USER ID DISCLOSURE...WHO ARE YOU?

[arexcrooke]

I collect late Silver and early Bronze Marvel, but also collect Aquaman and Green Lantern...

 

....this week.

 

 

 

Ive been on GL for over a year and Aquaman for over 2

[nik]

All my info is right above my avatar, but for the lazy its

 

 

Nik Manousaridis, friends call me Nik/Niko, sometimes malaka

 

Born in Greece came over to the States when I was 7, scared eless, pizz poor, leaving my friends, language and home behind. My uncle in Ohio gave me my first comic ever and it was just an instant bonding ever since.

 

38 years later, married (second time and final time) 3 terrific kids, by trade I am an Automotive Mechanic, self employed since 89. Lost the majority of my books in 81 because of a fire at my dads house.

 

I have no focus when buying, if its cool, I buy it. I have been buying OA since 89, which is my second love.

 

Loved comics when I was 7 and till this day, still do.

[arexcrooke]

All my info is right above my avatar, but for the lazy its

 

 

Nik Manousaridis, friends call me Nik/Niko, sometimes malaka

 

Born in Greece came over to the States when I was 7, scared eless, pizz poor, leaving my friends, language and home behind. My uncle in Ohio gave me my first comic ever and it was just an instant bonding ever since.

 

38 years later, married (second time and final time) 3 terrific kids, by trade I am an Automotive Mechanic, self employed since 89. Lost the majority of my books in 81 because of a fire at my dads house.

 

I have no focus when buying, if its cool, I buy it. I have been buying OA since 89, which is my second love.

 

Loved comics when I was 7 and till this day, still do.

And is one of the classiest and best people you could ever hope to meet

[kc120us]

im herald aka mark kendall

currently reside in spring valley ny (i alternate)

 

Hey neighbor

[Alex DeLarge-migration]

Forum Members so far willing to put their money where their mouths are....

(in order of posting)

 

Alex De Large................Tom

Comicwiz.....................Joseph

Ze-man.......................Kenny

Mutant keys..................Daniel

Scottish.....................David

Flying Donut.................Dan

Arnold Blumberg..............Arnold

EvilAsh......................Stephen

kc120us......................Casey

comicdonna...................Mike

nearmint.....................Jeff

justin2003...................Justin

Arexcrooke...................Arex

svndst1030...................Darrell

cd4ever......................John

bigfiver69...................Brian

pirate.......................Anthony

thirdgreenham................Andy

the-comic-trader.............James

Rhino........................Steve

herald2galactus..............Mark

Buffyfan.....................Don

Dad&Son......................Paul

Rocketeer....................Jack

Nikos61......................Nik

 

 

JUST SAYING, 'HELLO, MY NAME IS EARL' or whatever does'nt count.

Some of the Bios are very detailed, and that's nice..BUT just a few lines will also do.

Whatever you feel comfortable with, but just saying your first name, and stating most people already know you defeats the object.

The aim of this is to try and put everyone on a level playing field.

Don't assume you are that well known or important that everyone knows you, 'cos they don't!

[backtomarvel]

My name is Parker Hodges ... far more a reader than contributor on these boards, but it's not for lack of trying. I'm a quiet person offline, too.

 

I live in a suburb west of Minneapolis -- where I spent most of my childhood -- and am 42. Been married for 12 years. My wife and I started dating in '88 and moved in together in early '91. We've got a 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son.

 

We're very happy with our life, which is quite hectic at times, and it seems unreal to both of us how old we are, how big our kids are and, simply, how fast time flies by.

 

Collected for a few years when I was young, but nothing major. Always loved comic books and the stories. Got back into it three or so years ago after I quit smoking and used the cash to buy comics instead.

 

Working on a Daredevil run, by far my favorite character. Like Strange Tales and some 70s Charlton cartoon character books.

 

I've been a newspaper reporter and, for the last 10 years, in new media as a writer, editor and producer of Web sites for local TV stations.

 

My job now is hard to explain. My company does all aspects of TV station news/weather web sites for 75 stations, including 48 of the top 50 markets. My job is akin to folks who, in the early 1950s, were figuring out the business model for a tv network, what the audience and advertisers wanted and creating it, measuring success and building on it.

 

Love my work and feel terribly lucky about my life given my wonderful wife, kids, family, friends and for liking my work.

[Hawkman]

my name is justin. i'm 26, and work for the j paul getty museum in los angeles. i live in pasadena and have for about 4 years. i collected from the late 80's to the mid 90's, then stopped. i got back into comics about a year ago.

 

my favorite titles are detective comics (so far, i have everything from 400-825), amazing spiderman (300-535), the walking dead (every issue), tales to astonish (90-101), and valiant. i collect everything from golden age to modern, superhero to horror, major and indie. i have about 1,000 comics to date.

 

i choose the name hawkman because he's one of my favorite characters and i've always thought he had the best costume. and i couldn't think of anything better...

[Dad&Son-migration]

and I love making wine.

 

You wouldn't happen to make ice wine would you?

 

No I don't make ice wine... different processing that is a little too advanced for my abilities... I go for quantity over quality..

[The Troll King]

and I love making wine.

 

You wouldn't happen to make ice wine would you?

 

No I don't make ice wine... different processing that is a little too advanced for my abilities... I go for quantity over quality..

 

 

I'm gonna PM you in a sec so I don't hijack this thread

[Timely]

That's an amazing museum! I was there for an entire day and only saw a small portion of it!

 

West

[slackjawcomics]

Feel like I am back in AA.

 

Hi, my name is Chris.

 

I live in Manassas, Virginia, though shortly I will live in Haymarket, Virginia, once my townhouse is built.

I work all over Northern Virginia pulling building permits for contractors and architects.

I am engaged to be married in January in Jamaica.

 

I do have a picture on my myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/chris_forsberg

[sterlingcomics]

My name is Sterling Smith, and I'm a 37 year old with a BA degree practicing computer science as a consultant for a relatively well named software company. I am married to my wife Rebecca, and I have three sons: Nathan, Parker, and Dalton. I have an Australian Sheppard named Auggie Doggie. My wife is a hopeless Chicago Cubs fan. I hate baseball.

 

I've always lived in North Carolina, and while growing up lived in Raleigh, Kinston (home of Jamie Pressley--yahoo), and Snow Hill (population: ~1,000). So, for pirate and a few others I am well versed with East Carolina University. I currently live in Charlotte (future home of the Nascar Museum thingie). For those who can do it, go to the NC outer banks--I just came back from Ocracoke...very nice and relaxing if you are the kind of person with disdain for too much commercialism.

 

My interest in comics started when I was 5 or so when I got my first comic. Although I was careful about the comics I bought, most survived in VF shape as I learned the grading scales. Unless you haven't seen any of my posts horror is my thing...currently in the bronze age but will start shifting if I ever complete my collection. I didn't get back into collecting until 2001 when I discovered eBay, CGC, and these boards. I've done dozens of boards transactions and have never been dissatisfied!

 

I fell on the boards by doing a google search on my eBay handle and found out that dam60 (now an Overstreet Advisor) was talking about how much I jacked up the bidding on a Ghosts #2 CGC 9.4. The rest is history. (BTW Dan, I finally got my copy!).

[Alex DeLarge-migration]

That's an amazing museum! I was there for an entire day and only saw a small portion of it!

 

West

 

Thanks West.

I like to think I've improved it somewhat since I took over.

 

Russ Cochran emailed me out of the blue last month, and said he would be honoured to be associated with it.

That was a big thrill for me.

[FFB]

That's an amazing museum! I was there for an entire day and only saw a small portion of it!

 

West

 

Thanks West.

I like to think I've improved it somewhat since I took over.

 

Russ Cochran emailed me out of the blue last month, and said he would be honoured to be associated with it.

That was a big thrill for me.

 

I think he was talking about the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA.

[Alex DeLarge-migration]

That's an amazing museum! I was there for an entire day and only saw a small portion of it!

 

West

 

Thanks West.

I like to think I've improved it somewhat since I took over.

 

Russ Cochran emailed me out of the blue last month, and said he would be honoured to be associated with it.

That was a big thrill for me.

 

I think he was talking about the J. Paul Getty Museum in LA.

 

Whoops...so he was...my bad?

 

Fame is but a fleeting mistress.....

[Drummy]

Dan Drummond, 37, live in Dedham, MA, near Boston. My wife is Sarah, my daughter is JJ (4 years old in a week). Born and raised in Duluth, MN on Marvel Comics...went to Boston, then to Milwaukee (2000-2005), now back in Boston. I teach AP Composition/Shakespearean Studies and Freshman English at St. Sebastian's School, advise the newspaper there, etc. Love my life...summers off...

 

I collect Marvel SA keys in FINE 6.0 and also some 1970's Marvel original art covers.

 

I hit 1-2 conventions a year and try to avoid credit card debt. Great to get you know all of you better.

 

Dan

[Genesis Comics]

Scroll down if you want the short version:

 

My name is Bill Tammany, 31, from Long Island, NY. I am married to my wife Jennifer and have 2 kids, Logan (I am a big Wolverine fan as well as Hulk Fan) (4 1/2) and Laurel( she wouldn't go for Mariko) (3). I began collecting comics in the late eighties and early nineties.

I worked in the restaurant industry all my life and am currently the GM at Hooters...it's a tough job, but somebody has to do it...

I have boxes of "drek" and stopped collecting about 2 years after the new McFarlane Spider-Man series came out.

During that time I started collecting toys and got into the Star Wars figure game when it was hot...I was that *spoon* that waited outside the stores and could look up at the box on the shelf and tell you what figures were in it by the #'s on the side of the box. I made a bunch of money buying $5.00 Leia in Slave Girl figures and selling them for 15.00 when everyone else had them for 25.00 at the Amok Time Toys shows in NY...after Star Wars cooled off, I got out of the "toy biz"...too bulky and focused on college, work and my relationship with my now wife.

After we bought a house and I was going through my comics I decided that I would like to complete my "Valiant" collection with all the variants...that's when I stumbled upon Greg Hollands Valiant Website (BTW check it out if you haven't...it's awesome valiantcomics.com

I went to my LCS, cleaned them out of the Valiants and made a bunch of scratch selling doubles on ebay (billandedsdeals ebay ID) as Valiants were hot again

My father and I decided to invest in some silver age keys when I discovered "CGC"

I sent in my first book, an Incredible Hulk 181 (came back 9.4 ow/w) and thought I had a gold mine waiting in my boxes of old books...

My next submission taught me that I had no clue how to grade (BTW if anyone wants some 9.0 modern X-men books, let me know...

After being roasted on my first post and lot's of research I decided to collect only pedigrees of my favorite character the Hulk.

 

The short version:

 

Name: Bill Tammany, married 2 kids

From: Long Island, NY

Collect: Pedigreed CGC 9.4 or better on the following

1) TTA 59-101

2) Hulk 102-145

3) Silver Age Hulk appearances

4) High grade CGC Hulk Prototype issues

[Paratrooper]

 

dude needs a haircut

[osborn_fr]

Hello, my name is Norman.

 

My favorite color is green.

I hate spider-man so much that i had sex with her first girlfriend and i killed her a few times later. A lot of fun.

[Jungle_Junkie]

Well, I usually refuse to converse with Arsenal fans due to the fact that every fibre of my being is focused on the downfall of said football club.

 

But I digress.....

 

My name is David Wickenden,31 years old. Born in Sunbury (west london) England, met a kiwi girl six years ago whilst backpacking around aussie, ended up marrying here 4 years ago and now live in the South Island of New Zealand - best place in the world.

 

Read comics as a kid, stopped around1993/94 due to shatness of stories and other interests taking over (booze,girls,music,crack)

 

Got back into them when i was in Toronto and wandered into a comic shop.

 

Back Issue wise I'm into X-men 94-150 (will be finished next week ),Bronze age Spidey,Batman,Daredevil,swamp thing and soon to be starting a conan run.

 

Also love copper books - Miracleman,Swamp thing

 

Read moderns - Fav's being 100 bullets,X-men,DMZ,Daredevil,Batman,Y-the last man

 

Going to New York for a holiday next week so I'm going to be going to the national con, already ordered books from Bob Storm,Harley,Superworld,Metro

 

Don't post much due to being too busy and when I;m around the rest of the world are asleep !!

 

 

No kids, just 2 cats.

 

Dave

 

p.s. greatest day ever - watching Gazza make David Seaman look stoopid in front of 80,000 people at the Spurs V Arsenal Semi Final 1991

 

p.p.s second greatest day ever, going to school next day and collecting my winnings from all gooners who thought we never stood a chance