Axelrod Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) So, I have recently reacquired my childhood/teenage years comic book collection and I've been slowly going through it to see what there is to see. What I mainly see is a lot of "I really should have taken better care of this..." but, ah well. Still, there are a lot of memories here and maybe some books that still have some value. I'm going to try posting some of these over the next few days. Main questions are (1) Strictly from a "value" perspective, are any of them worth getting CGC graded; and (2) could they be improved with a pressing and/or cleaning? I have a twofer today. My two copies of Avengers 196, both with significant (but different!) defects. This one I think is the somewhat nicer one. Has maybe a 1/8" - 1/4" tear in the top left corner and some assorted creasing. Also some kind of ink transfer/staining/mold to the first and last pages? Thanks for looking! (I don't know why some of these pictures are being duplicated. I didn't upload more than one image. Can't figure out how to fix it though) Edited April 15, 2022 by Axelrod 1950's war comics and Galen130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH1964 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 6.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 6.5ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Thanks for the grades! I don't suppose anyone has an opinion on whether this particular comic could be improved with a pressing and/or cleaning of some type? I imagine those black smudges on the front and back pages can't be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 A clean/press might get this to a 7.0. 6.5 more likely...IMO. Axelrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 6.5 I don't believe it will improve with a c&p Axelrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 7.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 19 hours ago, Funnybooks said: 6.5 I don't believe it will improve with a c&p Agree with the former; Disagree with the latter. Axelrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 CGC 6.5 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 Well, after more than a year, I finally bit the bullet and submitted my first batch of books to CGC. The thing that finally tipped me over the edge - the final George Perez signing. He was always my favorite artist of my favorite series. And then it was cancelled, sadly. And I had the choice to have everything sent back, or just go ahead and do it anyway. And I decided, what the heck. Some of the books I sent in were ones that almost certainly would not have been worth doing (from a purely financial standpoint) without getting that Perez sig., but, I still am glad to have had the experience. And they certainly do look nice. This one I kind of feel might have gotten a "we're very sorry the signing was cancelled" bump. Pleasantly surprised at the grade it got. grendelbo and Galen130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
