It's hard for me to believe that I went from July 1st 2013 to January 30th 2014 between purchases of any issue of Captain Marvel Adventures but I kept having other opportunities in other sets that pulled away my funds. I'm back in gear this year with two new additions and still on pace to take the top spot in CMA in less than 9 years. Yes, it is a mighty mountain I've started to climb but I intend to scale this thing. Neither of my additions this year have rocked my collection but they're decent. My one unalterable requirement for additions is they must be as good or better than the same issue in the top collection. In the case of comics not in the top collection I just go for a high grade as in 9.0 or better.

My goal this year is to buy up about a half dozen or more comics that have been sitting around the internet for several years but I haven't gotten around to grabbing up. Then the path gets harder as I'll either have to wait for new opportunities or turn to higher priced issues. In the latter case it will mean a reduction in quantity since I have a hard budget that I stick to.

I've also discovered they staying in the top 500 highest registry points group may be more than my budget can handle. I reached it twice last year but twice fell out and have yet to make it back in. My next scheduled purchase would put me back up in the top 500 but I have a feeling that would again be only temporary. It appears there may be more than 500 people accumulating registry points faster than me which is a good sign for CGC.

One thing I'm considering this year is abandoning all my sets except Captain Marvel Adventures to focus on it like a laser. I enjoy my Western Comics but for economics sake it may be better to have one great set rather than a bunch of very good sets. So if anyone has actually read all the way through this rather self serving, boring post please stop by my Captain Marvel Adventures collection and get a look at the series. I have 100% images and description so it may be worth a visit.

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