Take a good look at my Man-Thing

[Lantern]

 

 

To get up close and personal with my Man-Thing try this:

Front Cover

Back Cover

 

 

 

[Lantern]

 

For the lurkers and the ease of grading:

 

 

 

 

Your comments are greatly appreciated, I ust know that some prefer to lurk or keep comments to themselves. So, please post comments, observations, or questions if you have them.

[Fan4Fan]

That's a mighty nice lookin' Man-Thing you got there ...

 

What I see:

 

1) Ever-so-slight blunting at the top of the spine

 

2) Rounded upper right corner on front cover (a bit less on back)

 

3) Is that a bend on the upper left corner of the back?

 

4) The spine looks a little wrinkled/creased from the back, tho' I don't see any color-breakers on the front.

 

5) Staples are a bit bent???

 

Otherwise, nice color saturation and centering.

 

What are the pages like?

 

I'd say 9.2 (if that isn't a bend). 9.0, otherwise.

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

[Metarog]

I gave it a 9.2. No glaring defects just not really sharp corners some slight staining or something around the staples on the back cover. Nice solid book overall with a Brunner cover.

[sfilosa]

I give your Man-Thing a 9.4.

 

First of all its so shiny and glossy (lubrication maybe?)

 

And you better put it back into is plastic wrap before you do some serious damage (create a little Man-Thing).

 

 

[RussTT-migration]

I just bought this book February 2003 from my local shop for $ 0.50. They clearanced out all of their comics. I'll see if I can post a pic tonight. I doubt mine looks as good as yours though.

 

Russ

[RussTT-migration]

Okay I'm not all here today. That's what I get for going out on my b-day yesterday

 

Mine is the 1979 40cent issue #1.

 

Russell

[RussTT-migration]

Hey who knocked me down to 2 stars???

 

[minutekev@50]

I give your Man-Thing a 9.4.

 

First of all its so shiny and glossy (lubrication maybe?)

 

And you better put it back into is plastic wrap before you do some serious damage (create a little Man-Thing).

 

 

 

Man, what a thing.

[aardvark88]

Looks like it has several hits of color touch on the black line of the spine unless it is an optical illusion caused by the scan.

[sfilosa]

 

Go to Heritage's website archives and their copy look identical.

 

No restoration because of that.

 

 

 

[supapimp]

i submitted a copy in january and it came back NM+ 9.6, this copy isn't as appealing, i graded it NM 9.4. TRC edge not as sharp as others.

[ninanina]

I went along with the majority - 9.2 and only because of the upper right corner. Can't see much else wrong with it, but I suspect there may be a couple things.

[uclapeterg]

Nice book! 9.2/9.4

[PovertyRow]

Hey who knocked me down to 2 stars???

 

 

You are at one star now (not my doing - haven;t voted yet so be effusive in your compliments to my posts). Probably jealous haters of the 20 cent bargain finders. Dam them! Dam them to heck!

 

[Lantern]

TRC edge not as sharp as others

 

I knew that this would be the big dinger on the book. It was the only really big defect that I saw on the book, of course now that some other issues have been brought to my attention I can look at those to.

 

I had suspected the book would be a 9.4. It seems the votes are in the 9.2 and 9.4 range so I must not be that bad of a grader. Hey someone gave it a 9.6, I guess crack really can mess up ones perception. Then again, a few people had it below 9.0, I just hope that those people were not actually CGC graders on a coffee break or I am screwed.

 

I thank everybody for their participation. To be truthful, I was test driving a new scanner and wanted to see what the scans looked like on the net and this was the book that I grabbed out of the closest box.

 

Thanks again.

[RussTT-migration]

Hey who knocked me down to 2 stars???

 

 

You are at one star now (not my doing - haven;t voted yet so be effusive in your compliments to my posts). Probably jealous haters of the 20 cent bargain finders. Dam them! Dam them to heck!

 

Oh it's you povertyrow. You must be like the guru or the comic world.

 

It's okay I should start at the bottom anyway.

 

btw - my book was only the #1, 40 cent, 1979 version. worth a meager $7.00 in NM condition.

 

Russell

 

 

[PovertyRow]

Darned 40-cent haters!

[minutekev@50]

I give your Man-Thing a 9.4.

 

First of all its so shiny and glossy (lubrication maybe?)

 

And you better put it back into is plastic wrap before you do some serious damage (create a little Man-Thing).

 

 

 

Man, what a thing.

 

Something else funny...remember the character's old slogan? "Whoever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch!"

Talk about sexual innuendo...

 

BOYFRIEND: "C'mon girl. It's my Man-Thing..."

GIRLFRIEND: "Get that thing away from me!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

 

Of course, if she's a really bad girl and LOVES your Man-Thing that means she may love OTHER Man-Thing's as well....

Once that happens her THING may become a SWAMP THING...

 

(I have too much time on my hands )

[PovertyRow]

btw - my book was only the #1, 40 cent, 1979 version. worth a meager $7.00 in NM condition.

 

Well - I 5-starred you but you stuck at 2 - damned new arrival haters! Probabl all 3 star folks too!