Setting the mark.

There is a distinct thrill to being the first person to do something. Whether it is the first to have an idea or the first to create a new product or the first to win a challenge or any number of other scenarios.

In the hobby of CGC collecting, you can accomplish this thrill in a number of ways.

First to complete a run.

First to complete a set.

First to get top grade on an issue.

First to get a signed copy of an issue.

There are other ways as well, but you get the point.

The funny thing is, with the popularity of CGC exploding over the last year, combined with the number of years that CGC has been around, There are still many issues that have not achieved 9.8 or better. Heck, there are many issues that have not been graded at all.

Tnerb and I will be attending Megacon in just a few days and among the many issues I will be getting done, I will have a number of first time graded specimens to get done. Among them is the one you see pictured below.

One of the sets I have been working on over the last five years is Dazzler. I am down to the last five issues I need to complete the set. While I have striven to have only 9.8 WP for the set, I have now decided to do what I need to in order to go ahead and complete the set even if the last five are not quite 9.8 copies.

As a result of this, I have fantastic raw copies of all five issues to have done onsite at Megacon, including a 9.8 possible copy of #35, which until now has not only failed to achieve 9.8, but is currently the only issue of the series to never have been graded at all!!

To make it even better is the opportunity to have Bill Sienkiewicz sign it at the show, since he did the cover. The same goes for the #9 issue I am taking, which has never achieved 9.8 status. This of course means that these two issues will also become part of my Sienkiewicz Cover Set as well.

Of the five raw Dazzlers, some have a real shot at 9.8 and some may only reach 9.6, but this will allow me to have the complete graded set! Whichever ones do not get 9.8, I will still be on the lookout for 9.8 copies to get the whole set in the grade. Until then, I will be happy to have finally completed the set in mostly 9.8!!

And also to be the first to ever have a copy of #35 graded.

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