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Ditto 100%. Sad :-(

The New York Times is reporting it: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/arts/design/walking-dead-ending-comic.html

I love SS books. I have about 100. All of my books are listed in the CGC Registry. There is a small symbol in column #5 of the Registry which is presented when a book has one or more photograph/s, and a second symbol when a book has notes. Q. Is it possible that CGC could add a third symbol in column #5 (or elsewhere) to denote a Signature Series book?

Ryan, I believe we've both had our say, and expressed our views. I have nothing to add. Kind regards Stephen

Hello revat, Thank you for taking the time to reply. I will be submitting a batch of 25 for grading this week. Three of these have unwitnessed signatures on the covers. How would I indicate to CGC that I would prefer a BLUE label at lower grade (as you have described) than the GREEN label? There was no place to indicate this on the on-line submission form that I could see. Kind regards Stephen

The covers for #194 and #195 are on Charlie's FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/CharlieAdlard/

Whatever happens Ryan, I will (try to!) collect those 200+ editions in due course. I will list them in the "main" Complete with Variants set where they are already present (you might know that I helped Mollie to create the correct listing of the #1 store editions). If CGC decides to create your two new sets, I would set up competitive sets and add mine / duplicate my listings there too. That was not the point I was making. It is not a "size" thing. The Survivors Guides are unique, and not duplicated elsewhere, despite being just 4 comics. Likewise, Italian editions (etc.) are unique and not duplicated. I want to collect them. If others don't want to compete, they don't have to. You say "there are hundreds of sets that already exist in the registry that do not need to exist because they already exist in 'complete with variants' sets." For me, I feel that this creation of duplication was a mistake, and creates work for Mollie. I agree with you (if that's what you said) that these endless set duplications do not need to exist. I'd like to see the TWD sets remain unique and un-divided, instead of infinite sub-sets of duplicates (as there are as you say "hundreds of" in other series). Kind regards Stephen

Hi ExNihilo, I have a few pre-signed books I'd like CGC-slabbed too. This short answer helped me a lot. Can you suggest/estimate what the grade drop might be on a blue label for a signature / "a name" written in sharpie on the cover? Thank you in anticipation of your help. Regards Stephen

Ryan, Mollie I'm not so sure about this. All of these variants are already in the existing Complete with Variant sets. I don't see any value in breaking them out to make these two new sets. If this WAS a good, idea, we could progress as a result to an almost infinite number of sets - odd numbers, even numbers, #1-100, #49-100, #101-xxx, editions with and without walkers on the cover, editions with and without Letter Hacks, and so on and so on. Sorry, Ryan - I'm against this. Let's just have, collect and enjoy non-repetitive TWD sets! Kind regards Stephen I have no problem making any sets that make sense and that are within reason. There are a billion repeating sets in the Registry... His request seems fine to me.

There will also be a #192 'Commemorative Edition' coming shortly to add to the Complete with Variants set - please, Mollie. Regards Stephen

I love SS books. I have about 100. All of my books are listed in the CGC Registry. There is a small symbol in column #5 of the Registry which presents when a book has one or more photograph/s, and a second symbol when a book has notes. Q. Is it possible that CGC could add a third symbol in column #5 (or elsewhere) to denote a Signature Series book?

I had a look at some of your books in the Registry last night. You have some AWESOME books in your TWD set! I agree with you - that #2 with the fine sketch is very nice.

I know the story of the one up for ages (8000 GBP or 10000 GBP, I recall). I was sold privately within a batch of slabbed comics. Same guy I bought my 9.8SS Survivor Guides from. I will go for it if I see one for sale. If you see same, I'd be pleased for a heads up. Cheers, Stephen

This comic is SUPER-rare - just 25 of. One showed up on eBay two years ago (just after it was released). I thought I'd get if for 1000 GBP, but I was outbid. I'd still love one now :-)

Mollie, I have just acquired 1-57 of: The Walking Dead (Italy) and ask that you create a set for me to add them to, as follows: #1: First Print, Second Print, Third Print, Lucca Comics Variant (2012), Zombie Walk Verona (2012), Free Promo, 10th Anniversary / Lucca Comic Con #2 - 10 #10: Falcomics Variant (2013) #11-12 #12: Lucca Comics and Games Variant (2013), Lucca Comics and Games Error (2013) #13-18 #18: Napoli Comic Con (2014) #19-24 #25: 16 variants (suggest A-P) #26-27 #27: Website Variant, Zombie Walk Venice Variant (2015) #28-30 #31: Cover A, Cover B, SaldaPress Variant (Naples Comic Con) #32: Cover A, Cover B #33: Cover A, Cover B #34: Cover A, Cover B #35: Cover A, Cover B #36: Cover A, Cover B #37-43 #43: Adlard at Lucca Variant (2016) #44-57 That's it. Thank you, Mollie. Regards Stephen

I love my new purchase. Do you? Signed sketch of The Governor by RK. A good job he found TM and CA to do the comic book art, eh?

I agree completely with Catwomancomics. To err is human. To fail to respond to the facts once known is unacceptable. The buyer has rights when he/she relies on the sellers assurance. eBay and/or your credit card company will help you. Good luck.

Indeed. Bring on June!

I hear there’ll be some surprises for us in #192, June 5th (the last issue of volume 32)...

Mollie Thank you for adding these. Please can you move the TWD --script Book to below issue 189 so as not to interrupt the main 1-189 run (it is presently showing below the 184 variant). Thank you, Stephen

Trust me. I have been blamed for much worse : - ) I just still think its fun that this is the scene in series 9 of a zombie apocalypse series that we (three) find so unbelievable..... Tee hee... And ditto (Ryan) - can't wait for the next instalment...

This seems an important enough issue for NASA to have taken a look at it; see http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nas... Apparently, terminal velocity of a human body is about 53 meters per second. That is, if you free fall, that is as fast as your mass to air resistance will allow you to fall. Acceleration occurs up to that point; after 3 seconds you are going 1/2 terminal velocity. After 8 seconds about 90% of terminal velocity. So, assume 6 seconds of fall at 1/2 the terminal velocity rate = 26 m/sec. 6 x 26 is over 150 meters; about 500 feet give or take. You are almost certainly dead... many decimal places into the 99th percentile. Up to about 12m/sec you will likely survive. So you can fall for maybe up to nearly 2 seconds and have a good hope of surviving. That sounds like maybe 20-25 feet or 6-8 meters. Did Beta fall about that far, or further? A 3-second fall is probably fatal if landing on a hard surface like the top of a lift car. The middle would probably be a normal distribution between survival and death between 7 meters and, say, 25-30 metres where you would virtually always die.

Hi Molly, Please add to the Walking Dead (2003) & Walking Dead (2003 Complete with Variants) Registry sets the following issue(s): Walking Dead #185 Walking Dead #185 Variant Cover (Sienkiewicz) Walking Dead #186 Walking Dead #186 Variant Cover (Sienkiewicz) Walking Dead #187 Walking Dead #188 Walking Dead #189 Thank you, Stephen

I found myself thinking "no-one could survive such a fall". Then I realised how ridiculous it was that this had surprised me so much in a show about zombies....

No way did you seek and find all that in two hours! Completely, 100% interesting. Keep up the good work! Cheers Stephen