I thought I’d put all of this in one place so it’s easier to reference as signed copies of The Steps continue to surface.

Looking at all of the examples together can be a bit overwhelming because there’s so much variation. With so many differences between them, it can be hard to really get a handle on what we’re seeing when they’re all viewed as a whole.

I think it’s been reflected in other known examples that Stallone has considerable variation in his signing styles. I decided to take a closer look at the different styles showing up in the books. Once I started sorting examples, some fairly recognizable styles began to emerge.

As I’ve said, I’m not sure what the various styles may represent, but I thought it was worth documenting. I’ll continue to update it as more examples arrive.

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Style 1

Here are a few examples that seem to represent this style pretty well:

And here are some others that seem to fit the same general style but with some variation: 

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Style 2 

Here are some examples that represent this style: 

Here are a couple that seem to be a variation on this style: 

And

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Style 3

This style is characterized by the individually-formed letters…however, I have noticed that there appear to be several variations within the style. Here are some examples:

And 

And 

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Style 4

Here are some examples that are representative of this style:

Here are a few that seem to be in the style, but with some variation:

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Style 5

Here are some examples that seem to be representative of this style:

And some that seemed to fall into the style, but with some variation:

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Here are the US examples to date:

Here are the UK examples to date: