MPH1964 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I was sorting through some comics from a collection I bought 20 odd years ago out of San Francisco. I originally purchased the whole collection just for the high-grade Spider-Man comics, but kept the rest. Most I have never even looked at, and to be honest I was amazed at the condition some of them are in. I thought I would post a few of the books to see if any were worth grading... Of course, I could just prescreen them, but what fun would that be? Second is X-Men (1991) #1 Magneto - Spine is clean and corners are sharp with the bottom spine corner a little crunchy. There is an odd tear on the BC spine. I don’t know if the tear is a production flaw, at least it’s not one that I ever saw before. Book is otherwise flat and complete with white pages. Assuming that the corner presses out, does the tear still keep the book out of the upper echelons? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 That is an odd looking tear. I'm not familiar with any production related tears with this issue but assuming it's a post production defect.. How wide is the tear? according to grading standards, the book could still be in nm range condition with a tear of 1/8" or less 9.2 MPH1964 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH1964 Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Funnybooks said: That is an odd looking tear. I'm not familiar with any production related tears with this issue but assuming it's a post production defect.. How wide is the tear? according to grading standards, the book could still be in nm range condition with a tear of 1/8" or less 9.2 For an otherwise super clean book, that tear is just weird. I thought maybe a fingernail puncture, I dunno... Anyway, the tear is probably 1/4" end-to-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, MPH1964 said: For an otherwise super clean book, that tear is just weird. I thought maybe a fingernail puncture, I dunno... Anyway, the tear is probably 1/4" end-to-end. Eye just don't understand...weird Deadpoolica and MPH1964 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Are ya'll refering to the black mark area? Or the top staple? I'm getting old.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 9.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Galen130 said: Are ya'll refering to the black mark area? Or the top staple? I'm getting old.... you know what you're looking at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, Funnybooks said: you know what you're looking at... Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 The lunar/semi-circle shaped area to the right of Juggy's left arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) Got it. I'm thinking it's not a production issue...hard to tell without book in hand. 9.0-ish. Edited April 21, 2021 by Galen130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH1964 Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Funnybooks said: The lunar/semi-circle shaped area to the right of Juggy's left arm 1 hour ago, Galen130 said: Got it. I'm thinking it's not a production issue...hard to tell without book in hand. 9.0-ish. Here’s a better picture, I should have taken one from this angle before. The only blemish on the spine front or back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
