Rickycardo

Thank you Paul. I think I'm going to start with cleaning the glue. I've ordered the Absorene putty and am taking some YouTube crash courses on its use on comic books. I'll see what I can get off first then decide how to proceed. Thanks again for the tip.

I filled out a submission form and gave my credit card information but after I printed my pack slip and label I noticed some add ons I wanted didn't get selected. I know, I should always double check but I missed it. So I filled out a new submission form for the same book and got that form correct. I'm sending the comic in on that, correct form. What happens if I never submit anything from the first form? Does it just expire? Will I get a charge for it?

Here are some magnified photos of the edges of the cover. It's almost impossible to see the adhesive but you can just feel the stickyness of it on the edges of the cover. My intention is to have the comic cleaned and resubmitted for grading. I've considered CGC's clean and press service but I'd prefer to talk to someone who would clean it and discuss the specifics of the edges and not just rely on a general cleaning. I also worry pressing might damage the lenticular cover. Thoughts?

We were out for the holiday weekend. I'll post some pictures when I get home tonight. The sticky substance is the adhesive they used to glue the lenticular cover on the front page of the comic. You can feel it on the 3 edges of the cover but not the spine edge.

Even if the substance is from the publishers own manufacturing process?

Hello all, I'm pretty new at collecting comics but nearly 50 years at reading them. So I had an unopened, artist's proof near perfect (to me) Rick and Morty #1 variant with the lenticular cover that was my first submission for grading. My first mistake was sending it in unopened. I assumed it being unopened would help show how new and untainted the book was. Well, it was rejected. Turns out there is a sticky residue on the edges of the comic where they glued the lenticular cover onto the book. Otherwise I'm thinking this book is great for grading and the census shows only 4 other books, 3 at 9.8 and 1 at 9.6. Should I attempt to clean the edges of the sticky residue and re-submit it? Should I send it out to be cleaned by a third party? If I clean it what's the best way to remove that residue?