Lalo

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

MusicMan66

Awesome, Lalo. You should feel lucky to have a GF like that.

Knight

very cool

That issue could be worth $2500 to you!

Lalo

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

Evil_Capri

Love. . . . exciting and new . . .



She's seems like a keeper!

Boomer

Dude that rules

burningman

Is it a first print?

Lalo

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

Castle

From one comic collector/reader to another. Congrats man.

Castle

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.

Lalo

Already did

burningman

Awesome man! congrats!!!
Makes my old comic book manager heart swell

Lalo

Thanks Doug!

Wow, you were a comic book manager?
As in a comic book store manager? or a comic book creating firm manager?

Knight

He was a store manager of Mad Mikes Comics!

btw, I'm not stalking Doug.

Lalo

Awesome!!!... How can you leave a dream job like that?

burningman

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.

Lalo

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

Knight

30 bucks... doesn't seem like much for a #1 issue.

I have a large collection of batman comics.

Lalo

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?

Knight

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.