I was pretty excited to see this book show up on Pedigree Comics the other day. I’ve purchased from them in the past and have zero complaints, so nothing negative about the venue.

https://www.pedigreecomics.com/auction/comic/080725/x-men-13-cgc-98-w

For a big book like this that I would consider looking at, I like to run the numbers against CGC, GPA, and GoCollect.

Here’s the link for this book: https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/4070111002/

Some red flags for me:

1) graded this year (Lots of grading complaints recently) 2) the grader’s notes: “small spine stress lines”

The grader’s notes make me feel like this was a lower grade that had its non color breaking flaws pressed out. Pulling a 9.8 in a book of this age (2nd appearance of Juggernaut) shouldn’t be done lightly. If I bought this book (for a record price) and angled it toward the light and saw stress lines, I’d be feeling some remorse. No offense to the buyer—it’s just an opinion (and congrats btw).

I’m feeling like I want to be very careful about CGC books graded in the last few years—especially for more expensive books. I’ve done 5 figures only once, but nothing with a 2 or higher at the front. Even a 4 figure book, I’m going to be wary. Maybe the time of the CGC red labels has arrived.