Question about Bloodshot 6 VVSS

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:36 pm

I have an issue of Bloodshot 6 that is signed by Perlin and Kevin Van Hook. Is there some way to tell if this is one of the VVSS issues, or if it was just randomly signed by them (I know the Bloodshot 6 VVSS didn't come with a COA). For example, are they all signed in the same place, what color ink, etc?

Mine is signed in Silver ink, with Perlin just above Bloodshot's left hand, and Van Hook sort of between his legs.

Chris

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:39 pm

feel around the cover lightly. if you feel a circularly embossed area, then it should be VVSS. it should say in the embossed area: Valiant Validated Signature Series. it can be kind of hard to read, but no hard to find the circle.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:44 pm

There is no embossed seal on the Bloodshot 6; and the ink has been red on all of the copies I've seen...

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:53 pm

oh. all i know is that was how i found out that my rai and the future force #9 was a VVSS. sorry.

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:09 pm

I was at a local shop recently purchasing some fill-ins for my Valiant run and had asked if they had any signed comics. The owner was nice enough to give me a copy of Bloodshot 6 signed by Perlin and VanHook for FREE! By the by, it was also signed in red ink and placed in a Valiant mylar sleeve; on the back of the sleeve the Valiant logo is clear/embossed, not colored like the other VVSS's are......

R Daneel · Post by **R Daneel** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:40 pm

WOOT! Nice one Mr. V! Pay it forward as they say.

[whisper]robyeichner9709aseborostfriscotx75035[/whisper]

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:42 pm

I was at a local shop recently purchasing some fill-ins for my Valiant run and had asked if they had any signed comics. The owner was nice enough to give me a copy of Bloodshot 6 signed by Perlin and VanHook for FREE! By the by, it was also signed in red ink and placed in a Valiant mylar sleeve; on the back of the sleeve the Valiant logo is clear/embossed, not colored like the other VVSS's are......

That is the Bloodshot 6 VVSS, all right! Good score for free! Both of the Bloodshot 6 VVSS I have come across have had that same Valiant sleeve, which is different from all the other sleeves in that the Valiant logo is larger than normal and is transparent.

You're probably safe if you have the book signed by both guys in red and in the same spots as Greg's scan even if you don't have the original Valiant sleeve, but if it's signed by only one of those fellows and/or uses a different color ink, I wouldn't consider it a VVSS copy

bribri · Post by **bribri** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:45 pm

Did the X-O Database come with a sleeve? I know it has a different kind of certificate than all the others, but did it come in a sleeve?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:59 pm

The X-O Database is the most difficult one to nail down. Some of them came with a COA, but a lot of them didn't. There were also different COA's from Diamond and a lot of the books came with obviously photocopied COA's. As for sleeves, one of mine came in a Valiant sleeve while another didn't. I've also seen different looking signatures on these books, but both with the typical silver ink. A very tough one to be sure of.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:54 pm

So I guess the one I have isn't a VVSS. Damn, I bought it thinking it was. I saw the signatures, in the correct locations, and was hoping it was.

Chris

R Daneel · Post by **R Daneel** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:00 am

Someone is NOT getting my hidden messages!

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:25 am

If the message was intended for me, it makes no sense.

Chris

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:32 am

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:47 am

Steve G. wrote:Even though Valiant has stated that the Bloodshot #6 & XO Database are both part of the VVSS series, why don't either of these have the "Validation" embossing on the covers?

I think it's because they didn't come up with the idea to embossed them
until after BS #6 and XO DB #1 had been distributed.
They are "pre-VVSS"... before Valiant realized they could "certify"
the books (removing all the confusion and doubt) by using an embossed seal
and issuing certificates directly from Valiant.

It looks like it worked, since we only have questions about those two books
and we're all pretty sure about the VVSS books that came after.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:01 pm

That's it, the ultra rare platinum signature Bloodshot VVSS.

"Print Run" of 2.

Hmmm...if the Bloodshot 0 Platinum sells for $750, I will sell my Platinum VVSS for that.

Chris