Action Comics 1 (50c reprint)
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents, fingernail indents, bend at lower right corner, crease on back.
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Action Comics 1 (Nestle Quik reprint)
Problems addressed: Raised front cover at upper-right corner, numerous creases on back at spine.
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Action Comics 1 (Peanut Butter reprint)
Problems addressed: This example had bad spine roll, and some pencil and dirt/rubbing on it.
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We don't have any "before" photos but we cleaned & pressed numerous copies of this book. This is an example.
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Amazing Spider-Man 45
Problems addressed: Spine is raised slightly, numerous creases, two red pencil marks next to right edge on front cover, long red pencil mark below Spider-Man on front cover, dirt on back cover, pencil marks on first inner page.
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Amazing Spider-Man 86
Problems addressed: Spine is raised slightly, numerous spine dents, faint dirt on front cover, several fingernail indents on both covers, some odd tiny circular indents in lower right corner of front cover, significant dirt throughout the back cover, gouge in lower right of red "high school at home" square on back cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 96
Problems addressed: Some creasing in upper left of front cover, numerous spine dents, several indents on front cover, dirt in Spider-Man text, waviness along top edge which continues to back cover, several fingernail indents, dirt on back cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 103
Problems addressed: Numerous significant spine dents, abrasion at bottom of spine and onto front cover, numerous indents on both covers, dirt throughout white backgrounds of both covers, water damage at lower right corner of front cover, edge deflection along bottom edge of front cover, numerous mysterious liquid residue (with raised texture) on back cover, bad rippling near top edge of back cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 125
Problems addressed: Many indents on both covers, pretty significant spine dents, spine dents leading to deep creases on back cover, fair amount of dirt on back cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 (direct)
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents, numerous indents on both covers.
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 (newsstand)
Problems addressed: Raised spine, numerous spine dents, numerous indents on both covers, a few jagged creases on both covers.
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Amazing Spider-Man 252 (CGC)
Problems addressed: Faint scuffs in slab, Newton's rings in slab at Spider-Man's mid-section.
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Amazing Spider-Man 300
Problems addressed: Spine dent around halfway down, slightly raised cover at lower left corner on front cover, cover bends downwards at lower left and top edge on back cover.
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Amazing Spider-Man 365
Problems addressed: Ding at lower right corner on front cover, significant amount of dirt on back cover. Also, this is a good example of how we can safely clean and press books which have hologram insets, as the hologram didn't get damaged at all from our cleaning and pressing.
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The Authority 1
Problems addressed: Numerous spine ticks, numerous indents on both covers, crease at upper right corner on front cover.
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Batman 426
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents, numerous indents on both covers, numerous creases on both covers.
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Batman 655
Problems addressed: Back is puffy all along spine, indent in upper left section of back cover, ding at bottom of spine.
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Batman Adventures 12
Problems addressed: Several bad spine dents, numerous fingernail indents on back cover.
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Battlestar Galactica 1 (direct)
Problems addressed: Significant downward bend throughout entire book at upper-right corner of front cover, numerous indents on both covers, tape residue in upper-left area on back cover.
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Battlestar Galactica 1 (newsstand)
Problems addressed: Severe water damage throughout, deep grooves in both covers as well as pages due to water damage, many indents in covers, several spine dents.
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DC Comics Presents 47
Problems addressed: Several edge nicks on front cover, numerous spine dents, a fingernail indent on front cover, a couple fingernail indents on back cover, dirt throughout both covers, long crease at bottom of back cover.
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DC Comics Presents 60
Problems addressed: Numerous faint spine dents, spine bends upwards, waviness along bottom edge and continues through entire book, bad ding at lower-right corner of front cover and continues through entire book, deep creases at lower-left corner of front cover, a few fingernail indents on front cover, couple grime spots on back cover near top edge, bad creases at lower-right corner on back cover.
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Detective Comics 27 (Loot Crate reprint)
Problems addressed: This example had a couple fairly deep crease lines on front cover caused by pressing up against a polybag seam from another polybagged copy.
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We don't have any "before" photos but we removed each copy from its polybag, and cleaned & pressed numerous copies of this book. This is an example.
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Detective Comics 27 (Nabisco Oreo reprint)
Problems addressed: This example had a wavy front cover, and some pencil and dirt/rubbing on both covers.
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We don't have any "before" photos but we cleaned & pressed numerous copies of this book. This is an example.
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Eternals 2
Problems addressed: Dirt throughout all of the white title lettering on front cover, an actual bootprint on back cover, as well as lots of dirt on back cover, and a very bad crease on back cover.
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Flash Rebirth 1
Problems addressed: Several grime spots on front cover, numerous indents on both covers.
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Giant-Size X-Men 1
Problems addressed: Bad damage at upper-left corner on front (torn cover which cannot be fixed, rippled top edge), numerous indents throughout, waviness on back cover, damage on front which runs through entire book, dirt next to spine on back cover.
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Impel X-Force 3 (Deadpool "rookie" trading card)
Problems addressed: 3 bad crease indent lines, one of them also bending the card, and the horizontal indent line very significantly deep into the card, all caused by the polybag's seal line.
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Incredible Hulk 102
Problems addressed: Slightly warped along spine, significant color-breaking ding at upper left corner, nick along top edge, creasing near right edge, faint grime spots in lower right corner of front cover, significant dirt on back cover.
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Incredible Hulk 181
Problems addressed: Faint dirt in HULK lettering, spine is raised, bottom edge is raised, numerous indents throughout both covers, several spine dents, waviness and edge nicking along entire bottom edge on back, bad crunch at lower right corner at spine on back, mysterious discolored grime near top edge on back (no attempt to tackle this because the liquid was embedded into cover and also penetrated into the inside of back cover), some dirt throughout back cover.
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Invincible Returns 1
Problems addressed: Bad crease in lower right of front cover which continues into the book a few pages, several fingernail indents on front cover, bad grime spot a few pages into the book.
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Legends 1
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents, numerous indents, long bad deep diagonal waves on front cover, numerous indents on back cover.
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Lone Wolf And Cub 1
Problems addressed: Serious ding in upper right corner which carries thru entire book, ding at lower left corner on back cover.
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Marvel Spotlight 28
Problems addressed: Numerous bad spine dents on back, significant dirt throughout back cover, several fingernail indents on front cover, numerous fingernail indents on back cover.
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Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man 1
Problems addressed: Numerous indents on front cover, bend at upper right corner, ding at bottom of spine.
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Moon Knight 1
Problems addressed: This example had a spine roll, dirt/rubbing on the Moon Knight character and his cape on front cover, and also dirt/rubbing throughout the entire back cover.
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We don't have any "before" photos but we cleaned & pressed numerous copies of this book. This is an example.
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Mystery In Space 90
Problems addressed: Raised spine, numerous spine ticks, numerous indents, apparent sun damage, dark tan shadowing on inside covers.
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New Mutants 98
Problems addressed: Numerous fingernail indents throughout both covers, a few spine dents.
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Predator 1
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents on front and back covers, bad grime spot and fingerprint near right edge around halfway down, creases in lower right corner, deep vertical gouge in bottom starting at bottom edge, waviness along top edge on back cover going through several pages of the book, fingernail indents on both covers.
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The Punisher 1
Problems addressed: Dark water stain running along spine starting at top edge touching both front and back covers, many deep creases going through entire book, many indents on both covers, numerous spine ticks, raised spine, book doesn't lay flat, significant amount of dirt on back cover.
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Samurai Santa 1
Problems addressed: A few spine ticks, creasing at upper right corner on back cover.
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Sandman 1
Problems addressed: Dirt in white title lettering on front cover and dirt throughout entire back cover.
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Secret Wars 1
Problems addressed: Raised spine, spine ticks, some dirt on front cover near spine, numerous nicks/indents on front cover near top edge, numerous indents and creases on back cover, numerous grime spots on back cover.
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Secret Wars 8 (direct)
Problems addressed: A few fingernail indents on both covers, crease at upper left corner of front cover, a few spine dents on back cover, pinching next to spine on back cover.
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Secret Wars 8 (newsstand)
Problems addressed: A few fingernail indents on front cover, a few spine dents.
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Someone Is Killing The Children 1
Problems addressed: Several indents on back cover.
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Sonic The Hedgehog 1
Problems addressed: Numerous creases, pinching near spine.
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Spider-Verse 1
Problems addressed: Bad ding to top of spine, slight waviness throughout the book.
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Spider-Woman 1
Problems addressed: Numerous fingernail indents, group of grime spots through "O" of top "SPIDER-WOMAN" text, dirt on back cover.
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Star Wars 42
Problems addressed: Deep waviness and rippling throughout entire book, numerous water stains with tide lines on both covers, significant dirt on both covers.
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Tales Of Asgard 1
Problems addressed: Book slightly bent upwards along spine, significant dirt throughout back cover.
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Venom (AMC Movie)
Problems addressed: Bad creases through entire book, fingernail indent on front cover, creases at top of back cover, numerous grime spots on back cover.
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Werewolf By Night 33
Problems addressed: Severe spine roll, dirt and creases throughout both covers.
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West Coast Avengers 45 (direct)
Problems addressed: Entire book significantly bent upwards below bottom staple, numerous indents on both covers.
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West Coast Avengers 45 (newsstand) [copy 1]
Problems addressed: Numerous spine dents, dirt throughout both covers.
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West Coast Avengers 45 (newsstand) [copy 2]
Problems addressed: Raised spine, numerous spine dents, numerous indents on both covers.
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What If 10
Problems addressed: A few faint spine dents, slight crease in upper right corner, vertical crease line near right edge, front cover bends slightly downwards at right edge, staples indent into front cover and badly into back cover, dirt along spine and on back cover especially heavy around staples, crease at upper left corner on back cover.
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Wolverine 88
Problems addressed: Outline of mail-in insert pressed into both covers.
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X-Men 87
Problems addressed: Extreme raised spine, extensive dirt on back cover.
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X-Men 142
Problems addressed: Dirt in white title lettering and throughout front cover, long vertical dark stripe near spine on front cover (no we didn't completely remove it, but we couldn't due to fear of pulling color off the cover), dogeared corner on back cover, very significant dirt on back cover, numerous creases on both covers.
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X-Men 266
Problems addressed: Dark stain along top edge at spine (wrapped to both front and back covers), dirt in white title lettering on front cover, significant dirt along spine on back cover, numerous fingernail indents on both covers.
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