Drake Dragoon

I own the 'Green' variant (pic 6) where it appears the comic (front and back cover) missed the red inking all-together, which would normally blend the orange and green colors to make the vibrant red/magenta cover you see in pic 2. All other covers appear to have some red ink, but very inconsistent. Notice that the title border on pic 6 is orange instead of red. The back cover is the same, where Captain America has orange colors instead of red. Would CGC recognize ANY of these as a manufacturing error? If so, which one(s)? Would it get the dreaded 'green' qualified label, or would it get a blue universal label, like the Venom 1?

I just paid $1,200 for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic Issue #4 1st Series that was freshly graded as a 9.8 by CGC in 4/21. But once it arrived, I immediately noticed that it has an obvious spine crease and some piece of cardboard paper floating around inside the sealed slab. It's basically a $400 comic that's been slabbed as a 9.8. And as a serious collector, I feel like I just got ripped off BIG TIME! I can't blame the eBay seller since the slab doesn't appear to have been tampered with. But I can't, in good conscience, resell this comic as NM+ 9.8, despite the horribly wrong grade on this slab claiming it's a 9.8. What can I do about this? Grading a book at a 9.8 in this condition is wrong! Buyers are getting ripped off. (me) I'm supposed to trust the grading when I see that CGC graded the book. That's why I pay a premium for graded slabs. If I pay top dollar for a 9.8, it should actually be a 9.8. And if having a spine crease can still pass as a 9.8. then I have a LOT more un-slabbed 9.8's in my collection than I thought. CGC Lookup #3741199004