This is a fake Good Morty comic book. But do you know
why? Read on.
WHAT IS THE GOOD MORTY?
Greetings! I’m here today
to talk to you about the Good Morty Comic Book,
which is really a mini booklet insert that was packed with
season 1 DVD and Blu-ray sets from 2014. The Good Morty
is a pamphlet from the Rick and Morty cartoon series
featured on Adult Swim. The comic is briefly
shown on the episode "Close Rick-Counters of the
Rick Kind". This small 3x5 inch mini comic book
insert was originally placed loosely inside the season 1
DVD and Blu-ray sets released around late 2014, early 2015.
The “first printings” only came in these select movie sets.
To reiterate: if you buy a brand new Rick and Morty: Season
One DVD or Blu-ray set on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, or
at a "big box" store, or any retailer that sells
brand new movies, you will not receive this mini
comic book. Not unless you have a time machine,
of course. The only source now would be an unsuspecting
seller on ebay, or a used bookstore like "Half Priced
Books". Moving on. . . .
PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION
The purpose of this article
written today is to educate others out there the differences
between a real Good Morty comic book and a fake Good Morty
comic book. I'm watching people purchase these fake Good
Morty comic books on ebay for $180-$350. Prior to 10/10/2017
there were no Good Morty books for sale on ebay when looking
at completed sales in the past 6 months. As evidenced by
the rest of this website, and as a true Rick and Morty fan,
a diehard fan, I cannot keep watching this unfold as the
weeks go by! I would like to thank CBCS forum members BigRig,
IntoAnother, Scorpion, shrewbeer, jimmylinguini, Waddly,
Krazyflipz, Cynthia Ritchie of CGC, and Steve Ricketts of
CBCS for all their efforts in trying to figure this
mess out. Thank you!
ORIGIN OF THE GOOD MORTY BOOKLET
The design and concept of
the pamphlet is a reference to Chick Tracts, a series of
religious comic strips by Christian comic artist Jack Chick.
I am almost certain the one named "THE CHOICE"
is the original book of choice for Justin Roiland's inspiration.
JUSTIN ROILAND'S ASSISTANT POSTS
ON REDDIT
According to Justin Roiland’s assistant
at that time, it was mentioned on a reddit post in 2014
that 250 of them were stamped and signed by co creators
Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon.
These were randomly inserted in the same original run of
inserted movie sets. This was displayed on Justin Roiland’s
actual twitter account with a photo. The photo displayed
clearly showed a one staple mini comic with the stamps and
signatures on the back cover. The black on the cover is
pure dark black in hue, with no fading. The back of the
same comics being signed in 2014 had a bright red square
reading Morty Publications USA on the rear cover. We will
get to why I am mentioning such important details here in
a second.
CGC HAS NOT CONFIRMED FIRST
APPEARANCE IN COMICS...YET
It was first announced on October 10, 2017
at a google+ group called the Comic Book Speculation &
Investing (CBSI Public). User Negan Grimes
writes that CGC claims the Good Morty comic is the first
appearance of Rick and Morty in comics. CGC is a third party
comic book grading company.
Google+ user Negan Grimes original
post on 10/10/2017
Google+ user Negan Grimes post comments
after 10/11/2017
As of 11/6/2017, there has been no word currently on CGC's
website, announcements, forums, or news messagges on social
media regarding the Good Morty comic. I'm not even sure
they are confirming anything at this point. So far all evidence
points to no evidence.
It is noteworthy that I have a CGC graded
9. 8 copy of Rick and Morty #1 and it does not state the
first appearance on its label.
My Rick & Morty #1 First Printing CGC 9.8
CBCS is also another third party comic book
grading company who has placed on the labels of 2015 Oni
Press RICK AND MORTY #1 as the “First Appearance of Rick
and Morty in Comics” on their graded comics prior to this
discovery.
My Rick & Morty #1 First Printing CBCS 9.8
COMIC BOOK REALM
Comic Book Realm is a website where collectors can keep track
of their collections. They mention on their website as well
that The Good Morty Book is “1st appearance of Rick Sanchez
in comics. 1st appearance of Morty Smith in comics. Mini-Comic
included with Season 1 DVD . ” :
https://comicbookrealm.com/series/37587/0/rick-and-morty-the-good-morty-one-shot.
As of 11/1/2017, www.comicbookrealm.com
has since updated their listings on this comic book and
now offer 3 versions: NN, NN B, NN MADMAN and NN COUNTERFEIT.
NN is the original, NN B is the signed copy limited to 250
copies, NN MADMAN is the Madman Entertainment Australian
Foreign Edition Reprint, and NN COUNTERFEIT is obviously
the fake ones. Thankfully, they have included the warning
signs of a fake Good Morty on their website this morning.
Thanks, CBR!
I SUBMIT A FAKE TO CGC, ACCIDENTLY
I sent off my copy I owned to CGC for grading on 10/12/2017.
I purchased my clear case 2 DVD sets consisting of Season
1 and Season 2 from Amazon Prime on JULY 8, 2017, 3 months
prior to news of this CGC announcement. Both were sealed
in plastic with a “COMIC BOOK INSIDE” Portal sticker on
the front of both. I thought I purchased my set in January
but I went back and checked my amazon prime record of orders
placed in the last year.
This are the photos of the one I sent off
for grading prior to really knowing what was going on. It
hadn’t occurred to me yet that in the world of bootlegging
DVDs, just a day later it was announced on the CBCS forums,
there were FAKES out there - placed in bootlegged copies!
All of us were up in arms over this glaring revelation.
Could it be possible? Why on Earth would bootleggers place
fake DVD inserts in the cases? It was already a low announced
number from 2014. Why go through all the trouble to place
them in sets made now in 2016 to sell and pass off as genuine
2014 copies?
NO WAY TO DETECT...YET
For 3 weeks we all dissected what was going on with these
mini comics. Some of us had one staple, some of us had two
staples. Others argued that there is no need or monetary
value in the mini booklet inserts prior to October 2017
so what is the motivation of bootleggers to make them? Many
of us went down a rabbit hole to try and figure this mess
out. It didn't make sense to any of use to make a fake dvd
insert only available the first year of release.
If you look on ebay right now, there are over 32 search
string results for “good morty comic”. Look for yourself:
Prior to 10/10/2017, there are no previous sales of Good
Morty comic books on ebay for 6 months going backwards using
advanced search criteria. Yet suddenly, the books started
showing up on ebay after the aforementioned date. On October
10, 2017, these books were selling for $250, $300, $500
and even $750!
"GOOD MORTY COMIC INSIDE"
IN TITLES OF EBAY LISTINGS
We all shouted conspiracy and shill bidders immediately. Something
funny was going on here…. So I and a few other board members
on CBCS decided to try and crack this case wide open. Since
there are DVD sets right now on ebay using the actual search
terms “Good Morty comic inside” when you are looking for “Rick
and Morty season 1 dvd”, then I have to admit something is
up. I then look at said sellers who are apparently in the
business of selling thousands of other movies when I look
at “other items” the seller has to offer. When you are actually
using the search term comic inside on a brand new DVD set
something is definitely not right here.
As the story unfolded, CBCS
forum user "JimmyLinguini" made
this video on Youtube discussing the fakes and how they
were discovered:
https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=eOS2Mhr3j9Q
STARTING TO FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS
So looking back at my images above, you
can see that I have a dark maroon colored Morty Publications
USA square on the back. There is two staples. The black
area on the front cover is a dull black. Not sharp and dark
black in color. The inside of the comic is hazy or kinda
grey in tone. The inks aren’t sharp or clear, either.
How to obtain a Real Good Morty
The best way to find a real one to compare
at a cheap cost would be to find a seller on ebay who was
auctioning off random items. So I started with the search
term “good morty season 1” and found a pawn shop selling
one at 7 day auction! Great Lakes Pawn in Michigan, actually.
I watched it and waited my time out for the auction to end.
The photos showed the DVD case open with the loose comic
inside!I thought this was my best chance if any to grab
one unsuspectingly from a seller who clearly didn’t know
any better or understand “the hype” behind this Good Morty
mini comic inside. I sniped the auction at the last second,
and scored the DVD set for $28. I paid with ebay bucks so
really it was free. I waited a week and it arrived in the
mail. Here are the photos, and keep in mind this is a loose
free DVD insert that is knocked around inside the DVD case
during shipping and transport:
this Blu-ray case matches every unboxing video online
from early 2015
It would seem that almost all genuine Good Morty copies
are inside Blu-ray sets with the large recycle logo cut
into the inside left door of the case.
YIKES!
It’s in pretty bad shape, as you can tell.
But, you can also tell it’s a REAL ONE, too. Single Staple.
Morty’s face is brighter and lighter in color. The black
square on the front cover is a dark crisp sharp black in
color.
Let’s flip it over, shall we?Here’s the
back. You can tell it’s real again from the light red square
that reads MORTY PUBLICATIONS USA:
The inside shows dark blacks, sharp and
clear lines and typeface. The image is centered and the
space from the edges is even around all sides of the comic
cel frames. On fake counterfeit copies of the Good Morty,you
will sometimes see the comic boxes running off, closer to
the right edge of the pages.
Unboxing Videos from 2015
A person on twitter contacted me with the handle
@Krazyflipz
on October 25. This person reached out to me and informed
me that he's been following our investigation at the CBCS
forums for a week or so.
Krazyflipz found 2 videos
on youtube from 2014 and 2015 that show real the Good Morty
comic books being unboxed from official season 1 sets of
Rick and Morty. Notice the color hues and one staple in
each video as further proof of what could be considered
legitimite copies.
Youtube user ScottVSBox published this
video on August 1, 2015
Youtube user Disco Spider published
this video on December 10, 2015
Size Matters
A real Good Morty mini comic will also
be around 3x5 inches. They can vary from the print stage
but overall the book should be exactly 3x5 inches. This
one is exactly 5.0" inches wide but 2.90" inches
tall. Most will be a little short in height.
I had the mini comic pressed by myself
as soon as I got the book. I used my pressing techniques
outlined here at this link if you are interested in how
the process was done: “HOW
TO: Press Comic Books with a T-Shirt Heat Press for Beginners
by KaptainMyke”
I used steam and humidity treatment and dry cleaning, then
finished it with high heat pressing. The mini comic book
was pressed twice, and left overnight cold in the press
as well. I will call this one “Dimple Morty” because I cannot
get the dimple on his face completely out. The rest of the
book showed amazing results, though!
INSPECTING A FAKE ONE
Then, I decided since my fake two staple
copy is getting graded right now at CGC, I needed to compare
a fake one now with my real one, right?So I went to ebay
and bought the first DVD set from the first seller on ebay
selling them cheap, at $30. Both season 1 and 2 for DVD
format. Another week passes, and here we are now.
I opened this bootleg set and here are
photos of the outside:
TWO STAPLES BECOMES ONE STAPLE
NOW
I think as soon as the announcement got
out about the two staples, the bootleggers wised up suddenly
or something magical happened. Maybe the Mandela Effect?This
bootleg set contained both comics in both sets. I got the
Plumbus manual in Season 2. This one however has one staple.
A few things to look at in this photo.
Morty’s face is darker. The black square on front cover
is very dull. It’s not a dark, pure black shade. Let’s look
at the back, shall we?
The back features a dark red maroon square reading “MORTY
PUBLICATIONS USA”. The shade of red is too dark.
Looking inside this booklet you can see
the black colors are dull and greyed out. The black hue
is not a pure dark black like the other one, the dimple
Morty one.
Much lighter hues in comparison.
Examining a DVD Set Slipcase
Other things to look for on this bootleg
case are the following:The top panel is a darker brown than
a real one. A real one has lighter hue of tan/brown across
the top. The black line under the top panel is not lined
up with the panel. You can see a lighter brown hue from
the layer being incorrectly printed on rear.
There is no line of text underneath Beth’s
feet.
This set has Jerry’s feet
displayed. Other copies Jerry’s feet is missing. Those are
fakes too, because originally that layer had a Blu-ray sticker
going across his feet. This particular cover on the slip
case however shows the couch walking off the ground as well.
As you can see in this photo provided by "Scorpion"
from the CBCS forums. . . this was a printed on "Digital
HD Ultraviolet" label that isn't really a sticker because
it was actually printed on the slip case. Many of these
bootlegged sets simply have no feet and no ultraviolet label
at all printed below Jerry's feet.
After using my comic
book pressing techniques outlined here at this link,
here are the results of the bootleg version of the Good
Morty mini comic book:
Now we are going to dive a little deeper
and compare them side by side. A forum member on cbcs forums
named “IntoAnother” first discovered the
color shade differences. Forum member “shrewbeer”
pointed out the staple variations from day one of this discovery.
I admit it shrewbeer, my two staple copy
is fake. There, I said it. You win!
Side by Side Analysis
Back to the comparisons:
Can you tell which one is the real one in this photo shown
below?
The real Good Morty comic book is featured
on left. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the
right. You can tell because Morty’s face is lighter on the
left. The black square on front cover is a darker shade
of pure black. The one on right is faded. Morty’s face is
darker.
The real Good Morty comic book is featured
on bottom. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on
the top. You can tell because Morty’s face is lighter on
the bottomThe black square on front cover is a darker shade
of pure black. The one above is faded. Morty’s face is darker.
Again, for comparison and simplicity sake
- The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom.
The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. You
can tell because Morty’s bed is darker shade of grey on
the bottom. The black square on bottom is a darker shade
of pure black. The one above is faded and lighter print.
The blacks are washed out and the greys are lighter.
Again, for comparison and simplicity sake
- The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom.
The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. You
can tell because Morty’s bed is darker shade of grey on
the bottom. The black cel lines of the panels on bottomis
a darker shade of pure black. The lines are tighter and
crisp. The one above is faded and lighter print. The blacks
are washed out and the greys are lighter.
Now let’s look at the back cover side by
side.
The real Good Morty comic book is featured
on right. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the
left. Look closer at the Good Morty book on the left. The
left onefeatures a dark red maroon square reading “MORTY
PUBLICATIONS USA”. The shade of red is too dark. The one
at right has a much lighter shade of pure red for the “MORTY
PUBLICATIONS USA” square. The font and typeface is much
sharper and crisp on the booklet featured at right, the
real one.
Burned Blu-Ray Discs?
Forum member at CBCS named “Waddly”
contributed to the investigation by submitting his photos
of a Blu-ray set he acquired off ebay:
The Blu-ray logo doesn’t seem right. It
does not display the Blu-ray logo or the Ultra Violet logo
across top like most of them do.
As you can see in this blu ray set, Jerry’s
feet is missing however there isn’t a blu ray sticker across
the top printed on the slip case. That is a warning sign.
What tripped us up in this investigation with Waddly’s photos
was the line of text under Beth’s feet is preset.
Then Waddly showed us
the back of the blu ray disc:
Blu ray discs are always SILVER. Unless
they are burned from a blank disc. This is clearly a bootleg.
The comic inside had 2 staples, the black
square on cover is faded. Morty’s face is darker.
The red “Morty Publications USA” square
is maroon, dark red in shade. It is not bright red like
on a real one.
The case itself is a off blue color from
a regular blu ray case. There is no recycle logo on the
left panel either. These were blank blu ray cases bought
at wholesale stock.
For my DVD sets that contained bootleg
copies, the DVD sets were clear. The disc 1 was mounted
on the left door of case. Most real ones have an extra insert
disc page with the disc 1 mounted on that and not on the
left door of the case.
Skin color matters
CBCS forum member "shrewbeer"
provided us with this set of photos and another detail about
Morty's face on the front cover of these Good Morty books:
"The biggest tell on the good morty, is that on
the real one his hair is BROWN and on the fakes it is BLACK,
and obviously the real has a single staple while the fake
has two.
In ALL these pictures, the real one
is in the middle. The darkest morty comes from the fake
DVD , while the lightest morty comes from the fake Blu-ray
. " - shrewbeer
photos provided by CBCS forum member "shrewbeer"
(the real Good Morty Blu-ray set is in the middle of each
photo)
MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT FOREIGN EDITION PRINTING
I've had a few people email
me asking about the "Madman Entertainment" version
of the Good Morty comic book. This is a wildcard for sure.
Madman Entertainment is a $50 million dollar Austrailian
Anime Entertainment company. If you go to www.madman.com.au
you will see this is a company that reissues American pop
culture trends and rebrands / repackages them over in Australia.
According to their website, the mission statement is: "Madman
is Australia's leading independent theatrical, home entertainment
distribution and rights management company, specialising
in the wholesale distribution of DVD and BLU RAY product
into sales channels throughout Australia and New Zealand.
"
Alledgedly, this is a foreign edition printing in-house
with Madman under a license with Turner Broadcasting in
2014. I have no source or print run information to back
up this information. This information was revealed to me
by user Lucky Baru on the CGC
forums. This person filled out the contact form on the Madman
website and sent an inquiry on the book.
Madman Entertainment is a wholesale distribution center
for DVDs and Blu-rays. Licensed or not, this points to mass
production of movie media - either way you slice it. At
the bottom of their "about us" page, it even states
their production and design team is: "The workhorse
of the business, our huge and dedicated production team
never fails to amaze us with its ability to deliver finished
stock of exceptional quality on time and on budget. Alongside
our studio of 25 talented designers, headed up by our highly
experienced creative director, the production team are experts
in every area of DVD production including: slick and DVD
menu design, disc authoring, ad design and art direction,
TVC production and much more."
Below is an example of a Madman variant of the Good Morty
comic book. It has a bright red Morty Publications USA square
on the back of cover. Morty's face is light in color and
so is the brown hair. The black square on front is pure
black but the cover is glossy. And finally, the last important
detail, is the glaring red Madman stamped logo, very precisely
stamped in the exact center of the white space on back cover.
Most likely, they were all printed and machine stamped at
their printing facilities. The paperstock is thick and the
cover is semi glossy like a magazine cover. The interor
pages are numbered and the print is done very well with
high quality inks and pressing material. There is no dither
loss or image quality loss and no fading. The lines and
text are crisp and sharp, as they should be. These were
manufactured sometime in 2014 through the Madman Entertainment
namesake as a royalty licensee through Turner Broadcasting,
possibly.
Madman Entertainment red stamp on back cover of Good
Morty comic
As you can see, that is a
machine stamped logo on the back of this single staple light
colored Good Morty comic book. The stamp is both red and
black, which implies a 2 stage, 2 color plate process during
the production of this reprint. This may be another first
printing production, since it is from a mass production
printing company based out of the Richmond province in Victoria,
Australia during the same time period as initial release
in the United States.
Front of MADMAN Entertainment Good Morty
Side of Madman Good Morty , with one staple and
a semigloss cover
Front of Madman Good Morty comic book
If you are looking for looking for another
edition of the Good Morty comic book, then look for the
Australian edition from Madman Entertainment.
Search Ebay for used copies
Watch out for fakes and snatch up those
low key Blu-ray sets from 2014 with the recycle logo on
left door. Your best bet is to find a used bookstore, like
Half Priced Books, or even a mom and pop bookstore.
Also look on ebay but use the search string “morty
season 1” and buy only from unsuspecting sellers
who sell random crap on their “sold” tab under filters for
“other items” under advanced search string options.
A Bootlegger's Conspiracy at Large?
So now at this point, many questions
are raised:
COMIC BOOK GRADING COMPANIES
DECIDE TO STEP BACK
So here's the best part: on November 2,
2017, CBCS forums member BigRig called
the CGC comic book grading company about all of this:
So in light of all of this. . . CGC is a
professional third party comic book grading company, the
largest in the world, since 2000. A 17 year old company
with professional comic graders. . . . and they have to
call Adult Swim and Warner Brothers. Are you telling me
that a bunch of amatuers with horrible spelling and bad
grammar who writes run on sentences like crazy on a competing
third party comic book grading company's forum actually
figured this out over a team of professionals at a multi-million
dollar company?!
CGC started this entire rabbit hole and
now they aren't even sure how to proceed forward and grade
these comic books?
CBCS ISSUES STATEMENT
Update: 11/4/17
Steve Ricketts, employee and grader of CBCS comic grading
services, released this statement on the CBCS forums:
Update: 11/11/17
Steve Ricketts, employee of CBCS
comic book gradng services, issued this statement today:
My analysis of two “Good Morty” booklets that were sent
to me by board member “Scorpion.”
I went into this with as open of a mind
as I could have, as I’ve not been following the conversations
about these booklets very closely. Just picking up things
in very brief passing. I did go into this seeking the
answers to a few basic questions:
1) Were both booklets produced from the same data
source?
2) If not, was one produced “second generation” from the
other?
3) Is one real and one counterfeit, or were they both
produced by legitimate sources and included with real
DVD/Bluray sets?
4) Would someone counterfeiting a DVD set actually go
to the trouble of counterfeiting a throwaway pamphlet?
5) If one of these is not an actual counterfeit, would
it be easy for a convincing counterfeit to be made?
6) Can CBCS certify and encapsulate these?
So let’s start at the beginning;
To explain the question, I’d have to explain print production
a little. Printing an image onto a substrate is achieved
by printing solid colors. In order to achieve a shade
of a color, you have to print a series of tiny dots that
fool your eye into thinking it is a lighter shade of color.
When you are printing something first generation,
you have an image file that is sent to the printer. The
computer screens the various shades of colors into dots.
The printer can choose any number of different screens,
based on individual lines per inch and dot shape.
1) Were both booklets produced from
the same data source?
No. The explanation follows.
If someone is going to reproduce a printed
piece, they could do so in a few different ways. They
would have access to the original computer files, which
obviously would be the easiest to faithfully recreate
the original printing. They could also scan the originally
produced piece to create new digital files. This would
basically create a computer file that already has the
dots used to produce the printed image. When the file
is sent to the printer, it will rescreen the image. This
is easily detectible by someone with years of printing
experience. Rescreening leaves artifacts and many imperfections.
2) If not, was one produced “second
generation” from the other?
Yes.
The two booklets are shown below. Booklet
A was produced from raw image files using a 150dpi screen.
Booklet B was created by scanning booklet A, then rescreening
it when it was printed with a 200dpi screen.
For a closer look at the differences, here
is the print through a microscope.
So after analyzing the two booklets and
solving the first two riddles, I can now move on.
3) Is one real and one counterfeit,
or were they both produced by legitimate sources and included
with real DVD/Bluray sets?
This question is impossible to answer. I can tell you
that booklet A was produced from the raw image files,
and that booklet B was produced by scanning booklet A
and rescreening the file when it was printed. Is one of
them counterfeit? It’s absolutely possible that the company
producing legitimate DVD/Blurays ran out of booklets,
lost the original digital files, scanned the first booklet
and created more. I worked in the printing industry for
25 years and I can say, as farfetched as that sounds,
it is entirely possible. That said, booklet A is more
likely genuine. Booklet B is a “second printing” at best,
and counterfeit at worst, but there is no way to tell
for certain.
4) Would someone counterfeiting a DVD set actually
go to the trouble of counterfeiting a throwaway pamphlet?
In my honest opinion, no. They’d have no reason to reproduce
the booklet. At the time these came out, the book was
worthless and anyone buying the DVD/Blueray wouldn’t question
the fact that it was a bootleg based on the fact that
this worthless booklet was not included with their set.
I suppose it’s possible, but in my opinion, not likely.
5) If one of these is not an actual counterfeit,
would it be easy for a convincing counterfeit to be made?
Yes, and quite convincingly. Knowing what I know about
them, and having my experience in the printing industry,
I can say that these can be reproduced today, much closer
to the original “Copy A” than the current “Copy B” was
produced. Even without the original raw data file, it
is possible to recreate this booklet with much more accuracy.
While I’m not that “Copy B” is an actual counterfeit,
if there is a lot of money to be made from an unsuspecting
consumer, the odds of actual counterfeit copies being
produced and injected into the market increases substantially.
6) Can CBCS certify and encapsulate these?
Due to the fact that these can be so easily, and convincingly
counterfeited, no.
A huge thanks to Scorpion for sending me these booklets
and letting me analyze them. I really appreciate it.
-SteveRicketts, CBCS
CGC ISSUES STATEMENT
Update: December 2, 2017
Cynthia Ritchie <critchie@cgccomics.com>
Hello Mike,
Thank you for your recent submission. Upon
further processing the following book(s) has been identified
as not eligible for grading and encapsulation services.
Line Item 1 – The Good Morty #nn
After much research and discussion, CGC
has decided that we will not grade The Good Morty "chick
tract" mini comic. We are fully aware of all of the
versions that exist, but are unable to confirm all versions'
origin. Due to DVD's and Blu Rays packaging and inserts
being manufactured all over the world, it's impossible
to identify a particular version as a "fake",
when in actuality if could have just been printed in a
different facility.
We will, however, be allowing this book
to be submitted under our Signature Series Celebrity/Sketch
service for copies that have been signed and witnessed.
This service does not grade the book itself, but will
authenticate the signature(s), and will encapsulate the
mini comic into our sketch holder for preservation.
All grading charges for this item(s) will
be reversed to your account. Thank you and have a great
day.
Regards,
Cynthia Ritchie
Customer Service
p. 877-662-6642 | f. 941-360-2558
CGCcomics.com
This is a good thing, right?
This investigation is now finally concluded.
There will be no grading companies grading this mini booklet
dvd insert. We all can breathe a sigh of relief now. The
2015 Oni Press RICK AND MORTY #1 comic books and their
incredibly unrealistic high dollar variants should not
be effected by this incident.
Again, I would like to personally thank CBCS forum members
BigRig, IntoAnother, Scorpion, shrewbeer, jimmylinguini,
Waddly, Krazyflipz, Cynthia Ritchie of CGC, and Steve
Ricketts of CBCS for all their efforts in trying
to figure this mess out. Thank you!
If you have a question or need research done
on a subject, email kaptainmyke@gmail.com today! (Hourly
rates apply.)