what's the grade part 2, this one has been slabbed

[supapimp]

i'll let you guys/gals know the grade by friday...good luck

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[snizzenfixit]

9.0

 

Phil

 

[ArAich]

 

Tough to really tell from that scan. I would say 8.5 or 9.0.

A lighter scan would help so that the lower left corner is more visable.

[comicinvestor-migration]

Since it's a DC I'll say 9.0.

[blowout]

.............NM- 9.2..........

[g-man]

could very well be a 9.4.

[greggy]

8.5 because I believe you told me previously! I may be wrong though!

[blowout]

....hey, no fair..........

[Bonds25]

It looks like a 9.2 or 9.4. It'd be a crime if it graded lower than a 9.0.

[supapimp]

nevermind greggy's guess, he doesn't know....it could be a 8.5 or not, you be the judge.

[ArAich]

 

Does the first correct guess win the book?

[greggy]

Ok then, my revised prediction is 9.2.

[Rickdogg]

VF/NM 9.0 since CGC tends to undergrade DC's

[murph0]

I'd say 9.0 due to the fuzzy corner and some other smaller marks..

 

Brian

[PovertyRow]

Dinging 3/4 way to the top right edge. Slight rounding of the top right corner. Two obvious dings and one or two very slight dings on the right edge just below where the boxed text "of Menaces" is. Three very slight dings on right edge just above the forehead of the Black Canary. Slight off-angle to the lower right corner. Just a bit above the right lower corner are more slight edge dings. Intriguing white edge on the lower left corner. It appears the cover paper makes a good 90 degree angle. Either there is some ink rubbed off or that small white area is a printing defect or it is the way it should have been printed - impossible to tell from the scan (am magnifying it). Spine looks really nice and if that is an indicator the staples are very solid and tight.

 

Overall, while I list a lot of defects, it appears to be a sweet book. I would estimate an 8.5-9.0 though? Think it should be a 9.2 at the least.

[supapimp]

my apologies araich, but the first correct guess does not win this book. this is one of my all time fave silver age DC covers....just extraordinary, the colours, the action....later ripped off by cockrum for x-men 94's cover! oops! im sure that comment raised a few eyebrows!

[OldGuy]

"later ripped off by cockrum for x-men 94's cover! "

 

In conversations with Dave he's often stated (both privately and publicly) that much of his early X-Men ideas were influenced by Silver Age DC creators and characters. Just look at the first X-Men encounter with the Starjammers (107). There are too many DC rip-offs in that book to count!

[hogations]

Mebbe 9.0?

[scottish]

Man...this one is considerably harder (at least for me) than the other book currently up for grading. The lower left corner does looked dinged...

 

Oh, I'll say 9.2.

[lighthouse]

Well let's see.... the Yoda Magic 8-Ball says.... "Try Not Do"

 

So we'll go with 9.2.