perhaps I am getting paranoid, but...

[dm226]

Just looking at this auction on Heritage, and the right side of the book seems oddly uneven (sorry about the phraseology there). Look closely at the green "saturn" portion - it is not straight and seems to curve in (although I realize that the color contrast is adding to this) - could this have been manuctured this way?

 

Dan

 

http://www.heritagecomics.com/common/vie...impa15111#Photo

[Sal]

optical illusion?

 

[dm226]

probably my &**%$# eyes going from being at the computer all day...

[Alex DeLarge-migration]

Just looking at this auction on Heritage, and the right side of the book seems oddly uneven (sorry about the phraseology there). Look closely at the green "saturn" portion - it is not straight and seems to curve in (although I realize that the color contrast is adding to this) - could this have been manuctured this way?

 

Dan

 

http://www.heritagecomics.com/common/vie...impa15111#Photo

 

I can't see anything wrong with it, apart from all those ink spots along the cover edges, but presumably this was a printer's thing and must be on all copies?

[sfilosa]

I've seen many a book look like that. I don't believe that's an issue.

 

One thing to remember about JE's trimming, is that it really was undetectable from the naked eye without a prior scan.

[supapimp]

that's a generous NM 9.4 too.

[Alex DeLarge-migration]

that's a generous NM 9.4 too.

 

I thought that too, I'd swear it's got a little chipping on the right side

[sfilosa]

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that's a generous NM 9.4 too.

 

 

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I thought that too, I'd swear it's got a little chipping on the right side

 

While I can see why it got a 9.4 (but could have easily been a 9.2), it's flat out BUTTUGLY.

 

I can understand that a little bit of distributor ink shouldn't affect the grade, but if I had bought that book from a small scan, I would want to throw it in the trash.

 

NASTY

[PovertyRow]

Just looking at this auction on Heritage, and the right side of the book seems oddly uneven (sorry about the phraseology there). Look closely at the green "saturn" portion - it is not straight and seems to curve in (although I realize that the color contrast is adding to this) - could this have been manuctured this way?

 

It is pretty even. There IS some chipping where the heavier ink is on the Saturn image, but it is even. Bring it into something as basic as Microsoft Paint and use the Marquee tool to outline that edge and you will see it actually is straight.

[the blob]

yeah, you're being paranoid. cgc may be too generous on the occasional 9.4, but they don't miss blatantly obvious trimming, otherwise where would half the PLODs be? no, it's the really good ewertonian job of trimming that i guess they sometimes miss. nothing you're too likely to spot unless you have a before and after picture. comparing your copy to the copy for sale is insufficient because these comics were cut poorly at the printers and have tremendous variations.