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Interlude 3

Some books are better from the inside Only a couple of you know this, but in addition to being a comicbook geek I am also an actor specializing in medieval combat. Think your local renaissance Faire or medieval times restaurant, only I also do stage combat choreography for a local playhouse and a summer Shakespeare group. In fact I will be choreographing Othello later this week. If you want to check it out, feel free: www.seattleknights.com or www.facebook.com/emiltheblack One of the gre
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6/66

So a funny thing happened on the way to completing the go-go check collection... June 1966 happened. Right in the middle of the go-go check run, here are all these books with an issue date of 6/66 - or at least that's how CGC shows June 1966 on the label. Here's the other funny thing about 6/66 - it shows up on the label of two of the main key issues in the go-go check run. Odd? Heck yea. Particularly since most of the series in 1966 aren't monthly. So in the twenty-one or twenty-two mo
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7th Son

of the 7th son... Or something like that. In the 40s & 50s - heck - even the early 60s it wasn't uncommon to find a comic whereon the cover featured a scantily clad woman being accosted by an octopus or squid or shark - (my personal favorite is a copy of More Fun Comics where Green Arrow is fighting an octopus underwater - with a bow, I love golden age books). Number 7 on my purge survival list also features a damsel in a bathing suit and a giant tentacled monster from the deeps - but
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8track

From 1965 to the mid 1970's the 8track tape was the final word in portable music... And portable music made th late 60's a happening time. Number eight on the Lee K purge survival list isn't a single book, but rather three. These three books are a reminder that the sixties were a happening time for comic writers, artists and editors as well. Difficult to locate in any top condition, because the good ones are locked up in the top collections, romance and funny animal books were still a mai
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interlude no. 2

When you make a list...and check it twice Sometimes you see something that you overlooked the first time. What I noticed when compiling my list of my ten favorite covers of all time is the dearth of superhero books on it. I mean, I collect and read superhero books. I loved the Justice League, Avengers, and Green Lantern/Green Arrow as a young man, and many a Fantastic Four story is ingrained in my brain... But, when it comes to iconic cover art that really resonates with me - superheros
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Pluto

Or in my day, there were nine planets... Which would be an excellent intro for the number nine book if it were a copy of any issue of Planet Comics...alas that is a collection I haven't started. Yet. But dang they are pretty. Instead number nine is a gift from a friend. Without warning, the very first time I went to Ronnylama's house to visit with him, he gifted me with a stack of SA DC sci-fi books from his collection of slabs. Simply knowing that these were part of the focus of my coll
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Interlude no. 1

side comments and thoughts... At the same time that many of us have been discussing what ten books we would retain under dire circumstances, Heritage Auctions has been running a piece on their Facebook on the ten best comic covers of all time. As each of the people at Heritage have listed their ten favorite covers and why, I have thought a little about the covers they have shared and about the covers they have overlooked or not considered. There are covers I consider iconic, there are cove
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Bo Derek

Or, my 10. As I compare the pile/list of books that are my updated purge survivor list a couple of truths become evident: I can't count. I'm no good at giving away my toys. I'm glad I don't have my SS shipment back from CGC. And I'm glad Tnerb hasn't sent me my new SS books either. (More on the eight books I don't have in hand in another journal) Number ten is a book that I owned, but that didn't make my top ten list thirty months ago. For your consideration I give you: G.I.Comb
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The spinner rack of 2013

Or, where are all the 'other' stories I took a moment today, while I was in my LCS to really consider and compare my reading options whilst scanning the DC rack. (I will consider marvel another time) After eliminating everything published under the Vertigo brand, here is what remained: One western title Four or five (depending on how you count them) occult titles A giant poo.load of superhero titles. That's it. No real options there.   Personally, I collect titles from 66 &
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TEN

Really? Only ten? Since Surfer's original query has recently picked up new life, once again because Tnerb had to say something, I thought it was time for me to reconsider my original posting of ten books that I would try to save in the instance of a disaster or, gods forbid, I am forced to purge every book that I own for some unforseen reason. I remembered having answered this question and since my memory isn't what it once was, I concluded that I must have answered it oh, about a year ago.
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CGC QC

shipping & handling In 2013 I have received five packages back from CGC. Two of which were submitted in 2012 and three others submitted this year at ECCC. It is the three 2013 invoices I would like to address, a six book invoice of SA & BA SS books on fast track, a two book SS modern invoice, and a four book modern invoice. As many of you know, all six of my SA & BA books arrived with broken slabs, but the box which was shipped USPS registered was unscathed. Having noted no
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132

or 131...? So I'm now 4+ years into building and slabbing the go-go check collection. And I still love my focus - there's something for me in every genre - from funny animal to superhero to western, and in every price range from inexpensive to hard on my pocketbook expensive. The thing is: now I have reached a milestone - the next book I buy or slab for the collection will represent 25% completion, 132 of 531 books. What I am wondering is this: should I try to cross my milestone with a
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Grades

for the last of my ECCC SS submissions... Are in. And finally, for the first time since March of 2012, I have no pending orders at CGC. Wow! Oh - yeah - and all six books are coming home 9.8/White Which makes me happy. Happy Hunting! Lee K To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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ECCC

Slabs are here Ok, so my books have been her for a week, but I just had time to take them out and get them imaged for my sets and I discovered something wonderful! Every single slab is broken in the upper right corner! This has never happened to me before, so what is the right thing to do? Thanks Lee K To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Stan's

The Red Skull So I finally found my 1st SA appearance of the Red Skull, and I am not disappointed with the condition, maybe a seven. So I guess I have selected the book I want Stan's sig on. Happy Hunting! Lee K To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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ECCC Grades

Well - the fast track ones anyway My first set of books are shipped - the other two to come in 4.5 months or so, since they are on the slow boat from China... First 3 books SS by Neil Adams Strange Adventures 213 - 9.4 W Justice League America 139 - 9.4 W Justice League America 138 - 9.6 W Green Lantern 92 - SS by Mike Grell & Denny O'Neil - 9.6 OW/W Weird War Tales 40 - SS by Howard Chaykin - 9.6 - OW/W Weird Worlds 8 - SS Howard Chaykin & Denny O'Neil - 9.4 -W I am pl
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I have been graded

My ECCC fast-track signature series books are now listed as graded. Wow. I wasn't expecting that till I came back from vacation.   Now - when will my actual grades be available? I'm so excited I'm like Little Lotta in a candy store - I don't know which way to turn. Lee K To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Final destination

we will arrive momentarily And as I was in the process of typing my required 'teaser' UPS delivered my package. I've already discussed my grades (see previous journal - but, as a reminder: 8.0, 8.0, 9.2, & 9.0 for my SA 72, SA 159, SA 186, & Capt Storm 12). What I want to reflect on is my turn-around time. Just over 6 months ago, when I dropped the first half of this double submission in the mail, I asked if I should anticipate having my books back in my hands in less than half a y
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Grades

No really - finally... So it finally happened - my grades came in. Oddly enough it took far too many days from the time they were graded for me to access my grades - 41 business days. That having been said - I am happy with the grades themselves, except a single case of Cream/OW pages. Strange Adventures 72 - 8.0 - Highest graded copy (I had my hopes up for an 8.5, but I'll take the 8) Strange Adventures 159 - 8.0 - and I really expected a 7.5 Strange Adventures 186 - 9.2 - and that
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End of business day 128

OR - how many weeks from graded to shipped? My books have now been graded for 55 calendar days (56 including today), and they still haven't shipped. I've politely emailed and asked why my invoice from 10/11 has shipped when my invoice from 9/20 on the same tier hasn't and I was informed that this sometimes happens. Which should be impossible in a first in - first out business. Even if it isn't impossible, it should be really difficult to have invoices leapfrog ahead more than a day or two
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I'm not too old to collect comics - but I am aging while I my books are at CGC

6 months... OK - I am really, really confused. My books that have been at CGC for 107 business days has shipped, and they've only been at CGC for 157 calendar days - But my other invoice - which has been there 22 calendar days longer, is still sitting there in quality control. So six months ago, when I asked you all what the over/under was on getting my books back and I estimated 1/2 a year - well, I was right because I just don't see UPS getting me my books back in 4 days or less. Ha
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What? so quickly?

... No - not grades. Still. But my fast-track, SS, silver-age submission from ECCC already moved to verified. Maybe I will like fast-track...then again, maybe I'd rather have the $10. Like Bob & Doug McKenzie said, Ten bucks is ten bucks. Happy Hunting! Lee K
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WHAT?

I'm confuzzled So my books were 'graded' and had information loaded and have been that way for 6 weeks as of today. When I check today, I see that all of my ECCC books have been received. But my books that were formally 'graded' are now listed as "Grading/Quality Control" What is that supposed to mean? Spoon. Really? I guess we'll see. Happy Hunting Lee To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Time

... The most valuable and unknowable of assets. Our time on this planet is limited - our days broken up into hours, measured in minutes, and spent every second. How we decide to use that limited resource defines our character. Over the weekend Ronnylama invested his time in Tnerb & me - and introduced us to a number of additional people. I am glad for his investment. My convention weekend was greatly improved by the time we spent together and in his sharing - I hope that I can repa
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ECCC

con time Friday was disappointing only because I couldn't get the signatures I wanted, but the opportunity to meet Tnerb and Ronnylama more made up for it. What a couple of really excellent people and I feel blessed to have spent time with then. Today at con was excellent. Not only did I get every signature I wanted, Adams, O'Neill, Grell, Chaykin, Choi, Linser, and Busiek, but I was assisted by a CGC signature witness who was the best. Lilly - thank you. Tonight I'll enjoy a quiet di
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