cupny Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 So I sometimes save images of books that I like just as a reference or a trigger to what I might want to search to purchase in the future. I purchased this 8.5 earlier this year. I was looking thru my image file and found what looks to be the same book that was formerly residing in a 9.0 old label case. What happened? Was this book once owned by a boardie? Check out "Nancy" on the "N" and the "D" in the title. I hope I saved some $$ buying it at the 8.5 grade vs. the 9.0. Either way, I really like this Phantom. If you do know anything about what happened here, I'd be very interested in hearing it's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 (edited) Sure looks to me to be the same book. Having just gone thru something similar, my guess is someone cracked it out and tried to press it into a 9.2, but missed. Maybe the presser dropped the book(looks like the lower left corner is slightly more rounded on the 8.5). Or Maybe it was the last book of the day and the grader was in a hurry and went low Edited November 10, 2018 by GreatCaesarsGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman76 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 It's just a weird made up number scale and different people interpret it differently? aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The solution is simple... we must find Nancy and ask her. Seriously though, you've got a beautiful book either way. Welcome to the BP16 8.5 Club! Here's mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 9 hours ago, catman76 said: It's just a weird made up number scale and different people interpret it differently? There's a lot of truth to this. You could show the same comic book to three different professional graders and get three different grades. Considering that the "Nancy" copy was graded about 15 years apart, I'm not surprised at all by a .5 difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: There's a lot of truth to this. You could show the same comic book to three different professional graders and get three different grades. Considering that the "Nancy" copy was graded about 15 years apart, I'm not surprised at all by a .5 difference. This flies in the face of the notion that CGC was tougher in their early days . . . Mr. Lady Luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, GreatCaesarsGhost said: This flies in the face of the notion that CGC was tougher in their early days . . . In general, I think they may have been tougher in the old days, but there's always exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 a lot can happen to a book in 15 years even if it is inside a CGC holder. Is the bottom staple looking just a little more stressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupny Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 8 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said: The solution is simple... we must find Nancy and ask her. Seriously though, you've got a beautiful book either way. Welcome to the BP16 8.5 Club! Here's mine... I like the registration on your so much more that mine. it looks great. I'm very happy with mine, but having yours to compare, its a no brainer - super nice book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
