Or Something New to Collect?

Sometimes I hope that when I talk about the New Mutants another collector suddenly has the urge to acquire the title. When a collector collects one thing it is much easier to start collecting other items too, in my case shot glasses and Star Wars items, the latter has been placed on hold due to space. I also like statues and recently ordered two more, but what is this Warrior magazine.

When I first read the title, what immediately came to mind was a three issue miniseries called Car Warriors, a title Alan Moore had nothing to do with. I attribute New Mutants #15 as the reason I collect comic books but I did purchase others between the time I received my first comic book I ever got in 1977 until that fateful issue I acquired in 1984. One of those titles I picked off the rack was Saga of the Swamp Thing. It was issue #17.

This title intrigued me. I picked up 18, then 19, followed by 20, and cultivated an amazing interest to this book by issue 21, so when 22 came out I didn't get it, not did I purchase 23. Maybe this title was the main reason I would keep checking out the newsstand racks of my local 7-11 because it looked like these books were selling out. Alan Moore revamped and revitalized what sold from my first comic supplier. I had no way to get to the comic book shop on a regular basis at that age and it was the corner convenience store that beckoned me. My eyes always looking to see what would captivate me.

What would have happened if I did continue to find these books? Would Alan Moore have become a regular staple within my collection? Would "Watchman" be the book I started to collect instead of Daredevil, the Miller years, would I be pandering CGC to start grading Warrior much like Screenwriter3d is doing now? After all issue #1 through #26 has Alan Moore contributing some of his most known work, would this "magazine" have made it past issue #26 if DC didn't use Alan Moore for his creative Juices?

Should CGC start slabbing larger periodicals? I know I am glad that they slab the larger Marvel Graphic novel titles and if they didn't wouldn't I sign a petition for them to do so. I don't know Alan Moore, he might be a whimsical fan boy who was not only able to play in the world of others but create a world where others could play in. Whether he would back his contribution being preserved in carbonite never to be read, but just admired hanging on a shelf, or against it for that same reason we might never know.

Larger boxes would also be needed to hold the larger slabs and let's face it would encapsulating these larger magazines help the economy. My Marvel Graphic Novel sits solely on a shelf on the wall.

So yes Screenwriter3d I will sign your petition and I will look for this magazine the next time I am at a convention and maybe full out an invoice for this title while smiling and handing it over to CGC to grade. The more I'm thinking though is to use cosplay woman dressed as characters from Alan Moore's creations request it in person, they are after all so much cuter than I. Thank you for opening my eyes to a larger world within our community and if I become addicted...I'm sending you the bill.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

Random photo below I found on the Internet

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