Nschenks Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Oof—I was grade harder on the last four books but got killed on the GA (+3) for a +7 total. Oh well Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrod Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:07 PM, JollyComics said: Five points with one bullseye. Ditto JollyComics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzutak Posted January 30 Popular Post Share Posted January 30 I would've nailed Book #3 (Comet #1) if I hadn't assigned the book a one grade increment deduction for the "unwitnessed" creator signature. If only we had been told that it was appropriately witnessed and that Signature Series encapsulations were fair game. D-oh! JollyComics, bronzemarvel, jcjames and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSQIV Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Did not see a 9.2 Iron Man coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Wow. Rocket Squad a 6.0!?? With that big bc tear, water-stains and thoroughly rusted staple?? 6.0!? I was pretty harsh on shell-head, that lower spine corner-ding/crunch and color-loss across the top, put it at 7.5 for me. The rest I was fairly close. But really, that first one is terrible. bronzemarvel, Vince G, CJ Design and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypinkblu Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:17 PM, zzutak said: I would've nailed Book #3 (Comet #1) if I hadn't assigned the book a one grade increment deduction for the "unwitnessed" creator signature. If only we had been told that it was appropriately witnessed and that Signature Series encapsulations were fair game. D-oh! Yikes, I thought that was part of the art, universal soldier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universal soldier Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:20 PM, skypinkblu said: Yikes, I thought that was part of the art, Me too! skypinkblu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-man Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:19 PM, jcjames said: Wow. Rocket Squad a 6.0!?? With that big bc tear, water-stains and thoroughly rusted staple?? 6.0!? I was pretty harsh on shell-head, that lower spine corner-ding/crunch and color-loss across the top, put it at 7.5 for me. The rest I was fairly close. But really, that first one is terrible. Yep…the lower staple on the iron man book knocked it down for me. Hard to believe it gets a 9.2. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:09 PM, skypinkblu said: Well, I did horribly on the Iron Man [...] A couple of these high-grade ones had notes like 'spine stress' which was kind of a headscratcher. Given that the notes are asking us to account for flaws we can't see (or at least I couldn't!), even if we're in the right ballpark it's probably still a coin flip whether we nail them or not. ChrispyC66 and AJD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince G Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:10 PM, universal soldier said: How can a piece missing on that Comet warrant a 6.5? I thought I was being generous with a 5.5 7 points with 1 bull. Jeez, same as last time around. I grade too low. Same here on the Comet with respect to the piece out and the foreign substance on the back cover. Point Five and universal soldier 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GawkHawk Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Three bullseyes, but missed the Iron Man by 2 grades and Adventure into Fear by 1. Edited January 30 by GawkHawk Point Five, ADAMANTIUM and ChrispyC66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Did the graders miss the writing on the cover of the Comet? Edit: never mind, I just noticed the yellow label! I spent a while looking that book up to check that it was not meant to be there. Not thrilled by that one, TBH Edited January 30 by AJD Point Five and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 6:10 PM, universal soldier said: How can a piece missing on that Comet warrant a 6.5? I thought I was being generous with a 5.5 7 points with 1 bull. Racket Squad in Action #1 4.0 Iron Man #4 7.5 Comet #1 5.0 HoS #90 8.5 Adventure into Fear #10 8.0 I think that's 13 points for me. Most in the first two books (heavily over-graded by CGC IMO). But I'm in it for the fun. Fun. F - U - N Pickie, Vince G, frozentundraguy and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince G Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:21 PM, g-man said: Yep…the lower staple on the iron man book knocked it down for me. Hard to believe it gets a 9.2. I should have known the bottom corner wear and color loss wouldn't have detracted from the overall grade on this book. But I definitely didn't think it would grade this high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH19 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 5 points with one 🎯. I’ll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda2 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:10 PM, universal soldier said: How can a piece missing on that Comet warrant a 6.5? I thought I was being generous with a 5.5 7 points with 1 bull. I was right there with you universal soldier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:25 PM, AJD said: Did the graders miss the writing on the cover of the Comet? Edit: never mind, I just noticed the yellow label! I spent a while looking that book up to check that it was not meant to be there. Not thrilled by that one, TBH Agreed, ideally that would have been flagged. I guess I always thought all books were "Universal unless otherwise stated". AJD and ChrispyC66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan_W Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I ended up with 5 this round - one bullseye, 3 off by 1, and I thought the first book was more like a 5 than a 6 (went back and forth about whether that as a tear on the back cover). I'll take it. Point Five and ChrispyC66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince G Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:19 PM, jcjames said: Wow. Rocket Squad a 6.0!?? With that big bc tear, water-stains and thoroughly rusted staple?? 6.0!? I was pretty harsh on shell-head, that lower spine corner-ding/crunch and color-loss across the top, put it at 7.5 for me. The rest I was fairly close. But really, that first one is terrible. After seeing the grade on that book, I started thinking about sending my AF 15 down for regrading. Pickie and jcjames 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Hats off to those who started strong in this round. Tough round IMO, especially those two, ugh-pow! Me after the first round: Spoiler On to the next round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
