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Forgot one.

Having met Stan Lee and observed his responses, I doubt he cares for any universe, Ultimate, Marvel, DC, etc. He'll sign anything placed infront of him, so it's really a question of whether CGC will yellow label the book, which they will.

Well then, we agree to disagree.

Not trying to start a flame war here folks, but to gain a better understanding. Ultimately (no pun intended), it's your book and you can do as you please. To answer pirate's question, and as I stated earlier, I requested Stan sign my Ultimate books in hommage to him. More importantly, Ultimate Spider-Man #1 was a literal re-telling of the origin of the character Spider-Man and as popular as this title has become and as enjoyable as some of the storylines have been, it's basically a 21st century modernization of Stan Lee's original story. There's my connection. To answer part 2 of pirate's question of how the series are different, besides Stan creating the character, I can't see any other connection which was why I asked my first question. Just trying to understand.

Very nice grade Alex, but can you explain the relevance of Stan's autograph on this particular issue? I know for me, having Stan sign my Ultimate Spider-Mans alongside Bendis and Bagley was my way of paying hommage to the original creator of the Spider-Man character considering Bendis and Bagley were re-creating Spider-Man in the Ultimate universe.

Damn! I always forget my old stuff.

And don't forget, "... Todd McFarlane, who is no slouch himself, but compared to Stan Lee, he's just a blip on the radar screen."

Very nice. For SS books, the grade isn't as important as long as the issue is key and the signatures relevant. For this book, the signatures are definitey relevant and the issue is definitely key.

Just got these back. This one was a little disappointing.

I'm a CGC-approved Signature Series witness.

What I enjoy most about Signature Series books are the stories behind the signings themselves. It could be as simple as being first in line for a creator (who will remain nameless) who showed up "drunk as a skunk". Every so often, my friends who were with me that day, would remind me about that shocked look I had on my face. Another time was when I was walking by the Artisan booth and noticed that Rebecca Romijn-Stamos was signing autographs, unannounced. I sprinted to the CGC booth to get my copy of Mystique #1, sprinted back to Artisan, and ended up second last in line before they cut it off. Meeting the cast of Sin City (Jaime King, Jessica Alba, Frank Miller, Robert Rodrigues, Rosario Dawson) was cool, except for all the crazies trying to get close to Jessica Alba. Meeting Kevin Smith, however umteenth time, has always been a positive experience. Whenever he's asked to only sign two items per person, his reply is consistently, "F--- that! If the people are willing to line up for me, I'll sign everything they have with them." Of course, he stays beyond his scheduled autograph session to ensure that everyone gets done.

You bought a lot from heroesanonymous.

Please, no. Beyonder has a better copy.

Maybe he didn't want Rubinstein.

Very nice. Always happy to hear about additions to Signature Series collectors's collections.

Some Valiants.

Good stuff!

Keeping this thread going.

Jim Lee run on Uncanny ranging between 9.4 and 9.8. All signed by Claremont and Lee.

The odd book here or there. Maybe a Moon Knight #1 by Huston and Finch at the Moon Knight Signing?? There you go, a shameless plug for your event.