Set Description:
x =
Best Of Two Worlds,
Comics & Comix,
newsstand, direct sale,
hand-selected copies, ...
+
an HA #2.
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Judge Dredd 1 (Eagle) |
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Judge Dredd 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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0197506006
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book #37) (TOP POP)
(BEST OF TWO WORLDS, .. [RORY ROOT],
newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
... one family owner 39+ years.
This is the 75TH cgc'd Judge Dredd #1!
(HAPPY ANNIVERSARY !!!)
I bought this Judge Dredd #1 at the time of publication. This is a direct sale newsstand copy from .. that big guy with long, sandy-blond hair, a beard, a brown brimmed hat, and a cup: Rory Root. (...know you're havin' fun.) (RIP Rory, RR-II-PP.)
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This is the 30th Universal 9.8 Judge Dredd #1, and the
...34th 9.8, overall.
One family owner 39+ years.
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Sisters and Siblings
to 9.8 0197506004 (73rd cgc'd JD #1);
(29th Universal 9.8, 33rd 9.8 incl. 4 SS)
to 9.6 0197506005 (74th cgc'd JD #1);
(11th Universal 9.6, 18th 9.6 incl. 7 SS)
to 9.6 0188940002 (rich red)
to 9.8 0190247010
(28th Universal 9.8, 32nd 9.8 incl. 4 SS)
(one of the scarcest JD #1s!)
(Rich Red, w/'Cut-in' No. 1.)
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...sending special thanks to "~n", and "e" for giving a home to these ["Modern"] Pedigree File Copies
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...Pedigree?
(Check.)
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...0197506006 ???
(SHE'S A KEEPER!)
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I don't know why I picked up JUDGE DREDD off the stands, especially for me, with a red cover.... Maybe it was the PRINCE BUSTER song that was playing on KALX ("I sentence you to 500 years!"). Maybe, it WASN'T the "He is The Law" part, but moreover, the bashed skinhead, and a Dead Kennedy's 'Nazi Punks Flick Off' feeling I had then, and still have to this day (sexism, racism, agism IS obsolete). Nevertheless, I REALLY like the character(s) and BRIAN BOLLAND's art. I bought ones (I think) and threes from Rory (...great COMIC BOOK guy!), at THE BEST OF TWO WORLDS, and ones (, but NOT threes) from another great, distributor Bud Plant, Inc., in Grass Valley, California (... , BUT I have gotta find that BP INVOICE! ...to make sure. These all might be direct sale newsstand copies, from RR and BOTW. DID I buy forty copies off the stands?!) (I swore I sourced them from both, but I gotta make sure. ...more later.)
..., AND the copies off the [Best of Two Worlds] stands were more IMMACULATE than, fresher than, the BP copies. Those BP books all seem to have solid 1/8th inch flecks at the top, and/or bottom of the spines. I guess it was box-wear. (I know there was a difference....) Recently, I could not recall the difference between the two, but after digging them out, having them third-part graded by CGC, and.... (Sometimes, interestingly, I could tell, Rory hated it when I did that ..buy a stack of ten copies! I couldn't figure out why, but I guess he didn't like it when I bought alot of what he liked too.) Besides, I'd go in to Best of Two Worlds, and if I found a NEW (i.e., cover-price) comic book on my target list, I'd carefully pick up a stack, letting gravity do the work, and either select or not. Usually, if the books were good, one could skip maybe a top copy or two. ...same for the back copies. Generally, they would NOT BE MIXED; if they were bad, then most were that bad; if they were that good, it would behoove one to be more selective and make the sale.
That's what I did with these. (I remember the poorer copies, and I swear, getting ones in the mail. Maybe, I only bought ones and threes after I saw what came from BP that time on an order of ones. I'll have to get the remainder going, and see what's up.
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It is entrirely possible that this 9.8 has barely nary a fingerprint on it!
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Here's th' Cert. Info.:
Certification #: 0197506006
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue: 1
Issue Date: 11/83
Issue Year: 1983
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 08/16/2012
Category: Modern
Art Comments: John Wagner story Brian Bolland cover & art.
CENSUS: (see above)
Grader Notes: None Available
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..., and here's WHAT the Judge Dredd #1 CENSUS looks like,
today:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue No.: 1
Issue Date: 11/83
Year: 1983
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Key Comments: 1st U.S. appearance of, Judge Joseph Dredd.
Art Comments: John Wagner story, Brian Bolland cover & art.
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint: 10.=0
Mint: 9.9=0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 213 0 30 0 243
Near Mint + 9.6 275 0 24 0 299
Near Mint 9.4 198 0 6 0 204
Near Mint - 9.2 131 0 7 0 138
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 96 0 6 0 102
Very Fine + 8.5 68 0 3 0 71
Very Fine 8.0 45 0 2 0 47
Very Fine - 7.5 24 0 1 0 25
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 28 0 0 0 28
Fine + 6.5 11 0 1 0 12
Fine 6.0 4 0 0 0 4
Fine - 5.5 4 0 0 0 4
Very Good/Fine 5.0 3 1 0 0 4
Very Good + 4.5 3 0 0 0 3
Very Good 4.0 0 1 0 0 1
..., with nothing below 4.0, for a total
Total 1103 2 80 0 1185
Search again - CGC Census Disclaimer
THIS .. IS .. A .. W-I-P!!!
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Judge Dredd 2 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 2 |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0915645012
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Owner Comments
Not part of Original [ks] Collection -
...new HA 7.7.80.
This was listed on HA
with a short offer
(to the asking price),
and I upped it one,
but soon thought that
if I were upped one,
then I would lose the deal.
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So,
after a few minutes of realization,
I commited to the seller's price.
...locking down this Judge Dredd #2
cgc Universal 9.8 (1 of 13 = 10u + 3ss) sale.
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This one having a..
"Grade Date: 10/25/2011"
Slightly regrettably, I did not capture th' HA image, so an image is to follow..
god willing.
Peace be upon you, "Sports Fans."!
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Here's th' Cert. Info.:
Certification #: 0915645012
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue: 2
Issue Date: 12/83
Issue Year: 1983
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 10/25/2011
Category: Modern
Art Comments: John Wagner story Brian Bolland cover & art
Key Comments: Pin-up on back cover by Brian Bolland.
Census: (see above)
Grader Notes: None Available
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Judge Dredd 3 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 3 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1198132008
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book #83) (TOP POP)
(BEST OF TWO WORLDS, .. [RORY ROOT],
newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
... one family owner 39+ years.
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This is the 25th cgc'd Judge Dredd (Eagle Comics) #3, and is the 10th 9.8!
Happy Silver Spot!
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Before you and your Siblings/Sisters Six, there were three Top Grade 9.8s, and now they have seven new ladies to sing with them. ...how sweet you are !!
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This is a BEST OF TWO WORLDS, RORY ROOT (Requiescat In Pace - aRe), Direct Sale, Newsstand, copy, which
I bought upon release.. 30-PLUS, .. years ago!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Baby!
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I am.. SO GLAD to see you have grown up to be such a fine young lady...!
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I didn't wipe BOTW or Rory 'out of stock', or even buy more than 1/3 of ANY title that was on 'The Stands' EVER, but I did buy ten copies of JD #1, twice, and JD #3 twice, carefully selecting, of course, and I'm guessing no one else did that. By the time the threes had come out.... Rory didn't always work the reg.. So, I may have gotten away with one on the Number 1s, BUT I really doubt it. Rory was a business man; he knew well how to CLOSE a sale, and LOCK-IN profits.
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and
here's her Cert. Info.:
Certification Information
Certification #: 1198132008
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue: 3
Issue Date: 1/84
Issue Year: 1984
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Label Text: ""ks code"" written on interior back cover in pen.
Grade Date: 11/08/2013 (Scorpio)
Category: Modern
Art Comments: John Wagner story, Brian Bolland cover & art.
Key Comments: Pin-up on back cover by Brian Bolland.
Census: Census Info (see above - ks)
Grader Notes: None Available
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...with Classic Roman blood, this is what happened on 8 November, in Classical Antiquity:
...
Plutarch describes the custom of a mundus as being of Etruscan origin, and states that it was used as a place where first-fruits were deposited.[2] The Latin word mundus meant "world". Festus, quoting Cato this time, explains that:
Mundo nomen impositum est ab eo mundo qui supra nos est.
This stone was ceremonially opened three times a year, during which spirits of the blessed dead (the Manes) were able to commune with the living. The three days upon which the mundus was opened were August 24, October 5, and NOVEMBER 8
(!! - ks).
Fruits of the harvest were offered to the dead at this time.[5][6] Macrobius, quoting Varro, says of these days that:
Mundus cum patet, deorum tristium atque inferum quasi ianua patet.
Offerings were made to Jupiter petitioning for rain, and water was ceremonially poured over the stone.
(...got any offerings for Jove, in need?)
Azure a cross, patty gules..
more later. - ks
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Here's a PRE-DATE CENSUS (to see the pops as they were):
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..., and here's th' CENSUS:
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue No.: 3
Issue Date: 1/84
Year: 1984
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
NM/M 9.8 11 0 0 0 11 (- 5 ks file copies)
NM + 9.6 9 0 0 0 9 (- 4 ks file copies)
NM 9.4 4 0 0 0 4 (- 3 ks file copies)
NM - 9.2 1 0 0 0 1
VF/NM 9.0 2 0 1 0 3
VF + 8.5 0 0 0 0 0
VF 8.0 1 0 0 0 1
VF - 7.5 0 0 0 0 0
F/VF 7.0 1 0 0 0 1
...with nothing below 7.0 for a..
Total 29 0 1 0 30
(CENSUS as of 18 Nov., 2014, by Last Updated: 12/2/2014)
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..., but wait! There's more!
HERE, is ...
a CENSUS UPDATE:
CGC Census, New Search
CGC Census - Search Results
Title Judge Dredd
Issue No. 3
Issue Date 1/84
Year 1984
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Key Comments: Pin-up on back cover by Brian Bolland.
Art Comments: John Wagner story, Brian Bolland cover & art
Grade: Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest.Total
Mint 10.=0
Mint 9.9=0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 13 0 0 0 13
Near Mint + 9.6 15 0 0 0 15
Near Mint 9.4 4 0 0 0 4
Near Mint - 9.2 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 2 0 1 0 3
Very Fine + 8.5 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine 8.0 1 0 0 0 1
Very Fine - 7.5 1 0 0 0 1
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 1 0 0 0 1
Fine + 6.5 0 0 0 0 0....
...with NOTHING below .. 7.0, for a ..
Total 40 0 1 0 41
{updated: 14th Jan., 2020 - ckw}
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..., but wait, there's more:
Here's an
UPDATED CENSUS ..
from 3 August., 2023:
CGC Census - Search Results
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue No.: 3
Issue Date: 1/84
Year: 1984
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Key Comments: Pin-up on back cover by Brian Bolland.
Art Comments: John Wagner story, Brian Bolland cover & art
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10. = 0
Mint 9.9 = 0
Near Mint/Mint 9.8 23 0 0 0 23
Near Mint + 9.6 21 0 1 0 22
Near Mint 9.4 7 0 1 0 8
Near Mint - 9.2 2 0 0 0 2
Very Fine/Near Mint 9.0 4 0 1 0 5
Very Fine + 8.5 3 0 0 0 3
Very Fine 8.0 3 0 0 0 3
Very Fine - 7.5 1 1 0 0 2
Fine/Very Fine 7.0 1 0 0 0 1
Fine + 6.5 1 0 0 0 1
..., with nothing below, 6.5, for a ..
Total 66 1 3 0 70
Search again, CGC Census Disclaimer
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THIS.. IS.. a W-I-P!!!
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Judge Dredd 4 (Eagle) |
| Item: |
Judge Dredd 4 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0197506003
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Owner Comments
(CGC Book #34)
(Comics & Comix, newsstand, Pedigree, One Owner, File Copy)
I bought this Judge Dredd #4
at the time of publication. This is
a direct sale newsstand copy
from Comics & Comix in Berkeley, Ca..
This is the 8th cgc'd Judge Dredd #4.
This is the 1st Universal 9.6 Judge Dredd #4.
One family owner 37+ years.
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Here's th' Cert. Info.:
Certification #: 0197506003
Title: Judge Dredd
Issue: 4
Issue Date: 2/84
Issue Year: 1984
Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: WHITE
Grade Date: 08/16/2012
Category: Modern
Art Comments: John Wagner story Brian Bolland & Ron Smith art Brian Bolland cover
Census: (see CENSUS copied bellow)
Grader Notes: None Available
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Title
Judge Dredd
_Issue No.: 4
Issue Date: 2/84
______Year: 1984
_Publisher: Eagle Comics
Grade Univ. Qual. SSer. Rest. Total
Mint 10.0 0 0 0 0 0
Mint 9.9 0 0 0 0 0
NM/M 9.8 5 0 1 0 6
NM + 9.6 1 0 0 0 1
NM 9.4 3 0 2 0 5
NM - 9.2 0 0 0 0 0
...with nothing below 9.4, for a
Total 9 0 3 0 12
(CENSUS as of 18 Nov., 2014)
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This.. is.. a.. WIP!
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