scburdet Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Silver & Bronze Marvel horror is my jam & if I won the lottery I'd start in on all the pre-code stuff. More recent stuff in the genre is not as interesting; however, this is the first pro work of Greg Capullo, and creator firsts are something I collect too. It's not a rare book per se, but b/c it came from a small publisher & I assume a lot of the readers weren't traditional collectors. What I've seen out in the world is often mid-grade (made worse by the black highlighting every little crease & tic). Came across this one that looked decent enough, but the sellers photos/description didn't really highlight the TLFC where there are some speckly little defects. It's kind of like a scuff, but not like other scuffs I've seen, so IDK exactly how to characterize it. Tried to highlight the defect; as always, the lighting makes it look a little worse than a "normal" viewing. Trying to figure out if I should keep it, or send it back. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars76 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I'm not sure about that TLFC either. Looks like a 9.0. Really sweet cover👍 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Is it just that 'old stock been stacked together, maybe shuffled around a bit' type of wear? Colour rub, that's the word. 8.5 maybe 9.0 scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 @LowGradeBronze @Mars76 Coincidentally, a copy came up for sale overnight on ebay at 9.0 (graded last month, no grader notes). You can see multiple defects (excluding what appear to be two scratches on the holder) that, to my eye, should land it lower. I do suspect there are different standards for indy books than the big publishers analogous to GAs/SAs/moderns. That or the grader had a bad day. 1950's war comics and Mars76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 i mean it sure looks near mint !! FoggyNelson and scburdet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Makes yours a 9.2 or 9.4 then! Neat! scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
