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I'm pretty darn concerned, but maybe not all that shocked, that some of you seem to think it's okay for a 40 year-old man to talk to a 17 year-old girl.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 16 - MISSING SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 17 - CGC 9.8 REST OF SERIES - MISSING My "Dark Ages" run ends here with issue 17. We may do a few random books here and there before beginning the next series. Yes...still more to go before we wrap up our look at this mammoth collection.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 15 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 14 - CGC 9.8

KILLER!

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 13 - CGC 9.8

Correct on all points.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 11 - MISSING SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 12 - CGC 9.8 All the mini-series were of secondary importance when it came to my collection. That's why you will see a few gaps here and there. Most of my resources were spent on the main title.

I've been a musician all my life. From touring to recording...even working as a music critic. Can you believe that I *just* discovered Chicago last year? I always ignored them as pure cheese... Then a friend turned me on to Kath-era Chicago. Can't believe it took a lifetime for me to discover the genius! I have to say, however, that 25 or 6 to 4 sounds a LOT like "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" by Zep.

Sorry for the lack of clarity. No scan. Didn't see it on my registry. I never tracked it down.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 10 - CGC 9.8 A very tough book.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 8 - MISSING SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 9 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 7 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 6 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 5 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 4 - CGC 9.8 Again, sorry for the scanner defects like the line down the middle. They pop up at certain times in the run. I was using a proper CCD-style scanner instead of the CIS. It was an HP 8200. I bought it on the cheap with half a million miles on it. Who knows what caused it?

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 3 - CGC 9.8

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 2 - CGC 9.8

Here is an example from my personal collection. This is a Rockford Pedigree, and it’s also a provenance (from the collection of Jon Berk).

Provenance books are those owned by someone famous or connected to the industry. There are Nicholas Cage provenance books, for example. Think of provenance books as more of a chain of custody label. Sometimes a book will be both a pedigree AND a provenance! I have an example to share once I find the scan. Provenance books get a special notation on the blue label but not a gold label.

Pedigree books: The collection must be original owner. This means that the books must have been bought off the newsstand as they came out. For example, a collector cannot buy a high-grade run of 1940s comics from various sources and expect it to be considered a pedigree. The original owner need not currently own the comics for the collection to be considered for pedigree status. The collection must be of vintage material. This means that a large collection consisting of comics from the 1970s to present cannot be considered a pedigree. In fact, until the sale of some key White Mountain books in a Sotheby’s auction in the early 1990s, Silver Age comics were not accepted as pedigree collections. Comic books from 1966 and after are relatively common in high grade compared to earlier issues. This occurred as a direct result of a tremendous explosion in the number of collectors in fandom in the mid-1960s. Collections that are primarily from 1966 and after must have average grades of at least 9.4 to be considered a pedigree. The collection must consist of a considerable number of comics. Most pedigree collections consist of at least 1,000 books and some number over 10,000 comics. The collections that consist of fewer books, such as the Allentown and Denver collections, must include extremely rare, important, and/or key material. The collection must be high-grade. Comics from the Silver Age in general would have to be 9.2 and higher, and a collection of exclusive Silver Age material must have an average grade of 9.4. Golden Age comics would have to be high-grade as well. For example, the Lost Valley collection consisted of many golden age books from before 1941 that were technically mid-grade, but were almost across the board the highest graded copy for that book. Page quality must be nice as well. Many of the pedigree collections were recognized and accepted by the hobby before CGC came into existence in late 1999.

Because it doesn’t meet the qualifications for a pedigree collection. Those books are properly labeled as a provenance collection. There is a difference.

SPAWN: THE DARK AGES 1 - VARIANT COVER - CGC 9.8 Todd McFarlane cover art.

Do you have any idea how incredibly rare a "flawless" comic or magazine can be? Years ago, when I worked as a journalist, I'd go back in the press room and hang out from time to time. I saw many things... To make a long story short, there are many, many comics out there that wouldn't grade a 10.0 if they were immediately examined on the spot as they rolled off the press. The odds get even worse when factoring in handling, transit, and storage.