Dyoung86 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Hey thanks for your input. I see about 3 small spine ticks that are colour breaking. Looks like a good candidate for pressing. Look forward to seeing what you all think. Thanks. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelmaniac Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 a couple of small color breaking spine ticks, slight spine roll, mistrimmed outer edge of rear cover. 9.2 NEAR MINT- (NM-): Back to TopNearly perfect with only a minor additional defect or defects that keep it from Near Mint. A limited number of minor bindery/printing defects are allowed. Cover is flat with no surface wear. Inks are bright with only the slightest dimming of reflectivity. Corners are cut square and sharp with ever-so-slight blunting permitted. A 1/16-1/8" bend is permitted with no color break. Small, inconspicuous, lightly penciled, stamped or inked arrival dates are acceptable as long as they are in an unobtrusive location. Slight foxing. Spine is tight and flat. Staples may show some discoloration. Almost no stress lines. Paper is off-white to cream, supple and fresh. Slight interior tears are allowed. Dyoung86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyoung86 Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 6:53 PM, marvelmaniac said: a couple of small color breaking spine ticks, slight spine roll, mistrimmed outer edge of rear cover. 9.2 NEAR MINT- (NM-): Back to TopNearly perfect with only a minor additional defect or defects that keep it from Near Mint. A limited number of minor bindery/printing defects are allowed. Cover is flat with no surface wear. Inks are bright with only the slightest dimming of reflectivity. Corners are cut square and sharp with ever-so-slight blunting permitted. A 1/16-1/8" bend is permitted with no color break. Small, inconspicuous, lightly penciled, stamped or inked arrival dates are acceptable as long as they are in an unobtrusive location. Slight foxing. Spine is tight and flat. Staples may show some discoloration. Almost no stress lines. Paper is off-white to cream, supple and fresh. Slight interior tears are allowed. Thanks for you're insight . In your opinion do you think a press would bump it up to 9.4 potentially? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 ceiling at 9.4 with color breaking ticks. Pressing does not fix any sort of color loss, only flattens out indentions & bends Dyoung86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 mid to lower near mint grade ! FoggyNelson and Dyoung86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...