Should have kept that 'Political Sticker' issue raw in Mylar along with the Date Stamped VAMPIRELLA #1 and displayed side by side in your PC. They were special on their own with those "Historical Anomalies". Now some backroom "expert" has put a monetary value on them detracting from their Historical value.

Before you said it I thought the 8.0 looked like the 6.0 also when you showed the back cover. It does look slightly darker so you're not crazy.

It’s been awhile since I checked out your videos so it was good to catch up and see what you’ve been up to. Keep it up!!

Action Comics #340. I bought that off the rack (revealing my age perhaps). Thought the origin panel of the guy (forget his name) getting blasted was cool. I was not happy they changed his look later. I think the parasite in this form could look good on the screen.

Some important info for you concerning STAR TREK #1 from Gold Key. Both issues you presented are the more valuable editions (and rarer). That's because both have the Capt. Kirk pin-up on the back cover. The other version (which is more common) just has a regular ad. The Kirk pin-up edition is worth almost twice as much (!).

your grading seems to be spot on!

The Economy tier at CGC is for books with values at or below $400 in value. Certainly, some of your books are worth more than $400. In the past, I would submit books which may be worth 20% above market value and had no issues with CGC. However, for my most recent submission, CGC came back to me with an additional charge of $60 for 2 books which they felt had exceeded the $400 threshold. My guess is that the Private Equity firm that acquired CGC, noticed that CGC was not being very rigorous in checking market value of submissions and CGC has now implemented a special value screen at CGC. What guideline do you follow regarding the maximum market value of a book that you would submit for the Economy tier?

I thought the tanning was more pronounced on the front cover of the lesser-graded book.

Great video!

Wow tbh I thought the 6.0 was the 8.0 from the back cover regarding the tanning

According to their new grading book, "very light tanning is allowable in the highest grades, particularly for Golden Age comics. Moderate tanning may lower a grade to the 8.0 to 9.0 range." Heavy tanning brings it down to the 6.0 range, and extreme tanning along with brittleness brings it down to between 4.0 and 5.0. Maybe the graders should read their own book! P.S., Dells in the 50s/60s are graded less harshly for tanning due to the type of paper used, leading to a higher occurrence.

Just a new data point for you: I submitted 20 golden age books to CGC and shipped them on 11/10/22. I used the economy service with no pressing. I got the books back yesterday (12/6/22), so the books took less than 30 days including shipping both ways.

9.4 Iron man 55 just sold for 2300 and a Avengers 8 9.4 sold for 9400 I thank even after Kang dies in the mcu the book will reach Doctor doom values one day in mybe 10 to 15 years!

nice call on keeping the LBJ USA sticker on (I think his policies SUCKED, but it's STILL an awesome historical artifact)

I wonder if tanning is subjective. One would think that could be subjected to some computer analysis to determine. At least to be consistent. However, I could see how paper stock may affect what the base "white" might be (if I'm not being confusing here). Are you sure the tanning comment may not be related to interior rather than exterior tanning? Once encapsulated, kind of hard to see what it was unless you made note yourself or took pictures before sending in. Or do you know the tanning comment is for the exterior only?

I sent a book from 1964 to CGC recently, it was graded and back in less than a month.

I remember seeing that star trek book when I first started back collecting and I passed it up because I thought 20$ was too much. Oops!!

The 6.0 and the 8.0 do look the same. They really tanned your hide.

Loki was in The Avengers 1

ive experienced the tanning hit ...it hurts

Looks like CGC wants people "lighten" their books through the BLED process. This will force more CPR's going forward which makes them more mone. Cant think of any other reason to now grade tanning to agressively.

Could I get your opinion on something? I have a very nice copy of ASM #40 (say 8.0 or better apparent) however it has a tiny piece of tape on the inside cover holding a bottom corner on. About the size of the crease on the Doctor Strange in your video. This tape is so small I think either Reed Richards or Tony Stark applied it. If you were to submit this book, given your experience would you leave it as is or take the tiny corner off. Thanks Ryan appreciate your sharing and entertainment in the hobby.

Do you think the grading is consistent enough that sending in a test book gives you a result you can count on for future submissions? If the combination of flaws are unique enough that you have to test your assumptions then each grader may look at them differently too. Will you be checking out CGC's recent book on their grading guidelines? It would be a great video series to have you review that book in sections with your insight and compare to your experience.

Is the the lower graded book a newer book and the the 8.0 an older book you think they might be grading the tanning because of the age just a thought I really like Captain Marvel number 27 I have a signed copy starlin it's funny about the doctor strange I'm collecting Doctor Strange sorcerer Supreme I think they're a bargain I can't believe how cheap they're going for in the grades I don't think I'll ever end up with all 90 books but I've got quite a few hopefully the next movie will bump them back up laugh out loud

What are your feelings about using a light box to brighten the whites? I've seen videos where a blue light, light box was used and brightened the book considerably. Even cleared up the dust shadow.

Question: If the that piece was gone on the front cover of that Strange Tales instead of the back, would the grade be different? I think it might.

When you use the comic book presser do you pay more for pressing and grading vs using CGC to press does that work? Also, what would you say the first silver age Joker appearance is

For Silver age what tier do you use. And do you think sending in Batman 181 that is missing the poster but otherwise would probably be 7.5 or 8 worth sending in or keep raw?

Has your experience with CCS pressing been positive? I've heard conflicting reports but you are quite objective in your opinion and I'd be interested in your experience. Great videos!

Thanks helpful examples on grading. I'm planning to submit around 40 books including 4 magazines to cgc. And over 30 lower grade books for cbcs raw grade to test my grading ability

that hat it dope :D

The 6.0 does look lighter then the 8.0 go figure. I think they are both 6.0 but you got lucky with the 8.0

Nice group - I agree on the tanning, the 6.0 looked lighter! Happy to see a few Star Trek 1s - I did pick one up earlier this year before the recent uptick with that higher grade $45,000+ sale! I'd be happy with a 4.0, but it did look a tad better than your 4.0, so fingers crossed!

I have an action comics 266 in 7.5 cgc. Someone gave it to me years ago and I had it graded. Maybe they will use him in a good movie one day.

Tanning definitely looked worse on the 8.0...frustrating for sure

Ryan, I’m so glad you showed The Strange Tales book with that flaw on the back because I have a similar comic (Batman 251) with the same exact flaw, except on the front right cover. It has a chunk missing with a few of the interior pages as well. I wanted to send it in to have it graded but was worried it would be hit really hard and not worth the cost of grading. The rest of the book is in really great shape with no major dings or ticks. I definitely feel more confident now sending it off to CGC. Great unboxing BTW 😃

Awesome info on grading comics

Regarding the 1st Parasite and 1st Teen Titans...could it be that CGC treats light/moderate tanning the same way they treat brittle pages where if there's a small spot in the book that has moderate tanning the book gets graded as if it's entirely moderate tanning?

Their pressing is horrible for bronze and before

Instead of just telling us that a book cleaned up nicely please take a picture of the book before submission. Seeing the before and after pressing will be much appreciated.

My 10/9 submission was received by CCS on 10/26 and scheduled for Standard pressing with a 15 day turn around. Im going to sacrifice a goat and hope God helps CCS finish before the Apocalypse. I should have put the comics under a large dictionary and sat on it for a couple of hours 😂

I CAN'T be the only person who LIKED the eternals movie!!!

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The 6.0 looks better! Makes no sense.