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Judge Dredd 1 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 1 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1150907024
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Owner Comments
Nothing beats good old Dredd :-) And according to Wikipedia:
"Judge Dredd is amongst the UK's best known home-grown comic characters. So great is the character's name recognition that his name is sometimes invoked over similar issues to those explored by the comic series, such as the police state, authoritarianism and the rule of law. Judge Dredd was named the seventh greatest comic character by the British magazine Empire. In 2011 IGN ranked him 35th in the "Top 100 comic books heroes"."
This book is one of the first ever TRIPLE signed books to be authenticated by CGC, even including very scarce signatures by Alan Grant and John Wagner. So this book contains signatures from all three UK creators of the Dredd character for the first time on one book, namely Wagner, Grant & Bolland! Wagner & Grant, who created the character in the 1970s, appeared at a UK convention recently for the first time in years - and getting both their signatures required quite an effort by having the book signed on two different days!
In detail, the character Judge Joseph Dredd was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, although editor Pat Mills also deserves some credit for early development. The bulk of the Dredd stories were written by Wagner in collaboration with Alan Grant between 1980 and 1988. Brian Bolland was probably the most well-known artist to draw Dredd, but also made major contributions to the stories. As well as honing the look of the character and contributing to the highest-profile early storylines, Bolland created the look of two of the wider Dredd universe's most enduring characters: Judge Death (and the other three Dark Judges) and Judge Anderson.
This book is dedicated to Rick Henn for his great and kind help in aquiring this amazing book.
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Judge Dredd 2 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 2 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1041142002
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Owner Comments
Pedigree: Golden State Copy. The Golden State pedigree has not been accepted by the CGC, since a master list was never compiled of the collection and certificates were not offered with the books, when the Silver Age portion sold in 1997 (this portion was bought from the original owner by Dan Greenhalgh). Consequently, it is not possible to trace much of the Silver Age portion as belonging to the collection. According to a member of Collector's Society:
"The [Golden State Pedigree] collection did consist of essentially complete high grade runs of Marvels starting around early '63, and had some pretty nice Marvel keys. One could argue that the collection is more deserving of pedigree status than quite a few others (Winnipeg, Boston, and Oakland come to immediate mind)".
This current book was bought by Stephen Ritter from the original owner and thus I am the third owner (well, actually the second owner, since Mr. Ritter at World Wide Comics only bought the book in order to sell it - not to own it as part of a personal collection).
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Judge Dredd 3 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 3 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0197506001
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Owner Comments
A great book with perfect cover orientation and centering, and uncut No.3. This book is dedicated to Kent Sergent, who was the previous and original owner. According to Kent, in January 1984 the book was purchased at Rory D. Root's and Robert Beerbohm's comic book store, Best of Two Worlds, on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California.
Furthermore the book was hand-selected with a careful check of the spine and kept in Mylar with acid-free backing board and stored in acid-free boxes for the next many years.
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Judge Dredd 4 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 4 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0915645014
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Owner Comments
A beautiful book with perfect cover centering and orientation, and uncut "No.4".
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Judge Dredd 5 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 5 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1041142004
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Owner Comments
Pedigree: Golden State Copy. The Golden State pedigree has not been accepted by the CGC, since a master list was never compiled of the collection and certificates were not offered with the books, when the Silver Age portion sold in 1997 (this portion was bought from the original owner by Dan Greenhalgh). Consequently, it is not possible to trace much of the Silver Age portion as belonging to the collection. According to a member of Collector's Society:
"The [Golden State Pedigree] collection did consist of essentially complete high grade runs of Marvels starting around early '63, and had some pretty nice Marvel keys. One could argue that the collection is more deserving of pedigree status than quite a few others (Winnipeg, Boston, and Oakland come to immediate mind)".
This current book was bought by Stephen Ritter from the original owner and thus I am the third owner (well, actually the second owner, since Mr. Ritter at World Wide Comics only bought the book in order to sell it - not to own it as part of a personal collection).
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Judge Dredd 6 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 6 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0915645015
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Owner Comments
A beautiful book with perfect cover centering and orientation, and uncut "No.6".
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Judge Dredd 7 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 7 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1045918001
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Owner Comments
Judge Dredd #7 CGC 9.8 signature series signed by BRIAN BOLLAND. Highest graded copy, a great early Eagle Comics JD book. This is an uncirculated copy. Exceptional color strike, perfect centering, sharp corners and edges.
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Judge Dredd 8 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 8 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1041140001
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Owner Comments
Pedigree: Golden State Copy. The Golden State pedigree has not been accepted by the CGC, since a master list was never compiled of the collection and certificates were not offered with the books, when the Silver Age portion sold in 1997 (this portion was bought from the original owner by Dan Greenhalgh). Consequently, it is not possible to trace much of the Silver Age portion as belonging to the collection. According to a member of Collector's Society:
"The [Golden State Pedigree] collection did consist of essentially complete high grade runs of Marvels starting around early '63, and had some pretty nice Marvel keys. One could argue that the collection is more deserving of pedigree status than quite a few others (Winnipeg, Boston, and Oakland come to immediate mind)".
This current book was bought by Stephen Ritter from the original owner and thus I am the third owner (well, actually the second owner, since Mr. Ritter at World Wide Comics only bought the book in order to sell it - not to own it as part of a personal collection).
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Judge Dredd 9 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 9 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1045918002
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Owner Comments
Judge Dredd #9 CGC 9.8 signature series signed by BRIAN BOLLAND. Highest graded copy, and the only signature series to date. Tied with only one other 9.8, a blue label universal. Tough dark cover--no spine stress or color breaks. A great early Eagle Comics JD book and an uncirculated copy. Exceptional color strike, perfect centering, sharp corners and edges.
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| Slot: |
Judge Dredd 10 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 10 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1396915016
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Owner Comments
John Wagner story, Brian Bolland cover
Mike McMahon, Brett Ewins,
Brian Bolland & Gary Leach art
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