9.8 Guide! THESE DEFECTS May not impact your CGC grade! 

Yet again, another good, informative video. 👍 good stuff

Thank you i am normally a raw comic collector and I am getting ready to do a large submit to CGC so this helped

I've generally had good experiences with CGC as well. I'd say 75% of my submissions come back at my projected grade or higher. And often, when they don't, I'll see what they caught that I missed (when they explain the downgrade in the notes). Only a few truly baffling downgrades out of 300+ submissions. The one that still breaks my heart was when the nice lady from CGC called me with an apology that my 9.6 book had been mishandled during a routine reholder, and picked up a tear bringing it down to a 9.0. At least they were forthright and told me that they couldn't in good conscience just reholder it and send it back with the flaw at the same grade. That experience told me right there that despite humans being humans, sh*t happens, as a company they have to stick to their principles, despite it being their fault. Fortunately it wasn't a high dollar book, Daredevil #145. I got the FMV credit to my account balance.

This video was great! I was looking specifically for the staple marks for a while and you provided great insight. Instantly subscribed after the video. Thanks!

This video is very helpful. Thanks for making this video!

Some much knowledge and information form all of your videos brother keep them up! Definitely one of my favorite channels now ! 👊🏻🕸

Thank you for pointing out the spine divide. This video is exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Keep up with the awesome content!!!

Thanks for a very useful video, this will help me!

Great video. Thanks for the helpful info. Can’t wait to submit my first comic!

Good video with some very helpful tips and advice. Always a dilemma on submitting, but your video certainly helps with the learning process. Keep ‘em coming 😎👍

Thank you for this type of video. Great knowledge to have on hand when evaluating your books. I've had good 9.8 success on all of my Alex Ross Timeless books so far, but I took time to properly clean them all especially on the white areas on the front covers.

Great video! I did not know about the corner bindery tears allowance. Good info!

Another Perfect video with Condition insights that helps us immensely to consider things correctly before submitting books.Keep up the Mint work you Are doing!Bravo!

I don’t think they necessarily “allow” these flaws. It’s more likely they’re just making mistakes. And of course we all accept mistakes that increase the value of our books but at those higher grades it should be an exact science. Especially when there’s supposedly 3 graders looking at every book. They’re just not doing their job properly, probably because they’re flooded with submissions and just trying to churn through modern books as quickly as possible.

Always interesting to watch. Thanks for all your hard work.

Super helpful. Thanks!

Fantastic video James, thank you for doing this!

Really great information here! Thanks so much for the great content, as always! Keep it up! 🤘🏽

I didn't believe you about the corner tears being common until I started looking through my new comics.

Cheers for this video man, those corner ticks have been really bothering me but you've set me at ease. I'm more confident about my own books and what to send in.

Excellent video my man. This is a great channel.

Glad I watched this video I thought misswrapping was a spine roll, when I looked it up, thanks James.

Great video! Love your channel! A big thumbs up from The Netherlands!

Thanks for the info. Been trying to grade my new books and this helped a lot. I subbed too btw

This was very helpful. Especially the Minimal Spine Divide...hate that..and the wripples.

❤ I enjoy the information that helped answer questions I tried finding on the factory folded white spine that can be seen on some of my books.

Very educational!

Dude awesome video thank you

This was the best video I watched all year thank you very much very credible

It is remarkable hearing about all the intricacies of comic book grading.

Thank you very much very informative.

This is impressive content. Thank you for preparing this really important info for the community.

great video, lots of good info. thanks for sharing. your vids are awesome!

Great vid! I'm new to comic collecting and am looking to submit my first comic. This vid answers all my questions.

Great info!! Thanks. 🙂👍🏻

Great information!!!

another good video. thanks for the unique and well made content

Color rub on those Ross covers was a mother. I made the mistake of using some Absorene putty on the ASM cover and ruined it. White eraser, when used gently, worked fine.

Great info! I am almost ready for my first prescreen (I mostly do raw books, so it took a while). Honestly, I am sending several borderline books (Gleason cover, First Tommy Eliot, First Ilumaniti) that are worth taking a gamble to get a better sense of grading for future submissions and before cgc price hike goes into effect.

Thanks for the info. Great topic

I laughed so hard when you showed the ruler. The amount of micro investigation always astounds me.

I am going through some old books and deciding which to submit and which to keep raw. I'd like to see a video where you pre-screen a bunch of older and newer comics... and give your guess on what their grade would likely be as you go, based on experience. Showing some mid-grade books and what you think pressing could do for them would be cool too. Thanks for the great content!

Best CGC help video out there!

Great content, as usual

very informative video - thank you!

Great information.

Very informative. Wish I saw this before I did my first submission.

Awesome video, thank you so freaking much. I'm just about to start sending off for the first time and identifying what could be a 9.8 is a bit intimidating if you haven't done it before. I'm realistic about my chances but will be happy even if some come back a bit less. You rock!

Having not submitted any books yet, this was pretty surprising! I’m more hopeful now that my books can come back at a higher grade!

AMAZING VIDEO, very informative, thank you!! Could you please make a video about what kind of comics to submit to CGC? Key issues, rare variants, cool cover art?

I'm learning how to grade, and I was wondering if you could do a video on grading comings step by step and what to look for on all grades. love your videos man thanks.

Very informative and appreciated. I was wondering about that corner tear. Prior to when I had stopped buying physical copies in 2009, I recall rarely seeing (or maybe not noticing) that kind of defect on new comics. Now, I see it on almost every new issue on the shelf. I had been wondering if that's a ding caused by printing or shipping since I was seeing at every shop.

Very interesting

Whenever I buy my comics at my local comic shop I’ve been noticing white lines on the spine and it was really annoying me until now

Great video to educate people. You've got a sitting Driver's Ed video voice.

I have a 1st print UF4 with noticeable color rub but it's still a 9.8. I found it weird but still happy of course

Excellent video. It will be very helpful for submitting. As far as writing on the cover goes, I think that date stamps/ writing would not hurt the grade. Sort of confirms its history.

Great video as always and very informative, I have the 1st silk that has a tiny tiny rip on the corner. I believe it may get a 9.6 or 9.8!

When he bent the book.. I cringed and fell to the floor with tears.. I’m sure it was a 50 cent book anyways 😂

If it's a high end book they will be harder on it.

Speaking to the color rub defect at 9:23, I have a Wolverine #1 (2020) with the die-cut yellow cover. It had some pretty significant dirt/grime/whatever near the staples on the cover similar to what is shown in this video but I was able to completely remove it with a white "hi-polymer" eraser without affecting the yellow of the cover at all. Also, I tried a "magic eraser" pad on the white areas of some older comics and it cleaned up that yellowing/oxidation quite well.

Terrific tips! I’m interested to see how you press a book yourself. 🧐

Great video I have definitely been harsh on what I’ve sent to CGC, I may have to send some others off now 👍

Nice tips James 👍 Erasing colour rub on whites covers is pretty easy-black covers not so much! 😡

Very Good and informative video. Is there any information on sunken staples? Thanks.

Speaking of lenticulars; i have a stack of them, from the Walmart multi-packs, that have dent in the exact same spot on each of them. Obviously from the factory. The printing press or whatever damaged every one of the lenticulars i got from those packs.

This is perfect. I just submitted my first 10 books to cgc. I have about 50 others to submit but I’m curious the grades of the first 10. I feel like I’ll be pleasantly surprised

Good information video - sent my childhood comic(s) for slabbing to keep. I won't sell them.........

Hold on someone got a new mutants #98 in a 9.9!

Most of those "stamp"or grease pencil marks can also easily be erased from a decent looking book.ive had very good luck with this in the past.

In the color rub section, I would have loved for you to talk about color rub with black or dark back covers. With white covers, you can clean most of it off, or all of it entirely. With color rubs on non-white covers, what would be considered negligible? Would love to see some examples of what is considered passable.

Who in Odin's beard gave this video a thumbs down. Great job thanks for the tips !

thanks for the video. I found it because i was looking to see if the white line on the spine would hurt the grade. Wish me luck sending it the last ronin lost years 1:100 with the white line on the spine.

The fact that cgc is inconsistent is the only reason needed to avoid cgc.

Had a store stamp on the first page of a comic and got a 9.8 a couple times ...

Yea my marvel team up 141 came back with waves in the graders notes. And got a 7.0 grade only 2 small ticks was expecting 9.0 at least

Act of kindness aka promotional payment 💯 😂 👍

I have a 9.8 that has a little fluff in the bottom left corner... didnt know this was allowed but it apparently is

Color rub issues - a little TLS with a white eraser my friend

When a book looks perfect on the front and back and corners and it does not get a 9.8 is is a problem within the book ...Very often page creases in the centre of the book.80s books are really know for this....A pile of unread perfect looking books is not a pile of 9.8s.

I’m working on a 9.8 Watchmen run for the whole series

Dang this video is so cool and helpful!! Now I’m not so scared to think about sending stuff to Cgc

There's also the gripper defects (I believe that's what they are called). Say if your book has to little tears on the bottom of the cover and the pages have holes across them. I just bought an ASM 361 that has these. But the book is beautiful other than those flaws.

Great vid. Very help full. I planing on getting a cgc acount. So I can submit some books. At the moment I mostly just buy books that are already graded. And small question do you have any 9.9 books in your collection? And one other question. My iron man#2020 has just 2 minor left corner tik/tear like your talking about. And a small spine tik if I get it a press could it get a 9.6/9.8? And I have a star the empire strikes back 40th anniversary. That has no Tiks. Ore corner tiles. Mabye just a small tik but that's all does that sound like a 9.8?

Nice trade! I wanted to ask do you press your own books or do you have someone that you send them to? I am looking for a good presser for now until I'm more ready to do it myself.

This video really helped. I have a comic that has really no white line on the spine and very minimal corner whitening but it has a couple really really small color breaking spine ticks. Other than that the book is pristine. Do you think it could get a 9.2 or higher? I’m nervous to send it in, lol

Question I came across some candidates for 9.4-9.2 silver age but they are mostly white cover however because of the age they are not super white there more a cream to white will this impact the grade ? I never had submissions with this before you most likely have, thanks in advance

I got a 9.6 with small bindary tear spine.

Hi new subscriber..!! Do you have to get every comic books quick press and clean with CGC every time even though the books have no ticks or any kind of defects..? I have never submit any books to CGC or CBCS yet.. Thk

I have a giant size Defenders# 3 it's N/M but the inside has some rust on staples could it still get a 9.8

I'm wondering if I should grade my Invincible ironman #1 1995 Gold Signature comic. I'm afraid it won't be a high 9 cause of some creases on the spine. I still have the certificate it came with, I have comic #50

I pressed a X-Men 282 this week and it has no tears or flaws anywhere (it was one of 13 I bought).

How much is it to send in like 10 comics? I have 2 copies of Deathstroke #1 and 2 copies of Ultimate Spider-Man #1s as well as a few I just want for personal collection or see if they accumulate value! Would be a first time doing it so I’m scared to send my mini grails away even tho they’re not much

I have 50 issues of Silver Surfer v3 #50, the silver embossed cover I bought new the day the magazine guy filled the spinner racks. Everyone is mint except there is a manufacture crease on back cover almost the length of the book opposite side of spine. I watch a vid by Very Gary Comics where he had bought a collection that had several copies of said issue and come to find out everyone of his also had same defect. What do you know about it?

Nice video, but Kyle Rayner's first appearance is in Green Lantern v3 #48. At the end of the issue he's sitting at a beach with his girlfriend Alex Dewitt.

New to your channel. This video is a bit older. How have your observations faired against CGC’s newer more stringent grading standards?

I like how only CGC is allowed defects and still can be 9.8. Any time cbcs or PGX has a 9.8 defect, it is because "they are lesser then" companies.

Maybe I will reconsider submitting books with the white spine line and small corner knicks…scaredy-cat

Sometimes you get rubbed the wrong way sometimes it’s the right way

What Issues are you missing from Batman and Robin Adventures? I have been going through my collection and came across some as well as Batman Adventures #12. I have the entire collection from when they came out.