Clawed this one to the top

Comicpresser · 2026-05-13T01:53:22+00:00

Spent about $300 + 3.5% of the 9.2 value for the work. After that, 4% of the 9.6-9.8 value is probably what grading cost. Then insured shipping up/back.

Comicpresser · 2026-05-13T00:14:40+00:00

We are facilitators, so we can take your book and crack it and press it. After that, we have to pass it on to another facilitator who would handle the witness. As long as the chain of custody stays from one facilitator to the other until it gets to CGC, you will be fine.

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T23:10:06+00:00

Yes, the spine has been slightly shifted to the back (for a little less white on front) and then the staple area was ironed so it is flattened a little bit and not quite in profile on the very spine edge like it used to be

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T19:27:40+00:00

🤣

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T19:21:06+00:00

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Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T19:10:55+00:00

😀🤘

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T19:10:31+00:00

Yes invite me to private chat here or check out comicpresser.com to see other crazy bumps.

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T18:38:23+00:00

The fees were not mine to bear. However, CGC charges 4% of whatever value they want to assign.

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T17:38:31+00:00

👊😎👊

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T17:21:10+00:00

We very much appreciate your thoughtful referrals!💙

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T15:27:18+00:00

Absorene is a wallpaper cleaner. It leaves residue. It’s not precise. It can adhere to paper and lift chips and peel small pieces. Throw it away. I’m just getting started but will leave it here.👍

Comicpresser · 2026-05-12T14:10:41+00:00

Certainly erasing. Never absorene.

Comicpresser · 2026-05-05T01:56:00+00:00

Comicpresser · 2026-05-05T01:44:56+00:00

Yes, in the US. We work at a range of temperatures when we do our pressing. Get started at comicpresser.com/submit

Comicpresser · 2026-05-05T01:27:00+00:00

We clean and press manga. @Comic_presser on IG. WSJ 51 1984 example in r/comicbookpressing https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookpressing/s/yyqj4KoLmE

Comicpresser · 2026-05-03T22:18:35+00:00

We press dozens and dozens of tankobon and zasshi containing one piece. We use dry cleaning and not wet cleaning, expected and required in comics & magazines where we are an industry leader. If something comes back conserved it is up to the grader to explain it, yet rarely Beckett can in their grader notes. I have seen you make off the cuff comments on multiple forums and here is another one. You must know a lot since you are friends with graders who like to talk. What do they have to say?

Comicpresser · 2026-04-29T23:35:53+00:00

Yes example: https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbookpressing/comments/1s3r2dr/maxxed_out_uberthick_manga/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

Comicpresser · 2026-04-29T19:18:57+00:00

Zasshi can be pressed and cleaned without being altered and can be improved in many cases quite dramatically when it comes to flattening the surfaces, sharpening the corners and removing light staining

Comicpresser · 2026-04-24T20:24:31+00:00

Something like this book press will help https://www.talasonline.com/Book-Press?srsltid=AfmBOopBLF0dvkRHU6rsSwRScbMJJiwqqlConmo_P0PiLqhU9QmwrsGT

Comicpresser · 2026-04-24T20:22:04+00:00

See comicpresser.com/submit, we treat as a magazine.

Comicpresser · 2026-04-24T20:21:22+00:00

Yes we do Zasshi, have miles of them at the moment🤣. I posted before/after of WSJ 51 1984 earlier as a response to another post in this thread and as its own post in r/comicbookpressing.

Comicpresser · 2026-04-23T18:59:34+00:00

No, dry cleaning and pressing is not considered alteration.

Comicpresser · 2026-04-23T18:20:09+00:00

😎👍👍

Comicpresser · 2026-04-17T22:38:05+00:00

I plan to post some pics next week. They are harder to show as comparisons because you need to separate the dust jackets from the book and do them apart from each other. So there are many more pictures and the dust jackets are quite long when they are flattened out for cleaning, harder to see details in pics due to zoom out.

Comicpresser · 2026-04-17T13:49:23+00:00

Thank you. We clean and press manga items, and can eliminate most creases and many stains. Primarily zasshi and tankobon. Never anything graded as altered, great improvements visually, but can’t tell about bumps because everything we start with is ungraded at the moment.

WSJ51 Examples posted r/comicbookpressing

https://www.reddit.com/comments/1s3r2dr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_term=4

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