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SPAWN 131 - CGC 9.8 I'm nervous when the issue of print runs comes up, and I'd like to say that, while I do have my sources, some people I respect have questioned their veracity. I don't claim to be correct, but I have looked for the best (or only) available information. I'm not an insider. I didn't work at the press. That being said... I remember a bit of lore back in the day about this being the lowest print run Spawn ever, but it's simply not true. What is certain is that there are a lot fewer of these than any of the first 100 issues. The print runs continue to decline as the decade progresses. Still about 8 years or so away from the bottom, however. This is a beautiful cover! I love this issue. I almost picked up another one a few weeks ago at auction, but I got distracted and missed the closing minutes.
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You will have to forgive me. I'm going to take a week or so off. I'm closing on the sale of my home and the purchase of another, and I've just started my literature review and topic proposal for post-grad school. Lots and lots of stuff going on, and I will be without Internet for a few days. I'd go ahead and post 131, but I want to give it the proper commentary, and I'm honestly just pretty tired. Check back in the first full week of June.
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I honestly can't remember if I had them reholdered or not. I know that I was considering having them ALL reholdered when the new "corrected" slabs were released. I think the current design is perfect, and I hope they keep it forever, but I know they wont. Businesses can't seem to learn the whole "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" mantra. Upgrades for the sake of it aren't always necessary or good. Of course, the fact that an obsessed weirdo like me would pay to have them all reholdered is one of the justifications for redesign. Not sure why they were sold on the "pressure" design when there are so many delicate books from the Golden Age out there. For example, I'd hate to trust partially detached covers to those slabs. Like I said earlier, probably the worst moment in the company's entire history. I remember tons of drama.
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SPAWN 125 - CGC 9.8 I haven't looked lately at the census number for any of these books, but I remember this one was extraordinarily difficult to find in grade. Imagine if this comic would have hit the shelves back in the late 80s. Talk about Satanic Panic! This is another example of the older "pressure style" holders. The book looks beautiful without the inner well, but there were questions about the safety of these slabs. Anyone have any updates on how these have held up over the years? Or did everyone panic and get them reholdered?
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SPAWN 121 - CGC 9.8 I remember this issue was extraordinarily hard to track down in grade. Again, super dark cover. I also noticed that this is one of the only newer generation slabs that you will see. In fact, this is the first one. Unless you have followed CGC very closely and consistently throughout the years, you will remember that there were numerous complaints when this generation was first released. If I recall correctly, the book was held in place by "pressure" from the outer slabs. This was one of the biggest, if not THE biggest mistakes, ever made by the company. People were VERY up in arms about the design of these slabs. The scan makes the book look hideous, but this was a super clean copy. Thankfully, the CGC fixed this by going back to a "dual-well" system and all is well. I'm recalling all of this from memory. Feel free to step in and correct me if I'm not remembering it correctly.