Sensei Ryan

Thanks for the books - bought 2 and am waiting on two more - would definitely come back for others later!

Lots of random comic related auctions - let me know if any catch your eye! http://www.ebay.com/sch/maewashi-geri/m.html?item=221274093416&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

...they're only a day away. (sung to the tune of 'Tomorrow' from the smash musical sensation Annie!)This is my first time around as a member with the Registry Awards and I'm surprised at the lack of buzz...is it typically like this?What say you, fellow registry members?Is anyone else (other than this guy) excited about tomorrow? Bring on the certificates, I say!!!Excelsior!(Check out the pic for the Stan Lee reference)To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

or who has the dish on Spidey's 2nd ish??? Okay...for my 2nd journal, I pose a question that I've wondered about for quite some time (this may be common comic knowledge but it has escaped me for whatever reason if it is). What issue is Spiderman's 2nd appearance? What about his 3rd appearance? His 4th? Here's the crux of the problem: On ASM 1 (the CGC registered copies, anyway) there is no indication of it being Spiderman's 2nd appearance. It only states that the origin of Spidey is retold. (Book was published in March of 1963) On ASM 2 (the main ish I'm particularly curious about), one would assume it's Spidey's 3rd appearance. However, once again no indication of if it's Spiderman's 3rd appearance. (Book was published in May of 1963) BUT...on the Fantastic Four Annual 1 (published in 1963) it states on the CGC label 'early Spider-Man appearance' which hints that it's either the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or possibly 5th appearance. So I want to know ... when are Spidey's 2nd, 3rd, and 4th appearances? Is there a supreme Spidey fan out there that can solve this mystery for me??? I've attempted some brief internet searches and have come up with nothing...anyone who can answer this will receive my sincere thanks!!! Excelsior! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

or...a kid in a candy store! I'm excited Well - this is my first journal and my first attempt at getting 9.8's back from CGC with my own submissions. After being frustrated with looking and finding little books on eBay to add to my sets I found 16 books from my personal collection that I thought would have an awesome chance at getting the 9.8 grade. Well, I submitted them and 4 weeks later they arrive and low and behold 15 of the 16 came back as 9.8's!!! The one 9.6, after intense scrutiny, did have a flaw that I missed, unfortunately - so I can see how it didn't meet the grade. I have neglected to mention that I didn't cheat and look online at the grades before they arrived - I felt like a kid at Christmas opening the box and looking at each slab one by one to see that nearly all were 9.8's!!! All I can say is, I can't wait until I can find more books from my collection to submit - I must have more 9.8's!!! Someday, maybe, I'll even get a 9.9...a guy can dream, can't he??? PS - the best part is - one of the books was from 1985 - there were only 2 9.8's in the registry for it and I submitted it on a whim (thinking it'd come back a 9.6) and it even made the 9.8 grade (now there are 3)! It's a great day for me - thank you CGC!!! Sensei Ryan out! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.