Is there any doubt this is color touch - it isn't!, closed 1 1

[James J Johnson]

5 minutes ago, mtlevy1 said:

Ok - not color touch, cool, thanks for the investigation!

Just got here. There are plenty of books like this that can fool you. A spine line that disappears and reappears that looks partially erased, like on X-Men 38 and other seeming misnomers that when other copies are checked, appear on all of them, a plate issue common to them all. .

Heritage maintains a permanent auction archive. It's the majority of all of their past auctions. It's a valuable research and reference tool. When you see something like this, that looks inexplicable and out of place on an issue, go to Heritage's permanent auction archives and type the issue title and number into the searchbar. In most cases, unless a super rare book, there will be dozens of examples of the issue in question for comparison.

 

[greggy]

I sent that book in for grading. 

[theCapraAegagrus]

Could be.

[The Lions Den]

45 minutes ago, mtlevy1 said:

Ok - not color touch, cool, thanks for the investigation!

Obviously part of the cover art...mystery solved.

Regarding distro ink, it is usually on the edges of the book, but it almost always looks much different than color touch, and it usually bleeds into the edges of the pages as well. Think about the characteristics of ink being sprayed on the edges of a comic and you'll see what I mean...

As far as color touch goes, look at areas of the cover such as the vertex of the spine, corners and edges, heavy creases, etc. Most people usually won't put color touch on an area that doesn't have wear of some sort (but I have seen it before...what were they thinking?) And if you really want to get serious, purchase a jeweler's loupe so you can see those areas under intense magnification. But a word of warning: Once you've visited the micro-world, you may not want to come back...   

[James J Johnson]

4 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

But a word of warning: Once you've visited the micro-world, you may not want to come back...    

We're actually already all in the micro-world. Walt Disney was one of the first to openly admit that it's a small world after all (among other things mentioned).