Is it normal for books to come back in worse condition? 1 1

[sckao]

This seems to be a problem with Killing Jokes. You really can't read it and expect to get a 9.8 or higher as opening the cover too far will cause very definable creases in the cover usually. I can imagine how a grader would have to very carefully count the pages, (if they even bother to count the pages on an obviously complete/unread Killing Joke), or basically not even be able to open the comic very far to grade it.

Edited October 8, 2021 by sckao

[revat]

On 10/8/2021 at 2:48 PM, sckao said:

This seems to be a problem with Killing Jokes. You really can't read it and expect to get a 9.8 or higher as opening the cover too far will cause very definable creases in the cover usually. I can imagine how a grader would have to very carefully count the pages, (if they even bother to count the pages on an obviously complete/unread Killing Joke), or basically not even be able to open the comic very far to grade it.

Schoredinger's Killing Joke - Can't know if it's perfect unless you look inside, but if you look inside it can't be perfect.

[waaaghboss]

On 9/3/2021 at 2:10 PM, Bird said:

likely just the angle of the dangle

or overzealous page counting!

You just brought up a terrible image of a grader ripping through a Superman 1 like it was the sunday paper 

[William-James88]

On 9/25/2021 at 9:21 PM, JasonTodd69 said:

Is there any comic out there that isn't ruined after being sent for grading? 

Yes, my Daredevil 1 was not ruined after grading.