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    On 4/18/2018 at 9:06 PM, Alf Pogs said:

    As with any monthly there are gonna be some real stinkers in there but it is what it is. I tuned out around 285 and my first issue was 185 so it was good times for over 10 years or so.

    My neighbor saw me with an Overstreet and said his first issue off the stands was 95.  He is a big John Byrne fan and still hangs out on his web site to this day.

    indeed. I've read all of it and there are definitely some good stories in with the bad in the later half of the run. Plenty of cool covers and a handful of very minor keys so I don't mind keeping them at all :p  

    I'm going through and grading the whole run right now. Quite a bit of my late bronze and copper age stuff needs to be upgraded, so that'll be a fun side quest. Most of it is at least in the VF range, but I'd like the average grade to be closer to NM-. Its just so easy to find books in very high grade there isn't much excuse to not upgrade.

    Yes this is what I'll tell myself as I dig through boxes at shows this year...

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    I recently got into collecting Lucio Parrillo covers and went a little hog wild on them. I'm not sorry about it, he is a great artist and his art is extremely cool. But I did have to admit it here because its money not spent on the X-Men run. :D  I think I'm over the initial "oh  man these are great, I gotta get a ton of them asap" phase and can go back to focusing on X-Men. 

    I sold my NYX #1-7 set, so that's done. I still have most of what I sold it for left to put towards this run.  East Coast Comic Con is coming up and maybe I'll go. I enjoyed it last year. Loads of comics dealers and boxes to dig through, plus its expanded to three days this year. Anyone else in the NYC area planning on going?

    I'm still sitting on about six hundred modern books that I want to sell. not really sure how  best to get rid of them. I'm not expecting much for them so maybe one huge lot on craigslist. Although everyone there thinks they are a dealer and want to pay ten cents each so... I might just break them up into smaller lots, by theme, run or whatever, to try to sell that way. I've sold a couple lots on craigslist but it hasn't been too fruitful. I do decently on ebay, but fees are pretty garbage. Although if i got 50 cents a book after all my costs, I don't suppose that is too terrible.

    Anyone want to by about 600 modern , mostly X-men related comics? no? come on! they are sweet!  And high grade!

    Hopefully I'll have some more X-Men goodness soon to post. Hope everyone is doing well!

    speedcake

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    On 3/27/2018 at 10:35 PM, Alf Pogs said:

    I gotta get everything in order.... my issues are scattered all over. I have 2 101s and they are not even in the same box.

    Some flea market scores with an LCS pick up on 50. Shop wanted 9 bucks for it cause of the date stamp!  :bigsmile:

    The 40 is real nice but I paid nice for it too. The 44 has a loose cover so it was free and the 42 is a five dollar beater.

    Glad I have no desire for high grade but totally respect those who do. (worship)

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    Should have told them you'd give them $5 for the 50 because of that totally ugly date stamp  :D   Seriously though, to say 9 bucks was an absolute steal would be quite the understatement. nice pickups!

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    15 hours ago, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

    Excellent choice for a journal! I too have this same dream. I also started reading X-men in the late 80s and has always been a fave for me. About 5 years ago I decided to get serious about collecting but not sure where my focus would end up. I bought a few small collections and noticed I had a pretty decent run of Late bronze and copper X-Men. At first I wasn't sure if I would go past 300 but decided why not.

    My current list just so you know where I'm coming from is 1-12, 14-17, 20, 27, 28, 35, 42, 43, 50, 65-94, 448, 453, 456, 458, 460, 463-467, 470, 478, 491, 495, 496, 497, 507, 512, 513, 534, 535, 537, 538, 539, 542, 543, 544

    A lot of the later issues can be found in discount bins. Or even cheap online so I'm not too worried about those. Like you silver and early bronze age is the hardest for me. I've been able to knock off some by looking for sales locally, and even at conventions. I was able to get some from friends on social media (IG). I too struggled with still wanting to collect a lot of new titles but I found once I gave those up it became a lot easier.

    Are you going to go after the reprints? I'm a bit undecided, or at least it will be secondary for me.

    Good luck with the hunt!

    that's your missing list? sweet, if so! the l later issues are a dime a dozen for the most part.  It still felt nice to complete that part of the run.  Cutting back on new titles will be crappy, but it must be done. At four bucks a pop on average, it won't take long for even a few books to add up every month.

     

    I do plan to get the reprints, but they are low priority and I only want them in really high grade if possible. So no rush there.

    And thanks! I need all the luck, ha. You too. Get it done :D

    speedcake

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    15 hours ago, oakman29 said:

    You know It! There will be plenty of nice books that come across here,  I didn't buy anything but what I was searching for in the run , I  got the hardest or key , most expensive ones first. The fillers are easier to get on the cheap, but keys can get expensive so grab them first.

    Gotta work on my discipline. I've been simultaneously working on an ASM run, so that needs to take a back seat. Just so many great sales threads filled with high grade spidey books. :D   I think saving up for a nice 94 is  a good idea. After that the bronze run would definitely feel much less burdensome. I have a mid grade 101 and many of the smaller keys already, thankfully. Although at some point I'll want to upgrade some of those.

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    On 3/13/2018 at 7:13 PM, maraxusofkeld said:

    I just finished this run myself, it took over 20 years. It's tough, just try and stay focused on the run, sell off other books if that will help complete this one. I read your original post about your NYX run. Think about it this way, would you rather have a nice NYX run or a solid copy of GSX #1 or X-Men #94?

    I know. I know. I love having it. And the set is in extremely nice condition. It wouldn't quite cover a GSX1 or a 94 in a grade I'd like to have them in, but it'd be a good chunk of it.  

    I have to seriously consider selling or trading it, if I'm going to be serious about finishing this run.

    speedcake

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    Another task I'll be working on is transitioning the run into silver age bags and boards. I just finished doing that with my ASM collection as well and they look much better with a uniform bag and board size fitting all the various size books, plus they are better protected IMO. More board surrounding the books.  I'll be making a list of all the under copies that I'll eventually want to upgrade, so I can be on the hunt for those as well.  

     

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    7 hours ago, Alf Pogs said:

    I've bought and traded and gave away the Cockrum Byrne issues so many times over the last 35 years.....

    About 10 years ago I was up late and an auction was ending on ebay with 1 terrible  pic and condition described as "Good"

    I kept zooming in and saying to myself these gotta be VF/NM! If they were Good some spine roll or something would stand out.

    Got 101-143 for 200 bucks.  All F+ to NM.

    What grade are you looking for in early issues? I don't have anything below that tattered 24.

    Oh, you got a Gold 297???  :bigsmile:

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    ha, ya ebay can be fun sometimes. Especially for the night owls browsing the terribly worded auctions with awful pictures that end at the worst times of the day.

    Um, for Bronze I'm looking for VF/NM (9.0) or better. I'll take a nice VF or better if its a standout for the grade.

    For silver non-keys mid to high grade is ok, preferably at VF- or better. For keys, I dunno yet really. very early stuff, like up to #20 probably VG+ to Fine+. later silver at least nice mid grade I guess. Affordability is a factor for most of the silver books.