sledgehammer Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 7:58 PM, CGC Mike said: My bad. I should have disclosed that. Somebody already said they called it a 3.0, so maybe plenty of people assumed that was happening with the discoloration at the top. I should have looked at other copies of this book. I would have known it was far from normal for that comic. Warlord and Bob Sacamano 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 5:59 PM, Mr. Zipper said: A 5.0 with a corner missing (I gave it 4.0) ... and that 181 is about the weakest 6.5 I've ever seen. It looks like it has a poke hole in the upper right edge! (I gave it 5.5). On the Four Color, I thought the bottom right was a corner chip. I have it at 7.5. I am still undergrading even when I take the "round up" approach. The GI Combat looks way better than 4.0 relative to these other books. In a short contest, all it takes is one bad round and you're done. And I'm done. merely make your grades then add one full grade point!!!! Bullseye city! grendelbo and Mr. Zipper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 7:59 PM, Mr. Zipper said: A 5.0 with a corner missing (I gave it 4.0) ... and that 181 is about the weakest 6.5 I've ever seen. It looks like it has a poke hole in the upper right edge! (I gave it 5.5). On the Four Color, I thought the bottom right was a corner chip. I have it at 7.5. I am still undergrading even when I take the "round up" approach. The GI Combat looks way better than 4.0 relative to these other books. From my notes: IH 181 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 HC 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Spawn 9.6, 9.4, 9.6 I thought the four color had a corner chip too, then I geeked out and took a photo of the largest scan with my phone to zoom in more.. kav, Tedsaid and grendelbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedsaid Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Oh, boy ... my grades were a bit low Round One, and I WAY over corrected for this round. I saw the stain on the Four Color but dismissed it. I see stains like that all the time on Disney books; thought it was a production thing. Same with the light scuff marks on the Spawn, gave it a 9.6. And I can never see foxing on pictures, unless it is very bad foxing. Did anyone else see that? A humongous 12 points this round. Ug. @kav's strategy of "don't over think it" did NOT work for me, lol. Hit Comics #5 ... 6.5 (5.0) +3 Four Color #348 ... 9.4 (9.0) +2 GI Combat #68 ... 6.0 (4.0) +4 Incredible Hulk #181 ... 7.5 (6.5) +2 Spawn #1 ... 9.6 (9.4) +1 grendelbo, Cat and Beige 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 6:19 PM, Tedsaid said: Oh, boy ... my grades were a bit low Round One, and I WAY over corrected for this round. I saw the stain on the Four Color but dismissed it. I see stains like that all the time on Disney books; thought it was a production thing. Same with the light scuff marks on the Spawn, gave it a 9.6. And I can never see foxing on pictures, unless it is very bad foxing. Did anyone else see that? A humongous 12 points this round. Ug. @kav's strategy of "don't over think it" did NOT work for me, lol. Hit Comics #5 ... 6.5 (5.0) +3 Four Color #348 ... 9.4 (9.0) +2 GI Combat #68 ... 6.0 (4.0) +4 Incredible Hulk #181 ... 7.5 (6.5) +2 Spawn #1 ... 9.6 (9.4) +1 Point Five, Tedsaid, Cat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 5:54 PM, Doctor Dositheus said: 1 bullseye 8 points. Not my best effort. I'm going to need a lot of bullseyes next round. 1 bullseye 7 points. Same here. kav and ChrispyC66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbpez Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I'm sorry...that four color I had at 8.0. That was sufficient. 9.0?? Really?? ChrispyC66 and Mr. Zipper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mars76 Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hit Comics #5 5.0 Four Color #348 9.0 GI Combat #68 4.0 Incredible Hulk #181 6.0 +1 Spawn #1 9.8 +2 I was on the fence with IH#181 between 6.0 and 6.5. And I thought that the Spawn #1 was for sure a 9.8. I'll happily take the 3 bullseye's and 3 points though 😁 Tedsaid, jcjames, Frederic9494 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 We now take you live to my Round 2 grades Tedsaid, Cat, frozentundraguy and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 6:55 PM, Point Five said: We now take you live to my Round 2 grades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 only 1 grendelbo, frozentundraguy and Tedsaid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) Holy mess I got four bullseyes but I was way off on the Hit Comics. Ended up with four points. Edited August 1, 2022 by Bob Sacamano grendelbo, jcjames and Tedsaid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Almost the same as round one for me. One bullseye (Incredible Hulk #181) but a bunch of 2's, and one off on Hit Comics for a total of 7. Looks like I'm flaming out. Comics4All, Tedsaid, grendelbo and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 7:16 PM, frozentundraguy said: Almost the same as round one for me. One bullseye (Incredible Hulk #181) but a bunch of 2's, and one off on Hit Comics for a total of 7. Looks like I'm flaming out. WHAAM! ChrispyC66, frozentundraguy and flashlites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 7:58 PM, CGC Mike said: My bad. I should have disclosed that. Yea I had it at a 5.0...should have pulled out the mag glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I’m sure the deep shadow along the top of the cover is part of the same defect. No way to know for sure it affects the interior too but it’s a good bet. grendelbo and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 7/31/2022 at 8:03 PM, Bob Sacamano said: I’m sure the deep shadow along the top of the cover is part of the same defect. No way to know for sure it affects the interior too but it’s a good bet. Did someone say bet? Point Five, Tedsaid and Bob Sacamano 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlites Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 My grades: Hit - 4.0 (Structurally it did not seem solid to me and of course those long color breaking creases maybe in hand it was solid?) FC - 8.0 (Looking back on it now I missed that one and took off more than I should have for that LRHC color rub, small stain on the BC if I remember corectly) GI Combat - 4.5 (It was a 4.0 but tried to give it a bump when it did not deserve one) Hulk - 6.5 (Bullseye -- looked better than a 6 but most definitely worse than a 7) Spawn - 9.6 (I gave it an undeserved bump) Mars76, grendelbo, kav and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aszumilo Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 My grades Hit Comics #5 - 5.0 - 5.0 - Bullseye Four Color #348 - 8.5 - 9.0 +1 GI Combat #68 - 6.5 - 4.0 +5 Incredible Hulk #181 - 7.0 - 6.5 +1 Spawn #1 - 9.6 - 9.4 +1 Another +8 for me grendelbo, Tedsaid, flashlites and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kav Posted August 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 My grades: Hit Comics #5 4.5 5.0 Four Color #348 9.0 9.0 GI Combat #68 4.0 4.0 Incredible Hulk #181 6.5 6.5 Spawn #1 9.6 9.4 Tedsaid, flashlites, Mars76 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
