Silly Mandatory Teaser *tease tease tease*

Although I've enjoyed comics since the 70's, last year was the first year I really got into collecting professionally graded and sealed comics. The reason I initially got into CGC collecting was because I wanted to get some of the cool Golden Age Superman comics because I enjoyed their covers. Instead I ended up collecting Captain Marvel Adventures (because I love Cap and found them much more affordable), All American Men of War (because I wanted a war comic) and Western Comics (because I wanted a western comic). My goal has now focused on creating the best possible experience for someone who stumbles upon my collection. From my experience most collections included here seem to be for the express purpose of showing off ownership and they're pretty dull to peruse. My collections have had very little traffic because they are so obscure but if you visit you'll find some actual effort put in.

My goal going forward is to continue to focus on these three sets which means I'll likely (hopefully) spend a lot less money in this next year than in 2011 since quite frankly I've bought up a majority of the available, decently priced comics. I initially started collecting Western Comics because of the surprising amount of high grade, low priced issues available but I've almost completely tapped that well. There are still a handful of comics I'm eyeing from my three chosen sets but I think this year will be much more about waiting for opportunities to arise rather than grabbing up available stock. Western Comics in particular will be increasingly hard to finish off. There are in fact only 104 CGC graded issues total last I counted and I own 8 which means I'm closing in on 10% of ALL CGC graded issues. My biggest goal is to resist branching off into new sets. All American Men of War continues to be stubbornly overpriced (and you can see by the EBAY completed sales that buyers aren't biting) but every so often a great deal pops up.

If you stop by my sets please enjoy, otherwise no worries. They're not going anywhere anytime soon.

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