PGM Hulk Annual #1 1 1

[andrehanderson]

The tear along the spine is about 2" long.

[andrehanderson]

This is before cleaning and pressing, obviously

[Mars76]

Is that a water stain or light reflecting in the upper part of the K in HULK?

[andrehanderson]

It's light reflecting...sorry about the bad pic.

[scburdet]

Looks to me like the 2" split is on the cusp of becoming a 4" split. Pressing could be risky. I don't see the potential water stain, but staining will be an issue if it's there. The square bounds are easy to split like this. Limit here is around 4.5/5.0 probably

[andrehanderson]

On 3/4/2023 at 5:50 PM, scburdet said:

Looks to me like the 2" split is on the cusp of becoming a 4" split. Pressing could be risky. I don't see the potential water stain, but staining will be an issue if it's there. The square bounds are easy to split like this. Limit here is around 4.5/5.0 probably

Thanks for taking the time to review it and provide an estimate.

[Mars76]

I'm at a 4.0, maybe 4.5, because of the split and what looks to be color fade. I have a copy of this book and the colors are definitely darker. This book will look great slabbed though👍

[andrehanderson]

On 3/4/2023 at 5:56 PM, Mars76 said:

I'm at a 4.0, maybe 4.5, because of the split and what looks to be color fade. I have a copy of this book and the colors are definitely darker. This book will look great slabbed though👍

Thanks! Yeah, my primary reason to slab it is because I think it's a top 10 cover of all time--but would obviously like as high a grade as possible.

[Mars76]

On 3/4/2023 at 7:11 PM, andrehanderson said:

I think it's a top 10 cover of all time

Definitely a top 10 in my book.

[FoggyNelson]

VG cond.👍

[Earl Yoshihara]

This book was looking great until the spine split! I'm thinking 5.0

[grendelbo]

5.0

Thanks for posting.

[andrehanderson]

Thanks for the feedback everyone!