- Estimated Grade: Good 2.0
Justification: This comic book shows heavy wear and significant structural trauma that severely impacts its overall value. While the book remains complete and readable, the substantial material loss on the right edge along with extensive creasing restricts this item entirely to the lower end of the grading scale.
- Defects
- Front Cover: Massive chipping, tearing, and significant paper loss along the middle and lower right edge. Heavy color-breaking creases running horizontally and diagonally across the right side. Heavy spine ticks, color chipping along the spine, and severe blunting with creasing on all corners.
- Interior: Severe tanning and dark yellowing concentrated heavily around the page margins. Small edge tears and fraying corresponding to the cover wear.
- Back Cover: Noticeable color fading, heavy surface dirt, and distinct staining along the edges. Visible edge wear, small tears, and corner rounding.
- Condition Assessment
The defects on this comic book are severe and greatly compromise its physical condition. The item has suffered major structural deterioration, highlighted by the jagged chunk of paper missing from the right cover margin and deep color-breaking folds. These flaws drastically reduce the aesthetic appeal and structural preservation of the book. It is a heavily handled, low-grade reader copy that exhibits significant wear from decades of improper storage and frequent use, though it survives as a complete story.