The Bug
Black Hole (Fantagraphics) 6
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Black Hole 6 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3847395003
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Owner:
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Qalyar
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This entire series has a problem in terms of production. These books have thick cardstock covers that abound with manufacturing issues. Folding the semi-gloss printed covers around the books invariably cracks the ink along the spine. Worse, the blades used at Fantagraphics's printer (and Kitchen Sink's before them, frankly) were rarely up to the task of cleanly slicing the heavy stock, so bindery tears at the top and bottom of the spines are common. But this issue seems to have gotten the worst of it. I've seen copy after copy where what started as a bindery tear (mostly at bottom, but sometimes at both ends) has propagated upward, effectively creating an "almost spine split" that extends through about three-quarters of the thickness of the cover stock. That isn't a problem unique to #6, but it's probably at its most pervasive here. I imagine that someone at the printer or at Fantagraphics finally noticed and took some action.
Comichron recorded 5302 ordered copies for this issue.
I'd love to have all these books in 9.8, but I'm just glad that I finally found a sound copy of this issue.
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