Colour Touch? 2 2

[comicginger1789]

So I was flipping through some books and noticed this on my ASM 194. Colour touch? Some sort of other ink from production? The spot on the cover where it could potentially be bleeding through from doesn’t feel different. Plus would someone use blue to colour touch a black cover? Any thoughts are appreciated!

[comicginger1789]

And for anyone wondering there are NO signs of any other blue inks along the edges of the comic from a distributors spray….

[theCapraAegagrus]

That's probably how CGC would see it. I can't think of a different explanation.

[Funnybooks]

does not appear to be color touch imho

 

[Mr. Zipper]

Oil from fingers.

[Lazyboy]

On 2/23/2023 at 4:25 PM, Mr. Zipper said:

Oil from fingers.

Yup, that's what caused the discoloured spots on the front, not coincidentally right near the middle of the right edge, where the book would likely be held while reading. The blue on the inside cover is just some stray ink.

[comicginger1789]

Thanks all. Was aware of the fingerprints. My question pertained to the blue ink that appears to bleed through from the other side but does not match the black spot that’s there obviously. Stray ink seems to be the likely culprit which is good to hear