Discuss comic grading and how to evaluate books
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reklaw1973 Posts: 1
5/14/2016
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Hello,
I have a Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #134 that is in pretty good shape. However it looks as if there was an error in the assembly of the book after printing. The book is not cut even close to square, and the top edge of the pages is ragged as if they didn't cut correctly.
At first I wondered if maybe someone tried cutting the book with a paper cutter, but the top edge seems to eliminate this notion. When I look at it, it seems the book's bottom right corner was shifted down when the blades cut the book out. The bottom is too short and uneven, while the top edge extends the yellow ink.
My question is, how much does this decrease the value when grading?
Thanks!
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
5/16/2016
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In theory production damage does not hurt the grade as much as post production. However, I do not subscribe to this line of thinking because most books will come off the line with maybe a minor alignment issue to nothing at all. In this case the blades used in trimming this book were not sharp and that is what has caused the damage. There appears to be an associated tear as well. I would grade the book first like it had been trimmed with sharp blades then drop the grade two from there. If the bad trimming and misaligned cut have further affect the insides in some way, intruding into panels to disrupt the story then I would drop it down even further depending. I can forgive misaligned cuts/wraps and some other production defects only so much and this book is an example where I would not be so forgiving. Ultimately this book should never have made it out of the printer's.
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