Lot-Fantastic Four 23,Spider-man 60,Tales Astonish 91,Strange Tales 151,159,more

$

153

Up for bid is a lot of 17 miscellaneous low to mid-grade Silver Age comics, including a few minor key issues.
Amazing Spider-man 53 = Fair (1.0; detached cover)
Amazing Spider-man 60 = Good/Very Good (3.0)
Amazing Spider-man 61 = Good/Very Good (3.0)
Captain America 116 = Very Good Plus (4.5)
Captain America 118 (2nd Falcon) = Very Good/Fine (5.0)
Fantastic Four 23 = Very Good Minus (3.5)
Fantastic Four 60 (Silver Surfer) = Fair (1.0; cover detached)
Fantastic Four 87 = Fine (6.0)
Nick Fury, Agent of Shield 3 (Steranko art) = Fine (6.0)
Strange Tales 151 (1st Steranko comic art) = Good/Very Good (3.0)
Strange Tales 155 (Steranko art) = Very Good Minus (3.5)
Strange Tales 159 (Nick Fury v. Captain America; Steranko art) = Very Good/Fine (5.0)
Strange Tales 168 (Steranko art) = Good (2.0)
Tales of Suspense 73 = Fair/Good (1.5; large tear on back cover)
Tales to Astonish 91 (1st Abomination cover) = Very Good Plus (4.5)
Thor 138 = Good/Very Good (3.0)
World’s Finest 181 = Fine (6.0; nice looking book except for ridiculous amount of distributors ink overspray on all edges)
Grading:  I use Overstreet's Comic Book Grading Guide (2016 ed.) as well as 30+ years of collecting experience to grade.  I also have several PGX and CGC books that I use for reference.  I try to be accurate with grading, but there is always some subjectivity, and hence variability, involved.  For example, I have a CGC 8.5 Wolverine #4 with no visible flaws except for one spine stress mark.  However, I also have a CGC 9.0 Swamp Thing #1 with two stress marks and a small corner crease. Personally, I think the 8.5 Wolverine looks better, which illustrates my point.

Generally, I spend more time and effort grading high grade books than low grade books.  For example, I will agonize for long minutes about whether to grade something an 8.0 versus a 9.0 because the difference and value can be large on a high-end book.  On the other hand, I won't spend much time trying to distinguish between a 2.0 and 3.0.

If unhappy with my grading, I will refund the purchase price; however, the buyer pays return shipping unless he/she can make a good argument that I really blew it on the grading.

Comics will be securely packed to prevent damage and will be bagged and boarded. 

Shipping is free by Priority Mail.  If you win additional auctions, I won't charge any additional postage to the extent that I can fit the comics into the same flat rate box.
Payment is due within 4 days unless you make other arrangements with me through Ebay messages.  I am not shy about filing nonpaying bidder cases, so if you don’t plan to pay, please don’t bid.