First case break coming up in a bit.

you tease I am waiting not very patiently to see some of these.

First case sketches (one box had 2 )

Bowen, Jomar Bulda, Jefferson Hojas
Eric Van Elslande, Mike Torrance, Ted Rechlin


Patrick Gerrity, Neil Camera, Boo
Brent Engstrom, Benjamin Glendenning, Darren Chandler
Fraim Brothers

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never mind - it's Ted Rechlin.

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Nice art, but I'm surprised there isn't a single sketch of Batman out of a case. . .

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Nice art, but I'm surprised there isn't a single sketch of Batman out of a case. . .

Yeah, the Batman sketches seem to be in short supply. Halfway through my second case and none yet.

Great lot of sketches, Miss Lizzy!

I'm loving the Scarecrow and the Glendenning Batgirl. Also the Engstrom Penguin. All very nice!

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Originally posted by dcole:
Great lot of sketches, Miss Lizzy!

I'm loving the Scarecrow and the Glendenning Batgirl. Also the Engstrom Penguin. All very nice!

Thanks
I seem to be attracting the Penguin and Scarecrow sketches.

Second case sketches

Dan Schaefer, Adam DeKraker, Sarach Wilkinson
Patricia Ross, Remy Mokhtar, Anthony Wheeler
Amy Pronovost, Clayton McCormack, Richard Cox


Josh Howard, John Jackman, Mike Duron
Jon Racimo, Cyan Printing Plate for card #5

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Nice to see a DeKraker sketch not ruined by his giant signature in black ink, as has happened in the past with his sketches for Marvel Masterpieces and the Batman Animated series. That Alfred card has a more muted signature and greatly benefits from the result. Hopefully, he'll sign all of his cards that way from now on.

Miss Lizzy, your unknown in 2nd case is by Richard Cox.

Two cases with 13 sketches Is this lucky or standard?

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Originally posted by Miss Lizzy:

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Originally posted by dcole:
Great lot of sketches, Miss Lizzy!

I'm loving the Scarecrow and the Glendenning Batgirl. Also the Engstrom Penguin. All very nice!

Thanks
I seem to be attracting the Penguin and Scarecrow sketches.

Haha, true! They're nice, though. And, you finally pulled a Batman!

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Originally posted by floater:
Miss Lizzy, your unknown in 2nd case is by Richard Cox.

Thank you

Finished sorting the inserts from my first 2 cases.

Parallel - only able to complete 1 set
Carnival of Criminals - 4 complete sets, 15 extras
Batmobile - 4 complete sets, 12 extras
The Bat Cave - 5 complete sets, 4 extras

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Originally posted by Miss Lizzy:
Finished sorting the inserts from my first 2 cases.

Parallel - only able to complete 1 set
Carnival of Criminals - 4 complete sets, 15 extras
Batmobile - 4 complete sets, 12 extras
The Bat Cave - 5 complete sets, 4 extras

How close to the second parallel set? Are they approximately one set per case? My cases should arrive this week and if the parallels are seeded with high enough frequency, perhaps we can balance out each others spares.

I might add that the Cryptozoic website is, as usual, apparently incorrect. The checklist makes no mention of parallels or printing plates and lists the Carnival of Criminals (or Circus of Villains) as 1 per box, but I gather they are 2 per box. I am very happy about the additional content, but is it really that hard to provide information? Together with the lack of sketch card numbers, it is extremely frustrating for the collector.

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Originally posted by tangent:

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Originally posted by Miss Lizzy:
Finished sorting the inserts from my first 2 cases.

Parallel - only able to complete 1 set
Carnival of Criminals - 4 complete sets, 15 extras
Batmobile - 4 complete sets, 12 extras
The Bat Cave - 5 complete sets, 4 extras

How close to the second parallel set? Are they approximately one set per case? My cases should arrive this week and if the parallels are seeded with high enough frequency, perhaps we can balance out each others spares.

I might add that the Cryptozoic website is, as usual, apparently incorrect. The checklist makes no mention of parallels or printing plates and lists the Carnival of Criminals (or Circus of Villains) as 1 per box, but I gather they are 2 per box. I am very happy about the additional content, but is it really that hard to provide information? Together with the lack of sketch card numbers, it is extremely frustrating for the collector.

I think I'm probably 4 or 5 cards away from a second set. Opening a third case now, will have to see where I end up after I sort everything.

Third Case - this time two boxes had 2 sketches in them

Sara Richard, Jader Correa, Spencer Platt
Jomar Bulda, Remi Dousset, Diana Greenhalgh
Erik Caines, John Haun, George Davis


David Baron, Ramsey "Raz" Sibaja, Sara Richard
Vince Sunico, Jed Thomas

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1 case, 15 sketch cards, 1 redemption, 1 printing plate:

My two and a half cases. No redemption cards and no printing plates but the extra sketch per case seems to be standard.

First case sketches:

Camera - Tweedledum / Moura - Batman (Dick Grayson?) / Shelton - Nightwing
DeJarnette - Maxie Zeus / Richard - Commissioner Gordon / Duron - Great White Shark?


Borgonos - Batman / Shane McCormack - Bruce Wayne / Pronovost - Grundy
Wheeler - Batman / Ahmed - Catman / Torrance - Hush
Fraim - Hatter


The Shelton Nightwing is amazing and the only one I will be keeping. I have no interest in the villains and I am trying to restrict myself to 1 or 2 of each of only a few characters.

Second case sketches:

Dominguez - Robin / Clayton McCormack - Two-Face / Boatwright - Scarecrow
Duron - Dragon / Treece - Commissioner Gordon / Shelton - Robin
McKee - Joker


Treece - Robin (Damian) / Camera - R'as al Ghul / Lagunsad - Joker
Fabul - Ivy / Maell - Joker / Cook - Ivy

Very heavy on the villains so no keepers. The Shelton and Lagunsad are my favourites.

Third half case:

Bulda - Joker / Pace - Joker / Wheeler - Joker
Phillips - Batgirl / Moura - Question / Chuckry - Azrael
Goulart - Bane / Gorman - Batman

Definitely keeping the Moura Question and probably the Phillips Batgirl and Gorman Batman.

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