Silent Master

So, you started collecting in late 1983? (thumbs u Sounds about right, maybe early 1984... oh those were the days! During the summer I use to get to the comic shop early (tuesday's I think) and help the owner unload his truck with all the new books and he always gave me a free copy of my choice for helping him! What a guy!!!!

I would say the start of the copper age is GI JOE#1 in 1982. brought many new non-comic collectors into the market. issue 1 and 2 both went for over 20 dollars right off the bat. my second choice would be NEW TEEN TITANS #1 as it made DC respectable again and thus opened the door for Swamp Thing #20/21, without NEW TEEN TITANS #1 success who is to say DC would have took a chance with Alan Moore? I'm not educated enough to have all the answers about the "copper age" but I can tell you GI Joe got me started in comic collecting back in the day! Man I worked like a crazy person mowing and anything else I could do to get my hands on those fist 15 or so I missed! From there I went to Transformers, X-Men, X-Force, New Muties (every other mutie title in the 1980's!), Spiderman, and the list goes on! So for me GI Joe was the start of the copper age for me! (I always thought is was kinda funny that the single most popular character didn't make the cut for the first issue, but he made up for it over the years) I remember buying TMNT #1 because I thought the title was funny - hated it, gave it to a friend of mine who still has that copy, he still brings that up when we catch up! - oh well so much for my nose for "comic investing"! You know the only DC comic I believe I ever bought was the Watchman TPB...

I know you guys don't care but the happy dance continues into today!!!! Congrats buddy. Though that means your registry set is outpacing mine by an even larger margin with that acquisition. Oh well, guess I'll just have to settle for second best (if and when I ever bother to post my set). POST THEM, POST THEM, POST THEM!!!!

I know you guys don't care but the happy dance continues into today!!!!

I finally got me a GI Joe #21 CGC 9.8!!!! Yeah!!!!! (ok - I was going to post a scan but I'm apparently not technically smart enough - you've all seen one before I guess!) Today I do the happy dance!!!

I would say 1984-1992 Starting with Secret Wars/ASM #252 That's a very easy time period. In alphabetical order , after "status*": Major keys: Albedo #2 Amazing Spiderman #300 Bone #1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Keys: Albedo #0, all firsts Albedo #1, 1st & 2nd Alf #48 Amazing Spiderman #252, 293, 294, 298, 299, 312, 316, 361 Batman #366, 368, 400, 404-407, 417-420, 426-429 Batman: The Dark Knight #1-4 Batman: The Killing Joke Bone #2-8 Caliber Presents #1 Captain America #332, Annual #8 Crisis On Infinite Earths #7, 8 Crow #1-4 Cry for Dawn #1, #3 Horror, #5-8 Limited Daredevil #227, 254 Detective Comics #575-578 Faust #1 Limited Flaming Carrot #1 GI Joe #21 Gobbledygook #1, 2 Harbinger #0 Pink Harbinger #1 I,Lusiphur #1, 3 Incredible Hulk #330, 340 Justice League #3 Variant Magnus Robot Fighter #0 Miracleman #1 Gold, 1 Blue, 10-23 New Mutants #87, 98 Punisher Limited Series #1-5 Rai #3, 4 Sandman #1, 8 (both) Secret Wars #8 Solar #10 Spiderman #1 Platinum Spiderman #1 Gold UPC Spiderman vs. Wolverine #1 Star Wars #107 Superman #75 Swamp Thing #20, 21, 37 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 variant Tick Special Edition #1, 2 Tick #1 Transformers #76-80 Uncanny X-Men #201, 205, 210-213, 244, 248, 266, 268, 297 Gold, 303 Gold, 307 Gold Unity #0 Red Watchmen #1-12 Wolverine #10 X-Men #11 Silver/Platinum Semi-Keys: Albedo #0 Second Albedo #4 Aliens #1, 2 Alpha Flight #51 Action Comics #583 Amazing Spiderman #249-251, 253, 265, 285, 289, 301-311, 313-325, 328, 330, 331, 344, 345, 362, 363, Annual #21 (both) Animal Man #1, 5 Batman #436, 442, 457, 488 Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4 Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 Bone #9, 10 Captain America #333, 334 Crisis On Infinite Earths #1, 12 Cry For Dawn #2-8, #4 Limited Daredevil #228-233, 238, 241, 248, 249. 257 Dark Horse Presents #24 Dark Horse 5th Anniversary Special Death Rattle #8 Detective Comics #535, 569. 570, 572, 574, 598-600 Doom Patrol #19 Ewoks #1-14 Fantastic Four #320, #347-349 Faust #1, 2 Flaming Carrot #2-5 Flash #350, 1 Firestorm #61 Variant Ghost Rider #1 GI Joe #26, 27, 93-96 Green Lantern #195 Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #1 Grendel #40 Groo Special Edition #1 Harbinger #2-6 Hellblazer #1, 27 Incredible Hulk #324, 331-334, 336-339, 341-346, 350, 367, 377 Infinity, Inc. #14 I, Lusiphur #2, 4-7 Iron Man #225 Justice League #1 Legion of Superheroes #37, 38 Longshot #1-6 Mage #1, 6 Magnus #1, 5, 12 Marvel Team-Up #141 Megaton #3, 8, Explosion Miracleman #1-9 New Mutants #86, 88, 93-97, 100 New Teen Titans #44 Omega #1 Limited Predator #1 Primer #5 Punisher #1, 10 Rai #1, 2, 5 Robotech: Macross #1 Sandman #2-7, 21, 22 Silver Surfer #15, 34, 35 Solar #1 Spawn #1 Spectacular Spiderman #90, 131, 132, 158 Star Wars #100-106 Superman #423, 50, 74 Superman: Man of Steel #17, 18 Swamp Thing #22-25, 34, 38-40, Annual #2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 2nd, #3, 4 Tick #2 Thor #412 Transformers #1, 70-75 V For Vendetta #1-12 Uncanny X-Men #221, 222, 225-227, 234, 256-258, 267, 269, 270-277, 281, 282, 283, Annual #9. 10, 14 Web of Spiderman #1, 18, 29, 31, 32 Wolverine #1 X-O Manowar #1, 4 X-Factor #6, 24 Issues of note: Action Comics #584, 598, 683, 684 Adventures of Superman #463, 496. 497 Airboy #5 Akira #1 Albedo #3 Aliens #3-6, Vol 2 1-4 Aliens vs. Predator #1 All-Star Squadron #47 Alpha Flight #13, 17, 33, 34, 52, 53, 87-90, 106 Amazing Spiderman #254-261, 274, 275, 276, 281, 284, 327, 329, 346, 347, 359, 360 Animal Man #2-4 Avengers #263, 329 Batman #408-410, 416, 423, 433-435, 437-441, 450, 451, 465, 489-492 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1 Bone #1 2nd Caliber Presents #2, 15 Caliber Christmas Special Captain America #300, 323, 328, 335-350, 366, 383 Cerebus #147, 161 Crisis On Infinite Earths #2-6, 9-11 Daredevil #219, 236 Dark Horse Presents #1, 10, 34-36, 51-62 Defenders #152 Detective Comics #566, 604-607 Doom Patrol #20-25 Elektra Assassin #1-8 Excalibur Special Excalibur #1, 57, 58 Fantastic Four #250-292, 296, 321, 325, 358 Flaming Carrot #6-15 GI Joe #60 Ghost Rider #2-6, 15 Green Arrow Long Bow Hunters #1-3 Green Arrow #1 Green Hornet #1 Green Lantern #194, 200, 224 Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #2-6 Grendel #35-39 Groo #29 Hellblazer #2-10, 25, 26, 40-50 Incredible Hulk #300, 314, 327, 348, 368-376, 379, 400 Infinity, Inc #15-37, Annual #1 Iron Man #191, 192, 200, 226-232, 244, 250, 282, 283 Justice League #2-7, 18, 19 Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1 Legends #6 L.E.G.I.O.N. #4 Mage #2-5, 7-15 Magnus Robot Fighter #2-4, 6-11 Marvel Team-Up #150 New Mutants #85, 89-92, 99, Special Edition #1 New Teen titans #34, 39, 42, 43, Annual #3 New Teen Titans #1 (Baxter) New Titans #50-54, 60, 61 New Warriors #1 The Nam #1 Nick Fury vs. Shield #1-6 Omega #1 Omega Men #37 Poison Elves #8-10 (Mulehide) Predator #2-4 Punisher #2-5, 8, 9 Punisher War Journal #1, 6, 7 Robin #1 Rocketeer Special Edition #1 Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #1 Rom #75 Rust #12 Sandman #9-20, 23-45 Shadowman #1-3 Silver Surfer #1, 36-50, 75 Spawn #2-4 Spectacular Spiderman #116, 119, 141-143, 159-160 Solar #2-9, 11 Star Wars #80-99 Superman #1, 9, 73, 74 Superman Man of Steel #19 Swamp Thing #26-33, 35, 36, 41-64, 84 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 3rd, #2 2nd, #5-8 Tick #3-8 Thor #350-384, 411 Web of Spiderman #30, 38, 48, 59. 60, Annual #2 West Coast Avengers #1-4 Wolverine #2-9, 17, 41, 42 Wonder Woman #329, 1 X-Factor #1, 5, 40, 41, 42 X-O Manowar #2, 3, 5, 6 * How I determine "status": recognition + popularity of book + popularity of character + value. Not everyone may agree with all placing, but it will be close. Books that are expensive, but not necessarily recognized (like Albedo #0 first printing variants) aren't going to be "major keys" and so forth. Likewise, a book may not necessarily be very expensive, but may be immensely popular, to be considered a "key" (a la X-Men #248.) Status can and has changed over the years. (if you see an issue missing, check the date range given. It might fall out of that range.) Did I forget anything....? Holy ! I'm impressed....

Anybody have an opinion on these CGC Subsription Services that will purchase comics you want, get them CGC graded, and sell them to you for a set price? The price is set for 9.8's but if they come in higher they sell those to you at a higher price... Pro's /Con's?? Thanks in advance for your opinion! James

Not from me. Well I don't want you to feel left out - what do you have in a 9.8?

Was that you? I promise not to cuss you out too much..... wasn't me I don't need another how is that Joe #94 slab among others treating you Have I bought slabbed Joe's from everyone on here?? I love them all man!!!!! Keep them coming!

Was that you? I promise not to cuss you out too much.....

Well - #21 CGC 9.8 WHITE pages sold today (5-5-09) on E-Bay for $3050.00... at this rate I'm never going to get one....

Well it broke the $2000 mark - I'm going to blame you!!!! Interesting. I wouldn't pay anything close to that myself when a nice 9.6 can be had for under $300, but I'm glad overall. Maybe this sale and the release of an actual full-length trailer for the movie can stir up a little interest in the books, which have otherwise been in free-fall (at least certified copies) for the better part of the last year. it didnt break 2g! sorry, sorry - my bad - I thought it was referring to the one currently on E-Bay... many apologizes...

Well it broke the $2000 mark - I'm going to blame you!!!!

Thanks - oh to go back in time with $900.....

Anyone remember how much that first one to go up for sell on E-Bay went for about a year ago or so???

I'd be interested in that. I'm in the same boat working on my 9.8 set however I sometimes get some extra 9.6 and 9.8's. I'll keep my eye's open for that. By the way - there's a GI Joe #21 CGC 9.8 on E-Bay right now. Up to $1500.00+ as of right now... (partly due to me - but they've gone pass my limit!) http://cgi.ebay.com/G-I-Joe-A-Real-American-Hero-21-CGC-9-8_W0QQitemZ130303309032QQihZ003QQcategoryZ35765QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem