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The road to Xavier's school. by TheHainted

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This Journal will be to document my journey to complete a volume 1 X-Men collection.

 

Hello,

I have decided to document my journey as I try to collect a complete set of X-Men volume 1. I guess history will be the best place to start, like most of us I spent a lot of time reading comics growing up in the 80s. I raided the spinner racks every time we went to our local grocery store. The trip that sealed the deal and made me a real comic fan was the day I found Uncanny X-Men #210. The menacing looking group looking for a fight....I had to get in on that. After that I collected through my teens and never really stopped reading different titles but somehow dropped the X-Men from my have to reads. Now many years later I am going to focus and build that full run collection I always daydreamed about as a kid.

 

1st piece was recently purchased at a local comic shop from the back issue boxes which are almost all priced at $1.00. It is Uncanny X-Men #214. I saw this as a good sign seeing as how my love for the X-men started within a few issues of this one. This weekend should lead to a comic trip as I have 4 within 20 minutes of each other and my house. More X-Men goodness to come.

 

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Professor Pecora

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Wishing you the best on your X-Men journey!

 

I am working on building up one of the world's finest sets of X-Men #94-#143! It's going to take a while, but it's a beaitiful thing to have acquired some of the world's finest X-Men issues of the Bronze Age run!

 

I just recently won a copy of X-Men #103 CGC 9.8 WP and X-Men #109 CGC 9.8 WP, which I am super excited to add to my set after I finish paying them off! :-)

 

The best experience is finding high-grade raw copies for cheap prices and submitting to CGC to land a 9.6 or higher!

 

Have fun searching your local Comic Shops, etc.! hope you find some hidden jewels!

 

-Professor Pecora

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Newest pick up for my slowly growing collection. X-Men number 15. Decent shape and was priced right. I had to go for an old one. In the past I may get a few early 100s and then stop and sell off. I want this one to be for the long haul.

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New additions!

I did get side tracked with a Werewolf by Night #1 that was CGC graded last week but it is a display piece so it does not count :). I picked up these yesterday ( pics will be added):

 

Uncanny X-men #251, 234, and......210! The book that started it all for me with the X-men. Collection is growing slowly.

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