That white crackling area along the spine...

[CompleteRunComics]

...that seems prevalent with modern books. You know, where the spine folds forming the front and back covers. On some books this fold seems unobtrusive, others it creates a mess.

 

An an example; I have a few "Wolverine: The End" issues. Fold is a clean, white, straight line along the spine.

Then I have a few "Iron Fist #1" amd "Teen Titans #9" issues where this fold is a mess. It looks like the color is flaking off in areas along the fold.

 

Anyone know how much these sloppy folds effect grading? Do I need to post in the "Ask CGC"? topic.

 

CRC

[fantastic_four]

I've been wondering this myself. I rather doubt they deduct for it since it's a side-effect of the production process, but it's hard to say. It might be the kind of thing that they drop a book to a 9.9 for.

[DiceX]

From my experience, they usually get knocked down to at least 9.6.

More if it's really bad.

Probably the reason 9.6 is the highest grade for Spider-Man #1 Platinum.

That book is tough to find without serious cracking.

[Rob]

This is what I was talking about in my "submitting" thread in the General forum. I have an Action 812 with no white at all on the spine. I wanted to submit it, because I think that's quite rare.