Amazing Spidey #38

[dc360]

The gloss is still real nice on this one I got a couple of clickable thumbnails here so you can see the front and back nice and large. Whaddaya'll say?

 

It was advertised (Ebay) as a 7.5 VF-

I'd be more inclined to go with a 7.0 F/VF but i'm always curious as to what others think.

 

 

Thanks so much.

[Aces]

Looks more like a 5.5/6.0 to me.

[dc360]

. Do keep in mind that the pictures are bigger than real life, so all those minute ticks are actually much less prominent in real life. As are the spine stresses.

 

[Aces]

It was the crease on Spidy's knee and the bigger one at the bottom that pushed me into low fine territory.

[marvelcollector]

5.5 - 6.0...crease near bottom of FC keeps from 6.5/7.0 range....

[Timulty]

Well, looks like This Ole Grading Bastiche says ......5.0.

[divad]

Well, looks like This Ole Grading Bastiche says ......5.0.

 

Tim - Congrats on Post #4500 . . . in only 5 months!

[-cryptkeeper-]

no more than 5.5 for me

[KingOfRulers]

5.5

[Psiknight]

A 6.0 is the absolute highest one might go on this one.

 

The very large color breaking crease makes me lean toward a 5.5, unfortunately.

[Ajax]

5.5 would be the highest I would go on that.

 

What lead you to believe this was a 7.0?

[CJ]

5.0

[comicnut]

5.0 on this tops. Aside from lots of spine creasing which becomes apparent on enlargement, below the obvious crease there are a bunch more creases, in fact they run from the obvious crease all the way to the edge.

[dc360]

What lead you to believe this was a 7.0?

 

Well this was my thinking..

 

- Beautiful gloss

- Overhang on top can be ignored

- Minor corner blunting

- Small writing on cover can be ignored

- Staples Tight

- Nicely centered

- OW pages

- Hairline crease on cover (LRC)

- Some spine wear

 

All this led me really to a generous 7.0. Taking a second look though, i might say something closer to a 6.0. The truth is, that although the spine wear and that crease look very prominent in the scan, they are much more subtle on the book itself. That's what i get for having a really good scanner, eh?

 

 

Then again, that's why i put this book up here. Usually I'm pretty good with deciding the grade for my own books, but this one had be a bit confuddled...

 

In any case, i guess i won't be rushing back to buy from howardcollectiblesgroup any time soon...

[Psiknight]

What lead you to believe this was a 7.0?

 

Well this was my thinking..

 

- Beautiful gloss

- Overhang on top can be ignored

- Minor corner blunting

- Small writing on cover can be ignored

- Staples Tight

- Nicely centered

- OW pages

- Hairline crease on cover (LRC)

- Some spine wear

 

All this led me really to a generous 7.0. Taking a second look though, i might say something closer to a 6.0. The truth is, that although the spine wear and that crease look very prominent in the scan, they are much more subtle on the book itself. That's what i get for having a really good scanner, eh?

 

 

Then again, that's why i put this book up here. Usually I'm pretty good with deciding the grade for my own books, but this one had be a bit confuddled...

 

In any case, i guess i won't be rushing back to buy from howardcollectiblesgroup any time soon...

 

The major problem is that hairline crease is a color-breaking, very long crease...

[divad]

Taking a second look though, i might say something closer to a 6.0. The truth is, that although the spine wear and that crease look very prominent in the scan, they are much more subtle on the book itself.

 

In any case, i guess i won't be rushing back to buy from howardcollectiblesgroup any time soon...

 

I don't know . . . what did you pay for it? Less than 6.0 guide?

 

If so, then I think you got a nice solid run copy there especially if the PQ is OW or better . . .

[dc360]

I paid $56.77 Canadian including shipping, but it was all paid for with money that was paypalled to me from some profitable ebay auctions. So technically, it was free! Or, at least, some amount of exchange for time and etc.