Nick Fury #7 Trimmed?

[Kramerica]

I think this is the right forum

 

I'm not looking for a grade but I am unsure if this book has undergone some tomfoolery. I've seen some weird Nick Fury #7's before but this one just looks fishy - especially on the back cover. The back cover appears to be smaller than the inside pages at the top and at the bottom left of the back cover it curves a little.

 

Here's a couple scans. Maybe I'm overthinking this - which would be nice - and it's just a bad wrap and cut. Another experienced collector has also expressed concern that it has been trimmed and he's good at spotting stuff like this.

 

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

M

 

 

 

 

[DavidTheDavid]

I've little to no qualifications on this, though I do observe that the front cover art's border runs at an angle along the spine, crossing over front to back, instead of running straight up and down the spine. Besides the weird wrap, that's a very pretty comic of a very cool cover. Steranko Dali swipe, yum!

[Tony S]

I do not believe it has been trimmed. It's just a bad cut and wrap at the printer.

[SteveC77]

IMO it's been trimmed... I'm by no means an authority on restoration this is purely speculation. Compared to this copy posted below your missing a portion of the bottom... I hope I'm wrong?

 

[KPR Comics]

Looks like bad wrap to me, nothing more.

[divad]

Agreed - looks like a sweet copy! (thumbs u

[divad]

I do not believe it has been trimmed. It's just a bad cut and wrap at the printer.

 

And, I might add, for this issue, not a bad one at all. This series is notoriously miswrapped.

[joe_collector]

Although its hard to be definitive from a scan, I really don't like that major curve the back cover has between the spine and the outer edge. There are bad cuts out there, but the majority are at least straight and whenever a book slopes that much, it raises some definite red flags.

 

Check out the image, that's a serious slope and is not anything to do with a miswrap.

[PovertyRow]

IMO it's been trimmed... I'm by no means an authority on restoration this is purely speculation. Compared to this copy posted below your missing a portion of the bottom... I hope I'm wrong?

 

 

Check out the top, though. Especially on the top left above the white Marvel Comics Group slug. There is a lot more space above than on your scan.

 

Without seeing the book in hand I vote for not trimmed.

[Kenners]

Yeah, I vote for not-trimmed too.

[joe_collector]

Obviously it's not professionally trimmed, but that back cover looks like a kid took a pair of scissors to it.

[rodan57]

Although its hard to be definitive from a scan, I really don't like that major curve the back cover has between the spine and the outer edge. There are bad cuts out there, but the majority are at least straight and whenever a book slopes that much, it raises some definite red flags.

 

Check out the image, that's a serious slope and is not anything to do with a miswrap.

 

I agree. The bottom left back corner is also suspicious. An uncomfortable book.

 

 

[Kramerica]

Thanks everyone I absolutely love having all of you as a resource. That's what makes these Boards a gift from above.

 

Now I just need to figure out how to market it? Perhaps this might make a wonderful Raffle Prize? It might make someone happy,

[PovertyRow]

Obviously it's not professionally trimmed, but that back cover looks like a kid took a pair of scissors to it.

 

I spent years in 4-color pre-press and hundreds of hours at print shops to okay/correct the stock, registration, color, trimming etc.

 

Some of the eff-ups I have seen make this look like it should hang in the Louvre.

 

Things CAN shift in a guillotine cutter.

 

[joe_collector]

I spent years in 4-color pre-press

 

Holy Cap, it's a wonder you can still walk.

[PovertyRow]

I spent years in 4-color pre-press

 

Holy Cap, it's a wonder you can still walk.

 

But it kept me svelte.

[joe_collector]

I spent years in 4-color pre-press

 

Holy Cap, it's a wonder you can still walk.

 

But it kept me svelte.

 

And limber.

[FatComicMafia]

"Obviously it's not professionally trimmed, but that back cover looks like a kid took a pair of scissors to it."

 

Although its hard to be definitive from a scan, I really don't like that major curve the back cover has between the spine and the outer edge. There are bad cuts out there, but the majority are at least straight and whenever a book slopes that much, it raises some definite red flags.

 

Check out the image, that's a serious slope and is not anything to do with a miswrap.

 

I agree. The bottom left back corner is also suspicious. An uncomfortable book.

 

 

 

+1

[Kramerica]

Yeah, just a tough, tough book. I've decided that I'm going to make it a Raffle Prize in my upcoming thread and point people here to take a look at what everyone thinks.

 

Regardless of whether it is trimmed or not I don't think that anyone will complain about getting it for free. THANKS EVERYONE!