Hot take: A friend told me my collection was just a bunch of 'key issues' in plastic coffins, which made me sell half of it and actually read the books.

I used to focus on buying slabbed #1s and first appearances, but after that comment I sold about 40 books, bought a cheap reader copy of 'Daredevil: Born Again', and finally understood why people love the stories, not just the grades.

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aaron88412d ago

I had a CGC 9.8 of X-Men 94 I was so proud of, but I couldn't tell you a single thing that happened in it. Your friend's "plastic coffins" line hits a little too close to home. I started grabbing beat-up old issues from the dollar bin just to read, and it changed the whole hobby for me. Now my most valuable book is a tattered copy of Amazing Spider-Man 33 I've actually read three times.

aaronclark12d ago

That's a great story, @aaron884. Just a tiny correction, X-Men 94 is the famous relaunch issue, but the story inside is actually a reprint of Giant-Size X-Men 1. The new team's first real adventure starts in issue 96. Grabbing those reader copies is the best move, you actually get to enjoy the history.

hollyc9212d ago

Actually the new team's first story is in Giant-Size X-Men 1, which they reprinted in 94. The original 94 comic had a new cover but the old story inside.