Travaran Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 I've been looking through graded comics for the past month or so and I've seen 9.8s 9.6s etc etc but that 7th digit seems to never be there anyone know why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Because it doesn't exist. If anyone tries to sell you a CGC 9.7, run away. A foolish experiment allowed a few 9.5s but there are no 9.7s, 9.3s or 9.1s. MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIcollector Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Below 9.0, you’ll see only increments of 0.5: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, etc., because those are the grades CGC gives. Above 9.0, CGC gives 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.8, 9.9, and 10.0. I was not aware that there was an experiment that allowed some 9.5’s, but I am confident that Shadroch knows what he’s talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 There is also the 0.3 grade for coverless books. At least I'm pretty sure it must be coverless to earn the 0.3 grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Consider perusing the Cgc website to get an idea of what available grades are steveinthecity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 10:27 AM, shadroch said: There is also the 0.3 grade for coverless books. At least I'm pretty sure it must be coverless to earn the 0.3 grade. Does CGC do that? Or just "the other guys"? MCS uses .3 from time to time, which I appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lions Den Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Believe it or not, sometimes the graders do arrive at those in-between grades. And then a decision must be made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 8:46 AM, KCOComics said: Does CGC do that? Or just "the other guys"? MCS uses .3 from time to time, which I appreciate. Could be. I know MCS does and I assumed it was the industry standard. I just call them coverless. KCOComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 CGC doesn't do 0.3 or 0.1 unlike some other graders. CGC does do 1.8 for ... reasons. I don't know, I've never understood why that tier needed to exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travaran Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 9:50 AM, Travaran said: I've been looking through graded comics for the past month or so and I've seen 9.8s 9.6s etc etc but that 7th digit seems to never be there anyone know why? So are 9.7s fake? Like does cgc legit not do those? Cause I'm seeing conflicting answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travaran Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 2:16 PM, OtherMan said: You are not seeing conflicting answers. There's no such thing as a 9.7. If you saw one online it was phottoshopped. So could someone list ALL the grades that are fake/don't exist? ExNihilo and Lazyboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 12:37 PM, Qalyar said: CGC doesn't do 0.3 or 0.1 unlike some other graders. CGC does do 1.8 for ... reasons. I don't know, I've never understood why that tier needed to exist. The grading scale in common use has 25 steps. The numbers shoehorned in to represent the steps are arbitrary. There isn't a bigger grading difference between 9.0 and 8.5 than between 9.0 and 9.2 just because there's a bigger difference between the numbers. RockMyAmadeus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Lazyboy, steveinthecity and The Lions Den 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 6:55 PM, Travaran said: So could someone list ALL the grades that are fake/don't exist? KPR Comics and Pitboss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Elf Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 5:55 PM, Travaran said: So could someone list ALL the grades that are fake/don't exist? 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006... ...No. Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 6:10 PM, Lazyboy said: The grading scale in common use has 25 steps. The numbers shoehorned in to represent the steps are arbitrary. There isn't a bigger grading difference between 9.0 and 8.5 than between 9.0 and 9.2 just because there's a bigger difference between the numbers. Right. It's just weird that they opted to slot the "extra" step at 1.8; alternatively, they couple have kept the progression consistent: 0.5 per grade step up to 9.0 0.2 per grade step up to 9.6 0.1 per grade step thereafter. Same number of grading tiers, but no one-off exception to the scale. But obviously, there's no changing the scale after the fact SOTIcollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIcollector Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 5:55 PM, Travaran said: So could someone list ALL the grades that are fake/don't exist? No, because that list would go on to infinity. As others have stated, the list of grades that CGC currently assigns is here. https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/grading-scale/ There are a few 9.5’s out there as well, but CGC no longer uses 9.5. So now you know all legitimate CGC grade numbers. All other numbers are fake/don’t exist. MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 7:01 PM, namisgr said: I hope so, just because I don't want to even contemplate the alternative. namisgr and OtherMan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) On 7/2/2022 at 11:57 AM, OtherMan said: https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/1013/ "Submitters will receive a No Grade (NG) designation on coverless or partial comics (e.g. wraps)" https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/4326/CGC-no-grade-designation/ unless it was the Master of the Universe interiors torn out of comics like Justice League America 208 and Batman 353, because CGC apparently really needs that teeny tiny amount of revenue because a few pennies is so much more important than reputation and perception to CGC. Master of the Universe preview was only available as a 16 page "insert". The "insert" was attached with the same staples as the main title's pages. Pages 8 and 9 of the "insert" form the centerfold of all complete issues in which it was included. It was not released by DC as a stand-alone. Master of the Universe preview appears in the following Nov 1982 cover dated DC Comics: Action Comics #537 All-Star Squadron #15 Arak Son of Thunder #15 Batman #353 Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #9 Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1 DC Comics Presents #51 Detective Comics #520 The Fury of Firestorm #6 Justice League of America #208 Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #293 New Adventures of Superboy #35 New Teen Titans #25 Superman #377 Warlord #63 Wonder Woman #297 Edited July 3, 2022 by MAR1979 Yorick and steveinthecity 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExNihilo Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 8:23 AM, revat said: Consider perusing the Cgc website to get an idea of what available grades are What?! Asking someone to perform the absolute basic requisite research? Surely you can't be serious. On 7/2/2022 at 3:55 PM, Travaran said: So could someone list ALL the grades that are fake/don't exist? MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
