Hellboy Fans - -Check this Out!!!

[coastline-migration]

Can't get better then this First HellBoy Appearance 9.8 .

 

What do you think? How is this issue going to do? With the movie coming out in April, when do you think it will peak?

[Rip]

What I'm thinking is I better whip out my copies and get them slabbed ASAP!

 

[Darthdiesel]

I thought the first app Hell boy was a San Diego Con giveaway?

[FlyingDonut]

Damn straight! San Diego Comic Con Comics 2 First Hellboy!

 

 

 

Bid early and often!

 

[coastline-migration]

Donut that is awesome, that issue is hard to find. However, my understanding is that because this was a "promo" special and not sent out for popular distribution that CGC won't qualify the CON issue as the "first appearance of Hellboy." Has CGC graded one of these, and if so, what notes did they put if any on the label?

 

The NEXT MEN #21 has CGC notes noting: "First Appearance of Hellboy". Would they put the same notation on the CON issue?

[dadaist]

coastline

 

Know your comics first. All ancillery sources such as a CGC label or a reference in a guide should always be secondary sources of info.

 

I've had several underground books which do not denote a first appearance; for example, Funny Animals #1 as the first appearance of Maus. In fairness to CGC, there was no real documented mention of the first appearance of Maus when my copy got graded. The author of that website didn't know either, and it wasn't until I obliged to offer that info to him, that he made reference in the footnotes.

 

In situations where no documented mention is made, even CGC find themselves asking experts in certain areas of the comic industry for their advice. Indpendents/alternative, promotional, giveaway and undergrounds comics fall into the dilemma of "loose" categorization by the virtue of low production and distrubtion, coupled with the fact that they don't enjoy as wide or large a following/readership as the mainstream.