Regarding speculation about the cause, I put here a few more images from the same source (a particular ebay seller) that show similar poor scanning results. I somehow doubt this is a light reflection issue...
One theory I have is that patterns present (on closer look) in the original print can cause problems - possibly that the scanner in one section scan between ink spots, and in the next section scans the ink spots. Certain originals are a right pain to scan well. One example is this:
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Originally Posted by Fleabag
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I happen to own the same mag, and I also struggled to scan these images well.