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8.5 VERY FINE+ (VF+):  Back to Top
Fits the criteria for Very Fine but with an additional virtue or small accumulation of virtues that improves the book's appearance by a perceptible amount.

8.0 VERY FINE (VF):  Back to Top
An excellent copy with outstanding eye appeal. A limited accumulation of minor bindery/printing defects is allowed. Cover is relatively flat with minimal surface wear beginning to show, possibly including some minute wear at corners. Inks are generally bright with moderate to high reflectivity. An unnoticeable 1/4" crease is acceptable if color is not broken. Stamped or inked arrival dates may be present. Minor foxing. Spine is almost completely flat with a possible minor color break. Staples may show some discoloration. Very slight staple tears and a few almost insignificant stress lines may be present. Paper is cream to tan and supple. Centerfold is mostly secure. Minor interior tears at the margin may be present.

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I believe it could get a 9.0 or higher. The only defects I can see are bending of the cover at the very top. But amazingly no color breaks up there. This defect usually looks much worse on books of this age. One spine stress at the bottom staple. I'd say 9.6 without that top cover issue. I would grade it 9.2 but would not be surprised if it came back higher. BTW the back cover looks amazing! That white back cover that ran on so many Marvels in that era is almost always yellowed and browning. Amazing book thanks for sharing!

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50 minutes ago, flashlites said:

I believe it could get a 9.0 or higher. The only defects I can see are bending of the cover at the very top. But amazingly no color breaks up there. This defect usually looks much worse on books of this age. One spine stress at the bottom staple. I'd say 9.6 without that top cover issue. I would grade it 9.2 but would not be surprised if it came back higher. BTW the back cover looks amazing! That white back cover that ran on so many Marvels in that era is almost always yellowed and browning. Amazing book thanks for sharing!

Thanks! 🙂 Yeah it’s a pretty stellar copy. I’ll be very very surprised if it comes back lower than a 9.0. I’ll be sending it in soon enough with some other stuff.

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Is there a color breaking crease bottom right corner of cover? It appears that it might go through the whole book to the back cover, as the picture of the splash page seems to show bending, as well as the back cover in the same corresponding area. If so, it would probably lower the grade a bit.

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2 hours ago, Mucheee1 said:

Is there a color breaking crease bottom right corner of cover? It appears that it might go through the whole book to the back cover, as the picture of the splash page seems to show bending, as well as the back cover in the same corresponding area. If so, it would probably lower the grade a bit.

Good eye! Yeah it’s very subtle but that’s correct. The pressing will take care of that minus the subtle color break and I’ve taken that into account. But will certainly affect it some regardless.

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