PGM Wolverine #1 2 2

[MikeTheSpike]

[Mars76]

The stain on the bc, spine tics, and corner crunch have me at a 8.0-8.5. Leaning more towards an 8.0.

[MikeTheSpike]

Thanks. Is the stain the one near the damaged corner? If I can remove that, would that put it more towards 8.5?

[goblinjareth]

I could definitely see it bumped up to an 8.5 if you get it cleaned. The same thing caught my eye

[scburdet]

The stain will kill you. I'd think of 8.0/8.5 as the optimistic outcome. Usually, they're hard or impossible to remove and the CGC policy is not forgiving. It's a little lucky it's not prominent on the front, b/c then I'd say it wouldn't be a grading candidate.

[Mars76]

On 5/17/2023 at 6:28 PM, MikeTheSpike said:

Is the stain the one near the damaged corner?

That might help, but like @scburdet said, cgc is not forgiving on stains.

[grendelbo]

8.5

Stain, corner crunch. Even with a press I don't think it'll go any higher.

Thanks for posting.

[MikeTheSpike]

Thanks, everyone.

[MikeTheSpike]

I've pretty much removed the stain, I think. What do you guys think now, @grendelbo, @Mars76, @goblinjareth? @scburdet, I saw you recently got your own graded copies of this back, did that change your opinion at all?

[scburdet]

I see a tiny residual dot there. Being too thorough with the cleaning always runs the risk of a purple label if they detect something "illegal". It's smaller than the little spot on my recently returned SW32, so I'd say 9.0

[Mars76]

I can see this getting a 8.5, maaybee a 9.0. Some months back I sent in a X-Men #141 that I thought it should have graded in the 9.4+ range. It came back an 8.5 because of the tiniest stain on the FC. I knew it was there but it was so miniscule that I didn't think it would take such a hit. I say this because I think sometimes people may think we're being harsh, but we're just speaking from experience. Still a good looking book, especially for a newstand👍

[scburdet]

On 6/2/2023 at 4:00 PM, Mars76 said:

sometimes people may think we're being harsh, but we're just speaking from experience

Truth.

[Nilo2]

In my experience CGC is really tough with this book. I think you are likely to land at an 8.0 maybe an 8.5. If you get higher then that be very happy. Nice book to have. Thanks for posting.