Galen130 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) Hey there!!! I consider myself fairly educated on comic grading, but I haven't reached out to fellow collector's before to see how I compare to that larger pool of knowledge. Please tell me what you think of my copy of Action Comics #298. If the lighting isn't good enough, I apologize. I haven't quite set up a decent spot in the house for taking pictures. Thanks all!!! Enjoy!!! Edited January 13, 2021 by Galen130 i forgot to add pics. duh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I would feel comfortable with a 6.0 Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 6.5/7.0 Edited June 29, 2020 by Deadpoolica Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 7.0 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Hey, all. Kinda hoping I could get a bit more input on this book. I will have a batch of bronze age heading to CGC by the end of summer, and this will be one of them. Thanks for looking!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Rob Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Difficult to tell from the pictures, but it looks as if the spine could be starting to split at both the top and the bottom. I'm going with 5.0. If I am wrong about the spine splits, obviously I would go higher on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 Book sent to CGC. Should see it again by end of September. I'll post pics. Deadpoolica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 So late on this one but I’ll throw in a guess... that spine split will be costly at it seems it’s more than an inch 6.0 best of luck Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Book is graded...pics soon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) On 6/29/2020 at 8:48 AM, Galen130 said: Hey there!!! I consider myself fairly educated on comic grading, but I haven't reached out to fellow collector's before to see how I compare to that larger pool of knowledge. Please tell me what you think of my copy of Action Comics #298. If the lighting isn't good enough, I apologize. I haven't quite set up a decent spot in the house for taking pictures. Thanks all!!! Enjoy!!! Just out of curiosity, why does page 2 of the Super-Powers of Lex Luthor story look extremely white compared to page 3? Looks like the staples may have been removed and reseated, maybe one or even two replaced.. Not definitely, but a chance of it that bears a closer look. Edited September 24, 2020 by James J Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, James J Johnson said: Just out of curiosity, why does page 2 of the Super-Powers of Lex Luthor story look extremely white compared to page 3? Looks like the staples may have been removed and reseated, maybe one or even two replaced.. Not definitely, but a chance of it that bears a closer look. It’s already been graded but I don’t have the grade itself yet. I mentioned in the beginning that I didn’t have the best lighting set up back in June. That’s a major contrast between the two pages, but the pages actually looked more like page 3. As for the staples, they were lightly oxidized so I don’t believe they were ever messed with...unless it was years ago before I got it. As soon as I have the slab in hand, I’ll post pics and any graders notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Galen130 said: It’s already been graded but I don’t have the grade itself yet. I mentioned in the beginning that I didn’t have the best lighting set up back in June. That’s a major contrast between the two pages, but the pages actually looked more like page 3. As for the staples, they were lightly oxidized so I don’t believe they were ever messed with...unless it was years ago before I got it. As soon as I have the slab in hand, I’ll post pics and any graders notes. i thought it may be that, the degree of rake and difference in distance to the light source making that page 2 appear more like Baxter paper than newsprint! It's not that exceptionally rare for books to have 2 dissimilar staples, not just dissimilar oxidation rates but the original color and even twists of the staples different. To me, the paper surrounding the staples looks typically similar to when someone replaces or reseats the staples and is all thumbs, or just not precise. Of course, it can be wear, but it's apparent enough here that I'd be looking real close at the crimp at the centerfold and the inside of the cover at those points. That's why I said, Not definite, just a tell for it warranting a closer look. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, James J Johnson said: i thought it may be that, the degree of rake and difference in distance to the light source making that page 2 appear more like Baxter paper than newsprint! It's not that exceptionally rare for books to have 2 dissimilar staples, not just dissimilar oxidation rates but the original color and even twists of the staples different. To me, the paper surrounding the staples looks typically similar to when someone replaces or reseats the staples and is all thumbs, or just not precise. Of course, it can be wear, but it's apparent enough here that I'd be looking real close at the crimp at the centerfold and the inside of the cover at those points. That's why I said, Not definite, just a tell for it warranting a closer look. Interesting. We’ll see if CGC found anything. I’ll share what I learn. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Okay, I have this slab in hand...graded of course. I’m waiting for graders notes to come from my clean/press guy, since he submitted them for me. I’ll add those once I have them. Such a huge delay in getting these back...they were submitted back in September. BTW, congrats @Motor City Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Rob Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Galen130 said: Okay, I have this slab in hand...graded of course. I’m waiting for graders notes to come from my clean/press guy, since he submitted them for me. I’ll add those once I have them. Such a huge delay in getting these back...they were submitted back in September. BTW, congrats @Motor City Rob I got skillz!!! Congrats! Funnybooks and Galen130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Motor City Rob said: I got skillz!!! Congrats! You got a future son...good eye Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Here are the notes: Grader Notes:light spine stress lines to cover small split top of spine staple detached top of back cover very light creasing to cover very light staining to cover very small split bottom of spine Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Motor City Rob said: I got skillz!!! Congrats! Motor City...out of curiosity, what made you grade this at 5.0? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 23 hours ago, Funnybooks said: Motor City...out of curiosity, what made you grade this at 5.0? Thanks He mentioned spine splits, which are killer. I was at a 5.5 before scrolling down. Also was hard to tell that the staple was detached at all. Those are the killers, otherwise I think guess in the Fine and upper Fine range would have been spot on! Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...