2023 CGC Grading Contest Season 2 Spring Edition (#6) Round 3 14 14

[JollyComics]

I knew DD 168 is tricky one.

[fastballspecial]

2 Bullseyes, but man I was way off on Rex what did I miss that downgraded it so much. 
Other two off by a full point. 

 

[fastballspecial]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:10 PM, JollyComics said:

I knew DD 168 is tricky one.

Anyone else notice the pen mark? I dropped it for that as well.

 

[g-man]

How does that asm 78 get a 9.2??

1 🎯 on the bats 156

overall , I think a 5…decent. 

 

Edited May 3, 2023 by g-man

[JollyComics]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:13 PM, fastballspecial said:

Anyone else notice the pen mark? I dropped it for that as well.

 

I compared it to other copies that have blue lines so I knew it’s not a defect. I have my copy too.

[fastballspecial]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:13 PM, g-man said:

How does that asm 78 get a 9.2??

1 🎯 on the bats 156

overall , I think a 5…decent. 

 

I was 9.2 all day on ASM I thought that one was either 9.2 or 9.0

 

[fastballspecial]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:15 PM, JollyComics said:

I compared it to other copies that have blue lines so I knew it’s not a defect. I have my copy too.

Funny say that when I looked I couldnt find a copy with it. Now I see a couple on ebay today.

 

[Stefan_W]

Stopping counting at the ASM 68, with the huge spine tick I had it at 8.5. When I looked again I hit a bullseye on the DD but everything else was so brutal that I am pretty much out of the running. Oh well, there is always next time  

[JollyComics]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:17 PM, fastballspecial said:

Funny say that when I looked I couldnt find a copy with it. Now I see a couple on ebay today.

 

More than eBay! I looked everywhere.

[skypinkblu]

On 5/2/2023 at 8:13 PM, fastballspecial said:

Anyone else notice the pen mark? I dropped it for that as well.

 

Yes...I had it as an 8.5 but pushed it up to 9.0 because I seem to be undergrading most of the time...most but not all;) 

[Panda2]

On 5/2/2023 at 8:09 PM, zzutak said:

Apparently, I'm not the only one who thought the DD #168 was nicer than the ASM #78. 

The bottom right corner made the difference to me on this one.  The Asm at 9.2 was high for me with those spine ticks. 

[universal soldier]

I wasn't sure what the white spots on the ASM were about but only dropped it down to a 9.0. Wasn't harsh enough on the DD with a 9.2 

[skypinkblu]

On 5/2/2023 at 8:22 PM, universal soldier said:

I wasn't sure what the white spots on the ASM were about but only dropped it down to a 9.0. Wasn't harsh enough on the DD with a 9.2 

I wasn't sure either, I looked up some copies on eBay to see if they were printing errors, but they didn't seem to have the spots.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:09 PM, zzutak said:

Apparently, I'm not the only one who thought the DD #168 was nicer than the ASM #78. 

The that I put 9.2 and 8.5 on them true enough, but on the opposite books.

 

[Sandflea]

Off by 1.0 on the first 3, .5 on the fourth, and got clobbered by the DD #168...

Looney Tunes #5 - 8.0

Rex the Wonder Dog #31 - 7.0

Batman #156 - 4.5

Spidey #78 - 9.0

Daredevil #168 - 9.4

[Lninefingers]

Bullseyes on the first two, then things got REAL ugly. 

[scburdet]

On 5/2/2023 at 9:22 PM, universal soldier said:

white spots

pretty sure those are a manufacturing defect (I mention this in my notes above 😃). I looked at a lot of copies and some have the dots in the same places, some elsewhere, but in 30-50% of the books I saw and on high grade copies too.

[universal soldier]

On 5/2/2023 at 8:23 PM, skypinkblu said:

I wasn't sure either, I looked up some copies on eBay to see if they were printing errors, but they didn't seem to have the spots.

 

On 5/2/2023 at 8:25 PM, scburdet said:

pretty sure those are a manufacturing defect (I mention this in my notes above 😃). I looked at a lot of copies and some have the dots in the same places, some elsewhere, but in 30-50% of the books I saw and on high grade copies too.

I looked a bunch too including both of my copies and couldn't find any similar ones.  Only off by one grade so I'll take it.

[ChrispyC66]

So that DD 168 just happened 

• Looney Tunes #5 - 6.5 (7.0) 1
• Rex the Wonder Dog #31 - 6.0 (6.0)
• Batman #156 - 4.0 (3.5) 1
• Spidey #78 - 9.0 (9.2) 1
• Daredevil #168 - 9.2 (8.5) 2

Edited May 3, 2023 by ChrispyC66
Can’t count

[SolidShredder]

One bullseye, the others off by one grade. 4 points total again this round. I feel like that's about the best you can hope to do on average. Most comics grade between two scores. When I grade a comic I usually say something like "5.5-6.0". Then you basically have to toss a coin to guess which score the CGC grader will give it. So, I lost some coin tosses, but wasn't off in my assessments. In other words, I feel pretty satisfied