Can Digital Codes effect Grades?669

Originally Posted by DarthLego
Yes, I actually created a thread last week to ask the same question. If the code sticker is removed the highest possible grade will be 9.6

Originally Posted by dielinfinite
@Rafel Many comics now include a code that can be redeemed for a digital copy of the comic that you can read on your computer, ipad, etc. these codes are hidden under a peelable label or sticker.

It's not particularly important, which is why a book can still receive a very high grade without it (9.6), but grading is a nitpicky business and everything about a book's condition is taken into consideration. In order to get the highest possible grades, the book has to appear as good (often better) as it would have fresh off the printing press

Originally Posted by dielinfinite
Comics today, and always have, do what art always does with heroes and that's idealize and enlarge them. Simply look at Greek sculpture for one such example. Heroes were depicted as giants with their bodies toned and idealized to such a degree that it couldn't possibly be representative of real people. Even in the Gold and Silver Age, maybe the art wasn't so detailed or exaggerated, but Superman was still tall and muscular beyond the normal, how long has Batman been described as the "perfect human specimen"? Hell, Captain America is a "super soldier" and literaly embodies the engrandizing and idealization of our heroes.

Weapons, too, have often been exaggerated. Beowulf's Hrunting was said to have been tempered in blood and never failed those who wielded it (until, of course, it did), or Mjiolnir, Thor's hammer which was said to level mountains.

As for the "fun", well, that's always up how the end user chooses to i terface with their hobby. You can choose to pay cover price for any new comic off the newstand, roll it up and put it in your back pocket today same as you could 20 years ago, same as you could 50 years ago. Important or popular issues certainly have always demanded a premium, whether it means you have to trade more more books to get it from your friend or pay extra to buy it off a guy on ebay. Of course when comics were young they had neither the audience they have today nor had they built up decades of history, coupled with increased scarcity, that drives demand and prices up.

Still, if you don't want to play that game at all, the paperback market makes just about any issue, classic or modern, easily available for purchase, reading and enjoyment.

The number of ways one can enjoy and interact with comics has certainly grown and because of that growth you'll find more people whose enjoyment of comics may not be simply buying and reading comics, which is certainly what you'll find here, the message board of a service auxiliary to comics as a whole.

Originally Posted by MR_SigS
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Originally Posted by Rafel
I quit collecting in 82' and i'm just getting back into it. As with most things it's gone from "Fun" to a "Business". I want "Fun" again.

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