Tec' 27 found by this kid? Has this been posted?

[MedicAR]

At a glance, I think the top is trimmed and putting it next to the Hulk didn't help. The 'Tec just looks too small. There's something else that makes me leary of it, too, I just can't put my finger on it...... oh, aside from the fact he handles it like a dog handles a frisbee.

[nearmint]

By the way, do you guys know if the Tec 27 purchased by Todd Mcdevitt in Pittsburgh was ever graded?

 

It was and it came back unrestored 7.0, if I remember correctly

 

I think it was 6.5.

[1koko]

Here are my current copy and old copies for comparison:

 

None had trimming but you can see that the cut (especially at the bottom) is not consistent

 

 

 

 

 

 

miss the last one (slight color touch and dab of glue but cover cleaned). It was signed by Bob Kane on the inside cover. I used to read it on the toilet

[DiceX]

I used to read it on the toilet

 

Reading a Tec27 on the toilet.

 

 

[Point Five]

I know I needn't bother, but I actually enjoy playing detective (no pun intended) with situations like this one.

 

I took some screen snapshots of the video guy's Tec 27 and compared it with an original cover. This guy's Tec cover has lots of differences, suggesting a reproduction.

 

Check out Batman's rope on his Tec cover (only breaks color in the black areas), versus on the original (breaks the black and red colors very consistently).

 

Similarly, where Batman's black cape meets the blacks of the logo letters, the blacks are consistent on his copy but there are red hairlines between them on the original cover.

 

Finally, even accounting for the poor lighting of the video and the possibility of dirt/fading, many of the colors are way off on his cover.

 

He might believe that he has an original, but there's no chance that he does.

 

 

 

 

[JerryZ]

Here are my current copy and old copies for comparison:

 

None had trimming but you can see that the cut (especially at the bottom) is not consistent

 

 

 

 

 

 

miss the last one (slight color touch and dab of glue but cover cleaned). It was signed by Bob Kane on the inside cover. I used to read it on the toilet

 

(worship) (worship) (worship)

[comicalgems]

I used to read it on the toilet

 

Reading a Tec27 on the toilet.

 

 

Reading them in the toilet is a total bonus of comic buying.

[rockman2008]

It's a hoax. The cover is a low-resolution print job. On closeup the colors appear inconsistent and grainy like output from a low-end printer. Stop the video at 1:18 or at 1:28. The lines that outline the building to the left and right of the gun, appear clumped or break at points. The original cover would show distinct continuous fine lines.

 

An issue professional printers worry about is properly matching ink to paper, controlling consistent ink absorption and spread on paper. Obviously the guy who printed the fake didn't care. So fine line details tend to clump together as thick lines (excessive spread) and/or have faint lines (poor ink absorption).

 

 

 

[osborn_fr]

His Tec 27 is as real as these ones:

 

[bronze_rules]

Here are my current copy and old copies for comparison:

 

None had trimming but you can see that the cut (especially at the bottom) is not consistent

 

 

miss the last one (slight color touch and dab of glue but cover cleaned). It was signed by Bob Kane on the inside cover. I used to read it on the toilet

 

Beautiful copies. Just curious... why is it that his bubble is all black, while the standard is blue.

Would it be possible for the camera to filter out that color? The batman has tones of blue, but the man's hat also appears blackish.

 

 

 

[Mutant Manatee]

 

That might be why he continuously moves the comic around in the video, so nobody can get a really good look at it. Seriously, he's bouncing around the room like a pinball machine.

 

I also agree that the colors don't look right on his copy.

[comicalgems]

At least he's not trying to hawk it on ebay.

[Xavier-migration]

He claims in the video comments that he cgc'ed it and it came back as 8.0 restored. Can you guys check up on the veracity of that claim now that CGC has taken a look at it and presumably logged a record of it?

[rockman2008]

Actually some noob did try to sell a cover reproduction of a Tec 27 on eBay a few months ago. When I caught him, he claimed it was a prank to impress his roommate.

[nocutename]

I know I needn't bother, but I actually enjoy playing detective (no pun intended) with situations like this one.

 

I took some screen snapshots of the video guy's Tec 27 and compared it with an original cover. This guy's Tec cover has lots of differences, suggesting a reproduction.

 

Check out Batman's rope on his Tec cover (only breaks color in the black areas), versus on the original (breaks the black and red colors very consistently).

 

Similarly, where Batman's black cape meets the blacks of the logo letters, the blacks are consistent on his copy but there are red hairlines between them on the original cover.

 

Finally, even accounting for the poor lighting of the video and the possibility of dirt/fading, many of the colors are way off on his cover.

 

He might believe that he has an original, but there's no chance that he does.

 

 

Interesting, I never notice that by the cape before. If I was holding a book that I believed was worth over a quarter of a million, the last thing I would be doing is flopping it around like that.

[rockman2008]

 

Check out Batman's rope on his Tec cover (only breaks color in the black areas), versus on the original (breaks the black and red colors very consistently).

 

Similarly, where Batman's black cape meets the blacks of the logo letters, the blacks are consistent on his copy but there are red hairlines between them on the original cover.

 

 

Poor inks and paper from a cheap printer will always give shoddy results.

 

The insufficiently_thoughtful_person who printed it wasn't thinking about anything except impressing his YouTube audience.

 

[VintageComics]

You can't tell if a book has been trimmed by how much art is showing. The book could just be miscut.

 

[hockey&comicsguy]

You can't tell if a book has been trimmed by how much art is showing. The book could just be miscut.

 

 

 

Timely drek

[VintageComics]

It's for reading on the toilet. The Tec is for wiping my butt.

 

[The Troll King]

The kid is obviously a dip- that thinks this is funny. There's no way the book is real. If he manages to post other videos on Youtube why can't be post a 1 minute long one of it in a case.?

 

We know the answer to that...