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Set Type: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC)
Owner: Silver
Last Modified: 6/20/2023
Views: 918

Current Standings

Rank:	1
Score:	1593
Leading by:	1236
Points to Higher Rank:	N/A

Set Description:

I have loved this character ever since I saw the TV show all the way back when it first aired.

When our own daughters were very young we would watch the show together, and I liked sharing my comics with the girls so I started collecting the DC Rudolph series so we could read them together. I started with the DC treasury books, which except for the first one I was able to get in a high grade original owner set.

The 1972 book was much toughter to both find and then get as a nice copy, I had a VG copy for over twenty years before finding the super nice VF+ copy I have today.

The books themselves are unlike anylike anything else I have ever seen from DC. They were published only once per year, have no ads, tons of puzzle pages, and pin up back covers. Some of these back covers are just awesome!

The stories are downright crazy. They are nothing at all like the TV series, but they are a lot of fun to read and the art is very colorful. Our daughters loved reading them with me at Christmas when they were young. They would take turns doing the different characters voices while we read.

These DC Rudolph annuals weren't all that tough to complete, but I found along the way they were insanely hard to find in fine or better. I have slowly been upgrading my original run, and now am four short of having a fine or better set. I have a few nice issues I need to slab to add to this registry set.

I find collecting rare books to be fun and challenging. You have to have tremendous patience and be always looking for the next book. I think completing this will be one of my personal great collecting achievements.

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Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1950 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	0045248002

Owner Comments
Lost Valley copy, highest graded. I have long searched for a nice copy of this book. It certainly isn’t rare, you can find a copy just about any day on eBay, but they will always be VG or less. That’s what I had for years. I recently acquired a really decent copy and felt like that was that. However I had long known about this copy, and recently inquired about it and was happy to make a deal for it.

These books are so difficult to find above a filler/reader copy. I am really thrilled to now own the census highest copy of both issues 1 and 2.

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1951 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	0977055014

Owner Comments
Super awesome copy of a really great cover, I like this one much more than the first issue as far as covers go.

A great classic Christmas cover and beautiful copy of this second issue.

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1953 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	1229517001

Owner Comments
Fourth issue overall, another yellow cover. No ads, a lot of cool puzzles. At a 6.0, this is the best copy of this issue I have seen to date.

Cool helicopter back cover!

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1956-1957 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	0951289003

Owner Comments
A beautiful black cover with snow white pages. As good a copy as you could hope to find!

Pages as white as a white Christmas!

Slot:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1958-1959 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	2017908003

Owner Comments
Arguably the best cover in the run! This one was re-purposed by Sheldon Mayer in the DC treasury series. Just a really nice looking copy of a great cover. Purchased from a fellow board member.

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1959-1960 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	2017908002

Owner Comments
If the issue before this was arguably the best cover in the run, some people might say this one is the other. Love the candy cane back cover! Super nice copy of a comic that never shows up this bright or fresh!

Slot:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1960-1961 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	4216487001

Owner Comments
Super tough (aren't they all!) issue to get above a fine, Got this beauty from Harley Yee.

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1961-1962 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	4248118001

Owner Comments
A copy I bought from a CGC board member years ago and recently got graded to add to the set. These later issues are every bit as scarce in grade as the earlier ones!

Slot:	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1962-1963 nn
Item:	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer nn Universal
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	2126394001

Owner Comments
The fine plus grade doesn't do this copy justice., its super bright, glossy, supple. The best copy I have ever seen. Replaced a vg/f copy I had for about 30 years I got from John Hauser out of one of his catalogs in the early 90's!