Set Description
I got the pedigree bug about two years ago after seeing a number of exceptional CGC collections on the registry. I took notice of the comics with the elite status, and it made me envious... for who doesn't want to own a vintage comic book from a collection that was meticulously perserved by a passionate collector? But for me, it's not a matter of buying just any old pedigree... it's about buying a key comic of characters that matter most to me, with the additional virtue of pedigree status. The combination of these seems to tickle my fancy... not to mention bumping the potential monetary value of the comics I collect.
So far, my small collection includes keys and pedigree examples from the Fantastic Four, Marvel Premiere, Showcase, and the Swamp Thing (see listing below).
Set Goals
My goal is quite simple, to add, little by little, the key comics of the characters who matter most to me, with the label of pedigree.
For your enjoyment, the following is a list of the comics in this custom collection:
1. Fantastic Four Volume 1, Number 66
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.4; White Pages
Key: The Origin of HIM (he who becomes Adam Warlock)
Pedigree: Massachusetts
2. Marvel Premiere Volume 1, Number 1
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.6; White Pages
Key: Origin of HIM retold; HIM is given the name Warlock by the High Evolutionary; 1st Appearance of Warlock in Costume; 1st Appearance of the Soul Gem; 1st Appearance of Counter-Earth; 1st time Warlock is depicted without pupils; Premiere issue.
Pedigree: Suscha News
Owner's Notes: 1st Copy
3. Marvel Premiere Volume 1, Number 1
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.6; White Pages
Key: Origin of HIM retold; HIM is given the name Warlock by the High Evolutionary; 1st Appearance of Warlock in Costume; 1st Appearance of the Soul Gem; 1st Appearance of Counter-Earth; 1st time Warlock is depicted without pupils; Premiere issue.
Pedigree: Suscha News
Owner's Note: 2nd Copy
4. Marvel Premiere Volume 1, Number 1
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.6; White Pages
Key: Origin of HIM retold; HIM is given the name Warlock by the High Evolutionary; 1st Appearance of Warlock in Costume; 1st Appearance of the Soul Gem; 1st Appearance of Counter-Earth; 1st time Warlock is depicted without pupils; Premiere issue.
Pedigree: Suscha News
Owner's Note: 3rd Copy
5. Marvel Premiere Volume 1, Number 2
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.8; White Pages
Key: Warlock is given the name "Adam" by a group of children, thus becoming Adam Warlock.
Pedigree: Suscha News
6. Strange Tales Volume 1, Number 181:
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
CGC Grade: 9.6
Pedigree: Mile High II
CGC Key Comment:
Story continued in Warlock #9.
Overlooked Key Comments:
1st Full Appearance of Gamora;
1st Publication of Gamora's name;
1st Time Gamora is decreed "The Deadliest Woman in the Whole Galaxy!";
1st Appearance of the Magus in Corporeal Form (a full-page 1-panel Cameo).
7. Swamp Thing Volume 1, Number 1
Publisher: DC Comics
CGC Grade: 9.6; White Pages
Key: 1st Appearance of Alec Holland; Matt Cable; Linda Holland; Death of Linda Holland; Origin of the Swamp Thing
Pedigree: Golden State