JohnH19

4.0 and 2.0...quite a letdown after double bullseyes.

I don’t want to wish my life away but the next 75 minutes can’t go fast enough!

Grades are in.

I'm amazed at how obsessed I've become with this silly contest.

I'm thinking 3.0.

Nailed 'em both!   The roller coaster ride continues...

I'd be tempted if the books were higher grade but I only collect 9.8 and up.

Grades are in.

5 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

Not posted yet. Just check the "Hey Buddy, can you spare a grade?" section of the boards around 5-7 PM tonight.

No problem. I can wait until half past forever for this round's grades to show up.

5 minutes ago, thirdgreenham said:

This will be the 6th year now where I’ve told everyone that I don’t choose books to intentionally fool people. 

I choose books that have certain flaws, or sometimes strange flaws (where I really want to know how CGC would handle this), and also really cool books that I like and want to show off. 

Now which two I pair together in each round may have meaning and again may not. 

Just do your best for as many rounds that you remember to enter, have some fun, and hopefully learn something at the end. 

You may even win a prize!  

And kav, I quoted you here, but I’m really talking to everyone.  

It's my first time participating and I'm enjoying the heck out of it. I just wish it wasn't making me hate myself quite so much.

I thought the JIM looked damn near perfect and graded it accordingly. The Alf looked like it had too many spine tics for a high grade. Bottom line? I'm f***ed.

Grades in. I feel like I'm playing Shinnecock Hills today.

Grades in. I have a 5 and three -1s in the first two rounds. Obviously, I have no clue.

1 hour ago, eddly said:

when is the football game starting again... Winnipeg weather...

It's still raining outside. I'm not sure what's worse; waiting for the game to start again or stressing over what my grades should be.

I was 4.0 and 5.0. 7.0 is hard to believe.

Grades in. Only one direction for me to go.

Grades in.

I'll give it a shot.
Thanks, Andy!

My first purchase from Rick, consisting of ASM 8, 22 and 37, arrived today. Prices, communication, packaging and shipping time were all excellent! I’ll definitely be on the lookout for his future sales.

My first superhero comic was Jimmy Olsen 80 Pg Giant #13 in the summer of 1965. I bought DC only, never even noticed Marvel comics, until the summer of '67 when I picked up Spidey King Size Special #4. The only reason I grabbed that book was I had all of the DC books I wanted that month. I read it that afternoon and even as an 8 year old I could immediately comprehend the difference in the quality of the stories. The Spidey story made the characters seem like real people while DC stories seemed so formulaic, dry and humourless. I still bought a few DC books for a year or so after that but I went whole hog into collecting Marvel from that afternoon on to the end of my childhood collecting days.

Hello all,

I'm not really new to the boards as I joined 13 months ago but since I never formally introduced myself, here goes...

I collected superhero comics pretty diligently from ages 6 to 10 and then tapered off until quitting completely at age 13 in 1972. Most of my sizeable collection mysteriously disappeared over time and I never gave comic books much of a thought again until I discovered the Marvel Masterworks hardcover reprint books in 1992. Those books brought back waves of nostalgic memories for me. That, and my younger son's enthusiasm for superheros, got me back into collecting.

My main focus has been Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1. With the purchase of issues 8, 22 and 37 from Ricksneatstuff last night, I'm only missing 1, 4, 7 and 12 to complete the run. I have also purchased issues 5, 9 and 33 from other fine gentlemen on the boards.

Other runs I have been working on are:
-Daredevil 1 to 60 is done,
-New look Batman 164 to 200 plus some Neal Adams keys above that when I can get them. I bought a nice 227 from Solar during his massive thread. I'm semi-desperately looking for a fairly high grade 169. I love the beautiful purple cover.
-New look Detectives from 327 to 419 are complete. I had a subscription to Tec in 1967-68 because, for some reason, they weren't sold here in Winnipeg. I fondly remember receiving 16 issues from 364-379 for my 12 issue subscription.
-Silver age Superman from 122 to 201. I'm still missing a few, mostly the lower numbers. Got a bunch of these from Solar. I would very much like to get my hands on a nice 127 since it was on the stands the month I was born.

I have also obtained some silver age keys from other titles that I used to have as a kid and wanted to own again; Avengers 4, the Galactus Trilogy, Silver Surfer 1 to 18 and some other odds and ends.

That's about it. I very much enjoy the fellowship of the knowledgeable collectors on these boards and I look forward to contributing more in the future.

John

Take Spidey 8, 22 and 37 7.0 at 10 off.

Very pleased with the ASM 33 I purchased from Dan. Thanks!

On 1/10/2018 at 9:53 AM, VintageComics said:

Just picked this up for inventory.

I normally don't post in the club threads but this book happens to be one of my faves of all time.

What a beauty!

I started collecting superhero books with the Jimmy Olsen 80 Pg Giant #13 in the summer of 1965 when I was six years old. I collected DCs only for two years and then discovered Marvels when I picked up Spider-Man King Size Special #4 in 1967. I collected Marvels hard until sometime in 1970 and then gradually lost interest, as my passion for sports grew, until I stopped completely in the summer of '72. Among others that I'm no doubt forgetting, my collection included every Daredevil from 7 to 55, almost every Avengers up to 106 (I know I was missing 1 and 3), most Thors from the early 100s up to 206, all 18 Silver Surfers, most Tales of Suspense starting in the 60s, several FFs including the Galactus Trilogy, Iron Man 1 to 5 or so, Cap 100 to 116, Hulk 102, Sub-Mariner 1 and some of the DCs I picked up before I stopped buying them in 1968.

How that collection disappeared is a family mystery that may have gone to my mother's grave. I didn't really think much about my books for 20 years and then my younger son got interested in superhero action figures and comics. I told him that I once had a pretty good collection of several hundred books and then I realized that I didn't know what happened to them. My mom wasn't one to throw any of my stuff away just to make space or because she thought it was junk. The suspicion is that my boxes of comics got caught in a rain storm during our move in the summer of 1973 and, rather than telling me and facing my "wrath", mom, thinking or knowing that the books were ruined may have discreetly disposed of them. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I'll never know because I never did ask her.

I didn't mention my childhood ASM collection, which consisted of 48 issues between #20 and 82, including the first six or seven annuals, because I sold it when I was 10. I absolutely loved (and still do) the early Romita run from #39 to 56 but then the series took what I feel is a serious nosedive. I loved the back issues I picked up and the first three monthly issues (54-56) I purchased as a new collector but I didn't much enjoy the stories that followed for the next two years. I sold the collection to a friend for the princely, for a 10 year old, sum of $5. I don't really regret that sale because, hey, I was just a kid and I almost got full cover price for them.

In terms of regrets, back in the early 90s I foolishly sold my Hot Wheels collection, which included all of the original 1968 cars plus many more from 1969 and 70, and pretty well all of my childhood toys to fund purchases of now worthless sports cards. Sigh...

Sorry for the long-winded post but it was somewhat therapeutic.

On 11/27/2017 at 9:30 AM, Raze said:

amazing spider-man 33 FN/VF (sub fold) i love this cover! it would be my favorite but ASM 13 wins for me i bought this from a board member a few years back $80 $60 $53

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