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The Complete Blade Runner Franchise

Category:  Title Runs
Owner:  ethanwa79
Last Modified:  4/24/2024
Set Description


Blade Runner is widely known as one of the greatest and most influential sci-fi movies ever made. Released in theaters in 1982, it stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a Blade Runner on the hunt to capture escaped genetically engineered replicant humans who have illegally returned to Earth in the future year of 2019. The movie captures the attention of the viewer with deep concepts, intense action, and dystopian visuals based on the amazing concept artwork by the late Syd Mead, which is featured on the covers of many of the variant issues in this comic book run.


In 2017, a sequel to the movie was released, titled Blade Runner 2049. It also starred Harrison Ford, as well as Ryan Gosling and others, and continued on the deep themes of what it means to be human. The movie received rave reviews and again featured stunning visuals in a dystopian setting, and has sealed its fate as one of the greatest sequels ever made. The fantastic praise of the movie prompted the idea to continue the storylines further in other media formats, including comic books, anime shows, role-playing games, and more.


The comics continue the canon storyline of Blade Runner with old and new characters. They are published by Titan Comics and feature the writing of Michael Green, who also worked on the Blade Runner 2049 film. The story arcs take place before and in-between the first movie (the year 2019) and second movie (the year 2049). This includes the original Blade Runner Marvel movie adaption from 1982, as well as Blade Runner 2019, Blade Runner 2029, Blade Runner 2039, Blade Runner Origins, and Blade Runner: Black Lotus (a continuation of the anime TV show, also canon).


The cover artwork on these comics features some current industry giants such as Peach Momoko, Dan Quintana, Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau, Ben Oliver, Warren Louw, and many more. It also features the original movie concept artwork of the late Syd Mead, which has become the most desirable comics to own in high grade within this run.

My set, shown below, includes every known variant ever released, all CGC graded. As of the time of this writing (March 14th, 2024) there are 287 comics in this set. More will continue to be added, as a new run of comics called Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus was announced in early 2024. I've added story arc synopsis to the owner description section of all Issue 1, Cover A books of each title in the run to give more in-depth detail to the stories being told here.




Here is the current breakdown of the CGC grades in my set:


The single 8.0 is a very hard-to-find Dutch variant of the 1982 Marvel Super Special #22. It's unlikely I'll be able to find a copy of this book in the 9's. The single 9.0 is the Blade Runner 2019 Free Comic Book Day France variant, another tough one to find for anyone not living in France at the time of its release. As I continue to increase the grades of my comics in this run, I'll update the details and pictures.

Set Goals

I fell in love with Blade Runner because of my deep affinity for sci-fi and how much these movies made me think about what it means to be alive. As soon as I heard comics were being released that added more world building, I started collecting them immediately. Being a collector as well as someone who loves visual storytelling, I just knew I had to have them all. My obsession has driven me to grow this hobby into the best framed collection of Blade Runner artwork in the world, with special thanks to CGC and the Blade Runner fans out there who've helped me along the way. It gives me so much pride in not only curating this set, but also in sharing it with fellow comic book fans, movie fans, and the world.

My personal goal is to get nearly all of the Blade Runner franchise comics in a 9.6 or higher.

I'm also very proud that this set won the 2023 CGC Comics Registry award for Best Presented Set. You can read a detailed write-up of my set with some great commentary from CGC staff by clicking this link here.




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Item Description
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Pics
1982 #1 - Direct Blade Runner 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 #1 - Newsstand Blade Runner 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 #2 - Canadian Price Blade Runner 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 #2 - Direct Blade Runner 2 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 #2 - Newsstand Blade Runner 2 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 #2 - Canadian Price Blade Runner 2 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 Super Special - USA Marvel Super Special 22 Modern 9.8 View Comic
1982 Super Special - Dutch Marvel Super Special 22 Modern 8.0 The only copy ever graded by CGC. Very hard to find in this condition or better. View Comic
#0 - USA Blade Runner 2019: Free Comic Book Day nn Modern 9.8 Synopsis: In the year 2000, at a food stand operated by Ash and her grandmother, LAPD officers take meals and refuse to pay, threatening to expose the stand's fake permit if they insist on payment.

In July 2009, Eldon Tyrell, Rhea McCallister, and Charles Edevane conduct a meeting concerning the murder of Lydia Kine – a worker in Edevane's lab – by the pleasure model Nexus-4 331575. Meanwhile, Ash blackmails Zhang in return for a back brace, allowing her to walk more efficiently without crutches.

In 2013, Ash performs a Voight-Kampff test on a female replicant and retires her, the first retirement of her Blade Runner career. 		View Comic
#0 - UK Blade Runner 2019: Free Comic Book Day nn Modern 9.6 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#0 - France Blade Runner 2019: Free Comic Book Day nn Modern 9.0 View Comic
#0 - One-shot USA Blade Runner Free Comic Book Day nn Modern 9.8 Synopsis: This special edition connects the Blade Runner Origins and Blade Runner 2029 storylines for the first time! Titan's Gold-level FCBD title reveals the link between Detective Cal's actions in Blade Runner Origins and Detective Ash's story in Blade Runner 2029 #1. Two acclaimed creative teams of Mike Johnson, K. Perkins, Mellow Brown, Andrés Guinaldo, and Fernando Dagnino come together for a spectacular FCBD issue! View Comic
#1 - Cover A Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Synopsis: LAPD's best Blade Runner and detective, Aahna 'Ash' Ashina, has been assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Isobel and Cleo Selwyn, the wife and daughter of business tycoon, Alexander Selwyn, a close personal friend of Eldon Tyrell. Ash's search will take her on a journey from the crime-ridden underbelly of Los Angeles to the promised land of the Off-World Colonies and back home again as she uncovers a terrible secret and a desperate conspiracy that forces her to confront her own hatred for Replicants - the synthetic humans that she hunts with such vengeance. View Comic
#1 - Cover B Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#1 - Cover C Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#1 - Cover D Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#1 - Cover E Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Blank Sketch View Comic
#1 - Virgin Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 San Diego Comic Con View Comic
#1 - Forbidden Planet Store Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - Forbidden Planet Oliver Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - The Comic Mint Virgin Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#1 - Quintana Virgin Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - Louw Virgin Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - Heroes Haven Store Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - NY Comic Con Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#1 - Mead Virgin Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#1 - Second Printing Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#1 - London Comic Con Blade Runner 2019 1 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#2 - Cover A Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#2 - Cover B Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.8 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#2 - Cover C Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#2 - Cover D Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#2 - Forbidden Planet Oliver Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#2 - Mead Virgin Blade Runner 2019 2 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#3 - Cover A Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#3 - Cover B Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.6 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#3 - Cover C Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#3 - Cover D Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#3 - Forbidden Planet Oliver Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#3 - Mead Virgin Blade Runner 2019 3 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#4 - Cover A Blade Runner 2019 4 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#4 - Cover B Blade Runner 2019 4 Modern 9.6 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#4 - Cover C Blade Runner 2019 4 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#4 - Mead Virgin Blade Runner 2019 4 Modern 9.8 Limited 500 View Comic
#4 - Forbidden Planet Oliver Blade Runner 2019 4 Modern 9.6 Limited 500 View Comic
#5 - Cover A Blade Runner 2019 5 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#5 - Cover B Blade Runner 2019 5 Modern 9.6 Syd Mead 1982 Blade Runner Movie Concept Art View Comic
#5 - Cover C Blade Runner 2019 5 Modern 9.8 View Comic
#5 - B&W Sketch Blade Runner 2019 5 Modern 9.6 View Comic
#5 - Blank Sketch Blade Runner 2019 5 Modern 9.8 View Comic
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