Giant-Size Issues w/Staples Poking Through Cover

[cya33085-migration]

I've been collecting Giant-Size issues for a while now, there are 69 and I have quite a few of them. I've started to see quite a few that have staples that actually poke through the cover. I bought a 9.4 from Metropolis that had the point of the staple pointing up through the top left hand corner. Does anyone have any experience seeing this? Can a book be 9.4 with a staple poking through (it is a printing defect and not a wear issue).

 

Mark

[joe_collector]

I bet a comic could get a CGC 9.4 with a finger poking through it, assuming CGC decided that the finger came from the press foreman.

 

It's truly up man.

[Aces]

I bet a comic could get a CGC 9.4 with a finger poking through it, assuming CGC determined the finger came from the press foreman.

 

It's truly up man.

 

Let's hope the guys working at the bindery never ran out of toilet paper.

[cya33085-migration]

This is what it looks like (it's just under the .35):

 

Example

[osborn_fr]

I bet a comic could get a CGC 9.4 with a finger poking through it, assuming CGC decided that the finger came from the press foreman.

 

It's truly up man.

 

[Stronguy]

That's pretty common. Even in high grade you will see it a lot, along with pincheds spines. As JC said, it happens in the manufacturing process so CGC could go ahead and give it a 9.4.

[camera73]

I didn't know that "pinched spines" are considered manufacture defects. I've seen some pretty severe ones - do they all get a pass?

[Tatterdamillion]

I sold my G.S X-Men 1 CGC 9.4 that had a staple rubbing through the cover. When I had it graded I thought it would come back an 8.5. Crazy.