Wow! What a great read! I have been utterly mesmerized by this thread since I discovered it and read it from the beginning periodically here and there over the course of the last day or so. Completely Fantastic Reading! Message Boards should always be this great!
That being said, I can't help but wonder when the streak will end. It's almost like a Cal Ripken Iron Man type of achievement. The streak is still intact until the fateful moment of 1 of 2 events....
Will his collection stop with a personal decision that it's time to just let it end, or will it stop when he no longer is among the living? In any event, whenever that day comes (hopefully not for many decades to come), you feel it should be as newsworthy as any thing else that has ever been newsworthy in the history of comics.
To know your own satisfaction of finding a prized comic after months or years of what seemed like an endless search to you, one must surely find appreciation for the dedication this must of taken to accomplish one satisfying comic find at a time.