Nick R1 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 How badly will this affect the grade of the comic? Probably 1/8", I would say without this it would be a 9.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 That appears to be a bindery tear, although books are graded on their entirety this is what the grading standards (Heritage/Overstreet) state about bindery tears, remember, todays bindery tear could become tomorrows spine split. I cannot speak for CGC, however, if I were grading this book and the rest of the book is NM+ 9.6 worthy but with an 1/8" bindery tear, I would drop it to a NM 9.4. NM+ 9.6 to GM 10.0 - No bindery tears are allowed, NM 9.4 - Bindery tears must be less than 1/16" on Silver Age and later books. FN/VF 7.0 to NM- 9.2 - Small bindery tears have no affect on this grade, however... FN 6.0 - There can also be a 1/4" spine split VG/FN 5.0 - A spine split of up to 1/2" may be present. Paul Kosnik and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
