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Great looking book. Just bought one from my LCS for $12k in the same grade but yours looks nicer.

Klaus is a cool dude. Great Thanks cover.

I’ve used Hank Pym before and he was awesome. How do I get in touch with him? Don’t know how to search for users in this new chat format. I need a witness for Roy Thomas.

Thanks man. Still can't seem to get the hang of this new journal process. Would be happy of my photos were at least facing the right direction. Might have to try again with a new post.

Those are some crazy stories. I don't think that's ever happened to me, thankfully.

I got frustrated with the new journals early on and haven't been back...until now. I may have stick around, we'll see. Hope you come back soon. I agree with Rockblazer too, I miss all those I used to enjoy reading, including you.

Wow, that's crazy to go thru something like that. Glad things are getting better. Now I need to go home and consolidate all my best books into one small box...the only fear there is that some thief will pick that one and run off with it. Maybe I'll just stick with grabbing the books off my wall.

Not bad for side of the road!

Well, I can't seem to get the photo to display correctly, even though it shows correct before uploading, but here is my first new journal attempt. I tried to post earlier today, but the post never showed up...weird. Anyway, thank you to dreamtoreal1 for this sharp looking Iron Fist 14. I'm really looking forward to Ronnylama pressing it and then Chris Claremont signing it at ECCC this year. Hoping it comes back at least 9.2 but sometimes you never know. Hope everyone has a great year! Til next time... ***

Congrats Howard, those books were amazing to behold!

Ah, so this is where you've been hiding out. I haven't been on here since October...spending all my time on Instagram, lol.

Guess I need to reply to my old journals or else I can't easily find them on my profile page.

Guess I need to reply to my old journals or else I can't easily find them on my profile page.

Guess I need to reply to my old journals or else I can't easily find them on my profile page.

Guess I need to reply to my old journals or else I can't easily find them on my profile page.

Guess I need to reply to my old journals or else I can't easily find them on my profile page.

I spent a ton of money buying the books to clip the coupons for Unity 0 (I think that was the book), and then had to buy another copy for the collection. I sold those years later for next to nothing...and then Valiant relaunches and the books get hot again. Sigh. My favorites were Eternal Warrior, Bloodshot, and Ninjak. P.S. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Jim Shooter this year when he signed my DD 141, which he wrote.

There's a note on the introduction to the new journals page dated 3/22/17 that says old journal entries will migrated to the new site "soon", but i don't see mine and i'm freaking out a little about it.

Nice pick ups!

Cmon Professor, you know those miswraps give the book character! Even so, I will concede that's a beautiful copy you have there.

Worth the wait... Ive been looking forward to writing this journal for the last year and half. Honestly, this is not even a set I ever intended to put together, but the way things happened I just had to do it. It started last February when I found a super sharp copy of Amazing Spiderman 300 at my local comic shop for next to nothing. That was a great day because I remember walking out of there with a NM copy of ASM 238 as well, and my son took home a VF copy of Marvel Premiere 15, all for super cheap. Anyway, I took all these with me to Seattle last March for ECCC, along with my original owner copy of Secret Wars 8. The benevolent Ronnylama was kind enough to give em all a nice press and then I handed them over to CGC for grading. To my shock and astonishment, the ASM 300 and SW 8 both achieved the coveted CGC 9.8 grade with White Pages. Prior to getting those books back, I attended Phoenix Con last May and was on the hunt for a book that Art Adams could sign for me. I had a short list of books in mind that he had done and was super excited when I found a beautiful copy of Marvel Team Up 141 at a small booth. I snatched it up real quick and ran it over to Art for a signature...he mentioned he had been signing a lot of these lately...then it was off to CGC for grading. This book too came back CGC 9.8 with White Pages. Wow. This is when it dawned on me that I had to find the other Black Suit books in the same grade and quality, cause anything less would bug me to no end. Dont get me wrong, Im not a grade snob...I love and appreciate comics for what they are, its just in this instance I suddenly had a theme going and wanted to see it thru to completion. It wasnt until June of this year at Phoenix Con that I found the next book for my collection, Amazing Spiderman 252 CGC 9.8 with White Pages. The seller had the book marked down from an already fair price, but I was still a bit short of cash and they only accepted cash. Thankfully Ive bought from this seller many times before and he was kind enough to let me have the book for all the cash I had left which was an amazing price. Excitedly I shared this news on Instagram letting everyone know that all I needed now was Spectacular Spiderman 90 to complete my Black Suit set. Then of course Bagofleas tells me, no you need Marvel Age 12 also since that issue features concept art for the black suit that came out a couple months before ASM 252. Immediately I went on eBay and sure enough there was one copy of this book for sale, at a great price no less, graded CGC 9.8 with White Pages. I had just spent a good sum on ASM 252 earlier in the day, but Bagofleas made a good argument that this book would give me a set that shows the complete evolution of Venom, from concept to reality, so I went for it. The last piece of the set took me until now to find. I had been monitoring the auction sites regularly and checking eBay almost every day looking for Spectacular Spiderman 90 in CGC 9.8 with White Pages. I found a raw copy at one point that I thought looked like a good candidate, but it came back CGC 9.2. I continued to see several 9.6 White or 9.8 Off White copies on eBay and was very tempted to settle for the Off White pages a couple times but held my ground. In desperation I even went thru the Spectacular Spiderman set in the CGC Registry and started direct messaging people who had the book I needed asking if they would sell it to me, but no one responded. Then one day last week after doing my usual eBay search I saw it, and at a great price. Of course I jumped on it, and now my set truly is complete. Here they are in order... 3/84 Marvel Age 12, Black Suit concept art 5/84 Spectacular Spiderman 90, tied for 1st Black Suit 5/84 Amazing Spiderman 252, tied for 1st Black Suit 5/84 Marvel Team Up 141, tied for 1st Black Suit 12/84 Secret Wars 8, origin of Black Suit 5/88 Amazing Spiderman 300, Black Suit becomes Venom Til next time... *** To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Another SS set completed! This is the set I was really excited about. Found high grade copies of all the issues in Kraven's Last Hunt, and had Mike Zeck sign them at Phoenix Con this past June. Such an iconic story line and I love how they look in the new cases with their high grades and yellow labels. After rereading this story, I've become an even bigger fan of Kraven...ironic since he is no longer among the living...and I started picking up back issues with appearances he has made over the years. Such a great character. Quotes Part 1 of 6 Web of Spiderman 31 I have found dignity, not in the cities, but in the jungle. I have found honor, not in the civilized, but in the primal. I have found morality, I have found meaning...in the hunt. -- Kraven the Hunter Part 2 of 6 Amazing Spiderman 293 So now I see through the Spiders eyes. I wear the Spiders skin. I crawl. Now...I am the Spider. -- Kraven the Hunter Part 3 of 6 Spectacular Spiderman 131 I am the Spider. No...not the Spider. I AM KRAVEN! - Kraven the Hunter Part 4 of 6 Web of Spiderman 32 TWO WEEKS! In the ground! In the grave! Dead! TWO WEEKS! - Spiderman Part 5 of 6 Amazing Spiderman 294 After all these years, you surely know that Im a man of my word...and I give you my word...from this night forward, Kraven the Hunter...will never hunt again. -- Kraven the Hunter Part 6 of 6 Spectacular Spiderman 132 But I cant let my fear stop me. God...please dont let it stop me. -- Spidermann To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Had to do it... I was getting ready for Phoenix Con six months ago and saw that Mike Zeck was gonna be there. What do I have in my collection that he could sign? Oh yeah...the Punisher Limited Series! Overall I was happy with the grades and I think the books look awesome in the new new cases. I like the Punisher but I'm not in love with him so at some point I'm gonna need to part ways with this set. Until then I will enjoy having it in my collection! *** To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Yeah that Cap 1 book from the new series was trash. I don't know why Marvel has to constantly mess with Steve Rogers. Hasn't he been through enough already? Looking forward to this "cosmic cube turned Cap into a Hydra agent" storyline ending so we can get the real Cap back...and he needs to get his round shield back from Falcon-Cap (ugh). I really don't read the new books anymore, but I'm having a blast going back and picking up Bronze and Silver Age books/titles I hadn't read before! I sound like an old man, but it's true...they don't make em like they used to.