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Another X-Men book

And some eBay strangeness... I just purchased another key X-Men book last night. Issue 244 in a 9.8 with White Pages. Love those first appearances! I was pleasantly surprised to find that the point value on CS was much greater than I anticipated. Well, if you consider the cost to point ratio, i grabbed it for 77 bucks and the point value is 240. I am sort of collecting all over the board, from Golden to Modern age books and with many of the modern books I've purchased I am luck if i get 1
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The Dark Knight Rises

Spoiler Alert!!! Kidding... I won't include any spoilers for those who have not seen this, but I did feel like ranting a bit.... I LOVED IT!!!! After reading many reviews, the hard core fans being over the top about it being the best film ever made, some worries about it possibly feeling too long, a bit too slow, yadda yadda yadda... I just came out of the theatre and was very impressed! I had just seen Amazing Spider-Man last week and was so disappointed with it I began to fear the Ba
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Wolverine: Best There Is...

SS Just arrived in the mail today - my first SS Marko Djurdjevic! Was very excited since it's he is my favorite cover artist! and he knows how to go out with a Bang! I keep thinking DC will pick him up and we'll see some Batman and Wonder Women covers from him... You never know?!?! Anyway, just thought I'd share this... I've got 2 of the 6 covers making up his Wolverine Poster... Getting closer all the time! oh yeah, I finally broke the 1000 rank! Yay!!!!! To see old comments fo
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Limbaugh Vs. Bane

The Dark Knight Rises ? Wondered who else has been following this story? Rush Limbaugh appears to believe that Bane was introduced in the final Batman installment because of his name, "Bane" sounds like "Bain" Capital... I just read Nolan is puzzled by the statements, "I'm not sure how to address something that bizarre, to be honest. I really don't have an answer for it. It's a very particular comment to make." That got me wondering... Do & prefer Marvel to DC, or Vice versa? Tha
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3 Ribbons!

Registry Awards 2012 well, the results are in & I was unable to attain a single ribbon last year, but, it is a new year & I nabbed three this time! Oh, it's the little things in life. I guess the next step is to see if I can hang onto them for next year. I hope that doesn't get to expensive?!?! How did everyone do? Did you get one? Did you just miss out? Does it make you want one even more? Enjoy the weekend! Here's a quick shot of my next 2nd freebie heading off to CGC....
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1st Coupon

Venus 1 After upgrading my account this year, I told myself I would send off something "cool" to be graded with my coupons. This is the 1st of 4 comics heading to Florida.... To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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One Issue

Makes a World of Difference I just got myself X-Men #141 CGC 9.8 WP. I really had no idea that the point value on this issue was so high. I've watched my overall score take me all the way to about 1100th in a years time, only to sell off a bunch of stuff I wasn't really interested in and dropping back down a couple 100 places. Then I grabbed this book, mainly because I like collecting 1st appearance issues & because the rumors surrounding the next X-Men movie might just follow some of t
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New Edition

Sweet Just arrived in the mail today To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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New Mutants

Marvel Just Got #1 (9.8 WP) - Sweet! When are they gonna make this into a movie...? I'm ready to see it!
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Captain Britain 8

From the UK Just got myself this very cool UK comic. It's big and paper and it's from 1976. Features the first appearance of Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock, who later becomes Psylocke. I've decided I'm gonna ship this one off to CGC for grading. Really hard to tell how to grade this. It looks quite nice, but I'm going try and be hard on myself... I'm guessing the pages will be off-white and it grades 8.5 - This is my "posted" guess at a grade, so we'll see how i do. I'm probably way off and
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Five Down

One to go just got X-23 1 Djurdjevic Variant in the mail. Nice! Thanks Beachbum! This makes the fifth comic I have of the 6 comics that make up the X-Men djurdjevic poster. Being a big fan of his work, this cover is simply Beautiful. I love how each of these covers in this series stand so well on their own and then once brought together show a wicked poster! Too bad he and marvel had to split... Maybe he'll come back someday and do something else extra wicked?!?!?! What are your favor
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The Modern Comic World...

...and the Digital Newbie... Because I am only a one-year-old collector, it does not seem odd at all to read my comics digitally... I read them on my droid phone with a comic reader app and those precious books I buy, I never have to open. Well, last night American Idol was so boring, I decided to open a copy of Battlestar Galactica and read it in the "old skool" fashion. The first thing that was such a pleasant surprise was the size! a comic is so much larger than a smart phone. The page
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Women of Marvel

First Appearances I just posted in the forum a new collection idea, Women of Marvel - 1st Appearances. Hoping to get some helpful insight, comments, etc... if you have a moment, take a look... Someone i should remove? Someone i should add? Someone i got the wrong issue for? Hope to follow up with a Men of Marvel if this works out. Enjoy! - listed in CGC Registry - Registry Set Polls http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4811313&am
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First Appearance List

Adding Collections I saw a Marvel Copper Age 1st Appearances list was created and thought it might be fun to expand on this idea I am working on two lists - Women of Marvel and Men of Marvel first appearances. Needless to say, it is taking a while. Wondering if anyone could help? Have a list handy? Seen one on the web that is helpful? Strictly Marvel - but DC could be next? Once it feels semi complete I will add it to the chats and see what everyone thinks? Thanks for your time!
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Artist Sets

Hmmm.... Who are your Favorite Cover Artists? It's pretty easy for me to go straight to J Scott Campbell & Marko Djurdjevic as my favorite artists, but I'm a newbie and there are tons of AMAZING artists out there. I put together a list for both and am thinking now I'd like to put one together for McGuinness... Who would you like to see?
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STOLEN COMICS

FIRST NIC CAGE, THEN ME?!?!! I recently had 2 CGC Graded Books stolen from my patio. I was out of town for a couple of nights with my wife and when we got home I found a package had been delivered by USPS, but was not on my doorstep. My neighbor happened to grab one package for me and made a GREAT SAVE, but unfortuantely, 2 issues of ASM #286 & #330 (both 9.8 WHITE Pages) are... what seems... long gone... There's always the possibility they will "show up" someday, randomly... it's
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Year One: In Review - One Year Comic Book Anniversary

Nov. 27th 2011 - Jimi Hendrix Birthday! A year ago tomorrow will be my "One Year Comic Book Anniversary" when I recieved my first order from MyComicShop.com (Lone Star Comics) in Texas. It was isuues #1 through 10 of V For Vendetta, one of my all time favorite movies! Lone star has been good to me this year and & I quite enjoyed their service over along with many others. I have somehow amassed 734 books (including 58 CGC) - ok, I can admit it, I went nuts!!! But, it has been well worth
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Re-sealable CGC Bags - Help?!?!?!

The hunt is on! I've been trying to find the source for CGC sized re-sealable bags that basically, "fit like a glove" - Is anyone familiar with these bags and know who makes them? and where to get them...? I've recieved 3 cgc graded books in the past couple of months that came in these bags, but no one seems to know where they come from...? any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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CGC Vs PGX

Experience with the "Other Grader" As a new collector, one of the first things that came to my attention was grading books. It didn't take long to realize the value and popular choice is CGC... But having read a bit about PGX, I was curious what kind of experiences have any of you had with them? Grading comparability? Turnaround times? Pricing? Etc...? I'm sure there has been a lot of conversation surrounding this topic and considering some of the rants about CGC turnaround times, I fo
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Holy Grail

What's your Holy Grail? So, as a newbie out here in comic collecting, I was kind of curious to find out what the "Holy Grail" is for many of you? I know we all have them, and I'm sure once (if ever) you find it and add it to your collection, there is probably a new "Holy Grail" waiting to take it's place. But, with that in mind, I was curious to hear any stories about "finding your Holy Grail..." If you have one and wouldn't mind shairng it, I would love to hear it! ...and if you haven'
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Focus Daniel-Son...

I'm reminded of Mr. Miyagi when I look at my Collection here on the CGC Collector's Society... I've been collecting for almost a year and just recieved a new 9.8 in the mail today, NYX #5. 4 down, 3 to go... I'll never be able to grab the #1 spot in the competitive collection, Macculate has an almost untouchable and beautiful set, but it could be my 1st completed collection. What I really need to do is focus on some specific sets. Do you find this problem too? I have a couple of raw co
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Hammershipdown

My first CGC Comic Book! I received my very first CGC graded comic book yesterday, a copy of Marvel's NYX #3, the 1st appearance of X-23. A 9.8 Universal grade with White pages. Am very excited and have several others coming, but thought I would share the enthusiasm! Woot Woot! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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