Popular Post Mr. Zipper Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 Nailed 3 of 5. 2 points total. Happy to end strong. paqart, flashlites, grendelbo and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzutak Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 Horrific #3 = CGC 3.0? So just two grade increments below what a pristine book except for a cleanly detached cover would be? I think not. Larryw7, Ride the Tiger, Point Five and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Dositheus Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 6 points! Best round of the contest, and I graded them in in about a minute. No more overthinking. grendelbo, Tom789, Superman2006 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom789 Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Two bullseyes but 6 points. Worst was 8.5 on the Avengers versus CGC 7.0. Completely missed the cover tear. Thanks to @CGC Mike and all the others who put in work for these contests. I enjoy them very much, and maybe I'm becoming a better grader for it! Edited August 6, 2023 by Tom789 Point Five, paqart, flashlites and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman2006 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Thanks for another great contest, Mike! After a roller coaster round 2 (my all-time worst 10 points) and round 3 (my all-time best 2 point), I was back to my usual 5 point round, with the Horrific costing me 3 points (I went with a 1.8) ChrispyC66, Tom789, timfinz and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grendelbo Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 bullseyes this round. Go figure after three horrendous previous rounds. zzutak, Superman2006, ADAMANTIUM and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post flashlites Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 7:18 PM, zzutak said: Horrific #3 = CGC 3.0? So just two grade increments below what a pristine book except for a cleanly detached cover would be? I think not. With the tape and the staples you gotta figure they would grade it as cover detached? Right? Plus the back cover was not in great shape, it's not like this book had any counter acting attributes to bump it. Other than it being a GA Don Heck cover Comics4All, ChrispyC66, timfinz and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Wait. Did my grades get recorded? I don't see them in Mike's PM??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebus3000 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 I ended up with 12 which I believe is my worst round ever (right on the heels of my best round). My gut on Horrific was saying 3.0, but I put 1.8 because of the full spine tape and extra staples...must be a full spine split, no? Compared to my first glance gut grades I also hammered Doc Solar and Diary Secrets (3.5 compared to gut of 5.5 in both cases). I guess I put too much weight on the cumulative defects instead of the worst defects. I also thought Doc Solar had rusted staples which I didn't notice in my "gut grade". A learning round I guess, which is why I participate. paqart, Point Five and boron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post flashlites Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 Great contest though Mike! Every few of these I will go on a rant about how much I appreciate these contests. And now that they are coming every few months it really lets us sharpen our skills. These much needed check ups are invaluable to me. I always enjoyed grading comics, from the very beginning- way back in the old wild west days before grading guides and CGC grading comics for me was always fun and challenging. These contests help me stay on track and give me a chance to recalibrate. Thank you so much and to everybody that helps in the background. I love the tables and all the analysis that you all do. All of it combined really deepens our knowledge and helps us learn and grow. ChrispyC66, grendelbo, Nschenks and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 5:31 PM, jcjames said: Wait. Did my grades get recorded? I don't see them in Mike's PM??? I know I submitted them and then posted the frowning dog face in this thread. But now I don't see them in the PM grendelbo and CJ Design 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 6:25 PM, grendelbo said: 4 bullseyes this round. Go figure after three horrendous previous rounds. Mike just replied to my pm. For future contests this is what you'd want to see. flashlites, frozentundraguy, ChrispyC66 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 7:29 PM, flashlites said: With the tape and the staples you gotta figure they would grade it as cover detached? Right? Plus the back cover was not in great shape, it's not like this book had any counter acting attributes to bump it. Other than it being a GA Don Heck cover I took it as detached also...given the xtra staples. flashlites, ChrispyC66, Warlord and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted August 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 8:18 PM, zzutak said: Horrific #3 = CGC 3.0? So just two grade increments below what a pristine book except for a cleanly detached cover would be? I think not. Same. I never would have dreamed *any* book slathered with that hateful masking tape would break 2.0. All righty then! Tomorrow I’ll pick up a roll at the dollar store and get right to work. frozentundraguy, Warlord, flashlites and 10 others 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlites Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 7:56 PM, Point Five said: Same. I never would have dreamed *any* book slathered with that hateful masking tape would break 2.0. All righty then! Tomorrow I’ll pick up a roll at the dollar store and get right to work. In all reality, we know a book like that should be in the 1.8-2.0 range but.....I should have given it the double bump zzutak, Point Five and CJ Design 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlites Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 7:58 PM, flashlites said: In all reality, we know a book like that should be in the 1.8-2.0 range but.....I should have given it the double bump frozentundraguy, ChrispyC66 and CJ Design 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 6, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 8:31 PM, jcjames said: Wait. Did my grades get recorded? I don't see them in Mike's PM??? Could you bump our PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator CGC Mike Posted August 6, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/5/2023 at 8:31 PM, jcjames said: Wait. Did my grades get recorded? I don't see them in Mike's PM??? I found our PM. Your grades were not sent. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Chilling Tales #13 - 4.5 (4.0) +1 Diary Secrets #30 - 4.0 (5.0) +2 Horrific #3 - 2.0 (3.0) +2 Doctor Solar #1 - 5.0 (5.0) Avengers #7 - 7.0 (7.0) 5 points - Chilling Tales looked like the better book over Diary Secrets from the front but all the damage on the back of Tales must have really sunk that book’s grade. Only book I over-graded of the 20, except for HOS 92 in rd. 2. Diary Secrets was still a surprise at 5.0. Horrific 3 had me jumping from 1.5 to 3.0 because I couldn’t tell if or how bad the spine was split. I hedged 50% split and went 2.0, damn. Doctor Solar was a 5.0 or 5.5 for me from the start. Went with 5.0 due to the size and prominence of the marker damage and the right edge damage/fingerprint on the front cover. Avengers 7 reminded me of the Iron Man 55 (7.5) from Season 2 Round 1 that I under-graded badly. The top staple of the Avengers 7 was worse than IM 55. So 7.0 it is. Best season for me by far 23 total points with 9 bullseyes and 5 +1s. Gotta stop those big swingers though; one +4 HOS 92 and one + 5 Motion Picture 110. Thanks again Mike and the fellow competitors. I’ll be back in the Fall to try again. grendelbo, flashlites, Point Five and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse-Lee Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 2 bullseyes but 8 points. Not too terrible I guess... Chilling Tales #13 - 4.0 - Bullseye! Diary Secrets #30 - 3.0 - +4 Horrific #3 - 2.0 - +2 Doctor Solar #1 - 5.0 - Bullseye! Avengers #7 - 8.0 - +2 CJ Design, Point Five and flashlites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...