In my quest to put together sets of s/s (and what I really dig are the sets that I can get different creator sigs)....I started on mini-series from the 1980s recently.
Gargoyle, while easy to find, I swear getting HG copies has been impossible.
I had two sets in my OO collection, and I always thought the dark covers on these made them so tough to get 9.8.
I've been working on (the last 2 years) Sword of Solomon Kane 1-6, Amazing High Adventure 1-5, Cloak & Dagger 1-4, Ray Bradbury Chronicles 1-5, Nick Fury VS SHIELD 1-5, Punisher 1-5, etc....and what I've been trying to focus on more is the cover artist sigs above all else.
I'll have a complete 9.8 set of Solomon Kane after this week (thanks to Dan Green and Frank Cirocco), once I get Dave McKean this summer I'll have a full Bradbury set....but this Gargoyle set was sketchy for me.
I couldn't for the life of me figure out the cover artist on #2 was, till it came back as BILL SIENKIEWICZ. Comicbookdb.com lists the artist as Jon Muth. As well as stating the Dan Green did the cover art for 3 and 4. But when I gave Dan the books to sign, he said he didn't do the cover art on #4. And the CGC label only lists Mark Badger as the interior artist.
So if anyone knows who painted the cover to Gargoyle #4, LMK.
That being said...census records these as the only graded s/s copies!
All signed by writer J.M. DeMatteis and two out of four cover artists..in a few months, I'll be adding Bill S. to #2.
A nice compliment to this set would be The Demon #1-4 by Matt Wagner :think:
s/s DeMatteis & Bernie Wrightson (cover art)