Speaking of staples.... 2 2

[Galen130]

On 8/17/2022 at 8:55 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Been working on my acetate variants of Woodgod, but as awesome as he is....I think the Torpedo might be a better choice. 

Just had to go there, dincha???!!!

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 8/17/2022 at 10:56 AM, Galen130 said:

Just had to go there, dincha???!!!

[Galen130]

On 8/17/2022 at 8:59 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

[THE_BEYONDER]

This staple went rogue....

 

[Lightning55]

Definitely a misfire.

[Coverless 9.8]

[southern cross]

Claremont missed signing the staples too last Thursday

[Vexsus]

On 8/16/2022 at 10:53 PM, southern cross said:

Four staples.

I think the acetate cover fell off!

I just acquired an x-men 120 with unusual staples. 4 like your book, but no extra staple holes on the cover. I assume the book was stapled without a cover and ran through again to get a cover? The top staple alignment was close and almost stapled on top of each other. I'm rather curious how CGC treats and anomaly like this.

[southern cross]

Not sure what the highest grade these books would get as a manufacturing defect. Maybe a 9.4?

I think that's what happened to these books, they were stapled and oops ran out of covers so loaded the covers and sent thru the stapling machine again.

[Morganmi]

On 8/23/2022 at 7:39 PM, southern cross said:

Not sure what the highest grade these books would get as a manufacturing defect. Maybe a 9.4?

I think that's what happened to these books, they were stapled and oops ran out of covers so loaded the covers and sent thru the stapling machine again.

Exactly it's actually a pretty common manufacturing defect. Just goes unnoticed a most of the time.

[Ken Aldred]

On 8/17/2022 at 6:50 AM, Lightning55 said:

The staples, while placed in the wrong position, do look very nice.  Maybe 9.6/9.8.

I recall a 9.6 copy of Fantastic Four 20 that had badly-offset staples as shown here, so it's actually possible.

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 8/23/2022 at 9:18 PM, Ken Aldred said:

I recall a 9.6 copy of Fantastic Four 20 that had badly-offset staples as shown here, so it's actually possible.

I should send it to CCS first for a quick press.  See if they notice the staples before putting it in the press.

[Bob Sacamano]

On 8/23/2022 at 8:23 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I should send it to CCS first for a quick press.  See if they notice the staples before putting it in the press.

CGC is trying to churn through so many comics and cards now, they won’t notice anything.

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 8/23/2022 at 10:42 PM, Bob Sacamano said:

CGC is trying to churn through so many comics and cards now, they won’t notice anything.

If they did take the time to open the book....they would most likely rip the cover clean off trying to do so.

[Bob Sacamano]

I wonder if any YouTuber is sending in comics with checker traps and seeing if they notice it.  Seems like a good way to get tons of views on a video.

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 8/23/2022 at 10:59 PM, Bob Sacamano said:

I wonder if any YouTuber is sending in comics with checker traps and seeing if they notice it.  Seems like a good way to get tons of views on a video.

As a checker trap, send in a stack of the next hot book, and create flip books in the corners of some of them. 

 

[lizards2]

On 8/23/2022 at 8:56 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

If they did take the time to open the book....they would most likely rip the cover clean off trying to do so.

I'm sure they would put some dainty finger dents to it first. Gots to give the costumers their moneys worth. 

[Ken Aldred]

On 8/24/2022 at 2:23 AM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I should send it to CCS first for a quick press.  See if they notice the staples before putting it in the press.

I recall that FF 20 being a really expensive book, unread and in mint condition because it’s basically unreadable without trashing it. Interesting conflict there. Looks nice in a slab, as long as you don’t dwell on the complications and obsess about the atrocious staple positioning. Of course, not the only example out there; far from it.

Edited August 24, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[Lightning55]

On 8/17/2022 at 1:50 AM, Lightning55 said:

The staples, while placed in the wrong position, do look very nice.  Maybe 9.6/9.8.

On 8/23/2022 at 9:18 PM, Ken Aldred said:

I recall a 9.6 copy of Fantastic Four 20 that had badly-offset staples as shown here, so it's actually possible.

I meant that in grading the staples themselves, I would give them 9.6/9.8, very minty.  If we're grading staples now.....

[THE_BEYONDER]

Was going through some childhood books & came across one of my faves.   I don't recall doing this, but it looks like I went a little overboard.