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I bought a 9.4 wp copy of that 4 years ago for 30 bucks on ebay then sold it for 50 a year ago. Guess I should have waited.

Chronologically it was ASM 252. Continuity it would be SW8 ASM #252 was first. Then you had to wait till Secret Wars #8 to find out how it happened. Dan Marvel Age #12 was technically the first appearance of the black suit: link Granted, it just showed sketches of what the new suit might look like, it was published in March of '84.

I had a door-length poster of Samantha Fox on the back of my bedroom door, with Cat in the corner next to it. Needless to say my door was closed a lot when I was a kid. (TMI? ) I've had my eye out for the Cat poster for a while now. I'll let you know if I find any!

Had the poster below on my wall as a kid. Love Black Cat. Platinum blonde with curves!

Tks!

Sweet old label goodness

Long time board watcher, not quite a first time poster...but I feel like it. I'm nearly illiterate when it comes to working with unstructured data files and media. I want to post in selling forums and I'm teaching myself how to include pictures. That said, I'm practicing by posting my latest CGC submissions. It will get two birds with one stone because I'm pretty excited about the latest books CGC sent back this week! Enjoy! More than likely be posting this one in the selling forum since it's not in my collecting focus: Let me know if you guys think I've done anything wrong or can do something better to maximize photo posts for your viewing pleasure (and mine). Thanks for looking!

Just made my first transaction ever on the boards and met Ken to pick up my books here in VA. He was prompt, accommodating, and genuinely a nice guy. It was a pleasure doing business with you. I'm going to HAVE to start selling books on the boards just to be able to buy more from Ken. I only hope I can live up to the high standard sellers like Ken have established. Thanks again, Ken!

First submission in a long time and pleasantly surprised! Got my coupon books graded and the turnaround time has been spot on thus far. Kudos to CGC for a job well done! The 4 books I submitted were: Strange Tales 115 (Early Spidey app and Sandman 2nd app) Strange Tales Annual 2 (4th app of Spidey) Amazing Spider-Man 43 (1st full MJ) Amazing Spider-Man 49 (beautiful Vulture/Kraven cover) I expected the following grades/(and got these): ST 115: 6.5 OW /(7.5 OW) SWEET! ST AN 2: 4.0 OW /(5.0 OW-W) SCORE! ASM 43: 8.0 OW-W /(6.5 OW-W) BOO! ASM 49: 8.0 W /(8.0 OW-W) Pretty spot on! Been so long since I submitted I forgot how much fun it was to finally get word on them. I stupidly let last year's coupon expire so I missed out on submitted 3 free books. Wasn't going to let that happen two years in a row. Now the wait for the shipped books to get here! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

I agree that it is important to match the signature with the actual creators of a specific book. So a Stan Lee SS book ought to warrant a premium if he actually wrote the story. I also understand the argument that Stan Lee is largely responsible for the creation of the majority of the CORE characters in the Marvel Universe. One could argue that if one of those core characters is in the book, then Stan made his mark on the book. For my own personal collection I prefer to have Stan Lee written books with his signature on them. I won't pay a premium for his signature if he didn't write the story. However, I have one exception: my Secret Wars #10. It has sentimental value in that it was the first comic I ever bought off the rack. And I can justify the Stan Lee signature by claiming he had his hand in creating 80% of the characters in that book...

Really? a teaser? Just got the coolest book I've added to my collection since the first comic I ever bought. And it's another copy of that very same first comic. The difference is that this book is a CGC SS at a 9.8 and it's signed by not just Mike Zeck, it has Stan THE MAN Lee's signature on it!!!! I bought my first comic book, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #10 from a spinner rack in a drug store when I was a kid and I've been hooked ever since (see my first journal if interested in that event). Now I have that same book in the highest grade (I think...are there any 9.9s or 10s out there?) and it is signed by the artist and the creator of so many of the characters featured in it. Sorry gang, had to brag about it. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Lofty goals abound! OK, I've decided to leave ebay behind, save for a few slabbed books to buy every now and then. ebay was not good to me in 2007 and I found it just too arduous a task to try and sell books to build the collection I really want. That said, I now intend to find the greatest specimens in the raw at conventions and shops up and down the East coast. It may take me the next 20 years to complete the sets I've added to my profile, but I will do it. And I will enjoy every moment of the hunt. As a long time 'reader' and not a 'collector' I am somewhat inexperienced in finding those rare gems and great deals and grandma's yard sales that are the stories of myth. If anyone has any suggestions on where to find these nuggets I'd welcome all advice. Even wholesale auctions, trade shows, or shop sales would be helpful to know about. I'll also be happy to share any info I stumble upon in my journey. 'nuff said!

This is how it all began. One afternoon as I was wandering aimlessly up and down the aisles of the local People?s Drug while my dad filled a prescription; Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #10 caught my eye on the spinning comic book rack. The agony and equal perseverance the Mike Zech drawn Doctor Doom elicits on that cover struck me as something awesome. I HAD to have that comic. Just as my dad agreed to shell out the sixty cents to buy the book, Amazing Spider-Man #261 twirled around the rack, exposing that beautiful Charles Vess painted cover with the Hobgoblin standing victoriously over a seemingly defeated Spider-Man. Now I had a dilemma. I had to somehow finagle $1.20 to have these two comics. I struck a deal with my dad. He?d buy one comic of my choosing now, and I could earn the other sixty cents needed by cleaning my room. Within 24 hours I believe I had my room cleaner than any other kids' in the entire neighborhood. I now had both of these brilliant comics and I read and reread them incessantly. My love of comic books was born. Needing to feed the urge to read every single comic book I could get my hands on, my dad passed by what became my Mecca as a pre teen, and the source for my insatiable habit. Being a Naval officer who worked in Crystal City he often would take lunch breaks in the Crystal City Underground. He would pick up one issue of Secret Wars per week at Geppi?s Comics (only after my chores were complete, of course) until I had all 12. My first in store visit came after I had finished collecting that first run. Seeing the alphabetized bagged and boarded back issues in the white Formica bins and the new releases on the shelves back in the corner had me giddy every time I walked into the store. Who needed the arcade next door to Geppi?s with all these comic books to read??? High School brought a move to Annapolis as Dad?s last tour was at the Naval Academy. It also brought me to my first part time job at Twilight Zone Comic Books and Records. It was on the second floor of a brownstone in the harbor of Annapolis and yet another slice of utopia. To this day that year spent at The Twilight Zone is my favorite work experience ever, and it was also the lowest pay I?ve ever received (happily I might add). [attachment=:name]