Zegeroth Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) I’m new getting in to this and have hit these square bound books hard on my grading. I’d like to check what I think based on this comic. This comic has a 1/2” spine split at the top and 1/4” split at the bottom. Edit: fixed topic name, and added better light back cover. Edited March 23, 2021 by Zegeroth More clarity to title. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zegeroth Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 I was looking at the pic and wondering about the spot on the back cover, lower left. It was some crud that game right off. Also my lighting is a bit dark, the pages are closer to cream than tan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) What are you asking for? BTW, welcome!!! Edited March 23, 2021 by Galen130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zegeroth Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Just looking for a grade? Curious how hard the spine tears hurt it. I’m thinking 4.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Zegeroth said: Just looking for a grade? Curious how hard the spine tears hurt it. I’m thinking 4.5. Okay, my apologies. Just trying to clarify your request. A clean/press can help here, especially with the stain and spine roll. As for the splits in the glued spine....that’s a new one for me. I haven’t seen that myself, physically, so I’m hoping my fellow boardies can help out. I don’t know if a press is a good idea or not with the glue...but at the same time, I’m guessing these splits are the same as stapled spine splits. I’ll reserve an estimate until we get some expert enlightenment. Zegeroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zegeroth Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 48 minutes ago, Deadpoolica said: 3.5 3.5 Deadpoolica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I'll go 4.0....I've seen some pretty jacked up Squarebounds lately, grade much higher than normal....esp ASM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH1964 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zegeroth Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 Did a press and clean on this. Think I got it past a 3.5-4.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 4.5 Zegeroth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...