How does that even happen where the ENTIRE print run has that exact same defect of a few rips in the corner?
What was the print run for that book? I don't know a heck of a lot about printing but that just strikes me as a odd defect for the entire print run to have
Because, contrary to what some have said in this thread, it's not just the corner. The tears can be anywhere along the entire spine. Marvel was playing with their cover stock at that time (1991), and this is the result. A lot of Nam #52s have the same problem, though not to that degree.
People have been searching for a copy of this book for years without the flaw. As someone who bought them straight off the stand, with dozens of copies in my hand, I can tell you that every copy I have ever seen had it.
Something just didn't mesh correctly at Quebecor that week/month.
I read it just as you wrote it..I am not a mind reader, if you meant something else then you should have written something else.