rgtichy Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I cringe when I look at glue bindings. Small tear in lower outside corner, front. Color seems good, sheen seems great. I took the picture of the inside pages with the brighter white of the inside cover showing because digital camera seems to adjust the paper to "whiter" otherwise. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 great book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtichy Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Thanks. I've had this book since 1989, in mylar. I bought it off a freshman in college that wanted to sell two long boxes of mostly mediocre stuff. I think I gave him $200 for the whole lot. Got some older X-Men books that are in the 4.5 - 6.5 range, but were not considered valuable in 1989, at all. That nice one with Polaris by Steranko on the cover, though, I am pretty sure! (Always loved the excellent green on that cover. I should get one of those in a high grade.) Back to this book, GS X-Men 1: I've always thought it would be a very solid grade for the color and sheen but that glued binding really bothers me. I haven't seen enough GSXM1 up close to place mine in a range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 12:02 PM, rgtichy said: Thanks. I've had this book since 1989, in mylar. I bought it off a freshman in college that wanted to sell two long boxes of mostly mediocre stuff. I think I gave him $200 for the whole lot. Got some older X-Men books that are in the 4.5 - 6.5 range, but were not considered valuable in 1989, at all. That nice one with Polaris by Steranko on the cover, though, I am pretty sure! (Always loved the excellent green on that cover. I should get one of those in a high grade.) Back to this book, GS X-Men 1: I've always thought it would be a very solid grade for the color and sheen but that glued binding really bothers me. I haven't seen enough GSXM1 up close to place mine in a range. I am surprised no one has offered a grade. I was at 8.5/9.0 but couldn't find many reasons why I shouldn't go higher but I certainly don't have any experience grading those squarebound spines. It looks very nice though. rgtichy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 1:00 PM, Bird said: I am surprised no one has offered a grade. Mostly quiet around these parts and I've been running. The book would benefit from a press to fix the minor creasing on the edges. I don't think anything can be done about the spine but I could be wrong. To me it's an acceptable manufacturing flaw. 9.0/9.2 after the C&P. Thanks for sharing. Bird and rgtichy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_in_Canada Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Nice book 8.5 rgtichy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 1:31 PM, grendelbo said: Mostly quiet around these parts and I've been running. The book would benefit from a press to fix the minor creasing on the edges. I don't think anything can be done about the spine but I could be wrong. To me it's an acceptable manufacturing flaw. 9.0/9.2 after the C&P. Thanks for sharing. I agree, but I'll stick with a solid 9.2. grendelbo and rgtichy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtichy Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Last night I went and looked at all the 9.2 sold on ha.com in the last few years, and none showed a slight tear like mine does. You don't think the tear is disqualifying for a grade that high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 at least 9.0 9.2 may be a stretch but technically possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 8:46 AM, Funnybooks said: at least 9.0 9.2 may be a stretch but technically possible At least with all these new notifications from you grading, I can go back and see if I missed any. grendelbo and Funnybooks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 9:56 AM, Galen130 said: At least with all these new notifications from you grading, I can go back and see if I missed any. I didn't miss any..... Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilo2 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Really nice book. 8.5 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 9:56 AM, Galen130 said: At least with all these new notifications from you grading, I can go back and see if I missed any. I'm a day behind grading and had to rush the contest books because I almost forgot. Now I have to go back through a couple of pages of PGM to make sure I didn't miss any. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Februus Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I say 9.0 a beauty - looks just like the one I bought off the rack at 711 …. The one I traded away for an Avengers 126 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
