Does this look like glue and would it be considered restoration? 0

[shadow prime]

The two bottom creases here look lighter in color. Is this where someone maybe put some clear glue? Opinion on what it could be? If glue would it be considered restoration?

Thanks!

[Bomber-Bob]

I suspect the creases were turning into tears. Hard to tell for sure from this pic but it could very well be glue was applied. What does it look like on the inside of the cover ? Do the creases penetrate to the inside ? If glue, or anything other than spit was applied, yes, that is considered resto.

[Artboy99]

it also looks like some color touch to me. Above Harley's head and under the Batman TM. Is a crease/line and I think I see color touch there.

[comicquant]

I'm almost positive thats color touch.  Did it bleed through to the inside? 

[shadow prime]

Thanks All.

I can see the creases on the inside cover. I don’t see anything bleeding through.

Whichever it is it’s not the full length of the creases.

 

[The Lions Den]

Looks like faded color touch to me...

[shadow prime]

Ok thank you

[Phill the Governor]

If there's no bleed-through to the inside cover, it's possible this is not color touch at all, and was the result of a poor press job. If the paper had humidity damage and it wasn't properly prepped before being pressed, the paper will buckle and fold over its self. The recessed upper staple could be a result of this, especially if too much pressure was used.

Better, closer pictures would help to identify the problem.

Edited May 26, 2018 by Phil the Governor

[James J Johnson]

On ‎5‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 8:39 PM, Phil the Governor said:

If there's no bleed-through to the inside cover, it's possible this is not color touch at all, and was the result of a poor press job. If the paper had humidity damage and it wasn't properly prepped before being pressed, the paper will buckle and fold over its self. The recessed upper staple could be a result of this, especially if too much pressure was used.

Better, closer pictures would help to identify the problem.

I agree. With no angle and through the mylar, it could be anything. Or nothing. Impossible to venture anything but a guess based on that image.

[joeypost]

Look around the staples, it looks like color touch to me. It does not look like damage from a bad press job, but with so many DIYers who knows. 

Crayon may have been used which will give the “look” that glue may also have been applied.

Edited May 27, 2018 by joeypost

[James J Johnson]

11 hours ago, joeypost said:

Look around the staples, it looks like color touch to me. It does not look like damage from a bad press job, but with so many DIYers who knows. 

Crayon may have been used which will give the “look” that glue may also have been applied.

Could be China-marker too or even colored-pencil. The china marker sometimes is confused with crayon, having a similar, yet strange look.