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Darn those missing issues. Daredevil recently went back to their original numbering at issue 500. I hated the #1 craze that had major companies scampering to sell comics through this gimmick rather then sell them with story and art. Most retailer's would then resell them as "Collectible" rather then readable. I wonder what would have happened if there was not an X-Men #94 and they just started over. When New Mutants came out I didn't know about it. It wasn't until issue #15 that I became aware and #16 when I became addicted. I followed them through the years, through good story-lines and bad, including artwork, also good and bad. When #87 arrived on the comic book shelves I was taken better care of my comics(not great but better) and placed it in a mylar bag directly after reading it (if graded what would it be?). The title was still the New Mutants but they were no longer X-babies, nor were they ever to be X-men. A few issues later I found out about their imminent demise. I was heartbroken. Never have I followed something for so long for it to be gone. ( at this point I didn't realize how long another Star Wars movie would take to be out). The next thing I knew a new series was to debut:X-Force #1. New book. New team. New direction. As I was collecting I wanted to have a collection where I collected 1-100 and beyond (OK so I started at 15), now it wasn't happening. I didn't get to far with X-force, an impending parenthood and steepening responsibilities along with bills paused my collecting of comics for a long time. Years (and years...maybe a few months and more years later) have passed and I am collecting the same title I collected in my teens, this time not having to wait month to month. However does that make the wait easier or more difficult because now the 9.8 grade I am looking for is so much harder to find not to mention the higher price tag on such a premium. At this point in my collection I have 20 with six more on the way. I still have these large gaps in this run that will be easier to find what I am looking for compared to others. In particular I wonder what Bagofleas is going through with only the small amount he needs, and even further thoughts of what will happen when I only need a few here and there, especially with not many being graded. Only a few months ago did I purchase a book that Bagofleas needed to help complete his collection. It would have brought him closer still, where as for me it only became one of the foundations of my graded collection. I didn't mean to buy if out from under him but yet I find it humorously ironic (and slightly painful) that the next one I was about to buy was purchased by none other than Bagofleas himself. I must say a better man there never was to have such a book. I am still looking for a lot more and am happy that he has more than I because this gives me the chance to purchase without so much as slighting him because the one I am looking for next he already has and that is New Mutants #15, my first collectible comic (you always do remember your first). It is funny, it is harder for me to find this book then it is to find the Daredevil #7 I crave. The only difference being is the price for that DD#7 is ever so slightly astronomically out of my price range (for now, I did mention I gave up eating and am saving by leaps and bounds). I filled up my first CGC box and hope by the end of the year 2010 I have filled two more. I try to write these little journals out but as I seem to enter them into the ever growing text box the words flow and the sentences become longer and longer so I hope as you get to this point you are at least entertained and maybe remembering a kind experience you hold close to your heart. Have fun collecting. Thanks for reading. Tnerb PS. I also meant to mention I only need 15 more issues to get to have a full Daredevil run and another 500 to go to have a full run fully graded. I'm not expecting much am I?

Are Non slabbed books worth it? About ten times a year by the Philadelphia National Airport at a local Hotel the Philadelphia Comic-con is held. I do not consider it so much a convention as it is a bunch of stores gathering together to sell their wares....and I love it. I remember years ago there was something else like it in a different area in a different time. I was younger then and I was in awe. There was so much to look through, so much to buy. I think the same organization who ran that runs the current one. There is still a lot to buy but not so much to look at now since my first major comic convention in 1993. When you have row after row of books to look at a few well stocked vendors are not much. I still love it though, I do try to arrange my schedule to attend. Many times these vendors have great sales and blow out merchandise. Besides who really wants to repack the van and return home with merchandise. I just recently picked up issues 1- 19 of the Eternals. I was never a big fan of them until Neil Gaiman had his way with the seven issue limited series. I was looking through some boxes and picked up some Variant issues at cover price and found many more books that I enjoyed when I was younger that I felt compelled to get them for my son. Over the years there are a few series that I have wanted to pick up for no other reason then to collect them. I mean c'mon I only need four more issues of Dazzler. I purchase 38 out of 42 issues for only $27.00, to me a real bargain, and fun to read. One other series I thought of getting is The Defenders. I had one hundred issues ready to purchase at Wizard World 2009 but alas they would not give the price I wanted. I am still looking for that but would gladly pass until I get the price I want(money is tight, I think we all know that).... and after all space is a commodity and I am slowly running out now that I am collecting CGC slabbed books(not to mention new books). So this past Sunday I am out with my son and father and can not pass on picking up the series for less than .63 cents and issue. Unfortunately, I was forced to choose between the Eternals series and the variants I did pick compared to the CGC slabbed Daredevil I had in my hands. I do so enjoy collecting but I can not forget that I love collecting them so much because I love to read them. So I am reminded I love collecting them because I love to read them, and now I have to look for some CGC Eternals. Happy Collecting.

Yay.... the packing peanuts are here There is something about getting mail, sweet lovely mail. I'm not talking about bills or other items that are asking for money. No I'm talking about won bid slabbed comic books. I realized that if I decided to collect a series in 9.8 (New Mutants), or collected a full series (Daredevil) it would get quite expensive. So how was I going to collect? One of the ways I decided was to get all the comics in my (B)efore ©ollecting collection in a high grade. These comics though were going to be older and therefore more expensive. I recently acquired my first ones, ASM #181, an origin issue. The original copy I have is ripped around the staples, creased and crinkled like a dollar bill after going through the wash, and read more than a teen finding his first Playboy. It is a wonderful 9.6. I dare to say the copy I have had previously to getting this one would be graded a 3. There are others of course I plan to get, even the DC issues, however they are not as significant as their Marvel counterparts (at least for me anyway). I hope to acquire more as time goes on, but like I said they are expensive. Have fun collecting, I am. Tnerb

Should I reach for that Gem 10.0 Years ago i bought a collector's box set in the hopes of reselling it. I try not to do that anymore, especially after having to sell the majority of my collection due to space constraints. I still have that box set, furthermore I have never opened it. Inside lies 14 never before opened comics, let alone they have never been touched. Part of me is thinking this is my opportunity to have a gem 10 (maybe more than one?). Others that I have with the possibility of being sent in for grading would be a copy of New Mutants #1. I have two ungraded and one graded 9.8 copy. The dupe number one that I bought earlier this year has the possibility to be a 9.9 or dare I hope a Gem 10. I have seen these scarce 10.0's around on numerous web sites but I do not want to purchase one just to have one, like I did with my first 9.8. There are others I want to get graded regardless of what grade they would be (all my New Mutants issues), because I think it would be interesting to see how I kept my collection throughout my teen years. I guess my first comic that I collected would be a 5.0 (New Mutants #15) I also have a beautiful World War Hulk #1 Aspen Edition I would want to grade. I didn't read this, I simply purchased it at a convention and slipped it in a bag with board. I already read the one with JR-JR's cover. This edition I bought just for the cover, let's face it, it is a nice cover. So my thoughts lie on this dilemma, do I slab the issues that I think would be a 9.8 or higher and be disappointed if they are lower or do I slab books from the love of my collection knowing full well they will not be a 9.8 or higher.

Are they or aren't they. It felt like Christmas morning. I was at my computer entering my collection into my new database (the old database is paper). My phone rang; it was the Fed Ex Guy. I don't know why he didn't ring the bell. Actually, I didn't care, my CGC books arrived. I went to the door, signed, and wished him a good day. Mine already was. I placed the box in the living room and proceeded to shut down my computer. My comics beckoned, when I waited long enough I opened the parcel. I felt like a kid getting exactly what he wanted (even if I did pay for it). I unpacked the box and separated the slabbed books from the packing material. I reviewed the invoice counting that all eleven books were on there. My eyes ignore the total. I scanned over my books and felt (what was that feeling) dissappointed. I know I spent some money on these with no buyer's remorse (after all they were CGC 9.8's), but now? The first one I looked at was Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #12. The corners were not as sharp for what I would expect with this grade. I have an Overstreet's Comic Book Grading Guide which is well used due to numerous collective days grading my own books. If I were to grade this Secret wars #12 I never would have given it a 9.8, definately a 9.4, but not a 9.8. I graded my own ASM #129 at a 9.4, CGC graded it as a 9.2. I was off by .2 points, not bad but disappointing. I have spent a minimum of $22.00 each to get each book graded. To my rememberence (and if I am wrong please forgive me) when I was at Wizard World Philadelphia this past year I asked them about this service that they have to send in numerous books. They explained to me it is a flat fee of $3 per book with a minimum of 50 books to send in. If you are looking for a 9.8 you tell them you do not want anything less than that. They will look over every book but if it is not a 9.8 or higher they will not charge you anything in addition. However if it is a 9.8 or higher they will charge you accordingly. (Since writing the original draft for this I have checked the website and found this to be true, check yourself about this pre-grading service) I am sure that most people who want this done want a 9.4 or better, dare I say no less than a 9.8. Now for the sake of argument the following is all speculative. Let's say a company sends in 100 books at $3 a piece, right away that's $300(OK the math part is not speculative) Let's say 6 books are a good solid 9.8 (six percent). The initial fee is charged plus the cost for the six books. Now, maybe, just maybe they have four more books that are borderline. This company that sent them in is a good company, they send a lot of books into be graded so why not add the four book at 9.8 (now we are at ten percent), but the economy sucks. Money is tight everywhere you go but comics are still selling, especially 9.8"s. There are 20 more books that are a solid (and I mean a speculative solid) 9.6 but let's make them 9.8's as well. This gives a total of 30 books ( remember the math is good). So seventy books are returned unslabbed, but thirty are coontinuing on to the official grading process and slabbed and labeled 9.8. A full thirty percent, which seems pretty high. There order originally would have been the initial $300 plus $102 (mind you this is for modern age only silver is a tad bit more but I figure those should be even harder to find.) Now since they need to make money, and who doesn't, they are grading 30 books for a total of $810. An incredible mark up. I spent $44 alone just to have my ASM #129 graded. By the way if you use the standard service that would be $1620 for the total amount owed. At first glance having a 9.8 is very nice, but is it? The flaws I see in the Secret wars #12 are predominant on a 9.4, but not on a 9.8. I have noticed more and more 9.8's on websites everywhere. Are more 9.9's on the horizon, how about an extra 10 here and there? Do dealers out there get a higher grade because of return business, or how about Pedigree books. Are they automatically higher because they are a mile High book ( I do wish i owned one of those) or some other notable collection. I have been wondering what if I unslab my ASM #129 and have them send it in, would it be a 9.4 or dare I dream a 9.6 ( a grade I really do not think it deserves). I mentioned I feel safe with a CGC graded book, I should have said safer. This was not the only book out of the eleven I got that made me cringe at the defects. I reviewed my Grading book and looked at the detailed pictures and it does show that the corners have "minor corner chips" but under description it states: "sharp, square, no creases". No less than three people grade a book. One to give it the once over, jot notes down and pass it to the next two where the book is scrutenized. is that not enough, do they need to hire a fourth to then look over the slabbed book and say "Hey guys did you miss this?" Or maybe they pay these guys too much (if that's the case, can I get a job there) and they need to overturn books quickly and at a higher grade to increase their revenue (but it seems that some people who send in books complain this wait is too long), if that's the case drop back to two ( I am sure they have a team of employees, it's just three per a book), charge the same and have stricter guidelines, maybe then I'd be more comfortable with a 9.8 Tnerb PS. This was no way a slam against CGC, just my observation and opinion. Of course I will still use them to grade my books and purchase others. I have no problem buying slabbed books of any grade I would just like to see less defects in a 9.8 then what I would see in a 9.4. dare I suggest add a 9.7 if needed, after all there is a 9.9. Thanks for reading.

Sorry...just ranting freely. I am sitting in my local bookstore, which is not so local since it is right outside Philadelphia and it takes me thirty minutes to drive. It is snowing outside and my windshield wipers don't work so well as my car is a little bit aged. I am remotely helping someone with their homework on litigation (something I know nothing about) and all I can think about are my books I ordered this past week. I checked their shipping progress with Fed Ex and they are here in Philly "ON A TRUCK". My god what is wrong with them, don't they know I have valuables in there. My thoughts wander: will they be ok in these snowy conditions, will the temperature change the conditions of the books; sure they will all say 9.8 but will they be 9.8. Then I think well maybe they park the truck inside. OK I know they don't but it makes me feel better. The logical calming thought is they are still in the climate control warehouse waiting to be put on the truck and I am happy with that (even though that's not true either). I spent a pretty good amount on the eleven books I ordered (by the way the total was more than my car, before shipping). I give myself an average price I am willing to spend and I spent under that budget, now I just need to budget how many I actually buy. I almost purchased a DD#7 in an 8.0 and I wonder if passing on this was a good idea or not. I bought a Sub Mariner #1 unslabbed months ago and it is not in the condition I wanted but it was the price I was willing to pay for the condition it is in. How much would I spent if it was in a higher grade I don't know. I feel safe ordering a book graded by CGC because I know that everyone else will accept it ( I don't feel safe that they are freezing in a truck). I felt safe at the first comic shop I ever bought comics from because they earned my trust I had no problem spending four dollars on a Frank Miller Daredevil issue. Other places I'll see a comic book for $5 which guides at $3 and can not fathom how they got that price. Then again I spent $200 for a New Mutants 87 in 9.8. Which is another reason I like to keep my average at $45. it helps when I spend that extra money, by the way the DD# 7 was listed at $525. So then it begins (and when I say "it" I mean my thoughts) how much is too much? The market of course is supply and demand, a higher grade is wanted more but I question my sanity when I notice a 9.8 sell for $80 and a 9.6 sells for $14 (not including shipping and handling). Are those extra fractions of a point really worth it. If you are a collector, let's face it, yes they are. If you are budget conscious, they are not, but what if your both? Bagofleas ( the third time I mentioned him in my journals, can you tell I am envious? Yes envious and not jealous) has a New Mutants #1 graded as a 10. A perfect Gem, I still cannot fathom how he must feel about it, here I am happy because I have it in a 9.8, which seems to be a lot more readily available then I first thought, but that's alright, it's mine. How much would i spend for something like that? Once again how much is to much, a car payment or mortgage maybe? Fortunately I have my priorities straight, bills first, comics second, and food shopping third. All that said, the snow outside is still coming down and the Fed Ex truck is being nicely insulated inside a climate control warehouse waiting to make the trek out to my house on Monday. I await eagerly to open the box and gawk at my new acquisitions partly for the knowledge that they are indeed mine and secondly to share them all here for others that might be envious of my collection. Thanks for reading Tnerb PS. They are safe right?

Two out of Three ain't bad There are three things I collect. One of those items I won't get into because I can talk about Star Wars even longer than I can talk about comic books. The two others are comic books (which I think is apparent) and thirdly shot glasses. I have no written record logging my shot glasses, nor do I think do they have software for such a hobby. I acquire my comic books myself, as for the shots, I get them as gifts. I have over three hundred of the glass souvenirs, the majority of which were given to me by my best friend. Out of all the ones I have, I have only purchased four. The people that have given me shot glasses were family, friends, coworkers, and even customers of mine. Once I find out they are going somewhere for business or pleasure I ask for them to bring me back one, something of their choice (and budget). My place is small so displaying them was difficult. I use old 100 count cassette holders with a few minor adjustments. After pulling unneeded shelves and making measurements each one holds either 50 or 60 inside and another 10 to 15 on top. I have five of these units fully filled, I just purchased a sixth holder for the growing mass. If I were to add up the approximate cost for these it would total close to $2000. All my AC (After Collecting) have all been purchased by me except Ultimate Fantastic Four #21. My best friend picked it up in Maine and wouldn't let me pay him for it. The few places I have traveled to in my life would consist of a search for a comic book store. Some times I was successful, sometimes I wasn't. If I did happen to find one I would take the extra time, search the place out, and spend time followed by spending money. I of course would compare it to my earliest comic book experience. The first time I picked up a comic in a "strange" comic shop was soon after my father moved to Ventnor Heights, NJ. I was 13. I walked around the neighborhood constantly pushing my boundaries. One day I picked up a phone book and saw there was a comic shop in the neighboring township of Ventnor, NJ. I set off one early Saturday morning after my father left for work. Heading in the general direction, no map-quest, no GPS, and no way in hell I could even ask my father. I criss crossed streets until I came across the street I saw in the yellow pages. I arrived before the store opened, even remembering the sun shining on the building. The only thing I remember purchasing was a copy of New Mutants #8. I have since re-bagged and boarded this same book numerous times, however I still have the original bag and board, not in use of course. The bag is yellowed as well as the board. I can't figure out why I haven't thrown it away yet. I have been in stores as far north as Toronto and south in Florida. I only got as far as Arkansas going west but I was preoccupied at the time. I was 18 and went only because of a girl named Rachel. So here I have these three collections of Star Wars, Shot glasses ( which grow in number because of the generosity of others) and my comic collection. I tend to read what I buy, and I buy what I collect. So far all my CGC books are copies that I have already own in my collection. I just made a purchase for 11 new books (one of those being New Mutants #8) and won a couple in some auctions. I eagerly await for these to arrive. I have found the internet is great for this but there is something wonderful about going into a brand new comic book shop you have never been in before. Thanks for reading. Tnerb

7-11 or bust If I'm not mistaken the first thing scanned was a pack of gum. I also think this gum is currently in the Smithsonian. The few comics I own that I cannot recall where I got them are devoid of this bar-code. Their covers are exactly that, covers. My other comics that I bought from the three for a dollar rack are also devoid of this bar-code, then again they also have no cover. For the life of me I can't understand why I still have a cover on Sub-Mariner #38 and not Richie Rich Millions #79. I have my comics in separate categories. I have those that I would consider my BC comics(Before Collecting) but that sounds too religious) and my AC comics(After Collecting) sounds like too New Jersey) Even though comics came out every week, like other periodicals, to me it seemed monthly. I don't know if that was how 7-11 displayed them of just how my mind retained the memory. My books were never scanned, just imported as a set price into the register and shoved into a brown paper bag. I would hurry home crossing three streets and transversing an endless three block journey to read my treasures. I would read and reread my new comics placing them in my drawer between readings. Time passed before I bought my first comic in a comic book store that was not priced three for a dollar. I don't remember what it was (or what they were. I am sure it was more than one. I had to make the trip worth it) but where is the UPC code and that's a pretty cool Spider-Man face there instead. At that time I though it was the coolest thing. Almost like it was a small thank you for supporting your local comic specialty shop. I stopped getting comic books on a regular basis at the 7-11 and started getting them at "MY" comic book store. This shop was the same shop that the day care center I went to as a toddler would take us on trips to purchase things, hence my fascination with the three for a dollar rack. (SIDE NOTE: Now that I think of it I could only imagine what these owners thought of when these snotty little kids raided their store with only two teachers to watch over them.) At the time the store was called Comic Investments. Over time it was purchased by two employees and they changed the name to ComiCards. Every comic book store experience I have, I compare with the mecca of childhood and early teen-aged years memories that I created there. I was only able to go once a month but the way they stacked their books on display made it easy to see what I needed. Now my collection started to acquire more and more comic books with Spider-Man's face in the lower left hand corner. Once in a while we would be gifted with another version of Spider-Man, Captain America or even doves flying from a book (the latest courtesy of New Mutants #43). I never inquired why it was done, I just liked the small difference. Today comic book companies place bar codes on every comic. Specialty shops only have the words Direct market to mark the difference. Variant covers are the new mark of reward by supporting Comic Book specialty shops. Even the variant covers have variant covers. Of course depending on the comic book store and limitation in number depends on how much you pay for a limited edition cover. However, even the majority of these variations have a UPC code. I will purchase a variation book if the price is right, but only on a title I really like (New Mutants Vol. #3) The only thing I wish for though is for Comic Companies (not mentioning any names Marvel) to go back to selling two versions, one for the newsstand with the UPC prominently displayed on the front and the direct market where the UPC is hidden on the back and leave the cover as exactly that, a cover. Tnerb Ps. New Mutants Vol.3,#5 has no UPC code on the front and be honest isn't that what a cover should look like.

I spent how much on what? I collect comics, it's what I do and chances are if you are reading this, so do you (sorry about the rhyme). I have been collecting for more years then I thought. The average comic book at time of shipment is an ungraded near mint 9.4. This is not an actual fact as much as an assumed fact. I have been through car lots and hemmed and hawed at the new cars for sale. A new car after all should have that new car smell. I take more time in the comic shop, even my son will have me pause to make sure I am getting the best grade possible. Buying a used car has flaws, the mats might be tattered, a scratch here or there, or maybe it just needs a new battery. This is expected. I expect just as much when I go through the back issue bin. I was 15 when I was introduced to the Frank Miller issues of DD. I started with the cheaper ones first before I moved to the more expensive ones. I can remember spending $35 on DD #168 and only spent $4 on #171. Remember I was 15 so this was a lot of money, no job just an allowance. I also had #168 graded recently and received a 9.2 (is it an investment if i don't plan on selling?). There was no company around to state what a grade was, you hoped that the person selling to you was honest and reputable. I still look for deals whether they are bagged and boarded or slabbed. In today's economy money is tight and I am more selective on what I purchase. Recently I just spent $70 on an issue of New Mutants that would have been maybe $3 bagged and boarded in an assumed Near Mint condition. To me that is a really large premium rate. One I do not regret, after all at the moment it is the only one. The book I want more than any other at the moment is DD#1. Of course I want it in the best possible condition. Purchasing one that is only bagged and boarded could become a lot more difficult, not just for this book but others like it. Those that have it and are willing to sell it might decide to grade it in the hopes it will get a good grade and be slabbed away as such. This would make ungraded copies more scarce. As I mentioned I want this book and am willing to spend for it, however I do not want it slabbed because no matter what I spend on a book I wish to read it. I do not wish to purchase the book graded because I would have a problem opening the slab itself. Sure CGC would re-slab it after it was opened at a discounted price but I am buying it slabbed for that grade, what would happen if it were to drop a point or even a full grade after re-slabbing it. One day it might be easier for me to afford the exact books I want but till then I have to pick and choose. In that case I might have to settle for a 9.6 or 9.4 rather than a coveted 9.8. Just writing that makes me shiver thinking have I expected that much that a 9.4 is no longer desirable as much as a 9.8. I recently saw a 9.2 DD#7 sell for $5000 and a #7 in an 8.0 for only $525. So which one would I buy comes at a premium decision compared to which one I can afford. Thanks for reading, have fun Collecting. Tnerb. Ps. I would love your thoughts or comments.

It's the same old hobby in a whole new way. I remember beginning my collection with New Mutants #15. I was mesmerized by the cover. I picked it up from the 7-11 comic book rack and brought my purchase to the counter. I hurried home with what I bought and read it. At this time I was only twelve and I was not a fan of reading books. Lucky for me these weren't books, they were comic books. I absorbed what I read not only because I immensely enjoyed it but because I read it over and over again before not only doing my homework but as well as before my mother arrived home from work. The problem was where do I keep it? Where could I store it safely? I had book shelves but that meant I would have to keep it upright. That wouldn't work. I opted to empty a drawer of clothes and leave it flat in there. Eventually my collection grew and I was able to get my first half box. This box grew to one full box. I collected ony a small amount and it was three years before I had a box and a half. One day I had a large disagreement with my mother so much so that I moved in with my father. I was 15. My Mom never really liked me collecting comic books, my Dad, he really didn't care. My collection grew quicker, the only reason for this was my father didn't mind me walking to the comic book store. Eventually and quickly I had three large comic boxes and one half box. I can still picture them at the foot of my twin bed and using them as a place for my alarm clock. I still have the actual half box to this day. I would fill the smaller box then transfer to the larger boxes this way they didn't fall over in the box.... as much. I felt an accomplishment as three boxes were soon five, then I had seven and more and more boxes when I moved out on my own that I covered them with a sheet and used it has a display table. Just other statues and comic related items. I only stored what I thought were my really important books in bags. My collection grew so large that I eventually needed a room for them. Alas times are tough. I no longer have all those issues that I horded and collected rather then have a good cooked meal. I am simple now. I picked a few titles that I wanted to have all of them and set to collect them, once I complete one I will start another. In fact I am coming in close to finishing my Daredevil run. Something I am rather proud of, but now there are books slabbed away in plastic to collect. At first I was appaled, after all comic books are for reading. I purchased a few as a novelty and then had some of my own graded. Then I found something so amazing so magical I had to have it, New Mutants #1. To many I am sure it is nothing, to myself and one other kindred spirit on here at least(Bagofleas), I was overjoyed, I haggled with the price, even walked away hoping he would go lower. After an hour of thinking and $45.00 less in my pocket I now decided I would get all the New Mutants in CGC 9.8. Bagofleas has a big head start on me and although I don't feel competitive against him I would be honored to be able to complete the set just like I know he will do before me. Tnerb 19-Nov-09 Ps. :Now I have only one box of slabbed books but I know one day, years from now, I'll look back on this day like I look back on the day I first kept my comics in a clothes drawer. Thanks for reading, have fun collecting.

Ok I'm Addicted. At first I thought "Hell, what is this new company messing around with my hobby". I might have dropped off collecting a few years here and there. Not having money makes it very difficult to buy comics. I was upset that this company was going to seal away a comic book, how the hell were you supposed to read the thing. I was at Wizard World Philadelphia 2007 walking around and they were all over the place, not alot but significant to be noticed. Every booth had a few, and how much were they? Hell I was just going to continue to get my Daredevil's and anything else I wanted to buy to fill my holes. My dollars were short and I wasn't going to buy anything slabbed in a piece of plastic, that would be akin to buying a piece of bone stuck in molases. Hold on a moment aren't they worth money, but wait, wow what a nice shiny cover that was. Ooh that's another nice one. Wait where is my money and how did I get this Secret War #2 9.8 in my hands...oooh cover. So I left that convention with three, one of them being a 9.0 of Daredevil #90 Vol 1. The follwoing year I brought some of my books to slab and now I'm searching for a complete set of New Mutants doing my best to make Bagofleas on here perk up and go damn that's a nice collection. I still have a ways to go but can't wait till my next purchase. I really can't wait to the next Wizard World so I can bring a few of my own to get graded again. I can't believe I had a Wolverine #10 lying around and it was graded a 9.8. See Dad I can take care of things unlike the goldfish. Tnerb