Hulk 181 : Scratch, Readers bend, or printing error? 1 1

[Lumsifu]

 

It's really hard for me to tell aside from color breaking and not fixable.   Been doing a lot of some research to see if this is common for this book.  

 

Under 10x

 

[JollyComics]

Do you have the certification number?

[joeypost]

Vertical speckling. Very common on Hulk 181’s. 

[Mystafo]

On 2/5/2022 at 1:59 PM, Lumsifu said:

 

It's really hard for me to tell aside from color breaking and not fixable.   Been doing a lot of some research to see if this is common for this book.  

 

Under 10x

 

Joe is right, very common on this book.  I'm surprised in your search you didn't see any as I just saw 2 or 3 with it in a google image search of "hulk 181 cgc" (large size images).

[Lumsifu]

On 2/5/2022 at 12:53 PM, JollyComics said:

Do you have the certification number?

0995548001 (old label) 

 

No notes, not sure if that's a good or bad thing?

[JollyComics]

Thanks for the certification number.

From what I see here...

Joe said that vertical speckling is common so it may be manufacturing defect.  Do you see any defects on the books?

[Lumsifu]

On 2/5/2022 at 1:04 PM, joeypost said:

Vertical speckling. Very common on Hulk 181’s. 

Awesome, thanks so much joey!

On 2/5/2022 at 1:20 PM, Mystafo said:

Joe is right, very common on this book.  I'm surprised in your search you didn't see any as I just saw 2 or 3 with it in a google image search of "hulk 181 cgc" (large size images).

 

 

On 2/5/2022 at 2:37 PM, JollyComics said:

Thanks for the certification number.

From what I see here...

Joe said that vertical speckling is common so it may be manufacturing defect.  Do you see any defects on the books?

I asked a question in the "PGM" section on this forum w/ some detailed pictures. Sorry for the quality:

 

 

[Roger66]

On 2/5/2022 at 4:20 PM, Mystafo said:

Joe is right, very common on this book.  I'm surprised in your search you didn't see any as I just saw 2 or 3 with it in a google image search of "hulk 181 cgc" (large size images).

I second that....   - at 25 cents a pop-cover price and with perhaps a 1/2 million copies rolling out of various presses in 1974 - you can imagine the quality control wasn't perfect... 

[Lumsifu]

On 2/5/2022 at 2:50 PM, Roger66 said:

I second that....   - at 25 cents a pop-cover price and with perhaps a 1/2 million copies rolling out of various presses in 1974 - you can imagine the quality control wasn't perfect... 

LOL

I did some searching on google and eBay.  I wasn't 100% sure on the "vertical speckling" and wanted to confirm with you guys.   

 

[Kevin76]

It's not a blanket smash in the black because there is also color missing in the red in the same spot. My only guess is that it could be a misplaced bustle wheel, they are supposed to ride in the gutters on the web, usually when it starts marking, they move them over. Picture for reference.  They are used to adjust the registration, turn the top knob, the wheel moves up and down. 

Edited February 6, 2022 by Kevin76

[Lumsifu]

On 2/6/2022 at 1:25 PM, Kevin76 said:

It's not a blanket smash in the black because there is also color missing in the red in the same spot. My only guess is that it could be a misplaced bustle wheel, they are supposed to ride in the gutters on the web, usually when it starts marking, they move them over. Picture for reference.  They are used to adjust the registration, turn the top knob, the wheel moves up and down. 

Thank you, Kevin.  Awesome info, i'll share with my friends. 

[Kevin76]

On 2/6/2022 at 8:23 PM, Lumsifu said:

Thank you, Kevin.  Awesome info, i'll share with my friends. 

You're welcome, I used to be a pressman