CGC Registry

My Knightfall Quest


Set Type: Batman: Knightfall/Knightquest/KnightsEnd
Owner: Brandon Shepherd
Last Modified: 1/19/2024
Views: 182

Rank: 10
Score: 450
Leading by: 31
Points to Higher Rank: 15

Set Description:

When I started reading and collecting comic books as an 11-year-old in early 1994, my priority was on the four monthly Superman titles in publication at the time, and I was desperately trying to catch up on all of the Death and Return of Superman issues from 1992 and 93. As I made my way to the Batman books, the “Knightquest” storyline was concluding, I tried to get all the “KnightsEnd” issues as they were released but missed some of them. I had my work cut out for me in trying to catch up. Like the Death and Return of Superman, I missed “Knightfall” and only found a handful of those issues from sealed multipacks at Toys ‘R Us. It would be another 20 years before I was able to read the complete Kinghtfall saga (in the mid 2010s), including “Venom” from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #s 16-20 (1991), the Sword of Azreal miniseries (1992), the Knightfall prelude issues in Batman and Detective Comics, “Knightquest: The Search”, and the epilogue, “Trioka”. This was all done through various trade paperbacks and back issues. DC finally collected everything in a nine volume set for the 25th anniversary of Knightfall - it’s a lot of reading.

I’ll be taking the scenic route with this set, focusing on self submissions for the first printings of the Knightfall and Knightquest issues (mostly the early issues). As of this writing, I’m in no hurry and I do not have any ambitions for a complete registry set. I’m also interested in the multiple printings, I’ll be keeping an eye out for CGC 9.8 examples, as these issues are more difficult (but not impossible) to find for raw grading candidates.

I had a Knightfall registry set previously, with several of the harder to find later printings. In 2020 when I found myself working from home, I decided to spend more time at Home Depot than at my LCS. As I got more into home improvement, landscaping and buying new furniture, I decided to sell off my graded Batman collection to make up for my 2020 spending.

In October of 2021, I found a raw copy of Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special #1 for only $4.00 at my LCS. I couldn’t believe the price, I scooped it up right away. The book was in decent shape but had a lot of non color breaking imprints on the front and back cover. I submitted the book to CCS for pressing, not really expecting much. After a year of waiting (CCS was ready backed up then), I got a pleasant surprise when the book received a 9.8. grade. Submitting the Bane book and the 30th Anniversary of “Knightfall” rekindled my desire to rebuild this registry set.

Slot DescriptionCert #GradeScore
Batman 488 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 489 4208502002 9.840 Shop eBay
Batman 489 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 490 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 490 Second Printing 4208806004 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 491 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 491 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 491 Third Printing 1990462002 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 492 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 492 Platinum Edition No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 492 Second Printing 4217370019 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 492 Third Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 493 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 493 Second Printing 4175788014 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 494 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 495 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 496 4208502003 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 497 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 497 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 497 Third Printing 3923232013 9.840 Shop eBay
Batman 498 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 499 4208502004 9.835 Shop eBay
Batman 500 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 500 Collector's Edition No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 500 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 501 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 502 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 503 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 504 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 505 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 506 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 507 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 508 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 509 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman 510 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 59 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 60 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 61 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 62 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 63 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 16 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 17 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 18 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 19 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 20 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 21 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 22 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 23 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 24 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 25 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 26 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 27 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 28 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 29 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 30 No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 30 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special (1993) #1 3970687001 9.896 Shop eBay
Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special (1993) #1 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Batman: Vengeance of Bane Special (1993) #1 Third Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Catwoman (1993) 6 No Comic    Shop eBay
Catwoman (1993) 7 No Comic    Shop eBay
Catwoman (1993) 12 No Comic    Shop eBay
Catwoman (1993) 13 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 658 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 658 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 659 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 659 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 659 Third Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 660 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 660 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 660 Third Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 661 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 662 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 663 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 664 4153375002 9.864 Shop eBay
Detective Comics 664 Second Printing No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 665 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 666 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 667 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 668 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 669 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 670 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 671 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 672 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 673 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 674 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 675 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 675 Collector's Edition No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 675 Platinum Edition No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 676 No Comic    Shop eBay
Detective Comics 677 No Comic    Shop eBay
Justice League Task Force 5 No Comic    Shop eBay
Justice League Task Force 6 No Comic    Shop eBay
Robin (1993) 7 No Comic    Shop eBay
Robin (1993) 8 No Comic    Shop eBay
Robin (1993) 9 No Comic    Shop eBay
Showcase '93 (1993) 7 No Comic    Shop eBay
Showcase '93 (1993) 8 No Comic    Shop eBay

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