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Please Grade this GSXM #1 I am considering on purchasing ....

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rjpb

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I get the impression that the revamped X-men books went from being quarter box material to smoking hot extremely fast - am I wrong about this?

 

You are not wrong.

 

That's what I thought - the funny thing is I had just about stopped buying mainstream comics right around the time GSXM #1 came out - but the original X-men had been my fave Marvel title, so i picked it up out of curiosity - but was unimpressed with the new line-up. I only bought #100 - because I saw it on a spinner rack in Flagstaff AZ drugstore in the summer of 76 when I was there - I think it was already a couple issues old at the time - but once again I was curious as it featured a battle with the original X-men - I probably hadn't bought a mainstream comic in about a year at this point - it was probably no better than a VF when I purchased it.

 

When I had stopped collecting in the mid-70s the biggest jumps I'd seen in the value of 1970s books had been Conan #1 and GL #76 which were maybe $20 books when I quit - so seeing a 70s book selling for $90 in 1981 was truely mind-blowing - at the time it didn't seem that long ago that a decent copy of ASM #1 could be had for the same money.

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Hobgoblin

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Alright people. Thanks for the input. I've decided to stay away from this book. At the selling price, it's not worth it in the condition its in. I appreaciate all your advice thumbsup2.gif.

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I get the impression that the revamped X-men books went from being quarter box material to smoking hot extremely fast - am I wrong about this?

 

You are not wrong.

 

That's what I thought - the funny thing is I had just about stopped buying mainstream comics right around the time GSXM #1 came out - but the original X-men had been my fave Marvel title, so i picked it up out of curiosity - but was unimpressed with the new line-up. I only bought #100 - because I saw it on a spinner rack in Flagstaff AZ drugstore in the summer of 76 when I was there - I think it was already a couple issues old at the time - but once again I was curious as it featured a battle with the original X-men - I probably hadn't bought a mainstream comic in about a year at this point - it was probably no better than a VF when I purchased it.

 

When I had stopped collecting in the mid-70s the biggest jumps I'd seen in the value of 1970s books had been Conan #1 and GL #76 which were maybe $20 books when I quit - so seeing a 70s book selling for $90 in 1981 was truely mind-blowing - at the time it didn't seem that long ago that a decent copy of ASM #1 could be had for the same money.

 

RJ,

We must be on the same timetable - you couldn't describe my active collecting timeframe any better. hi.gif

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Darthdiesel

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it's that bottom edge - if it is water damage/moisture damage it gets an auto grade <6.0 from CGC... that's just my experience with my 1976 price variant books submitted - totally sweet NM candidates scrubbed to les than fines Christo_pull_hair.gifsmile.gif It's sad, I tell ya...

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Darthdiesel

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5.0

 

Come-on Darth...it's close enough to a Modern to give it more love than that... poke2.gifsmirk.gif

 

Jim

 

I thought it was Silver Age books that get more love than moderns?? yeahok.gif27_laughing.gifconfused-smiley-013.gif

 

 

Yes, but Golden Age books get the "full-on lubed up orgy with all sorts of toys and midgets" sort of CGC-lovin' 27_laughing.gif

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