Your best purchase of the summer.....

[tth2]

Rahigh, nice Atoms!

 

Thanks. Love to see some of your books. I know you've got some really nice HG stuff (like that OAAW!!!)

 

Thanks. Check out the Pedigrees-Represent thread in the general forum and the Nick Fury thread in the silver forum.

[Forbush-Man]

Purchase is not the right word but I got engaged this summer to the most beautiful girl in the world

 

Can we see a scan please?

 

See: Ultimate Babe thread

[CW]

The best purchase I made this summer was a pair of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars in CGC 9.9. If anyone is interested I am selling one of them on comiclink in the for sale section.

 

For the hardcore Golden-age/Atomic-age collecting side of me I picked up a Startling Comics #49 CGC 4.5 unrestored.

[Apotheosis]

My best pick up of the summer also falls into my best pick up of my collecting life (all of 18 years... keep in mind I'm only 28... for a month or so still). It also falls into one of my lowest grade pick ups. From our friend Ares I picked up my first and most cherished grails....

 

 

It's very low in grade, but every time I think about it I smile. Even my newlywed wife loves it. I just makes me extremely happy to own one after all these years of dreaming of it. It also knocks me down to only 13 (Uncanny) X-Men's to go

 

Ares is my hero...

 

As an added note... this was probably my best month in 28+ years... in the span on one month I gained a wonderful wife, an X-Men #1, and a sword (I've wanted a real sword since I was at least 10). Life is as good as it gets. Hope life is as good to you folks as it has been to me.

[Red Hook]

Congrats Apo! That's pretty nice looking for a 2.0......it's got character! I'd cherish it too! Off white pages....not bad at all. Not bad at all.

 

Red

[Larryw7]

Nice book for a 2.0! It looks almost as good as the copy I had that a local dealer graded VG+ in the early eighties(although I only paid fifty bucks for it, so I ain't complainin'! Wish I still had it!).

[jimjim-migration]

I sold an Avengers #9 CGC 8.0 and 9.0 to buy this 9.2. Super nice book that looks closer to a 9.4.

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[Red Hook]

Great Book! I bought a 9.0 from Burntboy last month.....I love this book! It's a solid 9.0 imo.

 

[Ze-man]

Apoth.. well at least you can defend your new wife, and comic with your new mighty Sword!.

 

What did you get?

A nice replica sword? Conan?, LOTR?, Kill Bill? Green Destiny?

 

And concerning your summer "buy".. any x-Men #1, is better then no X-Men #1.. So congrats to you on getting a grail..

 

Are you gonna keep it in the Case?

 

 

Ze-

 

Now.. get back to defending your loot...

[*paull*]

Here's my best purchase of the summer... the Lost Valley copy of Master Comics #27. I can't resist posting this book on another thread It's in 7.5-8.0 condition with a slight reading crease on the cover. Beautiful colors and very sharp. I just love the Mac Raboy cover... and the interior story also by him is amazing!

 

[Memphiskidd]

I have a couple of proud purchases from the past few months.

 

Spectacular Spidey Mag with painted Romita cover. 9.6

 

 

X-men 31, 32 and 36. The 36 is a possible 9.0-9.4

 

 

X-men 114, CGC gave it a 9.6. I think it's overgraded...but it's better than my other 2 raw copies.

 

 

Picked all these 9.8 FF's up this past summer. Thank god none have slab damage

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[g-man]

Just got this beauty in after making the deal over the summer..signed by the artist (Jim Balent) with a bonus sketch on the back. Please see attached and post if you can.

[tth2]

Next to Lou Fine, Raboy had to be the best GA cover artist!

[namisgr]

This looks way cool, G-man:

 

[g-man]

This looks way cool, G-man:

 

 

hey thanks for posting it...I can't wait to have it framed and will match the other one I recently picked up...(see attached).

[BachelorOfComix]

 

Great stuff G!

[g-man]

thanks BOC....i have always wanted a Balent page but was lucky enough to acquire two splash pages.

[Silver Surfer]

Very cool FF's.

[Silver Surfer]

Jimjim,

 

Resub it, get a new label and you might just get a 9.4. Good PQ, very nice book. I want to own high grade slabbed copies of issue #3, 9 and 11 one day.

[Mister_Comics]

I just got home with the best find this year so far. I was in Rockville, Indiana for the covered bridge fest. All kinds of craft booths all over the place, all kinds of garage sales, and all kinds of flee markets. And cover bridges. The cover bridges seem to take a back seat to all the other things going on aroud there. Well while searching through a million different things I came across a bagged (food bag) promotional comic. RAILS ACROSS AMERICA. It was among a bunch of old magazines. The comic looked in pretty good shape so I bought it for $8. It was marked at $10 but the lady said I could have it for $8. So I bought it not really knowing how much it's worth. Usually I don't find comics at flee markets. And when I do they are in terrible shape. But this one was in great shape. But that isn't the best part. When I got it where I could really look it over later on, I found it had a second comic of RAILS ACROSS AMERICA right behind it. The second comic I swear is in MINT condition. Probably protected by the top comic for many years. I didn't even realize there was a second book in the bag. Didn't even notice on the little price tag written "two comics for $10" real small. This has got to be my best find this year. Not a Summer find but close enough. So now I plan on sending it in to be graded by CGC.