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SPAWN 78 - CGC 9.8 Capullo was starting to put out some bangers by this time. The inner well has obviously slid around a little inside the outer well. I was skeptical at first, but I'm super glad the CGC made significant upgrades to the next gen case. I love the current cases though. I hope CGC never changes the design. The older ones were WAY easier to crack out though.

It will be a long time before it's time to post it, but I have a custom, painted Gunslinger on a blank cover that is guaranteed to blow your mind.

SPAWN 77 - CGC 9.8 Gorgeous book all the way around.

Please don't remind me.

SPAWN 76 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN 75 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN 74 - CGC 9.8 - SIGNED BY GREG CAPULLO AND TODD MCFARLANE The masters signed this about a month apart. As usual, hats off to my facilitators. I was always able to window the book for placement, and the artists were usually extremely accommodating. I could even request the color used to sign. I thought this book was begging for a signature, just because it's kind of bare. Lots of black space there to make the colors pop. Two beautiful, super clean signatures! Definitely adds spice to a relatively blah cover.

SPAWN 73 - CGC 9.8 Look at the crazy detail here! I bet "The Heap" was a real beast to draw. Maybe that's why didn't we see too much of him? I think the artwork is really starting to take off here in the 70s. Capullo slowly becoming a master before our very own eyes. Also have to get credit to Danny Miki - THE quintessential Spawn inker, in my opinion.

SPAWN 72 - CGC 9.8 I always liked this cover for some reason. Again, ignore the small line that looks like some sort of subscription crease. It's just a phantom line from my old scanner. Obviously, these issues are all pristine. Sometimes my scans left a little to be desired, however. And I can't exactly go back and scan them now. I'll have a pretty sweet little double signature book for you guys and gals in a few days.

SPAWN 71 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN 70 - CGC 9.8 Look at that cover. Should be easy to find 9.8s of these, right? One fingerprint away from 9.2.

SPAWN 69 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN 68 - CGC 9.8

Looks like Spawn's image in the "I for Image" logo in the upper left-hand corner changed with issue 64. I just noticed. Too bad, I love the original. I wish he would have stuck with it through all 300+ issues.

SPAWN 67 - CGC 9.8 Golden State copy.

SPAWN 66 - CGC 9.8

Nope. Straight in the trash. Well, I did look at first. Probably worthless. My luck? It's worth 10,000 dollars.

SPAWN 65 - CGC 9.8 Here is an interesting cover. Photo from the movie with some embellishment. Honestly, I forgot all about this issue. Certainly not the most desirable in the run, but I guess it has its own allure just because it strays from the par.

Let me know how it turns out! I don't understand why I had such a hard time. A bazillion of these were printed. Definitely NOT the case for 156, however.

I did forget to mention WHY the issue was polybagged. It came with a McFarlane Toy catalog.

SPAWN 64 - CGC 9.6 I just checked the census. I can't believe there are a dozen universals sitting at 9.8. I promise you, back in my day, there were ZERO, and I just couldn't find one. Like I said earlier, it certainly wasn't for lack of trying, and try I did - for years. No dice. The best I could do was this 9.6, which I subbed myself. These were tough because: 1. They were polybagged. 2. Newsprint interior 3. Jet black cover art Don't know what else to say, other than I wish to you know where that I could have landed a 9.8. The only two issues standing between me and a perfect 9.8 or better FULL (and I mean ALL of the variants) run was 64 and 156 (there still aren't any). Oh well. Everyone has their own white whale, don't they?

Coming tomorrow...the ONLY 9.6 book you are going to see in this thread.

SPAWN 63 - CGC 9.8 Seeing all those guns makes me wonder... is he getting ready to fight The Punisher? Cable?

SPAWN 62 - CGC 9.9 - MINT Another one I should have kept! Gorgeous! Unfortunately suffers from the same artifacts as the 9.9 I posted just the other day.

SPAWN 61 - CGC 9.8 Overcompensation?