A Tale of Two Flaws 0

[CaptaenRon]

I purchased a sweet variant of the new Astonishing X-Men #1 (NM). When I recieved it, there was a small bend in the bottom right corner of the cover, about 1" in length and very slight color break in a 1/4" of it. The seller immediately sent me another copy. This copy looks great, except for what looks like a fleck of recycled paper in the title. This is glossy and looks like something from the printer.

Anyways, which would be considered the more egregious flaw? I got what I feel is a good deal on the book, so I am not going to bother the seller any more; just send back the one I don't want.

Thanks in advance for your advice/opinion!

[CaptaenRon]

Feel free to chime in if I am asking a silly question. I genuinely don't know which one to go forward with....

[Westy Steve]

The top one is much more egregious.  Sometimes the graders ignore or at least minimize production flaws.  But even if they didn't, that bent corner is worse than the little color fleck.

[CaptaenRon]

Thanks!

[FN-2199]

I would choose the one without the corner blunting/bending. Production related flaws can still get you 9.6s and 9.8s.