Well, that didn't take long

Four days ago I snuck back into the top 500 and already I'm bumped out. That was probably my final venture into that rarified air. Not only do I have a strict budget but I have the budget set to continually go down. My thinking is I've created a solid foundation for my sets and now I just need to hone them. Plus, this is an expensive hobby and there are other places my money may be better served. That's not to say I won't be adding at a healthy pace but not like I did the first three years. With CGC seeming to become more and more popular my expenditures just doesn't seem to be enough to be a top 500 collector and that's fine. I probably won't have a new addition for at least several months and maybe longer and by that point I'll have been pushed way down in the top 600. With the increased popularity of CGC I begin to question whether my dream of winning Golden Age set of the year will ever be realized. My Captain Marvel Adventure set is far from being ready but based on last year's winners two of the three were probably better than any set I could EVER make. In fact on registry points alone two of the three may have been more than one could even possibly accumulate collecting CMA even if money was no object.

In the meantime, while my set sits dormant for a short period, I have been reading CMA comics from Comic Book Plus's online site. The stories are silly and hokey but if anyone expects a Golden Age book to be intelligent and thought provoking they haven't read much GA. I would say these stories are better than most Superman stories from the same era. On the other hand if my funds were significantly deeper I would be buying Superman and Action comics (there I confessed it) but they are WAY more expensive for the same grade. My belief is I'd rather have a spectacular collection of a lesser set than a mediocre collection of a popular set.

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