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Defect Codes:

Ard = arrival date

at = archival safe tape

Apo = ad page out

Bc = back cover

B = browning

Brit = brittle paper

Bri = british

Ce = Canadian edition

C/o = cut out

chp = edge chipping

Cfo = center fold missing

C/c = coupon cutout

Cfl = centerfold loose

Ct = color touch

Cnr = corner

Flk = color flecking

Fc = front cover

Gvaw = Giveaway

Logo = logo cut off

Ls = loose staple

Lc = loose cover

MarCvr = married cover

nn = no number

Ngl = no 3-d glasses

Nis = name inside

Nc = no cover

Noc = name on cover

1/2 = half a page

+1 = one or more than 1

Pb = paperback book

Pc = piece out of

Pg = page

Po = piece out

Pan = panel

Pnch = punch hole

r = minor repair

sc = subscription crease

si = gerber scarcity index

Sos = split on the spine

Spl = staple pull

Spn = spine

sr = spine roll

Ss = split spine

sta = staples

stns = staining

T = clear tape

Tr = tear

Tp = tape pull

wp = white paper

wrap = outer wrap

Wr -writing or scribble

Ws = water stain

BChw = bug chew

Nsta = new staple

Rc = rat chew

* I have abbreviated many artist's names to save space. Usually I just left out the vowels.

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Some percentages of guide we pay for superhero pre-1975

Timely: 70-200%

Atlas: 50 -250%

Coverless golden age comics: 5 -100% of good

Pulps: 20-100%

Incomplete golden age comics: 5-70% of good

Magazines: 20-80%

Harvey: 45-200%

DC golden age: 40-80%

MLJ: 60-200%

Silver Age: 25-100%

Funny animals: 20-60%

Westerns: 30- 60%

Crime comics: 40-150%

War comics: 35-150%

Romance/teen 35-100%

Bronze Age: 20-100%

Golden Age other: 50%-500%

Atomic Age:  50%-200%