I recently scored TWO copies of GI Joe: A Real American Hero (1982) #1, BOTH at 9.6 or higher in condition.

I want to keep one and sell the other... however, BEFORE I get them slabbed, I am planning on attending Hero Con in June, and FOUR of the still living five members of the creative team will be there doing signatures:

Scripter/Writer: Larry Hamma
Inker: Bob McLeod
Editor: Tom DeFalco
Editor in Chief: Jom Shooter

Sadly, Penciler/Artist Herb Trimpe and Letterer Jim Novak are both deceased...

CGC will be on site to verify the signatures too.

The colorist, Glynis Oliver-Marsh, aka Glynis Wein, does cons or autographs on rare occasions too. I was thinking it would be cool to get the four above, or maybe even all five signatures and then slabbing them.

I have seen certified and slabbed versions with either Hama's autograph or McLeod's autograph, EACH selling for roughly $300 more than their unsigned equivalent grades.

To me, having the entire remaining team, or close to it, sign these would be awesome and UNIQUE. But I don't want to ruin or devalue them doing this... what do YOU guys think?

Holy cow that sounds amazing!

Good score on those books and that is an amazing idea. Good luck on getting the sigs.

I met Larry Hama briefly years ago. Very cool dude.

I don't think creator signatures devalue a book.

I'm old school, I only like the signatures on the 1st page under the indicia.

Same. Unless it's the cover artist who didn't do the interiors.