PGM Wings Comics #93 0

[generic user]

Any opinions on how to grade a book in this condition.  I have about 50 books from a collection all in similar shape:  added staples, heavy water damage.  Thanks in advance.  

[Point Five]

Hmm. With the warping to the pages especially, got to say 2.0 or thereabouts. Still, it presents well for the grade, and if you've got a bunch like this I can imagine some being better than others.

 

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

I don't think this can b better than a 2.0

[James J Johnson]

3 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

I don't think this can b better than a 2.0

I agree. A technical 2.0 (moisture damaged/extra-staples), but better than average eye appeal as the spine looks real nice from the front.

Edited January 10, 2018 by James J Johnson

[generic user]

Thanks for your input.  I was hesitant to call it 2.0 with that much water damage, but the books just look so nice in the bag.  They are remarkably consistent, as if an entire box was completely submerged and then carefully dried.  Here's two more from the same collection: 

[Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice]

these books r great..these r some of the greatest covers i've ever seen

[James J Johnson]

6 hours ago, Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice said:

these books r great..these r some of the greatest covers i've ever seen

If you really like these, when you have some time, look into the 1940s action and adventure pulps, or the 1920's/1930s sci-fi pulps. I think you'll really enjoy these covers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+action+and+adventure+pulps&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBzoHv-NDYAhXxRt8KHTzAA-EQ_AUICigB&biw=1024&bih=576

Edited January 11, 2018 by James J Johnson
messed up the link

[Point Five]

 

There is also a dedicated Fiction House (Wings publisher) thread in the Golden Age section. These books are very avidly collected here.

 

[James J Johnson]

27 minutes ago, Point Five said:

 

There is also a dedicated Fiction House (Wings publisher) thread in the Golden Age section. These books are very avidly collected here.

 

A lot of these artists either came from the pulp genre or were heavily influenced by them:

 

https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/thrills-incorporated.html

[1950's war comics]

CGC 0.5