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Hole in my routine

After 30 days of reading, I think I'm hooked Now that Tnerb has finished his 30 in 30 experiment - my morning routine has a hole in it. Although perfectly aware that it is December this morning, I anticipated logging in and reading what new tid-bit Tnerb had to share with us today and I was terribly dissappointed when there wasn't anything. Obviously no-one can write every day, forever, ad infinitum...but good writing, and I think Tnerb's qualifies, is addictive. Thank you for 30 days of
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Back from Hiatus

well a couple days in the hospital and a few more to recover away from the keyboard... And all of a sudden I have to tackle what I am taking to Emerald City CC this weekend for grading and what I am taking for signature series grading (hopefully). I think I have whittled it down to some Justice League of Americas, some New Mutants, some new Zatanna variants, two Weird Wars, some JLAs, and a WW for my wife, and a couple of All-Star Batman & Robins (all moderns). And I hope to signature se
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Going visiting...

with an old friend. So I'm running off to the coast for the weekend with my wife, but I'm thinking on the way back I'll swing by Mike Grell's house and see what he's up to since he was named Editor over at Ardden Comics. As much as I hate to admit it, I don't think I have anything for him to autograph, he's signed it all: Batman Family, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Warlord, I even found an old Warlord action figure (he-man style) still on it's card and asked him to sign the card fo
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Falling in love again...

for the first time - sort of When I was young, I read comic books: Justice League, Avengers, Green Lantern, ASM, GI Combat, Weird War Tales. Since money was tight and my income/allowance was erratic at best I rarely was able to purchase runs of consecutive issues and I found myself more interested in books written in episodes with limited or no knowledge needed of what went before needed to understand the story. Weird War became a real favorite. When I wasn't reading comics, I read books -
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Hey you - write a journal

Join the family of regular journal writers. It's easy and as a family of readers, we're non-judgmental. Write what you know (comics) or write what you love (more comics), it doesn't matter. An easy first journal could be as simple as sharing your collecting goals for 2011 - is there a target book for this year or a collecting milestone you hope to reach? In 2011 I hope to add one of the following 3 books to my go-go check collection: Batman 181, Detective 359, or Superman's Girlfriend Loi
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Dust, Light, and Oxidation Shadows

Because I was asked to follow up on my journal of 1/18... OK - so I wrote a long dissertation on this subject earlier; and then I bumped the back button on my mouse and lost it all, so I guess I'll be brief. Comics stacked one on top of another and left to be stored for years or even months undisturbed left us with some really nice comics preserved from the 40s, 50s, and 60s - beautiful, flat copies with great color gloss and flat spines. Even non-pedigree collections staored this way proba
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Why the registry?

2,123 registry users with point totals ranging from 2,265,493 points to 3 points, and I don't even begin to know how many registry sets... Given that I would have to multiply my current collection by 100 to find myself in second place in total registry points, and with my limited collecting focus it is unlikely that I will ever be in 1st place in any of my registered sets; why the registry? I possess a competitive nature and I want to be 1st - and I am a completionist (is that a word?) so I
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How we collect, Pt. 2

Staples anyone? It was brought to my attention that I neglected to address staples in my mile-long dissertation last week. And after having it tossed in my face, I have to admit that I don't really look at staples - not as part of a mental checklist, and it doesn't seem to be a deal killer for me. So, I went to my LCS - and pulled through their bin of 60's Charltons thinking about how I look at staples. I look for discoloration; I look for dimples, stress lines and staple related tears; I
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How we collect

OK - we all collect what we love, but how do you select from your myriad of purchasing options? As much as it hurts me to do so, I assume we all have grade ranges and paper quality requirements for our collections, so I don't want to revisit those discussions. Instead I am interested in those things that are important to each of us that aren't really about the grade: Pedigrees, Dust Shadows, Spine Ticks, Rounded Corners, Date Stamps; Handwriting in ink/wax pencil/pencil; Cover Centering; Cove
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Justice League of America

The best superhero team ever... At least I think so; and I thought so as a child and teen as well. There was something about the Justice League Roll Call at the beginning of every issue. Would this issue have Green Arrow and Black Canary? Would the Justice Society visit from Earth-2? Everyone who was anyone in the DC universe could be in any given issue. You want Power Girl, Black Canary, and Princess Projectra - it could happen. You prefer the GA Flash, SA Green Lantern and SA Atom? OK -
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Journal or Chat Board?

Is it better to address the room or to engage the room in conversation? So as of today I have been a chat board member for exactly 2 years, but I have a measly 307 posts the majority of which happened in Silver's 1 to 365 thread in 2009. (Great thread BTW - if you have never been to the chat board it is worth going just to search for and read this thread, but give yourself LOTS of time to get through all the images). When I cruise the chat boards I find myself seriously disinclined to comment
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As 2010 winds down

I find myself considering my acquisitions for the year... and I am happy. I added 25 books to my go-go check collection, 1 I purchased raw and 24 slabbed. 4 @ 8.5 (including the raw book that I had slabbed later); 6 @ 9.0; 10 @ 9.2 (including a Rocky Mountain); and 5 @ 9.4 - I nice haul for a year where I couldn't buy much because I had the expense of a wedding and a honeymoon cruise; which was well worth it. My shopping started with Superman 194 in 9.2 in January and ended with Our Army at
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Welcome new registry members

or: how I dropped 30 ranks in 30 days... I don't know - last month I was ranked 391 and trying to determine how many years it would take me to get in to the 200's - now I'm ranked 421 and wondering how many months it will take to get back in the 300's. Did we get a bunch of new registry members? if so, that's really cool - more people to share with. Or did everyone all of a sudden have a lot more money to spend on our hobby than me? which is kinda cool, but I wish I had some cash too... O
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Waiting

for my first submission to be graded... OK - so I am naturally impatient, particularly when I don't know the answers. I sent three packages in to be graded and I am eagerly waiting for my first set of grades. Right now I am showing one package Scheduled for Grading and the other two Verified...it's weird because I just grabbed some books, more or less at random, from the piles of stuff I have as 'I aught to get this graded some day' - so I sent some Marvel, some DC, some silver, some bronze,
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What else is there?

I mean, we all collect comics or we wouldn't be here, right? So, what else makes you smile like comics make you smile? Now, I don't mean your spouse or family - my wife makes me smile, I understand that. But, I have other guilty pleasures - I love looking at the movie poster auctions on Heritage. I haven't purchased any - as an artist myself, I have no wall space; but I might make wall space for the 'perfect specimin'. When I was young, I was sure that I wanted to collect Buffalo Nickles
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Happy Thanksgiving

Just so there is something to read that Tnerb didn't write... OK - just kidding, I read Tnerb's journals all the time, I find them an interesting window into the thoughts of another collector that I will probably never meet (I'm on the other coast...). But I wanted to take the time to give a little thanks. Thanks to each of you for being part of a bigger community that I enjoy, because without many of us and our many different likes there wouldn't be a comic book industry. Thanks that I s
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Every single go-go check

Finally I have a place for each one When I first decided to pursue all of the go-go checked books issued by DC in 1966 & 1967, I failed to adaquately comprehend the magnitude of my targe collection: 464 issues over 45 titles; war books, super-heros, funny books, and romance... Sure, some sets: Action, ASM, X-Men, Detective, for instance are larger, longer, contain more books - but at least some of the books are bronze & copper...the titles have strong followings, so there are multipl
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Stan Lee SS

Image yeah - well...here it is, cropped to fit the journal standards.
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Stan Lee SS

9.6? 9.8? 9.9? 10?!? OK - ok, so I carefully hand picked a modern book to send in for the signing; and I selected Wonder Woman because my wife digs WW...So how could I possibly be disappointed with a 9.8 White SS book? Well, I really gave it a hard, critical look before I packaged it up to send cross-country and I was completely comfortable that the book was nicer than the one 9.9 I own (since I read that one before I sent it in...) That having been said, I am certain that I will be happy w
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Scheduled for Grading

What does it really mean? For practical purposes, it means I should see my grades tomorrow; but hasn't my package been 'scheduled for grading' since it was received? I just making noise because I haven't gotten my grade back yet on my SS submission - so, maybe tomorrow I'll be satisfied (maybe I'll be happy too). L
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Answering Surfer99's question

thanks to Tnerb for reposting in his half-answer. 10 books? 10 BOOKS!? That's it as I'm running out the door in the underwear because the house is on fire? In all honesty whatever books were on top - or in the top box of slabs would probably be the ones that were saved, so Action, Adventure, Batman, Brave & the Bold, and Blackhawk would make it out the window/door...but, if I could choose 10 books, limited to my CGC slabs (I do have a couple brand x slabs...), then I would choose these -
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About time I cleaned up my entries

So I finally got back to 100% images and 100% texts for my entries.. I don't really have a lot of time to spend on the computer, so I am happy that the site makes it so easy for me to add a comic to one of my sets. The problem is, I don't always have a comment about a book right away and I often have to adjust the image if I ripped the image from a site I bought from or I have to work up my own and edit it - and that takes time. I feel much better knowing that my page is up-to-date. Now I
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So I sent a book for the Stan Lee signing

But I'm not really a marvel collector, I mean a read some Marvel when I was young, but the stories don't really hold up well for me as an adult... So after digging through my stacks of DC goodness I found Stan Lee presents Just Imagine Wonder Woman - for some unknown reason I was really, really choosy when I selected this off this rack so I am excited to see how it comes back graded. The nice thing is my current wife is a huge WW fan and I didn't even know her when I bought this, so she's nev
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Waiting again

Books are out to CGC and are verified... so now all I can do is wait. Plastic Man (1966) #1; Inferior 5 #1; and Teen Titans #2 are all sitting in line waiting their turn behind boxes and boxes of convention submissions and I'm sitting on my hands. I anticipate they will come back 9.0 OW/White; 9.2 white; and 9.0 OW - I hope I have gotten better at grading before I sent this batch in... L well - here's an interesting turn of events, my order status from CGC says graded, but they came in a
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Mike Grell

is an old friend of mine - 15 years and counting now... and since he moved from across the river from me to about 100 miles south of me, we haven't touched base. Anyway, I was thinking about him over the weekend because he and his wife Lauri didn't make it to our annual winter gathering and when I checked my morning email there's an invite for me & mine to come down & spend the weekend at his new place. I feel unprepared; usually I bring something from his past to tease him with - l
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