Imagine You Had Three Copies of Action 1 2 2

[LowGradeBronze]

They are all in poor condition two are incomplete 0.5 & one might be complete in 1.0.

For the purpose of the exercise you reckon you could make one 3.0 using parts of all of them and be left with a pile of loose pages.

Would you do it? (Doesn't have to be Action 1. Substitute the comic of your choice if you prefer!)

[Bob Troub]

Are you also dating Jennifer Lawrence during this ?

[Beyonder123]

Not me personally. The book has too much historical importance to be Frankensteined together. Plus if I were to get it graded, there's a good chance it wouldn't come back as a universal grade.

[KCOComics]

I wouldn't touch the complete one. 

If one incomplete is coverless and one is missing a centerfold I may look to marry them, but truthfully I would be hesitant to even do that. For a book of that stature, I wouldn't be eager to do anything to it. 

[grendelbo]

My feelings on restoration are mixed. I did my fair share of amateur work as a kid. That I mostly regret because I didn't know what I was doing. Nowadays I tow the line and generally look down upon it as it's largely frowned upon in the hobby.

However, I do often question why not restoration? It's all well and good with other antiques whether it's furniture or vehicles. Why are paper products different?

I wouldn't do what you're describing to any mega keys like Action Comics 1, Tec 27, etc., but if you could create one complete book from the scraps of a few others, I would be ok with it.

Edited September 12, 2021 by grendelbo

[Gaard]

On 9/12/2021 at 3:37 PM, grendelbo said:

However, I do often question why not restoration? It's all well and good with other antiques whether it's furniture or vehicles. Why are paper products different?

I have no aversion to purple labels.

I've often wondered...if restored comics didn't have lower FMVs, would people still feel so strongly against it?

[divad]

On 9/12/2021 at 7:49 AM, LowGradeBronze said:

They are all in poor condition two are incomplete 0.5 & one might be complete in 1.0.

For the purpose of the exercise you reckon you could make one 3.0 using parts of all of them and be left with a pile of loose pages.

Would you do it? (Doesn't have to be Action 1. Substitute the comic of your choice if you prefer!)

I would consult an expert, of which there are many in the UK, at least two I can think of off the cuff.   

[divad]

LowGradeBronze huh? I am guessing they are Hulk 181s. If you think you can do it (which I am guessing from your question that you can't) I would sell them for what they are and let someone else do it. Otherwise, see my prior answer above.

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 9/12/2021 at 2:02 PM, KCOComics said:

I wouldn't touch the complete one.

Ditto.

[LowGradeBronze]

On 9/13/2021 at 2:49 AM, divad said:

LowGradeBronze huh? I am guessing they are Hulk 181s. If you think you can do it (which I am guessing from your question that you can't) I would sell them for what they are and let someone else do it. Otherwise, see my prior answer above.

This was posted for fun to see whose greed would get the better of them (one early reply has been deleted or edited,) and who would have too high regard for an important comic. Im not planning any such monkey business and don't have IH181. I stopped getting Hulk when the art went downhill. I'm with the folk who say don't mess with them, these imaginary Action 1s. 

[divad]

On 9/13/2021 at 4:54 AM, LowGradeBronze said:

This was posted for fun

FUN! We don't have FUN here!!! 

[ninanina]

Yeah, this is serious stuff. 

[thehumantorch]

On 9/12/2021 at 8:49 AM, LowGradeBronze said:

They are all in poor condition two are incomplete 0.5 & one might be complete in 1.0.

For the purpose of the exercise you reckon you could make one 3.0 using parts of all of them and be left with a pile of loose pages.

Would you do it? (Doesn't have to be Action 1. Substitute the comic of your choice if you prefer!)

No

[Vixom]

Yes. Hopefully I hit the lottery and they have similar staple placement and page color. 

[Tony S]

I don't have a strong opinion on the question. I will note that married pages/covers  gets a Green, Qualified label. Not purple restored. Unless some other restoration type work was done. 

For the hypothetical book (Action 1) - as KCO noted - I would not touch a universal, complete 1.0 copy. It's probably worth at least as much - probably  more - than the Green Label married pages 3.0 all on it's lonesome.  So what's the point? 

[rjpb]

It would depend on the page quality and eye-appeal of the 1.0. Are the pages brittle, but the cover fairly nice, with the parts books having better pages, I'd definitely marry the components. It's tough to imagine what would be wrong with a comic that it would be graded a 1.0, but the cover is a 3.0, except that there is damage to interior pages. I suppose it might matter what the issue is - someone clipped an image out of the Stardust page? Leave it alone. There's a big chunk out of the Superman splash? Marry it. 

 

 

[MAR1979]

Anyone without at least 3 copies of Action 1 is a slacker.

 

[Ares]

I's send them all to PGX for the 9.8 Grade they grades will give it

 

[Maskedvigilante]

On 9/12/2021 at 7:49 PM, LowGradeBronze said:

They are all in poor condition two are incomplete 0.5 & one might be complete in 1.0.

For the purpose of the exercise you reckon you could make one 3.0 using parts of all of them and be left with a pile of loose pages.

Would you do it? (Doesn't have to be Action 1. Substitute the comic of your choice if you prefer!)

The books has is too much precious and of historical importance for such importance. It's keep the intact version without touching it. 

[Ryan.]

On 10/15/2021 at 4:43 PM, JasonTodd69 said:

The books has is too much precious and of historical importance for such importance. 

No doubt.