One Point

[Tnerb]

Or a point to make?

 

My over all ranking is a bit over the four hundred mark. The majority of those points stem from two different sources. One being the single copy within my Amazing Spider-Man set and the other is my full 9.8 set of The New Mutants. These are my largest point values, but one of my favorites, probably my absolute favorite is my New Mutants that just made its way home. Of course even after they fixed the mistake, it still has to be corrected.

 

I first had this signed by Chris Claremont at my first Baltimore Comic Con. Then I threw caution to the wind and after talking to Bagofleas about adding Stan Lee to the equation, I also had him personalize it too. The book made it back to me in time to have Louise Simonson, Bob McLeod, and of course Sal Buscema. I unfortunately missed Tom Mandrake at the NYCC since I already turned the book back over to CGC for the corrections.

 

This book I decided to get signed by anyone who had anything to do with the issue., even if it is only the presenter, hence why Stan Lee. My 9.8 copy is still waiting to be graded, but this 4.5 copy which is only worth one point is worth so much more. I have had many people look over my 9.8 copies, but not many look at my pride and joys. It's this book though, this wonderful book that started it all.

 

Thanks for Reading

 

Tnerb

 

Ps. The next clue was going to be pictured below, but since my favorite book made its way home, well here it is...

 

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[Lee K]

I get the point.

[SW3D]

This is kinda like your birth certificate for comics.

 

I wish I still had my very first comic... but I honestly can't remember which one although I have a good hunch. But those candidates are long gone and I doubt they ever survived.

 

It's great to finally see the 4.5 that is the soul of your collection!

 

She may be worth only one point, but to you she's priceless!

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

SW3D

[bagofleas]

I so enjoyed actually seeing and holding this comic! Knowing that it is THE actual comic that started you down this collecting trail, and the fact that I too share your love of this series from childhood, makes it even more special!

 

In cases like this, the points simply don't matter. It's all about what the issue represents to you. The memories it invokes. The happy times it brings to mind. The stories that influence you in ways that even now, you can't entirely explain.

 

It can even bring the past screaming back into your mind. Where you were. The people around you. It's amazing how much we can remember about how we grew up and came to be who we are simply from holding and looking at an item that had such a profound effect on the way we act and think.

 

To the registry, this book is practically valueless. To most collectors, this book is only valuable for the sigs that are on it. But I know that to you, there is no price that can be applied to it that will EVER replace its value to you.

 

It was awesome being able to be with you in Baltimore while you had three more sigs scrawled on it. I LOVE IT!! It is, in my opinion, the best piece of either of our New Mutants collections!

 

Congratulations!

 

'Nuff Said!!!

[biggblaster]

Great thread T. It made me think, which book started me collecting. Although I had a few comics from when I was a kid (that I actually sold before the rest of this story), I started "collecting" with Batman 408 that I bought on a return trip from a church retreat off a spindle rack at some unknown rest stop. I liked it so much I bought, for a reduced price of course, , Justice League 3 from one of the other kids on the trip. It has been an avalanche of comics ever since. And although I really don’t save the books anymore, I do keep original art, I do still posses the Batman issue.