2024 Grading Contest Summer Edition Season 3 (#11) Round 2 13 13

[g-man]

On 7/26/2024 at 8:09 PM, Panda2 said:

I thought the spine wear on the avengers was too much for a 9.4.  Similarly thought the wear on the Archie’s was a little too pervasive. Almost gave the conan 9.6 but hedged my bets at the last minute. 

Agree…especially the bottom staple on the avengers. Maybe I just grade too harshly. 

[Jesse-Lee]

That Conan crushed me...

Vault of Horror #25 - 6.0 (5.0) - 2 points

Adventure #235 - 9.0 (8.5) - 1 point

Avengers #38 - 9.4 - Bullseye!

Betty and Me #16 - 3.5 - Bullseye!

Conan #8 - 8.5 (9.6) - 4 points

 

7 point total. Ugh...

[ADAMANTIUM]

a gazillion  

Edited July 27 by ADAMANTIUM

[Sandflea]

Adventure 235 really did me in...was off by 2 on the others.. 13pts. 

[zzutak]

Book 8 -- Avengers #38:
I guess a toned / lightly tanned back cover doesn't warrant a deduction anymore. 

[ADAMANTIUM]

Whomever said try sleeping on it first?

Is a hoodwinker. Either that or I'm more critical with coffee haha silly time stamp.

Off to submit this round now, before hell freezes over 😔 

Edited July 27 by ADAMANTIUM

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Conan got me, gave it a 9.0... The rest were 1 point off minus bettie which was 2.

[1Cool]

I under graded pretty much every book by a couple grades but that’s consistent with the last round.  

[timfinz]

I'll take it, obviously my eye sight is improving???

Vault of Horror #25 = 5.0 (5.0) 0 Bullseye

Adventure #235 = 8.0 (8.5) 1

Avengers #38 = 9.6 (9.4) 1

Betty and Me #16 = 4.0 (3.5) 1

Conan #8 = 9.6 (9.6) 0 Bullseye

Total round 2 = 3

[brumil190]

Good round for me.  3 Bulleyes. 1 grade high on the Adventure 235 and 2 grades low on the Conan 8. Good improvement from an uneventful round 1 score of 9.

[jcjames]

OOOOoooffffpph!!! 

12 pts. 

AV and Conan blew my away. I WAAAAAYY undergraded those! 

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 7/26/2024 at 8:14 PM, jcjames said:

OOOOoooffffpph!!! 

12 pts. 

AV and Conan blew my away. I WAAAAAYY undergraded those! 

 

I got more points than you,  what did I win....

except some humility  

From downtown, kerplunk  

Edited July 27 by ADAMANTIUM

[CGC Mike]

I am not sure when I will have the results for this round.  As soon as I have them, I will post the results thread.  

[jbpez]

I'm sorry. Those graders were surely....

 

[Point Five]

My rogue's gallery of grades,

 

1. Vault of Horror #25  4.0 (5.0) This book seemed to have lots going on. I could see 5.0 without the gnawed pages, but with them? Yikes. I never even considered 5.0.

2. Adventure #235  8.5 (8.5) Yay me; my only bullseye. I love the deep rich inks on this cover... must be a sweet one in hand.

3. Avengers #38  8.5 (9.4) No one to blame but myself...ouch. I thought the staple areas looked a bit pulled but this is a nice book for sure.

4. Betty and Me #16  3.0 (3.5) I thought this book was a 2.5/3.0 tweener. It's really trampled.

5. Conan #8  9.0 (9.6) Once again, psyched myself out on a high grade book. I thought the tear/dent mentioned in the grading note would have dropped it below 9.6 for sure.

 

[AJD]

Me am sad about this round

[JollyComics]

On 7/26/2024 at 7:33 PM, timfinz said:

I'll take it, obviously my eye sight is improving???

Vault of Horror #25 = 5.0 (5.0) 0 Bullseye

Adventure #235 = 8.0 (8.5) 1

Avengers #38 = 9.6 (9.4) 1

Betty and Me #16 = 4.0 (3.5) 1

Conan #8 = 9.6 (9.6) 0 Bullseye

Total round 2 = 3

Does Maple Syrup improve your eyesight?

[Point Five]

On 7/26/2024 at 9:55 PM, AJD said:

Me am sad about this round

Me am happy about your Photoshop skills.

 

[Cman429]

2 🎯 ‘s this round but 5 total points. The Conan was my usual downfall as I knew it was minty mint but thought those flaws would keep it in the lower end of the NM spectrum. I’d much rather grade people’s junk 

[Vince G]

On 7/26/2024 at 8:10 PM, g-man said:

Agree…especially the bottom staple on the avengers. Maybe I just grade too harshly. 

I did the same.  Consideing that spine and the staple pull, I put it at 8.5