PDGray

Again, thank you for the welcome. I owned that particular copy for a long time. The thieves managed to leave most of my books. They did get my key issues box along with about 2,000 other books by my guess. I still have probably 8-9,000 books now and have slowly built back some of what I had. Most of what I can afford to get now are lower to mid-grade books for the most part. I like having my display set up. I posted it in another forum somewhere, but this is a (mostly) Marvel display I have up currently in the attached photo. I still have my X-Men run from #3-35. I had two copies of 4 - thieves got one of them along with my GSX1 and 94. I got another copy of 94 a few years ago, so its not as bad. The second row from the top, with the X-Men are all signed by Chris Claremont. I was fortunate enough to meet him in Kansas City almost two years ago. Anyway, here is what I have in the display currently. I could probably do this 2-3 times with Marvels and not duplicate anything. I could do the same with my DC books. PDG

While not as many graded books, this is what my current display case looks like. I have others that aren't represented here, but I switch out periodically. And I know that a lot of these aren't silver. I think the most recent books are the blanks which I had Steven Butler do for me. Other than those I think the most recent may be the NM98. PDG

Thank you both. I know the books are long gone by now. I never took photos or scanned any of them. I never had any reason to do that. When I was in college all those years ago I used my key issues (Including the XMen 1) as a border around the top of the walls of my rooms. I thought it was kind of cool, but nobody else got it or understood it. Keep in mind this was the late 80s and early 90s. Yeah, I know the GA books might be trackable due to their rarity, but thats just how it goes I suppose. Maybe one day I can find another copy, but it's highly unlikely. PDG

Hello all!! I guess I am relatively new here, but I am the owner of a well-read and used copy of FF52. I bought it in a run from #22-140 or so several years ago. I have a display case in my house and this is hanging among a lot of other books. Have a great day!! PDG

Hello all! This is probably my first post on this board. I own(ed) a copy of X-Men 1 that I bought back in 1990 from a store in Detroit. It was a lower grade copy, probably a 2.0 or 3.0, but it was mine. At the time I was a lowly college student. The book was absolutely the pride of my collection. It, and a LOT of other keys, were stolen from me a few years ago. All the books absolutely disappeared. No trace of them anywhere. This included 2 copies of Hulk 181, early Avengers, Xmen 2 & 4, almost all of the 1968 Marvels, lots of golden age ( Superman 20, Marvel Mystery 11). All told probably $250-300,000 in books I had collected over a lot of years. None of the books were graded, so no real way to track them down. They had been in a storage facility for a long time as my dad and brother had put them there while I went to the Army. The unit was broken into and they managed to take a few specific boxes (which I find curious). It was either an absolute stroke of luck, or someone knew what they were doing. Anyway, I have to admit I am a bit jealous seeing all of these X-Men 1's. Well done to all of you!! PDG