grading new comics

[joemad]

many of today's new comics have defects straight from the production/packaging/shipping process, over the past year or so i have been noticing these types of defects, mostly in marvel books (spectacular spider-man, uncanny and new x-men, other marvel titles in that format):

 

-cover creasing along the spine, looks like cover wear, is all along the spine, may extend to the rest of the cover, these are non-colour breaking and are on every single copy of certain new comics, so is this a production defect or what?...i'm not sure if i'm explaining it right but people who buy new comics should know what i mean

 

-cover indentations along the right edge, looks like someone pressed really hard with their thumb on 2 spots along the right edge of the cover, this does not break colour and is very minor

 

-cover production wrinkles, literally looks like a wrinkle, along the edge of the spine or bottom edge on the cover, does not really break colour although it is quite noticeable in single-colour cover areas, otherwise only noticeable upon careful examination

 

-single minor non-colour-breaking spine crease (tiny, no more than 1/16th of an inch, almost imperceptible)

 

i'm just wondering how serious collectors consider these defects to be...which are considered production flaws? which of these automatically bump an otherwise 9.8 book down to 9.6? i'm looking for personal collecting preferences here, not necessarily cgc's opinion

[DiceX]

One flaw I've noticed on almost ALL new comics.

Look at the back cover, reflect light on the surface.

On the center of the book on the right side, there is a big football shaped surface impression.

Where does this come from?

Comics from all publishers have this impression.

 

Anyone know what it is?

[lighthouse]

The thumb print of the [!@#%^&^] who unpacked the Diamond box...

[lighthouse]

The thumb print of the [!@#%^&^] who unpacked the Diamond box...

 

Wow... I was aware that the Mongols caused a great deal of trouble in their day... but I had no idea that the version of their name that ends in "oid" is a curse word...

 

Hmmm

[greggy]

[!@#%^&^]

[jimm94]

I regularly see the exact same flaws joemad mentioned from books at my lcs.

 

Did anyone else notice what an absolute mess the Marvels shipments were today?