RATE YOUR GA BOOKS ON COVER APPEAL ALONE. Forget grading criteria. 6 6

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Ltpink2002]

AAA

[Tri-Color Brian]

I'll grade some Bakers, since we haven't seen too many of them...

AAAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AA

 

 

[Tri-Color Brian]

And some Fiction House...

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AA

AA

AA

AA

A

B+

C

 

 

[Cat-Man_America]

Since the theme is to rate GA books on cover alone and GA books is a much broader theme than comics I’ll throw another monkey wrench into this menagerie from June 15, 1942 (without a Shadow of doubt, this should fit!)...

AAA+ and then some!

Edited July 6, 2021 by Cat-Man_America

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

Another  Triple A

[telerites]

58 minutes ago, G G ® ™ said:

Another  Triple A

Great book, Paul.

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

3 minutes ago, telerites said:

Great book, Paul.

Thanks Jeff. It was not a tough decision. Buy this restored book before it gets completely out of reach or hang on for an Unrestored, which I probably would never win anyway. No brainer. It's beautiful in hand too.

[Tri-Color Brian]

Let's try some horror/sci-fi...

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

AA

AA

AA

AA

AA

A

A

A

C

 

 

Edited July 6, 2021 by Tri-ColorBrian

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

Just in, another Triple A IMO, to go with its twin.

 

[Timeless icons]

Whiz comics 69                                                     AA Rating. 

Captain Marvel Adventures 130                           B+ Rating. 

Marvel Family 68                                                  A- Rating

Edited July 19, 2021 by Timeless icons

[Cat-Man_America]

Another triple A rated book with real eye appeal...

[Sarg]

On 7/5/2021 at 6:44 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said:

And some Fiction House...

 

It's really striking to compare copies of Fight 31 with no ink fade -- like the one above -- to the far more common faded version, such as the Promise Collection copy. 

The faded copies look positively bland by comparison.

 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

2 minutes ago, Sarg said:

It's really striking to compare copies of Fight 31 with no ink fade -- like the one above -- to the far more common faded version, such as the Promise Collection copy. 

The faded copies look positively bland by comparison.

 

They are not necessarily faded. Ordinarily one would say they are, but Fiction House books are notorious for variations in vibrancy and depth of ink used. It really did depend on where a certain batch of books were printed.

 

[Sarg]

1 minute ago, G G ® ™ said:

They are not necessarily faded. Ordinarily one would say they are, but Fiction House books are notorious for variations in vibrancy and depth of ink used. It really did depend on where a certain batch of books were printed.

Do we know that Fiction House used different printers for the same book? 

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

1 minute ago, Sarg said:

Do we know that Fiction House used different printers for the same book? 

I'm not an expert on it by any means, but this has been discussed at length in various threads about FH books, and it seems to be the consensus of opinion. There are a couple of Boardies who are very knowledgeable about it and precise. I've no reason to doubt it. You can find more info in the 'Planet' thread, and the 'Fiction House' thread....somewhere...they are big threads.