As far as my CGC collecting is concerned this year has been almost all Captain Marvel Adventures. I've added six new issues and continued to slowly work my way towards the top position. Exceeding the 2009 Golden Age Set of the Year is going to be a long hard road.

Mostly this year has been about focusing on one set and reducing my purchasing. Last year at this point I had purchased 11 CGC comics and bought 27 total throughout the year. This year I have purchased 7 CGC comics and intend to buy no more than 5 more. I am also, starting in August, imposing a hard cap on my spending, which will go down over time. This will slow down the improvements on my set but leave me enough for slow and steady upgrades. My ultimate goal remains to have the top golden age set. It may take a decade or so but so be it. The fun is in the journey.

I now have 25% of the set with every single comic having an image and description. My collection has 22 highest grades with 11 being alone at the top. Almost all the rest are second highest grade. My lowest grade is a 7.5 and I have six 9.6's. Despite being well behind the top Captain Marvel Adventure set in volume and registry points I have a much higher average grade and far more top grades. My set wouldn't (and shouldn't) get a second glance at this point for golden age set of the year but it might merit a first glance.

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