Mercury Man

I just try and buy nice examples that are in my price range. I do it more as a 'completionist' than anything. If I see a VF/NM Bronze Spiderman, Captain America or FF for $5 I am all over it. They present well, not too many issues. Someday those grades may go up or down, who can tell, but at $5, meh....

It has been a life long blessing and a curse.

Showing off my comics to non-comic book wait what?!! Nope. I keep them in my Danger Room, away from the great unwashed masses. Why bother. They either A) don't get it B) won't want to get it C) roll eyes, and wonder why someone my age is still reading superhero stories. Meh....I'd rather be alone with my thoughts.

9.9's are the Jonas Brothers of CGC. They exist, they happen, they appear, and yet we don't know why.

I'm in...finally, (and bringing back this post from the dead, evidently).

Hey lookit me! I'ma Collector!

I am just not sure bout that face sculpt. I immediately thought of this:

Good lord, how do breathe sitting so high up on that horse of yours?! I have been collecting comics since the 1970's. While my collection pales in comparison to many of the respected vets (of which you are not included), let's not pretend you know me and I know you. Modern comics are a roulette wheel at best, fueled by a lot of pump and dump, brought about by infomercials and manufactured collectibles in the 1990's, which carry over to ebay and message boards on the net today. Congrats to those who make a buck. I'd rather spend $1000 on a decent Silver or Bronze key, that has a track record of value increasing. Thanks you for pointing out my 'lack of knowledge'. You bring so much to the CGC message boards, how shall we ever thank you?!

I am the point in life, where I choose not to spend $1000 on an over priced comic book, due to a hyped possible movie appearance, phantom print runs or variant covers.

Sure they are. But if I am using $1000 and the word 'investment', I'd rather bang it up against a Gold/Silver/Bronze book with some track history. Same thing I would do when putting money into mutual funds.

$1000 + Investment + Modern Age= My skin crawls

Meh....I'd take Cap's First Appearance over Jokers any day.

Feel better Dude and heal. The rest of life's hassles become so unimportant.

Most Defenders comic covers show them post clobbered.

Here is your variant crowd....

Captain America: 1) Skinny, sickly guy who couldn't serve his Country but wanted to. 2) When given the Super Soldier Serum, didn't change his core make up, of being a good person. 3) Has an awesome shield, that acts like a Boomerang. 4) He doesn't like bullies and he "can do this all day".

What does that even mean. How can they even claim that? Seems like a silly way to say- "these are really nice copies", but with an over the top dramatic flair.

You got to put in the work. Get in the weeds. Garage Sales are a start.

I think we have gotten to a point where it's the "immovable force meets an unstoppable object".

Bat Wang was a turn off for me.

On that note, I really enjoyed Captain America Winter Soldier. It had the espionage feel to it, that I always enjoyed in many of the Captain America story arcs. No hoardes, just a lot of corruption, moles and spy guy stuff.

Nah, I am kind of in the same boat. Downey Jr. and Evans really made the series for me. Avengers 1, 2, 3, 4 all had these big cataclysmic battles with multiple hoardes. It was fun, but they started to ring similar. Don't get me wrong, I like the remaining characters enough for the next phase, but will probably wait till these things come out on DVD/Netflix.

I think I can see one person in that video, that contributes to a 401K.

Pffftt...how would we know. We've never been to the moon.....