Value of Misprint Comics 4 4

[sckao]

Still have these... (Maybe not all the Deathmates)  I find them interesting personally.

 

[F For Fake]

I think a lot of the appeal of a printer error book is in whether or not it looks cool. The white Venom books look cool. Some of the chrome books that are missing the foil look coil. The FF error book looks cool. It's the combination of the visual appeal of the error, along with the popularity of the title, which gives the book value, imo. And even then, as has been stated, values are all over the map. If selling, I'd set a high BIN and see if you get any offers. I wouldn't roll the dice on an auction format with a B-tier character like Hawkman, even if it's neat and "rare", because the right eyes may not be on it at the time. 

[Get Marwood & I]

[icp004]

I thought this was kinda cool.  The very subtle ink mishap on the “R” in “STAR”.  As for value I didn’t purchase or sell it for a premium over any other SW4 price variant in that grade.  
 

 

 

Edited July 13, 2023 by icp004
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[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/13/2023 at 3:26 PM, icp004 said:

I thought this was kinda cool.  The very subtle ink mishap on the “R” in “STAR”.  As for value I didn’t purchase or sell it for a premium over any other SW4 price variant in that grade.  

That's my kind of mishap, Eye See Pee. Anything that is different to the regular, however slight, intentionally or otherwise, has always floated the boat at Marwood Towers. The more obscure, the better:

  

[marvelmaniac]

On 7/12/2023 at 11:10 PM, WernerVonDoom said:

Uh what? A green 3.5 sold for $600 in April.

You are 100% correct, I only looked at the prices, not the covers, , a CGC 5.0 Green sold for $645.00 on 5/13/23. I had no idea, I have owned both covers for years and never gave it a second thought.

There is currently an auction taking place for the Green Cover, 4 days left in the auction and it is currently at $171.00 (17 bids/9 bidders), seller has it listed as VG- 3.5, looks better than that (VG/FN 5.0?) except for a long diagonal crease on the right side.

 

[stock_rotation]

On 7/12/2023 at 12:12 PM, Dr. Balls said:

Your guess of punches over the bar code is probably correct - this copy was not meant to be sold, probably just thrown away and the punches were made as a precaution - but someone thought there might value, which I don't think there is.

Pretty sure this is a test or proof copy. They shift the printing plate images down so the cover variation name can be seen. They punch the barcode for the same reason they used to punch CD barcodes, so it doesn't end up scanned and manipulating the actual scan numbers. (With CDs, they'd punch promo or giveaway copies)

[Yorick]

On 7/12/2023 at 7:34 AM, Dr. Balls said:

You wouldn't pay a premium for a CGC Amazing Spider-man 361 with a Ren and Stimpy #1 label would you?

That would be hilarious for the registry set of some Ren & Stimpy collector....

[Yorick]

On 7/12/2023 at 8:43 AM, IceHole said:

Why does this get a Qualified 7.0?  Are the hole punches the "qualification"?  If so, the book looks better than 7.0.  Is the shifted print the "qualification", and then they downgraded to a 7.0 because of the hole "damage"?  The label on this confuses me. 

[Yorick]

On 7/12/2023 at 7:40 PM, BuraddoRun said:

That looks awesome.  I'd buy THAT book, but not the regular "version".

[paqart]

On 7/11/2020 at 9:35 PM, Artboy99 said:

I believe I own a book that is a one of one. Off register color printing, and a double cover.

To some, it is worth LESS than a regular printing of the book, to others it is worth MORE.

To me it is priceless and arguably the highlight of my entire collection.

The Hawkman variant book posted above is of little interest to me, so it isn't worth much in my opinion.

It is all relative and ultimately it is worth what someone would be willing to pay.

Agreed. This not only a serious cool comic, it is more cool than any variant I've ever seen.

[paqart]

On 7/11/2023 at 12:20 PM, comic_queen7282 said:

I came across this comic in a bin I have and I am wondering if it's worth anything just due to the misprinted title being cut off?

Not to me. In this case, the error makes it less appealing to me.

[paqart]

On 7/12/2023 at 10:34 AM, Dr. Balls said:

Misprints and miscuts are just a production problem that got past quality control. I'd say the thinking behind the fact they are "valuable" is incredibly flawed. I mean, is a CGC slab with the wrong label or attribution on it more valuable? No, it's a mistake. You wouldn't pay a premium for a CGC Amazing Spider-man 361 with a Ren and Stimpy #1 label would you? Of course not.

There are a few unique exceptions that result in a significant difference in the cover that makes the book more interesting. The classic FF #110 where the printing plates were switched around at the beginning of the print run, then fixed, but resulting in a bunch of them going out the door:

And the "Blue Hologram" Wolverine #75 that I wrote extensively about here on the boards years ago that featured a "make-ready" version of the hologram that had a bright blue, non-prismatic look to it attached to the books during the setup registration process.

Most collectors don't know (nor do they need to know) the process of printing a comic book before digital printing really became ubiquitous - and a lot of people think that these errors are somehow "valuable" when in reality, they are simply things that didn't make it to the trash bin during production.

Things like miscut comics (like the above mentioned book) are production flaws that detract from the eye appeal, and I believe they are worth less than their regular counterpart. Would you buy a severely mis-wrapped Golden Age book at a premium over a perfectly centered one?

I have a Strange Worlds #5 that had a printing flaw on it - I bought it for less than a regular #5 with no printing issues. Would I have paid more for it because - according to some people - it's more "rare" than the correctly-printed one? Hall Naw.

The spin sellers put on some of this stuff goes against established collecting logic, and I'll never really get that.

But, to each their own - if you think that it's unique and different, I'm not going to judge.

For the most part, I agree. However, the Planet Comics shown earlier is very appealing to me. That is worth a premium as far as I am concerned.

[paqart]

On 7/12/2023 at 1:42 PM, southern cross said:

I think value depends on the collector and if they are willing to pay more.

There's printing defects like this Swamp Thing 3 where j think the press ran out of the magenta color. It's not sun damage as the book was bought off a distributor and stored in a box unread for 50 years. The owner bought multiples of issues at a time and there are 3 like this then the normal coloring.

Normal coloring printed copy.

And the one with a printing defect.

And the back cover.

Then there's manufacturing defects.

Like this Daredevil I bought off the comic book stands at time of release. Thinking it was a double page issue. Then when I read the book realized there's doubling of the pages and one set of double pages were never cut properly at the top.

Then I have this book where the pages were stapled together but the cover wasn't stapled on. So obviously the book went through the stapling again to have the cover attached. So two staples on the cover and four stapling the pages together.

I've yet to find a double cover in the wild, been buying comics on and off since 87 but no luck yet.

I picked up a double cover Captain Marvel 47 at a flea market a couple years ago for around fifty cents. Was very happy when I got it home and found the extra cover. My opinion it doesn't add to the value as an error, but the interior cover is in better shape than the outer cover, so it adds value by improving the apparent condition.

[Jesse-Lee]

On 7/13/2023 at 9:26 AM, icp004 said:

I thought this was kinda cool.  The very subtle ink mishap on the “R” in “STAR”.  As for value I didn’t purchase or sell it for a premium over any other SW4 price variant in that grade.  
 

 

 

I have something similar to that with a Batman 300. I got it in a lot buy of 31 books for $135 that included two full sets of the "Death in the Family" storyline (1 newsstand, 1 direct set, plus a couple of extra repeat issues), 3 copies of Batman 300, and various other issues. The "N" in "Batman" is missing color, and it's 100% part of the printing process.

[Artboy99]

On 7/13/2023 at 5:01 PM, paqart said:

For the most part, I agree. However, the Planet Comics shown earlier is very appealing to me. That is worth a premium as far as I am concerned.

thanks for the kind words about my book. It has since been cgc graded

 

[WernerVonDoom]

I never pass up a chance to post this book:

[IceHole]

On 7/13/2023 at 4:11 PM, Yorick said:

Why does this get a Qualified 7.0?  Are the hole punches the "qualification"?  If so, the book looks better than 7.0.  Is the shifted print the "qualification", and then they downgraded to a 7.0 because of the hole "damage"?  The label on this confuses me. 

I agree that if you're giving this a "Qualified" Label because of the 3 hole punch over the barcode...that should not go against the grade.  If it were "missing a coupon", as in some Qualified labels...does that lower the grade?  I've seen some books "missing the value stamp"...meaning the stamp inside the book was cut out by a person, get 9.8.

But in the end...this is green labeled for the stated reason, "cover mis-cut" and is obviously graded so low because of the hole punches.  I wish they had gone the other way and the defect was the holes manufactured into the comic...and graded the comic without the thought of the manufactured holes defect.

Edited July 15, 2023 by IceHole

[Yorick]

On 7/15/2023 at 7:57 AM, IceHole said:

I wish they had gone the other way and the defect was the holes manufactured into the comic...and graded the comic without the thought of the manufactured holes defect.

That is my wish as well.  The alignment of the book during it's trimming is a production matter that should not factor into grading at all.  There are plenty of examples out there of weird mis-cuts that are blue label.  The hole punches on the other hand, do indeed deserve the green label, as they are very apparently part of the "production" process when looking at the book as a whole.

[Yorick]

On 7/13/2023 at 7:26 AM, icp004 said:

I thought this was kinda cool.  The very subtle ink mishap on the “R” in “STAR”.  As for value I didn’t purchase or sell it for a premium over any other SW4 price variant in that grade.  
 

 

 

I'm really surprised @Get Marwood & I didn't invite you to the "R's Hole" club with this sweet book.