Detecting a Counterfeit TMNT #1

[pkveronese]

Hey Guys,

I was looking to buy a 1st print of TMNT #1 and I wanted to get some more info on detecting the counterfeit version of it. Do any of you know anything about this (I googled it, and didn't find anything. Thanks! - Keith

[Pirate]

OS tells you how to look for it right in the listing for #1

[pkveronese]

Hey pirate/everybody,

 

Based on OS, what do you guys think of this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...bayphotohosting

 

The back cover kinda worries me...

[Pirate]

The fact that it's signed i think kills the value (just my opinion). His title is funny "true first issue" I have never seen a counterfeit to compare, i was just going by what OS says. I will read the description tonight and see if i can make any sense of it. The image is kind of bad and the guy has it in the dirtiest protection I have ever seen.

 

Personally i would avoid, but i hate the turtles

[Bronty]

picture is terrible, but at face value it looks real. (a real 1st to third print anyway).

 

I've owned both the counterfeit and the legit... if you can get better pictures out of him (a nice big scan) I might be able to give you some further opinion.

 

Basically the legit version has a shinier black on the cover, and has more of a rounded spine.

 

The counterfeit is a slightly more matte black and has a sharper fold at the spine (more pointed instead of rounded). And the tell tale are the marks on the back cover, which this copy doesn't appear to have, as far as I can see (crappy pic though so who knows).

 

also the sketch looks real and I doubt eastman would sign a counterfeit.

[Solar]

also the sketch looks real and I doubt eastman would sign a counterfeit.

 

My thoughts exactly. I also think it looks real FWIW.

[shadroch]

He might have signed it prior to knowing of the fakes.

I need to see a real and fake one side by side to tell the difference in the black back covers.

Also,I'm not sure but I suspect that dirty covering is there to try to alter the entire color scheme.

Think I'd avoid this in the absence of much better scans.

[B-Smooth]

On the inside cover or the first page it says "second printing" in small letters at the bottom center of that page ,if I remember correctly. Its very easy to just erase this, so look carefully.