See Many of the Highest Grade Issues

If someone would have told me that one day I would own the highest known grade copy of a Captain Marvel Adventures issue I wouldn?t have believed it. I would have expected it to be both prohibitively expensive and nearly impossible to find. Possibly I might stumble upon one maybe two but surely the owner would covet them like gold. Currently I own 12 of the highest grade issues including 4 which stand alone as the highest grade (i.e. not tied with any other issue). All were acquired within the last half year and the amount I spent was FAR less than I would have expected. It?s certainly possible that there exists higher grades that simply haven?t been graded by CGC but it?s my experience that most owners of high grade issues are getting them CGC graded. For instance I?ve never seen anyone advertise a Near Mint or Mint condition golden age comic that wasn?t graded and sealed, generally by CGC. My assumption is that even if there are higher grades they are extremely rare.

What amazed me was how easy it was for me to put this collection together. Top grade CMA issues just sat there on mycomicshop.com, Heritage and Comic Connect for months on end even when many were priced well below guide prices. Issue 112, for instance, is graded 9.2 and is one of only two CGC graded issues known to exist the other one being a sorry little 2.0. This issue is extraordinarily rare, was priced well below guide on mycomicshop.com and wasn?t selling. I guess all I can say is lucky me but it?s interesting what pique?s the interest of collectors and what doesn?t. Captain Marvel is a household name who?s still relevant today in comics but his golden age stuff (besides the early early issues) is shockingly easy to obtain. At least it was until I swooped in like a vulture.

I?m very proud of the collection I?ve built so far and honestly consider it the most enjoyable to view among CMA collections. It most CERTAINLY doesn?t have the highest point total, that would be starman221 whose collection is nearly 8 times mines point total but starman221 doesn?t include any images. Daily Star is about 7 times my point total but that collector?s collection is obscured. Mine has the most images beating Timulty by 1 (Timulty?s images are superior to my own but I intend to improve my images in time). All of my comics have detailed descriptions. I created my collection to be the kind of collection that I?d like to see if I were browsing which means lots of images and descriptions. So if you?re a fan of Captain Marvel and you want to actually see many of the highest grade images known to exist please step by and take a look.

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