The cover was always closed except a couple of times while I was experimenting.  Since they look like light leaks, I even put my jacket over the scanner, no luck.  Looking at three separate scans, the streaks are all in the same place.  It's a hardware problem, I'll probably have to open the sucker up and clean the scanning bar or whatever it's called.  Sorry for highjacking the thread.

Here is a much nicer scan of the JB page I bought recently.  Having Mr. Byrne's signature means a lot to me, as he was my first 'favorite' artist when I became old enough to realize that someone actually had to write and draw these things (ca.1970's Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men).

I bought this piece because it reminds me of what it was like to read comics when I very first discovered them.  I'd have loved seeing this at the drug store on a Saturday afternoon with my Dad.  My pals and I so wished he'd draw Superboy!