Aliens Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Hey guys so i just wanted to start out by saying I don't HATE Stan lee signature and I'd be a hypocrite to say I don't like th because I have met him myself and had a few books signed by him in the past and have been happy with the results but seriously guys understand he's 95 and has admitted his eye sight is not the best throw in the fact that people throw thousands of books at him a day does not help and with that being said I will say I don't think it's stan's fault and actually the people who expect him to do so much at his age fault. Anyways let me get to my point, I love going on eBay and just checking out books signed by him seeing some (most) that I can't stand to see and a few which I find look nice with his signature on them. i have gathered some of the worst stan sigs starting from bad to generally heart stopping and not ina good way. Now with all this being said let me start, 1. I'm going to start out with some light ones, these are not bad but why would anyone want these books to be signed in these colors! They don't look good, not to mention that I would never have stan sign a hulk 181but oh well 2. Next are once again not horrible but these made me cringe because these people were expecting to get $10,000 for the TOS 39 with no certification at all not even stan's certificate, 3. Now it's starts getting bad, stan is infamous for signing on comic cover charchters faces and these are just bad... but wait until the final one... 1. It's a bad picture but... what can be seen talks for itself ? 2. Luckily this is on a reprint but it's not pleasant either also once again I've never been a fan of getting stan to sign a book like this where he did not write edit or do anything about it 3. The next three will slowly get worse... this one is luckily a reprint but still... at least not on the face though 4. Yikes!!! On the face!! A reprint though so not Horrible 5. ?????? these emojis talk for themselves on my feelings for his monstrosity... ps if you couldn't tell this is NOT a reprint and it's is an ASM 1 9.4 6. I don't get this... And the final two are puke worthy so get out your puke bags out... 7. Wow... just wow... (this is in a bad way) 8. Here it goes this book gets the crown of being the very worse stan lee signature to ever face the planet... I can't imagine the guys face when he saw his book be grabbed by Stan and fatally killed... and thats it it for some of the worse stan sigs ever. In conclusion stop getting him to ruin books it's not worth it at this point maybe 10 years ago it would of beeen but today no... i persanly prefer him signing on the first page show us any that you guys find I would love to see more anyways let's just bring out the fact that not every book he signs comes out bad and some actually look nice for example these two hopefully these calm your nerves a little... Sorry for the ft 5 on the list again it does not let me delete it... just ignore it Edited April 12, 2018 by Aliens JKDoc and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 All ruined books, except for the X Men 1. silverseeker, lizards2 and jcjames 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperheart Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 there's an entire thread dedicated to this issue. stronger hands than mine should be able to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineCollector Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Agree with Oak. Anything he signed is ruined, whether you like it or not. Parabellum and oakman29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I'll just be the dissenting voice.... There are LOTS of creators with crappy looking signatures. Unreadable signatures. Lots of writers, most celebrities but some artists too. Stan Lee at least has a good excuse. He's really, really old. The rest? IDK if you want a pretty signature, get Steranko to sign. Otherwise - at the end of the day - IF IT SAYS "SIGNED BY STAN LEE" ON A CGC LABEL THAT IS ALL ANYONE IS GOING TO CARE ABOUT. WEBHEAD and Aliens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababooey Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 That restored FF 53 is awesome, perfect sig placement....love it! F For Fake and Aliens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roulette44 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 friend of mine owns that ASM 1 9.4......it's like nails on a chalkboard to look at it! mysterio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury Man Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 At this point, I think he has signed more books than demand will ever call for. The blue chip books will always gather interest. Comics he had no hand in, or characters he didn't create, I will never understand those. I have gone to 3 Cons where he was signing. All 3 times, I had him sign something other than comics (an Asgard Press poster, and 2 small prints). comicquant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Aliens said: Why God, why? Smite the one responsible for this blasphemy, SMITE HIM! aardvark88, mr_highgrade and Aliens 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14roller Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I think that sig over Spideys face in the AF15 is worse than the ASM1...zero chance I'd buy it unless discounted from market, and I love sigs! OP - I do agree with you. I personally only buy books already signed so I know the sig -script and placement are what I would want. There is just no way I'm rolling the dice and hoping he signs it properly on a raw book. Aliens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hypothetically - it’s my book, I take the time to prep it for signature placement, and I don’t have any qualms about spending my money to have 95 year old Stan sign my book. Why should I “STOP”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 You can't stop something you never started in the first place. These types of threads are starting to become ebay-like in frequency - which I find a little annoying as it shows me the OP didn't bother to search a little bit to see that the thread already exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAHokie Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I have had nothing but good experiences with the placements of his signature. I don’t even prep them, I just let him sign it where he wants. I guess I have been lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 9 hours ago, 01TheDude said: You can't stop something you never started in the first place. These types of threads are starting to become ebay-like in frequency - which I find a little annoying as it shows me the OP didn't bother to search a little bit to see that the thread already exists. That, and most of the examples shown aren’t even in the top 25% of the worst Stan signatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, mysterio said: That, and most of the examples shown aren’t even in the top 25% of the worst Stan signatures. I personally like the Stan Lee spider-roach one on an ASM 129. Good stuff Nick's Comics and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Creator signatures are great but I've never understood the need for them to be on the front cover in effect defacing it. They're a major distraction and not in a good way. There's plenty of room around the page 1 splash for people to sign. I want Stan Lee to sign a piece of Spider-Man original art. I don't have him sign on Spidey's body or face, I have him sign outside the art area. Why should a comic be any different? Decades from now people are going to be lamenting all of these books ruined by front cover signatures. JustJimN, Von Cichlid, Mercury Man and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJuice Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I cringed and my heart missed a beat when I saw this... >.< Aliens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 15 hours ago, bababooey said: That restored FF 53 is awesome, perfect sig placement....love it! Agreed. The rest are very unfortunate, and I object to SS in general, but that one looks spot on to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Stuart Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Why people don't prep signature windows prior to having books of this caliber signed is beyond me... Tony S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
