MY COLLECTION

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Census Question....

Hmmmm.... I went to a new local comic shop last week and spoke w/ the owner about all things comics. Over the course of an hour and half we covered a lot of ground, but one thing he said to me I started to become curious about. He said that when you send in submissions to CGC, you can request that it not be added to the census. Does anyone know if this is true? I kind of doubted it originally, but then I thought it best to ask the group here.... To see old comments for this Journal entr
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The Tales To Astonish Plight

digging in for the bad news about nice and beautiful and higher grade well, I found myself in another eBay auction aiming to land some nice books for my coupon this year. 4 issues of Tales To Astonish. 47, 64, 59, 101. I had come across a seller with tons of books auctioning off weekly and landed these before finding a conversation about the seller on the forum. A string of unhappy buyers with low grade books, touch up jobs and a strange pressing method. My heart grew heavy as I figured i
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The Rumor Mill.....

or... what I read today.... Having takena week off of work I've been quite busy this morning playing catch up. 1232 emails. Yuck! But... I finally made it to the news and read that Benicio Del Toro was cast in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. It appears his role is hush hush, but being a huge fan I thought I'd throw out my 2 cents. Some articles are leading to him playing Thanos, but my gut reaction is Groot! I think he's got the perfect voice for Groot.... anyone else care to
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Superman No. 1

Did you see this article....? Thought I'd share with everyone a little story brought to my attention... A Superman No. 1 was found stuffed in the walls of a house. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329179/Workman-finds-100-000-edition-Superman-comic-book-renovating-Minnesota-home.html To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Stan Lee

At Frank And Son's Sometimes these things just happen. I live down in southern California and was heading out to the desert to visit my mom yesterday. I thought to myself, oh, gotta take the 60 and I can stop at frank and Son's. It's a warehouse type space with tons of vendors w/ sporting cards, comics, magik, etc... but yesterday, parking was a nightmare! Three laps up and down the street, i finally braved a spot that no one else dared and wandered in. There was cosplay everywhere...
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X-Men: First Class

Looks even better in person! UPS is definately a bit tougher on the boxes coming from Florida, but fortunately enough, the comics are well packaged. Had to share the X-Men book that arrived! Already sent 2, 3 & 4 off and are in grading/QC. What have you received recently? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Saga Banned by Apple!

Welcome to 1984... Just wanted to bring this to your attention - check out the article I just came across.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/10/apple-bans-gay-sex-images-comic To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Graded....

and the reveal... Found my last order has finally shipped and what do you know, 2 x 9.8 & 1 x 9.6... Still not quite there, all 9.8's, but this feels pretty good. My eye is getting better, but still not quite perfect. Really excited about X-Men First Class #1 got the 9.8!!! Also, an Ultimate Fallout 6 Djurdjevic 9.8 ... & Hawkeye & Mockingbird 1 Djurdjvice variant... This one went 9.6, but it is an incredibly hard one to find in any grade. And my next order has been gr
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TURNAROUND TIMES - FAST TRACK????

NOPE And I was so excited.... But, it appears the turnaround times for modern fast track - 10 days - is not really, 10 days. Scheduled for grading went into effect on day 9 (last Thursday) - and here we are on day 11. Still Scheduled for grading..... ! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON THE BOARDS....

GRADING... I just had an "episode" with a buyer this last week on eBay & wanted to vent.... Slightly.... I typically deal with new, unread comics that are in the NM range. Obviously, grading is subjective. Everyone once in a while I might come across or have something of a lesser condition as I did this past week. I had graded the comic at VF/NM - Figuring 9.0..ish... I'm no pro, but getting better at grading... The comic was new, unread, laid flat, but had 3 small indents
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Fast Track.....

oh yeah... what can i say, shipped 'em out on 3/5, arrived in Florida on 3/8, verified 3/11... I haven't even begun to miss them yet! I'm never going back to a 6 month wait, jsut gonna send a few in every 3-4 weeks... I think 2013 will feel pretty good w/ this kind of routine! ...and a new additon below... To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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CGC Shipping

Now offering UPS I just put together a small package for CGC and noticed they are offering UPS for shipping now. It didn't really strike me as anything special until I realized it's way cheaper! Sweet! I'm sending off 3 moderns Fast Track, will probably never be able to go back to 4-5 months wait time. Anyway, if you hadn't noticed the UPS shipping yet, thought I mention it for all the submission folks! Enjoy! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments ca
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Double My Real Estate

Or... Where the Collection Lives... My wife surprised me the other day by suggesting I buy a second bookshelf for my comic collection. After getting back from Ikea and setting it up, she was quite pleased with how it looks. I don't have my own man cave yet, but hopefully someday. In the meantime, I thought I would snap a photo and share. where does your collection live? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Avengers Origins

New Additions... Thought I'd share a quick shot of my recent return from CGC. Very excited about this set, it's the first complete set of these in the census! Love Ant-Man & The Wasp Cover! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Score!

Y: The Last Man 1 Hit a LCS and went digging through the back bins and what did I find? Y: The Last Man 1 for 3.95. Today was a good day. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Winning Bidder Doesn't Pay

Or... How many people are out there bidding on stuff and then not buying it... I had a few eBay auctions for the end of the year and sold a bunch of stuff, but it never ceases to amaze me that every time I auciton off stuff, there's always one person who wins an item and then never pays. I have put together a couple of responses to this problem. First, I send an invoice over and over again, email, but it's always the same thing. There is no response what-so-ever when a person plans to n
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You All R Crazy...

And I love it! Does Harvey have a hangover today? I just figured he down 2 bottles of wine and went for it. Just reading all the posts from the last few days, commenting on some rants and what not, but it has truly brought a smile to my face today. If you think the mass postings were tough here, imagine my work inbox when i tell you that is NOTHING! I do IT support and have recieved almost 1200 emails today alone. Yeah, it's one for the record books here... It's been a rough one, bu
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My Comic Book Anniversary

Remember remember, the 27th of November... Well, it has officially been 2 years since I started this madness. I've learned quite a bit, made some gains, some loses, my interests have evolved, changed, reverted and I am feeling pretty good with all of it. One of the more interesting challenges with my collecting taste has been bouncing back and forth from CGC graded books and RAW comics. I originally started with raw comics, my very first purchase being a Green Lantern mini series, but afte
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Auction Mania!

The excitement took me over the edge... Look what showed up in the mail today! I was totally stoked from the last ComicLink auction and had originally intented on trying to grab one or the other... Oh, how plans change... I went for both and got em! X-Men 101 & 129 - New additions for my 1st Appearance collection. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Star Wars

Episodes 7 - 8 - 9 For those of you who have not seen the news, George has finally passed along the torch (or should I say saber) to Kathleen Kennedy and Disney! Yep, that right, new Star Wars films! I'm geeking out and thought I should share... Just incase someone missed the news. Here's a link with an interview of George and Kathleen http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/what-a-new-star-wars-384515 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can b
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X-Men 205 Variant

1st Appearance of Hope Summers And one more to share... Always happy when someone sells me a comic and it grades as high as it was advertised! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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New Avengers 17 Variant

Arrived Today! Was totally stoked to find my CGC arrival today - They ship so fast after sitting in Florida for soooo long.... But, at least they have arrived! This one I picked up at my favorite comic shop in San Diego - http://www.socalcomics.com/ - if you're in the area, you'll probably quite enjoy this place! Lots of goodies to look at and plenty of boxes to go through. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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GRADED... AGAIN!

It's like Christmas out here! Another order graded! Well, this order was my CS coupon order,so it's only been 3 weeks since they were sent to CGC and with that, there is some good news and some not so good news. I purchased 2 older books from qscomics, Venus 1 & Tales To Astonish 44, both of which graded lower than advertised. I also sent the shop an email lettting them know of the results, as I think it's important that you inform sellers of their grading ability. I try to include
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Y The Last Man

Amazing! Since I'm fairly new to comic books I've been playing a lot of catch up. I first started in 2010 with the lastest Wolverine series, which led me to read X-23, Daken and the Uncanny X-Force. X-23 was great, so I went back and read NYX & the earlier mini-series. Loved them! Didn't really care for Daken, but the Uncanny X-force is great! However, along the way I felt like I was basically missing a ton of background information on the Marvel universe. I decided to read the
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GRADED

The word I have been hoping for... I currently have 5 different submissions into CGC and have been waiting, what feels like, forever. Today though, one order finally showed that lovely term we all love... Graded! It's just 3 modern comics, submitted on June 6th, and includes wonderful news! X-Men 205 Campbell Variant is a 9.8 White Pages New Avengers 17 Variant is a 9.8 White Pages - This is the X-Men 101 homage, one of my all time favorite covers... and one sad note: New Mutants A
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