FAIR (FA)
CGC 1.0 - 1.5
Overstreet 5-14
- Heavy wear, but basically still readable
- Discoloration, fading, and soiling
- Some pieces may be missing
- Up to 1/3 of the cover may be missing
- Back cover may be missing
- Cover may be detached
- Staples may be degraded or gone
- Coupons may be cut or removed
- Spine may be split
- Pages may be brittle around the edges
- Tape or other forms of repair are more common
- Spine roll common
- Non-story Centerfold may be missing
Notes:
- Some of the much older, more collectable comics are more rarely found in
better grade
- Comics in this grade will have an accumulation of the above defects and not
all of them. The final grade depends on the amount and severity of defects
- In-Between grade such as FA/G include "gray" areas of grading and are
acceptable