My own personal GRAIL story !!! WARNING SUPER LONG POST

[SPDREYCER]

Cool story! I would have been sweating bullets over whether it was restored. Glad it came out great.

thanks man - actually I bought it cgc slabbed - the scans were sent to me from the seller from before it was graded. (thumbs u

 

Even better.

I almost thought near the end of the story after the rain started, that you were going to be worried about getting mugged. (By other collectors...)

actually the thought did cross my mind..."what if someone grabs it off of me and runs away like a purse snatcher?"...."what if they check my bag at mid-town comics and accuse me of stealing it from the shop?" "what if they stop me at airport security and go through my things and.....DROP IT?!!!" ....etc. etc. etc....

 

but it was all good

 

That would worry me the most would be airport searchers.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Awesome!

[porcupine48]

Congrats!!Thanks for sharing your great story! (thumbs u

[silverseeker]

That was a fantastic story...congrats on acquiring your grail!

[Marvelguy34]

Congrats on the grail and sharing the story as well.

[rube11]

Hi Jason,

 

Excellent story and congrats on the book! Good luck with the continued success on putting that run together!

 

Steve

[nocutename]

Good story, thanks for sharing it. Enjoy your grail.

[davidpg]

Very cool!

 

Great story as well. I love NYC and am actually anxious to go back!

[Flash105]

Awesome Book.

 

How many times did you pull it out on the plane ride home to take a look at it?

[Wally's Comics]

NICE!!!!

 

 

[thehumantorch]

Great story Jason. Wish it was me walking through NYC with that FF1 under my arm. No worries about mugging, they would take one look at the book and yell "I don't want some stupid comic, give me your wallet". Congrats on a cool book and a cooler story.

[MagnetoWasRight]

A big congrats is in order! Wonderful post and great story. That FF#1 is an amazing book. I had a huge smile on my face while reading your post...thanks for making MY day...!

[comixcroz]

Awesome Book.

 

How many times did you pull it out on the plane ride home to take a look at it?

well the answer is zero times...I was lucky enough to get the exit row seat but I forgot in doing so you lose the storage option under the seat in front of you

 

So the flight attendant made me put it in the overhead storage!! and since the flight was so short (Pittsburgh to NYC) I never got a chance to check on it. Luckily, it turned out fine

[Calidream'n]

Jason,

Great story! It's good to see someone else's Uncle was/is into comics so my story isnt so impossible!

Congrats.

[WEBHEAD]

Awesome Journey for sure. FF#1

 

C O N G R A T S

 

 

WEBHEAD

[cosmic farmboy]

Awesome Book.

 

How many times did you pull it out on the plane ride home to take a look at it?

well the answer is zero times...I was lucky enough to get the exit row seat but I forgot in doing so you lose the storage option under the seat in front of you

 

So the flight attendant made me put it in the overhead storage!! and since the flight was so short (Pittsburgh to NYC) I never got a chance to check on it. Luckily, it turned out fine

 

I can just imagine the last passenger to board eyeballing the whole plane before finally settling on your overhead storage bin in which to jam his oversized hard-shell carry-on. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the story.

[Darth Corgi]

Wow! Congrats! That really is a beautiful copy.

 

Nice to get the whole "The" in the title too! A lot of copies have the "T" partially along the spine.

Great story!

 

 

[PeasOfCrap]

congrats, great story!! love it!

[Mr. Zipper]

Kudos and congratulations on obtaining your grail!

 

[the_Thing ®]

I'm not asking what you paid, but what could a collector expect to pay for something similar?