Should you slab
this comic? Do the math first.
CGC costs $27–45 a book plus $5 handling, and takes about 45 days. ComicMintAI reads your photo and tells you what the book is likely worth slabbed, what the submission actually costs, and whether the difference is worth having — in about 30 seconds.
From photo to submission verdict
— five steps.
A CGC submission is a $27–45 fee plus handling, shipping both ways and about 45 days. This is the comic grading workflow that decides whether the book earns that, before you spend it.
Photograph the book
Front and back, flat, in even light. All major publishers and eras, Golden Age through Modern.
Get a grade band
Comic grading on the CGC 0.5–10.0 scale from spine, corners, surface, centering and colour — returned as a band with a confidence level, not a promise.
See what it is worth slabbed
Real recent comps for your issue at that grade, next to what the raw copy is worth today.
See what the submission costs
CGC tier fee, handling, insured shipping both ways, and roughly 45 days — totalled against the value the slab adds.
Get the verdict
GO, NO-GO or PRESS FIRST, with the expected dollar outcome and the break-even grade beside it.
See exactly how the money works out on your book.
Every ComicMintAI comic grading report ends in a verdict, not a number: what CGC is likely to assign, what the book is worth slabbed at that grade, what the submission costs, and whether the difference is worth having.
The submission maths, not just a number
Tier fee, handling, shipping both ways and the slabbed-versus-raw gap, worked out for your book before you mail anything.
A grade band with a confidence level
Comic grading from a photo gives you a range, so we show you the range — and say so when it is wide enough to flip the decision.
Defect-level reasoning you can argue with
Each subgrade traces back to specific micro-defects flagged on the scan — spine, corners, surface, centering and colour.
Built for the people who live in the long boxes.
Will this book pay for its own submission?
CGC is $27–45 a book plus handling and shipping both ways. Find out which of your comics clear that bar — and which ones never will — before the box goes out.
Price it, don't guess it.
A defensible comic grading report on every listing, and a straight answer on whether slabbing it first would net you more than selling it raw.
Raw or slabbed?
See both numbers side by side — what the book fetches raw today against what it fetches slabbed, minus the fee.
Route a whole collection.
Sort a long box by expected net return, then send only the books that clear their own break-even grade.
Skip the costly misfires.
Find out which books are NO-GO before the box goes out, not 45 days after it comes back.
Priced against one wasted submission.
Pay once, per decision. No subscription, and nothing to cancel — because deciding whether to slab a book is something you do a few times a year, not every month.
Every visitor
Costs you nothing and proves we can read the book.
- Grade band with a confidence level
- No card, no account
- Unlimited on the books you own
One book that might be worth real money
Against the $27–45 you are about to spend on a book that might come back a 7.5.
- The verdict: GO, NO-GO or PRESS FIRST
- The arithmetic — raw comp, slabbed comp, tier fee, net
- Subgrades and an annotated defect map
- What happens if it grades half a point under
- Guest checkout — no account needed
Up to 10 books, ranked
CGC's cheapest per-book tier needs 25 books. One you shouldn't have sent costs more than this.
- Everything in Single Verdict
- Up to 10 books ranked by expected net return
- An explicit send-these, skip-the-rest call
- Built for the 25-book bulk minimum
Inherited, downsizing, estate sale
Less than two CGC submissions, across a whole collection.
- Everything in Lot Verdict
- Up to 50 books assessed
- The attention list — what actually matters
- A submission plan by tier
Running a shop, or moving volume on eBay? Dealer plans bill monthly and include API access.
Everything you'd ask the team.
How does ComicMintAI follow CGC standards? +
How accurate is the AI grading? +
Why use ComicMintAI before CGC grading? +
What pricing plans are available? +
Can I track grading history? +
Is my data secure? +
Need a hand? Talk to us.
Questions about comic grading, plans, or routing a bulk CGC submission? Send a note and the team replies within 24 hours.
Prefer email? support@comicmintai.com