And Then There Was One posted by bagofleas

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The end of the tunnel is in sight!

 

During the course of 2013 I decided that I wanted to try and get graded 9.8s of all the issues involved in the Mutant Massacre storyline. I also decided that whenever the opportunity arose, I would attempt to get them signed.

 

At the beginning of this year I decided to set my ultimate goal to have ALL of them as SS 9.8 copies. One by one I have been accomplishing this. All of mine but one were already graded copies that I cracked for signatures. The one that wasn't was a raw gift that initially graded at 9.6 and when I cracked it for signatures and resubmitted it, it inexplicably bumped up to 9.8!!

 

Earlier this year I was honored to receive a registry award for Best Copper Age Set for my complete set of the books. There were only two more for me to get signed to finish my goal.

 

When Baltimore CC was coming, I decided to go for Alan Davis on my X-Men #213. At the show, I never could get close to him. His line was ridiculous and I was fearful that it wasn't going to happen. That's when I decided to pay CGC the $10 to have them take care of it for me. I wound up being very worried because I didn't fill out all of the info on the submission form and by the time I realized it, they were too backed up to find my book.

 

But Mike assured me that they would take care of it. Well it turns out he was right because it showed up in my order status page online later on.

 

Now it is back in my hands and I couldn't be more excited!!

 

Uncanny X-Men #213 SS 9.8 WP signed by Alan Davis!!

 

I only have one more book to do (X-Men #212) and I will have finally achieved my goal!!!!

 

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[BooZeR]

That is awesome!!!

 

It's a beautiful thing when everything works out!

[Brandon Shepherd]

Congratulations! It's great Mike followed through. I used to have a nice raw copy of that X-Men book, I should have kept it, it's a great cover after all.

[surfer99]

What a great set, it looks amazing! I picked up reading copies of all of them a year or so ago to relive that storyline. I miss those types of crossovers and prefer them over the mini-series of today (with a few exceptions such as Civil War). Thanks to Ronnylama, I have 211 and 213 in 9.8 and 9.6 so all I need now is a nice copy of 212 as well to complete the X-men issues. I'm sure it won't take long for you to get that last one!