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THE YEAR IN REVIEW: What have you collected in 2023 and aspire to in '24?
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Cat-Man_America

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It seems like this is the right time of year to reflect on our personal acquisitions and views of the hobby in general.  This thread's emphasis should be on collectible comic books, pulps, art, movie posters, lobby cards, music collectibles and memorabilia and even movies (BD, DVD, 16mm, etc.) including recommended reading and goals for the new year we choose to share. No limitation on items presented for forum consideration.  Whether you mortgaged the farm to acquire the holiest of grails or cracked open the piggy bank to snag an oddball treasure reacquired from your childhood, it’s all game.

My goal for this thread isn't the business side of collecting, the financial health of the hobby or applauding which acquisition was best, but if you want to claim bragging rights for acquiring that grail trophy for a song and can do it in the right key, hey, that's perfectly fine.  Also, I’m leaving room to acknowledge best publications that comic and nostalgic memorabilia collectors should embrace.  We already have threads that focus on current trends in the hobby such as it’s financial health and MasterChief's got at least one pedigree completely sorted.

In short, this thread's focus is primarily a personal collecting year in review thread. Whatever you're proudest of having added to your collection since January 1st of this year is fair game for inclusion and discussion.  Hopefully this thread will do justice to all aspects of our nostalgia collecting interests in 2023 ...including those unexpected holiday delights to come.  This will remain open for additions through mid-January 2024 to capture late arrivals ...and probably won't disappear unless or until it scrolls off into obscurity and I lazily cut & paste it next year.  As always, I’ll add my meager contributions to this thread as it evolves. 

Have fun!  :hi:

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While not GA related, this was my most exciting acquisition of 2023 back in April. Reposted from the magazine section:

So I have been filled with anticipation for way too long, but it has finally arrived after a long 9 month wait. As most of you may know, I'm a huge Skywald fan. I even helped with the Skywald!: The Complete Illustrated History of the Horror-Mood Paperback by contributing all the magazine covers for the publication. But my dream was to own a piece of original art from one of the early issues. On speaking with David Kerekes who interviewed Alan Hewetson for the book, I had asked (David) if he knew of any OA from the Skywald mags that still existed. David said that Hewetson claimed a flood in the office basement destroyed most of, if not all of the art that they had.

Fast forward to this past August and I become aware of an artist taking commissions via Facebook. When I learned who it was, my heart dropped! Could I get him to recreate a page from one of my favorite stories from Skywald that he himself did back in 1971? I will tell you all that this is my first time requesting a commission and I have @Stevemmg to thank for inspiring me to do so. I let Steve know through PMs that by his sharing of so many of his wonderful commissions in the Spanish Artist thread that he gave me the push to contact the artist who graciously accepted to create this piece for me. The artist is in his 70's and has had some health issues during this process that he has thankfully overcome, hence the long wait. But during that time, I was able to correspond with the artist which was as enjoyable as knowing he was doing this piece for me. Here is the issue that the original story was from:

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The page is a recreation of the final page to the cover story "The Phantom of the Rock Era". This was my first exposure to the artist, and I immediately fell in love with his style. The artist, as you may have guessed, is Ralph Reese. It's been a joy corresponding with him and I've learned a bit of his history along the way. A memorable fact that he was an apprentice under Wally Wood. Here is what greeted me when I got home today.

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And without further ado, here is the page. To say I'm over the moon with this is an understatement! So while not THE original art from 1971, it's the same page recreated by the original artist! I can't stop staring at it and it will be matted and framed asap. Thank you Ralph Reese! 

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And here it is on display where I enjoy it every day!IMG_2558.jpeg.fe03aa8acdd4b310df81368d5a2e4017.jpeg

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For 2024 aspirations

Artwork:

    Romita Spiderman page

    Jack Davis page

Comics:

    A Timely book, not saying which one

    Maybe a couple of GA Batman upgrades

    Add a few more Spiderman’s to the collection

    Pick up a bunch more Marvel Masterworks.  I snagged about 60 over 80 this year.  Retirement, here I come

General:

    Make some real progress into creating my sell pile for both comics and OA

    Map out the plan to start cleaning out the collection (what to sell where)

    Submit some more books to CGC before I have to take out a second on my house to cover the submission cost.

 

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It has been a very unplanned 2023, but I suppose these make the highlight reel 🎥 🌟 - all yellow covers but for one, and all Timelys but for one - and it was the age of pulp diving and picking up a random, 1940 piece of original art 🖼️❣️

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On 12/8/2023 at 3:29 PM, Primetime said:

It has been a very unplanned 2023, but I suppose these make the highlight reel 🎥 🌟 - all yellow covers but for one, and all Timelys but for one - and it was the age of pulp diving and picking up a random, 1940 piece of original art 🖼️❣️

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You've been busy!!! What a haul for 2023.  Congrats Ben!

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On 12/8/2023 at 3:29 PM, Primetime said:

It has been a very unplanned 2023, but I suppose these make the highlight reel 🎥 🌟 - all yellow covers but for one, and all Timelys but for one - and it was the age of pulp diving and picking up a random, 1940 piece of original art 🖼️❣️

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Ben the Superman is out of place :makepoint: send it to me and buy a timely :baiting:What's wrong with you putting that junk in with the other greats:hi:.

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