3rd Annual Grading Contest Final Round (Results are In) 8 8

[William-James88]

This contest is already full and only open to those who had originally signed up, but you are free to play at home and see how you do.

This final round consists of the following comics (you can copy paste the name of the 3 comics below to send me your answers)

Marvel Family 36

Amazing Spider-man Annual 16

Daredevil 168

All comics were pressed before grading

Edited January 23, 2022 by William-James88

[William-James88]

Marvel Family 36

Amazing Spider-man Annual 16

 

Daredevil 168

Ok now this is gonna be tricky since I don't have scans like the others and the reason is it was slabbed and I sent it for a crack, press, and regrade. And I will not be telling you the original grade (I might use it as a tie breaker if ever that happens). So you have to look at all these pics and judge how much it would come back after CPR (whether it is a good CPR candidate or not, as we have seen I've been 50/50 on pressing candidates). And yes, that last image is to highlight the light soiling on the cover.

Edited January 20, 2022 by William-James88

[William-James88]

Marvel Family 36

Grade purchased as: 8.0 from Harley

My thoughts: grade given was way too conservative for one of the most beautiful and freshest GA books I had ever seen, TAKE MY MONEY!

CGC Grade: 8.0

Pressing candidate: the worst

 

 

Amazing Spider-man Annual 16

No grade given, purchased locally

CGC Grade: 8.0

Pressing candidate: bad

 

Daredevil 168

Grade purchased as: (to be disclosed later)

CGC Grade after CPR: 9.4

Pressing candidate: Great

Edited January 23, 2022 by William-James88

[William-James88]

Edited January 23, 2022 by William-James88

[William-James88]

Let me know in the comments if you find the Marvel Family easier than the other golden age books I had before or harder.

[Cat]

I'm drowning either way. 

[mattn792]

Is that just a shadow on the upper left corner of Daredevil 168 in pic two?

[William-James88]

On 1/20/2022 at 7:04 AM, mattn792 said:

Is that just a shadow on the upper left corner of Daredevil 168 in pic two?

Yes

[Math Teacher]

Is it safe to assume that Marvel Family #36 has rusty staples?

[comicginger1789]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:08 AM, Math Teacher said:

Is it safe to assume that Marvel Family #36 has rusty staples?

I'd say so and some bleeding into the comic 

Also, am I the only one who sees colour rub and not dirt on the DD? Meh, my grades are in so we shall see either way!

[William-James88]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:08 AM, Math Teacher said:

Is it safe to assume that Marvel Family #36 has rusty staples?

Yes

[William-James88]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:10 AM, comicginger1789 said:

I'd say so and some bleeding into the comic 

Also, am I the only one who sees colour rub and not dirt on the DD? Meh, my grades are in so we shall see either way!

The original grader notes said light soiling, I'm just passing it along

[Cushing Fan]

Reserved for results 

[WilliamLunt]

Playing at home:

Marvel Family 36....8.0
Comment: I don't have experience with rusty staples and not sure how this will affect the grade. Glad to have this example ahead of the CGC contest. I've learned enough about ink spray....lol

Amazing Spider-man Annual 16....9.0

Daredevil 168.....9.4
Comment: At first glance, the book looks like a solid 9.6, very interested to see if a C&P took care of the 'light soiling'.

Thank you @William-James88 for taking the time to put this together. I hope everyone had fun.

[William-James88]

On 1/20/2022 at 5:13 PM, WilliamLunt said:

Thank you @William-James88 for taking the time to put this together. I hope everyone had fun.

No problem, was fun for me too!

[Axelrod]

You know, guys, it is not required to take the entire time.  

You could, like, send in your answers now even.  

And then, we could have the results tomorrow! 

Instead of 6 hours after the deadline on Sunday....

 

[SNiPER]

👍

Edited January 21, 2022 by SNiPER

[mikej61]

or wait to the last minute!!! 

[Koopakidd11]

From home as well....

Marvel Family 36  6.0 (perhaps a bit harsh on that staple, but it didn't look good)

Amazing Spider-man Annual 16 8.0

Daredevil 168 9.0

[William-James88]

Wohoho, @Cushing Fan has taken the lead!

Still lots of people left to answer, including @Croatbag , @grendelbo , @Funnybooks and @Crops068 who could still come out on top.