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PGM Strange Tales #167

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Crimebuster

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Hello. I've got a book here that has stumped me a little bit. It's a really beautiful copy of Strange Tales #167. it's got a non color breaking wrinkle/bend on the bottom left along the spine, but otherwise it's great...

 

...except the printer who made the comic appears to have used a rusty hatchet to trim the book when it was published. As you can see, the edge is somewhat jagged from top to bottom. This isn't realy Marvel chipping; it extends throughout the entire book. They must have had an exceptionally dull blade on the trimmer that day.

 

I really don't know how that affects the grade so I am hoping wiser heads will know. Thanks for looking:

 

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Crimebuster

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Is it possible someone tried to do some amateur work on the book (trying to trim the edge the self?)

 

I don't think so, but trimming is beyond my knowledge really. I don't fully understand how to tell a trimmed book from a non-trimmed book to begin with. It looks natural to me, though; I'm actually surprised that it wasn't trimmed by someone at some point considering how rough the edge is.

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i've read that some of the titles (maybe this was one of them) got printed/trimmed last and therefore they had shaggy edges. press out that crease and i think you might be looking at a 8.5. originally said 9.0, but looked at my 8.0 and yours is only slightly better.

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