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DIVINITY #1 (of 4)
(First Printing)
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Submitted by John Mattaboni
Signed by Matt Kindt, David Barron,
and Ryan Winn at NYCC 2015.
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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: 11 Feb 2015
Print Run: 12,079 Copies
(Comichron Feb 15 sales data)
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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 | 117 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 142 |
CGC 9.6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 |
*TRIPLE-SIGNED 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, John Mattaboni "slogged a Diamond box full" of Divinity #1's to NYCC, where he had 17 copies signed by writer Matt Kindt, colorist Dave Baron, and inker Ryan Winn. All 17 copies graded 9.8. I had previously obtained a CGC 9.8 copy as part of a large trade deal, which was signed by Matt Kindt. However, John contacted me in January of 2016 and we made a solid trade deal that allowed me to upgrade to the Triple-Signed copy that now is part of this set.
Trevor Hairsine's original art for Divinity #1 page #1 is pictured below.