Please grade this Battle #31! 1 1

[Point Five]

Nice gloss and freshness; feels more like a 1970s book than a 1950s one. Some top edge wear, light spine & edge wear. Thanks all!

[The-Collector]

5.5

[rjpb]

5.0

[grendelbo]

Maybe a 5.0, but I'm leaning a grade lower.

Thanks for sharing.

[scburdet]

4.5/5.0 is where I'm at too. If any of that grime on the back could be removed, I'd give it a really good shot at a 5.0. Is it worth it? my completely amateur opinion is the risk outweighs the potential reward with older books

[The-Collector]

On 8/12/2023 at 10:51 AM, scburdet said:

4.5/5.0 is where I'm at too. If any of that grime on the back could be removed, I'd give it a really good shot at a 5.0. Is it worth it? my completely amateur opinion is the risk outweighs the potential reward with older books

What do you mean? How risky is a standard dry clean? 

[zzutak]

Russ Heath

I don't think CGC deducts for light back cover soiling in this condition (5.0-ish).  I see no oxidation or other evidence of brittleness along the cover edges, so the book could definitely be dry cleaned.  However, even a thorough dry cleaning will not remove the back cover transfer stain (the yellowing).

Nice, strong wire-to-wire performance in the recent grading contest, Jon! 

[frozentundraguy]

I'm going with 4.5/5.0 for this book, with it likely being 5.0 due to the bright colors on the cover.

[1950's war comics]

one of my favorite covers! reminds me of "The bridge at Remagen"

not fine but 5.0-5.5

[CJ Design]

5.0  perhaps 5.5 back is pretty nice Love those Battle Books