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CGC 9.8 Pre-Order

Comic books for our CGC guaranteed pre-orders are ordered 2 months in advance. We order according to orders received so very rarely do we have additional items to purchase later. 

Once we receive the comics from our supplier they are checked for quality and probability of achieving a 9.8 grade. Not every thing we receive from the supplier meets the standard. 9.8 grades are not a given, the comic needs to be virtually flawless in order to make the grade.

90% of the comics we receive from the supplier need to be pressed prior to being submitted to CGC. Each book will remain on the press for 24 hours to eliminate the possibility of reversion.

Once we are completely satisfied with the standard of the comic it will be set aside ready to be submitted to CGC. We generally submit once a month in order to reduce shipping and handling costs so as to reduce the cost to our customers.

All our comics are then hand delivered to CGC in London ready to be shipped to Florida. We only ever deliver and collect in person, that way we can be sure that the comics reach CGC in the condition they left us and also by collecting in person we can spot any errors immediately and send them straight back to be rectified ( this happens more than you would imagine).

Once we have the books in our possession they will be shipped out to the customer, if there are multiple items on a single order they will be shipped once we have received them all back.

A little note on turnaround times. We often get questioned why books take so long to be graded when CGC are quoting 20 days turnaround. CGC start the clock from the moment the books are entered into their system. In our experience this is often 3 to 4 weeks after they receive them from us, then add the 20 business days turnaround and you are quickly up to 7 or 8 weeks. The typical CGC turnaround time has been 45 working days so when you add in all the processes involved it can become 4 to 5 months before a book is returned to the customer.

Standard Grading

To use our services to get your own comics graded please follow the instructions below.

  1. Download and complete the grading form for the comics you require grading.

  2. Purchase the grading package or packages required online. 

  3. Once you have completed your purchase you will receive an order number, enter this on your order form.

  4. Package your comics securely with a copy of the order form and send the to us at The Outer Limits, 19 Dryad Way, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. PO22 7RQ

  5. If you purchase pressing for any of your comics this will extend the process.

  6. We will collate your comics and submit them to CGC for grading, we aim to submit once a month.

  7. Once your comics are returned to us we will be in contact with an invoice for return shipping.

Pressing

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We also offer a complete in house cleaning and pressing service. Prices range from £15 for modern books up to £70 for high value books. When deciding to whether to have your books pressed or not there are several factors to consider.
 
Are you aiming to increase the value? If the answer is yes then you need to consider whether the value of the comic is worth the investment in pressing.

Is the comic purely for your personal collection? If so then pressing will enhance the appearance.
 
Are the defects pressable? Pressing is perfect for creases, finger bends, etc. Pressing will not remove colour breaking defects such as spine ticks, colour rub, etc.

Does the comic suffer from foxing, mould or water stains? Standard cleaning will not remove these defects, a more invasive wet clean is required which we do not offer as part of our standard service.


 

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