Opinions on Page Quality/Color?

[eugenius]

How do you folks feel about Cream to Off White pages etc when buying a comic?

 

Is it a huge deal breaker for you?

 

 

[comicdonna]

In most cases, no it's not a deal breaker for me.

[rtecbot]

especially if its an old book, pages will age over time anyway

[gaz973]

It doesn't bother me much. I don't have huge faith in CGCs PQ designations.

 

If I had a choice of two of the same comic, one is CR/OW and the other is OW/W, I'd be paying a lot more attention to which I liked more structurally rather than going for the better PQ.

[chrisco37]

It doesn't bother me much. I don't have huge faith in CGCs PQ designations.

 

If I had a choice of two of the same comic, one is CR/OW and the other is OW/W, I'd be paying a lot more attention to which I liked more structurally rather than going for the better PQ.

 

[Ghost Rider]

If the book's are pretty much the same structure wise. I would take the OW/W Pages book. If I liked the CR/OW book structure wise over the OW/W book. I would purchase the CR/OW book. Re submitting the book could easily change the PQ on either book.

 

I have seen a lot of books with bone white pages come back from the CGC with the OW/W PQ on the label. There PQ designations leave a lot to be desired.

[rtecbot]

Had one book OW/W 6.0 come back as a OW 6.5 on a reslab

[nearmint]

I have no problem with C-OW on Golden Age books.

[Bomber-Bob]

How do you folks feel about Cream to Off White pages etc when buying a comic?

 

Is it a huge deal breaker for you?

 

 

The Boards have talked this through ad nauseum so please don't attack me.

I avoid all CR/OW pages no matter what the era. Long before CGC, when I collected only raw, I wanted nice eye appeal and page quality. A minor structural flaw did not bother me. No need to change now that I prefer CGC'd books.

CR/OW is a deal breaker for me.

[thehumantorch]

How do you folks feel about Cream to Off White pages etc when buying a comic?

 

Is it a huge deal breaker for you?

 

 

The Boards have talked this through ad nauseum so please don't attack me.

I avoid all CR/OW pages no matter what the era. Long before CGC, when I collected only raw, I wanted nice eye appeal and page quality. A minor structural flaw did not bother me. No need to change now that I prefer CGC'd books.

CR/OW is a deal breaker for me.

 

Page quality/whiteness is a pretty good, ballpark way to estimate the state

of preservation of a comic. Page color isn't a deal breaker for me but I definately

prefer as white as possible.

[oakman29]

No deal breaker for me.

[Bat-Man]

On GA books defiantly not a deal breaker, but I'd pay a premium for Ow or better.

 

 

[Ted Knight]

C/OW pages on anything newer than 1945 is a definite deal breaker. Before 1945, one sometimes has such a limited choice of copies available in any reasonable time period, that cream pages (or worse) may have to be acceptable.

[mysterio]

I prefer OW-W or better when I can find it, but I will buy books with lesser PQ if they have nice structure and present well for the grade. In the pre-hero Marvels that make up a big focus of my collection PQ takes a big backseat to grade, and I would gladly buy CR-OW books that make the grade. I am really reluctant to get into the tan/brittle sphere though, particularly in the SA I collect.

[oakman29]

I will buy anything cream to off white or better for silver,bronze.Copper to modern white pages only,tan and brittle are deal breakers for me.

[Deanokeeno]

I'm OK with Cream to Off White and above. But CGC PQ seems a bit all over the place. I have some slabs with different PQ which I honestly can't see the difference.

 

I also comes down to the book. On some books (Daredevil 1, Avengers 4 for example) the whiteness of the pages makes a lot of difference to the desirability, but with things like Hulk 1 and Avengers 1 it doesn't make too much difference.

 

I persoanlly i don't mind my books looking a little on the 'vintage' side. The patina often adds charm.

[Jeffro.]

I love the look and freshness of white pages and would prefer them all day long. There is something about a decades old comic with pages like new.

 

Having said all that, CR/OW is not a deal breaker for me. It depends on the book. It depends on the age and scarcity.

[Norrin_Radd]

I love the look and freshness of white pages and would prefer them all day long. There is something about a decades old comic with pages like new.

+1

 

I read my comics, so I prefer nice page quality. I'm fine with a mid-grade reading copy with nice PQ.

[ImperiusRex]

I prefer Cr/OW pages than tanning on my cover

[jimbo_707]

I collect mid-to-high-grade (7.0 and up) Golden Age and Atom Age, and Cream-to-Off-White is a deal breaker for me. I also don't get how books with that page quality can be slabbed as NM (which I see regularly) or even VF. The CGC needs to give far more weight to page quality.