September 13, 1999
Space: 1999 Magazine 3
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Space: 1999 Magazine 3 Universal
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1287058011
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Owner:
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Number 6
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This cover seems to be somewhat inspired by a scene from the episode Ring Around the Moon.
This is another copy that I purchased already graded from Doug Sulipa.
This is a copy does have a printing defect similar to issue #1 but his time on the back cover: the yellow inks don't reach the top left edge of the back cover. It also seems there's something somewhat similar happening on the front cover where one of the color plates doesn't quite make it all the way to the top edge of the cover.
This is a copy where I'm a little surprised that it achieved a 9.8 grade. There seems to be some scuffing to the middle of the front cover along the spine edge. It's possible though that CGC grades attributed this to being a printing defect and gave it a pass. There also appears to be a number of spine stresses and I can't convince myself that scaling is the reason. Which is to say, because magazines are larger than comics, the defects allowed would be proportionately larger as well.
While I've pointed out the printing defects that show up on this Charlton magazines, I think it's worth noting that out of this entire run, this is the only copy that has a "bad" cover wrap, part of the front cover image appears on the back cover. Maybe it's different with magazines, but considering Charlton's reputation for shoddy printing, this seems like a pretty good track record for cover wraps.
Overall, it's a nice copy that I think presents well considering the predominately dark background but I can't help but feel that perhaps these Sulipa copies were graded during a loose period.
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