Grading is too subjective for any kind of, “Honesty.” We all have our own biases and opinions that impact how we’d grade a comic. It sounds pessimistic, I know.
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A 9.0 is Very Fine/Near Mint. That grade doesn’t allow anything color breaking. Yet I own several and have seen many more that are riddled with color breaking spine tics and creases that haved earned that grade.
I’m not talking a faint color breaking spine tic. I’m talking dozens of color breaking tics and creases getting the 9.0 Very Fine/Near Mint designation. They’re lowering the bar intentionally quickly over the last decade.
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Or are we disregarding decades of standards for a Fortune 500?