jdraheim Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 The cover looks great except for the stain at the top and bottom. It is also on the back cover. I'm not sure if it can be cleaned. Is this automatically a VG at best? Thanks in advance! Link to post Share on other sites
James J Johnson Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 That doesn't appear to be a stain. Looks more like distributor ink, possibly with a partial erasure at the top. More serious is the color loss/and or scuffing/scratching off at the bottom of the front cover. It's a whole lot better than VG, a structural high grade book and unless in the extreme upper grades, distributor ink (which could be a whole lot worse than it is on this book) doesn't have that drastic effect on the overall technical grade. Link to post Share on other sites
jdraheim Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 7 hours ago, James J Johnson said: That doesn't appear to be a stain. Looks more like distributor ink, possibly with a partial erasure at the top. More serious is the color loss/and or scuffing/scratching off at the bottom of the front cover. It's a whole lot better than VG, a structural high grade book and unless in the extreme upper grades, distributor ink (which could be a whole lot worse than it is on this book) doesn't have that drastic effect on the overall technical grade. Interesting. I thought the "scuffing/scratching" on the bottom of the front cover was similar to the stains on the top and back cover. I wondered if it could be, like you suggested, distributer ink on multiple books and the books were stacked . Anyone care to suggest a grade? Link to post Share on other sites
James J Johnson Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 15 hours ago, jdraheim said: Interesting. I thought the "scuffing/scratching" on the bottom of the front cover was similar to the stains on the top and back cover. I wondered if it could be, like you suggested, distributer ink on multiple books and the books were stacked . Anyone care to suggest a grade? Depends on what that is at the bottom. What do you feel on the surface when you lightly run a dry, clean finger over it? Link to post Share on other sites
jdraheim Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 5 hours ago, James J Johnson said: Depends on what that is at the bottom. What do you feel on the surface when you lightly run a dry, clean finger over it? Upon further inspection, and running my finger along the area; the bottom appears to be scraped or pealed off - perhaps another comic stacked on this one with a wet stain, and when it was removed it took some of this cover with it. Link to post Share on other sites
James J Johnson Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, jdraheim said: Upon further inspection, and running my finger along the area; the bottom appears to be scraped or pealed off - perhaps another comic stacked on this one with a wet stain, and when it was removed it took some of this cover with it. Or someone in the chain of ownership may have gone a little overboard on the bottom, trying to rub out that ink, like they did at the top. Link to post Share on other sites
