richard8158

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Picked this one up from another member and it just got here today! Single highest graded (as of 6/2017). A very nice upgrade for my set as the other one was a 5.5. Always liked the Joe Kubert covers too.

As of now it is the highest graded copy! 1961 grey tone Grandenetti & Adler cover. Oops! I just added the pic!

Just picked this one up from an eBay auction last week for a good price!

Correct, along with 25+ others

Today is my thirtieth wedding anniversary. When my wife was out shopping my six foot tall First Order storm trooper arrived. Upon coming home, as she passed him in the hallway, excused herself and smiled.

I know I post mostly about the GI Combat comics but I do have other titles! Sadly I have neglected these while on a mission to build the GIC set.

I have come to appreciate their use of red, yellow , orange and pink colors in the backgrounds of these Grandenetti and Kubert covers!

This has been a really great year for adding to and upgrading my GI Combat set. Possibly as many as 30 upgrades this year alone. The one pictured is the latest one. A really nice 1961 Kubert cover. The downside is that I have many very nice graded duplicates now and I'm really not sure what to do with them. Sure, I could sell them, but would much rather trade for someone else's extras. And I pretty much don't care what they are! As kids growing up in the 50s and 60s we read everything, but war comics were big. We read Superman, Batman and Hawkman too along with many others. Spidey came later. Can I be the only collector with duplicate graded copies? Here are some of my extras: https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=92871 Thanks for reading and looking! Rich

Won this one at auction recently! 1958 Joe Kubert Cover http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699

Just arrived yesterday! Picked this one up off of eBay. It replaces the 7.0 I had. http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699

I got this one as an upgrade to my set! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699

Just added! White Pages too! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699

Beautiful book professor!

1985 Losers Special #1 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1977 Our Fighting Forces! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1959 Grey tone http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1963 http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

253 out of 289! Nine months ago I wrote a journal after adding my 200th comic to my GI Combat set. I now have 253 graded and am closing in on 90% completion. I have 2 left to send in for grades and that will exhaust what I have at the house. Out of the 36 still missing from the set, I have 24 of them but they are mostly reader grade. I try to have a reader copy for each book in the set, however, some aren't worth the expense of purchasing just to read. The copper portion of the set is all 9.6 and 9.8 except for a single 9.4. The bronzes are 9.0 or better except for 6 in need of upgrades (3 are in for grading now). The silvers are coming along nicely with many new additions and upgrades this year. The golds are in the worst shape with many missing still. There are plenty of the Quality issues to be had but most are in horrible shape. I'll keep hunting, after all, that's the best part! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SetTypeDetail.aspx?SetTypeID=400 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1952!! Just got this one back yesterday! Also coming back were 2 more of these Ziff Davis GI Joes, 2 Our Fighting Forces and 10 GI Combats. All of the books graded as I expected except for 3 of the GI Combats which achieved higher than I thought! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Just Added! Single highest graded http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1968 Russ Heath cover Single Highest! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1961! Not the highest graded but a tough one to find in any sort of decent grade. http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

1962-1963 http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

All Kubert covers I picked up 9 9.8 upgrades the other day consisting of 5 Bronze and 4 Coppers, all GI Combats. http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.