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Overstreet Grading Guide
10.0
Gem Mint
 Spine is flat and tight... Sharp corners... Firmly secure centerfold... No corner abrasion... No edge tears or creases... Bright reflectivity on cover... Colors are brilliant... No creases or wear on edges...
9.9
Mint
 Slightest bindery defect in corner... Spine is flat and tight... Slight fading on edge... Sharp corners... No corner abrasion... No edge tears or creases... Color fleck... Inks have high reflectivity... Cover slightly miswrapped... Very subtle bend... Small ink blotch...
9.8
Near Mint/Mint
 Cover slightly miswrapped... Slight oxidation shadow... Grease pencilled number (writing on cover with a grease pencil)... Pencilled arrival date(does not affect the grade)... Very subtle bindery cut... All corners are sharp... Color fleck... Corner color fleck (a double width fold out cover)... Gatefold corner... Corners are perfect...
9.6
Near Mint+
 Pencil marks... Very light oxidation shadow... Very small color fleck... Very minor blunted corner... Very light stress line at spine on back cover... Minor spine stress line... Slight indentation on cover... Minor edge stress... Minor corner abrasion...
9.4
Near Mint
 Corner fleck... Color flecks... Corner chip... Copy originally not stapled... Spine stress line... Slight foxing... Very minor bindery tear... Minor corner wear... Minor indentation... Pencil marks... Small corner tear... Slight edge wear... Browning on edge... Minor color fleck... Cover stamp... Slight staining... Abraded corner... Corner not squarely cut... 1/16" bend... Minute color flecks... Sharp corner... Minor chip... very minor corner crease...
9.2
Near Mint-
 Abraded corner... Minor chipping... Small spine tear... 1/8" bend (no color break)... Blunted corner... Oxidation shadow... Staple discoloration... Spine stress line... Edge chip... Corner chip... Ink smudges... Miswrapped cover... Slight cover color dimming... Stressed edge... Staple stress line... edge stress... Spine stress... Slight foxing... Chip... Light rubbing... Slight blunting... Blunted corner... Subtle corner wrinkles... Bindery defect... Small bumps slight bend... Over cover... Blunted edge... Slight staple discoloration... slight bump... Slightly impacted corner... Numerous spine creases... Minor color loss... Minor crease around staple... Minor corner chip... Crescent crease...
9.0
Very Fine/Near Mint
 Very slight spine wear and a few stress lines... Staple discoloration... Minor edge wear... Blunted corner... Light dust shadow... Very slight rounded corner... Very slight edge rub... Pencil mark... Very slight staple stress... Very slight corner rub... Abraded corner... Slight staple tear... Slight spine stress lines... Very slight discoloration... Minor corner abrasion... Blunted edge... Stressed edge... Black ink writing... Minor corner abrasion... Staple not centered... Small spine creases... Minor wear... Slight cover color dimming... Minor corner blunting... Slight tear... Edge stress... Blue ink writing... Chip... Minor chipping... Corner crease... Minor corner... Over cover extends 1/8"... Slight travelled cover... 3/32" spine bend color flecks... slight edge wear... slight blunting... Small stains... Corner chip out... Minor color fade... Small tear at staple... Small corner fold... 1/8" corner bend...
8.5 Very Fine+.../8.0 Very Fine
8.5
Very Fine+
 Grease pencil marks... Light soiling... Minor stress... Color fleck... Minor spine stress... Minute wear on corner... Corner tear... Slight browning on edge... Abraded corner... Small edge chips... Very minor chip... Small chips...
8.0
Very Fine
 Corner chips... Soiling line... Edge chip... Light soiling... Slight staple stress... oxidation shadow... Blunted corner... Minor creases... Small spots... Very small staple tears... Staple discoloration... Abraded corner... Corner creases... minor browning on edge... Edge chips... Spine stress... Chipping... Slight corner crease... Spine chips... Color chip... Stress line... Color loss... Slight crease... Rubbing... Slightly miswrapped cover... Minor edge wear... Browning along edge... Spine creases... Minor abraded corner... Edge creases... Color fleck on corner... Minor corner abrasion... Spine stress lines... Edge stress... Minor pin holes... Visable fingerprints and faint in residue on white title letters... Minor color break... Slight corner bend... Minor foxing... Light crease...
7.5 Very Fine-...7.0 Fine/Very fine
7.5
Very Fine-
 Abraded corner... Slight discoloration... Chipped edge... Corner crease... Missing chip... Minor abraded corner... Minor spine stress... Minor color flecks... Minor corner creases... Minor creases... High cover gloss flat cover...
7.0
Fine/Very Fine
 Crumpled corner... Writing... Slight rust migration on staple... Minor soiling... Stamp... Library of congress stamp... Blunted corner... Slight roll... Spine creases... Slight foxing... Slight corner creases... Minor foxing... Corner chip... Reading crease... Abraded corner... Spine tear... Tear... Corner wear... Crease... Chip... Corner creases... High reflectivity... Blunted edge... Stress... Browning... Spine mark... Stress mark... Minor color fleck... Spine chip... Minor abraded corner... Staple holes running through the entire comic... Miswrapped cover... Mild soiling... Spine creases... Corner stress... Writing... Small spine creases... Minor edge stress... Corner flecking on edge... Two pin holes... Edge chip... Edge crease... Corner chip... Minor staple stress... Staple stress... Edge wear... Minor tears... Spine stress... Small accumulation of light lines... Distributor color coding... Color scrapes Spine tear... Corner chip... Slight color flecking on edge... Corner bend... Edge chip... Slight crease...
6.5 Fine+...6.0 Fine
6.5
Fine+
 Worn spine... Light color loss... Corner chip Edge chips... Erased letters... Browning on edge... Missing ship... Color flecks... Abraded corner... Discolored staple... Reduction in reflectivity... Staple rust migration... Corner chip... Minor wear... Minor rubbing.. Slight browning... Minor soiling... Tape residue.. Slight soiling... Small tear...
6.0
Fine
 Corner wear... Pencil mark... Foxing... Spine tear...small spine tear Miswrapped cover... Rounded corner... Chipped edge... Blunted corner... Corner chip out... Browning along spine... Corner chip... Crease... Browning... Oxidation shadows... 1/4" spine... Minor corner chip... Significant reduction in reflectivity... Small cover indentation... Moderate crease... Slight water mark... Slight edge stress... Blunted corner... Corner angle is off...not cut square... Book trimming defect at incorrect angle... Small corner creases... Minor crease... Off center staple... Stress line... Minor soiling... Slight browning... Water damage... Light corner crease... Small tear... Off centered...
5.5 Fine-...5.0 Very Good/Fine
5.5
Fine-
 Corner chip... Light soiling... Blunted corner... Abraded corner... Abraded edge... Small crease... Small chips... Foxing... Crease... Rounded corner... Bundling edge... Pencil marks... Slight spine roll... Corner tear... Browning.. Color flecks down spine... Small stress line... Abraded corner... Rounded corner... Color flecks... Corner chip... Several spine stress lines... Silver ink autograph... Spine crease... Moderate creases on bottom back cover... Corner crease... Moderate corner creases on back cover... Creases...
5.0
Very Good/Fine
 Corner chip... Rumpled cover... Staple stress... Abraded corner... Rat chew... Light foxing... Spine chips... Spine tear... Browning... 1/2" spine split... Blunted corner... Color flecks... Color chip... Torn corner... Rust migration from staple... 1" tear... Book has a slight odor... Minor tear... Poorly trimmed interior pages... Worn edge... Numerous small spine creases... Chip out... Centerfold is loose... Color flecking... Chip... Color scrape... Corner tear... Spine wrinkling... Staple tear... Spine creases... Spine stress... Color flecks... Creases... Cover edge wear... Cover rumpled... Slightly worn corner... Corner chip out... Staple creases... Minor chip out... Slight tear... Minor marvel chipping... Corner creases... Loose staples... Worn spine (pinhole)... Spine split... Crease... Edge crease... Date stamp... Chip... Edge browning... Tape residue running across book... Edge stains... Corner stains... 1/2" spine split... Staple tear... Small spine creases... Staple stress lines... Edge wear... 1/8" corner crease...
4.5 Very Good+...4.0 Very Good
4.5
Very Good+
 Reading crease... Spine split... Spine tears... Staple not centered... Spine stress lines... Rust migration... Spine split... Small tear... Rounded corner... Color flecking... Chip out... Abraded corner... Acidic odor... Oxidation shadow... Chip... Stain... Tear... Pencil marks... Browned corner... Brown stains... minor staple tears... Spine wear... Corner stain... Slight spine roll Fanned pages... Crease... Color flecks... Corner creases... Spine worn around staple... Numerous spine creases... Corner chip... Pencil mark...
4.0
Very Good
 Rounded corner... Brown staining... Abraded spine... Spine wear... 1" spine tear... Minor fraying... Crease... Corner chip... Edge wear... Writing on cover... Loss of refectivity... Corner chip out... Mold stain... Spine tear... Color chip out... Abraded corner... Impacted edge... Store stamp... Chip missing... Staple tear Numerous spine creases... Staple tear... Chip... Minor edge... Color flecking... Long very light crease... Pencil mark... Spine roll... Color rub... Color scrape... Stain... Color missing abrasion... Miswrapped cover... Loose centerfold... Creases... Color loss... Frayed edge... edge stain... Light long crease... Tear... Staple stress... Corner chips... Edge stress... Full lenght crease... Creases Around staple... Corner chip... Color fleck... Moderate stress lines... Missing chip... Edge wear... Marvel chipping...
3.5 Very Good-...3.0 Good/Very Good
3.5
Very Good-
 Corner chip... Edge browning... Pencil mark... Numerous spine stress lines... Discoloration... Spine tear... Rust migration... Worn spine... Low reflectivity on spine... Abraded corner... Corner bend... Minor chipping... Crease... Inaccurate trimming... Tear... Spine crease... Chip... Mild soiling... Blunted corner... Edge chipping... Browning on edge... Edge wear... Corner chipping... Color chip... Arrival date in pencil... rusted staple... Staple tear... Spine creases... Multiple dimples on cover... Initials written in black ink... Corner tear... Corner creases... Name stamp... Oxidation shadow... Front cover image wraps onto back by 1/4"... Numerous spine creases... Reading crease... Crease with color loss... Crease... Corner chip with creases... Loose chip...
3.0
Good/Very Good
 Corner tear... Cover hole... Foxing... Chips... Color faded area... Abraded spine... Loose piece... Abraded corner... Corner chip.. Chip... Spine chips... Browning on edge... Mis trimmed cover... Color flecks... Loose and missing pages... Minor soiling... Rust migration... Rusted staple... Worn spine... Creases... Rounded corner... Tear... Pencil mark... Soiling... Stains on the logo... reading crease... Spine tears... Spine tear... Spine split... Foxing... Corner fold... Numerous tears... Black ink writing... Color scrapes... Color scrape... Frayed edge... Mis wrapped cover... Small chips off cover... Missing chip... Numerous chips missing... Creases... Rusted staple with rust migration.. Worn spine... Spine piece missing... Chipping all along edge... Insect holes and tear... Color chips... Staple rust and tears... crease... corner creases... Color flecking... Frayed edge... 1/4" - 1/2" corner piece missing... Center crease... Spine roll... Reading crease... Abraded spine... Spine fragment missing... Blunted corner... tape residue... Corner chip out... Chip out... Numerous spine creases... Staple tears... Edge wear... Loose piece still attached... Comic has moderate acidic odor... Abraded spine... Numerous spine stress lines... Significant wear on cover very low reflectivity... Edge creases... Numerous stress lines... Poorly trimmed back cover... Amateur repairs evident...
2.5 Good+...2.0 Good...1.8 Good-
2.5
Good+
 Corner chip out... Chip... Writing... Piece missing... Chips missing... Oxidation... Rounded corner... Creases... Spine tear... Tear with missing chip... Water stain from glass... corner chip... Spine creases... Numerous spine tears and creases... Loose piece... Edge tear... Ink smudges... Pencil marks... 1/2" corner piece missing... Frayed edge... Long diagonal crease... Corner creases Wrinkled area... spine split(only up to 2" split)... Tear.. Abraded spine...
2.0
Good
 Amateur glue repair... Crease... Rounded corner... Browning... Stains... Low reflectivity... Color flecks and chips... tear... Spine split( 2" split)... Chip missing... Tape on spine... Corner chip out... Piece missing... Color scrape... Animal chew extends through 3/4 of all pages... Corner crease... Spine loose at staple... Abraded corner... Pencil writing... Foxing... Browning... Color chip... Edge wrinkle... Abraded area... Color flecking... Spine tear... Loose chips... Staple wear... Out of register... Dirt smudge and ink on title letters... Ink writing on cover... Heavy edge wear... Corner chip... Edge tear... Color flecks... Long center crease... Tears around a rusted staple... Spine tears... Long 4" crease... Cover creasing heaviest along spine... Pen writing... Blunted edge... Slightly miswrapped cover... Significant cover wear... Rubbing and stress marks... Pencil writing and ink marks... Stress marks... pencil writing... Numerouse edge tears and creases... Long crease... Corner creases... Numerous spine stress lines... Loose piece... Color missing... Worn spine... Wrinkled edge... Small tears along edge... Poorly trimmed edge... Corner chip with color flecking... Abraded spine... Creases with color loss... Stains... Color scrape...
1.8
Good-
 Abraded corner... Spine roll... Crease... Rounded corners... Chip... Worn edge... Blunted corner... Rusted staple... Foxing... Rusted staple with rust migration... Rust migration... Water damage... Leghth wide crease... Multiple dimples on cover... Heavy cover wear... Corner chips missing... Worn spine with moderate tears... Small pieces missing... Slightly miswrapped cover... Piece missing... Moderate soiling... Rust migration... Numerous stress lines... Slightly rusted staple...
1.5 Fair/Good...1.0 Fair...0.5 Poor
1.5
Fair/Good
 Corner chip out... Browning... Writing... Frayed Spine... 3 inch tear... 2" spine split... Rounded corner... Edge wear... Color chip out... Frayed edge... Corner crease... Mold and stains... Piece missing... Rusty staples... worn spine... Holes and tears... Corner piece missing... Tear... pieces out... Crease... Mold spots... Chip... Chip missing... Tape residue... Pencil marks... Cover soiling... Color flecks... Abraded corner... missing pieces... numerous tears... Corner creases and abrasion... Numerous creases... Numerous chips missing... tear... Tape on spine... Long crease... Cover is worn and stained... water stains... Spine tear... Heavily worn spine... Coner tear... Center crease... writing in center... Writing in title logo... Staple not centered... Staple wear... Heavy suface wear... 1" piece missing... Acidic odor present... Large crease... Staple tears... Abraded spine... Color loss... Numerous stress lines... Heavy cover loss... Corner chip out... Bundling crease... Abraded edge... Poorly trimmed interior pages... Hole in cover... Edge crease... Rat chew... Staining... Foxing... 1 1/2" spine split... Spine creases... Edge tears... Multiple dimples and stress lines on cover... Issue no. digit cut... Tears around staple... Chipping... 2 1/2" long crease... Large dimple at center of cover... Looses interior pages... Soiling on white title letters... Reading creases... 2" tear...
1.0
Fair
 3" spine split... Soiling... Staples replaced... Frayed edge... Crease... Corner creases... Abraded corner... Soiling... Ink stains... Untrimmed interior pages... Poorly trimmed edge... Color touch... Chunk missing... Multiple spine stress lines... Rusted staple... Spine chips... Large stain... Tape along spine... Worn spine... Some brittleness along edge... 6" crease... Rounded corner... Chips... Tears... Staple is rusty and not centered... Heavy creases... Heavily blunted edge... Heavy creases and crumpling... 7" spine split... 1" spine split... Corner chip... Shows slight brittleness... Chips missing... Edge tear... Water stain... Water spots... Browning on edges... Edge tears... Tear... Tape... Spine tears... Frayed edge with heavy surface wear... Rounded corner... Frayed edge... Corner creases... Back cover missing... Staple tear... Numerous creases and stress lines... Cat chew... Spine creases... Numerous diagonal folds... Massive cover trauma...
0.5
Poor
 Paper remnant glued to cover... Color flecks... Torn spine... Rusted spine... Color loss... Extensive color loss... Corner chip... Numerous stains on title logo... Foxing... Severely rusted staple... Incomplete cover from water damage... Discoloration... Heavy spine wear and soiling... Heavy edge wear and soiling... Soiled edge... Severely blunted edge... Folded corner creases... White mold from water damage...
PAPER QUALITY AND COLOR
PAPER QUALITY
AND COLOR
10.0 white supple and fresh
9.9 white supple and fresh
9.8 white supple and fresh
9.6 off-white supple and fresh
9.4 off white/cream supple and fresh
9.2 off white to cream supple and fresh
9.0 off white/cream supple
8.5
8.0 cream/tan,supple
7.5
7.0 cream/tan,not brown
6.5
6.0 tan/brown,supple,not brittle
5.5
5.0 tan/brown to brown,not brittle
4.5
4.0 brown not brittle
3.5
3.0 brown not brittle
2.5
2.0 brown not brittle
1.8
1.5 brown,edges show brittleness
1.0 brown,edges show brittleness
.5 moderate to severe brittleness
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4.5 very good+...4.0 very good
Comics in this condition are still desirable and collectable.The best known copies of some pre-1965 books are in VG condition

Grade Description- The average used comic book.A comic in this grade shows some significant moderate wear but still has not accumulated enough total defects to reduce eye apeal to the point that it is not a desired copy.
Cover/Exterior- Cover shows moderate to significant wear and may be loose but not completely detached.Cover reflectivity is low.Can have moderate crease or dimples.Corners may be blunted.Store stamps,arrival dates,initials ect have no effect on the grade.Some discoloration,fading,foxing and even minor soiling is allowed.As much as a 1/4" triangle can be missing out of the corner or edge;a missing 1/8" square is also acceptable.Only minor unobtrusive tape and other amateur repai allowed on otherwise high grade copies.
Spine- Moderate roll may be present and/or a 1" spine split.
Staples-Staples may be discolored.Minor to moderate staple tears may be present.Centerfold may be loose or detached.