Post Your ONE-OF-A-KIND CGC SS books, or lone top census CGC SS books! 21 21

[Tony G 1000]

On 5/15/2024 at 6:52 PM, eastbayrudy said:

Cool and you got a full sig! 

Thanks, I think it came out great!  I thought that Toons magazine was a good choice to send in, as I didn’t expect there to be many other copies sent in.  Turns out I was right.  With that one and the Wizard #50, I sent those in thinking I might sell one or both of them.  But they turned out so good that I changed my mind!  At least for now.

[Jose2099]

Commissioned by me. Cutouts by Mike Lamb aka The Slice and Dice Artist.

[DELTA 62]

The only Signature Series on the census!

I also have two 9.8 copies signed by Larry Hama of the variant of this book, but since they tied for highest grade they unfortunately don't qualify for this thread.

CGC Census - Search Results

Title G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero: Larry Hama Cut Issue No. 1 Issue Date 11/23 Year 2023 Publisher Image/Skybound Country   Key Comments Reprints G.I. Joe, A Real American, Hero #1 (6/82). Art Comments Herb Trimpe & Bob McLeod cover

Country/Variant -   Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored See Detail   Total Mint   10.0 0 0 0 0   0 Mint   9.9 7 0 0 0   7 Near Mint/Mint   9.8 113 0 1 0   114 Near Mint +   9.6 2 0 0 0   2 Near Mint   9.4 0 0 0 0   0 Near Mint -   9.2 0 0 0 0   0 Very Fine/Near Mint   9.0 0 0 0 0   0 Very Fine +   8.5 1 0 0 0   1 Very Fine   8.0 0 0 0 0   0 Very Fine -   7.5 0 0 0 0   0 Fine/Very Fine   7.0 0 0 0 0   0 Fine +   6.5 0 0 0 0   0 Fine   6.0 0 0 0 0   0 Fine -   5.5 0 0 0 0   0 Very Good/Fine   5.0 0 0 0 0   0 Very Good +   4.5 0 0 0 0   0 Very Good   4.0 0 0 0 0   0 Very Good -   3.5 0 0 0 0   0 Good/Very Good   3.0 0 0 0 0   0 Good +   2.5 0 0 0 0   0 Good   2.0 0 0 0 0   0 Good -   1.8 0 0 0 0   0 Fair/Good   1.5 0 0 0 0   0 Fair   1.0 0 0 0 0   0 Poor   0.5 0 0 0 0   0   Total 123 0 1 0   124

[RockMyAmadeus]

[MultiSig Mike]

On its way to NJ from FL as I speak...er, type. I submitted 2 copies. This 9.6 is the lone top census CGC SS book. The other is a 9.4.

[RockMyAmadeus]

 

[Jose2099]

Another book by Mike Lamb aka the Slice and Dice artist.

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 6/5/2024 at 4:58 PM, Jose2099 said:

Another book by Mike Lamb aka the Slice and Dice artist.

Edited June 6 by RockMyAmadeus

[The Man Without Beer]

[WDBill]

The Legacy of Superman #1 2nd print
Only census signed copy.

 

[scburdet]

Thought this one might come in as high as 8.0, but not really the point. The Mexican edition (6 months later) of Chamber of Darkness 4 with the barbarian prototype for Conan. Note, the discoloration on the title is an ink transfer from the comic packed next to it. There is a store/distribution stamp on the back cover that was presumably on the entire shipment. CGC book sets the limit of that at 8.0.

Edited June 25 by scburdet

[revat]

On 6/25/2024 at 11:45 AM, Sellers84 said:

It’s not the top one, but the Marv remarque makes it unique.

 

This thread is LITERALLY JUST FOR THE TOP 1, per CGC Census

[Ron C.]

[Landon]

Category I: lone top census SS books

[Landon]

Category I: lone top census SS books. There were only 13 of these produced in 2014. If I remember right, each book cover was a different color scheme. Mine is the lavender. The only other book graded was a yellow scheme (saw it on eBay several years ago). It was a 9.6. Mine is the highest SS but is listed in the restored category even though it is a SS Qualified label.

[Landon]

Category II: Only SS in census (there are blue label ones though)

 

[only 100 Vampirella #1 (6/01) Blue Foil Editions were made]

[Landon]

Category III - One-Of-A-Kind (among all categories, only one in the world listed)

I also have 3 blue label books that fall into this category.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 7/8/2024 at 7:00 PM, Landon said:

Category II: Only SS in census (there are blue label ones though)

 

[only 100 Vampirella #1 (6/01) Blue Foil Editions were made]

I love that you got that Mark Hammil Jack in the Box. I posted the other day when they offered the freebie that I got one and traded it to the LCS, but that sig and book was living the dream a couple of years ago  or it was on enough minds to do so and where our heads were at @Landon  

I'm a bit flummoxed but grateful that you got a 7.5  because it came in like a flimsy polybag only and or I don't remember an envelope, but it might have had that too for postage to adhere. 

In short mine was 7.5 raw, and I don't imagine much better and if you have the highest-grade SS? then a sigh of relief  

Did you have it pressed at all?

Edited July 9 by ADAMANTIUM

[scburdet]

Top signature (& sketch) of this EV reprint of Hero for Hire 1. Signed by Luke Cage co-creator Roy Thomas. There's a 5.5 listed under the Spanish title. The foreign labeling is wildly inconsistent, but it seems like they've been trying to use the original US numbering most of the time to group all the comics with similar content. For fun, a side-by-side of the title pages showing that the Spanish reprint dropped the "enabled by creative contributions" tag for Roy & JR.

[scburdet]

The label creators dropped the ball on this one. The only other copy on the census, a Universal 7.0, lists this as a Spanish reprint of SSM27, which is the more common way of indexing the foreign reprints. Of course, the Universal label also says it's from Mexico (it's Spain) & neither label mentions this contains both SSM27&28. The latter being more factually significant as it captures both issues of Frank Miller's first Daredevil story arc. I also think the cover art is redrawn by a Spanish artist, which is quite common. It's hard to say for sure unless the artist changes something, which is also pretty common, but this is a straight copy IMO. Super happy with an 8.5 on this one. Anyone who's ever shopped for these reprints will understand that excitement.