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Wizard Batman Dark Victory 0 has wear free with purchase of $5 worth of raw comics

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up 8 signed by Bendis & Sienkiewicz $8

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This is awesome. Congrats!!!!!

Great post.

I was wrong it is 5: 5, 22, 23, 27, and 51. I have a cover for 22 as a placeholder, but I need a complete book. I also am looking for upgrades on 9 and 43. The bulk of the run is 2.0 to 4.0 with some higher, but those are really ROUGH.

I hope this isn't over the top, but this kind of breaks my heart. While I understand where you're coming from, and I also recognize that I'm not in the same situation you are in, selfishly I really hope that you don't sell out, at least not yet. Or better said, if you do sell out, it's because you really do want to pass the baton and not because of the dollar signs. That is probably a weird reaction from someone who has bought so many books from you over the years and would love to buy more, but I've always enjoyed your passion for the comic book industry. I was really engaged in your talks about opening up the store too, but again I am not in your situation and I do understand not wanting to work a job everyday. A shop would be A LOT of work, but again, selfishly I hoped you would do it so I could read about it and get that vicarious thrill lol. If I can offer one piece of advice though, don't sell the ones that mean the most to you. At least not yet. I am 4 books away right now from a Superman full run from 1-423. My father bought me a late GA/early SA Superman book from a coworker when I was a kid and gave it to me for my birthday. It was my first 10 cent comic. I thought I was rich and I must have read that thing two or three dozen times. That started an obsession that has now almost become a reality. My father passed away in April, unfortunately before I could finish the run. I miss him a lot. After the funeral I went down to the basement to pull out my "precious" box and find that book. All of my high dollar raw books were still in there in Mylar, but that book was nowhere to be found. It was gone. I vaguely remember pulling it out a couple years ago to page through it, and I must have put it somewhere else or tucked it into the wrong box. I feel like I have searched everywhere and can't find it. I am hopeful it will still turn up someday, but it made me realize that I would rather keep that book over my Superman 1, or the 2 that was so tough to get, or the 14 that is my favorite cover, or any of the other ones. Whenever I look at that book I am 10 years old again under the covers reading about Superman trying to get Mr. Mxyzptlk to say his name backwards. Those books are the ones that you will miss when they are gone. Those books might be worth thousands or belong in a dollar box, but those would be the last ones I recommend you part with. Whatever you decide to do though, thanks for being a big part in helping me get back into collecting comics.

A sincere THANK YOU for sharing this. Read it twice. Absolutely beautiful. It really made my day. I recently picked up a lower grade Batman 73, one of THE best Batman covers ever IMO. I know he is so synonymous with Batman, but honestly his Superman art is great too. There isn't as much out there but I have seen some come up on Heritage and he was great with that character too, kind of made it like a tad more modernized Shuster/Fred Ray version if that makes sense. The guy was a genius at what he did, I guess you guys have that in common.

Never thought I would own a CGC signed Alan Moore

I just went back through the thread. Wish I had been on earlier tonight but looks like everyone had fun. Some great bat books @Azkaban!!!

That is a great pick up. LOVE that date stamp.

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