AndyBoBo

[font:Book Antiqua]Welcome to the boards[/font] makes sense (thumbs u thanks!

thanks! what does WTTB mean?

FIRST post! I got these two both yesterday - Except for JIM #93 and my ASK #14 (which hold special meaning for me), this Strange Tales is my book in my collection it's pathetic that i am actually taking a picture of these books while they are on top of my scanner, but the scanner is not being read/accepted by my Mac so... I was so psyched when I saw this book on my comic shop's wall! I was only there to pay off the rest of this book - got both for far less than i should have!

Love that cover. me too!

if you're going to list some of the other iron man alcoholism books later on - i'll take 'em! I think it goes 123-128 (want that run...).

wish i wasn't so slow - mystery in space #90 wtf! - these though! thanks!

In general I don't like the idea of CGC grading modern books as I consider them common in high grade. There are lots of people building high grade CGC modern sets who would disagree with me. As a general rule it doesn't make sense to pay for grading on a book that will be worth less than the cost of grading. The newer the book the higher the grade needed to justify the cost. Check ebay, clink, heritage, dealer sites and GPA (a web service that tracks sales of CGC graded comics-google gpa comics) to establish what a book sells for at a certain grade. awesome advice! i do get my rarer modern variants and con exclusives graded, but it will be some time before i even consider starting a modern set - although they are impressive. to me it's too high of a financial commitment without a possibility of getting your return back if something happens... say your wife gets pregnant!

my advise (much has probably been said...): start by buying bargain books to see what characters you like, then read up on the newer stuff and support your local brick n' mortar (I understand you can get the same book on ebay for $1, but...) to see if you are going to want to begin a collection of previous appearances of that character. don't go crazy and maintain a focus - identify what matters to you about your books (i.e. grade, color, spine, cut, or just plain readability) and stay with that - if you don't you will find yourself starting and re-starting your collection over and over again spending a lot of money. understand going in that this will take time - which is the best part about it. as someone said it before, if it seems to good to be true (especially on ebay) it is! I'm amazed at some of the deals on the threads sometimes though. as someone told me, give yourself a couple of years in before you start buying entire collections (I've had fun buying bulk and selling of the dups - but it requires a separate commitment, plus a whole bunch of room). and lastly, for now, take care of your books - it's easy to do, whether you use bags and boards or mylars - it's well worth keeping up on it. you let it go for a bit and you find yourself ruining your books...

that remains my favorite thing to do - thousands of books later!

Now you realize you both just created a new obsession. Thanks for taking the time!

I'm sorry - rather new at the original art colelcting - what's a "one minute later"? I gather it is a commission that reflects what the artist thinks was the next action for the cover, but it seems more technical than that...

those are gorgeous! i'm not a DC guy, but i've purchased a couple of zatana (none by Ebas, but...) that is making me re-think that stance. nice collection!