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On 3/7/2018 at 4:30 PM, pwog said:

I completed my run a few years ago, including annuals, GSX, some cross-overs (even a couple Star Trek paperbacks, where the X-Men were involved)! Just keep your focus, but allow yourself to get distracted, from time to time, with the shiny books and other series.

Good luck and most importantly, enjoy!

nice grats! And thanks, I need it ha. I still pick up spidey books to work on my ASM complete run, and I dabble in a couple other areas, but definitely trying to stay focused on the X-Men run is tough work. Cutting back on everything is like trying to change your diet and exercise to get fit after years of eating whatever the heck you want. lul

On 3/7/2018 at 12:55 AM, Alf Pogs said:

What about GSX 1 and the Annuals? 

I just dumped a short box of bronze for cheap.

I know I still have an xtra 140 but I think my 109 went in the box. I'll check later.

I have never owned of copy of 100 for some reason.

My brother found a VG+ copy of 3 at a yard sale for 50 cents about 10 years ago.

My 94 looks VF but it has tape on the back cover.

I would skip all the reprints, look close at the covers they are all redrawn hack. Plus sellers see "X-Men 72!!" and think $$$$.

My first issue was 185 and found down to 181 on the spinners. I was at a new school and I always carried comics with me. A kid said you wanna buy my books? I got 106-178 for a dollar a pop. I told him they were worth more but he was over them, more into skateboards and chicks. When he brought them to school I carried them around for a bit then just ditched and went home to read them.

I have seen a long box of 137 before. 

I think it was an interview with Bud Cole (?) and he said no one really cared about early Daredevil and X-men so he had a long box of both #1s in Mint.

 

GSX #1 is a must have obviously, one day.  The annuals I pick up if I come across them and the price is ok, but they aren't a priority.  

I'll eventually have the reprints. I'm a completest, sigh.  They are also not priority.

Nice score on that run!

On 3/7/2018 at 12:43 AM, axiom94 said:

 I will say though that sometimes i have sacrificed valuable issues of non-priority titles only to regret it later.

 

Yeah, that's what I want to avoid regarding my NYX set. I really like having it. It's the only big book/set I've ever bought off the shelf, its in great condition, and I like the character. I'll probably end up keeping it and getting the #3 and #4 graded. Probably 

6 hours ago, jcronin said:

I wish you luck and keep your eyes on the prize.

thanks! That's exactly what I need to do. Every time I even think about buying another comic book or comic related anything...

Ha! Sorry. That's going to be my first slabbed Silver Age book and only my second slab period. Couldn't pass up that deal.

But you have a #1 so yo are light years ahead of me lul

So here is the list. It doesn't include two recent purchases on the boards, even though I haven't received them yet. This list hurts my eyes. It haunts my dreams. I want to kill it.  I'm not going to list every single issue individually. I'll just edit it as I cross issues off of it.  It is basically the entire Silver and Bronze Age X-Men run.

1-14, 16-31, 33-37, 39-44, 46-53, 55-59, 61-92

94-97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 106, 107, 109-115, 122, 124, 128, 131, 132, 133, 136, 142

Ooooh so not the medium flat rate envelope. Ok thanks!

How do you get 5 to 15 books inside a flat rate envelope?