Looking for opinions for a resto project. Black Rider 8 0

[gadzukes]

I have this amazingly high grade front cover (except for the spine edge) to Black Rider 8 (the Stan Lee cover).

I've been told it also it's almost certainly from the  "New Hampshire pedigree".

Most copies you see of this issue are not super high grade.  From what I can tell from the ones I've seen, my cover is the nicest.

I've had a thought of buying a mid grade copy of the issue, removing the front cover from it, and having my cover leaf-cast onto it.  What do you think?  Is this a stupid idea?  It obviously would get a restored label, but because of the nice quality of the cover it might get a higher grade.

My other thought is to just slab the cover and request the Pedigree label..... yeah... maybe this is the way to go.  If I were to get the pedigree label it would look pretty sweet.

[Terry JSA]

You should just submit the cover and get the pedigree label. No need to ruin a perfectly good cover. 

Edited July 30, 2021 by Terry_JSA

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 7/30/2021 at 7:30 PM, Terry_JSA said:

You should just submit the cover and get the pedigree label. No need to ruin a perfectly good cover. 

[gadzukes]

On 7/30/2021 at 7:30 PM, Terry_JSA said:

You should just submit the cover and get the pedigree label. No need to ruin a perfectly good cover. 

I went ahead and asked CGC about it and they said they'd give the cover the pedigree label so that's the route I'm going.

[Terry JSA]

On 8/5/2021 at 8:46 AM, gadzukes said:

I went ahead and asked CGC about it and they said they'd give the cover the pedigree label so that's the route I'm going.