WSR’s Atoms
Atom 29

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Atom #29 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Pedigree: Rocky Mountain
Certification #: 1030993003
Owner: Mississippi Mudcats

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: WSR’s Atoms
Date Added: 9/17/2020
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Issue #29 is considered a mini-key, in that it features the first solo Golden Age Atom crossover in the Silver Age. Believe it or not, this beautiful WP Rocky Mountain copy is not highest graded, as according to the census there is a 9.9 out there somewhere.

Excuse my digression, but 9.9s in the Silver Age are not just anomalies, but a little scary if you are a serious collector. I think we all know that not all 9.8s are created equal. But CGC will tell you they are not set up to screen 9.8s for upgrades, which is fine with me. However, I fear that, if their business ever slows, they might fold to pressure from dealers to start screening 9.8s for upgrades, which would probably also force all serious collectors to screen their collections. The idea of making 9.9s out of the better 9.8s, would be not just expensive and time consuming, but potentially detrimental to the value of our collections. I hope they will just leave 9.8 as the top grade for Silver Age books and not turn all the values upside down by upgrading any 9.8s to 9.9s. It is disconcerting enough that CGC regularly presses and upgrades lower grade books, which can detrimentally alter the value of books you paid a premium to acquire. But it is nice to have some security that, if you shell out the money for a 9.8, you at least know there will never be any higher-graded examples. If CGC were to ever decide to start screening 9.8s for upgrades, I think that would be the time we would seriously consider selling our entire collection.

We acquired our copy in the 9/10/2020 Heritage Auction.
  
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