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MikeTheSpike

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    If there's no color to break, how is the grade affected?
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    What do you mean by "paper damage"? Tears and such?
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    I'm also new to this. I try to get a scan/orthogonal image of front and back, a close up of each quadrant of front and back, a pic of the centerfold, and some angled to show glare on the cover for indentations.
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    Where is the foxing?
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    Thanks. Mainly the tear?
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    1/4th inch tear in the price box area. Slight creasing on FC lower right corner. Color breaks on the spine, especially around the staples.
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    So if the distribution ink is slopped all over the back, it's not too bad, but if a little bit runs down the back, it's very bad? Edit: or are you saying that stuff that ran down the back is something else, even though it looks like it's the same as the distributor ink on the rest of the top of the book? Like Kool-aid or something that's coincidentally the same color and placement, complete with spatter pattern below the run?
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    I'm not sure I understand. You guys are saying it's equivalent to or worse than this book, which looks like a kid fingerpainted on it?
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    The green coloration across the top of the book is caused by moisture?
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    Ok, but what is the damage in this case? Like, what do you see that you would call damage? This ink doesn't even appear to be water soluble, how could it be water damage?
  13. MikeTheSpike
    Similar to the exterior, tide lines. But I don't see anything I would call moisture damage, such as waviness. Are the tide lines enough to deduct on?
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    Do you see actual damage, beyond just the tide lines?
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    @scburdet The top edge is blue-green. I don't see any water damage, think the ink just flowed down when wet. I think it's "over spray"? I was just looking at the corners and noticed some folded pages. I tired to unfold them and some of the paper flaked off. How does that affect the grade?
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    I don't see anything major. Bindery marks, light spine stresses, a bit of corner damage, light ruffling of edges
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    Remants of a corner impact, lower spine corner (you can see a line through Spider-Man's head in the UPC box). Some rub on the spine. Spine stress near Sabretooth's knee, but it doesn't break color (white area).
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    Ah thanks
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    Yours looks darker? Is it less than 9.0?
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    Thanks for the thorough rundown.
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    Looks to be bindery marks along upper edge of FC.
  22. MikeTheSpike
    Is this is your way of saying "use low heat and multiple applications"?
  23. MikeTheSpike
    For example, Batman: The Killing Joke is glue-bound with a card stock cover. Would you press that? If so, what would you do?
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    Why are the prices on this so high? Like 10x #2 or #4.