eltanno Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Hi, could you please take a look at this Iorn Man 1. Any help very welcome. Thanks in advance Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 The cover looks really nice outside of the obvious defects. Not easy with that dark blue. I see some light color rub along the spine, and some edge wear along the right toward the bottom that's not bad. It's not quite clear, but the back cover may have several issues. Is that a bend crease in the top left corner? A tear to the left of the watches? A small stain to the left of the telescope? The actual nature of these could really matter. I'm sure your big concern is that strip at the top of the front cover. Listening to other people around here, the covers from this era of Marvel often have overhand of the inner pages. That looks like the case here. That's probably a contributing factor to the strip tearing off. To some degree, these defects are believed to not count as harshly b/c of the manufacturing process, unless there is further damage. This might be a case where the manufacturing defect has been exacerbated by handling, which is going to lead to a greater deduction. I'm going to call this a 7.0±0.5 b/c 7.0 is the first grade CGC list as allowing a major defect and the rest of the book is consistent with something in the FN/VF range. Without that strip, I could see this going 1.0 higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallensaint Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I would agree with SC and say this is a solid 7 and with no other real ware or defects besides the obvious on the cover I would say a 7+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Only 35c Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Nice book indeed and shame for that rip on the front cover. 7.0 it is for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyTown Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 6:49 PM, eltanno said: Hi, could you please take a look at this Iorn Man 1. Any help very welcome. Thanks in advance Jim Hi Jim, could you take a close-up of the back upper-left corner please? Also, cover tanning kills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 6.0/6.5 Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) That piece on the front top edge is in danger of coming off if you send it to CGC. Unless you don't care what happens to it, maybe keep this one bagged/boarded and don't send it in to be graded. Edited August 29, 2022 by Galen130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
