VERY GOOD GRADES

VERY GOOD/FINE: 5.0
VERY GOOD+ : 4.5
VERY GOOD : 4.0
VERY GOOD - :3.5

·                                 Book is complete, but with major creases and or a spine roll.

·                                 There is almost low cover gloss or at most times none at all.

·                                 The inside paper quality is not good and yellow and small pieces of them may be missing.

·                                 If there is a piece missing from the cover, it should be no larger than a 1/2" to 1/4".

·                                 Books in this grade are almost always creased, scuffed, abraded and soiled, but completely readable. Tape on the comic is considered a defect in this grade.

GOOD GRADE

GOOD/VERY GOOD: 3.0
GOOD + : 2.5
GOOD: 2.0
GOOD - : 1.8

Good is really a misnomer, but one that is still readable with numerous defects.

·                                 All the defects of a VG comic plus more.

·                                 There is almost low cover gloss or most times none at all.

·                                 The inside paper quality is not good and yellow and small pieces of them may be missing.

·                                 If there is a piece missing from the cover, it should be no larger than a 1/2" to 1/4".

·                                 Books in this grade are almost always creased, scuffed, abraded and soiled, but completely readable.

·                                 Book is complete, but with no missing pages and is still in a "collectible" grade.

FAIR GRADE
FAIR/GOOD : 1.5
FAIR : 1.0

This book has seen much better days and tends to be heavily worn and tattered.

·                                 A copy of a comic in this grade has all pages and most of the covers.

·                                 A book in this condition is worn, ragged and unattractive.

·                                 Heavy creases and folds are prevalent

·                                 paper quality can be very low

·                                 The spine and/or cover may be completely split.

·                                 Staples may be missing.

·                                 Corners are rounded.

·                                 Coupons cut from cover and or inside pages. Panels can be clipped out.

·                                 Parts of the front cover may be missing.

·                                 Soiling, staining, tears, markings or chunks missing will interfere with reading.

·                                 Brittleness maybe a factor.

·                                 Moderate to extensive amounts of tape is acceptable on the comic in this grade.

POOR GRADE

POOR : .5

It has major defects to the point that there is almost no collector value.

·                                 Copies in this grade typically will have pages and/or around 1/3 or more of the front cover missing.

·                                 They may have severe strains, mildew or heavy cover abrasion to the point where cover inks are gone.

·                                 Heavy defacing with paints, varnishes, glues, oil, indelible markers or dyes, etc.

·                                 The inside pages can be extreme brittleness.