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Slow Death 7 |
| Item: |
Slow Death 7 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890009
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 149) (TOP POP)
(Don Donahue/Apex Novelties Publisher, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
***
This is the 4th, FOURTH.. overall CGC'd.
Slow Death #7, and the 1st 9.8.
(1ST 9.8, Highest Graded Copy/Earliest Grade Date, One-Of-A-Kind)
*
This is.. THE FITTS, ... (the .. First-In-The-Top-Spot),
THE GOATTS, (the .. Greatest-One-At-The-Top-Spot)
THE GREATTS, (the .. Grading-Recorded-Earliest-At-The-Top-Spot)
*
I'll have to check this again, to make sure if this IS, or IS NOT ..
a Comics & Comix, Direct Sale, Specialty Store, 'Newsstand', File Copy.
I am the one owner.
***
Here is the Certification look-up, as I saw it first:
Certification #: 1206890009
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 7
Issue Date: Winter 76-77
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.8
Total Graded At: 0 (NOW, ...the HIGHEST GRADED copy. - ks)
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: William Stout cover
Grader Notes: None Available
***
Now, the Certification look-up looks like this:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890009
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 7
Issue Date: Winter 76-77
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.8
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: William Stout cover
Grader Notes: None Available
***
..., and the CENSUS, which reflects this book,
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 7
Issue Date Winter 76-77
Year 1977
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint + 9.6 2 0 0 0 2
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 9.4 for a..
Total 4 0 0 0 4
{, ...and was Last Updated: 2/9/2016.} - ckw
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..., which, NOW, shows.. NO CHANGE, here:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 7
Issue Date Winter 76-77
Year 1977
Publisher Last Gasp
Art Comments: William Stout cover
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 1 0 0 0 1 - (THIS, ks-copy)
Near Mint + 9.6 2 0 0 0 2
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with NOTHING BELOW 9.0, for a..
Total 4 0 0 0 4
{Last Updated: 8/1/2017 - ckw}
***
..., and this is from Sir Real's, which can be seen, here:
{http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/s/SlowDeath07-1.htm}
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Slow Death Funnies #7
1st Edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1809
June 1976
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
7" x 10"
$1.00
36 pages
Printrun: 20,000-30,000
Cover: Glossy color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
--->---v
Comments: Special True War Tales Issue (Kennedy's Guide lists the printrun as 20,000-30,000).
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Artists:
Ron Turner (Editor)
William Stout - 1, 2
Jack Jackson - 3-11
Greg Irons - 12-15, 36
John Edgar - 16-17(a)
Ben DiCaprio - 16-17(s)
William York Wray - 18-21(a,s+,research+)
George DiCaprio - 18-21(s+,research+)
Orz - 18-21(l)
Errol McCarthy - 22-27
Melinda Clothilde Gebbie - 28-35
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Stories:
2 - Slow Death
3 - Nits Make Lice
12 - Viking
13 - A Mussleman Pirate-Chief
14 - Capt. Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard
15 - Anne Bonny & Mary Read
16 - Armistice: 1918
18 - Bonus Army
22 - To Reed Crandol
28 - Velma Gets It Ndebele
36 - The Allegorical Figures of Piracy Triumphant Over Justice
***
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| Slot: |
Slow Death 8 |
| Item: |
Slow Death 8 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890010
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 150) (Second-Highest Graded Copy) (Comics & Comix, newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
...pretty sure this .. is .. a ..
Comics & Comix, newsstand, Direct-Sale, File Copy,
which I bought off the stands.... I think; I am....
***
Now, here's the Cert. look-up:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890010
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 8
Issue Date: 1977
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.2
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
(Last Updated: 2/9/2016)
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..., which WAS..:
Certification #: 1206890010
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 8
Issue Date: 1977
Issue Year: 1977
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.2
Total Graded At: 0 {- NOW, ...the HIGHEST GRADED copy. - ks}
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
***
..., and the CENSUS:
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 8
Issue Date 1977
Year 1977
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1 (THIS copy)
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 9.0 for a..
Total 2 0 0 0 2
{Last Updated: 2/9/2016}
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..., with an UPDATED CENSUS, here:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 8
Issue Date 1977
Year 1977
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1 - (<---, ks-copy, here)
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with NOTHING BELOW 8.0, for a ..
Total 2 0 0 0 2
{Last Updated: 8/8/2017} - ckw
***
...,and this is from Sir Real's, at:
{http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/s/SlowDeath08-1.htm}
Slow Death Funnies #8
1st Edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1810
March 1977
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
7" x 10"
$1.00
36 pages
Printrun: 20,000
Cover: Glossy color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
--->---v
Comments: Special Greenpeace Foundation issue.
--->---v
Artists:
Ron Turner (Editor)
William Stout - 1, 18-19
Greg Irons - 2-10
Brenda Bernu - 11
Michael J. Becker - 12-17
Doug Hansen - 20-22
Michael T. Gilbert - 23
Sam Wray - 24-25+
William Wray - 24-25+
Roger H. Brand - 26-27
Shelby Sampson - 28
Dennis Ellefson - 29-32
Tim Boxell - 33-35
Rand Holmes - 36
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Stories:
2 - Slow Death 8
3 - The Honour & Glory of Whaling
11 - The Bengal Blues
12 - Rites of Spring
18 - Animals Your Children Will Never See
20 - Ozean Oinken
23 - Balance
24 - Condor's End
26 - The Last Dinosaur
28 - The Stink Goes On
29 - Ballad of the Lost
33 - Perfect Evening
36 - Whales?
***
This is a W-I-P !!!
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| Slot: |
Slow Death 9 |
| Item: |
Slow Death 9 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890011
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 151) (TOP POP) (1ST 9.4, Highest Graded Copy/Earliest Grade Date, One-Of-A-Kind) (Comics & Comix, newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
This is the 4th overall, gcc'd Slow Death #9, and
the first 9.4, after 1 9.2, and 2 9.0s.
This is a Comics & Comix, newsstand, copy,
which I purchased when I was 18, or late 1980,
from Peter Grubbs....
I'm the one owner.
***
First there was:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890011
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 9
Issue Date: 8/78
Issue Year: 1978
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 0 (NOW, ...the HIGHEST GRADED copy. - ks)
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments:
Greg Irons cover and art,
***
..., and NOW there is:
Verify CGC Certification
Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890011
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 9
Issue Date: 8/78
Issue Year: 1978
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.4
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Greg Irons cover and art
***
..., and here is the NEW CENSUS:
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 9
Issue Date 8/78
Year 1978
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 4
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..., which WAS:
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 9
Issue Date 8/78
Year 1978
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Universal Qualified Signature Series Restored Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3
..., which, now, looks like this:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 9
Issue Date 8/78
Year 1978
Publisher Last Gasp
Art Comments:
Greg Irons cover and art
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
- (THIS, Comics & Comix, Direct Sale, Specialty Store, 'newsstand' copy)
Near Mint - 9.2 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 0 0 2
..., with NOTHING BELOW 9.0, for a..
Total 5 0 0 0 5
{Last Updated: 8/1/2017 - ckw}
***
..., and this is from Sir Real's ..
(at: http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/s/SlowDeath09-1.htm)
Slow Death Funnies #9
1st Edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1811
August 1978
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
7" x 10"
$1.00
28 pages
Printrun: 10,000
Cover: Glossy color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
--->---v
Comments: Special atomic power topic issue.
Says "1st Printing 10,000 August 1978" at the bottom of page 2.
--->---v
Artists:
Ron E. Turner (Editor)
Greg Irons - 1-11
Michael J. Becker - 12-14
Dennis Ellefson - 15-18
Errol McCarthy - 19-23, 28
Tim Boxell - 24-27
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Stories:
2 - Our Friend Mr. Atom
12 - Faustus II
15 - Beyond The Wall
19 - Lights Out
24 - Close Encounters With A Blurred Mind
28 - The Common Good
***
This is a W-I-P !!!
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| Slot: |
Slow Death 10 |
| Item: |
Slow Death 10 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1206890012
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book 152) (TOP POP) (HIGHEST GRADED COPY)
(1ST 9.6)
(Comics & Comix, newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
***
This is the 2nd overall,
CGC'd Slow Death #10,
and the first 9.6,
after the 1st overall, 9.4.
This is a Comics & Comix, newsstand, copy,
which I purchased when I was 18, or late 1980.
I'm the one owner.
(1ST 9.6, Highest Graded Copy/Earliest Grade Date, One-Of-A-Kind)
***
..., and here's the initial Cert. Look-up, for this book:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890012
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 10
Issue Date: 1979
Issue Year: 1979
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.6
Total Graded At: 0 (NOW, ...the HIGHEST GRADED copy. - ks)
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Greg Irons cover and art
Key Comments: Cancer special.
Grader Notes: None Available
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..., with an UPDATED CERT. LOOK-UP, for this book, here:
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Certification Information
Certification #: 1206890012
Title: Slow Death
Issue: 10
Issue Date: 1979
Issue Year: 1979
Publisher: Last Gasp
Grade: 9.6
Total Graded At: 1
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 01/08/2016
Category: Modern
Art Comments: Greg Irons cover and art
Key Comments: Cancer special.
Grader Notes: None Available
***
..., and here's the CENSUS:
WAS:
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 10
Issue Date 1979
Year 1979
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine 8.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fine 6.0 0 0 0 0 0
Fine - 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good/Fine 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good + 4.5 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good 4.0 0 0 0 0 0
Very Good - 3.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good/Very Good 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good + 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Good 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Good - 1.8 0 0 0 0 0
Fair/Good 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
Fair 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1
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..., and NOW, the CENSUS, looks like this:
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 10
Issue Date 1979
Year 1979
Publisher Last Gasp
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 9.2, for a
Total 2 0 0 0 2
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..., and THIS:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Slow Death
Issue No. 10
Issue Date 1979
Year 1979
Publisher Last Gasp
Key Comments Cancer special
Art Comments Greg Irons cover and art
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with nothing below, 9.0, for a ..
Total 2 0 0 0 2
{Last Updated: 8/8/2017} - ckw
..., with ..
an UPDATED
(14 August, 2023),
CENSUS here:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title: Slow Death
Issue No.: 10
Issue Date: 1979
Year: 1979
Publisher: Last Gasp
Key Comments: Cancer special.
Art Comments: Greg Irons cover and art.
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint: 10.=0
Mint: 9.9=0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
Near Mint + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint 9.4 1 0 0 0 1
Near Mint - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine/NM 9.0 0 0 0 0 0
..., with nothing below 9.0, for a ..
Total 3 0 0 0 3
Search again
***
..., and this is from Sir Real's, at:
http://www.sirrealcomix.com/page/s/SlowDeath10-1.htm
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Slow Death Funnies #10
1st (only) edition
TOUANC Price Guide #1812
December 1979
Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
7" x 10 1/8"
$1.50
52 pages
Printrun: 20,000
Cover: Glossy color
Guts: Newsprint
ISBN:
--->---v
Comments: Special cancer and medicine topic issue.
Says "1st Printing 20,000 November 1979" at the bottom of page 2.
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Artists:
Ron E. Turner (Editor)
Greg Irons - 1-21, 38(a), 52
M. Irons - 9-13(research)
Elvis Costello - 9-13(lyrics)
Kangaroo - 9-13(one-liners)
Dennis Ellefson - 22-23
Guy Colwell - 24-31
George DiCaprio - 32-37(s)
Warren William Greenwood - 32-37(a)
Janet Abbey - 38(s)
Vungtau Vince - 39-46
Tim Boxell - 47-51
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Stories:
2 - Hey Kiddos
3 - Murder Inc.
6 - Fun Facts About The Medical Industrial Complex
7 - More Fun Facts - The Doctors & The AMA
9 - Corporate Cancer
14 - Darnold Duck in "Darnold's Dilemma"
18 - Case History of Gregor, Purpleass Baboon
22 - To Kill A King
24 - Herpes Is A Virus
32 - The Asbestos Workers' Revenge
38 - The Ladies From Luminous
39 - The Ranchhand Legacy
47 - Perfectly Safe
51 - Last Gasp (Ad)
52 - Fun And Games Dept.
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