Comic Book Collecting

Just wanted to show you a great example of how a comic book
can turn out after it has been prepped.

The comic in questions is a Giant Sized X-Men #1. Sent to me
by a customer who wanted some comic books cleaned and
pressed.

Here is an image of the back cover before prepping:

Take a close look at the spine. It has many creases, indents and
wrinkles (the shaded areas) and to many collectors, this book
would not be considered a viable book to grade.

Let’s see what a little prepping can do for this awesome collector
item. Here is the comic after prepping:

You can clearly see a significant difference in how prepping has
greatly improved the cover and spine. Do take notice that there
is still some minor wrinkling by the form graphic of the back cover.

This does happen, especially with heavy wrinkling and indentation
but does come out sometimes with a second pass. Definitely a
senses-shattering example of how prepping improves the grade
of your book.

This customer will definitely be satisfied!

If this were your comic book, would you be satisfied with the results?

Leave your comments on your thoughts on this topic.

Patrick Whitson

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