"Outer cover graded 9.6"... Really ?

[osborn_fr]

PGX...DOH !

 

 

9.6, really ?

And nothing on the slab says that this is not an US printing.

Theses fakes "MUSEUM EDITION" are from France or Germany.

[MutantKeys]

Gotta love the staple pull on the top

[COMICKINGS]

with that pull it still got a 9.6? 'Ol Barry's got some friends down at CGC!

[mr_highgrade]

You mean PGX.

[mysterymachine]

Gotta love the staple pull on the top

 

looks more like a staple "push"..

 

 

 

 

 

[Ze-man]

with that pull it still got a 9.6? 'Ol Barry's got some friends down at CGC!

 

I think that happened post slabbing and is an example of why a tapered edge holder can pop staples from the friction of the mylar holding the cover fast while the interior might move around upon impact.

 

At least thats how I interpret what I am looking at.

 

Then again we are talking about PGX, so logic might not apply.

 

 

[sterlingcomics]

And this is why CGC currently recommends its design...I'd prefer my book to remain damage free, but if I had the choice of this kind of damage and the corner SCS that we are familiar with, I'd choose the latter.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

 

I think that happened post slabbing

 

 

That top left edge looks mighty banged up too.

[comicgrinder]

Gotta love the staple pull on the top

[sterlingcomics]

Actually, unless my eyes deceive me...it looks like the SCS monster was all up and down on the right edge...truly horrific. I would have no choice but to burn the copy.

[Ze-man]

Actually, unless my eyes deceive me...it looks like the SCS monster was all up and down on the right edge...truly horrific. I would have no choice but to burn the copy.

 

I assume you are making a funny, it was how the cover stock was cut.

 

 

 

[SolitaireOne]

I assume you are making a funny, it was how the cover stock was cut.

... yep, I agree. (thumbs u

[awe4one]

Theses fakes "MUSEUM EDITION" are from France or Germany.

 

You see tons of these at every German show. I didn't know they were fakes until a German dealer clued me in...

 

Jim

[osborn_fr]

Well in fact, they are not really "fakes".

They were printed by Panini comics, an officially Marvel licensed company.

They named them "MUSEUM EDITION" but didn't know that it meant something in USA. .

A few years ago, Wizard magazine wrote an article about them.

[seanfingh]

Actually, unless my eyes deceive me...it looks like the SCS monster was all up and down on the right edge...truly horrific. I would have no choice but to burn the copy.

 

No way, dude. Those Museum issues are sweet. They were actually hand trimmed by Joe Quesada with scrapbooking scissors to give it that sweet "craft-style" right edge.

[RockMyAmadeus]

I love that PGX slabs the COAs with the book....of course, pressure from the slab will eventually indent the COA into the cover, but who cares, so long as it's got that number in the upper left hand corner...?

[Hawkman]

when i saw barrington levy, i thought it was owned by the singer. .