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X-Force 14 |
| Item: |
X-Force 14 |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1240462006
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Owner Comments
Published: September 1992
KEY ISSUE: Nope, not at all… but it does look amazing
Fabian Nicieza story
Terry Shoemaker, Al Milgrom, & Kevin Tinsley Art
Gregg Capullo & Harry Candelario Cover
Only 7 graded at all, with 6 of them obtaining the 9.8 status with me owning the only one that is currently holding the Signature Series banner. The other OAK is a 9.6 blue label. Currently though not a single one is on sale anywhere.
Story Title: Payback
SUMMARY:
Adirondack Mountains
Cable hangs over a waterfall, holding an unconscious Domino. He has been swept downstream and was barely safe from the blast of X-Force's old base. Upstream, X-Force is recovering from the blast that has destroyed the base. They were saved by Cannonball's blast-shield and most members of Weapon: Prime have gone missing. Kane tells Sam that he is still going to make them pay for Cable's sins and SHIELD suddenly arrives and tells X-Force to surrender. They ignore the announcement and begin destroying SHIELD's vehicles. On a mountainside, the External, Crule watches and waits to be able to get to Sam since he is no longer protected by Cable.
Downstream, Domino awakens to Cable blaming her for the loss of his teammates as she betrayed them to Tolliver. He bodyslides both of them to his secret base, Graymalkin. Professor greets him and states that he cannot teleport the team up to Graymalkin as they are surrounded by high electromagnetic signatures. He packs weapons and Domino into a ship and they take off to find Tolliver.
Meanwhile
X-Force continues to take out SHIELD agents as well as their vehicles. They begin to get the advantage when Kane pulls his gun on them all. Rictor jumps in and decides that since Cable is out of the picture, that he truly belongs with X-Force. Cannonball makes his way onto the IPAC unit and announces that the fighting is over and that X-Force is commandeering the IPAC unit. Rictor joins them and X-Force takes off.
Ophrah Research Facility
Two scientists discuss their experiment and how they are unsure of the effects if they continue. They feel that their solar absorption machine is going to kill Sunspot. They question if they should bring up their concerns to Gideon and choose to proceed instead. They engage the machine and Sunspot screams out in pain.
Over Newfoundland
X-Force tries to decide where they should go to outrun SHIELD since they are considered felons on the run. They all come to a decision that they should relocate to Camp Verde, New Mexico and Warpath's old reservation. This way no one will know where they are and they should be hidden enough. Suddenly, they are attacked by Crule who crashes through the IPAC window. He grabs a hold of Cannonball and says he will rip him apart to show that even an immortal can die.
Tolliver's Hideout
Domino takes Cable into an underground sewer beneath Tolliver's hideout. She tells him that Tolliver never installed alarms there since he was sure no one would try to enter. Cable blasts a hole in the door and says he is finally going to kill Tolliver. Pico is shown to be waiting for them and is ready with a whip. Cable simply shoots Pico and they enter the catacombs. Domino suddenly starts to apologize frantically and says she had no idea. Then, the true Domino is seen chained up and ready to be rescued. The intruder Domino starts to explain when Deadpool stabs her in the back and Tolliver is seen entering the room from the shadows.
PERSONAL COMMENTS:
This one was signed at Comicpolooza by Greg Capullo who is an absolutely amazing man to meet in person. He genuinely enjoys seeing his fans and its absolutely amazing having this one be the only Signature Series issue out there.
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| Slot: |
X-Force 15 |
| Item: |
X-Force 15 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0219330014
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Owner Comments
Published: October 1992
KEY ISSUE: No but then again for me yes. This story actually leads into the X-Cutioner’s Song storyline, which was and still is one of my favorite X-Related storylines of all time. Something about how much Stryfe goes through to try to gain some sort of feeling out of the two people he blames most for his torture by Apocalypse was just amazing to me. That and I was able to have a single series with three of my all time favorite villains in Stryfe, Apocalypse, and Mr. Sinister.
Fabian Nicieza story
Greg Capullo, Al Milgrom, & Joe Rosas Art
Greg Capullo & Harry Candelario Cover
Oddly enough this one actually has quite a few total graded. A grand total of 13 of these has been graded with this one and 8 others having been graded at the 9.8 level, 2 received 9.6…almost… 1 graded at 9.2SS signed by Capullo (I know this because it’s mine also, and one other at 6.5SS…an OAK
Story Title: To the Pain
SUMMARY:
SHIELD IPAC Unit
Crule crashes through the IPAC windshield and threatens to kill Cannonball. Shatterstar attacks and draws first blood, but Crule does not want to stop. Rictor steps in and is about to vibe him, when Sam steps in and asks why he is wanted. Crule announces that Gideon and the Externals were aware of his reawakening and Crule thought he would take him out first. Cannonball then lets Rictor knock him out of the ship into the desert below. The team decides to head for Gideon's Denver house.
Tolliver's Hideout
Cable watches as the body of the woman he thought was Domino lays on the floor bleeding, while the true Domino is chained to the wall. Deadpool explains that his girlfriend, Vanessa, infiltrated X-Force over a year ago while Domino has been a prisoner of Tolliver. Cable then fights Deadpool and knocks him down. He runs to Domino and tries to free her when Deadpool suddenly attacks. He is about to kill Cable when he suddenly is shot in the back. Domino shows that she shot him since Deadpool unintentionally cut her free while they were fighting. They then head outside to stop Tolliver.
SHIELD IPAC Unit
The team arrives in Colorado and Gideon appears on their ship's screen. He offers that X-Force can come after him and Sunspot will die or they can save their friend. Gideon makes Sam promise that if he gives up the location of Sunspot then Sam will never come after the Externals. Sam agrees and they head for New Mexico.
Ophrah Research Facility
Scientists continue to test on Sunspot and see the limit solar energy he can absorb. He screams out in pain. X-Force soon arrives and begins trashing the place looking for Sunspot. When they find him he is glowing like the sun and Cannonball quickly grabs him and flies him high into the sky. Bobby tells Sam to drop him and Cannonball continues to fly higher. Then, a giant explosion rips the sky and the group begins to look for survivors.
Tolliver's Hideout
Cable and Domino leap to jump onto the skiffs of Tolliver's helicopter as it begins takeoff. They hold on and head up higher. Cable tells Domino to jump for safety and to find X-Force and take care of them until he returns. She does as he says. Cable then turns his attention to Tolliver and shoots into the helicopter. It explodes and Cable teleports off to Graymalkin. A mask and Tolliver's clothes are seen floating on the water. Inside the villa, Deadpool finally recovers and realizes that Vanessa has escaped and is alive. He then teleports away.
Graymalkin
Professor greets Nathan upon his arrival in Graymalkin. Cable immediately heads for his bio-synthesis machine to fix the ripped skin on his face. After he fixes his face, Professor asks why he is so despondent. Cable tells him that he is ready to stop being the prey and that he is ready to be the hunter.
PERSONAL COMMENTS:
This one wasn’t hard to find but having submitted one already to Wizard World Austin to be signed by Greg Capullo I held out in the hopes that, that one came out a 9.8SS. Sadly enough it endured a slight drop at the signing and thus got the knocked down grade. Sucked a little but I lucked out this one was still available on ebay. At first the initial amount requested was high but figured if he ever put it on “sale” or dropped the price to a set amount I would go for it. The original owner happened to do just that and now here it is. Funny enough the day I hit “Buy it Now” another was listed for Auction with a starting bid of .99 cents.
I guess come Capullo’s next signing event I will have to crack this one and go through the process all over again. Although I may hold out until this summer as rumor has it Fabian Nicieza will be in Texas at Capital City Comic Con…
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| Slot: |
X-Force 16 |
| Item: |
X-Force 16 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0160184012
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