Something I've never seen before

[leigh28-migration]

Hi All

I rarely post, but do stalk often. Today I received an Iron man #8 in the mail with what, I can only assume, is a production flaw that prompted me to post.

Anyway, when I removed the comic from it's packaging I initially thought the cover had torn from the comic. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the cover and all pages had no staples and no staple holes. To look at I'd say the comics is a VF/VF+. Does this sort of defect affect the grade? If so by how much? Was it a common thing from this era (late 60's)?

Thanks

Leigh

[telerites]

Take a look at this thread, specifically Category 4. Really good thread and info.

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4421055

 

 

[slym2none]

That sounds like an instance where the Green label would not be a "GLOD."

 

 

 

 

-slym

[leigh28-migration]

Thanks for the link. Very interesting reading. There seems to be a lot of grey area to grading and what constitues a green label. Why is it that some production flaws are OK to get a Blue label (ie. chipping), but others like my missing staples seem to guarenteed a Green? I don't care for my case as it's my first genuine production flaw comic, just wanting understand the differences.

[VintageComics]

If the book came from the publisher missing a staple it likely won't affect the CGC grade up to roughly 9.4/9.6 (obviously the rest of the book matters).