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My want list grows by one.

Post 'em up. Let's see those freaky Copper monsters!

No doubt, that's awesome!

Very, very nice copy. Congrats!

My very first pedigree book. Well I don't know if it's technically a pedigree, but it's my first either way. Actually, I bought it as a Christmas present for my Mother. She's a huge fan of Mad, and will appreciate owning a Gaine's File book.

I'm glad you're safe, shiv. Go get some rest.

Sorry if someone has posted one of these before. I ran across it while digging out another book to scan.

Depends on how big the hole is, and what caused it. It can be from production, but they are (usually) on the bottom of the cover. Show a scan of it and perhaps someone help.

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Where's the skulletons? It's required for horror comics to have skulletons or punkins on the cover.

Funny how DD wore the Stevie Wonder glasses under his mask.

OMG! I HATED OPAQUEING! The upside was that you *could* get a small buzz from the fumes. Did you ever have to stipple? I actually enjoyed stippling. Perhaps because I was good at it. I was good at it too. Loved follong the angle. But when you got a 32 page 4-color circular going out that night - stippling becomes less of a pleasure! That's when the tip of your finger gets numb, your eyes cross, and you want to do some opaqueing.

OMG! I HATED OPAQUEING! The upside was that you *could* get a small buzz from the fumes. Did you ever have to stipple? I actually enjoyed stippling. Perhaps because I was good at it.

I'm not quite that old. I had the pleasure of learning the trade from the old timers that worked in the comic plant. AND...I asked a LOT of questions.

OMG! I HATED OPAQUEING! The upside was that you *could* get a small buzz from the fumes.

Not all strippers can be as good as we were.

I agree, POV. Back in the film days, we didn't use clear tape for much of anything. Matter o fact, our boss would have killed us if he saw clear tape on anything. This type of thing would be just the reason.

I blew it up a bit, and adjusted the contrast so you can see it better. It's there. Clear tape was not *usually* used over the top of an area that would print. It would have been taped around the sides with red tape (which blocks out the light from imaging the plate). It could have been taped down to hold it in place, red tape placed on the sides, then the positioning tape removed and left some residue. It just seems an odd place for tape to be laid by a stripper. I'm not doubting that's what it is. It could be.

The flaw is in the third one. The scan is small, so it's hard to see. Looks like something was on the negative when exposing the plate. Either that or a cut line where someone cut the "35" on the paste-up, when they were working up the cover. I'd imagine this flaw would have ran the entire length. It's nothing major, and the price is still readable. But that's just a guess. There may be books where this is not so noticable. The black ink could be flooded enough to fill this line in on the press. You'd still see a hint of it.

The manufacturing errors on both books are possible. As a matter of fact, I have (or used to have) an issue of Uncanny X-Men that had the incorrect interior pages. The story pages were from the prior issue of Uncanny. I bought it new at the LCS. After I got home and started having dejavu while reading it, I realized the problem. I went back to the shop and ALL the copies they had were the same way. I ended up having to pick up that one from a grocery store magazine stand so I could read it.

This one is interesting. Strange use of solid colors. It has a Steranko feel. I like it!