Iron Man Bronze Age Lot – 129,130,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,143,145,148
$
29
Description
Up for bid is a lot of 12 Bronze Age Iron Man comics. Issues and conditions are as follows:
129 = Very Fine (8.0)
130 = Very Fine/Near Mint (9.0)
134 = Very Fine Minus (7.5)
135 = Fine/Very Fine (7.0)
136 = Fine Plus (6.5)
137 = Fine Plus (6.5)
138 = Very Fine (8.0)
139 = Very Fine Plus (8.5)
140 = Very Fine Plus (8.5)
143 = Fine/Very Fine (7.0)
145 = Very Fine Plus (8.5)
148 = Very Fine (8.0)
Grading: I use Overstreet's Comic Book Grading Guide (2002 ed.) as well as 30+ years of collecting experience to grade. I also have several PGX and CGC books that I use for reference. I try to be accurate with grading, but there is always some subjectivity, and hence variability, involved. For example, I have a CGC 8.5 Wolverine #4 with no visible flaws except for one spine stress mark. However, I also have a CGC 9.0 Swamp Thing #1 with two stress marks and a small corner crease. Personally, I think the 8.5 Wolverine looks better, which illustrates my point.
Generally, I spend more time and effort grading high grade books than low grade books. For example, I will agonize for long minutes about whether to grade something an 8.0 versus a 9.0 because the difference and value can be large on a high-end book. On the other hand, I won't spend much time trying to distinguish between a 2.0 and 3.0.
If unhappy with my grading, I will refund the purchase price; however, the buyer pays return shipping unless he/she can make a good argument that I really blew it on the grading.
Comics will be securely packed to prevent damage during shipping. Note: Inexpensive comics generally will not be individually bagged and boarded unless the final winning auction amount comes out to $2 or $3 per book.
Shipping is $4.10 by Media Mail. Shipping is combined with shipping combined at an additional $.50 for each additional auction win.