CGC SS 9.8 Star Wars #1 - Grogu (aka Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian) by Nick Bradshaw

Here's one of my few pickups from Fan Expo Toronto 2025. Nick Bradshaw is the artist I always walk away with something from after visiting his booth. This year I grabbed a few cover prelims and this pre-drawn Star War sketch cover Grogu. I had the Comic Doctor witness the pickup and then they pressed and cleaned the sketch cover for me because the white back was a bit dirty. Totally thrilled it came back a 9.8! I fell in love with this sketch cover as I flipped through the pre-drawn ones Nick brought with him to sell. This year he said he he just wanted to chat with fans and not be fixated on drawing. So he did a pre-con list for pickup and these pre-drawn sketch covers for fans that wanted something by him.

On a funny note CGC messed up the label on this book. The label says the comic was published in 2020 instead of 2015 and it listed the creators as Charles Soule & Jesus Raiz instead of Aaron, Cassaday & Martin. Trying to decide if I'm going to leave it with the error or send it back to be fixed.