scburdet Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) I've been waiting for a signing opportunity to throw this one up, although the price point of the Michelinie event makes me hesitant. The most glaring defect is the two white lines perpendicular to the spine. If I did send it, the window would put the signature window right in this real estate to try & cover it up. I'm not sure what the white lines are from. They kind of resemble production ink loss, but all the examples I've seen of that are parallel to the spine & very close to the fold. There's no obvious surface abrasion or loss of gloss on the lines, but I can find no other copies with this defect. It could be production, but I have serious doubts it would be treated as such, especially since it impacts the aesthetics. The only other thing I worry about is the BRFC, the tiny creases are what they are. The little black dot looks like ink, but again doesn't look like someone hit it with a marker, hard to say though. Harder if you're looking at it in a photo, but give me your grade guess anyway. Edited July 20, 2023 by scburdet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I'm going to go with that that's a production error, I could be wrong. I have books that look like the have color loss or lines but the gloss is intact on those spots. That being said this book looks like a 9.4 to me. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 8.5 Black Widow flick ruined this character for cinema forevermore. Thanks for posting. scburdet and Mars76 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/12/2023 at 3:35 AM, grendelbo said: Black Widow I barely remember what happened in the movie. I recall though the character is more like the one from Deapool Max, which isn't even the Prime Universe, so a completely different character grendelbo and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 Sent off to David Michelinie with a strategically placed signature window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morbius21 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 I think that bottom right corner can be ironed out. Afterwards, with a well placed signature maybe a 9.4 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 8:27 PM, morbius21 said: a well placed signature That's the hope! I managed to get a nice sketch on top of a ink lift from a thumb once. Almost guarantee that was good for 1-2 grades higher.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travizb Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I'm at 9.0 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Anywhere between 9.0-9.4 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 CGC 9.2 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) Pretty excited that this came back this high. It was definitely a roll of the dice with those printer lines? on the left side. Signature did a good job of partially covering them up, no notes to report. Also, I am liking the service CGC has now of uploading the images on the certification page. Image is a screen grab (sorry it's lowres, so making it large just creates pixelation), so I don't have to wait a week to share the results. I noticed they missed designating this as a newsstand on the label, albeit not a big deal if you can tell the difference between a UPC symbol and Spider-Man's head. Some people nailed this one, a few of you will have to add +3 in your ongoing grading contest score https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/4250337001/ Edited July 20, 2023 by scburdet seanfingh, Mars76, grendelbo and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Great choice of pen colour and placement for the sig, it works really well. I bet you're well pleased! scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 21, 2023 Author Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 12:58 PM, LowGradeBronze said: pen colour I am very pleased. My experience in these in-house signings is that a lot of the guests, especially writers, stick to black for light covers, and white/silver for dark covers. The best looking ones are where they do something like this. I taped a note on the bag asking for orange or white, fully expecting white, but this is much nicer. My only regret is that George Pérez is no longer with us. Such a great example of his cover art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Great signature and grade on this one. Congrats! scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 22, 2023 Author Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 5:52 PM, M_M said: Does the book have any graders' notes? You can click that link to see there are none. I don't remember getting any notes for anything 9.4 or greater. I've got a long list of 9.0s & 9.2s that also don't have notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
