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Brian Azzarello Signs Batman: Damned #1 For $50 CGC

Published Sun, 30 Sep 2018 08:00:50 -0500

Last updated Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:01:38 -0600

It is not unusual for comic book creators to charge for autographs these days, especially as a significant part of the autograph market is one that gets it slabbed slaps the resultant comic on eBay, or puts it on their comic store's wall (real or virtual) at a significant markup. People like Neal Adams talk about how it values the creator – and how creators who choose not to charge are undercutting that value.

Some have different levels of signature. For a while, Rob Liefeld did free signatures unless it was New Mutants #98, the first appearance of Deadpool. Now he charges for all signatures but Deadpool books get a premium price.

And now it seems, in the wake of the insane activity around Batman: Damned #1 and, well, the batawang, Brian Azzarello has joined the premium club for comic intended to be CGC graded and slabbed.

He will charge $5 for any signature, $15 for a CGC-slabbing signature, Batman Damned #1 for $10 and for a CGC-slabbing Batman Damned #1? That's a full $50. From the website…

Brian will sign any book with a fee of $5 per book. Unless the book is Batman Damned then its $10 .00 per book. Brian's fee for CGC books is $15 per book if you are in attendance at the show. Unless the book is Batman Damned if it is then the price is $50 per book.

Given that a signed Brian Azzarello Batman Damned comic sold on eBay for $126 unslabbed, you might be able to understand both the temptation and rationale.

Brian Azzarello is at Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend and will then be attending the MCM London Comic Con later in October alongside Dark Knight: The Master Race III co-creator Frank Miller.

I'll have my copy of Batman Damned in hand. Let's see if I can get Frank Miller to sign it. No one else will have that…