Investigating Good Morty Comic Books and Determining Fakes

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 According to Justin Roiland’s assistant at that time, it was mentioned on a reddit post in 2014 that 250 of them were stamped and signed by co creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. 

 These were randomly inserted in the same original run of inserted movie sets. This was displayed on Justin Roiland’s actual twitter account with a photo. The photo displayed clearly showed a one staple mini comic with the stamps and signatures on the back cover. The black on the cover is pure dark black in hue, with no fading.

  The back of the same comics being signed in 2014 had a bright red square reading Morty Publications USA on the rear cover. We will get to why I am mentioning such important details here in a second.  

 It was first announced on October 10, 2017 at a google+ group called the Comic Book Speculation & Investing (CBSI Public). User Negan Grimes writes that CGC claims the Good Morty comic is the first appearance of Rick and Morty in comics. CGC is a third party comic book grading company. 

 As of 11/6/2017, there has been no word currently on CGC's website, announcements, forums, or news messagges on social media regarding the Good Morty comic. I'm not even sure they are confirming anything at this point. So far all evidence points to no evidence.

It is noteworthy that I have a CGC graded 9. 8 copy of Rick and Morty #1 and it does not state the first appearance on its label.

 Comic Book Realm is a website where collectors can keep track of their collections. They mention on their website as well that The Good Morty Book is “1st appearance of Rick Sanchez in comics. 1st appearance of Morty Smith in comics. Mini-Comic included with Season 1 DVD . ”

 As of 11/1/2017, www.comicbookrealm.com has since updated their listings on this comic book and now offer 3 versions: NN, NN B, NN MADMAN and NN COUNTERFEIT. NN is the original, NN B is the signed copy limited to 250 copies, NN MADMAN is the Madman Entertainment Australian Foreign Edition Reprint, and NN COUNTERFEIT is obviously the fake ones. Thankfully, they have included the warning signs of a fake Good Morty on their website this morning. Thanks, CBR!  : https://comicbookrealm.com/series/37587/0/rick-and-morty-the-good-morty-one-shot. 

 Prior to 10/10/2017, there are no previous sales of Good Morty comic books on ebay for 6 months going backwards using advanced search criteria. Yet suddenly, the books started showing up on ebay after the aforementioned date. On October 10, 2017, these books were selling for $250, $300, $500 and even $750! 

 We all shouted conspiracy and shill bidders immediately. Something funny was going on here…. So I and a few other board members on CBCS decided to try and crack this case wide open. Since there are DVD sets right now on ebay using the actual search terms “Good Morty comic inside” when you are looking for “Rick and Morty season 1 dvd”, then I have to admit something is up. I then look at said sellers who are apparently in the business of selling thousands of other movies when I look at “other items” the seller has to offer. When you are actually using the search term comic inside on a brand new DVD set something is definitely not right here. 

 It would seem that almost all genuine Good Morty copies are inside Blu-ray sets with the large recycle logo cut into the inside left door of the case. 

 The real Good Morty comic book is featured on left. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the right. You can tell because Morty’s face is lighter on the left. The black square on front cover is a darker shade of pure black. The one on right is faded. Morty’s face is darker. 

 The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. You can tell because Morty’s face is lighter on the bottomThe black square on front cover is a darker shade of pure black. The one above is faded. Morty’s face is darker. 

 Again, for comparison and simplicity sake - The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. You can tell because Morty’s bed is darker shade of grey on the bottom. The black square on bottom is a darker shade of pure black. The one above is faded and lighter print. The blacks are washed out and the greys are lighter. 

 Again, for comparison and simplicity sake - The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. You can tell because Morty’s bed is darker shade of grey on the bottom. The black cel lines of the panels on bottomis a darker shade of pure black. The lines are tighter and crisp. The one above is faded and lighter print. The blacks are washed out and the greys are lighter. 

 Again, for comparison and simplicity sake - The real Good Morty comic book is featured on bottom. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the top. The whiteness of the paper itself is brighter on a real Good Morty mini comic book.

 The real Good Morty comic book is featured on right. The bootlegged fake copy of Good Morty is on the left. Look closer at the Good Morty book on the left. The left one features a dark red maroon square reading “MORTY PUBLICATIONS USA”. The shade of red is too dark. The one at right has a much lighter shade of pure red for the “MORTY PUBLICATIONS USA” square. The font and typeface is much sharper and crisp on the booklet featured at right, the real one.