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WHY WRITE A JOURNAL IF NOONE CAN COMMENT?
I tried to make a comment on a piece and then went into my friends to find all my comments are not there.
I hope this gets fixed as I quite enjoy going back to my own journals as well to reflect on where I was at the time. Please CGC...FIX THIS
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JWKyle's Journal
The Joy of the Hunt
Since the forums are new I'm going to start a new journal
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Act 1: Revelation
Me and my wife got married on the 22nd of August, 2016.
Really nice venue, friends and family. Everything was perfect.We both decided that we wanted to go to the Maldives. Our dream destination. We had both wanted to go there for ages, and we saved up for about 2 years of quite rigorous saving so that we could have everything paid off by the time we got married.That meant no more comics for me and we were both on a strict budget.After a great honeymoon, Mister smart pants (ME) decided, well, we want to have a family, let's look at getting a bigger house. We find the one for us. Lovely house where if we want to we can stay there for the rest of our lives and still have enough space for anything we need.All is well, and then on December between Christmas and New Year my wife drops the bomb.-Stan Lee's going to stop doing conventions. 2017 is going to be his last year.I was gutted! I'd always wanted to get a book signed by him in person, wanted to meet the man, get the famous Stan Lee smile, maybe even a handshake. My wife knew this as well.She was used to my moaning of wanting to get an X-Men #1 signed by Stan Lee, plus the fact that I had to buy one first. Ufff. This would never happen.She then said it. -Let's go. Let's go to it. I've already checked. He'll be at Chicago. Let's go.I was shocked. Reminding me why I married her in the firt place. Anybody that is married or living with their partner in the hobby knows.What the wife says, goes!To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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A new screen to look at !!!!!!
IT HAS BEGUN
We have some movement on the account.
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2016: A Year In Review
What happened, who did what and more in this exciting, not to miss entry!
What a year it's been, eh? Some people have said 2016 has been nothing but a flaming dumpster fire and with Trump winning the election that may be what the future holds.
But let's talk comics. Let's talk about the growth of my initial goal of collecting my favorite modern age grails. Let's talk about how that idea has expanded into the other era's and how I'm hoping to close out my modern age collection in 2017.
As you may recall in last year's journal, I decided to sell my 4.0 no MC AF15 Uni in order to start acquiring my modern age favs. I've continued to make progress on that this year by adding these 9.8 slabs to the list (I bought my ASM 667 Dell'Otto Nov. of 2015):
Batman #608 RRP Variant
Uncanny X-Men #510 Campbell Sketch Variant
Black Panther #1 Campbell Partial Sketch Variant
Siege #3 Campbell Variant
X-23 #1 Dell'Otto Variant
Amazing Spider-Man 688 Campbell Variant
Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #1 Campbell Variant
Uncanny X-Force #20 Venom Variant
Star Wars #1 B&W Luke Skywalker Action Figure Variant
Wolverine #66 Sketch Variant
Uncanny X-Force #5 Manara Variant
Y The Last Man #1
Edge Of Spider-Verse #2 Land Variant
Superman/Batman #1 RRP Variant
Winter Soldier #1 Dell'Otto Variant (subbed it myself!)
Ultimate Spider-Man #1 White Variant
I have about 7 more modern age grails that I'm hoping to get this year, I may have to wait on the Walking Dead #1 as I think the price will drop once the shows are over, looking at the insane number of 9.8s in the census. A link to my Modern Age Gails! set can be found here.
This year, I also wanted to get the #1 spot for the Venom: Lethal Protector registry set this year too. I managed to tie the #1 set for the last few years, but I sniped the win by providing descriptions and front and back scans of each book. That set took me a while to find a #2 in 9.8. I had to sub 4 different #2's before I got it. I already bought the black error variant last year so it was just picking off the small set one at a time.
A few months ago I had an idea that kind of grew and kept growing; collect all the symbiote host 1st appearances. Not the 1st appearance of the host, rather when the symbiote suit actually bonded with the host. It's now a custom registry set found here. I have the description list finalized as of yesterday, I just need to add the last dozen additions to the issue list of the set.
The last thing I started doing this year was move on to collecting my favorite Copper Age Grails!, which can be found here. I've snagged just a few copper age 9.8 slabs for the set this year (the lone exception to the 9.8 set is of course TMNT #1, anything 9.0+ is fine with me):
Amazing Spider-Man #300
Uncanny X-Men #266
Amazing Spider-Man #252
So 2017 is going to be a slow-going year for my comic collection as my wife is expecting another boy in April, my funds and time will be even more limited with two kids, but that's okay
I'll shift my focus toward finding cheaper 9.8 books for my symbiote host set, and less on my modern age grail set. Jerome
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Round Robin
Should grading agencies exchange graded comics to ensure accuracy across the board?
I am a hazardous materials specialist. My main focus is removal of asbestos containing materials (ACM) following protocols set by government agencies.
While removing ACM's, we are required to perform third party asbestos air monitoring using various consulting firms that specialize in this field.
A government requirement is that these third party agencies must submit to a round robin service where by they exchange asbestos air samples with their asbestos consulting competitors for re-analysis to ensure their results are in-line with each other.
I submit that this sounds like a great idea for the comic grading agencies as well. CGC, PGX & CBCS pick a variety of comics at various grades from their stock and exchange with each other for comparison grading. My interest in this was brought up not only because of my past work with the ACM air sample round robins I have been involved with but also because I just submitted a competitor's graded copy of a Tales of Suspense for re-grading by CGC and I am anxiously waiting to see if CGC grading concurs with the competitors grade previously given.
If anybody reads this I would be very interested to hear from those that have taken competitor graded comics and submitted them to CGC for re-grading. How did they compare?
Just an idea.
K. Anger
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Shill Watch
Friends don't let friends get shilled.
This is a shill-free zone to discuss modern comics. All opinions are welcome, but this is not a cheerleading area like so many of the modern comics threads.
You can discuss what's going up, what's going down, and what is just hype.
My personal goals for this thread is to create an archive of the books sites like cBSi try and push on the boards, and what the real sales data shows.
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Registry Additions for "Qualified Signature Series"
Recent issues with the additions of "Qualified Signature Series" books to the Registry.
The Qualified Signature Series or Yellow/Green label applies to a comic book that has been signed by someone of significance to the comic, and also exhibits a qualifying defect or unwitnessed signature. For example, if a comic book missing a page and is signed by Stan Lee under direct observation of a CGC representative, the book will be graded as if the page was not missing, and given the Qualified Signature Series label with a notation of the missing page on the label. Another example is if Stan Lee signed a high grade comic book under direct observation, but the cover also exhibited a signature not observed by a CGC representative. Stan Lee's witnessed signature (Signature Series) and the other signature (Qualifier in high grade) would result in a Qualified Signature Series label.
Many Collectors Society Members have been excited to add these books to their Registry. Unfortunately, when this new label designation was established, the ability for books with these type of labels to be added to the Registry had not been addressed. Our web developers have been contacted and the new labels will be added to the Registry, for your convenience, when the new website upgrade is made live. This upgrade is expected to go live sometime after the holidays. The CGC is sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any additional questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Mollie Davis at mdavis@cgccomics.com.
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The road to Xavier's school.
This Journal will be to document my journey to complete a volume 1 X-Men collection.
Hello,
I have decided to document my journey as I try to collect a complete set of X-Men volume 1. I guess history will be the best place to start, like most of us I spent a lot of time reading comics growing up in the 80s. I raided the spinner racks every time we went to our local grocery store. The trip that sealed the deal and made me a real comic fan was the day I found Uncanny X-Men #210. The menacing looking group looking for a fight....I had to get in on that. After that I collected through my teens and never really stopped reading different titles but somehow dropped the X-Men from my have to reads. Now many years later I am going to focus and build that full run collection I always daydreamed about as a kid.
1st piece was recently purchased at a local comic shop from the back issue boxes which are almost all priced at $1.00. It is Uncanny X-Men #214. I saw this as a good sign seeing as how my love for the X-men started within a few issues of this one. This weekend should lead to a comic trip as I have 4 within 20 minutes of each other and my house. More X-Men goodness to come.
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By The Numbers
Follow Pike as he plans his future events and gives breakdowns of his past and future adventures in Comics.
UPCOMING TOPICS:
-DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF CONVENTION COSTS
-CONVENTION SETUP
-SELECTING CONVENTIONS TO ATTEND
-BREAKING DOWN A COLLECTION
-MARGINS AND CRITERIA FOR GETTING BOOKS GRADED
I will also be answering any question people have along with giving details in regards to collections i have bought.
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Free the Hands!!!
One of the most ingenious inventions since smartphones.
What will you do when your phone rings OR it's time to video chat with you loved ones OR your favourite show is on air?!
Fear no more!!
Catch the latest product to solve your woes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5seBUgPpUZc
Do not watch the video while there are food in your mouth.
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A newcomer's entry into the world of graded and slabbed books; a trip that started 30+ years ago
A quick origin story. Like so many other kids, the GI Joe Hasbro cartoons and toys fascinated me as a child in the early to mid 80s. A trip to the grocery store yielded the familiar results: GI JOE issue 5, 1982.
Then a few issues that were bagged with two super hero comics. And it begins. From there to discovering places like Now & Then Books in Kitchener. The early 90s ushered in the dual threat of a downswing in quality in the industry and the start of college and a career and I was out until I started playing Heroclix in 2004, which re-ignited my love of comics.
That transitioned into original art around 2010. I feel happy with that collection and needed a new fix recently this year. I've got more books than I have time to read, more games than I have time to play, and more art than I have walls to display it on.
I hadn't been a fan of slabbed books before but suddenly they made sense to me...I had long since sold off longbox after longbox of my singles, preferring Essentials and trades. But the idea of having some higher quality treasures back, in a preserved and highly displayable format, well, here I am!
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Are my rose colored glasses affecting my vision?
Oh, that trip back in memory lane.
I haven't written a journal in over two years. It isn't that I died or had no desire, I just had other things going on. I went back to grad school to finish work on my Doctorate in Education, so I was studying a lot and my money was going toward tuition and books as opposed to collectibles. So, I finished up in late July (well, except for the dissertation) and now I can sort of get back to my life.
I found myself reading a lot of comic books from the early to mid seventies recently. Specifically, I've been looking at 1973-1978 mostly. Nothing in particular. I bought some Marvel Team Up, Kamandi, Mister Miracle, Thor, Captain America, Shazam, Fantastic Four, and a wide variety of other things. I've actually been kind of cheap, since I didn't want to spend money on the expensive stuff. The whole time that I was reading these books I was thinking "Man, comics were so great! I wish they were like this again!"
So, I wonder, were they really that great? I mean, were they better than the 60's or the 80's? Or now? I really don't know. What I do know is this: I was 8 years old in 1973, and a more fervent comic book reader did not exist. In mid 1974, my dad took a job in a very small town (pop 202) and I knew nobody and when I got to school right away I was the new guy and I spent fourth grade pretty much alone. But, every Saturday we drove to the nearest town and I'd go grocery shopping with my mom and I'd hit the comics rack and talk mom into 3-5 comics. So, I can safely say that comics from this time period were my best friends. I must have read the Spectre Adventure Comics at least 100 times each. The same goes for the Thors of the mid 230's. I didn't remember the covers, because those got ripped off after the 8th or 9th reading. After a year, we moved out of the small town and I could resume life, but comics were still a big part of it.
So now, I find myself reading these same old books (and a few that I didn't own back then) and I wonder if I am reading them with the eyes of a 51 year old. Or, am I reading them as an 8-12 year old read them back in the 70's? And are my rose colored glasses affecting my vision? I wonder if today's kids will think back upon their comics (or video games or whatever it is that makes them happy) and remember how great things were back in the day.
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CGC, PLEASE HAVE MY BABY!!!
I love you so much
CGC makes my loins tingle. You've done so much for me, well as long as I've been willing to pay for it. I want to have all of your children.
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Recent acquisitions, etc.
I thought I would post some of the interesting books I pick up at conventions and the LCS. Since I collect GGA, precode horror, precode romance, GA superhero when I can get them, mainstream books, marvel price variants, other rare variants, keys in general, etc., there is always an interesting mix...
For my first post, I'd like to post my pickups from the Terrificon held at Mohegan Sun last weekend. I went on Saturday and picked up a lot of books I really didn't go there to find.
In the top left is a low grade copy of the Pressman variant of Uncanny X-Men 297. This is not a book you find often and since it is lower grade, the price was not in the multiple hundreds of dollars and I pounced on it.
Moving right is a decent copy of Shazam 25 featuring the first appearance of Isis. This is a book I try to get whenever I can find it for a decent price.
I also got a good deal on a Superman: The Man of Steel 17 featuring the first appearance of Doomsday. I still think this book is kind of underrated.
I found a copy of the White Trash variant of Dawn #1 that I have been looking for for over twenty years. It's not THAT hard to find but I never found a copy I wanted to spring for until last weekend.
3-D zone 16 featuring Space Vixens by Dave Stevens. Yes.
A VF copy of Marvel Spotlight 28 featuring the first solo Moon Knight story. A cool book to add.
On the next row is the second printing of Fantastic Four 371 which features a rather unique red cover. This copy is also signed with a COA.
Wildcats 1 Gold edition. You don't see that everyday and these books that used to sell for good money go so cheap right now...wait for it...
Spiderman 2099 newsstand or second print, I am not sure which. But it has the white cover that so many covet.
A tough to find Iron Man 44 in VF/NM shape. This picture frame book is exceedingly rare in high grade and I am happy to add one to my collection.
Harbinger 0 pink variant. This book is hard to find and I finally found one for a price I was willing to pay for it. Sweet!
And absolute Vertigo featuring the first appearance of Preacher. Not a book I was looking for at all but a cool one nonetheless. And I didn't have the money on me for the Preacher 1...
Thanks for checking out my findings!
There will be more to follow soon!
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Comic collection has grown.
When is a good time to grade?
I believe if you like it preserve it. In the past 12 month I have acquired around 180 comics. A pretty wide verity to say the least. X-men #3 lately at an antique mall. A 1951 Don Winslow from a local hole in the wall which is a pretty interesting place to visit to an issue 92 of The Walking Dead. I was intrigued with it because it was the first full appearance Jesus.
I also acquired a Savage Dragon and a Spider-man with President Obama on the cover. Sending in 13 tomorrow for grading from 2.5 to 9.8, I hope. we will see.
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A tale of pithy reviews, low-grade abominations and generally fuzzy collecting.
Hi there.
I'd like to start a series of journal entries, cataloguing my comic book collection, reviewing them in an honest if perhaps uneducated way. Sharing random thoughts & purchases and generally boring you all along the way.
The aim is to perhaps attempt to focus what I want and what I get out from the genre and to alleviate the good people in the FF collecting thread from my inane ramblings.
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Saga of the swamp thing 37
How I got my saga of the swamp thing 37 cgc 9.8
Download the mercari app use promo code GGEXZP for free credits and get in on some amazing deals.
I have purchased in the last 3 months:
Asm238 5$
Saga of the swamp thing 37 5$
Dark knight returns 1 25$
And that's just for starters. If you are a seller there are no fees.
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Todays Underground
This journal will showcase 1 underground comic a day
Feel free to contribute. I hope this turns into an open dialogue about all things underground.
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My Adventures in Comic Hunting
Some people at work suggested I write something about my weekly tales in comic hunting. Over the years I've found some amazing stuff. I've also been in some scary places as well. This thread is a journal of my adventures.
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14 books on the way
More treasures involving the things I enjoy.
Went to the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con and submitted many books. TMNT #1 3rd Print #3 & #4 1st Prints. Dark Shadow by Gold Key issues 6-10, Man from U.N.C.L.E. #3, Hogan's Heroes 5 & 9, Blitzkreig #1, Brave & The Bold #200 and Amazing Spider-Man #102 in German. They should be back sometime In September. Now for the long wait
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Newbie
Opening Remarks
Greetings CGC community, just saying hello from the Philippines.
Obviously I am new to all these comic collection. I do prefer signature series as a personal collection, I feel having signed by the artist/author gives a sense of personal satisfaction at least for me
Hope to have friends here too! Till next time! Thanks!
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HEROES CON!!!!!
Its finally that time again!
Since hitting Heroes Con last year for the first time, I resigned myself to never missing this awesome show again! Easily the best show on the east coast every year!
And now its finally time for Heroes Con again this weekend! Ive got lots of stuff to do at this show! Many books that I will get signatures on, many people to aid in their searches for that next awesome graded treasure, and many friends to see and spend time with!
And of course, all of the awesome artwork that the artists do at this show for the annual art auction that they run every year!!
This will be a fantastic weekend filled with comic art greatness!!
I will post pictures after the weekend is over.
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New Case
Perfect
Just received today, it's a thicker book that would have the thicker old case. Centering perfect,no Newton effect, book is secure and not moving, no ripples book is flat with no undo pressure on staples. I could not ask for a better displayed and preserved book. The only problems I'm finding is their more reflective when taking pictures ( that my ceiling reflect on the left
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Do I really want to do this....
The great migration...
An opportunity in our shopping complex has arisen. We are going to expand our store by about 40% more space. I guess that's the good news. What's the bad, you ask? Moving a long time, well established store.
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