STAR WARS #1

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So I decided today to dig out the 2 Star Wars #1's I had and on the 1st print I found a signature.

1. George Lucas?

2. Would you say it is real?

The books was in a box of 70's Marvel, The bag was very yellow and tape was brown so it's been in there a while.

It shouldn't be George Lucas with a dot over a letter in the last name.

It shouldn't be George Lucas with a dot over a letter in the last name.

Maybe he dots his A's?

It shouldn't be George Lucas with a dot over a letter in the last name.

 

Maybe he dots his A's?

It looks like some of his signatures that I am seeing, My theory was the dot is an error, In hand it looks more like a drag of the marker than an intentional dot.

How does Chaykin sign ?

Just out of curiosity, did the deteriorating plastic did any damage to the book?

So I decided today to dig out the 2 Star Wars #1's I had and on the 1st print I found a signature.

1. George Lucas?

2. Would you say it is real?

The books was in a box of 70's Marvel, The bag was very yellow and tape was brown so it's been in there a while.

 

 

Looks like an old Chaykin sig to me. He has changed it over the years. He told me once that he has "improved" it (iow, easier for him to sign) by removing all the vowels. It C, some squiggles and a dot.

Just out of curiosity, did the deteriorating plastic did any damage to the book?

Not that I can tell but it appears the book wasn't in great shape to begin with / no backer board and 30+ years of god knows what.

I can't find an example of an old Howard Chaykin auto but here is what I am looking at.

All of his have a clear H but they have been recent.

This could also be the very exclusive autograph of the original owner of this book!

I just had Chaykin sign this to go with Tom Palmer and Peter Mayhew.

You can see his initials on the "R" in Wars in the title.

I def agree with the cross collectable appeal of this issue....

I have a very soft spot for this book no joke! this set is still missing some American and foreigns but I'm getting closer everyday to completion....

closer look at the Japanese....

The FIlipino Alemar SW#1 is rough.... but the darn thing is super rare! It has taken me awhile to source one so I was super happy to land this one.

This article I wrote for my magazine has meaning in this post I think. The Greek SW#1 is a real beauty of a foreign. One of the tougher ones too....

So I decided today to dig out the 2 Star Wars #1's I had and on the 1st print I found a signature.

1. George Lucas?

2. Would you say it is real?

The books was in a box of 70's Marvel, The bag was very yellow and tape was brown so it's been in there a while.

 

 

 

Looks like an old Chaykin sig to me. He has changed it over the years. He told me once that he has "improved" it (iow, easier for him to sign) by removing all the vowels. It C, some squiggles and a dot.

Stronguy sighting!

I love listening to Japanese speakers refer to Star Wars while speaking Japanese...

"Stah-doo Woes"

a 9.8 sold for 1110 dollars… it was the only one listed on ebay...

Here's a Chaykin signature from a 1983 "American Flagg" poster. Looks quite a bit like the

sig on the Star Wars #1.

Joker--

 

Here's a Chaykin signature from a 1983 "American Flagg" poster. Looks quite a bit like the

sig on the Star Wars #1.

 

 

 

Joker--

Not that I doubted other people but that picture pretty much confirms it for me, I would say that is extremely similar.... Thank you!

I sold my 9.6 a while back, but I still grab these whenever I can

How high could we see 9.8 prices by the time EP VII hits? Noticed this book has gone from $500 to $1000 on ebay.

Whoa! 5 days to go still!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-1-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Marvel-7-77-WHITE-PAGES-FIRST-PRINTING-/171655306446?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item27f7741cce

Whoa! 5 days to go still!

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-1-CGC-9-8-NM-MT-Marvel-7-77-WHITE-PAGES-FIRST-PRINTING-/171655306446?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item27f7741cce

 

It is an interesting sale. This book has really caught on fire in the past couple of years. It wasn't that long ago when this was a $300 book.