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| I find difficult to grade a comic 9.4 and higher, and I think many of us are in the same situation. Maybe that's why high grade CGC graded comics sells often for well over guide. So I decide to open this topic where you can post the comics from your collection that you think hve the highest grade and we can improve in this aspect of grading. Here's my first. It has only two very minor spine stress that are invisible in the scan 
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I use a 100 point scale (testing stage) rather than 10 point when grading my books. Based on what I can see from the scan, yours would grade from 92.95 - 96.98 depending on the spine's edge. This means your book would be NM to me. Not much makes the Mint grade with me, but I dare not scan my books, especially not what I consider Mint 
Here is an example (photo) of something I grade 92.35 (NM-) in my scale:
There are Two non-visible spine stresses. Two 1/32" paint flakes. Lower Spine corner is sharp, but has some paint damage. Edge of spine has 20% of the paint worn. Spine is virgin (unread). There is a non-visible indentation about 1" from the spine midway down the comic. There are no scuffs or scratches on the cover, pages are untouched.
To me it looks like your book is in better shape than my Witchblade.
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| I like the idea Marmat as I too have difficulty grading anything over a 9.6 but I think we would need bigger, higher res scans of both the front and back to grade accurately.
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Really should have a pic of the side of the spine too. pressed comics hide color breaks there 
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| I have my scanner out of order right now, I agreed we need high resolution picture for this topic. Please go ahead and post some of your books, I'll do the same once the scanner get fixed
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| Ok guys, we can start it again. Finally my scanner is working. Here are front and back cover scans (resolution 600 ppp) The book is unread and stored since day of purchase. Depending on your judgement, I'll submit it to CGC or not. 
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It depends on how heavy CGC penalizes for the spine crease and dinged corner. I believe the highest grade that allows for a spine stress that is visible is VF/NM. The highest grade with a dinged corner I think is NM+, but the corner has to be sharp, which does not appear to be the case here.
Total, I count 3 Spine stresses. Two I could be mistaken, one is obvious. The bottom corner on the spine is not perfectly square. This means that this book should NOT be a 9.8. There are also some possible breaks in the color (I call them flakes).
I don't know what you want this book graded for. If it's for selling, then go ahead and grade it. If you sell it as NM (which it is, regardless of what CGC grades it even if they grade it below 9.2), or even Mint, it is not going to fetch as much as if graded even if a 9.2. However, there are many CGC books which sell for less than $24 including shipping which is the price of grading a book. I don't know if this book is worth anything, but I imagine even if graded a 9.6, you would barely recover the grading cost. Maybe in 20 years it will be worth having graded.
If you want to know the grade for your collection, then think of it as Near Mint and don't send it in. No point in slabbing a book that is in your collection. It is NOT mint since it does have at least 1 flaw. Since the Spine stress is noticeable, it is not NM/MN. The best you can hope for is 9.6, which to me is a fair grade on this book, however, I doubt it will go that high. CGC grades using an electron microscope and analyzes the book at the atomic level....
I will stick to my original grade of between 9.2 - 9.6, but I am leaning more on the 9.2/9.4. It might grade higher at CGC, but I don't know what standards CGC uses. If I were to grade it I think it would be a solid Near Mint (I use a 100 point scale, so I remove and add points based on defects or positives on the book). If you must have the book graded by a third party, send it to me and I'll grade it for $5 + return shipping and I'll send you a full grading report with the book, but no slabbing
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