Along with Matt Baker, Dave Stevens is one of my favorite GGA artists.  I started reading and collecting Stevens years ago, when Rocketeer appeared in the old Pacific comics.  I have just about all his comics, and a few years ago I began collecting graded copies of his covers.  This year, I made it to the top of the Dave Stevens Covers registry set.

I'm not sure how many more books I'll be able to add to my set.  Finding high grade raws to grade are near impossible, and many Stevens comics -- the ones I don't have -- have only 2-3 copies on the census (so rarely turn up for sale). 

So I'm turning to other Dave Stevens things to collect, like raw autographed comics and his non-comic work.  Anyway, here are a few of the comics from my Dave Stevens Covers registry set.

I am not a big fan of CBCS -- in fact I use CGC exclusively (with the exception of 1 comic) -- but the one thing they offer that CGC doesn't is their verified signature program.  They use CSA Comics (an autograph authentication company) to verify unwitnessed signatures.  You obviously need this for people who have passed away.  Dave Stevens died in March 2008 and I believe CGC's SS program started that year.  So I guess it is possible there are CGC SS Dave Stevens books out there, but I have never seen one.  I do, however, buy raw comics autographed by Dave.  Last year I got a nice looking Cheval Noir #7 and decided to try out the CBCS service.  Here it is (hopefully posting this won't get me kicked off the boards).