Grading Comic Books | No. 01

CGC's primary grader, Matt Nelson, takes us along as he grades a vintage Hulk #181 comic book in this CGC Insider: Grading Comic Books - No. 1 video.

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[mattronimus]

I'd like to see the difference between a 9.6 and a 9.8

[superultraboy]

Would love to see you guys grade a high grade book.

[johngregorywynn]

Always wonder about Black covers....i submitted 9 ASM 194's and 5 got hit for fingerprints.... how often do you wash hands?

[TimMcMahon]

You busted a common myth that gloves are worn during grading, but nothing about how you protect the books from transferring oils or dirt from your own hands?!? How often do you wash and how do you prevent your own fingerprints from negatively affecting the grade?

[wgavril]

Would love to learn more about the staples, and how u can detect if the staples have been replaced, is it the color or placement?

[FrankCastlesConscience]

Great video, i’d like to see much more about the internal operations and how you do things. I think that that brings CGC closer to fans as well as being informative and educational.

In particular it would be nice to know:

1 how you grade between 9.4-9.6-9.8
2 how you press and clean books
3 if you have a colour chart to determine page colour
4 an example rationale of graders giving a grade for 1 book and then what the master grader determines the final grade to be
5 old case cracking and updated case procedure
6 and just a look at the CGC offices.

[FranchiseKicks]

This video explains the mystery fingerprints that appeared on the cover of my Ultimate Fallout 4 when I got it back CGC graded. Damn fingerprints got it knocked down a couple CGC

[EndlessVoidStudios]

I've noticed there are instances in my submissions where grader notes might not be available for 9.6 all way down to 9.2 grades. What determines when grader notes are entered or not?

[ZTLRU]

I'd love to see a future video tell how you can determine if a book has been trimmed. Glad you're doing this series! Wasn't aware of the ink smear on Hulk 181s. That's good to know!

[SilverGoldComics]

CGC, Lot's of questions here! Appreciate the videos, but part of that appreciation is the engagement with the community by responding to questions. It is also a good way to create good-will and loyalty towards your brand. Thanks

[lundonclark]

Loved this video! Would also really enjoy a video on a modern 9.8 candidate.

[TonyDrecaps]

Good video! You should do more grading videos

[GioooSZN]

Wow the colour on the comic presents well for a 3.5! 👍🏻

[JessicaFan]

This was a very informative video. Honestly, I had always presumed that the restoration check was much more involved than that, including the use of UV light and/or whatever the appropriate technology is in such a setting.

[howlettcorps]

I'd love to see more of these. This is great! Honestly, just looking at that book I would of graded it much higher. This is so informative.

[armoriya]

Awesome tutorial on the grading process of comic books!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[luppchri]

Thanks for de-mystifying the grading process. I would be interested to understand how you determine between the highest grades, i.e. the differences between a 9.8, 9.9 and 10.0.
Also, as pointed out in many comments, why do you not wear gloves for the majority of the grading process?

[davidvelazquez]

good informative video...thanks Regie for sending me over to watch this

[_GandalfTheGrey_]

Dear Matt, HURRY TF UP GRADING OUR COMICS!!

[undercovercomics]

nice. Id love to see the most significant differences between a 9.6 and 9.8