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Khoskinssa Posts: 7
3/6/2023
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I'm getting ready to sell my set of X-Factor #1's (all 5 trading cards) when I noticed what looks like a scratch on the cover. It looks like a printing defect because the line is perfectly straight and IDENTICAL on all five copies. Is this going to pose a problem for me trying to sell them? I can't be the only one with covers that look like this; right?
At first I thought it was something on the plastic it's sealed in, but that scratch/line is identical on all 5 of my copies.
TIA!
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collectibleshop Posts: 2334
3/6/2023
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That's X-FORCE, not X-Factor 
a good place to check for that kind of stuff is e***, and use the zoom feature on ones that have good pics. I found several with the scratch, and ones without. So it's a production thing, and likely many have it (like the scratch on Predator #1), but I'd guess that ones without it get a bit higher prices, so you may need to adjust downward a bit, but be sure the mention the scratch of course. good luck with them.
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Khoskinssa Posts: 7
3/6/2023
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collectibleshop wrote:
That's X-FORCE, not X-Factor
HA! Right there in my face, and I still typed the wrong name. 🤦🏾♂️
I made sure to mention the scratch/line in the eBay listing.
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lokyel Posts: 424
3/7/2023
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This issue came with either regular Captain America logo box (black on white, Positive) or with (white on black, Negative) Captain America on the direct edition
or was it a newwstand edition? all of ours are direct and they do not have the line on the cover.
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Khoskinssa Posts: 7
3/7/2023
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lokyel wrote:
This issue came with either regular Captain America logo box (black on white, Positive) or with (white on black, Negative) Captain America on the direct edition
or was it a newwstand edition? all of ours are direct and they do not have the line on the cover.
Hmmm... Mine are all direct with the negative Captain America logo. I wonder how (un)common this defect is.
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collectibleshop Posts: 2334
3/7/2023
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Khoskinssa wrote:
lokyel wrote:
This issue came with either regular Captain America logo box (black on white, Positive) or with (white on black, Negative) Captain America on the direct edition or was it a newsstand edition? all of ours are direct and they do not have the line on the cover.
Hmmm... Mine are all direct with the negative Captain America logo. I wonder how (un)common this defect is.
I'd guess it's pretty common. About 5 million copies were printed, so even a small percentage having that scratch would still mean many are out there. I was collecting then, and I don't recall if my copies had it or if anyone really noticed it back then, but based on the small sample I looked at on e***, I think it's fairly common. I tried some google searches, with 'scratch' and 'line' on the cover for that issue, but didn't come up with anything helpful. you could do a search on the CGC forums and maybe find a thread on it, if you have time to kill and go thru too many search results.
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