Creepy 15 Interior Pages - Bug Chew or Chipping??? 1 1

[Stevemmg]

I see this type of corner chipping on roughly 10% of Warren magazines specifically between 1966-1969. It can be at the top, bottom or rarely both. I believe this is as stated by others that it is a fairly significant side effect of the production trim. With all due respect to the mighty Oakman, Silverfish generally do much cleaner work than this and do their work anywhere, not just corners. It’s similar to a mouse chew, but never affects covers and typically only a portion of the interior pages. It’s too consistent to be bugs or animals.
 

Given the loss of material, and the fact that copies exist without this defect, in my own personal grading standard I drop the grade 1-1.5 points. Your mileage may vary. 

[The Lions Den]

On 9/20/2023 at 7:08 AM, Stevemmg said:

I see this type of corner chipping on roughly 10% of Warren magazines specifically between 1966-1969. It can be at the top, bottom or rarely both. I believe this is as stated by others that it is a fairly significant side effect of the production trim. With all due respect to the mighty Oakman, Silverfish generally do much cleaner work than this and do their work anywhere, not just corners. It’s similar to a mouse chew, but never affects covers and typically only a portion of the interior pages. It’s too consistent to be bugs or animals.
 

Given the loss of material, and the fact that copies exist without this defect, in my own personal grading standard I drop the grade 1-1.5 points. Your mileage may vary. 

[KryptoSpidey]

Well I can for 1 say I have a picky bug that didn't like the cover(of a comic) except for the bottom of the spine where it entered the book...but ate through every page. Book presents extremely well, higher grade except for this disaster... What's the input on this... Silverfish likely.

.5 CGC grade or a 8.0+ qualified.

Edited February 26 by KryptoSpidey

[Stevemmg]

Yep, you’re on the right track. A very hungry silver fish. 

[The Lions Den]

On 2/26/2024 at 10:05 PM, Stevemmg said:

Yep, you’re on the right track. A very hungry silver fish. 

I find it interesting that they allegedly like to eat glue and they often avoid areas where ink is present...  

[Jayman]

On 2/27/2024 at 6:05 AM, The Lions Den said:

I find it interesting that they allegedly like to eat glue and they often avoid areas where ink is present...  

it’s delicious!

[Jayman]

This is really fine detailed work. Maybe someone should hire these silverfish to do resto removal! 

[The Lions Den]

On 2/27/2024 at 8:35 AM, Jayman said:

This is really fine detailed work. Maybe someone should hire these silverfish to do resto removal! 

If this was a Batman comic, I'd be even more impressed...  

[mrmovies]

so I have a combination of either rats or bed bugs in my studio apartment (rent controlled) in the upper east side. have had a lot of similar issues with comics. set up a mouse trap with a block of swiss cheese, but waken up at 3 am one morning and forgot about the trap. tried to grap the cheese and the thing got my finger. YOUCH!

picture for reference

 

[oakman29]

On 2/27/2024 at 8:26 AM, mrmovies said:

so I have a combination of either rats or bed bugs in my studio apartment (rent controlled) in the upper east side. have had a lot of similar issues with comics. set up a mouse trap with a block of swiss cheese, but waken up at 3 am one morning and forgot about the trap. tried to grap the cheese and the thing got my finger. YOUCH!

picture for reference

 

Rats or bedbugs are so far apart.