Spawn #1 Error Variant:
No black ink on cover

Image Comics, published Date: May 1992.

This is manufacturing error where no black/key ink was applied:

It is worth noting that there are other copies where there is uneven black on the cover and below is a comparison of 4 different price boxes where there are different levels of black ink applied:

The total lack of black ink is a lot more obvious on the back cover below:

Looking at the center of the back cover for comparison, below are copies with different levels of black ink. The first one is a "normal" copy, the two in the middle have uneven levels of black and the last one has no black ink at all:

Where there is still some black ink present, the label text differs slightly between the two major grading companies as follows:

• CBCS: Manufacturing Error: Manufactured with very weak black ink strike on cover
• CGC (Qualified Grade): Manufacturing Error: Manufactured with uneven black ink on cover

There will certainly be some interest in the error copies with varying amounts of black ink but the copies with no black ink at all on both front and back covers will undoubtedly demand the higher prices, however, very few of these have come to market hence prices could be varied and possibly very high.

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