Point Five's 3rd Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 4 BOOKS! 5 5

[Point Five]

Round 4... THE GRAND FINALE!

-- The books have not been pressed, cleaned or altered in any way since these raw scans were taken.

-- Throughout this contest, I'm posting the full grading notes with each book. **In my opinion, this has the potential to be slightly misleading...** in some cases, the notes use harsher language than I would use to describe a book's flaw, and on the other hand there are plenty of flaws not mentioned at all. It's kind of random! So I would tend to weigh your eyes  and grading prowess more heavily than the notes, except when they describe flaws not visible (which is why I think they're still helpful on balance).

-- There are THREE books in this round. You can copy/paste the following in our contest PM thread:

ROUND 4

Radiant Love #2:

Rangers Comics #25:

Tomb of Terror #16:

-- Clicking on the scans should enlarge them. 

-- Do not discuss the books or grades in these threads.

-- When you submit grades, I'll reply but it may take me some time. Don't panic.

-- Do not use the census for this contest.

-- Grades are due Friday, September 2nd 10 pm EST. **If you are traveling that day ahead of Labor Day Weekend, please submit them early!**

Good luck!   

Jon

 

[Point Five]

8. Radiant Love #2

[grader notes]
large stacking bend full right of front cover
light staining to cover
moderate creasing to cover
very light spine stress lines breaks color

[my note] For some reason the back cover scan makes the back look mottled/dirty/possibly stained... it's not. I've added a digital pic below it, which strangely makes the back cover look grubby in a different way. The BC is offwhite, flat, clean, not dirty save for a small spot to the left of the woman's head. The open edge seems to have light wear.

[my note II] The stacking bend is a vertical non-color-breaking impression running parallel to the right edge, all the way down. I did not see it before submitting. Added an angled digital pic after the front cover scan so you can see it.

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by Point Five

[Point Five]

9. Rangers Comics #25

[grader notes]
rippling full bottom of whole book
heavy, multiple crease right top of front cover
large stain full bottom of whole book

[my notes]
You can see the stain along the bottom of the back cover, which matches how it looks inside. It's lengthy but not very dark.

Edited September 1, 2022 by Point Five

[Point Five]

10. Tomb of Terror #16

[grader notes]
spine stress lines breaks color
light creasing to cover
light staining to cover
small tear with crease right center of front cover breaks color
very light wear to cover

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by Point Five

[Point Five]

Whew. Them's the books. Good luck!   

 

[Point Five]

Please hold off on submitting any grades for the moment... I added an additional note to Book 8, and am going to add one more photo.

 

[Point Five]

OK, Book 8 good to go and grading can begin. (Sheesh! Amateur hour here!) 

 

[grendelbo]

[zzutak]

"Doc, I'm not doing as well as I had hoped.  What's wrong?"

[Black_Adam]

@Point Five You have some great comics!

[Get Marwood & I]

[AJD]

Grades in - ready for a heroic performance

[Black_Adam]

Grades in and feeling very confident!

 

[BriD.]

Took my time, grades are in

 

[Cman429]

All done   It was fun seeing these cool golden age books. I'm a history buff and would love to get into GA books some day but just keeping my Copper/Bronze addictions fed is expensive enough LOL Thanks for doing this contest. 

[frozentundraguy]

Just saw the book a minute ago, be a little while before I take the plunge and grade them.

[Sandflea]

Grades in 

[grebal]

WAGs are now in. Thanks to Point Five for running the contest, very nicely done!

[frozentundraguy]

Its been a long road, but my grades are in.

[Point Five]

24 hours to go until the final reveals and final scoring!   

For those who haven't submitted yet... TICK TOCK.