GRADE IS IN: PGM Conan the Barbarian #14 1 1

[atticus.fetch]

My Conan #14 (1st appearance of Elric) is an oddity. It has an extra set of stapes holding the cover on. I'm almost positive it came straight from the printer that way as there are no slits on the cover where the staples that bind the interior are located, and with some limited research I did, this was an occasional practice by the printer if there was a quota to make on the books and the first run did not meet that they would go through the rejects and manually bind additional units that might have been cast off. Any idea what kind of grade it might get?

Edited April 15, 2023 by atticus.fetch

[grendelbo]

Can we get some pics of all dem staples?

[atticus.fetch]

On 3/6/2023 at 7:55 PM, grendelbo said:

Can we get some pics of all dem staples?

Here's a sped up video of the book evaluation:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/i3dBkvbATCxrsfbe8

The dual staples can be seen about 2 minutes in

[LowGradeBronze]

Looks like it missed out on a cover first time around but was made up for by a second pass. Likely a bunch ended up like that as it wouldn't be worth a machine minders time doing it for one. I'll go 6.5 here. Wouldn't be my first choice if a 'regular' copy was also on offer. But miles better than my left out in the rain example! 

[atticus.fetch]

No mention of the double staples?!? Strange.

Grade: 8.0 Off-White to White Pages

Notes: light creasing to cover, light spine stress lines to cover

[JollyComics]

My Gosh!  What happened at CGC???