Grading just by pictures is imprecise, as the scanner doesn't show all defects, but I can give you a rough grade at least.  Learning to grade isn't terribly hard, I just find it's best to grade cautiously, and not overgrade.

Archie at Riverdale High #103 looks pretty solid, VF/NM (7.5-8.0) leaning towards just under NM.  Hard to say without seeing the interior pages for discoloring, or how bad the spine creases are, etc.

Betty & Veronica #1, Jughead #1 & Sonic #33 all look NM, I don't see any defects offhand. (9.0+)

Veronica #1 looks NM as well.  The stain might make it NM- or less, it's hard to say without knowing what the stain is caused from.  (8.5)?  It's also a "Direct Edition" (distributed to comic stores, not newsstands) which makes it more rare.  My collection I try for 100% Direct Edition books, which is very difficult for Archie so far. 

On the Veronica, is the stain on the inside front cover?  I think I can faintly see it from the front but not sure.  Anyway, a stain will knock the grade down alot.  Like a full grade.  If I was a buyer and that comic was sent to me as a NM- with a stain, I would return it.  IMO, it is not any higher than VF-.

Yes, grading via pictures especially the smaller ones in this gallery are impossible to correctly grade.  You really need to post them over in photobucket in a larger format.

Wait, the full size photos are still too small? (After clicking on them). I don't have Photobucket Pro which would allow me to upload big enough images.

Nice to know the old Betty and Veronica comic is G/VG or better. If it was G+ or worse, I would have lost money on it. The pages don't feel brittle, I think.


If the paint's gone, isn't it un-restored? That's the kind of thing restoration removal entails.

You're right about the size. The first set of pics is ~1000x1333. The subsequent pictures are about 1000 px high when fully magnified. All I wanted was a rough idea of condition, though.

On my newfound interest in CGC slabbed comics, I bought a slabbed Captain America comic for a friend's birthday gift, and I figured I wanted one of my books slabbed. I am only considering slabbing books that I either have a duplicate of in high grade (Cheryl Special #1), where I really like the cover and want to get it signed (Cheryl #18), or both (Mega Man #1), though.

As for the stuff in the shoutbox, yes, I know about the gold label for CGC witnessed signatures and the green label for unwitnessed signatures that basically means it's just writing and therefore a defect. But, when I go to the CGC site, it says I have to be a paying member of the Collector's Society to get the form.

As for joining the Collector's Society, I'm not sure what they would think of a guy whose collection is 99% Archie (got some Spider-Man FCBD books, but that's it), and of that, 99% Copper and Modern Age. I'm going to wait until I've diversified my collection some.

I also realize that it's strongly advised against to submit Copper and Modern comics worse than 9.8 because of the relative ease of finding 9.8 compared to Bronze and earlier comics, but I looked at the CGC census at gregholland.com and the comics I want to submit are not in the census, so even if they're not 9.8, they're still the first graded copies.

I looked on the CGC site - the store where I bought Mega Man and the Cheryl Special also does submissions.

Mega Man is PERFECT. 9.6 at worst. The Cheryl Special has very minor spine ticks (no color breaks) and a nick on the edge less than 1/16", not fully torn through - 9.4 or 9.6.

I looked at Cheryl #18 and realized it had a spine stress mark about 1/4". Is that 9.4 or 9.2 at best?

I'm out of luck on the signature submission, right?