divad

Straight back at you Newt! My pleasure!

Big kudos go to divadrabnud for sending me one of his beautiful tomato box comics!

Fantastic book, David! It's going to be in my collection for a very long time.

Kudos right back at you Dice - My pleasure!

Kudos to Susanville for a nice reader copy of Herbie #1 - Fills the hole in my Herbie run until (and maybe even after) that NM copy comes a knockin'!

Ultra fast ship and solid packing - thanks Mike!

What flaw specifically?

Where's the is my answer?

 

No luck at the LCS today.

But that's probably because I was running my trap instead of looking.

I'll go back tomorrow a little more focused.

What? Do you live upstairs from the LCS? I'm lucky to get to mine once a month!

Is 'foxing' a production issue?

No, it's just buttugly!

What flaw specifically?

Well, he can't be talking about the 2" tear at the top edge, so he must be referring to the offset stapling - the front half of the book appears to be several mm's wider than the back half of the book. . . . generally caused by a major spine roll.

Dude's on Paris time

DB,

I wish I collected Golden Age Timelys! - no direct experience with these. But I agree with Dice, the missing Cap corner looks deliberate, not as you are describing in the example here. I have seen this on many Silver Age Marvels, none of which I have scans to share. However, I have not seen the defect on any direct market (Bronze or later) books.

It wouldn't be the first time I was shocked by something CGC did. . .

Thanks for the other info above, and here's a pic of this defect. Sounds like it could be an extreme case of the bindery tear phenom you describe, where the cutting process actually rips off a piece of the book:

 

 

Could be. Or even a double cut.

But I don't know how it could get a double cut.

 

Is it possible it was something post production?

Can it be confirmed that this defect was on the original newsstands?

I'd bet they were, but you never know.

 

I remember back in the old days of the LP.

A local retail store would have discounted LP's that had similar corner cuts to note which ones were on sale.

 

Is it possible that delers/drug stores used to cut the corners of the old books when they were discounted for liquidation?

 

I don't think it's a post-production defect, and from the grade on this Heritage book with the same problem, I'm guessing CGC agrees with me.

DB,

I disagree. I believe it is definitely a post production cut, and I have seen many like this. I think it's a variation on the "return to distributor" cut that many retailers did upon return of unsold copies. What you have with the Heritage Cap book (Hitler cover) is a classic example of the "Golden Age exemption".

divad

I figured LooseCenterfold wasn't appropriate.

 

Bill

I dunno - I think it's a toss-up!

Man, I hope that's not your eBay name!!!

seriously, welcome!

A big Hyborian Kudos to divadrabnud for some super sharp raw Conans. Packed the living daylights out of 'em too!

Savage is . . . well, savage! when it comes to his Conans! Kudos to you fine sir!

Big kahuna kudos to mephisto44 for the righteous Spidey's he sold me! Thanks Josh!

Spine puckering! on GS and square bound books. . . you da' man Dice!

Actually you might do okay as long as your grading is up to snuff. GPA for Slight (a) books is as follows:

 

SA (9.2) (2) $452.50 500/405 Marvel Comics 1 1975 1 Sep 2003

SA (9.0) - $399.00 - Marvel Comics 1 1975 1 Oct 2003

SA (8.5) (2) $185.75 218/153 Marvel Comics 1 1975 1 Sep 2003

 

Those are surprisingly high numbers for a restored bronze book.

They are! I wonder how many are then broken out and resold raw as unrestored???

BSide,

Good story, but a real bummer. Sounds like a nice book - can you post a scan or give us a link? I take it you bought the book from a "reputable" dealer?

The seep-through marker and "filled in" crease will definitelly earn you the "coveted" lavender label. It's way too young a book to have received such treatment - unless you were really taken on it.

I'd keep it and enjoy it, or sell it with full disclosure to a willing buyer. Having it graded may only be a waste of time and money, in that it may only end up reducing its value.

You might consider grading it and keeping it, however, as the tide may change someday.

I know that I'd still be interested in it.

cheers,