Or the quest for the perfect set

It's happening. The Megacon is only one week away. In less than six days I'll be in Florida and not only do I need to get ready for Megacon, but also for ECCC the week after.

In essence, this is my vacation, but wouldn't it be cool if it was my job? Going from convention to convention and getting signatures for others?...I digress.

Bill Sienkiewicz will be at Megacon. My first signature series issues were New Mutants 18 and 19. These were purchased off eBay and stolen by the USPS. It was the second package they stole, but again...I digress.

Fortunately, the seller had two more. I wound up paying more for them than what I won the first ones for on eBay, but that was inconsequential because this was how I met Rich Henn. Knowing him helped my New Mutants collection grow. Without him I never would have attained the first place spot. That is, for the time that I did hold it anyway.

I cracked three 9.8 copies of my New Mutants collection for signatures at Megacon 2014, even ones that I'm hesitant about. I'm even going to crack a few for John Beatty. Last year when I cracked a few different books, I learned a bit more on the practices and procedures of protecting the comic book. I'm hoping that now, I'll be putting that information to good use.

Over all I have a good percentage ratio in my favor. If I didn't, I would have stopped cracking my 9.8's a long time ago. Some of the comic books I'm bringing will be turned over for onsite grading, including three for a friend who simply couldn't make it. A few others I'll turn over for pressing that desperately need it if I want a higher grade. With each comic I'll be walking around with Bagofleas and various CGC witnesses to add the coveted signatures. But what I'm adding isn't financial value, or even for the additional registry points. It's for the memories I will make from the convention while getting these signed.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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