lostboys Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Thanks guys. Edited June 20, 2022 by lostboys Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 My old eyes are not working well on this one, it's the purplish color on the front cover, all I see is what appears to be a crease by the spine between the staples, it appears to break color by some of the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 On 5/6/2022 at 10:48 AM, marvelmaniac said: My old eyes are not working well on this one, it's the purplish color on the front cover, all I see is what appears to be a crease by the spine between the staples, it appears to break color by some of the pics. It doesnt break color. Its just the lighting. There is a line on the inside of the cover as well but you dont feel it when you run a finger over it. I was thinking...production defect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Doesn't this issue have production-related defects along the spine? Wasn't there a graded 9.6 or 9.8 in another forum that had a color chip near the same area? 9.2/9.4 therabouts. Thanks for posting. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 5/8/2022 at 12:57 AM, grendelbo said: Doesn't this issue have production-related defects along the spine? Wasn't there a graded 9.6 or 9.8 in another forum that had a color chip near the same area? 9.2/9.4 therabouts. Thanks for posting. That was probably my graded copy. It's a CGC 9.8 with a chipped spine and it bugs the outta me. I'm thinking about getting my raw copy graded. I'm hoping for a 9.6 but I'm not sure how CGC will treat the line by the spine. I'm 99% sure it's a production issue. I don't see how it could be from anything else unless it's been pressed. I'm not the original owner so it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 9.6 lostboys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Came back a 9.4. No grader notes. Meh... It also came back with new damage. 1 color breaking spine line which was not present when I sent it in. 3 fresh finger bends in all...2 at the top of the pic and 1 at the bottom. If this book had a color break on the spine, I wouldn't have bothered sending it in to be graded. Edited June 20, 2022 by lostboys onlyweaknesskryptonite, grendelbo, MrRoboto and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 6:37 AM, lostboys said: Came back a 9.4. Meh... It also came back with new damage. 1 color breaking spine line which was not present when I sent it in. 3 fresh finger bends in all...2 at the top of the pic and 1 at the bottom. If this book had a color break on the spine, I wouldn't have bothered sending it in to be graded. CGC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypost Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Was it pressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 11:58 AM, joeypost said: Was it pressed? No sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypost Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 1:09 PM, lostboys said: No sir. Interesting. Looks like a 5 year old got ahold of it. lostboys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 1:56 PM, joeypost said: Interesting. Looks like a 5 year old got ahold of it. What really grinds my gears is I paid good money for this raw copy because I knew it would grade a 9.4, at least...and I was cool with that. It would have been a sweet looking 9.4, wouldve fit in nicely with the rest of my Toxin set. But now its an ugly 9.4 and I have to start from scratch. This mini series is impossible to find already graded and most raw copies of issue #4 have production defects. It really didnt need the extra dings. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) On 6/20/2022 at 12:21 PM, lostboys said: What really grinds my gears is I paid good money for this raw copy because I knew it would grade a 9.4, at least...and I was cool with that. It would have been a sweet looking 9.4, wouldve fit in nicely with the rest of my Toxin set. But now its an ugly 9.4 and I have to start from scratch. This mini series is impossible to find already graded and most raw copies of issue #4 have production defects. It really didnt need the extra dings. Welcome to the world of poor QA/QC and improper handling...brought to you by CGC. Edited June 20, 2022 by Galen130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostboys Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 2:43 PM, Galen130 said: Welcome to the world of poor QA/QC and improper handling...brought to you by CGC. CGC has been good for me overall. Ive had to send a few slabs back for mechanicals in the past and of course Ive learned to live with my share of scuffs/rings but Ive never had a book damaged before. Im a mess as is...I cant imagine how Id feel if this was a big money book. Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) that stinks Edited June 21, 2022 by Funnybooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I'm guessing that crease you inquired about in the original post is what they noted in the notes. Those other two bends/ticks it is hard to see if they existed before hand. This is why I take extensive images of anything going CGCs way...to show what it was and I also take video too. Time consuming but then again I only send in 20-50 books a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
