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FlyingDonut

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    SPAWN! A look back at an award-winning collection of graded slabs.

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    On 9/23/2023 at 11:03 AM, newshane said:

    Yeah, the number of variants is out of control, and it’s been that way for too long. But, people keep buying them. 
     

    I admired Todd back in the 90s because he avoided all of the gimmick covers. Unfortunately, he made up for it. Sadly, mist of the variants aren’t even that interesting. You will see soon. There is a very long stretch where every issue had a black and white variant. 
     

    This, along with the unmanageable size of the collection, was one of the main reasons I sold out. The stress of keeping up was too much. The unannounced “ultra rare” convention variants were the last straw. As vigilant as I was, I wouldn’t even hear about some if them until after the fact…even with all my connections. It was just too much stress to keep up, and it took all the fun out of collecting. 
     

    I sold out, bought some truly rare Golden Age, and I’ve never looked back. 

    Its much less dollar wise, but that's why I got out of Adventure Time collecting - things that I found out about after the fact. What a pain.