PGM Fantastic Four #86

[vaillant]

This is in my "upgrade this issue" list, but not a bad copy. Pages are nice, OWW.

Aside from the dirt (looks better in hand), it has some mild staining due to humidity or something like that on the upper right part of the front cover.

 

Another copy that very likely sojourned in Italy since the late 1960s.

 

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[timfinz]

5.5 IMHO! I think the staining on the front cover RHS is the biggest downfall for what is a rather nice looking book otherwise.

[Scturo]

Great colors, a little dirty, big stamp, slight miswrap (I know it doesn't effect the grade). I give it a 6.0/6.5

[vaillant]

Yes, it looks a lot badder compared to how it is in hand.

 

@Scturo: the big stamp is the usual italian stamp put by a distributor agency in the 1960s and 1970s: it’s genuine italian goodness!

[Scturo]

I don't question the coolness of the stamp. But how much does a stamp effect the grade?

[vaillant]

In our collecting market (italian) quite a lot, but curiously not much in the US collecting market, apparently.

To be honest, I have re-evaluated the stamps after I got acquainted once again with SA/BA comic books collecting, but I recognize our stamps are a bit obtrusive…

[wasteddraftpicks]

I was thinking a 6.5-7.0 on this one. And dare I suggest this one would be a good candidate for a clean and press for a bump?

[vaillant]

I was thinking a 6.5-7.0 on this one. And dare I suggest this one would be a good candidate for a clean and press for a bump?

 

Thanks: I don’t know how professional cleaning works, but personally I would not press books if there is heat involved in the process. Also not exactly handy from Italy.