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Post your TOP 10 book acquisitions for 2010

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Post your top 10 book acquisitions for 2010.

 

If you didn't acquire 10 then post all your books acquired :makepoint:

 

 

They are YOUR top ten so you decide what makes then worthy of the top spots...perhaps it's a "grail" book that you finally acquired or a book you read as a child :shrug:

 

...so get cracking and post some books. :popcorn:

 

If you know how to post images with thumbnail links then do so (thumbs u

 

 

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If you didn't acquire 10 then post all your books acquired :makepoint:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Heres my top 10 for 2010 form 10 to #1

 

Ebay purchase at a GOOD price!

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Clink auction to help fill my X run

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Another Clink auction

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Clink again, wanted to start a FF run

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Clink'er, LOVE this cover

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Clink, another cover i've always loved

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Clink, couldnt pass up a GREAT deal on this one

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Clink, probably my favorite spidey cover of all time!!! Can you tell i like CL??? lol

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Not sure if this counts since i didnt "acquire" it. I've had it raw since 1998 but finally got it slabbed and the peace of mind that it isnt restored.

 

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And #1....

 

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Sorry, had to leave those last two big since they are definitely my 2 grails!

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Can't find pics of all 10 :frustrated: but here they are:

 

Am really excited to own this because of the dark cover and WHITE pages:

 

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Been looking for a 9.2/9.4 WHITE pager...just picked this up this morning:

 

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Don't like Spidey much but like monsters:

 

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And an old grail reaquired from Scott:

 

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The rest without photos:

Werewolf by Night 32 CGC 9.4 WHITE (Moon Knight <3 )

Amazing Spider-man 101 CGC 9.4 WHITE(More Morbius)

Mystic 36 CGC 7.5 (A knight cover :cloud9: )

Secrets of Haunted House 5 CGC 9.2 WHITE (Wrightson and pumpkind on a black background)

Vanguard Illustrated 7 CGC 9.8(Kaluta and Mr. Monster on a black Background)

Invincible 1 CGC 9.8 (My favorite modern series)

 

 

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Top Ten books for 2010

Blue Beetle 54 (Thx to Filter81)

Spirit 22 (Thx to Billy Parker)

Namora 1 (Thx MrBedrock)

Marvel Mystery Comics 88 (Thx to gregreece)

Slave Girl Comics 1

Junior 13

Ranger Comics 14 (Thx r1970d)

Ranger Comics 26

Blue Beetle 53 (Thx to TrippyMcSkippy)

Jo-Jo 17

 

 

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Contenders for the top spots :grin:

 

Super-Mystery v6 1 (Thx to MCMiles)

Molly O'Day 1

Guns Against Gangsters 6 (Thx to spideyinacase)

Fight Comics 33

Fight Comics 45

Blue Beetle 12 (Thx to Xavier Logan)

 

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I won't list any that are still at CGC. Here are my 10 as it stands right now:

 

#10 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47 (Lone SS, tough book, self submitted):

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#9 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #46 (Lone SS, tough book, self submitted):

 

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#8 - Strange Tales #110 CGC 4.0 SS (lesser-known key issue, Stan Lee Tribute book)

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#7 - Green Goblin sketch by Tim Sale (My then-girlfriend, now-fiancée got this for me at Heroes):

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#6 - Green Goblin Sketch by Mike McKone (MegaCon wasn't very fun for me, but this was a high point...his first colored sketch):

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#5 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 CGC 9.8 SS (Lone SS, tough in 9.8, self submitted):

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#4 - Kraven sketch by Mike Zeck (c'mon, just awesome):

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#3 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.4 (the upgrade that put me on top of the registry):

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#2 - Gobbledygook #2 (the only book in my collection I really consider a "grail"...only 50 copies):

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#1 - Gobbledygook #1 (the only book in my collection I really consider a "grail"...only 50 copies, first appearance of the TMNT in an ad on the back cover):

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It was a big year for me so I'll do my top 10 twice in no particular order..

 

Tales to Astonish 16

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Black Terror 4

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Fight Comics 8

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Jungle Comics 5

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An Earth Man on Venus

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Thrilling Comics 67

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Rangers Comics 39

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Rangers Comics 26

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Brick Bradford 6

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Thrilling Comics 60

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Startling Comics 33

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Wings Comics 61

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Amazing Spider-man 10

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Exciting Comics 67

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Planet Comics 4

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Jumbo Comics 118

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Avengers 9

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Planet Comics 1

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Weird Fantsy 8

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Weird Science 11

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#1 - Gobbledygook #1 (the only book in my collection I really consider a "grail"...only 50 copies, first appearance of the TMNT in an ad on the back cover):

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:applause: Just read Fugitoid #1 online. Love the story and artwork.

 

I'll post my top ten when the year is over. :P Expecting a few purchases this week. :popcorn:

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I had a good year. My 10 main pickups, in the order I remembered them, are:

 

Amazing Spider-man #10 CGC 7.5 WHITE

Amazing Spider-man #12 CGC 7.5 OW-W

Amazing Spider-man #15 CGC 8.5 OW-W

 

Tales of Suspense #41 CGC 7.5 WHITE

Tales of Suspense #48 CGC 7.5 OW

Tales of Suspense #54 CGC 8.5 OW

 

Pre-Hero Marvels (some of my favorites)

Tales of Suspense #12 CGC 8.0 OW

Tales of Suspense #14 CGC 7.0 CR-OW

Tales of Suspense #31 CGC 7.0 WHITE

 

And my first Signature Series book: my Amazing Spider-man #2 CGC 2.5 (SA) signed by Stan Lee.

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