Hey everyone -
Edward in Los Angeles. Got into comics because of the original ASM cartoon and TV show back in the day and even worked at New England Comics in the mail room (before legal age, shhh!).
Loved the hobby all through freshman in college, when I would bicycle over 10 miles to raid the nearest store, fill my backpack's worth and ride all the way back to campus. Got pulled over once for speeding, if you can believe it.
Amassed about 7 boxes worth of books over the years: Swamp Thing, Daredevil, Batman, Punisher, everything Spider-Man, Watchmen, Groo the Wanderer, independents like TMNT (in the Mirage days), Grendel, Mage, Usagi Yojimbo and the like.
Like a lot of folks, I'm starting a new stage of life - a new business - and dipping into the past to help make it happen. Outside of a few gems, my baseball card collection from the early-mid '80s never recovered its value and I'm now reluctantly tapping into my comics. Lot of sentimental value.
I'm slowly learning about the present state of the trade: print runs, populations, certification, which books to press, which ones to get graded, etc. My collection is mostly Modern Age, which I see is quite 9.8 oriented ... so I'll focus on my older and independent books first - the obvious first one being an ASM 129 I picked up just after the release of The Punisher #1 Limited Series for $0.25 from one of those old mail order ads.
My contribution here will likely be nostalgia more than anything else. I really wish the cards had held their value, but life is what it is. What's nice, though, is that I know if and when I ever get back into collecting for myself, that there's a place to do it.
Appreciate everyone who has already posted on the boards. Thanks
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