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Old 6/15/06 | 02:15 PM
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Greatest. Girlfriend. Ever!-- X-Men #137

I am freakin' lucky!

Girlfriend bought me Uncanny X-Men #137... The issue where Jean Grey/Phoenix destroys herself to save the world from herself... in CGC grade 9.4! I have wanted this issue, part of the Dark Phoenix Saga, for a while now.


I already have a Swarovski necklace and a Marc Jacobs perfume she wanted, wrapped up and ready to be presented to her
Hope she gets as stoked as I got when I got the comic
Old 6/15/06 | 02:28 PM
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Awesome, Lalo. You should feel lucky to have a GF like that.
Old 6/15/06 | 02:31 PM
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very cool

That issue could be worth $2500 to you!
Old 6/15/06 | 02:39 PM
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Steve- I feel VERY lucky!
Having a girlfriend that understands comic collecting is a dream!!!

Chris- It is wort more 'cause my girlfriend gave it to me
Old 6/15/06 | 03:38 PM
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Love. . . . exciting and new . . .



She's seems like a keeper!
Old 6/15/06 | 03:59 PM
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Dude that rules
Old 6/15/06 | 04:05 PM
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Is it a first print?
Old 6/15/06 | 04:29 PM
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It sure is a first print!
The CGC graded it and enclosed it with a nice hard plastic, never to be opened again LOL http://cgccomics.com/
The CGC is the most reliable source of Comic grading out there, so I think my girlfriend did her homework before buying it lol
Old 6/15/06 | 05:09 PM
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From one comic collector/reader to another. Congrats man.
Old 6/15/06 | 05:12 PM
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Btw, if ur a huge Spider-man fan. You might wanna "swing" by ur local comic book shop and pick up Civil War #2 that came in this week. Trust me. Its big.
Old 6/15/06 | 06:48 PM
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Already did
Old 6/15/06 | 07:12 PM
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Awesome man! congrats!!!
Makes my old comic book manager heart swell
Old 6/15/06 | 08:29 PM
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Thanks Doug!

Wow, you were a comic book manager?
As in a comic book store manager? or a comic book creating firm manager?
Old 6/16/06 | 09:08 AM
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He was a store manager of Mad Mikes Comics!

btw, I'm not stalking Doug.
Old 6/16/06 | 09:09 AM
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Awesome!!!... How can you leave a dream job like that?
Old 6/16/06 | 10:56 PM
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HAHA that is scarey chris

Dream job..well it was a small store..but I managed to smuggle about $4K worth of comics out before it closed ..Probably worth nothing now.
I've got about 15 Spawn#1's LOL

I should probably get a guide and see what my collection is worth now.
When i collected it really wasn't for the money I either liked the stories or the art or both..I don't have a ton of rare stuff.
Old 6/17/06 | 12:43 AM
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Well, if you get those Spawn #1's graded by the CGC at 9.8, you can sell them for about 30 bucks a pop or more on eBay lol
Old 6/17/06 | 09:41 AM
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30 bucks... doesn't seem like much for a #1 issue.

I have a large collection of batman comics.
Old 6/17/06 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Knight
30 bucks... doesn't seem like much for a #1 issue.

I have a large collection of batman comics.
You gotta give those Spawn comics a bit more time. The only reason the first issue isnt going up as fast is because there was a black and white variant cover that everyone is looking for. You got that one Doug?
Anyways, I'm pretty sure Doug was able to get his hands on some gems

Chris- What's your earliest Batman comic? and your favorite?
Old 6/17/06 | 10:34 AM
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I also don't collect old or rare comics... I used to buy comics i liked the art or story and i used to have subscriptions to Batman, Robin, Detective Comics, Shadow of the bat, Ledgends of the dark knight.

I want to get subscriptions again but the price is rediculous now. I used to get them for 9.95 each a year and now they are over double that.

I really don't have a favorite.


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