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This appears to be the case of a 9.4 book initially being undergraded and thereafter being overgraded (the damaged upper left corner should keep it from being graded higher than 9.4). The only encouraging aspect of this evolution is that it doesn't appear the book was damaged along the way by being pressed. The spine of the book in the 9.6 case looks as plump as it was in the original 9.0 case. Even though the grade inconsistency is puzzling, at least the book wasn't damaged during its climb up the CGC ladder, as sadly occurred to other books discussed in this thread.
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Thanks for posting the side-by-side comparison. It shows that one of the "improvement" attempts was to re-press the spine so that part of the front cover rolled to the back (I remember a whole thread from a couple of years ago criticizing this technique). CGC shouldn't incentivize this type of behavior by giving gift grades to now-damaged books. The reason this bothers me so much is that, when it comes to Church GA books, they are one-of-a-kind items. Once the damage is done, the book can never be returned to its original beautiful state, and there is no other similar copy to replace i
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Yes, there's a noticeable difference, but rather than raising the grade to a 9.6, it's one that should have reduced the book from a 9.4 to a 9.2. Just look at the damage at both (seemingly sunken) staples caused by the pressing. That damage did not exist when it was a 9.4 with an untouched, rounded spine: ComicConnect - This is what I truly hate about the pressing game.
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RareHighGrade replied to Point Five's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Lamont also liked Weird #2. -
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RareHighGrade replied to Point Five's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Weird #2 is one of the tougher early Fox issues. Nice job. -
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RareHighGrade replied to Shield's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
I guess this could be considered a Chubby, at least its girth: -
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RareHighGrade replied to ChillMan's topic in Golden Age Comic Books
Just saying. It would give folks some context about the position you are advocating (no knock on MF 73 intended, it's a great book).