• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Need help with Comic Production Flaw
0

Started by JeffJohn123,

12 posts in this topic

JeffJohn123

JeffJohn123

Posted
Posted

I started going through all my books the other day, and i have found something interesting that I wanted to ask about. I've got 2 books, Flash 165 & 222 which both have the same thing. From what i can gather they are sort of frankenstein books, technically they are married, but as it's part of the printing process I believe they are still blue label. From what I can gather they are put together from two or more scrap copies in the production process to fulfill orders. Each book has two sets of staples, one which acts as normal, and another that just pierces the interior pages and doesn't touch the cover. I know that there is a term for them but can't for the life of me remember, I'd like to look them up to learn more about them, does anyone know anything about them or what they are called?

Attached are some pictures of the 222. This isn't just my opinion btw, I messaged the guy who does the pressing on the books i send to CGC, and he was the one who told me that, as apparently he had pressed a few before but he couldn't remember what that specific type of thing was called. Any help is much appreciated.

1.jpg

2.jpg

3.jpg

4.jpg

5.jpg

6.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
theCapraAegagrus

theCapraAegagrus

Posted
Posted
19 minutes ago, JeffJohn123 said:

I'm not asking anyone to verify it, just wondering if anyone has seen this sort of thing before.

Regarding this: "...From what i can gather they are sort of frankenstein books, technically they are married, but as it's part of the printing process I believe they are still blue label..."

I don't think it's Universal-eligible. I don't see this as a "production defect".

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JeffJohn123

JeffJohn123

Posted
  • Author
Posted
1 minute ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Regarding this: "...From what i can gather they are sort of frankenstein books, technically they are married, but as it's part of the printing process I believe they are still blue label..."

I don't think it's Universal-eligible. I don't see this as a "production defect".

It doesn't particularly bother me, it's only 4.0-4.5 so never going to get it graded, just wanted to ask and see if anyone had ever seen anything similar, has to be others as I have this on two books in my collection bought from different people several years apart.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Lazyboy

Lazyboy

Posted
Posted
8 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

I don't think it's Universal-eligible. I don't see this as a "production defect".

It is.

11 hours ago, JeffJohn123 said:

I know that there is a term for them but can't for the life of me remember, I'd like to look them up to learn more about them, does anyone know anything about them or what they are called?

It has no special name (at least not that I've ever heard or seen).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
RockMyAmadeus

RockMyAmadeus

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, Lazyboy said:
11 hours ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

I don't think it's Universal-eligible. I don't see this as a "production defect".

It is.

14 hours ago, JeffJohn123 said:

I know that there is a term for them but can't for the life of me remember, I'd like to look them up to learn more about them, does anyone know anything about them or what they are called?

It has no special name (at least not that I've ever heard or seen).

It's very common, and doesn't affect the grade. It's what happens when a copy misses the cover in the process, so they feed it through the binding section again and add a cover.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
0
Go to topic listing