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md06222002 Posts: 3
11/27/2016
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I don't expect to get a firm number per se, but I'm curious, what would the grade typically be for a new comic off the shelf? Read once, then bag-and-boarded then boxed away? I guess in a backhand kind of way, what makes a 10 or a 9.8? A publisher's proof? Since the 9.4 price is the starting place for display, what would that equate to? TIA.
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sclingerman Posts: 165
11/28/2016
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Since a good number (majority?) of off-the-shelf new comics have at least one or more of the following:
- spine stress mark
- a blunted/deformed corner
- very slight cover abrasion
- a 1-2 mm off-center cover wrap
- slight abrasion to an edge
- slight page lifting
... they'd be a 9.6 or 9.4
A 10.0 is NONE of these defects.
They get handled by the printer, distributor, store, shippers at each point, and sometimes other customers.
And since 9.4 is the default for adding a comic on this site, and is the cover price value - I just use that.
For more of what makes a comic which grade, go to the menu at the top of this page for: Price Guide -> Grading Guide.
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Why is this double-spacing???
edited by sclingerman on 11/28/2016
edited by sclingerman on 11/28/2016
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