It was something that I toyed with at NYC Comic Con in October of 2010. It was a goal that was realized in July of 2012.

I got tired of looking around at all the "junk" that I had amassed over the years. I decided to sell everything that I felt I no longer needed or would not miss in lieu of having a nicer copy of Amazing Fantasy 15. I had that raw copy but I wanted a nicer copy. I sold off so much that I settled the education loans and bought my comic. Then I found this place.

I always had a full set of Amazing Spider-man. I still do. A lot of the copies though were reader copies or lower to mid grade copies. I felt that I could do better. I started to upgrade some of my books but at that point I still did not think of going for a slabbed run. After I upgraded some of my books I saw that I had a decent percentage of the books already slabbed. With that I figured what the heck. Let's complete a set. In October of 2011 I opened up the set and started registering books. In less than a year that set is at 100%

Thanks to submitting some of my own books to CGC, Comic Link, Metropolis / Comic Connect, Heritage, these boards and eBay the books and packages started showing up. I did my homework and assembled, what I believe a nice set of books. 71 books are 8.0 or higher. I mostly looked at a lot of 8.5's. There are quite a few books that present very nicely and some gems thrown in the collection. I love the ASM 12 in a 8.0 and a the 65 in a 9.6 as those covers are personal favorites of mine. While not in the set I was pleased at receiving my copies of 121 and 122 back from CGC in a 9.4 and a 9.2.

I know that I will never take top spot. That is not what this was about. I do not have the resources to even think about making a run at doing so. The future plans for the set are to upgrade a book here and there. Right now it is well known that I am looking to upgrade my Amazing Fantasy 15. I am waiting on a couple of things back from CGC and some of those may be upgrades. Or perhaps... I may want to focus some more on the Golden Age. In the meantime I will start photographing the fronts and backs and continue to add descriptions to the books.

To everyone that helped with this set, I thank you.

Buzzetta-

Link to the Set

http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=49630

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