scburdet Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) Since I can't justify buying a Avengers 8, I went British. For the uninitiated, these UK editions are pretty flimsy. The production quality lags behind the comparable era-US comics. The two main things I see are a small color chip of some sort along the right edge across form Iron Man. There's also some ink loss at the top above 'NIGHTMARE'. Seller wanted to attribute this to a production flaw. I'm not convinced, but it could be. Edited February 7 by scburdet 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) Looks 7.0 or 7.5 and they are tough to grade for all sorts of reasons. Having had quite a number of the UK editions myself, that ink loss is very likely manufacturing if no paper is missing ie held to the light it all looks glossy. If it looks like a tape pull then it's a tape pull. Back cover as has artwork by Bob Smith, who was not a Marvel artist as such. He drew the cover to the Penguin Book of Comics which was the book that got me into this whole mess in the first place! I blame him! Edited May 3, 2023 by LowGradeBronze scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Yeah 7.0/7.5. Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 nice ... 6.5 scburdet and FoggyNelson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 For any disappointment with the other PGM updates today, they are offset by this. Anyone who thinks an 8.5 is a disappointing grade for this has never handled these flimsy AF large UK reprints . Tied with 2 other copies at the top of the census. Qalyar and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
