The Olympus Saga: Megalith #1
Jacques-Louis David Old Masters Variant · first printing · Collect Forever Soft Slab
13 May 2026
First-print #1 Old Masters variant of Bad Idea's Olympus Saga: Megalith, using Jacques-Louis David's canonical Napoleonic imagery as a comic-book cover. The object is also useful evidence of Bad Idea's unusually variant-heavy 2026 launch strategy and the contemporary Collect Forever encapsulation format.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- Bad Idea · United States
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab · ungraded
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance — provisional and ungraded in Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Completeness
- Complete under standing TMR accession rule. Front and rear covers are visible through the sealed Collect Forever Soft Slab; interiors cannot be independently inspected without opening the enclosure.
Catalogue note
First-print #1 Old Masters variant of Bad Idea's Olympus Saga: Megalith, using Jacques-Louis David's canonical Napoleonic imagery as a comic-book cover. The object is also useful evidence of Bad Idea's unusually variant-heavy 2026 launch strategy and the contemporary Collect Forever encapsulation format.
Writer: Matt Kindt
Artist: Lewis LaRosa
Cover: Jacques-Louis David
Edition: Jacques-Louis David Old Masters Variant · Collect Forever label #1AH · retailer/catalogue designation Cover Z-H
Why this object matters
The David Old Masters cover provides a specific example of canonical painting reused in contemporary variant-cover marketing. That visual quotation and Bad Idea’s launch programme are meaningful research contexts, but the borrowed artwork’s historical importance does not transfer wholesale to this commercial reproduction.
Evidence limits: Complete under standing TMR accession rule. Front and rear covers are visible through the sealed Collect Forever Soft Slab; interiors cannot be independently inspected without opening the enclosure.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.2 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Matt KindtWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Matt Kindt Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Lewis LaRosa Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Jacques-Louis David Original catalogue credit
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