NM Copies of Animal Man # 24

[epowe10097]

Has anyone had any real good experience with finding any higher grade Animal Man # 24s? I ask because if you look at many offerings of this book, you will see a white "scuff" mark that starts around AM's upper thigh. Sometimes this mark extends all the way to the Psycho Pirate's chest and sometimes it does not. (Both these areas are black which makes the marks that much more prominent.) I have seen very few copies w/o these scuff marks and was wondering if others have noticed this. Eddie

[nearmint]

Here's my copy. Seems okay...

 

 

[Aman619]

what a great cover! Bolland has always been amazing.

[epowe10097]

Here are a few current Ebay auctions to show you what I mean. For the most part, what you see being offered for sale have the following "lines" in one form or another. Eddie

 

 

[epowe10097]

Another. This one is better, but look around AM's thigh. Eddie

 

[epowe10097]

I'll stop with this one. But it is interesting to me that the majority that I have found have these "lines". Almost like scuff marks. Eddie

 

[Lazyboy]

It appears to be a common printing defect on this issue. All my copies have it, although on one it is much fainter than the others. It looks like you can see very faint traces of it on nearmint's copy as well.

Regardless, it is an awesome Bolland cover.