Latest addition?closer to my goal

I love this book, and what?s more it gets me one giant step closer to my goal which is to collect an X-men ?set? of my own design. I had to make some hard decisions to pay for it (took a page out of Tnerb?s book and sold some of my other books that weren?t as critical to my collection), but it was well worth it. I?d like to collect all the X-men appearances (featuring two or more team members/villains?not including flashbacks) in CGC 9.6 condition during the time between teams (from X-men #66, Mar 1970 to X-men #94, Aug 1975) when the ?X-men? title was in re-print status:

03/70 ---------- OLD X-MEN ENDS ----------

04/72 Incredible Hulk #150 (Havok, Polaris)

05/72 Amazing Adventures #12 (Beast, X-men)

07/72 Amazing Adventures #13 (Beast, Blob)

09/72 Marvel Team-up #4 (X-men)

11/72 Amazing Adventures #15 (Beast, X-men)

01/73 Amazing Adventures #16 (Beast, Juggernaut)

03/73 Incredible Hulk #161 (Beast, Mimic)

04/73 Avengers #110 (X-men)

05/73 Avengers #111 (X-men)

02/74 Incredible Hulk #172 (X-men)

04/74 Captain America #172 (X-men)

05/74 Captain America #173 (X-men)

06/74 Captain America #174 (X-men)

07/74 Captain America #175 (X-men)

07/74 Marvel Team-up #23 (Iceman, X-men)

09/74 Defenders #15 (Magneto, Blob, Professor X)

10/74 Defenders #16 (Magneto, Blob, Professor X)

08/75 ---------- NEW X-MEN BEGINS ----------

I have reader copies of all these and just love the stories, art and covers SO much! Currently I only need Amazing Adventures #12, #13, #15, Hulk #161, Marvel Team-up #23 and Defenders #16 to complete my little mini-collection. These are not as difficult to find as my other books, but they?re not cheap. Hopefully I?ll have them before too long, but for now I am REALLY enjoying owning my Marvel Team-up #4! My goal after attaining graded copies of the above is to complete my CGC sets of Amazing Adventures #11-#17 and X-men #94-#143. From there, who knows? One thing I do know though?I will never get tired of collecting!

Til next time?

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