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Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
1. Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1 (1953, Specific Fiction Corp.) Lester del Rey story	Universal	1	9.20						1
2. Vortex 1 United Kingdom (1/77, Shalmead Limited) Seve Axtell, Michael Moorcock & Raven Christchild text, Rodney Matthews cover	Universal	1	8.00									1
3. Vortex 1 (1982, Vortex Magazine) Peter Hsu story Terry Hanover art Ken Steacy cover	Universal	4	9.40			1		1	2
4. Vortex 2 (3/83, Vortex Magazine) David Ross, Joe Haidar & Nick Poliwko stories & art Paul Rivoche cover	Universal	2	9.60				2
5. Vortex 1 (10/91, Comico) Wraparound cover. Roland Mann story Steven Butler & Ken Branch art Steven Butler cover	Universal	2	9.60			1		1
6. Comics' Greatest World: Vortex nn (1993, Dark Horse Comics) Collects weeks 1-4. Blue foil embossed logo.	Universal	1	9.80			1
7. Vortex 1 (8/93, Hall of Heroes) Matthew Martin story, cover & art	Universal	2	9.50				1	1
8. Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex 4 (9/93, Dark Horse Comics) Randy Stradley story Bob McLeod art Frank Miller cover	Universal	1	9.80			1
9. Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex 4 (9/93, Dark Horse Comics)	Signature	3	9.53				2	1
10. Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex 1 (10/93, Dark Horse Comics) Silver foil logo. John Ostrander story Damon Willis & Joe Rubinstein art Doug Mahnke cover	Universal	6	9.27			1	2	1	1			1
11. Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex 1 Special Limited Edition (10/93, Dark Horse Comics) Holofoil cover. John Ostrander story Damon Willis & Joe Rubinstein art Doug Mahnke cover	Universal	4	8.68			1		1			1			1
12. Vortex 2 (10/93, Hall of Heroes) Matthew Martin story, cover & art	Universal	1	9.60				1
13. Comics' Greatest World: Out of the Vortex 2 (11/93, Dark Horse Comics)	Signature	1	9.20						1
14. Vortex 5 (4/94, Hall of Heroes) Matthew Martin story, cover & art	Universal	3	9.60			1	1	1
15. Out of the Vortex 7 (4/94, Dark Horse Comics) Neal Barrett Jr. story Damon Willis & Rick Magyar art Arthur Adams cover	Universal	1	9.80			1
16. Out of the Vortex 7 (4/94, Dark Horse Comics)	Signature	1	9.40					1
17. Vortex 0 (1994, Electro Brain Comics) Promotional insert included with Wizard Magazine #39 Fred Schiller story Nick Napolitano & Bob	Universal	4	9.30			2	1					1
18. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 (4/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Kr	Universal	5	9.68			3	1	1
19. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 (4/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	7	9.60			4	1	1		1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
20. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 (4/15, Marvel Comics)	Qualified	2	9.60				2
21. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 Sorrentino Variant Cover (4/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Kr	Universal	4	9.80			4
22. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 Sorrentino Variant Cover (4/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	1	9.40					1
23. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 Variant Edition (4/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Kr	Universal	4	9.75			3	1
24. The Black Vortex Alpha 1 Variant Edition (4/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	3	9.67			2		1
25. The Black Vortex Omega 1 (6/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Ja	Universal	2	9.60			1		1
26. The Black Vortex Omega 1 (6/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	4	9.60			1	2	1
27. The Black Vortex Omega 1 Sorrentino Variant Cover (6/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Ja	Universal	5	9.80			5
28. The Black Vortex Omega 1 Sorrentino Variant Cover (6/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	3	9.73			2	1
29. The Black Vortex Omega 1 Variant Edition (6/15, Marvel Comics) Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega. Sam Humphries story Ed McGuinness & Ja	Universal	3	9.80			3
30. The Black Vortex Omega 1 Variant Edition (6/15, Marvel Comics)	Signature	4	9.60			2	1		1
31. John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex 6 (3/18, Storm King Comics)	Signature	1	9.80			1
32. John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex 6 Convention Edition (3/18, Storm King Comics)	Signature	1	9.40					1
33. Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness 1 (2019, Black Mask Studios) Carlos Giffoni story Alexis Ziritt cover & art	Universal	5	9.72			3	2
34. Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness 2 (2020, Black Mask Studios) Carlos Giffoni story Alexis Ziritt cover & art	Universal	1	9.80			1
35. Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness 3 (2021, Black Mask Studios) Carlos Giffoni story Alexis Ziritt cover & art	Universal	5	9.76			4	1
36. Lady Death: Cybernetic Desecration 1 Vortex Commission Edition (8/23, Coffin Comics) Brian Pulido & Mike MacLean story Diego Bernard art Collette Turner cover	Universal	1	9.80			1
37. Kagurabachi/Boruto: Two Blue Vortex nn (2025, Viz Media) Free Comic Book Day 2025 exclusive.	Universal	1	9.80			1

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0
25 BOOKS	Universal	69	9.54	39 57%	13 75%	8 87%	4 93%	0 93%	1 94%	3 99%	0 99%	1 100%
11 BOOKS	Signature	29	9.59	12 41.4%	7 66%	7 90%	2 97%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%
1 BOOK	Qualified	2	9.60	0 0.0%	2 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%

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