PGM: Superman 4

[lemonman5]

So, I took a chance on this and bought this for a decent price on eBay. All of the pages look to be there, and attached just fine, and there doesn't seem to be any restoration from what I can see.

 

The only problem was that the guy sent this in a couple of Priority Mail envelopes and literally no bag or board. Its a miracle it wasn't ruined.

 

The book has a spine split up to the bottom staple, a name written on the cover, and a couple of tears on 2 pages. Other than that, its pretty nice and glossy and the cover is holding up very nicely. It has to be at least a 2.0 based on what I see.

 

Thanks in advance for any help everyone!

 

 

 

 

[tjanse]

Very nice. I agree with the grade. Is the top edge trimmed near the number four it looks as though it is missing some of the black from the circle?

[lemonman5]

I just checked and the top of the spine is missing a tiny piece. I definitely wouldn't call it trimmed.

[Point Five]

Wow, that was indeed a nice price. It looks VGish other than the splitting at bottom and the interior tears, so I'd say 2.5/3.0 range... 2.0 seems too low to me. Great pickup!

 

 

[lemonman5]

I keep looking at the top edge and can't figure out if its trimmed. Thoughts?

[Fantastic Thor]

2.5 ..

looks good to me

[tjanse]

I'm not a expert but compared to a few of the cgc ones on eBay it looks trimmed. I thought staples looked cleaned too. But comparing to pics on eBay as best as I can with the picture you provided. They seem to be ok.

[Jaydogrules]

2nd Luthor appearance. PS, that's not him on the cover.

 

-J.

[Point Five]

Why do you think it looks trimmed? Anything is possible I guess, but the top edge cut doesn't look especially suspicious to me, nor is the artwork at the top out of whack compared to some of the other blue label #4s.

 

 

[lemonman5]

I can't tell if its trimmed or not, but the blue circle with the number 4 looks alittle too cut off compared to others.

 

Its really hard to tell though.

[Jaydogrules]

I agree. That is most likely not trimmed. They all look to be cut that way. Great pick up. 1.8-2.0 IMHO.

 

-J.

[Primetime]

FC is not trimmed based on the pic. Easily a 2.5 despite the spine split. I'd rather have the full Shuster sig at the bottom and a miscut circle than vise versa

[AnkurJ]

2.5 or 3.0

[SuperiorSpiderMan]

Love that Superman cover! (thumbs u

 

A lot of these early GA books can be notorious for goofy out of alignment printings on the cover and sometimes even affecting the inside pages as well.

 

But something to take into consideration,... Lets say this is a printing malfunction and the image was printed too high on the cover and you lost a piece of the circle around the 4. If you pull the image back down to where the 4 has a full circle around it then the name "Shuster" at the bottom would almost be cut off.

 

If there are other copies of this issue that have a full circle around the 4 and Shuster's full name at the bottom, then I believe it leaves this particular book open for speculation,... or it is just some wacky printing anomaly.

 

 

[Rip]

Here is a scan of mine before I got a new scanner.

I have almost the top of the circle, but missing the bottom of the sig.

 

 

 

I doubt the book is trimmed. But I can't say with seeing it closer up.

 

[SuperiorSpiderMan]

Here is a scan of mine before I got a new scanner.

I have almost the top of the circle, but missing the bottom of the sig.

 

 

 

I doubt the book is trimmed. But I can't say with seeing it closer up.

 

After viewing this cover, I would say that the book of the OP has not been trimmed.

 

 

[rjpb]

2.5 or 3.0

 

+1