scburdet Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Backstory here is that I think this is the first professional comic art of Al Milgrom. I only own 2 other Charlton books and this one looks like it has a myriad of what appear to be defects from cheap production methods. Not shown are a couple of interior pages that have typical black ink blots from the printing process. The big things here are what look like a lot of off binding/cutting issues. It looks to me like the jagged edge of the paper used for the interior pages was so miswrapped that it didn't come close to the cutter. At first when I look at the inside of the back cover, I thought it could have been trimmed (can't imagine someone putting in the effort on a book like this), but I'm pretty sure that b/c the cover is so miswrapped that the ad got sliced really close to the border. If nothing else, this is an interesting case of how many corners were cut (pun intended) at Charlton to keep costs down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 About a 7.0. Thanks for posting. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Sure is in pretty good shape....I'll say 6.5 but I'm pretty sure it would slab higher. I'm always to low ....I think....Listen I got a 36 on that last grading contest ...which was my first.....and you and Grendelbo were in the teens or something ....so you know who to listen 2. scburdet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
