What's the grade? A 10-cent Superman...

[lighthouse]

Greetings all. I have enjoyed these grading quizzes for a while now and thought I might post a book myself.

 

Picked up a small stack of original owner DC's yesterday including this Superman #148. If I know what I am doing with the UBB code (which I probably don't ) here's a small pic to look at. I am also including links to scans that are 121K and 386K respectively for those who would like a closer look.

 

The URC has a very slight bend that curls it 1/16" off the scanner bed and makes the edge look a little off. It's actually nice and square, if not sharp.

 

Medium sized scan - 121K

 

Large Sized Scan - 386K

 

[lighthouse]

And FYI.... this is headed to Sarasota in my next batch, so eventually we'll find out how we did...

 

 

Scary to think that my books see more sun and sand than I do...

[drbanner]

Spine stress and the bend knock it down to 9.0-9.2? Although the light-colored spine hides them well, I see at least 7 spine stresses...a couple too many for a NM-, so 9.0 (front cover only) it is!

[greggy]

How about the front top cover corner wear?

[drbanner]

That's the "bend" I mention. From the description, it doesn't sound like there's a crease, so I think the sharp corner we're seeing is actually the back cover, and since the front bends, it sort of looks like there's a crease?

 

March onwards ye tracker of the numerical score, but first give us your guesstimate!!

[greggy]

I'll say 9.0 or you smash!

[ubiquiti]

I would say 8.5. On top of the spine stresses and the upper right corner. The lower left hand corner looks a little worn and CGC seems to really ding you for that kind of stuff..

[snizzenfixit]

8.5

 

Phil

 

[Darthdiesel]

CGC 7.5

[murph0]

CGC 8.0 lower left corner fuzzy, top right corner bend, some spine stress that breaks color a bit, recessed lower staple.

 

Brian

[Guest]

noticable tanning on the upper right corner, small amount of rounding on lower right corner, with couple of small stress marks.....easy 9.2

[bronzejunkie]

I'd say a ten center would get an easy 9.0 by my initial look at it.

 

Bronzejunkie