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Hope everyone is having a great Christmas! Here's a few more pictures of my LM CGC collection. In the one below, the top row shows part of what I call my modern GGA 9.8 collection, most of which I've bought already graded, rather than raw and then grading myself -- for moderns, I pretty much want only 9.8 and above, and I stress too much over getting those grades when I submit myself. Something I find interesting is how yellow labels can be used to make additional variants of a comic. Like the 2 LMs on the right on the 2nd row, where the same comic is a blue and also a yellow. This is probably my favorite Benitez LM cover. The one on the right even has a cool LM head-sketch by Benitez. I keep my raw LMs in mylar in a magazine holder for easy access:

Home Depot. I use the "dustless" shelving, just turn it upside down.

With Lady Mechanika #4 delayed, there seems to be a drop in demand and prices of back issues. Initial prices in Ebay remain high, but sellers seem more willing to deal lately (at least some). I've always liked LM. The story's great, and the Joe Benitez art is excellent. I've been able to pick up a bunch of CGC copies for reasonable prices. I've even taken over the #1 registry spot for the LM set! This is my first venture into the registry and it's kinda fun (and expensive), more fun than I thought it would be. Also a great marketing mechanism for CGC, as it fires the competitive spirit and makes you want to send more books to CGC. I've even gotten into getting some yellow labels for blue labels I already have, for the extra points. (It would be more fun though if the registry updates happened more often.) Here's a picture from my comic book room, displaying some of my LM CGC collection. See more journals by n2wdw

With Lady Mechanika #4 so delayed, there seems to be a drop in demand and prices of back issues. Initial prices in Ebay remain high, but sellers seem willing to deal (at least some). I've always liked LM. The story's great, and the Joe Benitez art is excellent. I've been able to pick up a bunch of CGC copies for reasonable prices. I've even taken over the #1 registry spot for the LM set! This is my first venture into the registry and it's kinda fun. Also a great marketing mechanism for CGC, as it fires the competitive spirit and makes you want to send more books to CGC. I've even gotten into the yellow label thing for blue labels I already had, for the extra points. (It would be more fun though if the registry updates happened more often.) Here's a picture from my comic book room, where I display the LM CGC books. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Here's info on how I used my spinner rack. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=280191&Number=6204478#Post6204478 I have 2 of them that I bought new a few years ago from a company I found on the internet.

It's very hard to peel off the tape with your fingernail -- I'm always afraid of putting a dent in the book. Usually I'll try to open the bag and pull the comic out, but that doesn't work if more than a few are taped together. The next best approach is to cut the tape with a knife or scissors, but this still puts stress on the comics (especially the ones on the top and bottom). None of this really matters if you're buying less than perfect comics of new comics, which I often do. but sometimes I'm buying high grade comics with the hope of submitting to cgc for high grades -- you'd think these sellers would know better than use tape, but still some do. when I send comics to cgc, I put them each in a mylar with a backing board, put a few (never more than about 5) between two pieces of thick cardboard, put the bundle in a large fed ex or express mail envelope (which are free), fold back the envelope and then tape around the envelope. then I put these bundles (using 2 when I'm shipping 10 to cgc) into a fed ex box and send the fed ex box to cgc. If I didn't have the envelope I'd use newspaper (like others have suggested).

It amazes me how people tape comics either to cardboard or together in a bundle when shipping. It is VERY DIFFICULT to remove the tape without damaging the comics. Probably 40-50% of the comics I get are shipped this way. Hard to believe anyone who works with comics doesn't see the flaw of this.

Anyone have recent experience with the wait for modern fast track?

XYZ My collecting focus has changed over the years, but what's been constant has been my goal of finishing my "original marvels" runs. For me, as a kid, the original Marvel titles were ASM, Avengers, Cap, DD, FF, Hulk and Iron Man, and my goal was to get complete runs of all these titles. I completed them all a few years ago, except for the very early ASM and FF, which I'm working on gradually (I'm missing about 15 issues). Most of these runs I keep in long boxes, like these 4 boxes for ASM: To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

This past Sunday I went to a local northern VA con in Dunn Loring. This con is held every few months. It's held at a fire station, which always reminds me of cons I went to as a kid. This past Sunday I went to a local northern VA con in Dunn Loring. This con is held every few months. It's held at a fire station, which always reminds me of cons I went to as a kid. The place was packed, and it surprised me at how many dealers were selling comics for a quarter a piece, all in alphanumeric order and long runs of titles. I don't even bother with my want list at these boxes, I just grab want I think I might not have. There were also alot of 50 cent and dollar boxes (again, in alphanumeric order), but there didn't seem to be much difference between those "higher cost" boxes and the quarter boxes. I could have spent more time there, but I had to get home to help decorate the tree (and to watch the Redskins). The con also had a pretty good selection of silver and gold (for a local con), and I picked up a few silver age Marvels for pretty good prices (ie, less than ebay or comiclink). To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

It looks like comicon is thinking about not letting people who bought tickets during pre-registration to participate in general registration. http://sdccblog.com/2012/08/sdcc-2013-open-registration-pre-registration-buyers-left-out/ It looks like comicon is thinking about not letting people who bought tickets during pre-registration to participate in general registration. http://sdccblog.com/2012/08/sdcc-2013-open-registration-pre-registration-buyers-left-out/ Long story, but during pre-registration I was only able to get a ticket for Sunday. I live out on the east coast and it doesn't make sense for me to travel all the way to SD for just Sunday. So if this decision is made then they'll be no SDCC for me this year. Truthfully, I was already thinking about skipping it this year and going to WW Chicago instead. SDCC has become such a hassle. Getting tickets is just step 1. Then you've got to get a hotel room, and last year for me it cost too much because I lucked out on the hotel reg process. And then there are all the crowds. I've been to WW Chicago twice, and both times it was pleasant: easy to get tickets, hotel room (right across the street), good selection of comics, more artists than I have time to see, and travel/hotel/food much less expensive so I have more to spend on comics. I think this announcement by SDCC has made the decision for me, because it's reminded me of how much a hassle/cost SDCC is, so I think I'll go to WW Chicago no matter what the SDCC decides. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.