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9.4/9.6. I've never seen a book from this series before, but if this is on the BOOM covers that's the heavier cardstock material, there probably isn't much hope for pressing doing much.

Now we'll see if CGC labeled it correctly

Ok, the hammer price was even worse. Am I missing something, or did two rich guys get competitive and lost their minds on this one?

4.0/4.5

5.5 is my ceiling.

4.5 train. choo-choo

9.2 give or take. CGC's magazine standards seem more lenient than comics. This looks close to the lower NM magazines I have

I see. I've never seen a case like this before. I took my better shots just now, here they are. You can see that it would be easy to slip the comic out. At least, I think you can see it in the photo where the strip of paper is slipped in from the corner.

I think this tops out at 7.0 b/c of the stain, but the old Dells are so rare in higher grades, I can see it landing higher than the equivalent Marvel/DC book from the same era.

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I agree this is a 0.5/1.0 tweener. Maybe gets a slight boost to the higher end by being a very important book. A nice ROI on $50. Seems like that was a really good price even then.

4.0, maybe a 4.5

5.5 give or take is right. They hammer anything that is a stain. Harder on front cover stains than back. I've gotten dinged several times by small stains on back covers & even had a book that presented a lot better land at 6.5 b/c of a barely visible stain on the front cover.

Alas, not familiar to me.

This looks like what the CGC guide describes as "ink missing" but someone who's expert in ink defects would need to confirm with it in hand. If the area is glossy, then it would likely be missing ink. If it's duller than the surrounding areas, it's more likely to be post-production. The range CGC gives for ink missing is 6.0-9.8 depending on severity. I'd call this a 7ish book. Maybe one would get lucky & score a higher grade, but I don't think the potential high end expectation would justify rolling the dice on grading.

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I'm particularly fond of this one, where the previous owner wrote "249" inside the CCA stamp. It's issue 248.

I agree this is a 7.0 or lower. I don't think there's any rationale to submit this one. I have a spare 8.5 of this one already graded that's not worth a lot more than what went into grading it. Thought it would go several grades higher, but it got dinged for some small staple tears. Perhaps from pressing, IDK

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9.0/9.2 looks a little bendy on the TRFC

>9.0

☝️ this. Anecdotally, high volume books can get scrutinized more. If there's a range of grades it might get, it seems more probable that it could land at the lower end. My NM-ish book got an 8.0. I'd estimate a 9.0/9.2 & pray to the comic gods to maximize your chances.

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4.5/5.0 as-is. Could be improved with work

CGC books has 7.5 as the floor for a rust stain & 6.0 for a rusty staple with significant migration. This looks like it could be a stain from another book Either was I'd say 6.5/7.0. I think the higher