Regardless of grade.....what are dealbreakers for you?

[krighton]

as long as it's complete and not brittle, and I need it, i'm fine. I'll take even sun faded if it's hard to find.

[Azkaban]

what are dealbreakers for you?

 

 

Kinda... right about...

 

HERE

 

 

[garsull2]

Tape.

Missing pages or coupons cut out.

Water Damage

Any bad Smells

 

[lou_fine]

Tape.

Missing pages or coupons cut out.

Water Damage

Any bad Smells

 

You high grade elitist snob!

[catman76]

If it smells really bad. I found some 70s comics at a garage sale years ago and I just glanced at them and bought the whole stack for a few bucks, but when I got them home I noticed a smell. When I went through them, the ones in the middle had some gross looking stains on them and smelled so bad it made you want to puke, I don't know what it was, but those were the only comics I ever threw out.

 

Other than that, I don't care about condition as long as I can see the artwork. I actually like beat up loved comics. I have many mint, great condition comics, but to me a mint comic is pretty boring, it has no story, nothing. It's probably been sitting on a shelf in a closet for decades, no one read it, it has no history, hasn't been loved and used how it was supposed have been.

[Mr. Spider-Woman]

Back when I was actively working on my (very) low grade Fantastic Four collection, the thing that bothered me the most was comics with a huge crease on the cover. Small-to-moderate creases I can deal with but if the entire cover has been folded over, I passed. I may not be willing/able to pay much but even I have standards.

 

Also bad: missing pages, huge chunks torn from the cover, obvious rusted staples, cover entirely detached, brittle pages.

[ThothAmon]

When it feels like I'm being lied too.

[The-Collector]

rusty staples and brittle pages.

[mattn792]

Lack of a cockroach sketch. Like another boardie once said - "Always bet on cockroach Spidey."

[Mercury Man]

Sun fading

Water damage

3 hole punched

Mystery goo

John Romita Jr. (ok, kidding, but I cringe when he is on a title I read).

[The_SandMan]

what are dealbreakers for you?

 

 

Kinda... right about...

 

HERE

 

 

 

1. Brittle Pages

2. People who don't own a vacuum

3. Off centered books

4. Rusty Staples

5. I don't mind if its a little stinky as long as its pulp related and hasn't been read in the toilet

[bounty_coder]

I won't touch books that have been used in conjunction with kitty litter...

[bounty_coder]

-Comics ripped into 2 piece... top half and bottom half.

 

 

 

So... this Weird Fantasy #15 wouldn't be the crown jewel of your collection then?

 

 

 

Sweet Weird Fantasy Promo Pamphlet!

[The_SandMan]

-Comics ripped into 2 piece... top half and bottom half.

 

 

 

So... this Weird Fantasy #15 wouldn't be the crown jewel of your collection then?

 

 

 

Sweet Weird Fantasy Promo Pamphlet!

 

yea, u should submit that or put that puppy in a Mylar.

[grebal]

Maybe you'll get lucky and find someone with a bottom half of that Weird Fantasy that you can marry.

 

!

[Foley]

+1 on diagonal miswraps, sigs, and incomplete books.

 

I'd also add Rob Liefield art.

[Jester Hats]

Rusty staples

Incomplete

Scribbles on the front cover

 

[Batman1fan]

For me it's:

1. Brittle pages

2. Trimming

 

Most other defects I can deal with to at least some degree, but if either of these two are present, no way.

[joeypost]

Who the seller is.

[namisgr]

Browning. I do my best to stay away from tanned covers, tanned interior covers, and tanned pages.