scburdet Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 3rd CC candidate. Definitely borderline from a ROI perspective as it would have to hit rather high to justify the cost. First appearance o Groot outside of the SA single appearance in 1958. I guess this is supposedly a duplicate Groot & also not the Groot we all know & love from the modern age I guess we know this b/c this Groot has a vocabulary beyond "I am Groot!" Solid for square bound annuals. I can feel the staples through the front cover, but no noticeable ink loss. You can see the impact of the staples/binding type on the back cover. At first I though the red spots on the back cover were staining, but these line line up with some red ink in ads on the last page, so some bleed through/transfer within the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I do not see anything wrong with this book that would prevent it from being in the NM 9.4 range, however, I do see what appear to be creases (or reflective light), if they are creases the grade would drop, by how much? (VF/NM 9.0, VF+ 8.5?) scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 12:27 PM, marvelmaniac said: creases I would call these more indentions. Kind of like a readers crease, but not making what would be a color-breaking defect on a non-white cover, and no one makes readers creases on the back cover. On 2/6/2023 at 12:41 PM, AhsokaTano Jedi Apprentice said: bleed thru it's a defect, but importantly not a stain per se b/c it's from self-interaction. If it has been ink transfer from another book or foreign substance, I wouldn't have bothered posting it b/c there's no way it would have even be in a 9s ballpark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 It's in the 9s which always flatfoots me a little. Show me something with creases and pieces missing I can grapple with! scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 9.0/9.2 Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONathan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 love this book scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Pete Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 9.2 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 9.0 ish😳☝️ scburdet and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
