PGM Journey Into Mystery 103 0

[marmat]

I am sending a few comics to CGC and I am thinking adding this one to the submission.

What do you think, worth grading?

[James J Johnson]

I'd estimate 4.5. Spine area is a little rough but overall solid and the other edges are sound. IMO, it's a 5.0 to 5.5 with that small split that appears to affect several of the inside pages as well, thus 4.5.

[James J Johnson]

Forgot, yes, worth grading if included in with a multiple submission.

The diagonal crease is light enough that the well/slab will probably make it all but invisible, thus enhancing its attractiveness.

Edited January 12, 2018 by James J Johnson

[shadroch]

Might get a 5.0, but a nice 4.5 in any case.

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

this is a hard book to grade 4 me. That bottom left front corner is pretty rough. It look's like it might b tearing around in the back. A 4.0 seems pretty harsh but i think that a possibility. The T in Thor really took a shot so i wonder if that penetrated inside the front cover. 

[James J Johnson]

4 minutes ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

this is a hard book to grade 4 me. That bottom left front corner is pretty rough. It look's like it might b tearing around in the back. A 4.0 seems pretty harsh but i think that a possibility. The T in Thor really took a shot so i wonder if that penetrated inside the front cover. 

Yes, that tiny puncture mark did go through the cover, but the paper was pushed into the puncture, it's still there, and in this grade range, considering the other flaws far more detractive from the overall whole, I don't think it's a factor. The same puncture on an otherwise NM book? Devastating. A drop from 9.4 to 8.0 automatically. But on these lower grade books, a non-starter, IMO.

[Alf Pogs]

Sweet book that I gave a 4 or a 5. I personally wouldn't slab and put the money towards the previous or next issue in the run.

[James J Johnson]

7 minutes ago, Alf Pogs said:

Sweet book that I gave a 4 or a 5. I personally wouldn't slab and put the money towards the previous or next issue in the run.

102!  

Although the particular set of defects on this 103 would greatly benefit from being housed in the CGC slab. A bigger than average bump in appearance, IMO.

[1950's war comics]

11 minutes ago, Alf Pogs said:

Sweet book that I gave a 4 or a 5. I personally wouldn't slab and put the money towards the previous or next issue in the run.

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[Alf Pogs]

2 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

102!  

Although the particular set of defects on this 103 would greatly benefit from being housed in the CGC slab. A bigger than average bump in appearance, IMO.

or 89! I'm into quantity not quality.

[AJ0605]

Id give it 4.0 due to that lower spine split