Massive crease lines in latest books

[Paradigm38]

Gots me Harby #11 and A&A #9 with multiple massive crease lines from printers on inner pages. Anyone else run into this too?
I usually never check my pulls that close, but, ...sad. Both issues outstanding however.

[Phoenix8008]

I don't have any of this months books yet, but I've had this problem to a greater or lesser degree in multiple books over the last couple months. I really hope VEI can get this problem straightened out. Some of us can't just flip through them to check before buying them or walk over to the racks and find an undamaged copy. Mine get shipped to me once a month and by then I'm glad to have them despite the damage, but still don't like getting damaged goods.

[betterthanezra]

Not with this batch of books but the damage on the covers has been pretty bad as of late...

-Brian

[chriskay99]

Both of yesterday's books (A&A and Harbinger) were in pretty rough shape. My shop guy tries to art aside the best ones for me but even these were bad. He said most of the Valiant books they've been getting from Diamond are really banged up. Still bought my copies cause I wanted to get to the reading!

[Big Red]

My Bloodshot #9 had a crease on 2 pages.

[Dr. Solar]

I haven't opened up this week's books yet, but they looked pretty slick on the outside. My books from my shop always look pretty good.

[iggy101us]

Yes, cover damage and crease lines/partially folded on only certain inner pages. A&A, Bloodshot, Harbinger.

[hawkeyeps]

Yes I was shocked at the condition, particularly the A&A variant cover, I searched high low and the best copy I could find was VF/NM-.

Entire stacks all with the same defects...Brutal.

I don't like paying $4 for a book that would only sell in a dollar bin due to condition.

I think this is my biggest peave with Valiant right now. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that books are never late so perhaps the part of the process that suffers most is printing. Things may be going to the printer so late there is no time for quality control.

[nycjadie]

I often get stress lines in the books. The covers are also just slightly askew (maybe 1mm), so you can see a sliver of the interior pages from the outside on 2 sides of the books. These seem to be consistent printing problems that I see every week.

[nonplayer]

My harbinger wars #1pull box damaged
The latest Harbinger pull box damaged
Bloodshot on wensday hopefully not damaged!

[Scott M Davis]

My harbinger wars #1pull box damaged
The latest Harbinger pull box damaged
Bloodshot on wensday hopefully not damaged!

i wanted to blame curious for this, but they get in so few copies.. it has to be either printer or diamond.

[nonplayer]

My harbinger wars #1pull box damaged
The latest Harbinger pull box damaged
Bloodshot on wensday hopefully not damaged!

i wanted to blame curious for this, but they get in so few copies.. it has to be either printer or diamond.

If your smart youll do a pullbox subscription. That way they get them and pop them in a bag and board and put the issues in your box. It is 100% not the comic shops. Blame cannnaaadda!
Any news scott on the blood spots? Did you order harby wars 2

[Scott M Davis]

My harbinger wars #1pull box damaged
The latest Harbinger pull box damaged
Bloodshot on wensday hopefully not damaged!

i wanted to blame curious for this, but they get in so few copies.. it has to be either printer or diamond.

If your smart youll do a pullbox subscription. That way they get them and pop them in a bag and board and put the issues in your box. It is 100% not the comic shops. Blame cannnaaadda!
Any news scott on the blood spots? Did you order harby wars 2

I have a pull list at Curious, but they don't bag and board your comics at C3. I added HW2 to my pull that day, as for any other pullers, totally forgot to ask.

[cjv]

My Bloodshot #9 had a crease on 2 pages.

So did mine.

[caniac]

My A&A 8 had a massive crease for the first few pages with one page having a tear in the middle of the page

[hawkeyeps]

My harbinger wars #1pull box damaged
The latest Harbinger pull box damaged
Bloodshot on wensday hopefully not damaged!

i wanted to blame curious for this, but they get in so few copies.. it has to be either printer or diamond.

If your smart youll do a pullbox subscription. That way they get them and pop them in a bag and board and put the issues in your box. It is 100% not the comic shops. Blame cannnaaadda!Any news scott on the blood spots? Did you order harby wars 2

There is a guy at the border that whacks them with a snow shoe as they cross, you're tax dollars at work

[dino]

Hey guys,

We are looking into this. If anyone has seen this damage could you please shoot me a pm with the store name. Thanks!

[Phantom]

CEO of valiant in da house
This is great to see the concern about the condition of the books.

[Elveen]

CEO of valiant in da house
This is great to see the concern about the condition of the books.

I can tell you with all certainty that VEI cares about ALL aspects of Valiant.

[Phantom]

Never doughted it.
All the interviews, and info I have read - looks like Dino is a seriously hard working guy. Yet every photo he has a massive grin on his face.

[caniac]

Hey guys,

We are looking into this. If anyone has seen this damage could you please shoot me a pm with the store name. Thanks!

Beach Book Mart in Atlantic Beach, NC

[iggy101us]

Hey guys,

We are looking into this. If anyone has seen this damage could you please shoot me a pm with the store name. Thanks!

DCBS

[caniac]

PM sent

[Phoenix8008]

Hey guys,

We are looking into this. If anyone has seen this damage could you please shoot me a pm with the store name. Thanks!

Seen this kind of damage in one or two issues each of the last 2-3 months. Got mine from Collecters Paradise which I'm sure isn't at fault. PM sent.

[Shadowman99]

I doubt very much we can point fingers at retailers for this sort of damage, it's almost certainly printing press damage/error for the most part.

Things like cover printing being off by a millimeter I wouldn't notice, but having press runs and tears in the pages does kinda make you go 'aw!' when you first turn that page.

But it's nice to see that Valiant are looking into it, and hopefully it'll be a thing of the past in no time! I'm glad to have only come across this once myself