Croatbag Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hello, First time poster here be gentle. As like many people in the last year I've rediscovered my comics and got the fever again. Went through my old collection as a kid and found some that I want to get graded so I'm trying to work on my grading. Here is my ASM 300 for your review. The top left FC has what I think is a bindery tear, but it sort of wraps around into the front a little bit so not sure if that will be ignored as a bindery tear or get docked against me. Other than that really all I see is some spine ticks, more evident on the back because of the black. The scan actually makes the spine ticks look much worse than I feel they do in person. Let me know your thoughts, and if I needed to add more images or uploaded things the wrong way please let me know to correct it. Thanks in advance for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 8.0 / 8.5 The tear will negatively impact the grade and I feel like there are enough spine ticks to keep it just short of being NM. But hey, that also tells me you treated it like a comic book as a kid. Reading and enjoying it. Nice looking book and welcome to the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The lips Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Yeah I’m at an 8 or 8.5 my favourite ever book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croatbag Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 4 hours ago, KCOComics said: 8.0 / 8.5 The tear will negatively impact the grade and I feel like there are enough spine ticks to keep it just short of being NM. But hey, that also tells me you treated it like a comic book as a kid. Reading and enjoying it. Nice looking book and welcome to the boards. Yeah, I'm hoping that top parts just considered a bindery issue, wishful thinking maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I think there may be too much going on with the spine and with that corner tear to hit 8.5 I'll go 7.5 with a punchers chance at 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Am The Answer! Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 The Answer is: 7.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...