Gawells1980 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) Hello, I am hoping someone can help me. I am having a bit of a situation and need someone to help me manage my expectations. I have this copy of Spawn #1 Newsstand and am sending it in to get graded. The book is amazing. It is honestly the cleanest copy I have ever seen in person. Interior pages look like they were just printed this morning. Completely glossy cover. Square edges. None of the normal problems that a book of this age normally has.... Except for two small things.... There is a couple of miniature, and I mean MINIATURE places on the spine where there is a small crease. Pressing should fix that. One looks like a color break in the photos but the light I was using was playing tricks with it. In person it doesn't look like the color is broken. (On the spine beside the word "May") But I am going to assume that the graders are going to count it as a color break if I can't get it pressed out. The Second and strangest thing is, the book looks like it had something on the cover during the printing process and it caused some of the ink not to be put on the cover. It isn't a scratch or fading (I have a professional grade microscope in my hobby room and I looked at it under 40X mag and 200X mag. It isn't a scratch) The only thing I can think of is some piece of something was on the cover when it was printed and it caused a manufactures defect or something rubbed against it when the ink was still wet at took a piece of the ink off. I hope that makes sense. I have a book that had a piece of scotch tape on it and some of the ink came off with it... it doesn't look like that to me, but maybe someone out here can get a better idea of what happened and what CGC will do because of it. I honestly have no idea what the grade will be now. I know with a manufactures defect it shouldn't affect the grade unless it would have graded at a 9.9 or 10, having said that, if the graders don't take the time to examine the blank spot then they may think it is damage caused by me. !!!!! I should say, regardless I am sending this book in. I want it in a slab and protected from now on. !!!!!! With that defect on the cover and if I can't get the tiny dents out of the spine, what type of grade am I looking at in your opinions? Sorry for the quality of the pictures. The defect is on the cover by the barcode. THANK YOU FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME! Edited August 7, 2023 by Gawells1980 to follow the guidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 read the forum guidelines and edit your post appropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawells1980 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 On 8/6/2023 at 9:57 PM, scburdet said: read the forum guidelines and edit your post appropriately. I have added more pictures to make it compliant with the guidelines of this forum. Could you take another look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Never see a line like that on a Spawn. Even production defects will keep a comic out of 9.8. I would expect 9.6 is out here too b/c the defect is noticeable even if it is production related. 9.2/9.4 tops, maybe lower if the CGC grader decides it's not a production problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 That blemish is a tough call, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't see a 9.8 or 9.6 9.4 Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 They know they're stuff...........I luv it when I post books and these two guy's put a grade on it......It's hard to argue with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redgar-red Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 I have found that I am usually the optimist on these kind of post. That said, I think this is more like a 9.2 (more likely) and 9.4 as a stretch -- I would not be surprised if it comes up a 9.0. The spine ticks will press out, but they will still be visible. The mark at the bottom is a head scratcher -- I press and clean comics -- wondering if you have tried anything on it? I would try some Absorene -- it is a clay-like substance used in book and paper cleaning. A combination of playdoh and an eraser. It is very gentle. If you are not comfortable with it ask a comic presser -- they should know. You said the white in NOT a break or a rub... under the microscope (kind of jealous) can you discern if this mark is some material that is on top of the page OR a part of the page? Anyway to take a pic through the microscope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Design Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 9.2 is possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awildhome Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 There are, what appears to me, to be several spine tics FTLC (near 'May') as well as on the BC. They are small, but there. The FRLC looks a little rounded. The mysterious spot near the UPC box . . . depending on how the CGC graders look at it - or how much time they take trying to figure it out - will make a large impact. My initial impression was someone might have been a little overzealous with an eraser trying to get a pen mark out. But they would have had to really dig in to get to that place. As others have mentioned, hard to say what it is . . . if CGC see something 'on top' or 'removed'. Or, if it were a common printer error. As is, I would say 9.0 - 9.2. Nice copy though, especially for a newsstand. Thanks for sharing. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfinz Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 9.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
