Steve Evans Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I bought a 9.8 CGC. But I noticed something not cool. Firstly, there is a black mark on captain america(Steve Rogers)'s shield section on my 9.8 CGC! Secondly, there is a weird 'yellow spot' on 'C'section on my 9.8 CGC! Is it really possible to get 9.8 grade with these problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Those are manufacturing errors and don't count against the grade. Steve Evans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, comicquant said: Those are manufacturing errors and don't count against the grade. Correct but I always said I disliked the fact that CGC ignores these types of flaws, bindery or not. No matter what the reason, the flaw is there and it is annoying. People expect a 9.8 to look 'flawless'. I remember, while discussing slabs, somebody in my LCS mentioned he bought a 9.8 slab on E-Bay, it looked terrible, and he said he would never buy a slabbed book again. You are paying a huge premium to get you favorite book in a CGC 9.8 and it looks terrible. Not good. Sorry, just taking an opportunity to rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicquant Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Bomber-Bob said: Correct but I always said I disliked the fact that CGC ignores these types of flaws, bindery or not. No matter what the reason, the flaw is there and it is annoying. People expect a 9.8 to look 'flawless'. I remember, while discussing slabs, somebody in my LCS mentioned he bought a 9.8 slab on E-Bay, it looked terrible, and he said he would never buy a slabbed book again. You are paying a huge premium to get you favorite book in a CGC 9.8 and it looks terrible. Not good. Sorry, just taking an opportunity to rant. I completely agree BB... I won a 9.8 of a sufficiently pricey auction to find out the cover was a 16th of an inch below the pages. Needless to say I wasn't happy and would have never thought this would come back as a 9.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Wow - we really are an anal bunch. Minute printing defects should downgrade the book to 9.4 at least!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 2 hours ago, comicquant said: I completely agree BB... I won a 9.8 of a sufficiently pricey auction to find out the cover was a 16th of an inch below the pages. Needless to say I wasn't happy and would have never thought this would come back as a 9.8. Could this be a case where the book shifted inside the inner well ? Sometimes the cover will 'stick', maybe static electricity, while the pages shift around. It's happened to me a couple times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 46 minutes ago, 1Cool said: Wow - we really are an anal bunch. Minute printing defects should downgrade the book to 9.4 at least!! HAHA, we are anal. I remember, before CGC, these minute flaws did not bother me as much. Now it's a different story. The book has to be perfect, the alignment in the slab has to be perfect, the slab has to be perfect, it's crazy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, 1Cool said: Wow - we really are an anal bunch. Minute printing defects should downgrade the book to 9.4 at least!! 16 minutes ago, Bomber-Bob said: HAHA, we are anal. I remember, before CGC, these minute flaws did not bother me as much. Now it's a different story. The book has to be perfect, the alignment in the slab has to be perfect, the slab has to be perfect, it's crazy ! But, but, but - it's Buy the Label not the Book, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Just now, telerites said: But, but, but - it's Buy the Label not the Book, no? Now that you mention it, the label better be straight also ! telerites 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) Given the comic's not graded 10.0, it must have some extremely minor defects. Besides ones from production, that is. And the word is 'truly', and 'normal' shouldn't be capitalized, as it's not a proper noun. - Stern Stan Edited July 3, 2017 by namisgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
