High-Grade Miller Daredevils

[davidking623]

 

Boy, you really screwed that "one buyer" - talk about gambling stories!

 

YOU SHOULDNT BE SO HARD ON THAT ONE BUYER HIS NAME IS BRONZE BRUCE13 HE BOUGHT THE 163 AND THE 167 FROM ME! ITS AMAZING SUCH ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE OF ME AS A BUYER MY NAME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND I HAVE NEVER SCREWED ANYONE SELLING THEM A COMIC BOOK THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY BIG DOLLARS FOR!

 

Davidking623

 

 

Since you brought it up, a little history...

 

Sorry I couldnt help myself!

 

My best friend was teaching me how to be a electrician and he commonly used its not rocket science Dave! So when Divad ( in case you havent figured it out Divad is David spelled backwards) said that, I just couldnt resist!

 

Davidking623

[davidking623]

"One buyer" is all I'm looking for - they are sweet books. Now who would send a $24 book into CGC for grading??? A rocket scientist perhaps?

 

Davidking623

[BronzeBruce13]

Isn't 169 harder to come by in higher grades due to spine problems? I seem to recall reading that on these forums at some point.

 

Good Call!... forgot about that. There was indeed a thread on the topic... and the lack of 9.6/9.8's presently supports that. As Pimp brought up, the additional staples sure didn't help some copies.

 

Paul Litch mentioned that 168 also had a production flaw that is present in a high percentage of the books... cover overhang (overflash, thanks Rob). He offered that many of the168's he graded had damage to the portions that extended past the interior pages as explanation as to why 168 was not common even 9.6 at the time.

[divad]

Here's the lesser of 2 DD #168's from the same collection:

 

http://209.238.102.65/images/DAD/DD%20168s.JPG

 

I understand that the ink smudge at the center was a fairly common production defect in many of these books.

 

[rob_react]

It looks like you've got both defects common to that book, the overflash problems that BB is talking about and the all too common ink smudges.

[garthgantu]

It looks like you've got both defects common to that book, the overflash problems that BB is talking about and the all too common ink smudges.

 

...not to mention multiple color-breaking creases along the right edge...