Should I just start over like every major comic book company out there?

If I were DC comics I would be introducing you to ?My First Journal? instead of my milestone 150th journal. My fellow writers I have heard them call the old numbering system the legacy numbers. I am a fan of those. That is why I keep track of my own and label every 25th journal. Only in one case was it pushed back and that was because of a death of a person that helped guide my collecting. With every milestone journal I have written whether it was my 25th journal or my 100th journal I picture a cover. I can still see Cyclops blasting away at Magneto, aren?t they friends now?

When I reached ?My 125th Journal? I did something different. Instead of telling you about my past journals, much like I am going to do in this one, I mentioned about some of the journals I enjoyed reading. As I wrote some of my journals became lengthy and I wanted to continue to do this. I wanted a way to warn people that they would be reading a longer journal entry entitled a series along the lines of ?The cost of?? Two I have written were ?The cost of a ? Grade? and ?The Cost of? Insurance?. The latter being the most fun and difficult.

A lot of records were broken in the past year. Between Action Comics, Detective Comics, and Amazing Fantasy, it was the first appearance of the Amazing Spider-Man that really made the impression for ?Million Dollar Comics?. My goals and ambitions for collecting CGC have only diminished by my funds available but I showed my dedication in sending in my own books in ?That?s it, I?m Done.?

I have more than a handful of sets but anyone who has been following not only my journals but my home page will see that my main love is the New Mutants. I mention how I am ?One Step Closer? and am happy to say I am closer still. I thought closing in on completion would have taken me a lot longer than it has. I am so close that I am right behind Bagofleas who is currently in the lead (man I still love his collection) and I asked ?Is this Cheating?? because I really want to know what would happen if I graded the last nine I needed out of my own books and use them, even though they will not get a 9.8.

I wrote about breaking a record in ?Less than 24 Hours? which broke all records and one of my most important journals I am listing here was one that I had to apologize in: ?Being Ignored?, a journal I hope was read for who it was intended. I even wrote a letter to CGC hoping for an interview at Wizard World 2011.

There?s my breakdown. I hope you look back and check out some ones you might have missed. If you?re new to the registry, Welcome. I have 150 done; let?s see not if I make it to 175 but how long it will take me to get there. I can picture Madelyne Pryor as Dark Phoenix on the cover already.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb