Advice on this defect: What is it and how does it affect the grade?

[Lantern]

Can anyone identify what this defect is? While it looks like it should, it does not indent the cover at all.

 

Could this be a defect caused during the printing process?

 

In your opinions, how does something like this affect the grade?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[joe_collector]

It's definitely caused by the printing process, though a resident expert could offer a better opinion as to exactly what caused it. This is very common on Marvel Team-up #1 for some strange reason.

[DiceX]

It's either dirt on a finger guard or debris in the oven that barely touch the paper while it runs through the press. Just enough to scratch it and take off the ink.

It causes a streak such as this one.

 

Yes, this is the same thing on MTU 1.

[Lantern]

Thanks Joe, I did not know that this was common on any books much less MTU 1. I looked at my lowly mid-grade copy and it does not have a similar marking, so this was new to me.

 

 

 

[Lantern]

Excellent info Dice.

 

I kind of suspected that it had something to do with the printing process. But, seeing as the only thing I know about the printing process for comics is what has been previously posted in the forums I thought that I would ask.

 

 

[Tomega]

I have X-men 108 with similar defect, although no where near as bad as that. Believe it or not, CGC gave it 9.4. I was pissed when I got it from a eBay seller because it was not disclosed in the auction nor would he take any returns.

 

Tom

[joe_collector]

Thanks Joe, I did not know that this was common on any books much less MTU 1. I looked at my lowly mid-grade copy and it does not have a similar marking, so this was new to me.

 

Here's an example of what I was referring to, although the mark can be lower, right along the border:

 

[Lantern]

Wow, I can barely see the line on that copy. I had to download the pic and blow up the image just so I could get a good look at it. Of course that dark cover helps hide it better than the one on my book. Maybe I will go back and check my copy of MTU1 a little closer...

 

Thanks for sharing the scan.