Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, c_mkv said: Which issues are you/have you had the hardest time picking up? I've picked up 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 28, 49, 58 & 64(and ih181 and gsx1) so far in grades I consider collectible.I'm curious which to go after next or might start focusing on some of the bronze xmen books. I have #1 and #2 in 9.0, and I'm trying to assemble a 9.4 run from #3 up. Right now the only issues I still need are: #10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 30, 44, 79, and 80. I have seen a few #10s in 9.4, but always with OW or worse pages; I think there's a Savannah copy of #79 floating around that has CR/OW pages. I have also seen several #80s in 9.4, but always with severe centering issues. I missed out on a #16 and a #30 in recent ComicLink auctions, but those were the only copies I've seen in the past year. The others, I don't recall seeing at all in grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, c_mkv said: Which issues are you/have you had the hardest time picking up? I've picked up 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 28, 49, 58 & 64(and ih181 and gsx1) so far in grades I consider collectible.I'm curious which to go after next or might start focusing on some of the bronze xmen books. I am not certain what the census numbers are, but my guess is that books from the late 20s - late 40s are harder to find slabbed since there was not much going on during that timeframe. They are easy to find raw in high grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, kimik said: The X-Men were my favorite book as a kid - the first comic I bought off the rack was UXM #211 due to the cover and I was hooked from there. It has long been an undervalued title IMHO, when you consider how important it is in the Marvel universe. Right, but you're talking about the 1970s / 1980s X-Men run, which had excellent art and excellent writing that vastly expanded the X-Men universe and gradually placed the X-Men (particularly Wolverine) at the very center of the Marvel universe. All of the characters that headline the X-Men movies were introduced in the 1970s, 1980s, or even 1990s (Deadpool). The only one of the original X-Men (aside from Professor X) who can carry a movie is Jean, but only in the Phoenix incarnation that was introduced in the post-relaunch era. I'm not sure that the enormous popularity of the Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum / John Byrne run, and everything that followed, necessarily correlates to demand for the older stuff, with the obvious exception of the major keys like #1, #4, and #12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Just now, Sweet Lou 14 said: Right, but you're talking about the 1970s / 1980s X-Men run, which had excellent art and excellent writing that vastly expanded the X-Men universe and gradually placed the X-Men (particularly Wolverine) at the very center of the Marvel universe. All of the characters that headline the X-Men movies were introduced in the 1970s, 1980s, or even 1990s (Deadpool). The only one of the original X-Men (aside from Professor X) who can carry a movie is Jean, but only in the Phoenix incarnation that was introduced in the post-relaunch era. I'm not sure that the enormous popularity of the Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum / John Byrne run, and everything that followed, necessarily correlates to demand for the older stuff, with the obvious exception of the major keys like #1, #4, and #12. I guess I should have elaborated. I loved the early X-Men run as a kid as well. That was the first Marvel SA run I put together. It was a much better read than early FF to someone that grew up in the 80s........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr bla bla Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) With everything going on currently in the movies i think the early SA run will gain in importance. Heck - There is a ton of 1st appearances to boot across the first 66 issues. Edited November 11, 2018 by Mr bla bla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr bla bla said: With everything going on currently in the movies i think the early SA run will gain in importance. Heck - There is a ton of 1st appearances to boot across the first 66 issues. Maybe. I just wouldn't hold your breath waiting to see Unus or the Mimic on the big screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, Sweet Lou 14 said: I have #1 and #2 in 9.0, and I'm trying to assemble a 9.4 run from #3 up. Right now the only issues I still need are: #10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 30, 44, 79, and 80. I have seen a few #10s in 9.4, but always with OW or worse pages; I think there's a Savannah copy of #79 floating around that has CR/OW pages. I have also seen several #80s in 9.4, but always with severe centering issues. I missed out on a #16 and a #30 in recent ComicLink auctions, but those were the only copies I've seen in the past year. The others, I don't recall seeing at all in grade. I remember issues 11 and 17 being relatively scarce in near mint or better (I never owned a high grade copy of X-Men #11 in 15 years of trying to collect the run in high grade), and the black picture frames 76 and 79 are tough, too. Edited November 11, 2018 by namisgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Lou 14 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 minute ago, namisgr said: I remember issues 11 and 17 being relatively scarce in near mint or better (I never owned a high grade copy of X-Men #11), and the black picture frames 76 and 79 are tough, too. Agreed. I have always been crazy about monochrome covers, and I honestly don't recall ever seeing a 9.4 of #17 available for sale within the last two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) I was fortunate to find a sweet copy of that issue from the Hollywood Hills collection, which had a slew of incredible Marvels spanning 1965 to '68. It was sold with the rest of my run in 2009-'10: Edited November 11, 2018 by namisgr mec3437 and Sweet Lou 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr bla bla Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 hours ago, namisgr said: I was fortunate to find a sweet copy of that issue from the Hollywood Hills collection, which had a slew of incredible Marvels spanning 1965 to '68. It was sold with the rest of my run in 2009-'10: Spooky cover ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobZe Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) Working on a complete run. Including the non SA stuff. I guess I've been working on it since August of 75 when I saw an SR71 on the cover and had to have it ... without having a clue about the history. Just lucky I guess. I'm missing #3, most of the reprints and a couple of non SA odds and ends. I'm currently slabbing my high quality doubles which I'll sell. I'd like to upgrade the lower quality issues too, but first things first. The idea is to sacrifice the rest of the collection seeing as I'm not into it anymore. Edited November 15, 2018 by Robert Zerbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
