How does *this* one defect affect an otherwise 9.6/9.8 book 0

[Schmakt]

For some dumb reason I'm standing up holding a bag of comics trying to get the tape off... the tape comes off, I drop the bag, and the books land pretty solidly on one corner.  Each book is bag/boarded separately, so it could have been worse; the two on each end understandably got the worst of it.  It was just a bag of a half dozen moderns from DCBS, so no major worries or anything, but how would you grade an otherwise 9.6/9.8 book with a crushed upper-spine corner?

Can they still be 9.2's?

Hard to see on the scans, but here are close-ups of the two worst books...

(Limited edition No Prize if you can tell what books they are... first shipment post-Covid)

     

 

Edited June 16, 2020 by Schmakt

[steveinthecity]

Ask a Mod to move this to the Grading and Restoration forum.  You’ll get more eyes on it for sure.

[Doctor Dositheus]

IF the rest of the book is flawless it could still get a 9.6 I believe but 9.4 would be a better bet.

Edited June 16, 2020 by Doctor Dositheus

[csaag]

I have a Wolverine 1 with an ULC which looked like the left picture.  After a press it got a 9.6

[Deadpoolica]

Left might pull a 9.6 on a good day

Right no better than 9.4

[seanfingh]

4 minutes ago, Deadpoolica said:

Left might pull a 9.6 on a good day

Right no better than 9.4

I agree with this.

[Schmakt]

thanks everyone!

Good to know I was probably being a little too harsh... but, regardless, even if I can't grade, you'd think that 30 years of collecting comics would have at least taught me to sit down first!