Get Marwood & I

Indeed. After the initial euphoria, there's something oddly sad about completing a run. Thrill of the chase and all that. The worst thing I ever did was completing everything. I couldn't do it again, as my circumstances have changed, but if I did, keys first would lessen the impact.

Not sure if I'm the first to spot this but it looks very much like Spider-Man Tony Stark is going to be in the new Iron Man Spider-Man film!

For me, getting a CGC run was just another way of extending what I was doing. I already had all the raws and had effectively run out of things to buy (Spidey-wise that is). So attempting a CGC run was a logical next step. I nearly managed it - I amassed ASM 102-200 in 9.4WP - and I have to say they did look impressive. But deep down, I wasn't a fan of graded books so there wasn't too many tears shed when I sold them. As a collector of most things, I can totally understand those who go after graded books. There is a beautiful symmetry around a run of graded books, all lined up the same (being a bit of an OCD type all my ASM's had to be 9.4, had to be WP, had to be the same CGC case style (no old and new mix) and had to all be newsstands): But on the flip, I don't particularly admire or envy the guy who has, say, ASM 1-100 in CGC 9.6, over the guy who has them all raw in low to mid grade. Each collection is an achievement in its own right and the only real difference determining the grade quality is the wealth of the individuals involved. That's not to belittle the guy who has the 9.6 run. It would have taken great patience and dedication to collect it, but I sometimes think we overstate the importance of grade and this can alienate those who can't afford it. When we start talking about a quarter of a million dollars for a book, a part of me switches off. One of the reasons I dislike graded books, is that a one point difference can catapult a book financially to a ridiculous level. CGC has very much energised parts of the hobby, and provides a valuable service with its restoration checks etc, but as an experienced buyer myself, I could clearly see that a good number of my ASM 9.4 run were not NM. We all know that one CGC 9.4 can look completely different to another in the same grade. So I prefer to let my own eyes do the talking, if you know what I mean. I had a lot of fun cracking slabs open. I got a lot of my MJI's that way, and enjoyed busting them out, reading them, smelling and touching them, and then placing them in triple boarded mylite2s alongside their raw cousins like so: But hey, I've digressed. Whether low grade raw, or high grade slab, buy the keys first!

Being an ex-Spidey Completist, I never really collected many non-super hero titles (apart from Outlaw Kid #10 as I recall, which had Spidey on the cover for some reason). My pence research opened my eyes to the beauty of many of the western titles. Here's a few pictures, just because they're nice I posted this one in the 'PGM My...' section. No one did of course - nobody likes me - but who cares when she's this pretty Thorpe & Porter! Thorpe & Porter! Gunsmoke Western Pence Copies.... Come on down! The 'Price' is indeed RIGHT!

Wonder Womaaaaaan! Quite a topical way to bump a thread I suppose

Afternoon pence people. We're still stuck on 3,001 pence printed Marvels I'm afraid , so don't forget to check the 'missing list' I posted earlier on to see if you have any hitherto undiscovered pence copies stashed away. One thing that I find amusing with our pence copies is the 'one off issue' titles. The titles where, for reasons unknown, someone decided to solicit only one pence copy for us over here. One of the best is 'Vault of Evil' #23. I picked up this beaten up copy a while back: Nice cover, and I love what our endangered lass here is doing with her hands. Possibly, she's attempting to scare off her ghoulish suitor with a little shadow puppetry? So, 23 issues and all we get is the last one: I like to think it was the UK's rejection of the title that forced it's cancellation. Such is the might of the UK buyer The Comic Book Price Guide website kind of confirms the scenario.... http://www.comicpriceguide.co.uk/us_comic.php?tc=vaultevil ....but I do wish they would steer away from concentrating on what was 'non-distributed' as opposed to what was printed with a sole pence price. That way confusion lies. Still, a nice addition to the pence parade

Joking aside, I can't believe this thread is still here.....

Fuh me yea!

It's Roys fault. He started it.

Another one for the list!

No politics, no mention of the competition. I suppose that's fair on a forum with well judged moderation boundaries. Guess we'll just have to stick with comic related bollocks, wankers, terrorism and suicide.

I don't understand? How can there be more than one wanker Roy? Your response implies multiple wankers? I think you might have spent too long in the Amazing Fantasy 15 club

To be safe @ADAMANTIUM I'd stick with the wanker. The four letter words are always likely to cause problems but you'll always be fine with our six lettered friend.

Still no ? *spoon*

Nope. Vintage

Nope. Vermillion

Vestibule

@VintageComics Roy, as OP, where do you stand on the wanker?

An unmanipulated wanker is acceptable but an unmanipulated 'Philip K' isn't? What manner of madness is this?! ?

So, if there is an inappropriate words list, and those words do not appear when you post them (without any manipulation), does that mean that any word which does appear when you post it is, by definition, acceptable? If so, wanker.