Diaolos Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) Just wondering how much would marvel chipping on the spine affect the grade. See pics If it was not for this I would say book would be an 8.5 Edited November 2, 2020 by Diaolos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Randall Dowling Posted November 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2020 That's not Marvel chipping... Marvel chipping occurs on the opposite side of the book (where it was cut). That's spine wear and it's pretty severe. I'd be looking at 4.0 territory if the rest is 8.5ish. ttfitz, silversurfer275, James J Johnson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Agreed, not Marvel chipping - it looks like possible insect damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 also in the insect damage camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, kav said: also in the insect damage camp. That, or the spine was stuck to something and when pulled away, this was the result. Could have been heat that caused this as well. That entire spine, the bundles of page ends has glue applied to secure the cover. Also, although I've seen many bound volumes of comics, stitched and glued or both, I don't recall ever seeing a bound volume of 80 pagers or other such square-bounds. Could this have been glued into a bound volume and now detached? kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 9.8 JollyComics and snitzer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, James J Johnson said: That, or the spine was stuck to something and when pulled away, this was the result. Could have been heat that caused this as well. That entire spine, the bundles of page ends has glue applied to secure the cover. Also, although I've seen many bound volumes of comics, stitched and glued or both, I don't recall ever seeing a bound volume of 80 pagers or other such square-bounds. Could this have been glued into a bound volume and now detached? i'm thinking spine stuck to something now. that would leave the exact residual glue shapes we see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Lightning55 said: 9.8 I found Dylan's alt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickleRick1216 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Here is a pretty good example of marvel chipping on the right side of my ASM #6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Definitely not Marvel chipping and definitely would hurt the overall grade. It looks like the glue ate away at the paper...or something did. I would think 4.5-5.0 would be the best grade one good hope to get if the rest of the book presented 8.0 ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 The square bound spine is always problematic. I grew up seeing them imperfect but fewest are perfect. The hard core collectors always look for the perfect square bound spines. Not easy to find them. B2D327 and Diaolos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) Looks like it was stacked in a pile and insects got at it from the spine OR Moisture got at it and then something rubbed up against it over the years. But that book was stacked in a pile at one point with others. Edited November 3, 2020 by Buzzetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
