2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Spring Edition (#2) Round 3 11 11

[JollyComics]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:17 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

This grading contest is Marvelous 👌👍👌👍!!

Jump to 1:30.

 

Edited May 8, 2022 by JollyComics

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:30 PM, JollyComics said:

Jump to 1:30.

Hello #bookmyappointment.com  I'd like to book a room, what are your "hourly rates?"  

[OJ Pimpson]

[ADAMANTIUM]

When results are posted, I'm sure it will set everyone's mind at ease for round placing. 

[kav]

On 5/7/2022 at 7:18 PM, Dimez said:

[Westy Steve]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:08 PM, grendelbo said:

OMG, I just blew my chances for the contest on that Howard the Duck.

 

I don’t think you’re the only one. That book had issues and did not deserve that grade at all.  And somebody needs to take that CSS and resubmit it. Me and a couple of my friends independently graded it at 3.5.

Edited May 8, 2022 by Westy Steve

[ttfitz]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:03 PM, CGC Mike said:

Crime Suspenstories 22

Multiple split spine

Multiple tear cover

Multiple crease cover breaks color

Tape interior front cover

Tape page 9

Don't know how much it might play into the grade, but feel like interior defects are something that should be specified.

[ttfitz]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:09 PM, Doctor Dositheus said:

10 this round. Would've done great but Howard killed my score. I guess all those defects along the top edge didn't matter after all.

Yep, every Howard I looked at - including graded 9.8s - had those exact same marks.

[ttfitz]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:20 PM, 1Cool said:

Wow - I had the Duck at a 9.0 but could see 9.2.  9.6 was not even in my mind.

Given my "don't know nuttin' bout no 9s" deal, I decided the strategic play was 9.4 so I'd be within 2 points either way.

Kidneys.

On 5/7/2022 at 8:22 PM, Flammenwerfer said:

The Duck was 9.6 Wutt..I thought I saw ink stains on his sword 

That's bleed-thru from the inside cover. Something else I noticed on a bunch of Howard's that I looked at.

[kav]

On 5/7/2022 at 7:56 PM, ttfitz said:

Don't know how much it might play into the grade, but feel like interior defects are something that should be specified.

agreed.  everyone who overgraded should get a one point mulligan.  If I knew there was tape, I would have gone with 2.5.

Edited May 8, 2022 by kav

[grendelbo]

Interior tape won't matter in it's grade range (GOOD-ish). Even if it's a very large tear the tape is mending. So long as nothing's missing that effects art or story.

[grendelbo]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:45 PM, Westy Steve said:

I don’t think you’re the only one. That book had issues and did not deserve that grade at all.  And somebody needs to take that CSS and resubmit it. Me and a couple of my friends independently graded it at 3.5.

I wasn't that low but my points from missing that book alone were almost my combined points through the first two rounds.

Edited May 8, 2022 by grendelbo

[Axelrod]

On 5/7/2022 at 10:58 PM, ttfitz said:

Yep, every Howard I looked at - including graded 9.8s - had those exact same marks.

They don't all have that pink staining on the sword though.  But I also looked for reference images and saw a couple high graded Howards with that same kind of pink staining, so I assumed it wasn't actually staining but some kind of manufacturing thing that just happened to some of them.  Though the pink wasn't quite as bad on the other images I saw as on this one.  For that and the bad corner, I thought 9.2 seemed about right.  Clearly the pink didn't factor at all though.

Edited May 8, 2022 by Axelrod
can't spell pink

[kav]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:05 PM, grendelbo said:

Interior tape won't matter in it's grade range (GOOD-ish). Even if it's a very large tear the tape is mending. So long as nothing's missing that effects art or story.

It will affect the grades we submit tho.  As I said I would have gone 2.5 if I had that information.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/7/2022 at 10:10 PM, grendelbo said:

I wasn't that low but my points from missing were almost my combined points through the first two rounds.

I'm only realizing how tough it was, I've seen Howard books in hand before.

It was either made in a rush or not given a lot of love in manufacturing, cause every issue I've seen was similar to this. 

 

[ttfitz]

On 5/7/2022 at 9:04 PM, skypinkblu said:

I saw the staining on the Showcase at the top, figured it was distributor's ink so I didn't deduct enough on that one and took off too much on Howard.

Despite this being my best scoring round (7 points) AND the first time I got one exactly right, I find myself being the most disappointed in this round. Why, you ask?

Okay, so nobody asked, but Imma gonna tell you anyway - I got two points each on the three books that I would consider right in my wheelhouse for figuring grades, AND I overgraded all three unlike my previous misses. Not to mention I bumped a couple of them a half grade just before posting.

Thanks, Obama Sharon.

Edited May 8, 2022 by ttfitz
Added stuff

[Just Visiting]

I gave Crime Suspenstories a 3.5  Had it marked 3.0 but gave it a Golden age bump. Thought that was normal for GA books.

[Frederic9494]

Crime Suspenstories #22     2.0

Howard the Duck #1     9.4

Marvel Spotlight #5     4.0

Showcase #19     3.5

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1      6.0
 

3 pts… finally got some right on

[ttfitz]

On 5/7/2022 at 11:11 PM, Axelrod said:

They don't all have that pick staining on the sword though.  But I also looked for reference images and saw a couple high graded Howards with that same kind of pink staining, so I assumed it wasn't actually staining but some kind of manufacturing thing that just happened to some of them. 

Yeah, it's bleeding thru from the ad on the inside cover:

One of those planes is behind the sword.

[Just Visiting]

My HTD #1 has the same pink bleed thru and the marks at the top but I could not see this book at 9.6. Had it this one marked 9.2/9.0 I chose 9.0