gadzukes Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) "Murder my Buddies will Ya...!!!" Very stoked about finding this one. I think for the most part you can see the flaws. The cover & CF are both attached at the "one" staple (at bottom). I think this was supposed to be a 2 staple comic, but has the manufacturing defect of only the bottom staple being there (does my grade get dinged for that?). This should improve with a pressing. Edited January 25, 2023 by gadzukes grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 3.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 4.0 inc. a GA bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 What in God's name is keeping this at a 3.5 or 4.0? Probably a 5.0, no ding for the missing staple so long as it was from manufacturing. rjpb and Albert Thurgood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 I agree 5.0 or so def in the cards especially if not staple holes where second one should be. A common manufacturing flaw for the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/27/2022 at 12:36 PM, buttock said: What in God's name is keeping this at a 3.5 or 4.0? Probably a 5.0, no ding for the missing staple so long as it was from manufacturing. Was about to post the same when I saw the first couple of opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 4.0-4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief1332 Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 That was a great "lot". Would you call the loss in vicinity of word Media a tape pull? I'd be happy with a vg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 3.5 to 4.0 based on accumulation of small defects including (most significant defect IMO,) the ragged top edge. Can't see this grading higher even with the GA bump. Staple issue has no impact given GA manufacturing & QC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 this one is much nicer than my 3.5 so i would go as high as a 4.5-5.0 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/30/2022 at 2:20 PM, Chief1332 said: a tape pull? I didn't do my usual listing of defects, but I think this could be a tape pull (or similar, i.e. paper lift), and there's another one on the reverse where the word "FREE" is 2/3 of the way down. Two tape pulls along with the accumulation of other small creases along the spine and tiny tears on the edges is how I came down where I did. I believe you've heard my disclaimer before about not being a great GA grader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/30/2022 at 1:20 PM, Chief1332 said: That was a great "lot". Would you call the loss in vicinity of word Media a tape pull? It's not a tape pull. Physically nothing wrong with the area. Appears to be a printing/ink flaw. So no down grade for that. Chief1332 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) On 12/30/2022 at 10:30 PM, scburdet said: I didn't do my usual listing of defects, but I think this could be a tape pull (or similar, i.e. paper lift), and there's another one on the reverse where the word "FREE" is 2/3 of the way down. Two tape pulls along with the accumulation of other small creases along the spine and tiny tears on the edges is how I came down where I did. I believe you've heard my disclaimer before about not being a great GA grader. Neither of these are tape pulls. Seems to be some sort of printing/ink flaw on both of them. I found another on ebay with the same flaw (see photo) Edited December 31, 2022 by gadzukes buttock, scburdet and Chief1332 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 VG cond.🥓👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 4.5 Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 It got a 5.0 I'm VERY happy buttock, grendelbo and scburdet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...