Jayrn3 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Hi! I've got a Black Panther #1 with the defect in the picture. Does anyone know what kind of defect it would be graded as? Looking through Overstreet if it's a missing piece max grade is 4.5 but if it's chipping it could be higher. You can't see it very well in the picture but on the right side of the tear there's a millimeter-wide round indent that goes through the top 3 or 4 inner pages, might have been the cause of the tear. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crops068 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 The indent I think will be more likely pointing to the culprit. A thumbtack of some sort maybe? I would lean towards it being a tear not chipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayrn3 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Yeah, makes sense that the dent is probably related to what caused it. Since it's only on the right I'm not sure how it would have caused a tear that would look like that. Unless there was one (thumbtack or other) on the right and left but only left an indent on the right. To the right in the picture you can see where the the top interior page is mis-cut and sticking out just a little bit further than the rest of the pages as well, if that means anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Are the pages under it missing paper too? Kinda looks like it in the pic. Looks like a bug chew from here. Post a pic with the back cover opened. Edited October 12, 2019 by Tempus Fugit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeypost Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Looks like bug chew to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiing Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I smell a rat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayrn3 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 No damage to the interior other than the indentation and a small tear to the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayrn3 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Just for good measure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayrn3 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 And since I said measure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiing Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Nice pictures.... If it was a tack, I can't think why it would be on the back. Maybe whatever it was stuck to the paper and pulled it off. Still, you'd think the tear would be straight, not jagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Jayrn3 said: No damage to the interior other than the indentation and a small tear to the right. That pic reveals the probable reason. There is an outline on the page that mirrors the missing piece from the cover. This is purely pressure related. It's not any kind of chew and not cutting mechanics related, the piece was pulled off. Either it occurred in production, much like the small, lower edge production cover tears that are usually seen on GSX 1 and AS 129, or later, something pressed down on the comic and when movement occurred, pulled away the piece, thus the jagged edge. Edited October 13, 2019 by James J Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokiing Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I can see that being the case. If something was sticking to it and pulled away straight up it may have caused the jagged edge. If insect related, you'd think they might like the tender interior pages better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Looks like someone left it alone with their guinea pig for a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krismusic Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 not a expert like the rest but from what I see and can assume I think its a tear or chew as the interior page has a tiny tear on it and the outline of the missing piece might have been caused from the pages pressed together maybe from storage or a press but my guess would be a tear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
