Grade is in! PGM X-Men #1 2 2

[Glassman10]

Looks 6.0 to me. A pence variant

[CournalCrunch]

wow you guys are bringing up my expectations...I went into this thinking a 4.5 was the best I could get. Fingers crossed some of you are right! 

[CournalCrunch]

Grade is in! Alas not as some had guessed and oddly wasn't notated as a pence version...

BUT happy to finally having climbed my Everest and got my hands on the book I've wanted since a child...

Thanks for all the comments 

Edited April 30, 2021 by CournalCrunch

[Galen130]

I'm not sure about the UK variant thing...maybe someone else in here knows.  Still a nice slab!!! 

[WolverineX]

6.0

[1950's war comics]

looks nicer than a 4.5 ..... much nicer !

[MPH1964]

1 hour ago, 1950's war comics said:

looks nicer than a 4.5 ..... much nicer !

Yes! 

[Jemin]

That cleaned up really nice!

[CJ Design]

19 hours ago, MPH1964 said:

Yes! 

double yes

[Mars76]

It looks like your book was a victim of the dreaded reversion! Still a sweet grade though👍

Edited May 2, 2021 by Mars76

[CHASEnBLUE]

Congratulations! You have a very awesome and slabbed X-Men #1! 

[Albert Thurgood]

A great book to have. Congrats! I would have thought it would get a higher grade, especially after the clean and press.

[CournalCrunch]

Thanks folks. Here are the grader notes below. Anything surprising here? Having lurked on the boards for a while, I know theres no use in feeling bad about these types of things, particularly when I am just happy to get the book I love. Is this a candidate in the future for resubmission? Or should I just let it lie? 

crease right top of front cover
fade front cover
marvel chipping full right of front cover
spine stress lines breaks color
tanning cover

 

Also, can you explain what that means? N

On 5/2/2021 at 4:38 AM, Mars76 said:

It looks like your book was a victim of the dreaded reversion!

 

[Mars76]

1 hour ago, CournalCrunch said:

Also, can you explain what that means? N

On 5/1/2021 at 8:38 PM, Mars76 said:

It looks like your book was a victim of the dreaded reversion!

Reversion is when a comic goes back to its pre-pressed state. When you look at the back cover especially it looks like alot of the bends, creases, and waviness came back. After seeing the press pics I thought it would get a 5.0.

Edited May 3, 2021 by Mars76

[CournalCrunch]

14 minutes ago, Mars76 said:

Reversion is when a comic goes back to its pre-pressed state. When you look at the back cover especially it looks like alot of the bends, creases, and waviness cake back. After seeing the press pics I thought it would get a 5.0.

Very interesting. Never knew about that. Is this just the nature of the book essentially then...if it wants to be creased, one way or another it gets to be creased!