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Krydel4

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    $25000 Challenge!

    By Krydel4,

    Background : I originally started collecting when I was about 5 years old. I used to go to a used bookstore with my mother and they sold direct market comics (the only place in town). I saw GI JOE #39 on the rack the comics were kept and as I was a big fan (I had the toys) my mother bought it for me. And so began my comic collecting life. Every month I would get a two comics (GI Joe and Transformers) and a DC or Marvel reprint collection from the store. Pretty soon I was more fascinated with superheroes in the reprinted Silver Age stories than the Giant robots or Ninja in the two other titles. I started to collect Superman, GL and The Flash from DC along with X-Men and the Avengers from Marvel. I collected all the way up until I finished College and got a job overseas. I figured it was better to go cold turkey and just stop collecting than try to get someone to pick up my books and ship then to me etc. I sold off most of my collection keeping the books that were key or sentimental value. This was around 2000 and I didn't return back to my home country (other than for a short visit once a year) until 2011. My reintroduction to the comic book collecting world was a bit jolting. They had cancelled Action Comics. And it was rebooting at #1.Back issues and new Comics were encased in plastic never to be read and were being bought and sold for insane prices. I heard the term Investment books for the first time.  I had collected all through the 80s and 90s so I was around for the speculator boom (then bust) and chromium / metallic / 10 different variant covers Era. But this is something different. This is the Reboot Era. The Corporate era. They used to have 1 volume of Action and Detective, now there are 3 since 2011 (the newest incarnations of both are continuing the numbering but not the universe so they are separate for me). Which led me to make my decision. I would not be buying the new issues from the publishers of my youth DC and Marvel. Instead I decided to buy the characters and stories of my youth. Which for me happen to be the Silver Age as they were the characters and stories in the reprints. 

    Collecting Manifesto: I have settled on 10 Series or Characters I wish to collect. I am going to be collecting the first 25 issues of each series or the first 25 issues of that characters appearance in their own book. So here goes…
    Amazing Spider-Man 1-25   Avengers 1-25  Daredevil 1-25  Fantastic Four 1-25  Journey into Mystery (Thor) 83-107 Tales of Suspense (Iron Man) 39-63   X-Men 1-25  The Flash 105-129  Green Lantern 1-25 Justice League of America 1-25
    (For budgetary reasons I left out Showcase, B&B and AF appearances)
    I am going to be seeking out and buying whenever possible Raw copies of books and I will be cracking out any slabbed books I buy. I know that will be anathema to some but I see no reason to slab any book that is less than Near Mint. I will be reading everything I buy at least once and with completion of each series I will buy the appropriate trade or trades to go with it. 

    My base budget for this endeavour is $25000 USD. Out of that base budget I have also set individual series budgets. I calculated each budget based upon the latest Overstreet price guide, Online sources (ComicLink, mycomicshop, etc) and Ebay listings. As such I will be targeting to buy between 2.0 - 5.0 books. If a higher grade than a 5.0 presents itself for a decent price within the budget I have set for each series then I will buy it. Also if I have the opportunity to buy a book in a grade lower than 2.0 (if it presents nicely) I will buy it but keep looking for a higher grade replacement. Any shipping costs will be rolled into the overall price of the book( ie. $65 book + $5 shipping makes it a $70 book) Any leftover money from a completed series will be split up amongst the other remaining series. I have given myself a timeline of 3 years to complete this personal collecting challenge. I will update this thread with the issue bought, where it was bought (LCBS, Online site, or Convention) and final purchase price. Cheers.
  2. Krydel4

    4 more F4

    By Krydel4,

    Fantastic Four 16 $68 2.5
    Fantastic Four 19 $68  3.0
    Fantastic Four 20 $69 7.0
    Fantastic Four 24 $42 2.5
    $20285 Remaining
    73/250 Books




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    A few ASM and DD

    By Krydel4,

    ASM 10 $190 5.0 LCBS
    ASM 21 $70 5.0 EBAY
    DD 9 $50 7.0 LCBS
    DD 12 $38 5.0 LCBS
    DD 13 $38 7.5 LCBS
     
    $24450 REMAINING
    7/250 BOOKS
    Got lucky with the DDs as I picked them up from a shop that had a 30% off deal on their Silver Age books.





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    A few bigger books...

    By Krydel4,

    ASM 9 $300 4.5 LCBS
    Fantastic Four 3 $665 3.5 Website
    Flash 123 $400 3.5 LCBS
    16642 remaining
    95/250 Books
    ASM 9 is slabbed so the pic is a little off. Haven't broken it out yet.
     



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    Amazing/Daredevil

    By Krydel4,

    ASM 23 $40 3.0 LCBS
    ASM 25 $57 3.5 LCBS
    Dardevil 16 $15 2.0 Ebay
    Daredevil 17 $40 7.0 Ebay
    $24265 Remaining
    20/250 Books
    Thanks for all the views and comments everyone. Long way to go still. Cheers.




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    Flash! Aahh Aahh!

    By Krydel4,

    From my research I think this is going to be one of more difficult series to obtain for decent prices.  Damn TV show.
    Flash 116 $45 5.5 LCBS
    Flash 118 $37 2.5 LCBS
    $24478 Remaining
    14/250 Books
     


  13. Krydel4
    I have some time over the holidays to scan in and post some more books I've acquired in the past couple of months. 
    JIM 87 $120 4.0 EBay
    JIM 88 $90 2.0 Website
    JIM 89 $90 2.0 Website
    JIM 90 $45 1.8 Website
    $15775 Remaining 
    102/250 books
    Current tally in each Series:
    ASM 11/25 books
    Avengers 16/25 books
    Daredevil 9/25 books
    Fantastic Four 12/25 books
    Flash 10/25 books
    GL 9/25 books
    JLOA 9/25 books
    JIM 10/25 books
    TOS 7/25 books
    X-Men 9/25 books
    I do have more to add in the next week so should be over the 50% completion soon.
     




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    More Avengers

    By Krydel4,

    Some Avengers Pickups. The #9 was a throw in by the seller when I bought #3. The cover is pretty beat but the interior is in pretty good shape.
    Avengers 2 $230 4.0 Online
    Avengers 3 $130 2.5 Ebay
    Avengers 8 $127 5 Ebay
    Avengers 9 $0 1.0 EBay
    $18711 Remaining
    83/250 books
     




  21. Krydel4

    More Minor Keys and a #1

    By Krydel4,

    Been a bit busy with a newborn so haven't been able to post much. Still collecting but I haven't had time to scan the books in. Definitely making a big dent though into the runs.
    Avengers 6 $51 4.0 EBay
    Daredevil 4 $50 3.0 LCBS
    Flash 113 $69 2.5 EBay
    GL 1 $350 3.5 LCBS
    $21213 Remaining
    64/250 Books




  22. Krydel4
    Between work and a newborn been very busy. Not too busy to buy but too busy to have the time to catalogue, scan, and post. I usually scan at night but as sleep has been at a premium lately I have been opting for bed rather than the glow of a computer screen. But I will try to get caught up over the days and weeks to get back on track. I'll be posting chronological from when I bought the books based on memory. 
    TOS 40 $110 2.0 EBay
    TOS 43 $82 2.0 LCBS
    Avengers 4 $375 1.8 Online Auction
    $19198 remaining
    79/250 books



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    GL 17 $34 4.5 LCBS
    GL 21 $26 4.5 LCBS
    DD 5 $90 6.0 LCBS
    DD 14 $35 6.5 LCBS
    $23931 Remaining 
    27/250 Books
    The DDs were such a good price and quality I had to pick them up even if they were outside my grade range. Still within series budget though.