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Some days, those recent subway covers aren’t that far removed from the real ones here. :lol:
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
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A couple years ago, I had a difficult time finding a high-grade copy of this issue. Lots of beat-up copies, but few in NM condition unless you wanted to overpay for it. What's strange is all the surrounding issues of Action Comics are fairly easy to find in flawless condition.
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
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A couple years ago, I had a difficult time finding a high-grade copy of this issue. Lots of beat-up copies, but few in NM condition unless you wanted to overpay for it. What's strange is all the surrounding issues of Action Comics are fairly easy to find in flawless condition.
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
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Is it because of all of the white on the cover? For whatever reason, I've always noticed that comics whose covers have a large white background tend to look bad. I'm not sure if it's because the white tends to show grime and scuffs, picks up ink from the back covers of comics stored in front of it, or if the lack of ink makes them more fragile.
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I just had a post on FB the other day that JRJR was good on Punisher and Daredevil, more realistic street comics. Man that cover is not good. I thought the lazy art was just a relatively recent thing for him but nope.
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Tomorrow - 18 April - is Superman Day! And a number of special reprints are being offered, including four golden age sized Action Comics #1 facsimiles. A regular version, a foil, a blank (there always has to be a blank version now), and an homage by Dan Mora. AND, limited to 300 copies, a special CGC-graded gold foil version!!
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...743254446b.jpg I'll be getting the four versions at my LCS tomorrow (fanboy that I am!) and had to have the gold foil too. It won't be available until mid-June, but I already reserved a copy. I'm such a sucker for these things. :lol: |
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
(Post 14584312)
Is it because of all of the white on the cover? For whatever reason, I've always noticed that comics whose covers have a large white background tend to look bad. I'm not sure if it's because the white tends to show grime and scuffs, picks up ink from the back covers of comics stored in front of it, or if the lack of ink makes them more fragile.
This particular issue of Action Comics was released about a year before Crisis. |
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
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Newsstand copies generally start declining in quality by the mid-80s.
Also didn't help that the Silvestri/Green artwork tended to be "scratchy," with lots of fine lines, which was really the style of the 1980s. Thank you Sienkiewicz and Jansen? Even in the construction, older comics felt more solid. Thicker paper, staples tighter and straighter. |
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I know it is Kirby but that almost looks as shitty as my DD HRJR cover up there. :lol:
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"Approved by the Thwip Code Authority"! :lol:
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