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Missing Opportunities

Creating the best Captain Marvel Adventures set requires striking while the iron is hot so it kills me to miss out on so many opportunities. Right not on Heritage Comics the following Captain Marvel Adventures are on auction.       #9 9.4 Mile High   #16 9.4 Mile High   #29 9.6 Mile High   #80 9.4 Mile High       These would fit MAGNIFICENTLY in my collection but any one of these would shatter my budget. Issue #16 is already up to $2200.       This is the most impressi
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Captain Marvel Movie

There are yet again rumors of a Captain Marvel Movie with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson claiming to be playing the World's Mightiest Mortal. I generally ignore these rumors because I've heard them for years but this time I'm thinking it may just happen with or without "The Rock". For one thing Warner Brothers has to be kicking themselves daily for essentially sitting on the sideline during the golden age of Superhero movies. Not only are Marvel property license owners raking in the dough but Disney/
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Can I Compete With the Best GA Collections?

My goal is to one day win Golden Age set of the year and I thoroughly intend to meet that goal even if it takes me a decade or more but the fun is in the journey. So with the 2014 Registry Awards posted I thought I'd look through this years winners and see if I could possibly be competitive using my Captain Marvel Adventures collection. I'll go through them on by one. 1. ALFRED PENNYWORTH, JOKER'S WILD, Batman comics. Registry pointwise this one destroys me. I will never have this many registr
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Successful Trade

I did my first trade with a CGC member whose anonymity I will respect giving up my issue 45 CGC graded 9.2 for issues 66 graded 9.2 and 76 graded 9.0. From a registry standpoint I definitely came out ahead. I don't think it was a total coup for me as I was quite fond of issue 45. It's an earlier issue with a higher registry point value than either of the other two and it has less graded copies but I would be lying if I said I didn't think I came out well. I have a little bit of history with is
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Question for the Experts

It's always shocking to me to see a comic almost 70 years remain in a 9.6 condition. The comic below is a beautiful copy but I notice that the cover is slightly translucent so I wanted to ask a few questions related to this condition. My assumption is that a translucent cover is the result of excessive exposure to ultra violet rays. Perhaps the comic was displayed on a wall by a proud owner. Would this be an accurate assumption or could something else cause this condition? How much, if any,
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Must.... Resist....

Just noticed I've lost my number one spot in All-American Men of War. I know of a comic I could buy that would put me back on top but I've vowed to devote all my resources to Captain Marvel Adventures. I'm going to have to just let that series go. At least I still have All-American Western. Oooh, maybe I shouldn't have said that out loud. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Mid Year Assesment

Starting this year I have decided to devote my entire monthly comic budget to Captain Marvel Adventures at the expense of my other sets. Since January I've added four new issues and continue to slowly work my way towards the top position held by Starman221, the 2009 Golden Age Set of the Year winner. I am trying to set a pace to take over on registry points in another 8.5 years although I'm actually moving up faster than that. This year I finally passed the half way mark in registry points in my
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Probably My Aqcuisition of the Year

I went looking on Comic Link and *WHOA* I was stopped dead in my tracks. Issue #50 of Captain Marvel Adventures in NM+ condition. That's a 9.6 Golden Age comic. As a rule I don't divulge what I paid for a comic but in this instance I'm breaking my rule. I originally put in a bid of $530 and got back a response saying $555 was the minimum. Then I put in $555 and after a few more moments decided I was stupid for trying to penny pinch on such a deal. If I let this one by I would regret it for years
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Quantity vs Quality

Like most, if not all people on here, I love to buy and receive a new addition to my collection. However my decision for the rest of the year is to go for quality over quantity. The sad part is that if I shoot for the ones I want, based on my budget, I'll be purchasing precisely two comics for the rest of the year. I've already gone over two months without an addition. In the previous two years I'd bought 5 comics by this point. In 2012 I bought 27 comics through the year and in 2013 I bought
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Would You Have Bought It?

A 9.0 Captain Marvel Adventures #13 This would have gone great in my collection and the opening bid price was $799. Looking on ComicPriceGuide.com a graded 9.0 is $1575 so that's a heck of a bargain yet I didn't even bid on it. In fact no one bid on it. Why? At least for me it's because the comic appears to have severely slipped in the case and I don't know what kind of damage it might have caused. Should I have gone for it? I could have broken it out of the case and had it regraded but I just
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Suggestions for CGC Awards

CGC is already starting to post info about the upcoming yearly awards. I've always felt that a job worth doing is a job worth doing right and as far as I know the CGC collector awards are THE premier comic collector awards so it would be neat to see them done right. I have a few suggestions that I think would improve the quality of the awards. Some may be already in place. This would reduce the number of winners and save CGC money on printing and sending certificates. 1.Disallow any set that i
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Question on Storing CGC Comics

Is there a best position to store them in? In other words laid flat on it's front, on it's back, on the bottom edge, on the side edge, on the top edge etc... Thank You To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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CGC is on FIRE

I wrote less than a week ago that I managed to make it back into the top 500. A few days later I was bumped out again. Today it would take me over 300 registry points to get back in the top 500 so not only am I dropping I'm plummeting. Based on my budget the only CMA comic I could afford in April would be a 300 registry point comic which wouldn't get me back in the top 500 NOW much less in 3 weeks. If I let my budget accumulate I could afford a 640 registry point comic in May but at the rate I'
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Gone from the Top 500

Well, that didn't take long Four days ago I snuck back into the top 500 and already I'm bumped out. That was probably my final venture into that rarified air. Not only do I have a strict budget but I have the budget set to continually go down. My thinking is I've created a solid foundation for my sets and now I just need to hone them. Plus, this is an expensive hobby and there are other places my money may be better served. That's not to say I won't be adding at a healthy pace but not like I d
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Back in the Top 500

I have managed to get back into the top 500, at least for the time being, but it took a big 1100 registry point comic to get me there and I'm just hanging on by a thread. My newest acquisition is a beautiful 9.4 at a great price. Well, maybe not THAT great since it had been sitting around for several years without a bite. The reason I waited so long is because, although it's a lovely cover and an awesome grade for a Golden Age book, it is perhaps the most heavily graded of all the Captain Marvel
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Is Tony the Tiger actually Tawky Tawny

You Decide I'm a big fan of Captain Marvel and the Captain Marvel Adventures but I've only read a fraction of them because few have been reprinted. They're in the public domain and there are legal cd's with all the issues scanned but I never went out and purchased one. Yesterday I found a website called ComicBookPlus that offers public domain comics for viewing and I decided to actually read the comics I own and add expanded descriptions to my issues. I was reading through a story called "Mr.
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Boring Journal Entry (You were warned)

It's hard for me to believe that I went from July 1st 2013 to January 30th 2014 between purchases of any issue of Captain Marvel Adventures but I kept having other opportunities in other sets that pulled away my funds. I'm back in gear this year with two new additions and still on pace to take the top spot in CMA in less than 9 years. Yes, it is a mighty mountain I've started to climb but I intend to scale this thing. Neither of my additions this year have rocked my collection but they're decent
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My Personal CGC goals for 2014

Every year I take a very self-absorbed look at my CGC advances for the previous 12 months and set goals for the next year so I can track my progress. 2013 was an awesome with my main goal being to reduce my volume of purchasing. My goal had been 12 purchases for the year which may seem miniscule but that's a decent amount of Golden Age comics. In 1012 I purchased 27 comics so 12 would be a significant reduction and I missed my goal by just a single comic having bought 13 comics throughout the
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Latest Addition to my Collection

This is my first purchase since September and it's a modest one. I had intended on finishing off the year big but instead I pick up a wimpy little 7.0 All American Men of War with a puny 58 registry points. Despite its mediocre grade this one is tied for the highest CGC grade for issue 41 and it is the very rare All American Men of War priced to sell. Seriously, check out Comic Link. There are dozens of highest and second highest graded issues and they are all massively overpriced and none of th
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An Irresistible Opportunity

Based on my newly created budget I wasn't supposed to buy any CGC comics until later this month or next month but as any Golden Age collector likely knows there are opportunities you can't pass up or you literally may not see them again in your lifetime. All-American Western is a VERY difficult set to collect. There are just 24 issues total and many of them have just one or two CGC graded copies. Imagine my surprise/delight upon discovering not one but TWO highest grade issues on EBAY at reaso
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Two Months So Far

Back in July I decided to impose a spending cap and immediately spent into a deep deficit when a couple can't pass up auction items came up for sale. So then I had to hold back on my spending to get my allowance back in line. This meant a wait until October at the earliest. July to October. *whew* At this point it's officially been two months and since no must have items have arisen I've stuck to my goal. Sure, there are some items out there I'm burning to purchase but I'm proving to myself th
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My Thoughts on the Upcoming Flash Movie

I'll confess I'm a huge DC fan and I don't really share in all the excitement over the flood of Marvel films. I thought Iran Man 1 rocked, Iron Man 2 did not, Captain America and the latest Hulk were disappointing and Thor was decent but not spectacular. Avengers was fun but I didn't feel it was disserving of all the accolades it received. The Dark Knight Rises had some real issues with the plot but overall I thought it was a better crafted film then Avengers and the realism gave it more emotion
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Thoughts on Superman/Batman Announcement

It's Comic-con and Disney/Marvel is announcing film after film to support their comic lineup and delight their fans so Warner Brothers/DC counters with the team up of all team ups, Superman/Batman. Here is a list of some thought that popped into my head after reading this announcement. 1. This announment reeks of desperation. A film like this should arrive organically. It took well over a decade before Warner Brothers could approve a -script and choose a director for a Superman movie. That lon
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Can I Compete With the Best GA Collections

My goal is to one day win Golden Age set of the year and I thoroughly intend to meet that goal even if it takes me a decade or more but the fun is in the journey. So with the 2013 Registry Awards posted I thought I'd look through this years winners and see if I could possibly be competitive using my Captain Marvel Adventures collection. I'll go through them on by one. 1. 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM, I have looked upon his/her mighty works and despaired. This collection is so far out
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Can't win 'em all

I've had great success with auctions this year and last night I was all set to win another. It's not that I'm an extravagant spender, it's just that the comics I bid on don't seem to be in high demand and I tend to get them for well under guide. I found a lovely 9.2 Captain Marvel Adventures #113 selling on Heritage but I didn't consider it a must have. For one thing it was the 3rd highest grade and I usually prefer my comics in the top two. Also, I have a budget and I'm already in deficit spend
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