2nd Poll: What are the most important factors in the way in which you collect?

[Tim's Freedom]

condition...which is the #1 reason for all of us as of my post.

 

era

 

investment potential

[piper]

Title, Era, Key

[greggy]

Condition

Comic Company

Era

[SolitaireOne]

Genre

Era

Cover

 

 

 

 

*Yep, I buy what I like -- I'm a sucker for a cool-looking, B.A. sword & sorcery slab! (thumbs u

[chromium]

Title

Comic company

Era

[John A III]

the writer (because if the story sucks it's not worth reading)

the character (some characters make for good stories)

the condition (I like my stuff looking good to me)

 

[Beau]

the writer (because if the story sucks it's not worth reading)

the character (some characters make for good stories)

the condition (I like my stuff looking good to me)

 

(thumbs u

 

I don't care how pretty the art is, if the story sucks I won't be buying.

[John A III]

the writer (because if the story sucks it's not worth reading)

the character (some characters make for good stories)

the condition (I like my stuff looking good to me)

 

(thumbs u

 

I don't care how pretty the art is, if the story sucks I won't be buying.

yeah you can always buy prints of art that you like or get a scan or photocopy from a friend, but a good story can't be replaced. Ok art can be made better by good writing, but great art can be destroyed by a bad story.

[dekeuk]

 

The results so far (below) posted as

 

CATEGORY

NUMBER OF VOTES ........ PERCENTAGE OF VOTES

 

Looks like title, condition and era are the top 3 so far.

 

 

 

the title

33 15%

 

the main character

18 08%

 

the artist (cover or interior)

19 9%

 

the writer

8 4%

 

the storyline

8 4%

 

the condition

30 14%

 

the comic company

10 5%

 

the era (gold, silver, etc.)

28 13%

 

the cover

21 10%

 

it is a key issue

13 6%

 

investment potential

12 6%

 

the genre

5 02%

 

the Pedigree

5 02%

 

other factor

4 2%

 

I only collect crack rocks

3 01%

 

 

[hbo_boxingfan]

picked character, era, and cover

[DiceX]

Wow! Out of the top 8 answers so far, only one of those was among my choices.

 

 

[Point Five]

I picked "title, condition and era". But particularly since I'm a GA collector, "price" is a HUGE factor in determining what to collect, and would probably knock any one of these other factors to fourth place.

[DiceX]

Scratch that. Make it 2 out of the top 8.

I took Artist, Condition, Genre.

 

 

[COI]

1) The CGC label.

 

2) Making money off of old ladies and noobs, or what I like to call "Pwnage of the weak".

 

3) Impressing 20 year old girls with my slab(s).

 

[DiceX]

"Pwnage of the weak"

 

Pwnage FTW!

 

 

[trmoore54]

I picked the top 3 vote-getters...

Title

Era (Silver Age)

Condition

 

What do I win??!!

[999ghosts]

Title... Is there an X in the title... I want it!

Character... Is that Rogue... I want it... TWICE (and all variants too, and CGC it for me)

Genre... Can they fly... Good chance I will like it. (Super Hero comics are my fetish)

 

I buy them because of the X and the character in it... no matter how bad the story is (although I think the X-titles stories are strong at the moment...) I guess I am an avarage joe when it comes to collecting (but one with 25 years of collecting experience)

[Boozad]

Considering I mainly collect Batman & Tec the choices were pretty much made for me.

 

Title, Character and Condition.

[Doctor Svord]

the Artist - What can be learned from their work? (read also: swiped)

the Writer - Still love reading these things.

the Genre - Science Fiction

[marvelcollector]

Title

Condition

Other .... being whether or not I have the issue....