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On 2/18/2022 at 2:54 AM, lbcolefan said:

These 3 had been hiding out in Australia for the last 15 years.

I think i sent them to a very good home 

Good to see this is till going strong

Casey,

Mate to see that is astounding to say the least, but the main thing has always and will always be family first mate.

Might have to pick up a few of them to hold for ya when you get to it again!!

I just won this on C'Link tonight.

 

 

Nice to see everyone is still going along merrily

 

What's new from down under?

Nadda mate, just surviving as best we can down here.

Trying to slowly fill in those last gaps of the run, before i sit down and decide on th next great task...upgrading am down to about 15 left for the complete run (non cgc and cgc'd).

How goes it in the land below Canada?

I just won this on C'Link tonight.

 

Nice to see everyone is still going along merrily

Thanks, Steve!!

You would have thought you'd slow down by now...but no!!

And hiya one and all fellow x-manites!!

It'll be great and sad to final finish the complete run, but i console myself with the one thought...upgrading!!

Wow nice one danny, th colours on that must look even better up close

Another nice Northland!!

Very nice addition indeed.

Danny,

 

You are right. The 59 isn't a black cover but it is a toughie above 9.6. I have the 9.6 Oakland copy and it's as close to 9.8 as possible. The 42 is really hard above 9.6 (I have the Northland). I have the 52 Pac Coast.

 

The 41 9.9 is either a double or triple cover. Pretty insane book. I'll email you a scan of it.

 

Doug

 

C'mon, Doug. Post it on the boards so all of us can drool over it. I think these guys are tired of seeing my 9.4's and want to see some real x-books.

 

Casey

They are all real x-books...some are just more well loved than others

Woo Hoo Casey

nice...any restoration?

No restoration

Very nice copy and pick-up!! What grade did CGC give it?

CGC 4.0

Kudos to Brent from Quality Comix for this ultimate grail of mine as well as sending it to CGC for me...a great thanks from the land down under mate!!

Woo hoo!!!

Waiting in the mail and now unwrapped from CGC

A common scene repeated often amongst many a collector...

We all have our mini-grails, our guilty pleasure grails and of course our ultimate grails.

For me a chance to pick up my ultimate grail arose and i gladly took it up. The hard part is the waiting knowing that it is on its way, wining it's way from CGC to the land down under.

And walking through the front door to find a box waiting there and you start wondering "is it finally here"..and the funny aspect that hits you is that...you've been waiting sp patiently for it, and yet you patiently, cautiously open the box, pull back the bubble wrap... and there it lays

It's not Tec 27 nor an Action 1. It's not any number of landmark titles that populate the golden age and many times it is a point of some derision.

But for me it is the start of a title that i remember as being the first comic i ever read that stayed with me. The first title that i ever started collected and looked forward to each month (albeit a little behind those in that states) to read the stories of my favorite band of marvelous, merry mutants.

So at this moment, i be a very happy aussie and my greatest appreciation to Brent from Quality Comix!!

Congratulations Aussie! You got a sweet book and you got a good deal if I remember right. That is the copy that Mr. Highgrade hooked you up with a while back, right?

 

Nope missed out on that one, this was from Quality comics...so i be quite happy with that

 

I'd be happy too. He hooked you up with a sweet one

Thanks mate (thumbs u

Next i'll think about submitting my Amazing Adventures to see how well they stack up against your brilliant, blinding bodacious Beast books!!

(i think just killed the alliteration with that one)

Thanks one and all.

It'll be a great feeling to finally have the one comic that is a ultimate grail from a series that i've never given up on...even when comics were becoming a bit dull.

So now that i've got that one out of the way.... just another 15 to go!!

Congratulations Aussie! You got a sweet book and you got a good deal if I remember right. That is the copy that Mr. Highgrade hooked you up with a while back, right?

Nope missed out on that one, this was from Quality comics...so i be quite happy with that

Well I've gone and done it....

 

 

 

A little email was awaiting yours truly from the wonderful Brent from Quality comics about the above ultimate grail letting me know the grading CGC gave it and well....*drum roll*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CGC 4.0 Off White to White pages!!!

6 down 31 to go

 

(thumbs u A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Or in this case, continues with another step.

 

At your age, with your drive and a bit of patience, I have no doubt that you will put together one of the top silver runs over the next 5 years or so.

 

Congrats, Danny!

Not if we stop him...

A great pick up Casey!!

An aussie kudos to ft88 for helping me fill in another 2 gaps in my x-men collection. Great books from a greta guy!!

 

I just love this book :cloud9: . I feel inferior basking in it's glory .

 

Such a tremendously great and beautiful book to own!!!! It doesn't ever get much better than this. Huge congrats (thumbs u

 

 

Thank you, guys. It was a lot of wampum (as Jim calls it), but a voice in my head said "this is a once in a lifetime opportunity." Who am I to argue with the voices in my head? It worked out for Joan of Arc.... or did it?

*organising angry mob with pitchforks*