mark through bar code and affect on book condition 1 1

[Balfasir69]

Hey all.  I have a collection that is partially mine and partially my former uncles.
when i was going through some of the books from my uncle I noticed a fair amount that had a black slash through the bar code.

How badly does this affect the grade of the book?

[SOTIcollector]

A good question, and a common one among collectors who weren’t around at the time.

That slash was printed on the book and will not affect the grade at all.  
 

The backstory:

Comics that were printed without the slash were sold through the traditional newsstand system.  Newsstand sellers could return unsold comics to their distributor for credit.

Comics that were printed with a slash on them could not be returned for credit.  A comic book printed with a slash was typically sold through a comic book store or in a discounted multi pack.  Comic book stores could not return their unsold issues, but they would make a higher profit from each issue that sold.

 

 

[SOTIcollector]

A good question, and a common one among collectors who weren’t around at the time.

That slash was printed on the book and will not affect the grade at all.  
 

The backstory:

Comics that were printed without the slash were sold through the traditional newsstand system.  Newsstand sellers could return unsold comics to their distributor for credit.

Comics that were printed with a slash on them could not be returned for credit.  A comic book printed with a slash was typically sold through a comic book store or in a discounted multi pack.  Comic book stores could not return their unsold issues, but they would make a higher profit from each issue that sold.

 

 

[shadroch]

They were also sold in three packs that had a different UPC code on the outer bag, so this prevented the cashier from scanning a comic instead of the bag.