Please grade this Rangers Comics #26! 1 1

[Point Five]

One of my fave GGA covers.    Really nice eye appeal at first glance, but a couple of odd flaws... some color loss on the lady's dress, and some pink splotches mostly in the propeller areas (not to be confused with the more subtle pink shading which appears on the cover here and there). Thoughts?

 

Edited January 19, 2018 by Point Five

[Crimebuster]

I'm not good with damage of any kind, so I'm curious what others have to say on this. 

For me, I think I'm in the 2.5-3.0 range on this one. But really unsure. 

[Alf Pogs]

Hard to look for flaws cause I can't take my eyes off the girl! How is the centerfold? I have a one staple Millie and the center wrap is long gone.

I'd call it a VG+ but I've never had any slabbed golden age.

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

what is this shade running down the front right edge on a slight angle ?

[Point Five]

29 minutes ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

what is this shade running down the front right edge on a slight angle ?

That's a dust shadow. You sometimes see them on golden age books, if they were stored in a pile or something. This one's pretty faint at least.

 

[piper]

I’m looking at the book on my phone so take my grade with a grain of salt but that looks like a solid VG!

[James J Johnson]

1 hour ago, Point Five said:

That's a dust shadow. You sometimes see them on golden age books, if they were stored in a pile or something. This one's pretty faint at least.

 

Yes. Attic stored, typically. Heat and dust engrained (baked by the summer heat in attics) into the part of the cover that was directly exposed to it. The part of the comic that remained unaffected, clean, for the most part, was covered by a comic overlying it at the angle implied by the shadow.

Edited January 20, 2018 by James J Johnson

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

u learn so much on this website its insane....u guy's r a Big Deal.................How do u grade comics with a dust shadow ? If it's not listed in the grading guide........

[James J Johnson]

3 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

u learn so much on this website its insane....u guy's r a Big Deal.................How do u grade comics with a dust shadow ? If it's not listed in the grading guide........

It's point detractive, A. The degree of deduction dependent upon it's severity. It's damage. Try to find and review the CGC - Joe and Nadia Mannerino collection labeled S.A. books. These are very sound books for the most part, most with 9.0 to 9.6 structure, exhibiting very, very little actual wear. But, most have moderate edge toning, thus rightfully grade 8.0 to 8.5 at the most. The dust/heat/sun shadows are in the same boat, treated very similarly.