ChrispyC66 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) Please give your guess at what grade this Marvel Super-Heroes # 20 might get. Thanks for looking. Edited November 8, 2022 by ChrispyC66 Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Quite a nice one. These square bound books are hard to find in high grade. I've also seen grades vary a lot more than regular comics. Almost as if certain defects are judged differently for different bindings. One good thing here is that I don't notice much color rub where the staples are under the front cover. I'm going to say 8.0, but I can make a case for anything between 7.0-9.0 based on grades square bound books in my collection ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 7.5/8.0 Thanks for posting. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 10:22 PM, scburdet said: Quite a nice one. These square bound books are hard to find in high grade. I've also seen grades vary a lot more than regular comics. Almost as if certain defects are judged differently for different bindings. One good thing here is that I don't notice much color rub where the staples are under the front cover. I'm going to say 8.0, but I can make a case for anything between 7.0-9.0 based on grades square bound books in my collection ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I agree completely. There is the tiny bit of rub under Cap’s chin and Doom’s cape has a tiny white spot of rub. I appreciate your review of the book. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 7.5 This is mainly due to right side of that front cover. ChrispyC66 and MAR1979 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 7.5 to 8.0 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergex23 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 7.0/7.5. Color rub at bottom staple and damage along right side on front cover really hurts, but the book looks great. Looks like reader's crease and soiling on back cover. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Looks solid for 7.5 to 8.0 and a great book to have in that grade as well. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 8.0 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 Great guesses! CGC gave the copy a 7.5 with White pages. they also created a1/2” tear at the top of the front cover. I assume during production. Slow down and stop damaging the books when you encapsulate them! Galen130, grendelbo, MrRoboto and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 11:02 PM, ChrispyC66 said: they also created a1/2” tear at the top of the front cover I swear something like this happed with 1 or 2 of mine too. A staple detachment that I have no recollection of being there when submitted. Did you do CCS pressing? From all I've been told, pressing a sq bound takes a little more finesse. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 8:23 PM, scburdet said: I swear something like this happed with 1 or 2 of mine too. A staple detachment that I have no recollection of being there when submitted. Did you do CCS pressing? From all I've been told, pressing a sq bound takes a little more finesse. Same here, had a book that came back with cover completely detached but no notes or mentions of it at all. ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 8:02 PM, ChrispyC66 said: They also created a1/2” tear at the top of the front cover. Slow down and stop damaging the books when you encapsulate them! For what it's worth, any damage done after a book has been graded (Step 4/7 of CGC's Grading Process) would not be documented in the Grader Notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 12:02 AM, ChrispyC66 said: Great guesses! CGC gave the copy a 7.5 with White pages. they also created a1/2” tear at the top of the front cover. I assume during production. Slow down and stop damaging the books when you encapsulate them! Did you contact them about it? ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Sorry about the tear🥲😦 ChrispyC66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 8:15 AM, mephistopheles said: Did you contact them about it? Doing that tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 4:51 AM, zzutak said: For what it's worth, any damage done after a book has been graded (Step 4/7 of CGC's Grading Process) would not be documented in the Grader Notes. I don’t think it defect affects the grade for this particular book, But now the book has damage that wasn’t there before. I know when you encapsulate, probably 1/2 a million books a year, some will get damaged. But, not the books I send in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 1:58 AM, MrRoboto said: Same here, had a book that came back with cover completely detached but no notes or mentions of it at all. Wow! Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 11/7/2022 at 11:23 PM, scburdet said: I swear something like this happed with 1 or 2 of mine too. A staple detachment that I have no recollection of being there when submitted. Did you do CCS pressing? From all I've been told, pressing a sq bound takes a little more finesse. Nope. I do all my own cleaning and pressing. I also take lots of before and after photos. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
