Lee K

Thanks I love so much that they're my main collecting focus.

well this is what shoed up in the mail this week...

Sweet, sweet, and more sweet - love them all. Nice Haul

I'm scared to see how many New Mutants #98 CGC 9.8's you have up your sleeve Just a couple....I sent in 8, got 7 back. Ahhh - 9.8 the "new" 9.4

Very, very nice book Congrats. L

Very, very nice. But then I love swords and high adventure! L

I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers, that's for certain! L

Pickd this up yesterday. I love Weird War - it has to be the childhood memories.

Way to go with the Hulkies!!!

OK - so that's three that I had in photobucket. Not comic characters - but some of my paintings. Watercolor & Ink on hand-made paper appox: 22"x34" these three are all from 2007. Lee

All-Star Batman & Robin #10 - recalled - 9.9 (very happy) GI Joe #0 - retailer incentive = 9.8 (mostly happy) Iron Fist #14 - 8.5 (oh well) Still waiting on Justice League of America #45 (1966) (8.5 to 9) Harwkman #4 (1963) (7.5 ?) Brave & the Bold #28 (4.5 ?) I suck at anticipating the middle grades

is an old friend of mine - 15 years and counting now... and since he moved from across the river from me to about 100 miles south of me, we haven't touched base. Anyway, I was thinking about him over the weekend because he and his wife Lauri didn't make it to our annual winter gathering and when I checked my morning email there's an invite for me & mine to come down & spend the weekend at his new place. I feel unprepared; usually I bring something from his past to tease him with - last time I visited I had a 'Warlord' action figure still in its box. Anyone else remember these? Really nothing more than a Warlord head stuck on a He-Man body. I guess one of the best things about knowing Mike and collecting comics is the stories. Here I am trying to tease him with this terrible action figure and he tells me a story about how he met the man the sculpted the bodies for all of the original He-Man figures and his Warlord figure. Turns out he's local to me too. Anyway, I just thought I'd share. Does anyone else have an old comic artist or writer that they get to hang out with on occasion? Good luck & good hunting. Lee K

for my first submission to be graded... OK - so I am naturally impatient, particularly when I don't know the answers. I sent three packages in to be graded and I am eagerly waiting for my first set of grades. Right now I am showing one package Scheduled for Grading and the other two Verified...it's weird because I just grabbed some books, more or less at random, from the piles of stuff I have as 'I aught to get this graded some day' - so I sent some Marvel, some DC, some silver, some bronze, and some modern. I guess just to get a feel for the grading process. Well, my first batch of grades came in while I was writing this entry: Showcase 61 - 9.0; X-men 94 - 6.0; X-men 95 - 7.5. Exactly what I expected from the Showcase, but 1.0 lower than I expected on the two X-men. I'm sure I'll get better at it with time. L Be well, and happy hunting. Lee Well, my second batch graded today: Iron Fist 14 - 8.5; All Star Batman 10(vulgar edition) - 9.9; GI Joe 0(retailer incentive) - 9.8; which is a little better than I expected for the two new books. Since Diamond ships UPS, a lot of the time the books arrive on the west coast with their corners dinged and spine creases from the strapping. Lee The last two grades just popped in: Justice League of America #45 - 8.5; and Hawkman #4 - 6.5. I'm a little disappointed about the Hawkman, but the JLA came in right where I expected. :L