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Over eighteen months Starting one month after the debut of the Batman TV show on ABC, in January 1966, and ending the Carmine Infantino's promotion to Editorial Director in August 1967. The go-go check marketing period contains a lot of firsts, a lot of lasts, and some surprises. What isn't a surprise is which title has the most issues with checks at the top: Action Comics with 20. That's right 20 issues in 18 months. No title has 19 issues in the set, but a number have 18, and this is
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When I first decided on the go-go check collection...

I chose it for a number of reasons 1. It represents a very specific period in DC's history 2. It includes books of every price range. 3. It includes several first appearances or first Silver Age appearances. 4. The exterior checked decoration was combined with an entire marketing scheme, if you see a reader copy at con, open it and look for the Go, Go, Go! advertisements. 5. No Neal Adams, so I don't have to fight with Adams completionists in order to acquire minor books from the run -
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Time to say goodbye

To an old friend I've had this lying around in my Iron Man collection for years, and with the current focus in my collection, it is time to get it slabbed and allow someone else to love it. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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What's the deal with Stan Lee's signature?

I mean really? Below is a photo of Stan's sig on a modern I had done for my wife in 2010. What strikes me most is how clear and readable the signature is. While it is obviously the signature of a person who signs their name often, fluid & smooth, it isn't a nun identifiable black scrawl on my wife's book. It is rather crisp, and although I gave Stan free reign to sign anywhere on the book he wanted, he selected a location that doesn't hammer the artwork. Yesterday I posted about my so
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My Stan is home

Thanks Tnerb Some months ago Tnerb offered to help me with a Stan autograph, it having come to pass that I decided to break down and get one on at least one of the books from my personal collection while the opportunity was still there. Obviously, selecting a book from my collection wasn't an easy feat. I don't really collect Marvel and I only own a couple of Marvel slabs, plus I didn't want it on an X-book. What generally isn't known, is that as a teen, and even a pre-teen I enjoyed both
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Stream of unconciousness....

or - I have nothing better to do... Collecting focus - I have got to stay dialed in on my collecting focus in 2014. I know I love a lot of books - Sword & Sorcery books; Superhero Team books; 60's Science Fiction books; Signature Series books; Jungle Adventure books; and the go-go check collection.... I have help from a friend on the go-go check collection - but some of the books in that run are fairly expensive, and it is a BIG set, or it will be once Nicole gets it up...with some fair
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Graded, day 100

Or, at least it feels that way... My value tier submission has now been graded for 5 business days and should shortly be advanced to quality control. Obviously, with a value tier submission there isn't very much there that is uber-valuable to my collections, but there are three books for the go-go check collection and another for my Strange Adventures set. Also, some books I selected for my buddy as a Christmas present for his shark covers collection are in there. He's going to be surpri
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Coupon Submission

Submissed Ok - so most importantly I have to say what a great evening I had last night. After completing my husbandly duties of dinner with my wife and walking the dogs, I got to pack up some comics and head to Ronnylama's. For those who have never enjoyed the experience, Ronnylama lives in the most incredible artists enclave, with sculptures, and paintings, and animals, and comics...so a trip to Ronnylama's is a pleasure all in itself. But, what I had was my four coupon books to share wi
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Verified...

hmm Business day 33, books secretly moved from received to verified. Annotations added to the submission grid in the pedigree column; and a double-cover noted. A detailed check that the title, publisher, and issue number match the submission information has occurred - but two books that were clearly submitted with dates taken from the indica have been marked ND, and a book that I found no month of issue on has had a month added to the year. Fascinating. Soon(ish) I may have the books I
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43,000

Wow I just realized I have exactly 43,000 registry points. Weird. Lee To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Received

Day 25 They suspect nothing, my books. They rest quietly in a secure place, unknowingly approaching 'verified'... I really need to have more than one invoice going at a time to keep myself entertained. I'm not even halfway to the sixty day turn around for my budget submission and I'm already getting anxious for my books. Maybe I need another hobby to add to my list of hobbies... Happy Hunting Lee K To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added
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Does go-go stand for gorilla gorilla?

18 months... People who are into SA & GA DC books know that DC has a long standing fascination with gorillas. And that's ok; I like gorillas. But, hen I was shuffling through the go-go check collection, my eye fell on these: Star Spangled War Stories #126, April-May 1966, cover by Kubert, featuring Sgt. Gorilla on a beautiful red background Tomahawk #107, November-December 1966, cover by Bob Brown, featuring Gorilla Ranger on a beautiful red background Wonder Woman #170, May 1967,
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Lois is home

Thanks Ronnylama She finally got home from CGC and I couldn't be happier. Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane 70, CGC 9.0, white. The go-go check collection just got a lot better. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Missing Tnerb

And I didn't even really aim at him... Not that many years ago, I was in a select group of people who would rather post in the journals, as opposed to communicating in the chat boards...I ghosted the boards some, made a handful of comments, and decided that the journals were for me. Some time later, Tnerb caught the CGC bug, and he caught it bad - grading New Mutants? Really? You might as well slab Science Fiction books from the 60's - no-one else really cares... Except There's somethi
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Thanks Ronnylama

I am reading and enjoying My early birthday present. You are a great guy, and I am thankful I know you. Lee K Now there is one less key I'm missing in the go-go check run... To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Frustrating...

Well, it is. So I've spent some time crafting my Strange Adventures registry set, and while I is a far cry from some of the great collectors that don't even have their books on the registry, or even slabbed in many cases, I have assembled thirty six of the books in VF of better including some of the key issues. Comfortably ensconced in third place with about a thousand points between myself and the big número dos, I check once in a while to see if the number four guy has added any books (we
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It must be registry award time...

I've dropped four registry spots in four days. Well, what are you going to do about it? I mean - due to the oddity of my collection I'm not going to be in the running for any registry awards any time soon (ok - I'll get a couple certificates in the mail)...and I'm not trying to get anything ready for 'best presentation' so I guess I'll watch the recently modified set list and see who is competing. To each of you with a competitive set - to each of you with 100% pics & 100% comments - go
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Duece

only two remain... Now we are at the place that represents the last two books I would keep in my possession if something occurred and I had to liquidate my collection. At number two - at the cusp between the golden age and the atomic age - another DC beauty this time combining superheroes with sci-fi travel to the future and finally incorporating some of the goofiness that 50s covers can be known for - PLUS the first appearance of one of my favorite villians: Deadshot. Ever since I got to
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Three

Darn I've run out of pithy things to say.. Down to only three books on the grand tour of 'the books that I wouldn't couldn't shouldn't purge, except as a last resort, and now for a book or two that don't appear to be part o my regular CGC focus... Although I have written about my friendship with Mike Grell, I may not have made clear that my love for Green Arrow came first. I always thought that his trick arrows were pretty sweet, and once I discovered that he was a comic character from the
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T minus eight

Space the final frontier... There are comics for a lot of cool voyages that took place over the years, many in the 50s and 60s and those words gave rise to some equally cool images that ended up on our cherished comic books. I've made no excuses for my love of sci-fi books of the past and sci-fi covers make up a substantial portion of my top ten comic covers list. Checking in at number eight: My absolute favorite cover from one of the greatest sci-fi runs of all time: Planet Comics. Afte
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Nine, Nein, 9

... Ok - so uploading an image in the journals is easier than on the chit-chat boards...and quicker since I have the pdfs on my desktop. Coming in at number 9 of my personal all time favorite covers - a golden-age beauty from a time when fairy-tales ruled. Although I must admit to a modern guilty pleasure with both Fables & Fairest. At number nine: Fairy Tale Parade #3 When I think beautiful, golden-age line art - this is one of the images I think of immediately. To see old c
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T minus 10 covers and counting

Or one final interlude before I get to my top three personal comics on my 'thou shall not purge list' To discuss what I think are, to me, the ten best comic covers of all time. If you follow a lot of electronic media, you'll know that CGC has been showing individual workers' favorite covers, and Heritage has been sharing different employees' top ten - and I figured with all the ten-lists we are doing her, why the **spoon** not do this one too. I figure each of us has a cover or two that we
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4/44

Or really 6/66 revisited, since I don't have any books from April 1944 Number four on my 'thou shall not purge' list needs no introduction. It is considered one of the key books in the go-go check run. For your viewing pleasure, I offer you the first appearance of Poison Ivy. Batman 181, CGC 9.2 off-white with an issue date of June 1966. This book is far more readily available than #6, OAAW 168 from the same month simply because it is a Bat title. Nonetheless, excellent copies are oft
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Or from Seattle to Sarasota to Seattle to Sarasota... Most of you are already familiar with the long story involved in my SA SS books from this year's ECCC. All six slabs showed up broken, although my package that was sent via USPS registered mail was unscathed. I felt, and I continue to feel that the packing material in that package was substandard; and I have always felt good about how my books arrived from CGC previously. After a short exchange of emails, CGC agreed to re-slab my book
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A NI MAL

Because DC has a fascination with gorillas... Clocking in at number 5 on the big 'must not purge' list, the first appearance of the first of DC's characters to have 'The animal powers' - that's right Buddy Baker, making his first, pre-costume appearance is Strange Adventures issue 180. This issue misses being a key issue in the go-go check collection by six months, which is a shame, as it is one of my favorite silver age DC issues. Carmine did a wonderful job on the cover, even getting t
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