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I've met a few Jim Starlin - Very nice. Was only able to talk to him for a short while as there was a long line behind Jim Steranko - Great guy to talk with. Neal Adams - Some say he is not very nice, but, the few times I met him, he was always nice and very chattable Bob Layton - Talked with him for about 30 minutes. Had some great stories about how his mother never understood what he did until the first Iron Man movie came out. My nephew didn't think his art was that great, so, I told Bob he said that. Bob handed him his portfolio and my nephew said h was great, to which Bob replied "Thanks, my mom thinks so too". My nephew came away a fan of his art. Kevin Eastman - very nice guy to talk with, even for only a few minutes. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few here.

From a board sale: Some pickups from Amazing Comic Con - Las Vegas, this weekend

Couple of E-Bay pickups Norway Turkey

So, in my ongoing search for issues I need, I ran across a bunch of flat out wrong information. 1. There are no newsstand copies of the first print that I have ever seen. A couple of sellers advertising copies with bookstore UPC stickers claiming they are newsstand prints. WRONG. Any sticker put on by the stores does not make it newsstand. 2. There is no Brian Bolland variant. He was the artist. There is no such thing. (i.e. Batman: The Killing Joke By Alan Moore 1st Print Bolland Variant (1988) TPB HG) 3. Covers that have a washed out coloring are not variants. From what I can tell, they just ran low on ink. 4. Hardcovers are not paperbacks. CGC will not grade hardcovers. 5. 6th printing is not Red, it is dark orange. 2nd print is not orange, it is pink. 6. If the title logo is not green, it is not and cannot be a first printing. At least for US and UK versions. 7. Unless you have numbers to back it up, do not say a printing (usually the 9th) is the lowest printing. I cannot find printing numbers for any prints but the 1st and 2nd print. And I'm not sure those are accurate.

Good round for me, FINALLY! 1 bullseye and the rest were all 1 grade off Jungle Comics #11 - 5.0 (5.5) Super Comics #44 - 9.2 (9.0) JIM #84 - 3.5 (3.0) Silver Surfer #16 - 9.4 (9.4) Cerebus #2 - 9.2 (9.0)

Just picked up a really nice Norweigian edition and a nice Turkish edition. The Norweigian looks like a 9.6/9.8. Turkish will probably be a green label 8.5/9.0 due to a sticker on the back from the publisher. Also picked up another 11th print that looks like a good shot at 9.8. That would only leave the 10th print 9.8 to find and I'll have all Direct Edition printings in 9.8. And I also got a Korean edition, but, it is a hardcover. Listing said paperback, but, had no pictures. Took a chance since it was low priced.

Grades are in and panic has also set in

14th is not as rare as you think. It was packaged with the action figures, so, there are quite a few out there. CGC also labeled the 14th print as "Direct Edition', which they since corrected. I'd say 12th and 13th are the more scarce then the 14th. Back when I started putting my registry set together those were the toughest to track down. 8 - 28 graded copies 9 - 64 graded copies 10 - 22 graded copies 11 - 27 graded copies 12 - 13 graded copies 13 - 9 graded copies 14 - 54 graded copies

Sounds good. I appreciate it.

I just got notification of a shipment coming back from CGC and when I tried to enter it in te registry, it said the numbers were not in the database. Could be some kind of glitch in the system right now.

Do you have a scan of the postcard so I know what it looks like? If you happen to run across a copy with the postcard I would be interested in it, but, not if it is too hard to find for you.

I,m in for some more punishment

Currently I have 25 in my registry set. I have quite a few more ungraded, but, I don't think they have a shot at anything higher than an 8.5/9.0. I have 3 Newsstand editions (6th, 11th, 13th), but, CGC doesn't recognize them as Newsstands. Waiting for the next Comic Con so I can bring my copies down and talk to them about recognizing them. These are the foreign ones I have: Graded Argentina - 9.8 Germany (Detective Comics #1) - 9.6 Italy - 9.0 Mexico (Harley Quinn cover) - 9.8 Spain (ECC Ediciones) - 9.0 (mini comic packaged with Spanish DVD of The Killing Joke) Sweden - 9.4 UK 1st (green) - 7.5 UK 3rd (orange) - 7.5 UK 4th (yellow) - 9.6 Ungraded Brazil (green) Germany (Panini - 2008) (white Logo) Gernamy (Panini) (green logo) Germany (Carlsen) (yellow/white logo) Hungary (Got a COA from the Brian Bolland Collection) Italy (orange) Italy (green) Mexico Norway Peru Portugal Turkey UK 2nd (pink) I know of these other foreign versions: Denmark (Lion RW Edizioni) Finland (Semic) France (4 different versions) Japan (Shogakukan Shueisha production) Netherlands (Junior Press) (pink) Poland Serbia (Phoenix Press) Serbia (Mentor) I am sure there are other countries, but, I have yet to see an actual cover for any other countries yet.

Avengers 56 VG $12.50 Conan #9 VF/NM $60

Seller says he will send it to me as soon as he finds it. Seems like a stand up guy. Hoping for the best.

Nope My Kudos link is all messed up.

Well, no luck. Seller cancelled. Said he couldn't find the book. Oh well, the search continues.

Just picked up a copy of it today.

Finally got a nice ASM 121, at a decent price, today. Looks like a 7.0 and may bump up nicely with a good press

Do you have a copy or able to get a hold of one of those Brazillian 2nd editions?

Found another possible one on E-Bay. It is at worst the BOMC edition, but, hoping...

You'll need a 10.0 or 9.9 1st print to have a chance of taking the top spot. I am currently in 2nd place, even though I have the most complete registry set. I would also say there is closer to 200 different cover, US and Foreign, as there is a ton of Spanish and Mexican versions. A lot of countries have multiple versions as well. If you could send me a list of all the countries you have, I would appreciate the help.

9th print is the last printing that sold for $3.95. 10th and 11th were $4.95. 12th and 13th were $5.95 and 14th was $5.99. Feel free to PM me if you want any more knowledge on The Killing Joke printings. I like to think of myself as the resident psycho expert on this book

I have seen many more 9th prints on E-Bay, than some of the other printings, such as 11th, 12th, 13th prints. Looking at the census 9th print has more graded copies than the 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th. Not certain that the 9th printing is any rarer or more valuable than some of the other printings. 1 - 10,096 graded copies 2 - 219 graded copies 3 - 118 graded copies 4 - 73 graded copies 5 - 124 graded copies 6 - 132 graded copies 7 - 92 graded copies 8 - 28 graded copies 9 - 64 graded copies 10 - 22 graded copies 11 - 27 graded copies 12 - 13 graded copies 13 - 9 graded copies 14 - 54 graded copies

I have 2 of the BOMC editions