Countdown Presents the Search For Ray Palmer: Wildstorm #1
NM
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Countdown - The Search For Ray Palmer: Running Wild
Searching for Ray Palmer, the Challengers arrive on Earth-50, home to the Wildstorm heroes. They split up to look for Palmer but Green Lantern is pulled into the Bleed by Monarch as he had been once before. Monarch offers him the chance to stand beside him in the coming conflict. Lantern manages to stall making a decision and returns to Earth-50 where he and the other Challengers meet various heroes.The finally find Surge, on the run for having murdered the Pope, who claims to have met Palmer and that he had left his mark on him and other speedsters.Before they can question him further, Midnighter appears and kills Surge precipitating a fight between the Challengers, Midnighter and then the Authority who arrive shortly after. Majestic arrives and explains that he has journeyed to the Challengers' Earth and that the heroes are no threat. The Authority leave and, a moment later, so do the Challenger.Unknown to them, however, Dark Angel is tracking them.
Release Date: 2007
THE HIGH GRADES (Investment Quality)
- 9.9 – 10.0 MINT: Near perfect. No discernible defects.
- 9.8 NM/MT: High-end; negligible stress or bindery tears.
- 9.6 NM+: Nearly perfect; very minor surface wear.
- 9.4 NM: Standard high-grade; minor corner blunting.
- 9.2 NM-: Excellent; small stress lines (no color break).
- 9.0 VF/NM: Great eye appeal; minor spine stress.
THE MID GRADES (Collector Quality)
- 8.5 VF+: Clean copy; small amount of wear/creasing.
- 8.0 VF: Very attractive; minor surface wear or foxing.
- 7.5 VF-: Slight accumulation of defects; minor blunting.
- 7.0 FN/VF: Solid copy; minor creases or color breaks.
- 6.0 FN: Average mid-grade; small spine splits or tears.
- 5.0 VG/FN: Significant wear; small pieces may be missing.
THE LOW GRADES (Reader Quality)
- 4.0 VG: Average used copy; heavy creasing or scuffing.
- 3.0 GD/VG: Heavily read; major creases or staple rust.
- 2.0 GD: Well-worn; covers may be detached but present.
- 1.0 FR: Heavily damaged; large chunks missing.
- 0.5 PR: Fragile; missing pages or severe degradation.
Our raw grading is an opinion based on 30+ years of experience. We do not guarantee a specific numeric grade from 3rd party services (CGC/CBCS) but strive for maximum accuracy.
