scburdet Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) I collected for many years without being aware of these UK editions. They're quite neat but perhaps less aesthetically appealing b/c of the B&W interiors. There are no copies of this book on the census, which is interesting b/c this is part I of the Tomb of Dracula 10 reprint, so it's the "1st" appearance of Blade. Like many of these UK editions, the America comic is split between 2 (or more) issues. 2nd part of Blade post forthcoming. Most obvious defect is a staple that was bent either when being added at the printer or somehow later. I lean a bit to the former b/c of the lack of damage to the spine paper, but who really knows. Edited January 27 by scburdet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 What's going on with the bottom right corner of the back cover? Stain or finger shadow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 1:06 PM, grendelbo said: finger shadow Finger shadow. I meant to point that out in the original post and forgot. I think this happens a lot when you're old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 8.0/8.5 I'm going to assume the staple will get a pass and even not it probably won't deduct much. There appears to be minor spine wear a little above it and some minor creasing on the right edge of the front cover near the bat wing. On 5/16/2023 at 10:10 AM, scburdet said: old On 5/16/2023 at 10:10 AM, scburdet said: Finger shadow Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 9.0 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goblinjareth Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Very very nice looking, I'd say a 9.0 since some staple issues are usually allowed. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Only 35c Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 9.0/9.2 some minor spine ticks so reckon could benefit from a press and clean scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 9:54 PM, Every Day A Story said: could benefit from a press and clean Always the default plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 in the VF range of mags FoggyNelson and scburdet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scburdet Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Couldn't be happier with this. I believe it will be tied with another 9.0 after the next census update for the top spot. The main reason I started dabbling in foreign comics were covers like this—creations for another market that don't seem to exist in any US editions. I'm only disappointed that we couldn't figure out who the cover artist was. Best guess right now is that it is something of an amalgamation of several Dracula artists' work. grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
