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  1. What water stains? The thing under daredevils groin? That I don't know what that is. Those other drops by the sword are just ink drips, alot of copies of that book have those little dots, at least that I've seen.
  2. oof tough round, opened the door to victory for someone else in the play from home crowd. 8 pts total in round 1 and 2 and 9 pts in this one. Wings : 2.0 Beware: 5.0 Atom 6.0 Silver Surfer: 7.5 Hulk 4.5 gotta go back and see what I was missing, usually when miss i'm under, but I overgraded a bunch here which is unusual.
  3. No bleed through that I see. It just looks like a scuff to me, that's why I was thinking maybe it was a very small tape pull, but I'm not sure if residue from tape would shine under blacklight.
  4. Thanks everyone for the feedback, very helpful. Only thing I haven't seen is does anyone have any specific thoughts on the book I posted? Would residue from a tape pull pop under blacklight?
  5. I wouldn't have given this a 3.0, I think that was a gift, maybe them being more lenient on a grail book? But the Dexter couldn't be higher, it has more cover missing and it has 2 pieces of the cover missing and the eye appeal is worse because of the location. This missing chunk doesn't detract from the eye appeal as much as the Rex one imo.
  6. On second look I think the pic resolution cost on this one. I think by the lower staple on the front cover there is a decent sized crease, that I just took to be part of the printing process. That's the only thing I could see that could have made me miss so bad.
  7. Hello, I have pretty much 0 experience with looking at comics with restoration and being able to identify it. I just got a raw comic that had something popping up under the blacklight. Here is the pic When the blacklight is off though it just looks like damage. First off I notice the area doesn't match the color if it was indeed color touch, so that brought me to my first question/thought. If a kid drew on a comic somewhere or a marker fell on the comic would that come back as a purple label because there is color on the comic even if there was no actual intent to cover up a flaw and make the comic look better. My thought would be just that is counts against the grade but wouldn't be considered resto. Now for this specific issue when I look under a loupe it looks like maybe it was a very small tape pull. Would old tape residue shine under blacklight? Just looking for thoughts on what people think could be causing this to shine under the blacklight, and if this would come back as a PLOD. Thanks for your time in advance!
  8. I agree lets talk ASM 300....i see a couple ticks on the back which is why I went 9.4....front looks flawless to me. It's the color rub from the black parts I guess that are taking it down some more? That's the only thing I can come up with. I just ignored it thinking it was from when they were stacked up and transported.
  9. I got 6 that round, 8 total for the play at home crowd..... Dexter : 1.5 Law breakers : 8.0 (need to look to see why i was so off, must have missed a crease) Action: 5.0 Scooby : 7.5 ASM : 9.4
  10. I knew I was forgetting something and checked this morning only to see I missed the deadline......I played along anyway and scored a 2 in the first round...you guys are lucky I'm terrible at remembering
  11. I say 8.5 as is and up to a 9.2 if the press takes our that 3/4 inch crease on the back and whatever other NCB ones there are. The tear is kind of a bindery tear that went bad, so I don't think it would grade as harshly as a tear this size in another area.
  12. From what I see I don't think the press would help the problems with the book that are causing most of the grade which to me the biggest things I see are the spine ticks that are kind of deep, the bottom right corner, foxing and that crease on the top middle edge. It does seem like maybe it was undegraded a half grade possibly to me, but hard to tell with pics through a slab.
  13. @Funnybooks Thank you! @William-James88 Thank you for running the contest was alot of fun and more importantly helpful for us all to practice.