Albert Thurgood Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Two bullseyes but nine points on the others. Tough to assign grades above 9.2 and agree with others that that Showcase looked sub-4 Beige, flashlites and grendelbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat Posted August 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 11:34 AM, WilliamLunt said: 18 points was good enough for top 3 last time around. I believe in you! I've been scoring that in one round. Point Five, grendelbo, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH19 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) I actually had 4.5 on the Showcase 4 but I downgraded it to 4.0 before submitting. The back cover was really clean. I’m at 19 points so I probably need five bullseyes in the final round. The grades are in so there’s no turning back. Edited August 6, 2022 by JohnH19 grendelbo and flashlites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Not a single person has reported a good score this round. Possibly the toughest round in the history of grading contests.@oakman29 @Hudson oakman29, flashlites, grendelbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 10:33 PM, kav said: Not a single person has reported a good score this round. Possibly the toughest round in the history of grading contests.@oakman29 @Hudson We'll see but I think so. kav and flashlites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlites Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:02 AM, grendelbo said: We'll see but I think so. It was tough!!! Lots of challenging books and lots of confounding CGC grades---I have yet to crack the CGC secret sauce! grendelbo and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 11:05 PM, flashlites said: CGC secret sauce Crowdfund me so I can study full-time and I'll see if I can put out a book, barring litigation, within 2 years. "Cracking the CGC Code." Everyone could then grade and Raw would again be king! flashlites and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 10:05 PM, flashlites said: It was tough!!! Lots of challenging books and lots of confounding CGC grades---I have yet to crack the CGC secret sauce! grendelbo and flashlites 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlites Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:19 AM, kav said: Eureka! Its Thousand Island!!! kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Will be fun to see how many people called the ST 5 a 9.8. They had nerves of steel. 9.6 was so much safer a bet. Disappointed to hear that some people knew the one book was a mile high book. That kind of sucks. It looked like a rat had been chewing the bottom corner to me. That was my big fail. I feel better about my 3.5 assessment of the Flash comic after reading the comments. 17 points after 3 rounds. 5- 0 points 6- 1 point 2- 2 points 1- 3 points and that damn Gi Combat for 4 points. Point Five, flashlites and grendelbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 4:09 AM, sledgehammer said: Disappointed to hear that some people knew the one book was a mile high book. That kind of sucks. Celebrate knowledge! The neatly penciled "D-month-day" arrival date is one of the common identifiers of Church books from this period. There are many "lost" pedigrees floating around out there, so it can really pay to know their respective distinguishing marks and characteristics. In terms of condition grade, I think the size of Book #11 (America's Greatest Comics #5) is far more relevant than the Church pedigree. That's one of the nicest looking spines I've ever seen on a 100-page comic! jas1vans, grendelbo and flashlites 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 6:56 AM, zzutak said: Celebrate knowledge! The neatly penciled "D-month-day" arrival date is one of the common identifiers of Church books from this period. There are many "lost" pedigrees floating around out there, so it can really pay to know their respective distinguishing marks and characteristics. In terms of condition grade, I think the size of Book #11 (America's Greatest Comics #5) is far more relevant than the Church pedigree. That's one of the nicest looking spines I've ever seen on a 100-page comic! I guess. Looking at that book, with its two nasty corners, get an 8.5 reminds me of my ASM 6 resubmitted 9.0 that got a 7.5 because the back cover lost a tiny, tiny piece. I think VF is a stretch for that book, and 8.5 was an absolute gift. Point Five, Warlord and flashlites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Understood. The lesson here (and that's really what these contests are about) is that CGC is a bit more forgiving of spine blemishes on a 100-pg book than on a 36-pg book. Call it the 100-pg BumpTM. Edited August 6, 2022 by zzutak Typo Fixed sledgehammer, grendelbo and flashlites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stynxno Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I think I had 10 pts in this round. Close on some - but way off on Crime and Showcase. I let CGC Mike know that this round was going to move me out of the top and looks like that's true. I assumed the scratch was a tear and rust migration would drop it a bunch. Still not sure about the Crime: I think I thought the foxing on the back was heavier than it was (with staining thrown in) and there were several large color loss spots on the cover - but that might have just been part of the artwork. America's Greatest #5 8.0 Fight Against Crime #14 4.5 Showcase #4 3.0 Fantastic Four #25 2.0 Supernatural Thrillers #5 9.6 Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 6, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here is the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Not too many people took that leap and graded the Supernatural Thrillers a 9.8. Point Five and sledgehammer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledgehammer Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Top 2 contestants had 3 bullseyes combined in that round, and 2 of them were the mile high book. Edited August 6, 2022 by sledgehammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I did terrible this round. I didn’t even tally up my total. flashlites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 7:13 AM, sledgehammer said: I guess. Looking at that book, with its two nasty corners, get an 8.5 reminds me of my ASM 6 resubmitted 9.0 that got a 7.5 because the back cover lost a tiny, tiny piece. I think VF is a stretch for that book, and 8.5 was an absolute gift. I disagree. If you've never had a raw Church book in hand, you're at a disadvantage. They are simply extraordinary for all the elements that make up the grade, particularly for the era the collection is from. That's really the tough part of this contest though...we're all grading scans and they're grading raw copies. flashlites, grendelbo and Mars76 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 I got 6 this round, but can take solace in the fact I guessed with the majority of other members...but the FAC killed me. 8.0 5.0 😱 4.5 3.0 9.6 flashlites and Warlord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
