I scrolled to the bottom of the page - 4.0 tops is what I was thinking, and even that is a little generous. Whatever the apparent "structure" is like, that degree of fading is significant damage to the book.

[Red Hook]

I just know I wouldn't have one in my collection if I could help it. Very interesting JC.

 

BTW.....I just got back from War of the Worlds......

 

 

AWE-FRIGGIN'-SOME! I even forgot to loathe Cruise. Special effects were mind-boggling. Spielberg has come a long way from "E.T. phone home"!

[joe_collector]

Here's the deal on that book:

 

I bought it for $30-something dollars blind, no pic, no notation of CGC, nada. Just X-Men #94 in VG condition - guaranteed.

 

I put in the opening bid, and won it. And that's what I got.

[gozer]

I'm curious about CGC's attitude about fading. Here's a link to an auction on eBay for a Rangers 35 in CGC 9.2 --

 

Rangers 35

 

Yet it has fairly pronounced fading ... it's got that common Fiction House fading where all the colors start to look the same shade of yellow ... and yet it's still a 9.2 in the eyes of CGC.

 

gozer

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Oh, can it, you tiresome tot-sitter. I was the risible one in our dyad.

[Aces]

CGC 4.0

 

I guess CGC does go by Overstreet in this case.

 

Wow 4.0...

I'd have gone 5.0-6.0

 

That's quite a smack-down.