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[Jim Fletcher]

I have two questions I would like to ask everyone. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me in regard to these questions.

1)  I have a decent looking Journey into Mystery #85 that I am contemplating getting graded. The problem is that one of the advertisement pages are ripped out. The question is although the page is ripped out it was put back in the comic. Is it better to submit comic without ad page or should ad page that is ripped out, but present be sent with comic?

2) I have an x-men 101 that I am also contemplating getting graded. It is in decent shape, but it has a black substance on the back cover (unsure what it is) that is speckled on the corners. My question is how much will this effect the grade and is there anyway of getting something like this off the comic without ruining it.

Thanks in advance!

[marvelmaniac]

Hello and Welcome!!!

Although I do not send books in to be graded I can still shed some light on your questions.

1)Yes, send the book with the ripped out page, depending on the overall grade of the book it is likely to receive a "Green Qualified Label" which means the book will be graded as if the defect (ripped out page") was not present but the defect will be noted on the label.

If the book were to receive a "Universal Blue Label" (graded with the defect) it probably would not receive a grade higher than a GD+ 2.5 taking all other defects/factors into consideration.

CGC LABEL DESIGNATIONS

https://www.cgccomics.com/comic-grading/labels/

2)Your stains sound like they may be mold, pics of the books would certainly help and again, the overall condition of the book will determine the grade with the stains/

There have been a couple of threads opened recently pertaining to mold, here are some links to sites I posted on the subject.

https://inspectapedia.com/mold/Foxing_Stains.php

https://periodfinebindings.typepad.com/paper_conservation_remove/

https://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/tops/foxing/index.html

I would recommend that you post pics of the books in the "Hey Buddy, Can You Spare A Grade" section.

[Jim Fletcher]

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it. I will get a picture up as it doesn't appear to be mold. 

 

Thanks!