Comics4All Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 8:04 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Off by two. 5.5 Off by one 7.5 Off by one.4.5 Off by two 2.0 Off by two 9.0 Which really is almost consistent than just plain awful That's a lot of work, it's appreciated @CGC Mike Popular Comics #66 4 Archie Comics #39 5.5 Thing #15 3.5 Incredible Hulk #5 1.8 Marvel Spotlight #10 7 Pretty much as bad as I thought! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighairjer Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Double digits, to the bottom baby! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda2 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 9:04 PM, CGC Mike said: Lets not discuss the defects on the books please. Can someone explain the front cover of Popular for me? I had it at 3.5 and still don’t know what that defect is? Also all that colour transfer”!!? Also curious about the Thing. Thought the missing piece would have more of an impact. trying to learn…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 7:22 PM, Comics4All said: Popular Comics #66 4 Archie Comics #39 5.5 Thing #15 3.5 Incredible Hulk #5 1.8 Marvel Spotlight #10 7 Pretty much as bad as I thought! Well when you put it like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 7:32 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Well when you put it like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzutak Posted July 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2023 Anyone who is still not convinced that CGC has significantly relaxed its grading standards over the years should check out this sequence: CGC 2.5 = S/N 0754678008 graded on 08-14-2006 CGC 3.0 = S/N 0971037001 graded on 02-25-2009 CGC 3.5 = S/N 3728343017 graded on 12-22-2020 CGC 4.5 = Popular Comics #66 just graded 2023 Motor City Rob, Pickie, jcjames and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH19 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 5 points with one 🎯 on The Hulk. Three last second changes cost me a point each and two more 🎯 . jcjames and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) On 7/24/2023 at 7:33 PM, zzutak said: Anyone who is still not convinced that CGC has significantly relaxed its grading standards over the years should check out this sequence: CGC 2.5 = S/N 0754678008 graded on 08-14-2006 CGC 3.0 = S/N 0971037001 graded on 02-25-2009 CGC 3.5 = S/N 3728343017 graded on 12-22-2020 CGC 4.5 = Popular Comics #66 just graded 2023 W-O-W! PS, I am right that Popular Comics #66 is Larson copy. Edited July 25, 2023 by JollyComics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 7:29 PM, Panda2 said: Can someone explain the front cover of Popular for me? I had it at 3.5 and still don’t know what that defect is? Also all that colour transfer”!!? Also curious about the Thing. Thought the missing piece would have more of an impact. trying to learn…. Your grade is sincere but CGC is softened up on GA books in last two years. That's what zzutak said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 8:33 PM, zzutak said: Anyone who is still not convinced that CGC has significantly relaxed its grading standards over the years should check out this sequence: CGC 2.5 = S/N 0754678008 graded on 08-14-2006 CGC 3.0 = S/N 0971037001 graded on 02-25-2009 CGC 3.5 = S/N 3728343017 graded on 12-22-2020 CGC 4.5 = Popular Comics #66 just graded 2023 Interesting! The Shadow going 2.5 to 3.5 is a pretty compelling case. The Popular at 4.5 is kind of apples-to-oranges though -- IMO it actually is a nicer book. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) Kind of laid an egg on the round, but here are my grader notes. IMO 'The Thing' is way overgraded compared to examples I saw checking how my guess stacked up to comps. I can rationalize the rest of the deviations between my guesses & the slabs. The list of defects have a line, which is the tipping point for assigning the grade. The column of ranges comes from the CGC book. Edited July 25, 2023 by scburdet jcjames, boron, Pickie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom789 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 9 pts. Worst score I had was 4 pts for The Thing at 3.0 vs. 5.0 because I thought the nasty back spine was a major defect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 5 points, I'll take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 5:16 PM, Nsschenks said: Popular: 5.0 (+1) Archie: 7.5 (+1) The Thing: 4.0 (+2) Incredible Hulk: 1.5 (0) Marvel Spotlight: 8.0 (0) Not too shabby! Popular Comics was the hardest for me but maybe should have spent more time on The Thing--felt high to me though...oh well! Newbster (It's called a joke.) Nice grading/score! Nschenks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda2 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 @scburdet love the notes!! Thank you. I wish more was made of these contests as a learning - ie here’s what I saw etc Pickie and scburdet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride the Tiger Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 So it's 1 point for every incremental grade? I had IH 5 @ 1.8 so that's 1 point correct? ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 8:45 PM, scburdet said: Kind of laid an egg on the round, but here are my grader notes. IMO 'The Thing' is way overgraded compared to examples I saw checking how my guess stacked up to comps. I can rationalize the rest of the deviations between my guesses & the slabs. I've said it before -- your notes rock! Since you're putting in this much time -- I kinda think you go astray when you compare to other slabs (not that I've never done it, lol). Just soooo many factors go into a book's grading, not all of them visible in scans. And eye appeal varies widely, especially when you get south of (say) 5.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda2 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 8:43 PM, JollyComics said: Your grade is sincere but CGC is softened up on GA books in last two years. That's what zzutak said. Totally get this. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH19 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 7:52 PM, Ride the Tiger said: So it's 1 point for every incremental grade? I had IH 5 @ 1.8 so that's 1 point correct? Correct ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashsaytr Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 8:04 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Off by two. 5.5 Off by one 7.5 Off by one.4.5 Off by two 2.0 Off by two 9.0 Which really is almost consistent than just plain awful That's a lot of work, it's appreciated @CGC Mike well at least im not the only one ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
