PGM Mad Comic #1 with ink stains / 'color touch'?

[Doohickamabob]

Found this Mad #1... I think I've seen it before, actually, but can't remember where. It looks like somebody's pen broke while sitting on the top of the comic. Or maybe somebody was using an ink bottle and sneezed.

 

Nonetheless, how do you think this would grade? Would the ink on the cover be graded as "color touch"? I am only partly kidding when I ask that question.

 

The comic is complete, nothing cut out, and the center wrap is attached at both staples.

 

More photos in next message.

 

 

 

[Doohickamabob]

Back cover, inside front, etc.

 

[Doohickamabob]

More interior images.

 

Thanks for your grades... I am probably going to submit this to CGC, even though it looks pretty rough.

 

[rjpb]

I don't see anyone thinking that was a deliberate attempt at color touch, definitely a spilled ink situation. Given all the staining and chipping, I'd say 1.5 tops and maybe only a 1.0.

 

I'm not sure there is any value in slabbing it though.

 

 

[HighStakesComics]

1.5

[Amadeus Arkham]

I'm at a 1.5 as well.

[Doohickamabob]

Thanks for the responses, everybody. I was kinda hoping to hear more in the range of 1.8 or 2.0. The reason I was hoping this is that the comic is complete and structurally sound. It's kinda sad how badly the ink downgrades the grade even though it's mostly on the white space of the bottom interior pages. (There's also the issue of the cover corner chipping and/or bug chews, which is unfortunate too -- almost like this copy was part of some comedy of errors in terms of condition damage.)

 

I don't really care that much because I am a Mad freak. Mad #1 to me is practically like Action Comics #1, except of course it's a world away in terms of value. Nonetheless I really appreciate you all taking the time to look at this and give it a grade.

 

 

[Amadeus Arkham]

I think this falls into the "buy the book, not the grade" scenario. Can always upgrade your copy later on.

[HighStakesComics]

I think the bug chew and missing pieces knock it down to 2.5ish. The ink knocks it down another couple of grades. It could easily get a 1.8. Not much price difference, if any, between a 1.5 and 1.8.

[AJD]

Sorry, but I'm in the 1.5 camp as well. Not sure why you'd slab that book. If it's structurally sound it's a perfect reader copy.

[The_Captain]

I don't see anyone thinking that was a deliberate attempt at color touch, definitely a spilled ink situation. Given all the staining and chipping, I'd say 1.5 tops and maybe only a 1.0.

 

 

+1

[Jaydogrules]

1.0.

 

-J.

[Amadeus Arkham]

You'd be the second 1.5 in the Census.

[Boboset]

1.0, get real lucky and hit 1.5. Sorry it's not the grade you are looking for.

[Point Five]

I was thinking 1.0 as well. The cover is compromised by the ink, but it's even more distracting on the interior pages. It would actually be interesting to find out what CGC would say; I really have no idea.