Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos # 1

[Ghost Rider]

I just picked this book up at a local show. Your opinion{s} on the grade would be very much appreciated. The pages are a stunning bone white. The BC is also very white.

Color strike is very nice as well. The scan is not doing the color strike any favors. Colors are much nicer in hand. Gloss of the book is the same. Scan not doing it any favors. But I don't manipulate the scans. They are what they are. Thanks for your opinions.

[KPR Comics]

5.0. Nice

[porcupine48]

Gorgeous copy 4.5/5.0

[1950's war comics]

agree with Porcupine , great mid grade comic !

[makeminemego]

Beautiful book.

 

I'm at 5.0, but I think I could go down to 4.5 depending on what's going on around the top staple and near the top of the spine.

 

But that's splitting hairs.......it's a great looking book regardless.

[grebal]

I'd say 5.0 too, but without the tear below the MCG box would be easy 5.5 or low 6.0.

[jayhawker]

I think it will be closer to a 4.0 and it looks like it might have some color touch to the left of the word bubble.

[Ghost Rider]

No color touch what so ever. I will not own a restored/conserved/pressed book. I just wont own them. Not my style at all.

[grebal]

I think he means the pen mark around word bubble just NE of "Keep." Like someone traced the perimeter with a dark pen around the left side of the word bubble. Also, in bag it's hard to see the wear, perhaps it has more stresses than are obvious, and some tears at top of spine or left of Nick's underarm. If so, I'll have to agree it's more 4.0/4.5 than 5.0.

[Ghost Rider]

I can see exactly what you guys are saying. I decided to take a good look at that area. Then I looked up all of the scans and photos of the FC I could find. Every copy listed on Ebay has this "tracing" to some degree or another. I will admit that on my book the "tracing" does seem to be more predominate. There is no bleed through on the inside cover at all.

 

I personally have this book graded as a very solid 3.5 A decent 4.0

The white pages, white back cover, very nice colors, gloss, is something I find very hard to see in other copies of this book.

Thanks for the grades. They are much appreciated.

[grebal]

I can see exactly what you guys are saying. I decided to take a good look at that area. Then I looked up all of the scans and photos of the FC I could find. Every copy listed on Ebay has this "tracing" to some degree or another. I will admit that on my book the "tracing" does seem to be more predominate. There is no bleed through on the inside cover at all.

 

Ah, It's a natural occurrence with the printing of that book, that happens all the time with cover art.

 

I remember checking other copies of a JIM 112 for what I thought were soil spots or shadows around their feet - it was natural, they were shadows and were on all the copies.

[Bomber-Bob]

I can see exactly what you guys are saying. I decided to take a good look at that area. Then I looked up all of the scans and photos of the FC I could find. Every copy listed on Ebay has this "tracing" to some degree or another. I will admit that on my book the "tracing" does seem to be more predominate. There is no bleed through on the inside cover at all.

 

I personally have this book graded as a very solid 3.5 A decent 4.0

The white pages, white back cover, very nice colors, gloss, is something I find very hard to see in other copies of this book.

Thanks for the grades. They are much appreciated.

 

For years, I thought my raw copy was traced, it's not. I like your book and would grade it a strong 5.5 . Nice eye appeal and no major flaws.

[Ghost Rider]

Thanks Again for the grades. I tend to be a pretty tough/strict grader. That way I am not disappointed with the books I own or am considering buying. It may be time to loosen up on the grades I give ever so slightly.

 

One thing with me is I will not knowingly own a restored/conserved/pressed book. There just not something I want/need in my collection.

[Ron Rau]

Haven't seen that book in quite a while. A real cool one.

4.0