Two journals in one night? WOW!

I joined this elite group of CGC collectors back in December of 2008. At that time there were barely 1100 registered collectors out there. That was almost four years ago!

We are now approaching the 3000 mark!

The good thing about this is that it shows a constant growth in the industry as far as CGC collecting goes. But have you ever wondered how many CGC collectors there are out there who have never bothered with becoming registered members on the registry and actually inputting their comics on here?

Im pretty sure there are some out there who could join the registry and IMMEDIATELY have top ranking sets if they made the effort. What holds someone back from taking that leap into our wonderful world of sharing and competition in this fantastic hobby?

Is it the money to join? Its actually really cheap to become an associate member. Is it the time involved in typing everything in? That would probably only apply if you were talking about a HUGE collection. After all you dont HAVE to put pictures and descriptions in if you dont want to.

There are some out there who buy CGC comics in order to try and turn a profit. Or who send in comics for grading for the sole purpose of doing the same.

I will admit that there are some issues that I managed to get my hands on when I wasnt really all that interested in collecting them and wound up turning around and selling them. Sometimes for more than I payed in the first place!

I recently sold two different 2nd printings that I was able to double and triple my money on in this manner! Cha ching!

But I have found that getting higher on the overall registry point or RP rankings has become harder and harder to accomplish over the last year or so.

At one point I was as high as number 142 in the total RP rankings! Now I have to struggle like crazy just to maintain myself under 180. Im sure part of this is because of the rest of you constantly continuing your collecting but I also believe it has to do with the constant addition of more and more registered collectors out there in general.

In the last year or so I have transitioned into collecting higher RP Harvey comics for two reasons.

First. Ive always liked certain characters in the Harvey Universe and have desired to put together collections of them.

Second. I have found that I can get much bigger RP values for the amount of money I spend on them which helps me to stay within the top 200 registered collectors out there.

This hobby of ours continues to grow and grow. It has now ingrained itself into the comic collecting hobby in such a way as to make a real difference in how people view the hobby. Where will it go in the many years to come? Who knows?

There may be a time far down the road when a CGC graded comic is no more valuable than an ungraded copy of the same quality. Heaven forbid that this ever happens!

But as long as people continue to become registered CGC collectors I just can't see this ever becoming a reality.

So with that in mind.

I want to say THANK YOU for all of you who have been registered for years and THANK YOU to every single new registered member that has joined up!

As long as you continue to promote this hobby with your inclusion and enthusiasm we dont have to worry about the worst EVER coming to pass!

Below is a picture of my copy of Caspers Ghostland number 3! Ive never put my picture of this issue up on a journal before so here you go!

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