PGM IH 344 - Beautiful McFarlane cover with a printing defect 2 2

[MattrixAlien]

Hi. I'm a McFarlane collector and I like his Hulk nearly as much as his Spiderman. So I recently bought this Incredible Hulk 344 off the Bay.

Shortly after I purchased it the seller advised there was a defect on the top edge of the book which he didn't include in the description and did I want a full refund. I couldn't see anything bad in the existing photos so I replied I would go ahead with it if he gave me a discount. He gave me $10 AUD off which was good, I thought.

In hindsight I probably should have asked for a close up photo of the defect. I know from reading the PGM responses that printing defects aren't suppose to reduce the grade but I can't see buyers wanting a copy with a funny white top edge if I ever sold it. 

Defect on front cover top edge below.

Edited June 23, 2022 by MattrixAlien

[WilliamLunt]

No disrespect, but I could use higher quality photos please.

[scburdet]

On 6/22/2022 at 8:57 PM, WilliamLunt said:

No disrespect, but I could use higher quality photos please.

+1

At this resolution, it looks like distributor overspray. I was educated about what this is only recently. I'm just not sure overspray was still a thing in 1988

[grendelbo]

On 6/22/2022 at 7:19 PM, scburdet said:

+1

At this resolution, it looks like distributor overspray. I was educated about what this is only recently. I'm just not sure overspray was still a thing in 1988

I don't think it was. And this is a direct edition so unlikely to have it.

I agree with the other boardies that better, more detailed pics of the top edge of the front cover are needed. It's really hard to tell what's going on.

[scburdet]

On 6/22/2022 at 11:16 PM, grendelbo said:

I don't think it was. And this is a direct edition so unlikely to have it.

I agree with the other boardies that better, more detailed pics of the top edge of the front cover are needed. It's really hard to tell what's going on.

Yeah, I did some more digging and I don't see any examples of books from beyond the 70s. It looks like ink, but it would be useful to have better photos

Edited June 23, 2022 by scburdet