PGM Flash Comics 86 - GRADE IN, BACK FROM CGC! 0

[Phill the Governor]

Whelp,

What do ya'll think? Structurally it's a real solid book. Two very small tears bottom of bc. Pages seem mostly ow.

Thanks in advance for the thoughts!

Edited January 25, 2019 by Phill the Governor

[adampasz]

6.0 off the top of my head. Great colors!

Staple tear near Flash's right fist.

Some kinds of circular smudge above Hawkman?

Back cover seems a bit grungy...

Notice any rust on the staples?

[Phill the Governor]

10 minutes ago, adampasz said:

6.0 off the top of my head. Great colors!

Staple tear near Flash's right fist.

Some kinds of circular smudge above Hawkman?

Back cover seems a bit grungy...

Notice any rust on the staples?

Thanks for your thoughts!

The smudge above hawkman is just a pencil mark. Minor staple oxidation but I don't see any rust. Centerfold is tight at both staples.

BC isn't grungy, it's called character!

[adampasz]

3 minutes ago, Phill the Governor said:

Thanks for your thoughts!

The smudge above hawkman is just a pencil mark. Minor staple oxidation but I don't see any rust. Centerfold is tight at both staples.

BC isn't grungy, it's called character!

OK well I'm also going to ding you for the cat scratches near the top staple, but I'm will to go as high as a 7. :P

What about the left side of the back. Is that waviness/water damage? Or just grime?

[Phill the Governor]

1 minute ago, adampasz said:

OK well I'm also going to ding you for the cat scratches near the top staple, but I'm will to go as high as a 7. :P

What about the left side of the back. Is that waviness/water damage? Or just grime?

The book had been exposed to excessive humidity at some point (you should see what it looked like before), but miraculously it was only the cover, and it was only humidity warping. 

However, what you're seeing is the residual (abrasion?) of the moistures on the gloss. The paper itself is now flat.

[Point Five]

Phil, what a score! Wow. 

I'll guess 6.5. And looks better!

 

[adampasz]

32 minutes ago, Point Five said:

Phil, what a score! Wow. 

I'll guess 6.5. And looks better!

 

I agree on the 6.5, presents well. The main image on the front is almost flawless.  Even the staple tear just accentuates Flash's speed lines.

Awesome book!

[comicquant]

Thats a beauty!  Great colors.  Looks like a 6.0 to me!

[BakerFanOne]

That is an awesome key with the first Black Canary.  Kind of hard to tell without more images but I was leaning 6.0 too.  The front cover looks more like a 6.5 - 7.0, but the back cover is more like 5.0 so 6.0 overall sounds reasonable.  

[Phill the Governor]

2 hours ago, Point Five said:

Phil, what a score! Wow. 

I'll guess 6.5. And looks better!

 

Thanks Jon! 

The coolest thing about the pick up was that it was from and OO collection, we're talking issues of continuity in titles from the 1940s: Detective Comics, Mary Marvel, Detective Comics, Flash Comics, All American Comics, etc. He had been posting many  books from All-American Comics and I just casually asked if he happened to have a 61. He replied back "I don't think so let me check'" , followed up with  "yeah I have one, it's VG i'll post photos", and ended with the last message of "ITS NM I WANT $20,000 for it!" lol. Someone got a good deal on that book too, really pretty copy. Anyways, I was fortunate enough to get this and a few other books and it wasn't until having them in hand that I realized that 3 of the 7 books: Flash Comics 86, Mary Marvel 15 and All American Comics 88 are all from August 1947. I thought it was pretty cool to imagine the OO going to the store back on that day in August and picking up the 3 of these books together - and now here they are with me! The kicker is that the AA 88 and the Flash 86 have the same pencil mark on the upper left FC, and the same tear in the same spot on the back cover. 

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

5.5

[Phill the Governor]

23 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

5.5

I'm not certain of a lot of things in life, but if this book doesn't grade out to at least a 6.0 I'll eat my shorts.

The 6.0 that sold a few months ago looked like this:

Big tear top of front cover, grease pencil, amongst other defects. Honestly think it's a 5.5 (and the price reflected this) but to each their own.

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

ya u would think it could at least get a 6.0 but da way that CGC is grading now....nothing would surprise me so i go low....because that's what they r doing.......is that a stain on back lower left ?

[Phill the Governor]

2 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

ya u would think it could at least get a 6.0 but da way that CGC is grading now....nothing would surprise me so i go low....because that's what they r doing.......is that a stain on back lower left ?

Yes, I believe that is a stain on the 6.0.

[Point Five]

5 hours ago, Phill the Governor said:

Yes, I believe that is a stain on the 6.0.

Phil, will you be submitting your copy?

 

[rjpb]

Easy 6.0, possibly 6.5.

A nice looking copy!

[Phill the Governor]

29 minutes ago, Point Five said:

Phil, will you be submitting your copy?

 

Yes.

It will likely be offered for sale here on the boards when I get it back from grading.

Edited January 11, 2019 by Phill the Governor

[Point Five]

[Bart Allen]

Nice  :3

[1950's war comics]

looks fine