Truly Mint Slabs [9.9 or 10's Only] | NO Zenoscope Welcome

[IMJ]

Post your perfect 10 or 9.9 slabs here!

No Zenoscope books allowed though.
No 9.8's.
Any grading company, as long as it's slabbed.
You must own the copy you are posting.

I'll get us started!

Iron Man Annual #7 | 1984
CGC 9.9


Iron Man v2 #8 | 06/1997
CGC 9.9


Ultimate Iron Man #1 | 05/2005
CGC 9.9


Batman #23.1 | 11/2013
CGC 9.9

[StarBrand]

Nice books.

[greg]

Those are nice, but if you really want to make it interesting, the rule should be:
No Zenescope books
No PGX books
No books from 2000 to present
No chromium cover books



That normally rules out 90%+ of the 9.9 and 10 books, but half of yours are still qualified.

[StarBrand]

Did you get those graded yourself, IMJ?

[IMJ]

Those are nice, but if you really want to make it interesting, the rule should be:
No Zenescope books
No PGX books
No books from 2000 to present
No chromium cover books



That normally rules out 90%+ of the 9.9 and 10 books, but half of yours are still qualified.

Even without those caveats the population is still a smaller and interesting niche to look at. And chromium cover books can still be flawed! Scratches especially....
On that note, don't you have a 9.9 Turok #1?

Did you get those graded yourself, IMJ?

Generally speaking I let the market produce the modern high grades. I tend to submit silver and bronze books...

[greg]

Those are nice, but if you really want to make it interesting, the rule should be:
No Zenescope books
No PGX books
No books from 2000 to present
No chromium cover books



That normally rules out 90%+ of the 9.9 and 10 books, but half of yours are still qualified.

Even without those caveats the population is still a smaller and interesting niche to look at. And chromium cover books can still be flawed! Scratches especially....

True, but chromium cover books get the 9.9 label far more often than their paper counterparts. Square-bound books also get 9.9+ often (JLA 2003 mini-series, Batman: Killing Joke, Vengeance of Bane, etc.).
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On that note, don't you have a 9.9 Turok #1?

Nope. I have 15 other books that qualify for this list, though.

[StarBrand]

Greg- you have a Rai 0 10.0 don’t you?

[IMJ]

Nope. I have 15 other books that qualify for this list, though.

Let's see 'em!

[greg]

Greg- you have a Rai 0 10.0 don’t you?

Nope. I have 15 other books that qualify for this list, though.

Let's see 'em!

After the Rai #0, they're all pretty disappointing.

[StarBrand]

Are there any other 10.0s from V1 that rival that one?

[possumgrease]

After the Rai #0, they're all pretty disappointing.

Didn't you also pickup an Invincible 9.9 (low number, maybe issue 17) for fairly cheap on ebay? I remember because I was thinking about buying, but clearly I didn't.

[nycjadie]

I'm not sure how many I have. I truly need to catalog these things. Off the top of my head:

Eternity 1 Massafera 9.9
Bloodshot Salvation 1 Gold 9.9
Shadowman 1 Metal 9.9
Deathmate Preview Advance 9.9
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior 1 Gold 9.9
Secret Weapons V1 1 9.9
Faith 1 CGC Variant 9.9
Armor Hunters Bloodshot 1 Chromium 9.9
Armor Hunters 1 Chromium 9.9
Armor Hunters 1 Chromium SS 9.9
Unity 8 Chromium SS 9.9
X-O 1 (2017) Gold 9.9
Bloodshot Reborn 10 Lemire 9.9
Rai 0 9.9
Harbinger 31 9.9
Eternal Warrior 35 9.9
Rai TPB 9.9
Unity 1 Gold 9.9
Archer 1 Aja 9.9
X-O 0 Ivory 10 Gem
Turok 8 9.9

[Ricomortis]

Only 2 Pre-Unity issues in 9.9 or better condition currently known in the world!


Shadowman 1





Magnus Robot Fighter 0 (Retail Version)

[StarBrand]

Wow.

[greg]

Only 2 Pre-Unity issues in 9.9 or better condition currently known in the world!


Shadowman 1





Magnus Robot Fighter 0 (Retail Version)

Do you own both?

[greg]

After the Rai #0, they're all pretty disappointing.

Didn't you also pickup an Invincible 9.9 (low number, maybe issue 17) for fairly cheap on ebay? I remember because I was thinking about buying, but clearly I didn't.

Yep, number 15.



Oldest (non-Larry's) book from the Invincible line in CGC 9.9.

[possumgrease]

Fantastic Rico!

[greg]

The only other "old label" CGC 10.0 for Valiant:



All other CGC 10 for Valiant are the large "10" on the left side of the label. This and the Rai #0 were the first two ever graded (currently 45,000+ Valiant books are CGC slabbed).

[Ricomortis]

Only 2 Pre-Unity issues in 9.9 or better condition currently known in the world!


Shadowman 1





Magnus Robot Fighter 0 (Retail Version)

Do you own both?

Yes sir!

...and I would LOVE to own that Invincible 9.9 you have there.

[StarBrand]

Is old label respected more than newer labels?

[greg]

Is old label respected more than newer labels?

Not really, just more of an oddity, since CGC only used the tiny grade numbers for a couple of years at the beginning. If there can be such a thing as "CGC nostalgia" then the old label tiny numbers would be what that nostalgia looks like. For Valiant books, the oldest CGC labels are actually red labels with tiny numbers, then blue labels with tiny numbers, then they moved on to the large CGC grade on the left side.

I think there were only about 110 CGC red label Valiant books graded before they switched to CGC blue label tiny grade labels.
There were only 660 CGC blue label tiny grade Valiant books graded before they switched to CGC blue label large grades.
The "rarest" CGC label related to Valiant books is the tiny grade green label, since they only graded about 20 of those. The green label could have been for a signature on the cover, or for a missing coupon.

Since there are now 45,000+ Valiant books that have been CGC graded, the tiny grade CGC labels are a very tiny part of the CGC Valiant history, getting smaller all the time... but if you're a Valiant and CGC collector, then they're a fun little side hobby with very few still around.



It's possible that lower grade books (especially Golden or Silver Age) in the tiny grade blue labels could be significantly improved with professional cleaning and pressing (non-restoration style), but they'll get regraded with the large grade current label style, so the number of surviving tiny grade labels is constantly shrinking due to cracked out books and resubmissions.

[StarBrand]

Thanks for the knowledge.

[greg]

The only other "old label" CGC 10.0 for Valiant:



All other CGC 10 for Valiant are the large "10" on the left side of the label. This and the Rai #0 were the first two ever graded (currently 45,000+ Valiant books are CGC slabbed).

Here is a "little brother" for the older slab...

[IMJ]

And the thing is that with 10s and 9.9s you don't want to have the book cracked and re-slabbed basically ever. Too many horror stories about CGC re-slabbing coming back in lesser grades - especially when the threshold to change a 10.0 or a 9.9 is basically any disfigurement of the book at all whatsoever! It's just not worth it.

After the Rai #0, they're all pretty disappointing.

Didn't you also pickup an Invincible 9.9 (low number, maybe issue 17) for fairly cheap on ebay? I remember because I was thinking about buying, but clearly I didn't.

Yep, number 15.



Oldest (non-Larry's) book from the Invincible line in CGC 9.9.

There's an Invincible #1 9.9 on the bay right now actually....

[greg]

And the thing is that with 10s and 9.9s you don't want to have the book cracked and re-slabbed basically ever. Too many horror stories about CGC re-slabbing coming back in lesser grades - especially when the threshold to change a 10.0 or a 9.9 is basically any disfigurement of the book at all whatsoever! It's just not worth it.

After the Rai #0, they're all pretty disappointing.

Didn't you also pickup an Invincible 9.9 (low number, maybe issue 17) for fairly cheap on ebay? I remember because I was thinking about buying, but clearly I didn't.

Yep, number 15.



Oldest (non-Larry's) book from the Invincible line in CGC 9.9.

There's an Invincible #1 9.9 on the bay right now actually....

If it's the Larry's Edition, there are several. All copies were sent to the same retailer. They didn't get distributed like normal comics. That's why I said...

Oldest (non-Larry's) book from the Invincible line in CGC 9.9.