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    Q&A Comic Production Flaws

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

    Posted · Edited by mrchocholat

    Art changes like a price change were often no more than a mylar sheet with the area of change on it. The "film stripper" the guy who took artwork and made the color negs would then use that mylar to make the special 5 th neg for the 5 th plate. The mylar sheets were sometimes aligned by a special punch so sheets could quickly be added and removed yet maintain accuracy. Oddly enough on the 35 cent variants i think the black change was just the 35 of the 35 as if you look closely the 5 is shifted down a bit in relation to the 3. and since all 35 cent variants except the flintstones display the same misalignment it is likely there was only one master black negative for all the 35 cent variants.

     

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    Q&A Comic Production Flaws

    in Comic Book Grading and Restoration Issues

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    This cracking we see more often today is a production issue of what is called wrong paper grain. Paper has a grain like wood when its produced so the grain either goes top to bottom vs right to left. In a print bindery process it is ideal to have a cover fold parallel to the paper grain. Today these cracks are due primarily to the fact they fold the covers cross grain. In other words they fold 90 degrees to the grain. When you do that you leave the fold suseptablte to cracking especially on dark colours as its like a layer of white cracks through to be visible. This is likely due to a cost savings or production error of not using the right grained paper. Back in the 50s, 60s, and much of 70s printers were much more cautious of this type of production issue as it was seen as poor workmanship and a print run would be stopped and have the correct grain used.

     

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    advice for new collectors

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

    Posted

    so sorry been so long forgot about this thread....

     

    well its best on ebay to be very careful, even here on the board there is a thread of questionable business practice of one seller. basically high end books let one gain the most money with the least amount of work....

     

    i recommend if you find a high end book look at what the seller recently bought say last 6 mths on ebay to see if its a flip. if not there then look at books fron comiclink or comicconnect and again compare to recently sold items. most high end books have telltale signs, folds, scratches dots even the trim or spine ticks. compare look closely and decide if questionable... scammers are too lazy they like quick turnarounds...

     

    also google search for thei ids some are notorious robojo or more recently

     

    Seller User Id: all_things_comics

    Feedback: 100% positive, 1,713 reviews

     

    he looks to be the old cdpaolli but he is more consistantly marking books as restored...

     

    just be aware ask lots of question use the internet as a good tool to search and be thorough.... once big money can be made sure enough scammers will follow!

     

    cheers

     

     

    advice for new collectors

    in Comic Polls & FAQs

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    Just noticed a higher end looking FF4 on Ebay.

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fantastic-Four-4-1st-SA-SUB-MARINER-APP-GRADE-9-2-NM-9-4-NM-CGC-PGX-WORTHY-/271191082734?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item3f243f86ee

     

     

    This has been cracked and taken from:

     

    http://www.comiclink.com/itemdetail.asp?back=%2Fsearch%5Fadv%2Easp%3Fall%3Dy%26TITLE%3Dfantastic%2Bfour%26TITLEOPT%3DALL%26ISSUE%3D4%26Condition%3D%26ConditionTo%3D%26CensusRank%3D%26SearchPageQuality%3D%26Pedigree%3D%26PRICEF%3D%26PRICET%3D%26DESCRIPTION%3D%26DESCRIPTIONOPT%3DALL%26SearchRemarks%3D%26SearchCGC%3D%26EXCLUDE%3D%26CATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26WCATEGORIES%3D%2D1%26SORT%3DCATEG%26%5Fwhere%5Fforsale%3Dy%26%5Fwhere%5Fauctions%3Dy%26x%3D27%26y%3D11%26where%5Fforsale%3Dy&id=965334

     

    Any new collectors really be careful of such links and please report and tell others.... Scammers sadly can steal your money!