Help grading Batman 242 please.

[RickHigh]

I bought this book last weekend at a convention here in Charlotte. The book looks great except for two small bindery nicks at the bottom of the front cover. The back cover is clean and white and the inside pages are off-white. Would these nicks lower the grade on this book? I know that Overstreet says that "bindery tears must be less than 1/16" on Silver age books" in the Near Mint range. What do you think?

 

 

 

[supapimp]

9.0-9.2 that chip in the bottom makes me spidey sense tingle.

[FFB]

About a 9.2 or so.

[sfilosa]

I give it an 9.0 (only because it's Bronze-Age). It looks like at least one spine stress line (see the N in Batman) and of course the two nicks.

 

Very nice book, but I think it's hard to get a 9.4 with the nicks being so clear.

[BradleyX2]

I'm going to be a bit harsher than the others and say 8.5

[kryptonitecomics]

My first thought was 8.5 so.......8.5 it is

[Rocketeer]

9.2

[Calamerica]

Hello.

 

First off, the defects you describe on the bottom of the cover are not "Bindery Defects". They are "chipping". Pieces of the paper have somehow separated from the main body of the cover. Bindery defects are: "Defects associated with the binding process, including mistrimming, miswrapping, inaccurate stapling, etc". That was taken from the Overstreet Grading Guide, a MUST for the serious Comic Book Collector!

 

Final Grade: VF 8.0.

 

CAL

[FFB]

Cal,

 

I think that general wisdom in the comic industry says that "bindery tears" caused by the grabbers at the bindery plant are also considered "bindery defects." Anything that happens to the book before it leaves the printing or binding facility (and hence, is "associated with the binding process") is a "bindery defect." The list that you are quoting from is clearly not meant to be exhaustive.

 

Hello.

 

First off, the defects you describe on the bottom of the cover are not "Bindery Defects". They are "chipping". Pieces of the paper have somehow separated from the main body of the cover. Bindery defects are: "Defects associated with the binding process, including mistrimming, miswrapping, inaccurate stapling, etc". That was taken from the Overstreet Grading Guide, a MUST for the serious Comic Book Collector!

 

Final Grade: VF 8.0.

 

CAL

[sterlingcomics]

I give this book a 9.0...

 

Too bad I missed the show. I WILL be going to the Hero Convention this summer though!

[Calamerica]

Cal,

 

I think that general wisdom in the comic industry says that "bindery tears" caused by the grabbers at the bindery plant are also considered "bindery defects." Anything that happens to the book before it leaves the printing or binding facility (and hence, is "associated with the binding process") is a "bindery defect." The list that you are quoting from is clearly not meant to be exhaustive

 

OK I will give you your due here and go with you here. Always good to have others' chime in with good info!

 

CAL

[Aces]

9.0

Nice book!

[kryptonitecomics]

9.0