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And the final piece of the puzzle. I got this book last. Purchased from Roy here on the boards.

Issue 12 was a pain for a while. There were only 3 9.8s through the latter part of 2017. Now there are 9.

Issues 10-19 only have one issue with 10 or more 9.8s (#11). Issue #15 was one of the few issues I submitted. I believe there were only 2 9.8s when I had it graded. There are now 4 copies.

I should add that issue 26 is another that is difficult in high grade. 3 9.8s, 5 9.6s, 2 9.4s. Much lower totals than surrounding issues.

negative on the variants.

Last ones for today. Final 25 tomorrow, hopefully.

First Bounty Hunter cameo, and first full Bounty Hunter. I can feel the jealousy!

Here you go! Last one in this box and definitely a great cover.

So, issues 42 and 48 both had 5 or 6 9.8s when I started putting the run together. I just never saw then come up for sale or auction anywhere. I didn't even see a ridiculously priced BIN anywhere for either one of the. I finally reached out to another set holder that had both of them and hadn't updated his set in a while. We went back and forth for quite a while, but he agreed to sell me his two copies. I don't think he was still the collecting the run. These were the 2nd and 3rd to last pieces of the puzzle.

#48 was no picnic. More on that in a bit.

Issue 58 is also tough to find with 3 9.8s and 8 9.6s.

Issue 61- Here's where we see an issue that is just inexplicably more difficult to get in high grade than the issues around it. For the two issues before and after 61, they average 16.25 9.8s each and 11.5 9.6s each. Issue 61 has 3 9.8s and 4 9.6s. I asked around, and nobody had anything. I was able to find a double cover 9.4/9.6 at a local shop. When I started looking for these, there was only one graded. Now there are three.