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The History of #FoilFever: The Walking Dead (TWD) Foil Fever started back in 2004 with the Image Vol 1 Retailer Incentive Hardcover (shown in the photograph below). These were sent to comic stores to promote the release of TWD Vol 1. We believe they were a limited edition of just 500 (LE500). According to Shawn @bigclutch Kirkman's Facebook page, "These are very rare". There have also been Chromium comics, such as one of the x20 TWD #100 variants and the Mexican La Mole Comic Con 2019 edition. But these are not officially #FoilFever Foil Fever 2020: There was much excitement in August 2020 when Skybound launched its #foilfever hashtag for the new Negan Lives! #1 sequel comic to TWD main series. The comic picked up the Negan story from TWD comic #174, where Negan had left to be alone. Before this, Skybound had produced other comics with #foil TWD logos, and in October 2020 it continued its #foilfever campaigning with issue #1 of The Walking Dead Deluxe (TWDD) coloured reprint series. This article captures all of the #foilfever comics as a master inventory for TWD and TWDD collectors. TWD Foil pre-2020: Vol 1 Retailer Incentive Hardcover (2004 book) #100 Red Foil Edition (July 2012, LE200, of which 160 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) The Governor Special - Green Foil Edition (produced for Emerald City Comic Con 2013, LE1000, of which 312 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) TWD Foil Negan Lives!: Silver Foil, First Printing (two per store, c.5000, of which 464 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) Gold Foil, First printing (one per store, c.2500, of which 417 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) Red Foil, First Printing (Image and Skybound employees only + a small number in Mystery Boxes, LE500, of which 161 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) Bronze Foil, Second Printing (one per store, c.2500, of which 195 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) TWDD #1 Foil: #1 Finch Gold Foil (one per store, c.2500 + 100 CGC 9.8 sold at Skybound Holiday XPo 8 December 2020 = c.2600, of which 214 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020). Some of these show a barcode on the rear cover, and some not. #1 Finch Ruby Red Foil (quantity unknown, but low. 116 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020) #1 Finch Black Foil (Skybound Black Foil Friday on Cyber Monday 30 November 2020, LE200. 286 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020 / no "raws") #1 Second Printing Gold Foil Edition (212 graded by CGC, sold in Skybound's Comic Vault Live (CVL) events). Colour Rick cover #1 Second Printing Red Foil Edition (240 graded by CGC, also sold in CVL events). Sketch Rick cover Other TWDD Foil: #2-12 Second Printing Gold Foil Edition (CVL exclusives). Colour covers featuring Glenn (#2), Lori (#3), Carl (#4), Andrea (#5), Shane (#6), Tyreece (#7), Dale (#8), Julie (#9), Hershel (#10), Maggie (#11) and Carol (#12) #2-12 Second Printing Red Foil Edition (CVL exclusives). Sketch covers with same characters in the same order as the Gold editions. #13 Gold Foil Edition (Diamond UK Thank You edition), 10 graded by CGC as at 13/6/2022. #19 Darboe Variant (CVL exclusive) with Purple (Pink) foil, 282 graded by CGC as at 13/6/2022. #27 Local Comic Store Day Foil Edition (silver foil) #27 Johnson variant (ECCC), green cover, foil blood and SFX (also CVL Edition A / 127 in the CGC Registry on 13/6/2022) #27 Johnson variant (C2E2), blue cover, foil blood and SFX (also CVL Edition B / 237 in the CGC Registry on 13/6/2022) TWD Foreign language editions: #31 Blue Foil, Italian Edition #31 SaldaPress Variant Edition (each comic uniquely numbered from a limited edition of 6000) Thank you for reading this article. Your comments and additions to the list are welcomed!
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Hello. First off I hope this comment is in the right category. I am inquiring about a piece of Marvel memorabilia I received at a multi day comic convention in 1992 or 1993. The piece of memorabilia is a test cover that only 10 were produced. The cover later on was used as the main cover for the Avengers 363 comic book. The successful test covers ushered in a wave of foil embossed covers in the 1990's. At the convention in Houston TX, they were giving out prizes every hour on the hour for the few days the convention was opperating. This was the grand prize and my Mother had won. She had regular taken me and my little brother to comic conventions in the 90's. She knew I was a hard core collector at 12 so she let me take care of it. So, to me its basically priceless. At the time I was 12. I had bombarded the men running the convention with about a 1,001 questions about this test cover when my Mom went to accept the grand prize. I was told the following. 1. Only 10 are in existence 2. The success of the test covers ushered in the wave of foil embossed comics during the 90's 3. The price tag at the time was about $14,000 4. A few years ago I saw one on Ebay for a price tag near 13K 5. One of the men told me not to sell it or trade it for anything... talk about a Willy Wonka moment.... This was without a doubt the most precious thing I have ever obtained and right along with my Hulk 181 it was my most prized possession. And for a middle-class kid I thought I did pretty damn well. Well, as most of you know who had collected rare comic items in the early 90's and before. There is no COAs!!! So.. Here is my long winded question. Is there a way to find out the value and to obtain a COA? I would like to have this graded by CGC at some point. Thanks in advanced to my fellow comic collectors! Lee
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Hello. First off I hope this comment is in the right category. I am inquiring about a piece of Marvel memorabilia I received at a multi day comic convention in 1992 or 1993. The piece of memorabilia is a test cover that only 10 were produced. The cover later on was used as the main cover for the Avengers 363 comic book. The successful test covers ushered in a wave of foil embossed covers in the 1990's. At the convention in Houston TX, they were giving out prizes every hour on the hour for the few days the convention was opperating. This was the grand prize and my Mother had won. She had regular taken me and my little brother to comic conventions in the 90's. She knew I was a hard core collector at 12 so she let me take care of it. So, to me its basically priceless. At the time I was 12. I had bombarded the men running the convention with about a 1,001 questions about this test cover when my Mom went to accept the grand prize. I was told the following. 1. Only 10 are in existence 2. The success of the test covers ushered in the wave of foil embossed comics during the 90's 3. The price tag at the time was about $14,000 4. A few years ago I saw one on Ebay for a price tag near 13K 5. One of the men told me not to sell it or trade it for anything... talk about a Willy Wonka moment.... This was without a doubt the most precious thing I have ever obtained and right along with my Hulk 181 it was my most prized possession. And for a middle-class kid I thought I did pretty damn well. Well, as most of you know who had collected rare comic items in the early 90's and before. There is no COAs!!! So.. Here is my long winded question. Is there a way to find out the value and to obtain a COA? I would like to have this graded by CGC at some point. Thanks in advanced to my fellow comic collectors! Lee