Aweandlorder Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 16 hours ago, entalmighty1 said: Always loved Frazetta, and the Okajima pedigree is my favorite collection. Odds of me ever upgrading this book are slim to none. I was after this book ever since I was 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene6 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Here are a few of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway29 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 19 minutes ago, Gene6 said: Here are a few of mine. I remember pretending to be bishop on the playground as a kid. I used dirt to mimic his energy blasts lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post eccomic Posted December 31, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2017 Definitely a grail book in my collection. Very elusive and rare and the FIRST cover appearance of Nelvana of the Northern Lights Larryw7, Artboy99, KirbyJack and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliens Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 i want to bump this thread for the reason that i think it is awesome to share and see what people's "Grail" is... so show away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Being a Wolverine fanatic, my obvious holy grail would be Incredible Hulk 181, and I own three copies at the moment. To a lesser extent, let's call them holy pint glasses, I also have 9.8s of 180 and 182. So let's take a different approach here, where I'll highlight the book that got me back into collecting. I was in fourth grade when I really started buying comics in earnest, until Marvel released the Fatal Attractions storyline. WHICH I ABSOLUTELY HATED. Wolverine gets done dirty because of Jean Grey's psycho babble nonsense, and then he still wouldn't let her fly out the hatch and burn up on re-entry when the Blackbird started falling apart. Almost 25 years later it still aggravates me a bit. Anyway, disgust led to a seven-ish year comic boycott. Maybe a bit melodramatic in retrospect, but I was a kid, so cut me some slack! Moving ahead to one fine summer day in 2000 (Wolverine 153 was new on the rack at the time), all that boycott stuff ended when I found a copy of this in the back issue box at the LCS: This isn't the exact copy, I picked this particular one up as a Universal 9.8 before having it signed by Larsen, and unfortunately I'm not sure if I still have that first copy I bought since I had 5 or 6 at one point. But to say this was a pivotal book for me would be an understatement, this hobby has been and continues to be such a blast. I can't imagine what life would have been like had a I actually stayed away for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pickycollector Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 I guess my #1 would be this one. Very solid 8.0, I wish all 8.0's were always that nice, probably would get a 8.5 on a straight resub. Great centering, full stamp, full issue number square, cannot ask for better. Larryw7, comicjack, blue808 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DST Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 My Holy Grail would be an AF15 6.0 or higher with a nice wrap and White Pages... *cough,cough* @SpideyFein My favorite book however and personal grail is Amazing Spider-Man #300. I’ve never been happier collecting than when I secured my first CGC 9.8 Newsstand Edition. I will always be grateful to these boards for helping make that connection happen. Mystafo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyFein Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 hours ago, DST said: My Holy Grail would be an AF15 6.0 or higher with a nice wrap and White Pages... *cough,cough* @SpideyFein My favorite book however and personal grail is Amazing Spider-Man #300. I’ve never been happier collecting than when I secured my first CGC 9.8 Newsstand Edition. I will always be grateful to these boards for helping make that connection happen. I love the 300 9.8 Newsstand. Very nice! I had a 9.8 direct, but it was a victim of the major restructuring of the collection. I don’t even own a 300 now. You have some beautiful books! Regarding my AF, I was hesitant to make the big move, but I went for it! I will always be grateful to these boards and awesome boardies as well! I don’t care what they say, I love these boards! DST 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DST Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 33 minutes ago, SpideyFein said: I love the 300 9.8 Newsstand. Very nice! I had a 9.8 direct, but it was a victim of the major restructuring of the collection. I don’t even own a 300 now. You have some beautiful books! Regarding my AF, I was hesitant to make the big move, but I went for it! I will always be grateful to these boards and awesome boardies as well! I don’t care what they say, I love these boards! Thanks! Can’t say enough about your AF15...well worth the big move in going for it IMHO. Absolutely stellar!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Drummy Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 These are great books! And I recognize SpideyFein's AF 15 as the one I used to own... Anyway, my first comic ever was Fantastic Four #172 (along with Hulk #199), which immediately made Marvel's first family my most beloved characters in comics. Once I started researching the Marvel Universe, there was only one true grail for me: Callaway29, blue808, AnkurJ and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AnkurJ Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 The planets were aligned the day I was able to buy this book. Had to sell quite a bit but no major regrets. Foley, BCarter27, comicjack and 19 others 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeCrush Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 11:23 AM, Doc Joe said: Grail because duh...I loved the reprints growing up of golden age WW and Flash , Really want to add a Whiz 2(1) to the collection and a Flash comics 1 but very happy to have secured this book So Jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, AnkurJ said: The planets were aligned the day I was able to buy this book. Had to sell quite a bit but no major regrets. Had to sell quite a bit??!!?! Like a kidney or 5???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 2 hours ago, AnkurJ said: The planets were aligned the day I was able to buy this book. Had to sell quite a bit but no major regrets. There are many books that are tops on peoples lists that I own. This however is my one true grail, and probably will never own one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, AnkurJ said: The planets were aligned the day I was able to buy this book. Had to sell quite a bit but no major regrets. There are many books that are tops on peoples lists that I own. This however this is my one true grail, and probably will never own one. Edited March 9, 2018 by oakman29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Many books fall into that category these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 20 hours ago, pickycollector said: I guess my #1 would be this one. Very solid 8.0, I wish all 8.0's were always that nice, probably would get a 8.5 on a straight resub. Great centering, full stamp, full issue number square, cannot ask for better. Love it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Kid Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 14 hours ago, AnkurJ said: The planets were aligned the day I was able to buy this book. Had to sell quite a bit but no major regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefires Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 9:01 AM, Brando- said: This grail is a piece that I originally missed when first offered online, I saved the scan and tortured myself for some time. This book was certified in 2011 and first listed on Worldwide Comics shortly after, a site I check multiple times a day. By the time I saw the listing the sale was already pending. Two years later the piece was listed on ComicLink, thankfully the book was previewed a few months before the auction opened, giving me time to plan and save. My max bid was actually reached the first night of the auction, to my surprise (and relief) no one else bid there after, I thought for sure a respected boardie with a penchant for DC 100 pagers would go after this. I opened a bottle of champagne when I received this book, I’m still grateful for the second chance on this. This awesome Nick Cardy cover caught my eye when I was 12 and just starting on comic books. At the time this book seemed really old since it was published before I was born. Superman with a big smile on his face and opening up a giant copy of Action Comics to unleash DC’s finest from its pages captured my imagination. One summer in college I came across a decent copy at my local comic shop for $10.00. That copy was such a treat for me, I finally had it after what would have been almost a decade since I saw the cover for the first time as a kid. I'd also hear about how difficult these square-bound, 100 pages giants were to find in high grade over the years, I thought I would have to settle for a lower grade to get a nice certified copy, I was wrong. I have one of those too! Brandon Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
