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Action Comics #405 - VF (8.0)
Superman - 52 Page Giant!
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An excellently done Neal Adams Superman Cover!!!!!
Also contains an Aquaman and a Vigilante story. Published by DC Comics in 1971.
The cover is smooth, flat, and an awesome reflector of light - about 90% of original cover gloss. A very nice cover due to the lack of light creases; few in number and the ones that are there are at the edges, though of course two light light creases strayed into the area above and below Superman's right shoulder. We had to look for quite a while before we chanced on them. They are small and so light that they do not show up on the supersize picture. What does show up is the tanning at the top and perhaps at the white to the left of the spine line. Some soiling and tanning on the back cover. The interior pages are an off-white to light tan\tan toward the edges, but are still wonderfully supple. The staples are beautifully placed and the cover is well cut with the color extending to spine line, but the spine line is not at the physical spine (seems to be a design flaw of the 52 page format). Squarish corners and very sharp edges. The cover is attached to both staples. Pages are 90% snug to cover? A little confusing to judge since the 52 page format staples are seemingly designed to attach to the back cover and not the front, making the idea of snug to cover odd, because none of the covers are attached the front page anymore. The book lies very flat, with the right lower corner having 3 millimeters of air space. Another oddity of this book is that it has a slight reverse spine roll. The roll is in the back, but is slightly noticeable on the front once you know its there. Some comics are mysteries unto themselves with the reverse roll and the tanning areas you should consider when making your bid on this book. Our overall grade is VF, as its a very nice book and the Neal Adams cover, excellent gloss and lack of creasing make this in our opinion a very desirable book.
Comic Grading - Definition of a Crease.
Crease - A fold which causes ink removal, usually resulting in a white line. This seems to be the sense of what a crease is to Overstreet's Grading Guidelines and most comic graders. We note two categories of creasing in our descriptions, 1) color breaking and 2) non-color breaking.
For a color breaking crease, it must show that white line, though of course the thickness, length, and cover location of the crease are all important factors in how severely the crease actually degrades the cover's impact.
A non-color breaking crease is technically not a crease since it doesn't break color, but to those of us who have spent hours obsessing over our books, it is an interruption in the gloss or how the cover reflects light. Take a smooth unblemished white sheet of paper and press your thumb nail into it several times using varying amounts of pressure. As the paper is white there is no break in color, but depending on lighting and its angle to the paper eventually you would be able to see every point where the nail impressed the paper. Again the noticeability, number, and locations of non-color breaking creases are factors affecting the quality of the cover.
If a cover is generally smooth, this means the non-color breaking creases present are interfering little with the cover's appearance. These kinds of creases range from unnoticeable in normal viewing conditions to very intrusive. A comic must be very carefully handled to avoid leaving these impressions at the edges.
Unfortunately, scans of the covers, even the enlargeable images we employ, do not always fully depict these imperfections. We try to fill in the gaps by offering our estimate of what the Overstreet Grade would likely be, and by giving a detailed written description.
Like most comic buyers and graders we have exchanged thoughts with, we agree that Overstreet Grading Guidelines provide a helpful starting point to access a book's quality, but we all have our own tastes and biases, and sharp disagreements on various books as well as complaints about Overstreet's approach. Different books will impress you differently than they would us, which is why we try to be detailed and factual. We are merely trying to provide our buyers with enough background so the book received satisfies or exceeds the expectations generated by our listing.
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As of this listing over 90% of all issues of Action Comics 282 thru 482, Worlds Finest 115 to 244, & Adventure Comics 300 to 430 & 441 to 454 are in stock. Open to requests for individual issues to list in the store!!!
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We have tried to be precise and reasonable in my grading. However, since grading has many gray areas ... No Condition is guaranteed. No one can catch or describe every flaw, though generally our listings in detail and accuracy surpass 90% of other sellers. Better yet, with enlargeable images for every item you can make sounder judgements about the quality of the item. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or want additional scans via email.
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