BladeTX Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) Hey TWD and other interested collectors 😎! I have been working with @Sensei Ryan to compile a list of all Walking Dead 1 books graded CGC 9.9.  Ryan had been following the auctions since about 2014.  I did a whole lot of detective work on Facebook, where proud collectors posted their books and everyone seemed interested to share the latest sighting.  We were able to find 16 of 22 9.9 Universal books, pretty impressive I think. The 3 Signature Series have never surfaced. We would love help from anyone who knows of a cert # not on this list. Here are the books, sorted by Cert Date: @Sensei Ryan is the proud owner of the only known Black Label 9.9 For more detailed info about TWD 1 and TWD Rarities, check out @StephenWA's journal here--> Edited August 31, 2021 by BladeTX Parabellum, StephenWA and Sensei Ryan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeTX Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Tagging the usual parties and those with recent comments in the Official TWD Thread to get the conversation started: @Sensei Ryan; @StephenWA; @MrWalkingDead; @bigclutch; @Crops068; @ADAMANTIUM; @Parabellum; @awakeintheashes; @fatlab123; @lostboys; @Impulse :); @JS; @jimjackjett; @jug12x; @Silver_Couch_Surfer; @cbalroman; Hoping collectively we can find couple more out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 What's a white and/or black label? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crops068 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 9:14 AM, Dr. Dank said: What's a white and/or black label? I asked the same thing, being one that does not own either one of the OG WD #1s. The Black Label is a misprint where the white ink was not loaded properly and the Mature Reader stamp was all black and "not as crisp" as the later fixed printings in the initial run. White Label - Black Label - BladeTX and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 8:41 AM, Crops068 said: I asked the same thing, being one that does not own either one of the OG WD #1s. The Black Label is a misprint where the white ink was not loaded properly and the Mature Reader stamp was all black and "not as crisp" as the later fixed printings in the initial run. White Label - Black Label - Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 @BladeTXthx!!! BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 9:41 AM, Crops068 said: I asked the same thing, being one that does not own either one of the OG WD #1s. The Black Label is a misprint where the white ink was not loaded properly and the Mature Reader stamp was all black and "not as crisp" as the later fixed printings in the initial run. White Label - Black Label - I'd always heard that the black "MATURE READERS" was the way the cover was designed, but once a few were printed and it was hard to read, they switched to the white. Since we're specifically talking about the "MATURE READERS" label, they may have wanted to avoid trouble. Anything else that might have been hard to read probably wouldn't have been corrected. BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbalroman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Nice list. I’ll keep an eye out and let you know if I come across any of the missing certs!  BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatlab123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I though black label was something else…checked my wd #1 not a black label😔 I didn’t realize there was that many 9.9’s .  I’ll keep any eye out now for them. BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Ryan Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Thanks for Tom for helping put this into thread form!  I think it's nice to have a catalogue/database of these things in case anyone wants to research it further (it gives a baseline as to how to start/track/estimate values at least... I'd love to see an image of one of the SS 9.9's someday.  I've been a TWD collector for a long time and have never seen one of these surface.  Very mysterious for sure BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenWA Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 2:51 PM, BladeTX said: Hey TWD and other interested collectors 😎! I have been working with @Sensei Ryan to compile a list of all Walking Dead 1 books graded CGC 9.9.  Ryan had been following the auctions since about 2014.  I did a whole lot of detective work on Facebook, where proud collectors posted their books and everyone seemed interested to share the latest sighting.  We were able to find 16 of 22 9.9 Universal books, pretty impressive I think. The 3 Signature Series have never surfaced. We would love help from anyone who knows of a cert # not on this list. Here are the books, sorted by Cert Date: @Sensei Ryan is the proud owner of the only known Black Label 9.9 As (most of) you know, I LOVE lists. Especially TWD lists. Great job @Sensei Ryanand @BladeTXfor putting this one together. I have a White and a Black label TWD #1, but not 9.9s. If I see any of the others, I'll be sure to let you know. Regards, Stephen (UK) BladeTX and Sensei Ryan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenWA Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 2:51 PM, BladeTX said: Hey TWD and other interested collectors 😎! I have been working with @Sensei Ryan to compile a list of all Walking Dead 1 books graded CGC 9.9.  Ryan had been following the auctions since about 2014.  I did a whole lot of detective work on Facebook, where proud collectors posted their books and everyone seemed interested to share the latest sighting.  We were able to find 16 of 22 9.9 Universal books, pretty impressive I think. The 3 Signature Series have never surfaced. We would love help from anyone who knows of a cert # not on this list. Here are the books, sorted by Cert Date: @Sensei Ryan is the proud owner of the only known Black Label 9.9 I have added a link to your "list" from my TWD #1 list as below. Might you reciprocate? Thx SA  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crops068 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 5:33 PM, valiantman said: I'd always heard that the black "MATURE READERS" was the way the cover was designed, but once a few were printed and it was hard to read, they switched to the white. Since we're specifically talking about the "MATURE READERS" label, they may have wanted to avoid trouble. Anything else that might have been hard to read probably wouldn't have been corrected. That sounds much better than what @BladeTX told me. BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZombieVet Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Nice list! I'm surprised I'm just now finding it. Not that it matters much but only 2 new cases in the bunch so far. Has anyone asked Big Clutch for the cert # on the one he may or may not have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeTX Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Bump. I haven't visited this in a while but it looks like there are now 23 on the census in 9.8U. Some lucky collector scored big!  ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeTX Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Here we go! Another 9.9 has shown up on the radar in the ComicLink sale. This one was not previously documented so is officially 9.9 #17 (though I have partial numbers on an 18th). Get ready to break out your wallets. https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dwalking%2Bdead%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1751804&id=1751804&itemType=0  ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Ryan Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 2/19/2024 at 2:17 PM, BladeTX said: Here we go! Another 9.9 has shown up on the radar in the ComicLink sale. This one was not previously documented so is officially 9.9 #17 (though I have partial numbers on an 18th). Get ready to break out your wallets. https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dwalking%2Bdead%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1751804&id=1751804&itemType=0  It's currently sitting at $6,300 with over 5 days to go! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Ryan Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Just a little over a day to go - it's up to $8,100! Place your bets, fellow Walkers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Ryan Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Currently at 10K with 40 minutes to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Ryan Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 We have a winner at $11,750! BladeTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...