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Signed Comic Room Variants

Category:  CGC Signature Series
Owner:  Fritze
Last Modified:  1/23/2022
Set Description
This set contains retailer variant covers from my local comic shop, Comic Room in Hamburg, Germany, signed by the cover artists. But let me back up a bit...

Every now and then, Panini Comics, the license holder of DC Comics and Marvel Comics in Germany, publishes store-exclusive variant covers of their German-language edition comics with assorted comic book shops. These variant covers are published very irregularly (maybe one or two a year) and only for an anniversary issue, a first issue of a miniseries or one-shot. Each participating comic book shop gets a different variant cover, generally limited to just 222 copies. They are only sold raw (unlike US retailer variant covers, were you can often simply preorder them graded 9.8, or even signed and graded).

My local comic shop, Comic Room, has had four such retailer variant covers so far, and all are Batman comics. The only book missing from this set is the German edition of Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade with a variant cover from Paul Pope.

Set Goals
To have all Comic Room retailer variant covers signed by the cover artists and graded.

Slot Name
Item Description
Grade
Owner Comments
Pics
Batman Metal #1 signed by cover artist Gabriele Dell'Otto Batman Metal 1 Signature 9.8 German edition, reprints Dark Nights: Metal #1 + #2.

Written by Scott Snyder; Art by Greg Capullo (pencils) and Jonathan Glapion (inks).

Comic Room retailer variant cover, limited to 222 copies, with cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto. (Original cover: Dark Nights: Metal #2 Bulletproof Comics variant cover.)

Signed by cover artist Gabriele Dell'Otto on April 27, 2021 at a private signing event from Scott's Collectables.

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Bought raw from my local comic shop, Comic Room, and submitted via Scott's Collectables.
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Der Batman, der lacht #1 signed & sketch by cover artist Bill Sienkiewicz Batman Who Laughs 1 Signature 9.6 German edition, reprints The Batman Who Laughs #1 and Deathstroke #36.

Written by Scott Snyder; Art by Jock.

Comic Room retailer variant cover, limited to 222 copies, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz. (Original cover: The Batman Who Laughs #1 Midtown variant cover.)

Released on Batman Day 2019 (September 21, 2019).

Signed and sketch by cover artist Bill Sienkiewicz on October 4, 2021 at a private signing event from CGC Comics.

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Bought raw from my local comic shop, Comic Room, and submitted directly to CGC.
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Batman Special: Detective Comics #1000 signed by cover artist Greg Capullo Detective Comics 1000 Signature 9.4 German edition, reprints Detective Comics #1000.

Comic Room retailer variant cover, limited to 222 copies, with cover art by Greg Capullo. (Original cover: Detective Comics #1000 2010s variant cover.)

Signed by cover artist Greg Capullo on December 13, 2021 at a private signing event from CGC Comics.

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Bought raw from my local comic shop, Comic Room, and submitted directly to CGC.
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