This journal will attempt to wrangle my irrational pursuit of an Amazing Spider-Man #1 1963 in a comic book speculator bubble.
I am entering the fourth phase of my comic collecting. My first phase was 1989-1993. I collected mainly pre-Unity Valiants and Image comics, along with some Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. My favorite thing was to hop into the car and hit Chicago-land book and comic stores, and I found a lot of great Valiant books that way. I habitually collected Spawn throughout my forma
It's 1 year to WW Chicago, got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark...
My recent discovery of the Zap Comix registry set, coupled with my recent trip to Wizard World Chicago when I acquired a lovely #4 1st, has me revisiting my Zap Comix collection. I don't often grade books anymore or buy slabbed books (it does happen), but it has always been one of my collecting goals to assemble the best run of 1st print Zap Comix. Perhaps my primary collecting goal.
I began acquiring
