What I'm sending for the Garth Ennis signing, and a cool story 0

[Whisper]

I've been wanting to get some of my Darkness comics signed, and when I saw that Garth Ennis was doing a private signing I decided to jump on it. I get the impression that this isn't really the kind of writing he likes, and The Darkness isn't really the series that comes up when people think of his work. 

I've got three books I am sending in, but one in particular was the main reason for me to try the signature series for the first time. I mainly collect vol 1, and have decided I'll send in two #11s. One is a holochrome, and I'm curious if those have any issues when being signed. Anyways, the main comic is a Darkness #1 platinum edition. 

This is where the story comes in. I had been looking for a nice copy of this for quite awhile, and found someone here on the boards that had one. He wanted to sell it with the entire lot, and I can't recall exactly how many there were, but it was somewhere between 10-20 I think. I didn't have the money for everything, and we had discussions back and forth. If a recall, he was in Portugal. He ended up not selling me the books. He GAVE them to me, and not only that but he paid the shipping which wasn't cheap I'm sure!  This is one of those random acts of kindness that still blows me away to this day.

So, this book in particular has a special place with me. One of the other 11's was also from this lot. These were all going into my PC, and likely to my kids when I pass. 

[eastbayrudy]

Not a better feeling than doing something nice that helps make someone's day!

[Whisper]

Got mine back a couple days ago. I was nervous, as they're not huge high value comics, but they're sentimental to me. I unboxed them in front of my wife, and all three came out 9.8. Such a relief.

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 4/1/2023 at 10:28 AM, Whisper said:

Got mine back a couple days ago. I was nervous, as they're not huge high value comics, but they're sentimental to me. I unboxed them in front of my wife, and all three came out 9.8. Such a relief.

Awesome story and relatable to friends!  glad it worked out