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DIVINITY #1 (of 4)
(Third Printing)
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Submitted by Stephen Jadie Coates
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GENERAL:
Page Quality: White
Notes: Indica reads "February 2014"
Significance: 1st DIVINITY
Writer: Matt Kindt
Page Art: Trevor Hairsine & Ryan Winn
Cover Art: Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: 22 Apr 2015
Print Run: No data availible
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CENSUS REPORT: 08 JUN 19
| GRADE | Univ- | Qual- | Sign- | Rest- | Total |
| CGC 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CGC 9.8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| CGC 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
*HIGHEST GRADED COPY*
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SYNOPSIS:
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union, determined to win the Space Race at any cost, green lit a dangerously advanced mission. They sent a man farther into the cosmos than anyone has gone before or since. Lost in the stars, he encountered something unknown. Something that changed him.
Long thought lost & erased from the history books, he has suddenly returned, crash-landing in the Australian Outback. The few that have been able to reach him believe him to be a deity; one who turned the scorched desert into a lush oasis. They say he can bend matter, space, & even time to his will. Earth is about to meet a new god; and he's a communist.
How long can it be before the first confrontation between mankind and DIVINITY begins?
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COLLECTOR'S NOTES:
In October of 2015, I screened multiple copies of this book for a good 9.8 candidate for a Signature Series submission at NYCC '15. However, things did not go exactly as planned, and the book recieved a grade of CGC 9.6 (I will send to CCS for a press and resubmission to CGC later this Spring).
I then contacted Stephen Jadie Coates (eBay seller hickorycanyon) who is a well-known Valiant Fan and Collector (his Divinity Set can be found HERE), and requested a CGC 9.8 copy (as we frequently buy/sell/trade with each other) which is presently included in this set.
An example of artist Trevor Hairsine and colorist David Barron's interior page art is pictured below. 
