Post Your Top 3 Personal Comic Book/Original Art Acquisitions of 2016!

[NewWorldOrder]

Hey Gang,

 

My only positive contribution to the CGC boards is this my annual thread.

 

Show the comic board community your Top 3 Comic Book and/or Original Art purchases for your collection for the year ending 2016!

 

(Post only personal acquisitions, and not items you have sold or dealer profit books, etc...)

 

Provide a little background on each item in relation to why they were your top priority in 2016.

 

From my family to yours wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season!

 

 

John (nWo)

 

 

#1 Fantastic Four 1 CGC 5.5 OWW

 

 

I only got to buy one personal book in 2016, but it was a big one. This FF #1 with no Marvel chipping keep in mind (hehe) came from an OO collection out of SoCal. I take great pleasure in knowing this book was bought off the newsstand rack and now transferred into my hands 50+ years later. Very Happy with this book!

 

2017 I will be looking to buy HULK #1!

 

[Revol]

My 3 biggies are:

 

A NM 1971 'King Kirby Portfolio' signed by Jack Kirby himself

 

And these two pieces of original art:

 

Daredevil commission from Alex Maleev (February), this was my first time commissioning an artist for a specific piece, and I was blown away when Alex showed it to me. I've seen it pop-up randomly on Facebook art groups and the like and other websites since, and I'm very proud to be the owner of it.

 

 

Hellboy sketch by Mike Mignola (November). Mignola is hands down my favourite artist of all time, he's a huge influence on me and my career. And I finally met him this year, and got this sketch from him. I was grinning from ear to ear, it was amazing.

 

[Icculus308win]

[ashsaytr]

Yuriko Shirou... awesome commission!!! saw her work in the SS forum... and reached out to her agent... freaking sweet!~

 

[Bill1]

These two had been on my list for awhile. I truly believe these books have a great future, and are currently underappreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Icculus308win]

Waited many moons for this one to finally complete my TMNT first print #1-12 9.8 run. (Thank-you Rich!)

 

 

 

 

This book completed my first three appearances of Black Widow in 9.4s (I already had #52, 53 and 57....but #55 has this cameo of her, so I look at is her 2 1/2 appearance if you will:)

 

 

 

 

One of the toughest 9.8 books out of my whole slabbed collection to acquire. Found a great seller on eBay who "actually" did have a great candidate to slab. Thanks to him, it is the sole 9.8 in census.

 

 

 

 

 

[vaillant]

I have lots of stuff I bought this year which could qualify, but unfortunately it’s not scanned yet (many are rare european journal sized comics or wartime publications and stuff).

The only one I have scanned is this rarity, from Italy. Probably the only thing closest to a comic book based on actual tales by german correspondants in Russia – or what we could consider the only comic based on texts by military from nazist Germany.

Darn rare and in awesome condition – I love it! (they are four issues, two are comics, two are text with illustrations, so far I have two).

 

 

Another one is an ASM #4, which I dreamed to have for a long time, that I have not in hand yet:

[jimjum12]

These were all books I'd been wanting for various lengths of time...... tough books to find in decent condition.....GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

 

 

...this FF 13 isn't particularly difficult to find in grade, but finding one in grade with perfect centering with the full CCA stamp is not so easy......this one is now raw

 

 

.....this next one I never thought I'd find in an affordable mid grade..... I lucked out late one night on Worldwide Comics website....

 

 

 

...... this one is an honorable mention...

 

 

[MetalPSI]

Thanks to Eric, I've almost completed my grail hunt, 2 down, 2 left.

 

 

Then I managed to get one of my grails signed

 

 

And last but not least, I got another favored signature book. Again thank you

 

 

With Calgary Expo and Boston Comic Con, this has been a great year for me

[KingOfRulers]

My top 3 would be significant additions to my trading card art collection!

 

 

 

[batman_fan]

Not really crazy big books, but glad to have these in the collection.

 

 

[comicjack]

Love them all and the Wonderworld

[comicjack]

Favorite Gold

 

 

 

Favorite art pickup by Jim Mooney

 

[marmat]

Only one, but with white pages

 

[batman_fan]

That's a nice looking copy !

[batman_fan]

Favorite Gold

 

 

 

There's a book you don't see very often

[batman_fan]

Hey Gang,

 

My only positive contribution to the CGC boards is this my annual thread.

 

Show the comic board community your Top 3 Comic Book and/or Original Art purchases for your collection for the year ending 2016!

 

(Post only personal acquisitions, and not items you have sold or dealer profit books, etc...)

 

Provide a little background on each item in relation to why they were your top priority in 2016.

 

From my family to yours wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season!

 

 

John (nWo)

 

 

#1 Fantastic Four 1 CGC 5.5 OWW

 

 

I only got to buy one personal book in 2016, but it was a big one. This FF #1 with no Marvel chipping keep in mind (hehe) came from an OO collection out of SoCal. I take great pleasure in knowing this book was bought off the newsstand rack and now transferred into my hands 50+ years later. Very Happy with this book!

 

2017 I will be looking to buy HULK #1!

 

Great looking copy for the grade !

[MedicAR]

It's been a banner year but the first three that came to mind are...

 

#3 Elektra by Frank Miller

 

 

 

#2 Batman by Frank Miller

 

 

#1 Frankenstein Alive, Alive! Page from Bernie Wrightson

 

[143ksk]

 

 

 

 

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