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NEARMINT+

• Slight stress on the spine.
• The staples themselves are generally centered clean with no discernible rust.
• Maybe some minor color has chipped or flaked off the cover.
• The cover is flat with no surface wear. Inks are bright with high reflectivity and very little fading. Square and sharp corners with ever so slight blunting permitted.
• You can tell that this comic has been stored properly and looks almost as new as the day it was printed.
• The smallest amount of creasing
• All bindery tears are small.
• Only some binding and/or printing defects allowed.
• Cover is fairly well centered and firmly secured to interior pages.
• Paper is supple and like new.
• Spine is tight and flat.
• Unobtrusive date stamps or arrival dates in pencil or ink are acceptable.

NEARMINT TO NEARMINT-

• It is vibrant with supple pages.

• The spine may have a couple of very small stress lines that break color.
• Minor creasing.
• The spine is almost completely flat.
• The cover is relatively flat with almost minimal surface wear and the cover inks are generally bright with medium to high reflectivity.
• The staples may show some discoloration, but it's not too noticeable on first glance.
• The inside pages and covers usually will be off-white/white, but can be cream/off-white with the absence of other defects.

VERY FINE / NEARMINT

• Some of the above defects along with a fold or crease in the cover that breaks color.
• Some stress marks on spine.
• A few small chips on the cover.
• The cover has some slight surface wear but still has much of its original gloss and there is nothing major wrong with it.
• Sun shadows, dust shadows and tanning can be darker and have more of a visual impact than those in higher grades.

FINE

• This could have one major defect like a larger piece out of the cover, a long tear or a detached centerfold.
• It has stress lines on the spine and creases from the opening and closing of the cover.
• This could have a light reading or subscription crease or a rolled spine, but is not damaged enough to reduce eye appeal dramatically.
• Some cover discoloration, fading in colors and soiling is allowed.
• The cover and/or inside pages could have some tears and/or folds.
• With the absence of many other defects, the cover can be detached from one staple, but cover cannot be completely detached from interior.
• Books with slightly brittle pages cannot grade higher than 6.5 and generally are even lower in grade.
• Pages and inside covers could be brownish but not brittle.
• Depending on the look of the comic, very small amounts of tape could be acceptable in this grade.

VERY GOOD

• Cover gloss can be very low or sometimes no gloss at all.
• The inside paper quality can be low and small pieces of the pages may be missing.
• Books with brittle pages cannot grade higher than 3.5 and generally are even lower in grade.
• Books in this grade are almost always creased, scuffed, abraded and soiled, but readable.
• A larger amount of tape is also allowed in this grade. (once again, 

GOOD

• All the defects of a VG comic with more significant wear.
• The inside paper quality might not be good and pieces of the pages may be missing.
• Books in this grade are almost always creased, scuffed, abraded and soiled, but readable.
• Large pieces can be missing from the cover.
• Long or many spine splits are possible.
• The cover and pages many be detached but not missing and is still in a "collectible" grade.
• A significant amount of tape may have been applied to cover and pages.
• Book may be fragile.

FAIR

• 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.
• 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 may be a factor.
• Extensive amounts of tape are acceptable on the comic in these grades.

FINE PRINT

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