ComicSpa Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Love this cover! Pure Kirby. Wish we could turn the clock back and give him his just due. Book has some creases on front and back. Light water stain on f/c in the upper left hand corner. Hard to see. Blunted corners. Light water stain on back cover bottom of spine. Nothing amiss on the inside. Everything complete. Let me know what you think. Thanks everyone! Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Looks like some tears around the top staple too? Water stains set my maximum around 6.0, and then move down from there based on the other defects. It seems like the small tears & creases are going to knock this down a bit more. 5.0±0.5. I love me some Kirby too, as the cover photo on my profile will attest. I'd like to see Kirby et al get some of the love/credit that Stan Lee hoovered up over the years. I think it's clear the Lee was able to refine his colleagues ideas and market them well. No doubt that was important to making Marvel what it is today, but without Kirby, I doubt we have nearly the same creative output. ComicSpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicSpa Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 I enjoy looking back at the Avengers’ cover’s he did. Wasn’t many but Avengers was my favorite comic and he was one of my favorite artists along with big John Buscema and his brother Sal. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Kirby drew 31 Avengers covers in the '60s and 11 from '76-'77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicSpa Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Boy was I off. “Old-Timers” is kicking in!😂 Kirby was in so many books l read during the late 60’s and 70’s. Guess it’s time to go through my Avengers collection again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayowolf Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/9/2022 at 8:52 PM, scburdet said: Looks like some tears around the top staple too? Water stains set my maximum around 6.0, and then move down from there based on the other defects. It seems like the small tears & creases are going to knock this down a bit more. 5.0±0.5. I love me some Kirby too, as the cover photo on my profile will attest. I'd like to see Kirby et al get some of the love/credit that Stan Lee hoovered up over the years. I think it's clear the Lee was able to refine his colleagues ideas and market them well. No doubt that was important to making Marvel what it is today, but without Kirby, I doubt we have nearly the same creative output. Lately I've seen many CGCs with light water stains in the 6.5 to 7.5 range so I have to disagree with 5.0/5.5..WIth the light stains and tears, dents I'd go6.5/7.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 6.0/6.5 Thanks for posting. Luu2010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicSpa Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Thanks for the feedback everyone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bsamurai Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Think this one would be around a 5.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luu2010 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 6.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitoCo1972 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5.5/6.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
