What's special/unique about your collection?

[Reno McCoy]

Some people have a lot of comics, others have a tiny niche, while still others have wicked bad rooms with lights and mirrors. So what's the one thing that makes your collection stand out, unique, or special?

[Ringfinger]

Nada.

[namisgr]

Some people have a lot of comics, others have a tiny niche, while still others have wicked bad rooms with lights and mirrors. So what's the one thing that makes your collection stand out, unique, or special?

 

The books I bought off the rack between 1972-76 and 1981-85. Still have just about all of them.

[Scrooge]

My entire collection feels at home on the Short Bus Thread(s)

[Mutant Manatee]

The two comics that Jack Kirby signed for me at the Chicago Comicon in 1984.

 

And my early 1970's spinner rack filled with bronze age comics.

 

 

[Gone Phishin']

I am the first person in my family to ever even consider collecting comics books

[comix4fun]

Probably my original comic art collection, especially the commissioned pieces.

 

C

[cd4ever]

Ummm.

 

Uhhh.

 

Errrr.

 

Well......

 

Is there a time limit?

 

[seank]

A short box full of Fiction House comics, almost all of which have Matt Baker art in them.

[THE_BEYONDER]

It's special.....because it's mine.

[joeypost]

Nothing.

[Count]

Me.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

The (possibly) one-of-a-kind double covers.

 

 

[Rich_Henn]

 

Hmmm.

 

I guess most of my collection, about 80% of it anyway, is stuff that I bought as a kid from 1978 on up through till about 1 year ago.

 

I stopped buying hardcore about 8 years ago, but almost all but stopped worrying about new comic book day 1 year ago. So much unread, untouched, it's a mess.

 

But probably 75% or more of my collection is high grade NM or better.

 

The standouts are my AF 15, Cerebus #1 signed by Sim, Cerebus First Fifth plates/prints hand painted signed and numbered framed in my office, a few A.P. statues and the most orig. thing I own is the orig. mock up from a Simpsons talking toy featuring Radioactive Man and fallout boy. It's got the orig. mock up box and it's the actuall prototype that the toy company used when pitching the product.

 

I guess on a personal level, those are the top things that are unique to ME in my collection. The prototype Simpsons toy probably the single most unique, albeit one of a kind.

 

2nd tier personal favorites in the collection, Amaz. SM 121 and122 raw NM 9.4, X-Men 94 CGC 9.4, two framed jam pages from artists at cons 10 years ago, and my recent Frazetta sig series aquisition.

 

One book I have, Conan 16 NM 9.6 raw was a 2 year+ search, so that's a favorite...although not unique.

 

Does my daughter count, purchased with the sale of a AF 15 CGC 8.0 6 years ago :think:

 

[Ogami]

nothing this board would consider special. I'm into lots of things, so don't focus on one property, and much of what i have can be found at any given point on ebay or CL.

 

But it's nice, handled nicely, looks nice, and is well loved. It's better than 90% of all comic collections in the world, but here, that means nothing.

 

And that's a testament to the power of the collections here.

[hesdeadjim]

I got an FF #1 and an Avengers #1 in two different languages.

[TheShadowKnows]

My collection mirrors me.Always going in a 100 different directions.I have Frazetta ff covers,precde horror,Baker art books,Kubert art books,kirby art books.And of cource the best thing of all most of the early Ditko books.

[Designer Toast]

Me.

 

Back of the line! No soup for you!

[JazzMan]

After spending more than 20 years in my mother's dungeon, I mean basement, they were still the same beat up old books that I left as a kid from the late 70s. All read and loved.

[hesdeadjim]

My collection mirrors me.Always going in a 100 different directions.I have Frazetta ff covers,precde horror,Baker art books,Kubert art books,kirby art books.And of cource the best thing of all most of the early Ditko books.

 

Frazetta FF covers