scburdet Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Gambit's other first appearance. Did well with my X-Men 266 with last year's CC signing, so thinking about the pair. I didn't realize until examining this book that Marvel kept the square binding for annuals but got rid of the staples at some point. I presume this style uses more adhesive to hold things together. You can feel the impression around the spine where I presume the binding machine compressed the book together, but the binding is solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 9.2 I picked up this book at publication because I was into anything and everything Art Adams. Didn't even really like X-Men. Glad I did. Especially since my X-Men 266 disappeared somehow in the past 25 years. So too did my New Mutants 98. Tossed with 90s drek I imagine. Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 12:42 AM, grendelbo said: X-Men 266 My big regret is that I started getting my comics by mail instead of going to the grocery newsstand (which was a PITA). Little did I know a few decades later people would pay a premium for the ones with the UPC symbol. This one I got on the secondary market tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 NM !! FoggyNelson and scburdet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 9.0-9.2‼️👍 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Pete Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 At least 9.2 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nschenks Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I could see 9.4 for this after C&P (not sure if there is danger in C&P with these glued books but if not would imagine might present a little better). A little blunting on some of the corners, but I don't see much else. I imagine CGC will have some tolerance for spine corners at this grade. Nice looking book! scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/11/2023 at 4:59 AM, Nsschenks said: danger in C&P all square bounds are harder to press b/c you can't just mash them like a regular binding. They use a spacer of some sort to protect the binding, which I believe limits the degree to which something get pressed. I've not seen the process, just had it described to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
