Marvel Chipping - Is there any issue worse than AF15?

[Spider-Variant]

While perusing the AF15 club thread, one cannot help but notice the high number of copies with marvel chipping.

 

Is there any other single issue of any series that compares, or am I just being jaded because we have a thread dedicated to a single issue of a comic book?

 

 

 

[rob_allan]

I've seen some Hulk 1s with the issue majorly also. Those two both pop in my mind with regard to that issue.

 

-Rob-

[Blind Owl]

I would also add Fantastic Four #10 to this list. I've seen a lot of copies with Marvel chipping..... (thumbs u

[fantastic_four]

am I just being jaded because we have a thread dedicated to a single issue of a comic book?

 

Yep

[Spiderturtle]

I rather get a af15 2.0 without chipping than 7.5 with chipping. Upper mid grades should not have chipping.

[TheAvenger80]

I rather get a af15 2.0 without chipping than 7.5 with chipping. Upper mid grades should not have chipping.

 

I mean I get your point but your numbers seem a bit extreme, IMHO of course.

[Spyderfan]

I rather get a af15 2.0 without chipping than 7.5 with chipping. Upper mid grades should not have chipping.

 

I mean I get your point but your numbers seem a bit extreme, IMHO of course.

I'd take a 7.5 with chipping any day of the week! Most likely that 2.0 is going to have ungodly staining, pieces missing and other unsightly defects that a 7.5 would not. But, this is obvious. So, how "bad" is MC to collectors? I mean, CGC doesn't list it in their notation section, whereas they do for some books with writing or tape on them. I only look for books with little to no MC myself, since it's just as bad as pieces missing to me. If I'm shelling out big $$ for a blue chip book, it should be as best as it can be in a particular grade.

[Primetime]

AF 15 is one SA Marvel notorious for mc..Hulk 1 as well...I'd say SA Marvels from 1961-1963 tend to have this defect more than Marvels from '64 on.

[TSwift25]

Hulk 1 is the one that really jumps to mind.

 

Avengers 1 to an extent as well.

[fantastic_four]

Hulk 1 is the one that really jumps to mind.

 

Avengers 1 to an extent as well.

 

And xmen 1

 

And FF 1

 

We all remember chipping the most on the books we love the most...

[VintageComics]

I remember talking to an old time dealer who told me that every issue of FF #1 he had ever seen had chipping. This is pre internet of course, but he said it was just one of those books that always had it.

 

I know now that this isn't the case but it's interesting to compare perceptions of the hobby pre internet and post internet.

[Spider-Variant]

I remember talking to an old time dealer who told me that every issue of FF #1 he had ever seen had chipping. This is pre internet of course, but he said it was just one of those books that always had it.

 

I know now that this isn't the case but it's interesting to compare perceptions of the hobby pre internet and post internet.

 

That is interesting. I wonder how many other urban legends are out there.

 

 

[VintageComics]

I remember talking to an old time dealer who told me that every issue of FF #1 he had ever seen had chipping. This is pre internet of course, but he said it was just one of those books that always had it.

 

I know now that this isn't the case but it's interesting to compare perceptions of the hobby pre internet and post internet.

 

That is interesting. I wonder how many other urban legends are out there.

 

 

Some people were convinced that every copy that does not have chipping must be trimmed.

 

 

[TSwift25]

I remember talking to an old time dealer who told me that every issue of FF #1 he had ever seen had chipping. This is pre internet of course, but he said it was just one of those books that always had it.

 

I know now that this isn't the case but it's interesting to compare perceptions of the hobby pre internet and post internet.

 

That is interesting. I wonder how many other urban legends are out there.

 

 

Some people were convinced that every copy that does not have chipping must be trimmed.

 

 

[rodan57]

 

I'd love to see a copy without chipping. This is my well-loved copy.

[Spider-Variant]

Someone asked again in the AF#15 thread. Thought I would bump this again.

[AtlasFan]

I have seen numerous copies of STRANGE TALES #114 (pre-Avenger 4 Cap) that have serious Marvel chipping....there must have been a big defect in the printing process that day.

[jkrk]

While perusing the AF15 club thread, one cannot help but notice the high number of copies with marvel chipping.

 

Is there any other single issue of any series that compares, or am I just being jaded because we have a thread dedicated to a single issue of a comic book?

 

 

 

You stole my thoughts.

 

 

Here's what I was thinking about for a poll:

 

Top ten SA books noted for chipping? (anyone know how to poll?)

 

1) AF 15

2)ASM 1 -per my wife

3)FF 1

4)Hulk 1

5)FF 4

6)ASM 2

7)X-Men 1

8)FF2

9)DD 1

10)Avengers 4

 

Is my order correct?

[namisgr]

TTA46, ST103 and JIM90 should probably make any top ten list for chipping.

[fantastic_four]

You stole my thoughts.

 

 

Here's what I was thinking about for a poll:

 

Top ten SA books noted for chipping? (anyone know how to poll?)

 

1) AF 15

2)ASM 1 -per my wife

3)FF 1

4)Hulk 1

5)FF 4

6)ASM 2

7)X-Men 1

8)FF2

9)DD 1

10)Avengers 4

 

Is my order correct?

 

No, because this entire concept is somewhat illusory--we remember chipping on these books the most because we look at them the most because they're keys. The issues that have the worst chipping are essentially random to anyone besides workers at the printing plants at that time and would be very, VERY difficult to determine...the nature of the question itself encourages biased subjectivity.