Collecting every appearance of a character 1 1

[nocutename]

21 hours ago, lizards2 said:

You are not alone.  

I have tabs on my comic spreadsheet of various character's appearances in every comic so that I know what to still collect.   It is so bad. 

Edited November 12, 2017 by nocutename

[Get Marwood & I]

40 minutes ago, nocutename said:

I have tabs on my comic spreadsheet of various character's appearances in every comic so that I know what to still collect.   It is so bad. 

[FineCollector]

43 minutes ago, nocutename said:

I have tabs on my comic spreadsheet of various character's appearances in every comic so that I know what to still collect.   It is so bad. 

That's a reasonable, organized way of doing it.  I'm not that disciplined!

It helps to limit myself to a timeframe.  My Spectre appearances start with Showcase 60 and stop after Hal Jordan.  All-Star and More Fun are too expensive for me, so like most G.A., I look at those like sprinkles on the cake: if I find any, great, but not an essential to my run.  Modern Crispus Allen is a different character, so I'll get to him later, if at all.

[lizards2]

1 hour ago, Marwood & I said:

1 hour ago, nocutename said:

I have tabs on my comic spreadsheet of various character's appearances in every comic so that I know what to still collect.   It is so bad. 

My organizational skills are poor, and my fervor for research and coding nil.  Not sure if I'm in the primitive state of the illness or the advanced.

[FineCollector]

25 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

My organizational skills are poor, and my fervor for research and coding nil.  Not sure if I'm in the primitive state of the illness or the advanced.

Don't worry about it, your generation invented the ball point pen.  That's enough 

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

My organizational skills are poor, and my fervor for research and coding nil.  Not sure if I'm in the primitive state of the illness or the advanced.

I see them as separate illnesses, if illnesses is what they are. Collecting comics in bizarre ways is one (e.g. completism) and creating eight thousand tab excel spreadsheets about them is another. I suffer from both, alas. Having no friends doesn't help. Or a life. 

[lizards2]

3 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

1 hour ago, lizards2 said:

My organizational skills are poor, and my fervor for research and coding nil.  Not sure if I'm in the primitive state of the illness or the advanced.

I see them as separate illnesses, if illnesses is what they are. Collecting comics in bizarre ways is one (e.g. completism) and creating eight thousand tab excel spreadsheets about them is another. I suffer from both, alas. Having no friends doesn't help. Or a life. 

I'll be your friend.  

[Get Marwood & I]

1 minute ago, lizards2 said:

I'll be your friend.  

Be careful what you wish for liz. It's cold outside the circle buddy 

[lizards2]

27 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

30 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

I'll be your friend.  

Be careful what you wish for liz. It's cold outside the circle buddy 

You mean the Cabal's pentagram? 

[Get Marwood & I]

52 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

You mean the Cabal's pentagram? 

Yes. The disdaining coterie. Thou shalt not pass! 

[GoldCap]

I have immense respect for anyone who is trying to complete a run.  I mean, I am with a complete Captain America Comics set but I would be trying for so many more if I were not saving up to buy single expensive issues like Black Cat #50, Phantom Lady #23, Cinderella Love #25, AF #15, Hulk #181, Startling Comics #49, Spirit #22 to name a few.  Trying to collect every appearance of a character is a whole other level.  That's passion...which is what this hobby is supposed to be all about.

[Ken Aldred]

17 hours ago, lizards2 said:

You mean the Cabal's pentagram? 

That’s actually a protective symbol. Interesting idea.

Reminds me of the olden days when we were a much smaller, cult-like hobby; as I said once, when a secret gesture was required to enter a hall of sacred pamphlets, such as the original Forbidden Planet, back when you could feel alternative, misunderstood, marginalised.

[Get Marwood & I]

13 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said:

That’s actually a protective symbol. Interesting idea.

Reminds me of the olden days when we were a much smaller, cult-like hobby; as I said once, when a secret gesture was required to enter a hall of sacred pamphlets, such as the original Forbidden Planet, back when you could feel alternative, misunderstood, marginalised.

And you don't feel that way today Ken? 

[slg343]

Working on every cover with Bullseye but have slowed down lately.  Have most of the original DD run in CGC 9.6 9.8.  Now he is so popular I have stopped at just the older titles.

 

[lizards2]

Just now, slg343 said:

Working on every cover with Bullseye 

 

That's a lot of Charltons!

[porcupine48]

Fairly certain I have all of the Porcupines appearances.

[lizards2]

3 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Fairly certain I have all of the Porcupines appearances.

He was a prickly prickle!

[Get Marwood & I]

9 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Fairly certain I have all of the Porcupines appearances.

Ah, now I get it Jim.

[porcupine48]

4 minutes ago, Marwood & I said:

Ah, now I get it Jim.

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, porcupine48 said:

Is that a bad thing jim? My glimmers have yet to be Jimmered so I'm not sure?