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Am I being too OCD? Are corners like this common on older issues or would this prevent you guys from buying a book?

Mainly referring to how it is blunted and a small piece seems to have flaked off. These rounded corners seem pretty common on older books but wanted to get your thoughts

My favorite DC hero but I only own 2 keys

edit: just realized my other one is graded by….not CGC so had to remove the picture

Ever?  That is hard.  I will go by runs over title.  Maybe Ultimate Spider-Man's first 100 issues.  I think it was the perfect run by Bendis and Bagley.  

Also right there, and more recently, has been Fantastic Four by Hickman and House and Powers of X by Hickman.  I think they were both incredible.

Oh and Silver Surfer Black.

If I am paying $1k+ I go slabbed to ensure no resto.  I do prefer raw overall but most of my big $ books are slabbed 

On 8/22/2021 at 9:17 AM, Funnybooks said:

Notes seem accurate. 

The corner shows much wear without any “missing chunks or pieces”.

 

Thanks! Yeah I wasn’t sure what most consider since the bottom is blunted

Notes just say creasing on the corner that break color but wanted to see what others thought. Seems like it’s blunted which I see on quite a few books of this age?

3 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Gorgeous 5.0.

Thank you!

9 minutes ago, MatterEaterLad said:

Congrats! I sold my 4.0 two years ago for $4500 

Thanks! I’m pretty sad that I sold it but the 5.0 I bought looks really nice.

Just sold my FF5 4.0 White Pages for $16,350 😳

My 5.0 is on the way 🕺🏻

Moving this to The Comic Network FB group.

I’ll be moving this to consignment in 24 hours or so.

Will take $150 off the price for the next day.

3 hours ago, namisgr said:

New comics typically arrived for sale about 3 months before the cover publication date.  Marvel and DC would have titles on regular schedules, so that about a quarter of the titles would invariably be shipped and available week 1, another quarter always in week 2, etc.  My recollection is that Hulk and Thor were in the first batch every month.  In my neck of the woods at the time (Southern New Jersey and then Philadelphia), new books would arrive on Wednesdays.  In 1981 when we lived in California and I returned to buying and reading comics regularly after a five year hiatus, there was the same timing to monthly distribution.

If a comic hadn't sold by the cover date, it was a candidate to have all or the top third of the cover ripped off and returned to the distributor as unsold for a refund.  Then at a local flea market some semi-unscrupulous comic sellers would sell the books with the top third or all of the front cover missing for the half price of ten cents or three for a quarter, which when I first started reading and collecting was a great, cheap way to buy recent back issues.

Great info!  From the other thread you had mentioned this July 1962 stamp was likely a return date stamp, which makes sense.  So would some retailers mark the return date on the book, instead of the arrival date, when they actually received it so they knew what the shelf life would be?

I am assuming that is how return stamps worked, this is my first time actually seeing one

An opportunity has come up to upgrade this, so here we are. 
 

Rules:

No one from probation list or hall of shame. 

Payment will need to be wire transfer (I have a few references on here and have sold through The Comic Network Facebook group and through Instagrailz)

No returns on slabs

Shipping will be fully insured and shipped USPS, double boxed. Shipping included in price.

Will not ship internationally. 

31 minutes ago, jimjum12 said:

That could easily be it... they had a 3 month shelf life. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Yep I think so too. Which makes this a pretty unique stamp I think! At least from what I’ve seen. I love how these add stories to books

1 hour ago, jimjum12 said:

Probably geographical... or maybe applied by the owner at the time of purchase. The lion's share of FF 5's I've seen are April.... I used to want an April 12, as that was the date I stopped drinking. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Definitely seems reasonable. Another board member mentioned it is probably a ‘return date’ stamp that was sent back to the distributor as an unsold copy. Which makes sense since only the month and year are on there 

2 minutes ago, namisgr said:

In those days, Marvel comics would hit the newsstand about 3 months before their publication date.  Since FF5 has a July pub date, and the stamp on your book has a month but no day, I suspect this may be a return stamp date (if unsold) rather than an arrival stamp date.

Oh interesting, so did Marvel (or the distributor) stamp it with the return date or did the newsstand stamp it and then send it back?

Random question: what determined when a store or newsstand would receive a shipment of the books in the 60s-70s (say FF books for the sake of this thread)?

For example, on the FF5 I grabbed it has a date stamp of July 1962, but I have seen several copies with April stamps.

Was this kind of thing based on geographical location as to when they get books?

this is an intensely nerdy question I realize….

1 hour ago, comicginger1789 said:

An interesting question. If I made a guess, more rural areas probably got their books later than the more urbanized cities and such. 

Yeah I imagine it’s something like that, or they send out more copies they have sitting around later on 🤷🏻‍♂️