L.E. Gill Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Hello, New to the boards. Would appreciate any grading thoughts on this copy of Superboy 197. There are 4 color breaking spine breaks, one at the upper staple, and a few minor finger dents. Slight rip on the back. Nice gloss on cover. Thanks for your time and input. L.E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Really hard to give an accurate grade without a full back cover pic With that said...8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.E. Gill Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 57 minutes ago, Deadpoolica said: Really hard to give an accurate grade without a full back cover pic With that said...8.5 Sorry about that, here's one. I really appreciate your input. I feel pretty comfortable with high grade moderns but despite watching a bunch of tutorials and reading a lot on these boards I have a way to go on mid to high range older comics. Deadpoolica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Beautiful fresh copy of one of my favorite Bronze DC's. The key is what they do with that back cover fraying. Absent that it looks to be 9.0 - maybe even 9.2. So will CGC consider that to be from the cutting and binding process (that's what it looks like to me) and ignore it, or consider it a defect and knock it down to 8.0 or so. I don't know. I wouldn't grade it. I would keep it in a mylar and enjoy the beautiful front cover. Deadpoolica and Kevin.J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.E. Gill Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thank you, I do have it in mylar with a full back. It looks like a cutting error to me but I have no idea how CGC would view such a thing as you said. It's definitely a sentimental favorite cover for me; I think this was the first back issue I ever saved up money to buy from my LCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 8.5 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
