Comic Book Grading Scale
Dealers and other graders may often disagree with some grading classifications. Grading of comics is very subjective. Some grading companies have actually devised a numeric scale grading system that ranges from 0.5 (poor) to 10.0 (mint). However, most companies use a terminology based grading system that ranges from "Poor" to "Mint". The advantages of a terminology based system is it allows for variation in each grade and even grade overlaps. For example, you can now have a grade called VERY GOOD/FINE. Since grading is very subjective, a third party grading company should be used to authenticate valuable comics.
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