Or, Where does my path lead?

I honestly don't know if I achieved any of my goals for 2014. I was hoping to go up in the rankings, but I didn't. I was hoping to reacquire my New Mutants premiere status, but I didn't. I was even hoping to add another Stan Lee Signatures series book for my earlier Daredevil run, but I didn't. The one thing I was able to do, that I am rather proud of, was to begin getting my birthday books. These were the books that were published in April of 72, even though most went on sale in February of the same year.

I do miss out on a few like Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman, but searching for these gems that are the same age as me is quite the challenge. So far, all but one that I have, I purchased raw. The one I bought already purchased was found by Bagofleas at the Baltimore ComiCon that we attended in September of this year. The other eight that I purchased were also acquired this year at either the New York Special Edition and surprisingly I even found a few at Wizard World's pop culture event in Philadelphia.

The five I had CCG grade were graded between an 8.0 and a 9.8. One even was signed by Neal Adams. This copy of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson received a 9.6, currently the hugest SS on the census. As my lil' bro would say, an OAK. I do plan on continuing this over the next year. I have listed 45 books that I need from DC and Marvel both. The list gets longer if I add the other companies. Even though I have those marked, I think it would be better to limit it to the 45. Surprisingly, I have more DC than Marvel.

A few I have like Tarzan and Superman are low grade and not worth submitting, these were also purchased in the tail end of 2013 and helped me decide to attempt this. I will continue to search for the New Mutants in 2015, but I think that next year will be a recreation of comics that were released in the year of the rat.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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