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Hellboy Dime Press= Different and New Drawing of Hell Boy, Goon's Avatar illustraed = Material taken from a Finished Goon 1 not yet printed. They are Not the same. A good example would be, Invincible first appearance, see Savage Dragon #102, Master of the Universe #1, and Tech Jacket #1.

Oh, I hear ya. If the Avatar Illustrated is nothing but preview material, I could see this is like a few other books that some sellers have tried to offer as "the real 1st appearance" like John Constantine's appearance in Saga of the Swamp Thing 37 was printed ahead of time in a DC Comics Sampler.

 

But I think TJ is saying there are two pages of stand-alone material that involved dialogue between two key villains. That is different.

 

And with Dime Press 4, it is just the cover with "Hellboy" written below, and the character is not 100% drawn the same as what he would become. That's why some consider it a prototype issue, and SDCC 4 is the real 1st appearance.

 

No, ALL of the images in Avatar Illustrated are from 1st issue of the Goon. The image of GOON with the gun is on page 13 of the 1st issue. The prologue (with Lazlo and the Priest is on page is 1-2 of the 1st issue. The cover page of Avatar illustrated with the GOON's head is a taken from page 13 of the 1st issue of the GOON.

"it is what it is" The famous quote of cgc.. The way I look at it is AI S 98 was published first by 9 months thats almost a yr. It dont state this as a preview or to look for it in 9 months in its own magazine anywhere at all! Nowhere zilch nada! So how do we not know that somebody went back to that book and based the goon off the page from A I S 98

oh yeah I also know that before they made the decision, they were to put a phone call in to Eric himself about the matter. I must had called cgc 50 times in one month before they labeld my 6 books!

Kudos to the following cgc members for quality service and very securly shipped.

carcrawfordfan and PokerKid

thanks so much guys

there is a satan's baby 9.8 up on the bay if someone needs it for their registry...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310148727547&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&salenotsupported

BIG KUDOS TO A CPL OF GENTS creeps AND pinball

FOR ITEMS AS DESCRIBED AND WELL SHIPPED.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH..

anymore copys bubbagump?

whatever you fellas do dont buy it from this user on ebay The Vault Collectibles

I asked him if it was 9.8 condition he said there is no stress marks at all.. i said ok i will bid the book and send it to cgc. he emailed me back and said he cant tell if the book is 9.8 yet he describes it as NM+ MINT I went to bid the book and he blocked me because he is a scam! he knew the book wasnt in 9.8 condition

i need a copy will pay 35.00 plus shipping as long as its 9.8

mschmidt thank you for the books items as described and well shipped

Thats very true! You had to be at the party to purchase! Thanks to JJ i have me a 9.8 signed yellow label copy... just wish these two would appear on the registry!

yeah that was a low print run on both... 1000 each of the two if im my memory is correct...

well if you plan on collecting the #32 variants, they are both very, very, very, very, very hard to get in 9.8 condition... So if you see a 9.8 copy ya better grab it! Cause that copy will only get more expensive as time passes on.. Did I mention how hard they are to score a 9.8 on them? I paid a purty penny for both of my 9.8's about 200.00 each!

kudo's to ArAich and FFCOMICS both for outstanding books and very well packed and shipped... You never have to worry when dealing w/ these first class collector's.

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kudos to Mr.Silvestri for some well packed, safely shipped books.. First class all the way... hope to do business again sometime...

its kinda weird i chased 1 , 2 and 3 for a very long time and I landed all three w/ in the past 7 days from from 3 differant seller's.. #1 was offered to me through an email. Its kinda funny I asked for lucky sevens on the roll of a dice when I picked up #3 from Chris last week in his Goon sales thread. Bam 2 days later #1 was offered.

the chase is over, "YO ADRIAN" I DID IT!

this was my toughest comic challenge.

KUDO'S to LEBOWSKI for super fast shipping and very very well packaged. A+++ ALL THE WAY... THIS TRANSACTION COULDNT HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER!

Kudo's left for cujobyte for super fast delivery and a smooth flawless transaction.. thanks a million. (thumbs u

Goon Registry updated.. I now need Noir #2 cgc 9.8 anybody>>>

mucho's kudo's to jonjesper for the Goon # 32 nashville ss cgc 9.8 sweet book... As always books are shipped super fast and very safely. :banana:

(worship) (worship) MAJOR KUDO'S FOR bghkoyama I don't even know where to begin.. I bought a pretty expensive book from him and I tried to hide this from the wifey... He let me pay a week later and he goes out of the way to throw a 200.00 book in for free... wow.. is this a mistake or for real??? I am a huge Michael Turner fan to begin w/... Brian Thank you so much.. You are a first class guy all the way!! (thumbs u :banana:

to the following 3 peeps for smooth transactions

loboagain, jonjesper and spdreycer

thanks guys.. hope to do business again... (thumbs u

just go to the registry and try to ad them in a slot that does not match the book.. i did that i got an email the next day and they said we have automatically corrected and added to your registry.. so I did it to two other books that had no slots for lady death 10.0s I have and sure enough it works..

so ad DH100 variant and the Nashville variant into the wrong slots and I bet it will be added..he he..