September 13, 1999
Space: 1999 Magazine 4
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Space: 1999 Magazine 4 Universal
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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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3737026002
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Owner:
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Number 6
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This cover features images from a number of episodes including Earthbound, Death's Other Dominion and War Games. This artwork was also used (not sure if legitimately) for an iron-on t-shirt transfer.
This copy was actually a part of a raw lot of issues #1-5 that I purchased off of eBay. The lot was a bit of a gamble as the picture accompanying the listing was simply of the issues propped upright on a rack with no picture of the back covers. This copy had some defects - a very faint bend to the bottom left corner of the back cover, a tiny impact bend to the bottom of the spine, a couple of spine stresses - and I was sure that these would preclude it from a 9.8 but still might be nice enough for a 9.6 with a press.
This was submitted along with the issue #2 for pressing and grading. This copy is the one that I really had my fingers crossed on as there was (and as of this writing, still is) only one 9.8 copy on the census and that copy is currently owned by another member on the Registry. At the time there were no 9.6 copies on the census and the next highest copy was a single 9.4.
The person who did the pressing was unsure of what the results might be for this copy, conservatively estimating the low NM range. So I was very excited to see that it came back as the (for now) lone 9.6 copy on the census.
The press did wonders for the slight bend to the bottom corner on the back cover, but while the bend to the bottom of the spine is gone, there is still evidence of slight impact damage visible on the back cover. And the spine stresses are still clearly visible though they pop more in the pictures than in hand. I was concerned about the ink streak at the top of Koenig's shoulder on the front cover, but thankfully CGC seems to have dismissed it as a printing defect which is what I suspected and hoped.
While not a 9.8 copy, I still feel that this copy was a big "win" for me.
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