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what defect on a mid-grade comic do you find MOST annoying?

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dekeuk

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popped staple.

 

wow, popped staple is my favorite defect to have on a mid-grade comic. usually I get to buy a copy that looks VF for a VG price because of the popped staple. once its bagged and boarded, you often can't even tell its there.

 

 

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buttock

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popped staple.

 

+1

 

+2

 

especially on an otherwise VF/NM ish book. doubly especially when the seller fails to inform you of same prior to the purchase

 

We all know the heartbreak of finding that elusive HG book at a show/shop, only to find the staple has popped....

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dekeuk

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It`s liquid and moisture rippling for me,i guess because unlike creases or small tears, it`s this foreign matter ruining your book.

Plus for all you know it could be pee splater.:eek:

 

It's funny how water wrinkling drives some people crazy, and others don't mind at all.

 

I recently sold Fantastic Four #36, 45 and 53 on ebay. They looked high grade VF+ to NM- but were wrinkled throughout the comic. They sold for an average of $40 each. I was quite surprised. So I guess wrinkles don't bother some people, as long as the rest of the comic looks OK.

 

 

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Small amount of tape! Killing the part of the comic where it is placed! :sumo:

 

Yep.

Tape or water damage.

Those are the big two. :sumo:

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Comicdey

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oh yeah.....

 

tapes one of the worst and also the tanned pages..per topofthetotem...

 

ticks me off when I buy books from you folks that live in warm climates....your pages just don't hold a candle to the AK page quality.

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Tape is bad.. Sub-creases can be terrible or not-that-bad. If it doesn't break color, not great, but not awful.

 

Worst for me is "non-white, white cover". I know this doesn't apply to every book, but that's the worst for me. I had a really noice 9.2 copy of Cap #111 a few years back. Every bit a 9.4 except the cover was tan-brown.

 

I'd rather have an 8.0 with a white cover than a 9.2 of the same book with a tanning cover.

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1. Tape

2. Water Damage

3. Tape

4. Coupons clipped

5. Tape

 

As a rule, I never buy a book with tape. It just drives me absolutely crazy.

 

So....how do you really feel about tape on a comic? :kidaround:

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