Nice. Any ink transfer from the back covers to the backing boards while in transit? 
Youāll mean āMarvel Rub?ā
Yes. Not too badā¦but always some transfer.
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No boards were clean. Some were backwards so had to flip em and overs were good.
The front cover of the Avengers/Black Panther timeless variant fell victim to the Marvel Rub this week. Front cover! 
Still picked up a copy that had hardly been affected but man at one store, every copy in the entire stack had significant black ink loss (clearly visible streaks) from BPās chest area on the front cover.
I got a couple of midtown orders in yesterday. Overall, TFAW still seems to supply better quality books. Also, had 1 book severely bent from top to bottom with a massive crease.
I usually jot down a quick, far from professional guess at grades when I order books online. TFAW showed up today. Of the 9 books, hereās what Iām guessing:
3 are 9.8, 2 are 9.6, 3 are 9.4, and 1 is 9.2. Some were pretty rough, but I can never really tell whatāll get 9.8 from CGC. I have a Something is Killing the Children 1 3rd print 9.8, and it has a significant spine tick. I would havenāt given that a 9.4.
Stopped in my LCS today, and nabbed two Darth Vader 6 and a Stillwater 1 2nd, and all three are 9.8 in my book. Just so much easier to find them at an LCS.
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