Toughest Books in CGC NM - Since 1960 (CGC Census stats)

[valiantman]

I'd love to see a Bronze Version 1970-1979 (both 9.4 and 9.6)??

 

Toughest Books in CGC NM (9.4 or better) - 1970 to 1979

(minimum of 25 submissions)

Star Wars 1 35 Cent Price Variant (1977) - 0 out of 31 submissions (0.0%)

Green Lantern 76 (1970) - 5 out of 109 submissions (4.6%)

X-Men 94 (1975) - 62 out of 1140 submissions (5.4%)

House of Secrets 92 (1971) - 15 out of 265 submissions (5.7%)

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 4 (1971) - 2 out of 30 submissions (6.7%)

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 6 (1971) - 3 out of 35 submissions (8.6%)

Detective Comics 400 (1970) - 4 out of 46 submissions (8.7%)

Incredible Hulk 181 (1974) - 172 out of 1603 submissions (10.7%)

Marvel Team-Up 1 (1972) - 20 out of 174 submissions (11.5%)

Amazing Spider-Man 129 (1974) - 104 out of 830 submissions (12.5%)

Fantastic Four 112 (1971) - 15 out of 119 submissions (12.6%)

Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love 1 (1971) - 4 out of 30 submissions (13.3%)

Conan the Barbarian 3 (1971) - 24 out of 177 submissions (13.6%)

Amazing Spider-Man 121 (1973) - 71 out of 517 submissions (13.7%)

Batman 237 (1971) - 5 out of 36 submissions (13.9%)

X-Men 96 (1975) - 50 out of 352 submissions (14.2%)

Incredible Hulk 180 (1974) - 47 out of 325 submissions (14.5%)

Giant-Size X-Men 1 (1975) - 198 out of 1350 submissions (14.7%)

X-Men 78 (1972) - 4 out of 27 submissions (14.8%)

Amazing Spider-Man 102 (1971) - 30 out of 198 submissions (15.2%)

Amazing Spider-Man 101 (1971) - 27 out of 176 submissions (15.3%)

Justice League of America 94 (1971) - 4 out of 26 submissions (15.4%)

Weird War Tales 1 (1971) - 9 out of 57 submissions (15.8%)

Astonishing Tales 1 (1970) - 5 out of 31 submissions (16.1%)

Green Lantern 87 (1972) - 7 out of 43 submissions (16.3%)

 

Notice that while the 1960's books listed earlier in this thread have no more

than 3% in NM or better... this 1970-1979 list quickly jumps to 5%, 10%, etc.

for CGC 9.4 or better.

 

 

Toughest Books in CGC NM+ (9.6 or better) - 1970 to 1979

(minimum of 25 submissions)

Green Lantern 76 (1970) - 0 out of 109 submissions (0.0%)

Detective Comics 400 (1970) - 0 out of 46 submissions (0.0%)

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 6 (1971) - 0 out of 35 submissions (0.0%)

Star Wars 1 35 Cent Price Variant (1977) - 0 out of 31 submissions (0.0%)

Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love 1 (1971) - 0 out of 30 submissions (0.0%)

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular 4 (1971) - 0 out of 30 submissions (0.0%)

Ghosts 1 (1971) - 0 out of 29 submissions (0.0%)

Justice League of America 94 (1971) - 0 out of 26 submissions (0.0%)

X-Men 94 (1975) - 12 out of 1140 submissions (1.1%)

Weird War Tales 1 (1971) - 1 out of 57 submissions (1.8%)

Conan the Barbarian 3 (1971) - 4 out of 177 submissions (2.3%)

House of Secrets 92 (1971) - 6 out of 265 submissions (2.3%)

Fantastic Four 112 (1971) - 3 out of 119 submissions (2.5%)

Superman 233 (1971) - 1 out of 39 submissions (2.6%)

Batman 237 (1971) - 1 out of 36 submissions (2.8%)

Marvel Team-Up 1 (1972) - 5 out of 174 submissions (2.9%)

Amazing Spider-Man 89 (1970) - 2 out of 59 submissions (3.4%)

X-Men 96 (1975) - 13 out of 352 submissions (3.7%)

X-Men 78 (1972) - 1 out of 27 submissions (3.7%)

Incredible Hulk 181 (1974) - 60 out of 1603 submissions (3.7%)

Silver Surfer 15 (1970) - 2 out of 52 submissions (3.8%)

Avengers 95 (1972) - 1 out of 26 submissions (3.8%)

Amazing Spider-Man 122 (1973) - 23 out of 585 submissions (3.9%)

Amazing Spider-Man 93 (1971) - 3 out of 76 submissions (3.9%)

Incredible Hulk 180 (1974) - 13 out of 325 submissions (4.0%)

Amazing Spider-Man 102 (1971) - 8 out of 198 submissions (4.0%)

Amazing Spider-Man 129 (1974) - 35 out of 830 submissions (4.2%)

Amazing Spider-Man 176 (1978) - 2 out of 47 submissions (4.3%)

Frankenstein 1 (1973) - 4 out of 92 submissions (4.3%)

Giant-Size Defenders 1 (1974) - 2 out of 46 submissions (4.3%)

 

These numbers look much "tougher" with 0% to 4.3%...

so I'd say CGC 9.6 or better is the threshold for these particular

"tough" 1970-1979 books.

[FlyingDonut]

I'd be interested to see the other way for both Silver and Bronze - the books with the HIGHEST percentage of high grade submissions!

[valiantman]

I'd be interested to see the other way for both Silver and Bronze - the books with the HIGHEST percentage of high grade submissions!

 

Donut was thinking the same thing I was...

 

 

The "easiest in CGC 9.6 or better" 1970-1979 books

Aurora Comic Scenes (any of those...)

Spectacular Spider-Man 4 (1977) - 32 out of 39 submissions (82.1%)

John Carter, Warlord of Mars 1 (1977) - 89 out of 111 submissions (80.2%)

Invaders 2 (1975) - 22 out of 28 submissions (78.6%)

Spectacular Spider-Man 7 (1977) - 36 out of 46 submissions (78.3%)

Spectacular Spider-Man 9 (1977) - 24 out of 31 submissions (77.4%)

Spectacular Spider-Man 3 (1977) - 78 out of 101 submissions (77.2%)

Amazing Spider-Man Annual 13 (1979) - 26 out of 35 submissions (74.3%)

Spectacular Spider-Man 6 (1977) - 40 out of 55 submissions (72.7%)

Thor 182 (1970) - 47 out of 66 submissions (71.2%)

Machine Man 1 (1978) - 91 out of 129 submissions (70.5%)

Tarzan 1 (1977) - 38 out of 54 submissions (70.4%)

Battlestar Galactica 1 (1979) - 93 out of 133 submissions (69.9%)

 

The "easiest in CGC 9.6 or better" 1960-1969 books

Rawhide Kid 50 (1966) - 38 out of 43 submissions (88.4%)

Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon nn (1969) - 72 out of 84 submissions (85.7%)

Patsy and Hedy 104 (1966) - 32 out of 40 submissions (80.0%)

Millie the Model Annual 4 (1965) - 20 out of 33 submissions (60.6%)

Sub-Mariner 2 (1968) - 57 out of 123 submissions (46.3%)

Captain Marvel 2 (1968) - 40 out of 88 submissions (45.5%)

Strange Tales 147 (1966) - 19 out of 44 submissions (43.2%)

Captain Marvel 3 (1968) - 14 out of 33 submissions (42.4%)

Thor 132 (1966) - 47 out of 111 submissions (42.3%)

Thor 156 (1968) - 26 out of 67 submissions (38.8%)

America's Best TV Comics nn (1967) - 10 out of 29 submissions (34.5%)

Avengers 63 (1969) - 9 out of 28 submissions (32.1%)

Avengers 55 (1968) - 13 out of 45 submissions (28.9%)

Iron Man 15 (1969) - 8 out of 29 submissions (27.6%)

Avengers 32 (1966) - 12 out of 44 submissions (27.3%)

Tales of Suspense 86 (1967) - 11 out of 41 submissions (26.8%)

Avengers 24 (1966) - 24 out of 90 submissions (26.7%)

Showcase 58 (1965) - 8 out of 30 submissions (26.7%)

Doctor Strange 169 (1968) - 73 out of 275 submissions (26.5%)

Avengers 39 (1967) - 8 out of 32 submissions (25.0%)

Daredevil 42 (1968) - 8 out of 32 submissions (25.0%)

Iron Man 2 (1968) - 74 out of 299 submissions (24.7%)

Thor 148 (1968) - 9 out of 37 submissions (24.3%)

Daredevil 52 (1969) - 8 out of 34 submissions (23.5%)

Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 (1968) - 95 out of 404 submissions (23.5%)

Brave and the Bold 72 (1967) - 6 out of 26 submissions (23.1%)

Thor 161 (1969) - 6 out of 27 submissions (22.2%)

Captain America 108 (1968) - 19 out of 87 submissions (21.8%)

Beware the Creeper 1 (1968) - 27 out of 124 submissions (21.8%)

Tales of Suspense 82 (1966) - 8 out of 37 submissions (21.6%)

Avengers 66 (1969) - 6 out of 28 submissions (21.4%)

Avengers 54 (1968) - 6 out of 29 submissions (20.7%)

Fantastic Four 90 (1969) - 6 out of 29 submissions (20.7%)

Daredevil 45 (1968) - 13 out of 63 submissions (20.6%)

Captain America 115 (1969) - 7 out of 34 submissions (20.6%)

Journey Into Mystery 124 (1966) - 17 out of 84 submissions (20.2%)

 

(Mile High II guesses...anyone?)

[comicartfan]

You got the Batman 237...but the Batman 238 is super difficult also....1 in 9.4-

Zero in 9.2 and 2 copies in 9.0 .....

[valiantman]

You got the Batman 237...but the Batman 238 is super difficult also....1 in 9.4-

Zero in 9.2 and 2 copies in 9.0 .....

11 total submissions for Batman 238 gives 9% to CGC 9.4

(But, obviously, more data is need on that one.)