Phillip's Journal

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About this journal

I was out of collecting comics for years and didn't start back up again til around 2011.  Just recently got into the whole CGC aspect of it so trying to catch back up.  Very big fan of spider-man that's what I collect mostly and titles tied into his series.  At one point in time I had every issue from vol.1 and 2 from #200 to #700.5.  Times got a little rough and I had to sell em.  At some point in time I will start back at trying to get those again.  But right now I am going after Vol.3 and now Vol.4 and all the variants.  That's about it see you on the boards.

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Almost done......

Ever since I returned from deployment in 2013. I started reading and collecting Invincible. I made a post a few years ago about almost being done with having ever issue. Well Completed that task right before I deployed again in 2019. Now I am at the point in this journey that I only lack 17 more comics to get graded in 9.6 or above. It's been awesome. I've read and reread the story several times. For me it's one of those that you can never get tired of. And since the release of the show I have b
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Finally

As some of you know if you have seen the WTB section or read my journal when I decide to ramble I have been searching for Invincible #75 variant.  Much like the 1:100 it was pretty hard to come by for a while with the excitement surrounding the announcement of the movie. Well I finally got my hands on one graded at 9.6 I may have paid more than what I should have but that happens in this hobby sometimes. Regardless I am now 5 issues from having a complete set including variants and in making sur
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Almost there (again)

So a while back before the overhaul on the journals and message boards I had posted about being almost complete on Image/Skybound's Invincible which in my opinion is probably the best comic story out.  Anywho after going through each and every book I had in this series at the time I was missing around 14 issues and decided that I wanted to at least have 9.6's or better.  Looking at my collection that wasn't happening at all when I purchased the majority of the middle part of the series I never p
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Invincible Sketch Cover

Finally after not pulling the trigger on this issue a year or 2 ago I was messaged on the boards in the wanting to buy section and an awesome member asked me if I was still looking for this issue.  Of course I was and purchased immediately. Case was in good shape still plan on sending it off for the new case. But the hunt for this issue is over and now onto the #52 RRP variant another that I am sure is going to be difficult to acquire. Shout out to Delt569 for allowing me to purchase his copy th
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Invincible Sketch Cover

I am normally not one to purchase sketches or even pay to have them done.  I believe they're way to costly and I could purchase several other items for the amount of money most of my favorite artist would charge for a commission.  With that being said I came across a wonderful cover sketch for Invincible #111.  Anissa as the joker with Mark in Batgirls shoes done by Scott Blair.  I fell in love with this cover as soon as I found it.  I think a lot of you guys/gals will appreciate it.  Thanks for
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Almost there!!!

So I have posted before about my love for Invincible and no not Iron Man. This is about the only comic book that I have been able to read through a few times and still enjoy. And while Kirkman and company deciding to end it at 144 I have made it a personal goal of grabbing up every single issue including 2nd prints and variants. And now with only about 12 issues left in the series I am almost to my goal. I only lack 6 issues to complete the series thus far minus the extras. It's a great feeling
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Almost there!!!

Quest almost done So I have posted before about my love for Invincible and no not Iron Man. This is about the only comic book that I have been able to read through a few times and still enjoy. And while Kirkman and company deciding to end it at 144 I have made it a personal goal of grabbing up every single issue including 2nd prints and variants. And now with only about 12 issues left in the series I am almost to my goal. I only lack 6 issues to complete the series thus far minus the extra
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NYCC

My experience. So I didn't get a chance to do this after I got back. Busy with military stuff and the kiddo, and I suppose the wife(ha). Any who, I won't lie, the only thing that was a highlight for me was getting to talk to JSC and JTC. Other than that the crowd and the amount of rudeness I came across was astounding. Don't get me wrong I met some really nice folks standing in line to get the foil variants DC released at NYCC but other than that the vendors minus like 3 were ridiculous th
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A different Quest

Sad the closer it nears So over the last two years I have become a big Invincible fan. I noted in a previous journal that I believed Robert Kirkmans other comics were extremely over priced just because of the fan following for TWD. With that said I have been slowly filling in the missing issues for my run of Invincible. Why? Easy that comic isn't the run of the mill. People die they stay dead the villains sometimes win and the hero doesn't always get his way. I enjoy that about this comi
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Not a Key but still pretty nice for the age and price.

ASM So I know it's not a key issue but at 8.0 almost 46 years old, and for the price I couldn't pass up on this ASM #89. Plus given the fact that i started collecting ASM Vol.1 and 2 again I told myself i wouldn't go after the 9.6's or anything like that for the earlier issues funds just don't allow it. For me an awesome vibrant cover works. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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QC while shipping

Rant of the quality in which comics arrive. So I don't know how many of you actually collect any of the new issues being released, but I pick up a few every week online sometimes most at my LCBS. With that being said I have noticed lately that a lot of the issues being shipped out are damaged when being received by my LCBS and even when getting a shipment from Midtown if I missed an issue or the store I go to didn't have it. Now with that being said you would think that with the amount of m
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New Cases Meh

I thought they would be better. So got my most recent submission back, and it was the start of the new cases CGC will be using. Well the cases are nice I give them that they seem a lot clearer and a little more sturdy. But being someone that uses graded comic bags they just kinda screwed me. On my smaller cases I would receive, I used the resealable BCW bags and on the larger cases mylar bags. Well now looks like I am gonna have to goto the larger more expensive mylar bags for everything.
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Not as excited as I was.

Finger bends? Not complaining about the grades on my last submission, most are what I figured they would be. But as I was going through the graders notes, something kept coming up. Finger bends, now I'm not entirely sure what these are, haven't seen this on any of my previous submissions. But I decided to look at the area where these "finger bends" seemed to be and maybe my eye isn't as good as that of the graders, but I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Now on top of that the
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Happiness

Yay That moment when your submitted comics from 2 months ago get graded and its a matter of time til it goes to shipped safe. Don't know about the rest of you, but i turn into a little kid when i watch the status change. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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The chase

Is 9.8 really worth the prices they go for. So when I first started on the CGC wagon, I made it a point to try and get nothing but 9.8's. Now after reading tnerbs journals, why isn't a 9.6 or 9.4 or even 9.0 just as good as a 9.8, aside from the obvious point difference in the CGC set manager. I mean honestly, I was able to get a Vol.2 Amazing Spider-Man #1 for 15 dollars and free shipping on auction at Ebay. With that said my hunt for 9.8's only is over these comics are going to be in
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Invincible

The best superhero comic book in the world? Now I'm not sure how many people that read this journal if any of you decide to are Invincible fans. But I like to think this is probably one of the best comics out right now. Maybe not as popular as ASM or the X-Men etc. But with the taking off of TWD a few years ago, pretty much anything that has my Kentucky's own Robert Kirkman on the cover, everyone just flocks too. With all that said here begins my rant, Overstreet is the go to as far as co
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A Change

Something different Over the past few years I have found myself to become one of those people that follow the trend after getting back into comics, not picking up a book cause of the story or because I enjoy the art associated with but because it's the "in" thing at the moment. And because of this i have several comics that i have no desire keeping or sending off to get slabbed. Most recently I have begun an inner battle, New 52's Action Comics and Batman, I already parted ways with Dete
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Deciding

? I find it difficult each and every time I decide that I want to send something new into CGC. A lot of thought and second guessing and adding and taking away from my submission happens every time. Do I want to send off stuff I plan on keeping and adding to the registry, or do I send the things that might turn a buck or two. I don't really know a time that it has been easy for me to just say "yeah these books are going this time". It was easier for me to enlist into the military than it h
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