Icculus308win

I have been collecting comics since 1998, and this last year was my best by far.
First up is this copy of Flash Comics #81, which was on Dale Roberts site.I have quite a few Silver Age issues and figured I might as well garner at least one from the Golden Age.

 
Next up is Detective Comics #236, a book I have had on my radar screen for about 5 or 6 years.

 
I also was able to obtain a copy of World of Mystery #1 off Comic Connect.

 
Hard to keep this at just 3 so I will mention just  one more. Luckily not a long search to find this book, and I now have a handful of pretty neat Strange Tales books. Not too mention I had to work a Kirby cover into this list somehow.

There are awesome. We have the limited edition DVD of The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, and we NEVER get tired of watching it.

I have very fond memories of watching the series Sunday nights on the Wonderful World of Disney

Meanwhile Darkseid.. 
 

My two favorite comic book aquistions this year 🤗    
and I’m lumping some graded sports cards (as my “third”) I got for my sons, down the road Birthdays & Christmas’s….graduations 🤫 
(The Mallrats book I purchased raw off eBay, so that was an awesome surprise checking submission/shipping)
 


 

Bedknobs and Boomsticks

Merry Christmas peeps!

My ‘link wins

Have a couple really nice SA ASM'S that come to mind , but going GOLD
 
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My 3 favorites from this year.
3) Wonder Woman 10
2) Batman 7, the cover with Robin's face in a guy's butt.
1) And my #1 comic purchase of all time. It's missing the back cover and centerfold and the front cover is married, but I never thought I'd own Detective Comics 33, the origin of Batman.

I just scored these 3 book, not big dollar items but have been hoping to have a complete set at some point.

Side note: for anyone that also buys toys or plastic crack.  Jump in here... what were your top three pieces of plastic crack, action figure, lego or related items that you picked up this year? 
My number 1 - Join in the thread here if you want to share - 
 

So the goal this year was to get rid of more than I purchased and be far more selective than I have ever been.  There were a couple of things purchased that are still sitting in a box ungraded until the whim strikes me to submit some books again.   However, despite being selective this year I did cross off a couple of things on the bucket list.  For example I had never once owned a copy of NM98.  Thanks to @jaybuck43 for helping me out with that and thanks to @kav for the inspiration to buy two more.  Within one month I picked up three copies just out of "spite" (and not because I think it will be monster huge when Disney finally lets Ryan Reynolds play in the MCU... nope).   Honorable mention to @Point Five for the Detective Comics 359.  I really did want a copy back in my collection for the longest.   (I'm cheating and putting it in here).
1 - Walt Disney Comics and Stories 22  - This was a book that had eluded me for a number of years.  It is the second war cover in title and presentable covers have not been in abundance.  Basically, I struck out every time I tried to pick one up.  
2 - Detective Comics 164 - This was an upgrade from a lower grade 3.5 copy I own.  I had been on the lookout for one of these for awhile.  It is one of my most favorite Batman covers from the Golden Age and one of the few comics on display by virtue of the refrigerator magnet I have on the fridge of this issue. 
3 - Captain America 48 - It's a raw book but I have been trying to win one of these for years ever since I won one from Heritage and it came back trimmed.  I can deal with some CT on a Golden Age book but I am not a fan of trimmed which is kind of weird to type as this raw copy is missing a portion of the back cover.  Still, Cap is fighting in the NYC Subway system so I can cross this off the collecting bucket list. 
Honorable Mention: Detective Comics 359 - I had sold off my Batman collection 201- then current and assorted Detective Comics issues around 13 (?) years ago.  I have few regrets about doing it as I turned that into better things.  However, I always wanted to replace a couple to put in the box with the Golden Age Batman books.  This was one of them.  Thanks to Point Five for doing the sale as I discovered the for sale ad as he was closing it.  Thanks !


 

It is always tough to pick three out, but here goes..., 
Well carp, #3 and #4 were both CBCS - Detective 365 and Doom Patrol 89, and so is #5, Adventure 247. I got tired of looking so the last one is in the top 30, anyway.

Here are my favorite purchases from this year...

While I wish there was no tanning on the spine on this book, I really wanted to lock in a copy before prices got out of control, thinking I can upgrade (or slightly downgrade) later:

Unlike the first two books listed, I cracked this bad boy out after I got it, and was happily surprised that the pages did not look cream to off-white to me...I'll need to check it out again and see if I missed something...