insects and rodents eating our comics.....RAT CHEW THREAD !! 0

[ciorac]

My all time favorite condition flaw is 'rat chew' . Spine stress lines and color breaking creases are

When this Adventure 40 sold on eBay about 2 years ago, I just couldn't get the image out of my head......so let's ride that wave, and add to it!

This thread is dedicated to the posting of insect and rodent damage to comic books....preferrably Golden Age, so we can all cry together as a group. Here is my contribution:

 

Steve

 

I know the owner of this book. He got me good one day when he removed it from the bag and told me to take a sniff. He knows I am a notorious comic sniffer. I nearly heaved up my dinner when I smelled this book. It is easily the most disgusting smell I have ever encountered. Not sure what all went down with that book, but I hope to never be near it again.

[szelim]

Wow! I now don't feel so bad about mine:

 

[zzutak]

[font:Arial]Two termite-damaged books from the River City Collection. Some of the books that had been stored outside had essentially been reduced to dust. So, by comparison, I guess these survived pretty well (you've got to look carefully to find the chew on the Venus 18). I'm not crying, though -- if not for the critter damage, these two would almost certainly be in somebody else's collection![/font]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[G.A.tor]

 

It is easily the most disgusting smell I have ever encountered.

 

now come on bill...I seem to recall a certain "bathroom" incident that surely smelled "worse"

gator

[Jayman]

Gotta say I can't find the chew on the Venus book. Where is it?

And since it's has that terrible chew, wanna sell it to me?

[sacentaur]

 

Venus 18 - what a great cover (gotta get me one of those)!

[G.A.tor]

Gotta say I can't find the chew on the Venus book. Where is it?

And since it's has that terrible chew, wanna sell it to me?

it appears to be silverfish damage?

gator

[zzutak]

[font:Arial]Left sleeve of the right-most ghoul, about elbow high.[/font]

 

[Scrooge]

Venus 18 - what a great cover (gotta get me one of those)!

 

You and everyone else Considering the copy that sold for $220 on eBay last week looked like, the person buying the CLink one for $280 got a great deal. I should have been looking on CLink earlier because I would have gladly bought that one at the price.

[Scrooge]

To stay on topic, I have several Shadow Mag purchased from Fuelman with the same bores through the books. Luckily none are so big that it eats whole words on the inside. Look at the hand on Vengeance is Mine and at the bottom right on Treasure Trail -

[Jayman]

[font:Arial]Left sleeve of the right-most ghoul, about elbow high.[/font]

 

 

I actually did see that spot but thought it looked like a pencil mark in the original scan. The close up has better definition!

 

Looks terrible, sell it to me!

[Dick Pontoon]

Mmmmmm.... bugs! Except for the spine roll she presents nicely,

 

But some wormy critter had a nice dinner munching through the interior

 

 

The close-up makes it look worse than it is.

[zzutak]

And what's the deal with those pesky rodents feeling like they have to sample nearly every book in the stack? Can't they finish one entire issue before moving on to the next?

 

The following examples are from a collection of generally lightly handled books that came out of Petaluma, CA (once known as the "Egg Capitol of the World"). The books were stored in a chicken coop, with about half suffering some type of critter and/or moisture damage. Nice books otherwise, and from a very tough period (1954-56) for Atlas and DC fantasy titles.

 

 

 

 

 

[seank]

How about kitten chew instead of insects and rodents?

 

The corner of my copy of Jimbo...

 

 

... now looks like this...

 

 

... thanks to this:

 

 

We have allowed her to live, but she isn't allowed near any comics anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ashrael]

, cat chew I have copy of Swamp Thing #2 with cat claw marks

[G.A.tor]

I think the recurring theme here is obvious...comics are not only fun to read, but a balanced part of nutrious meal!

gator

[lotemo]

 

 

 

There's evil written all over her little, fluffy face.

[Socratic Wonder]

I think the recurring theme here is obvious...comics are not only fun to read, but a balanced part of nutrious meal!

gator

 

Eating comics......

 

My secret shame

[selegue]

 

 

 

There's evil written all over her little, fluffy face.

 

Named after this character?

(even a feline pose here!)

Jack

[seank]

 

 

 

There's evil written all over her little, fluffy face.

 

Named after this character?

(even a feline pose here!)

Jack

 

Actually, her name is Rory, short for Rory-Spot, because the markings on her back look like a Rorschach blot.