Discuss comic grading and how to evaluate books
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comfan Posts: 74
1/29/2018
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I have a Yellow jacket comics #7 printed in January 1946. It has only one staple in the middle of the book with holes or other signs of any other staples. My questions is this a defect or something common of age an if a defect how bad of one?
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2378
1/29/2018
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comfan wrote:
I have a Yellow jacket comics #7 printed in January 1946. It has only one staple in the middle of the book with holes or other signs of any other staples. My questions is this a defect or something common of age an if a defect how bad of one?
Clarification - Did you mean, "no holes or other signs of any other staples"?
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comfan Posts: 74
1/30/2018
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Yes that's what i meant
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Ronbatman Administrator Posts: 2378
1/30/2018
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That would be a production error if there are no other holes in the book. If you were getting it graded by CGC you might request a "qualified" grade. I've seen that before in older books but it's not what I would consider common. I hope that helps.
Ron
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
1/30/2018
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Ronbatman wrote:
That would be a production error if there are no other holes in the book. If you were getting it graded by CGC you might request a "qualified" grade. I've seen that before in older books but it's not what I would consider common. I hope that helps.
Ron
That is a bit of misinformation. There were a number of publishers that only used one staple in the period around and after the war. If the staple is placed in the centre of the spine and no other staple holes are present then it is likely they published with one staple. If the staple is off centre then likely it was a production error. I believe Fawcett's and Timely books of this period were publishers that manufactured their books with one staple around this time.
edited by oxbladder on 1/30/2018
edited by oxbladder on 1/30/2018
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comfan Posts: 74
1/31/2018
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the staple is in the center of the book, sorry to not have clarified that. Thank you for help.
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Oxbladder Posts: 487
1/31/2018
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You may also want to check on other forums such as CBCS or CGC. There are usually a few GA collectors on those forums that should be able to confirm that your book was bound with a single staple or not. I just know enough to say that it was done and confirm a few publishers that practiced it.
EDIT: Scrap that here is a CGC graded copy of that book and ... one staple.
https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/superhero/yellowjacket-comics-7-charlton-1946-cgc-vf-nm-90-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/121320-12475.s#
edited by oxbladder on 1/31/2018
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comfan Posts: 74
2/1/2018
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thanks a lot. glad to know it's not a defect
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