furystorm

Thanks everyone. As soon as the 9 gets here, I will photograph / scan all four books I picked up this week and present them to you. Nothing astonishing here, as I've found my niche in the 7.0 range for the early issues, with off white to white or better I suppose. Still just getting the hang of all this. Can't wait to see my 9 and 13 together on the shelf. BTW, I assume the CGC cases give no protection from light damage, so how can I display these safely?

Ooppps. Bought a 9 in 7.0 tonight. Have to stop now, and save for a truly serious book, like 5. But I do really want a 3...

So I'm off and running with three books received in the past two days. Definitely going to take the advice given here and stick to 1-25 for now, unless a great deal in the higher range presents itself of course. The stand out today is the #13 in CGC 7.0 which arrived about an hour ago. I was worried that I would not like the ultimate condition the book would present itself in, but gave it a shot anyway with a purchase. Well, I can definitely live with 7.0, and now I know it. I'm by no means rich, and it is probably ill advised to even go down this road, but I do love the FF. I'm fairly certain that I will be after a #3 at SDCC, if the opportunity presents itself, and would like to shoot for at least 7.0, if not a touch higher. Of course I will be open to any single digit issue, but #3 is calling me right now. Saving, saving, saving, selling stuff, and saving... Have I lost my mind?

Ouch! Where are you in Virginia? I grew up in Virginia Beach, and collected for many years from Trilogy Comic Shop, which I know is still there. Even bought my beat up copy of #8 from them when I was like 15, so long ago... Also, I now know my grade for a #1 will be 1.8 or below.

Alright, thanks to all of your peer pressure (and I do mean thanks in a good way, not sarcastic), I've gone ahead with the purchase of that book in the teens. Hopefully, I'm not too late. And also, hopefully, I have set the low side of what grade I am willing to accept at a 7.0. I'll probably end up with a 1.8 #1! But now, I'll cool it at the three books and save for SDCC, hoping for a fair deal on a single digit issue at 7.0 or better...

Wow, I really appreciate all of the input you guys are providing here. It almost feels like someone can tell that I've been eyeing a certain issue these past few days in the teens. Weird. Seems to be calling my name. There is certainly some great and sage advice, backed by experience, which you guys are giving me. It would be so hard to follow it, but I appreciate it nonetheless. At the very least, I am committed to a single digit issue before the end of the year and preferably at SDCC. Saving for it now, as I've mentioned. Thanks a ton everyone!

Those two look so nice. Amazing! Where can I find FF in this condition?

Thanks for the encouragement KJ! I appreciate it and the advice as well. I was already anticipating extending my run to those issues you mentioned. Actually my intention is to have a complete FF run through all of the years, but only CGC copies for the first 100, with a few extras thrown in of course. My original collection from my pre-teen years still has many many FF books in it which I will be holding onto, and upgrading if necessary. Time to fill in all those gaps. I only hope I don't get too distracted by other Silvers when I'm looking for FFs... Saving for SDCC already!

Oh, and one more thing. I fully intend to procure at least one single digit issue before the end of the year. I just have not decided what the lowest grade I am willing to go will be yet. Guys, are these books extremely more expensive at a convention. I'm heading to SDCC and I know there are quite a few dealers there, but will I be paying a premium from them? I really want a 3,4,5,6,7,or 9 I omitted 8 because I owned a copy of it for so many years and read it many many times, but feel I should start back elsewhere...

Hey, Barton is my last name! I can see a lot of the collectors around here know each other pretty well, because I've seen names used a lot in posts. Anyway, I'm brand new, and wanted to introduce myself into the forum in the FF thread. I've finally decided to jettison my entire collection aside from the few runs I treasure the most, and refocus on FF. I've been collecting comics since about 1985, off and on of course, but heavily in the past ten years. Now I have seen the error of my ways, and want to regain my love and passion for collecting. Out with the new, and in with the old! So with that, it has become my intention to create a run of FF from 1-100, all CGC. I'm sure I'll probably never own a 1, 2, 3, and some others, but it will be fun to try. Maybe I should become a doctor, or sell a kidney... Already, I have picked up a #59 in 9.4 and a #82 in 9.4. Waiting for them to arrive. And off we go.