Comic Book Condition Pet Peeves??

[reddog4063]

OK we all have them - comic book condition pet peeves......maybe its a date stamp right on the white part of the cover or perhaps it is a name written across the top. Maybe its Marvel chipping or perhaps its dog-eared pages inside.

 

For me personally it is a brittle spine...i like to flip thru my comics or at least have the option to do so and when you open a book and you see daylight through the spine and giant staple holes and the cover is shaking that is a dealbreaker for me.

 

Whats yours???

[Buzzetta]

I will not purchase any book with rat or bug chews for any reason.

[reddog4063]

That is a GREAT one!!! I feel dirty like the bugs are coming with the book still blahhhhh

 

I will not purchase any book with rat or bug chews for any reason.

[ChiSoxFan]

Put me in the "no bug/rat chews" club.

 

My main peeve is writing on the front cover. Date stamps are fine (sometimes awesome), but writing makes a book a no-go for me almost without exception.

[Pitboss]

I can't handle "stank"

[porcupine48]

that's nice

[comicquant]

I'm pretty sure you're the only person I know (of) that sleeps less than I do

[porcupine48]

nighthawk.always have been.

[oakman29]

Any rust on staples, no way.

Brittle pages, forget it.

Don't like crazy amounts of spine stress.

Pressing doesn't please me. If I know it's pressed, I will probably look for something else.

Being an exterminator, rat , silverfish,or any other pest is out of the question. Think about, if rats chew on it, there is a certainty that they urinated on it too.

[steveinthecity]

Really does depend on the particular comic and it's age. In general brittle or missing pages really bug me out, and as a 70's Marvel fan the cut out MVS have caused me more than a few headaches.

 

 

I've never really been conflicted over rat or rodent urination in a book so long as it's disclosed.

[Dr Chaos]

spine ticks

[Phantalien]

9.0 - 9.6 not being good enough for some people

[herotrader]

Faded covers!!!!!

[marvelmaniac]

Brittle Pages, do not want the book falling apart each time I touch it, however...

 

With the books I am looking for and an Extremely tight budget anything else is fine with me,

I am also one of those guys that has no issues with tape to hold a ragged book together and prevent further damage.

[mrc]

 

...books with 'white pages' label that have back covers with shadow or edge tanning.

[CatskillMike]

Staple pops irritate me. Also, when people say the cover is unattached and grade it a 3.5 to 4.0.

[lizards2]

9.0 - 9.6 not being good enough for some people

 

9.2 up CGC graded books having corner creases.

[lizards2]

...books with 'white pages' label that have back covers with shadow or edge tanning.

 

White paged books where the covers are like spoiled cheese.

[lizards2]

Any rust on staples, no way.

Brittle pages, forget it.

Don't like crazy amounts of spine stress.

Pressing doesn't please me. If I know it's pressed, I will probably look for something else.

Being an exterminator, rat , silverfish,or any other pest is out of the question. Think about, if rats chew on it, there is a certainty that they urinated on it too.

 

I don't chew on many of my books, but I usually urinate on them before shipping - never had a complaint.

[InvstmntComcSuply]

Tape