TOP 5 GRAILS - THAT YOU DON'T OWN 1 1

[Sal]

non-attainable grails, or Books I Would Like To Have But Never Will;

 

National Comics #1 Church

Tec #30 - really, any of the first 37 Tecs would be fine by me

WDC&S #1

Hit Comics #7

any "Xela" cover in NM-

[Timulty]

non-attainable grails, or Books I Would Like To Have But Never Will;

 

National Comics #1 Church

Tec #30 - really, any of the first 37 Tecs would be fine by me

WDC&S #1

Hit Comics #7

any "Xela" cover in NM-

 

Yeah, non-attainable seems to be a good clarifier here. I hope you do get one of those though. And when you do, show it it off!!!!

[I_am_forrestGump-migration]

Fantastic Four # 1

Fantastic Four # 4

Fantastic Four # 5

Avengers # 4

Brave and the Bold # 28

 

I like team books.

[Sal]

non-attainable grails, or Books I Would Like To Have But Never Will;

 

National Comics #1 Church

Tec #30 - really, any of the first 37 Tecs would be fine by me

WDC&S #1

Hit Comics #7

any "Xela" cover in NM-

 

Yeah, non-attainable seems to be a good clarifier here. I hope you do get one of those though. And when you do, show it it off!!!!

 

if i do get one of those books i likely won't be posting for awhile, as i will be on the run from Johnny PoPo

[Comicdey]

Mile High Supersnipe V1#8 or another VF/NM or better pedigree.

[mar-vell]

fantastic four #1

amazing spider-man #1

strange tales #110

x-men #1

Avengers #1

[Norrin_Radd]

In a similar vein as this thread, but for us pikers who haven't yet acquired our real grail books.

 

For me, it's mostly GA...

 

1) Detective #31

2) All Star #57

3) Captain America #27

4) Detective #64

5) Fantastic Four #3

 

 

Since Detective #31 is so expensive, I may end up substituting it with my favorite early Batman cover... Batman #11

[-cryptkeeper-]

AF 15

ASM 1

ASM 14

AVENGERS 4

X-MEN 1

[goldust40]

Fantastic Comics 3 (fairly obvious)

Tec 27

Tec 31

Action 1

Marvel Comics 1

[Larryw7]

DETECTIVE #31

DETECTIVE #29

BATMAN #1

ALL STAR #3

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1

 

I doubt I'll ever have any of them, but these are the books I would buy instantly if I won the lotto. Until then, the reprints are fine.

[jbud73]

I count myself lucky I don't covet Superman and a lot of that expensive GA cr@pola so:

 

1. Detective Comics #1

 

2. ASM 50 - have one but it has issues

 

3. Weird Science Fantasy #29

 

4. AF #15

 

5. Batman 171

[october]

I count myself lucky I don't covet Superman and a lot of that expensive GA cr@pola so:

 

1. Detective Comics #1

 

Yeah, real cheap!

[Jeffreykli]

Top 5 Dream Grails:

 

Detective #1

Detective #27

All-Star #3

Flash #1

All-American #16

 

Top 5 More Attainable Grails:

 

Human Torch #12

Fantastic Four #1

Showcase #4

Amazing Fantasy #15

Phantom Lady #17

[Aman619]

Top 5 Dream Grails:

 

Detective #1

Detective #27

All-Star #3

Flash #1

All-American #16

 

Top 5 More Attainable Grails:

 

Human Torch #12

Fantastic Four #1

Showcase #4

Amazing Fantasy #15

Phantom Lady #17

 

no Action#1? interesting..

[tth2]

Top 5 Dream Grails:

 

Detective #1

Detective #27

All-Star #3

Flash #1

All-American #16

 

Top 5 More Attainable Grails:

 

Human Torch #12

Fantastic Four #1

Showcase #4

Amazing Fantasy #15

Phantom Lady #17

 

no Action#1? interesting..

Too common.

[jbud73]

I count myself lucky I don't covet Superman and a lot of that expensive GA cr@pola so:

 

1. Detective Comics #1

 

Yeah, real cheap!

 

I said a lot of that GA expensive [embarrassing lack of self control] not all of it. You can have your Action 1 and Marvel 1 and Supes 1. Detective 1 ah now thats a comic

[nik]

Mine would be

 

1 Fantastic Four #5

 

2 Amazing Spider-Man #20

 

3 Journey Into Mystery #112

 

4 Detective Comics #400

 

5 Fantastic Four #55

 

 

This is my goal for 2006

[Point Five]

Sounds like a good list, Nikos, and happily an attainable one I would imagine. I'd eventually like to find both ASM 20 and Detective 400 as well, though if they're grails for you then I'm guessing you're looking for higher grades than I am. Do you have a target grade range for each?

 

I'm about 80% done with my SA Spidey run, but ASM 20 is one of the odd issues that always eludes me. I've found that the light green cover tends to look kind of cruddy or tanned on most copies in the VG range, and I haven't found a 20 with quite the balance of eye appeal (high) and price (cheep!) that I'm looking for. So, always on the lookout. Best of luck on your list!

[nik]

9.0 is my minumum grade, except for 55, I sold my 9.0 (regret to this day) and I would like to replace it with a NM-.

[Jungle_Junkie]

If I ever won the lottery it would be

 

1) Detective 27 between 7 to 8.5

2) Batman 1 as above

3) Captain America 1 as above

4) Planet Comics 1 as above

5) Suspense Comics 3 in any condition !!

 

however in reality I'm after the following

 

1) X-men 94 9.0

2) Shock Suspenstories between 6.5 to 8.5 (a poor man's suspense 3)

3) Batman 238/DC 100 page 8 9.4

4) Detective 404 9.4

5) Spidey 121 9.4

 

At present even my "reality" grails seem in a galaxy far far away