Great collection. You can tell you are a passionate comic book collector. I have a lot of the same comic books got them from my dad and I collected everything wolverine and punisher as a kid. Just have not taken the time to send my comics to CGC to get them graded. It seems like a big undertaking. I have that Avengers number 4 as well and a bunch of silver keys for Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Daredevil and X-men. Thanks for sharing your collection.
Hey Trent, thanks for watching and for the comment. CGC is necessarily for everyone. If you like them raw keep them raw. If you ever think about selling, identify which ones would be worth grading because the grading can be a large expense. I just sent 20 books to CGC in various tiers and it was not cheap. Only in the last 10 months have I begun trying to let the hobby fund itself. Sounds like you have a great collection.
Great collection of comics, although it wouldn't have even occurred to me to get some of the more modern comics slabbed. In fact I have all of those magnificent Bronze Age X-Men in high grade and purchased off the spinner rack, but still haven't slabbed them. At least I can still do that, but obviously will never have the pleasure of getting Stan Lee to sign a book in person. You lucked out that he signed that Hulk 340 in the perfect location. Other collectors have noted that they weren't so fortunate ;)
That Bronze Age X-Men run is my favorite in all comics. That is what I started reading as a kid from my dad’s spinner rack collection. His were all mid grade, nothing high grade as he read them and then they got placed in a box as is. A longer term goal is to have Giant Size 1, 94-142 all graded. The Hulk 340 placement was due to a window bag that my dad made for that 2012 Stan Lee signing so that was the only option for him to sign the book. Thanks for the great comment.
@@doctortcomics2576 I actually thought about the window bags that people resort to, but just assumed Stan was on his game that day ;) Dunno, if I'll ever get a GS X-men 31. Heritage just put up a page of the original art from Dave Cockrum which will probably get an astronomical price. It's a great page, too.
Hey Daniel, yes that is where it all started. My dad was never into the serious collecting side of the hobby but he has enjoyed reading comics for over 40 years.
Hi Terrence, thank you! I have always collected what I love and have fit it in the budget that works for my family. Notice the lack of major Silver Age first appearance keys!
Love the collection brother. Trying to get my What If collection together as well as others near and dear to my heart. If I knew then what I had when I was 8 I would've taken better care of my books.
Thanks for watching! I didn’t start worrying about comic condition until 2010. Everything before that was just to read, not destroy, but whether the book was NM didn’t matter. It didn’t even know what near mint was!
What a wonderful grouping from your collection. Thank you for posting. Being a fanboy of the Marvel Silver age myself, I can truly appreciate your amazing books. One question on Avengers #4. What was it that made it a restored book? Perhaps a bit of color touch? I also loved those Stan Lee signature books. I had met Stan at a shareholders annual meeting in NYC back in 1995. No big hoopla and he was just sitting in the rather small audience with everyone else. I spoke with him and he was friendly and chatty. I mentioned my Mother never threw out my books and he said I was a lucky boy. He then signed both of my annual reports which were in the form of a comic book. I have them to this day. Now about that "Pence" edition. The small letter d refers to Denarius which is a Latin word meaning money and similar to the Spanish word Denero or in Italien, Denaro. Lastly, I think you just might have a copy of ASM #50 somewhere in your collection, yes? If so, and it's raw, please feel free to read my childhood letter to the editor. Left page, bottom left. Stan called me Joey. I was 11 years old at the time. I used to have 6 copies but now just two lovely copies that I will have slabbed. One of them has John Romita Sr's signature on the bottom of the splash page and another signature in the margin by my letter. Thanks again for showing your lovely books. Best to all and Make Mine Marvel...um, Silver age that is.
Hi! The restoration on the Avengers 4 includes color touch, tear seals, and pieces added. I have thought about restoration remodel before but have never pulled that trigger. It also has white pages which is pretty spectacular for a book from 1964. Thank you for sharing your story about ASM 50. I actually do not that have book.
Yoooooooo I can’t believe you pulled up that marvel 2 and 1. My dad loves that book and he used to read it too me when I was like 3. That comic is stuck in my mind forever that’s why I love the thing
Amazing collection man, congrats. Some of these gems I got from foreigner collectors, its a great way to have some bigger keys for less money - if the cover and year matches with the US counterparts I mean.
Love the Poster behind you (The Large One) We have got to get past the stigma of "Restored" .....I have no problems with them, especially since some keys are so expensive these days! Love Sgt.Fury #13!@!!
I agree about the restored and qualified grades. And the FF 50 only has a “small amount of color touch on cover,” yet it eliminates up to have the value of the book. Thanks for the comment and insight!
Loved the books. I just gave you a sub so I will definitely keep watching out for your videos. BTW, That Marvel Two-In-One Annual has always been one of my favorite stories to read and reread over the years. Nothing shows Ben Grimm’s aka The Thing’s indomitable spirit and will to overcome odds and the willingness to save others over himself more then this “fantastic” story.
New to your channel, what a fabulous collection. Beyond awesome man! Love the Metal Men! Stan Lee & Neal Adams sig on one comic, very nice! Big bucks really went into these Big boy gems.
Thank you. The Metal Men were a favorite of my Dad’s when he was a kid. I picked Showcase 37 up in 2014 at the Salt Lake Fan Ex. Every one of these books were picked up before the Marvel price boom. For example, the FF 48 was only $125 raw when I bought it in 2015 also at Salt Lake Fan Ex. No joke. 😂 Every one of these books is an example of “buy what you love.”
I know what it is but have not read it! Though I did send in the Walt Simonson variant cover of issue 1 for a signing and it came back a 9.8 with Simonson’s signature. I have that video of the unboxing on the channel. Thanks for watching!
@@doctortcomics2576 Thanks for making a dope video. Much appreciated, hope you get your Uncanny X-Men 141 & 142 signed by Chris Claremont. Godspeed my brother 💯
I agree about pence covers. Which is interesting considering how people go bonkers for modern newsstand versus direct editions. And like those, UK editions were released at the same time as US versions.
New sub here! We have quite a bit of overlap in our x-men and wolverine collections, though all but 2 of my books are raw. Fun video, thanks for sharing!
A goal of mine is to complete the 129-142 higher grade run. I still need 131, 132, 134, 135, and 136. I have them all raw in mid-grade. The ultimate goal, which will probably take the next 5-8 years is to have an entire graded run from Giant-Size 1 through 142.
Hi, I was wondering if you can identify the artist who created this superhero piece. Believe it or not it was drawn by markers. On the opposite side you can see the marker ink bleeding through. The coloring and shading is utterly stunning. There are three different signatures on the bottom left corner.
@@comicbookninja5268 I am...in my dreams. I have toyed with the idea of selling some things to get one of those, but everything I have in my PC is there because I really like it, especially my higher value books.
I can’t even imagine. For example the X-Men 129 in this video was $90 when I purchased it and yesterday another copy with the same grade sold for $1300. Crazy.
Yes I am quite biased toward Marvel. 😂 I grew up with my Dad’s comics that he bought off the “rack” from 1978-1986 and they were all Marvel. I do have about five short boxes of DC and about 10 DC CGCs. My Instagram is austin.w.thorpe I grew up in East County San Diego, moved to Utah for a Bachelor and Master’s degree, taught high school for six years and then we moved to Tallahassee for three years for some more school. We are currently in Utah.
Great collection. I try and have my sons involved in the hobby, just like you with your pops did. I don’t spec on movies anymore though because must of the MCU and Disney movies and shows have been woke garbage. I collect what I want for my PC
Just found the channel and subscribed!!!! Will share the video and put this in the playlist!
Wow, that’s great! Thank you for helping make all these videos happen this time around.
Great collection. You can tell you are a passionate comic book collector. I have a lot of the same comic books got them from my dad and I collected everything wolverine and punisher as a kid. Just have not taken the time to send my comics to CGC to get them graded. It seems like a big undertaking. I have that Avengers number 4 as well and a bunch of silver keys for Avengers, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Daredevil and X-men. Thanks for sharing your collection.
Hey Trent, thanks for watching and for the comment. CGC is necessarily for everyone. If you like them raw keep them raw. If you ever think about selling, identify which ones would be worth grading because the grading can be a large expense. I just sent 20 books to CGC in various tiers and it was not cheap. Only in the last 10 months have I begun trying to let the hobby fund itself. Sounds like you have a great collection.
Great collection of comics, although it wouldn't have even occurred to me to get some of the more modern comics slabbed. In fact I have all of those magnificent Bronze Age X-Men in high grade and purchased off the spinner rack, but still haven't slabbed them. At least I can still do that, but obviously will never have the pleasure of getting Stan Lee to sign a book in person. You lucked out that he signed that Hulk 340 in the perfect location. Other collectors have noted that they weren't so fortunate ;)
That Bronze Age X-Men run is my favorite in all comics. That is what I started reading as a kid from my dad’s spinner rack collection. His were all mid grade, nothing high grade as he read them and then they got placed in a box as is. A longer term goal is to have Giant Size 1, 94-142 all graded. The Hulk 340 placement was due to a window bag that my dad made for that 2012 Stan Lee signing so that was the only option for him to sign the book. Thanks for the great comment.
@@doctortcomics2576 I actually thought about the window bags that people resort to, but just assumed Stan was on his game that day ;) Dunno, if I'll ever get a GS X-men 31. Heritage just put up a page of the original art from Dave Cockrum which will probably get an astronomical price. It's a great page, too.
Really enjoyed seeing your comics. It was lovely seeing your smile as you presented them. Collecting these for the joy they give you is priceless.
Hey Clive, sorry I missed your comment from months ago. Yes, this is a great hobby that provides a lot of joy.
I love it!!! Thank you for the desire and inspiration!!!
Great hearing the history behind some of those comics. Cool that you and your dad got to share this hobby
Hey Daniel, yes that is where it all started. My dad was never into the serious collecting side of the hobby but he has enjoyed reading comics for over 40 years.
X-Men 137 and marvel two and one annual number seven are two of my favorite stories. Love your top 50 thanks for sharing
Classic books, no doubt. I think Marvel-Two-In-One Annual 7 is quite underrated. Thanks for watching and the comment!
Man, such an interestingly eclectic set of books. The range in eras, grades, signatures...and a lot of 9.8 and other high grade books too! Good stuff.
Hi Terrence, thank you! I have always collected what I love and have fit it in the budget that works for my family. Notice the lack of major Silver Age first appearance keys!
Love the collection brother. Trying to get my What If collection together as well as others near and dear to my heart. If I knew then what I had when I was 8 I would've taken better care of my books.
Thanks for watching! I didn’t start worrying about comic condition until 2010. Everything before that was just to read, not destroy, but whether the book was NM didn’t matter. It didn’t even know what near mint was!
Thanks for sharing Dr. T! Great books and I enjoyed your narration.
Thanks, Keston!
Nice collection!
Really enjoy seeing everyone's top 50
Great for the Hobby
Thanks, it has been a lot of fun watching so many videos with my mouth wide open at the sheer magnitude and quality of books.
What a wonderful grouping from your collection. Thank you for posting. Being a fanboy of the Marvel Silver age myself, I can truly appreciate your amazing books. One question on Avengers #4. What was it that made it a restored book? Perhaps a bit of color touch? I also loved those Stan Lee signature books. I had met Stan at a shareholders annual meeting in NYC back in 1995. No big hoopla and he was just sitting in the rather small audience with everyone else. I spoke with him and he was friendly and chatty. I mentioned my Mother never threw out my books and he said I was a lucky boy. He then signed both of my annual reports which were in the form of a comic book. I have them to this day.
Now about that "Pence" edition. The small letter d refers to Denarius which is a Latin word meaning money and similar to the Spanish word Denero or in Italien, Denaro.
Lastly, I think you just might have a copy of ASM #50 somewhere in your collection, yes? If so, and it's raw, please feel free to read my childhood letter to the editor. Left page, bottom left. Stan called me Joey. I was 11 years old at the time. I used to have 6 copies but now just two lovely copies that I will have slabbed. One of them has John Romita Sr's signature on the bottom of the splash page and another signature in the margin by my letter. Thanks again for showing your lovely books. Best to all and Make Mine Marvel...um, Silver age that is.
Hi! The restoration on the Avengers 4 includes color touch, tear seals, and pieces added. I have thought about restoration remodel before but have never pulled that trigger. It also has white pages which is pretty spectacular for a book from 1964. Thank you for sharing your story about ASM 50. I actually do not that have book.
First time checking out your channel. Cool video! Some great FF.
Thanks ComicPizza! When you have a moment, there are a number of other videos on the channel you might consider watching.
Yoooooooo I can’t believe you pulled up that marvel 2 and 1. My dad loves that book and he used to read it too me when I was like 3. That comic is stuck in my mind forever that’s why I love the thing
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing!
Loved the line up man! Subscribed and notified.
Hey man, I really appreciate it. Thanks for watching, Andy!
Awesome top 50 books! New sub here, really nice grades on the slabs. Thanks for showing your collection. 👍✌
Hey Slim Comics! Thanks for the sub! And your welcome, it was a lot of fun!
Dude, you got great screen presence, subbed and cant wait to go through more of my comics and just enjoy looking at yours haha.
Thanks, Myles! Appreciate you subbing, glad you enjoyed the video. What a great hobby!
Amazing collection man, congrats. Some of these gems I got from foreigner collectors, its a great way to have some bigger keys for less money - if the cover and year matches with the US counterparts I mean.
Absolutely, thanks for watching and the comment!
Love the Poster behind you (The Large One) We have got to get past the stigma of "Restored" .....I have no problems with them, especially since some keys are so expensive these days! Love Sgt.Fury #13!@!!
I agree about the restored and qualified grades. And the FF 50 only has a “small amount of color touch on cover,” yet it eliminates up to have the value of the book. Thanks for the comment and insight!
The poster was from Hobby Lobby. I love the Silver and Bronze Age artwork.
Awesome slabs man! Excellent collection. I subbed you. I'm subscriber number 50 👊
Thanks so much! 👊
That Cap annual 8 is such a great cover. Love all those X-men and Fantastic Four books. Great collection, we just subscribed.
Thanks, Hazeldan! Subbed right back at you!
Loved the books. I just gave you a sub so I will definitely keep watching out for your videos.
BTW, That Marvel Two-In-One Annual has always been one of my favorite stories to read and reread over the years. Nothing shows Ben Grimm’s aka The Thing’s indomitable spirit and will to overcome odds and the willingness to save others over himself more then this “fantastic” story.
It’s awesome how much respect The Champion had for him after their bout. Thanks for subbing! Yes, the indomitable spirit of the Thing.
New to your channel, what a fabulous collection. Beyond awesome man! Love the Metal Men! Stan Lee & Neal Adams sig on one comic, very nice! Big bucks really went into these Big boy gems.
Thank you. The Metal Men were a favorite of my Dad’s when he was a kid. I picked Showcase 37 up in 2014 at the Salt Lake Fan Ex. Every one of these books were picked up before the Marvel price boom. For example, the FF 48 was only $125 raw when I bought it in 2015 also at Salt Lake Fan Ex. No joke. 😂 Every one of these books is an example of “buy what you love.”
Doctor T new sub here. Awesome collection thanks for sharing. Looking forward to checking out your channel.
Thank you so much!
Good stuff! Just subbed to your channel. Guess I need to get around to doing one of these soon :)
Thanks for watching and for the sub!
Awesome Books, thanks to share.
Your welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great collection! Just subbed. 👍
Just returned the favor my friend. Thank you!
Great video thanks have just subscribed and liked
Hi Glyn, thanks for watching!
Very cool list there. I gotta get a 1st Kitty Pride.
Thanks Dee Runk and thanks for subbing! I have totally seen your videos!
@@doctortcomics2576 I appreciate that.
Have you checked out the Beta Ray Bill mini series by Daniel Warren Johnson? It was fantastic!
I know what it is but have not read it! Though I did send in the Walt Simonson variant cover of issue 1 for a signing and it came back a 9.8 with Simonson’s signature. I have that video of the unboxing on the channel. Thanks for watching!
Marvel 2in1 annual #7 is also my fathers favorite comic of all time! Really a true classic story
That’s awesome. Thanks for watching. Yep, a classic story indeed.
That’s one hell of a collection, especially that Nick Fury Captain America team up.
Thanks for watching!
@@doctortcomics2576 Thanks for making a dope video. Much appreciated, hope you get your Uncanny X-Men 141 & 142 signed by Chris Claremont. Godspeed my brother 💯
Cap Annual 8 is one of my favorite covers. FF3 is a great book - pence covers aren't as appreciated - quirkiness of collectors.
I agree about pence covers. Which is interesting considering how people go bonkers for modern newsstand versus direct editions. And like those, UK editions were released at the same time as US versions.
Nice Collection! Sweet Stan Lee signature
Thank you! Two of the five Stan Lee signatures I have were in person. It was amazing to stand if front of him and watch him sign them.
Great top 50 video !
Thank you!
New sub here! We have quite a bit of overlap in our x-men and wolverine collections, though all but 2 of my books are raw. Fun video, thanks for sharing!
Don’t you love those Claremont and Byrne X books? Still need more in the Dark Phoenix run. I have them all in reader raw copies.
@@doctortcomics2576 imo GSX through days of future past is one of the pinnacle runs in all of Marvel.
@@sleekgeekcollectibles I completely agree.
Good video dude!
Thanks man!
Awesome collection DR T! Peace
Thanks, Jaguar! Appreciate you subbing man!
Awesome collection! New sub here!!
Sorry I missed your comment! Thanks Lander for subscribing!
FF #48 is one of my personal favorites!
Right?! I love the Watchers stretched out hand as they await the ominous arrival of Galactus.
Love love LOVE seeing all those X-Men at the end!!!
A goal of mine is to complete the 129-142 higher grade run. I still need 131, 132, 134, 135, and 136. I have them all raw in mid-grade. The ultimate goal, which will probably take the next 5-8 years is to have an entire graded run from Giant-Size 1 through 142.
@@doctortcomics2576 are you me? 🤣
Nice collection!
Thank you!
Just an amazing collection thus far…..👍
Awesome video! You kinda look like Daniel Day-Lewis
Ha ha, thanks! Never heard that one before!
Thanks for the showing. Correction it's X-Men 121 not 129 for the first full appearance on Alpha Flight
Yes, I just misspoke. Thank you.
Just found your channel and gave you a sub
Wow! Thank you! Sorry I am just seeing your comment!
New Subscriber - Great 50!
Thanks! Looking forward to checking out your videos as well!
You have some great comic books.
Thank you, Anthony. I need to do a new video of my top 50 since this one was a while ago.
@@doctortcomics2576 You're welcome.... that would be cool.
Awesome books-feel like everyone is sleeping on the red she hulk-she’s coming at some point
I agree. Hulk 15 and 16 and now popping up for sale all over. Even a couple of weeks ago there were much fewer copies available.
Hi, I was wondering if you can identify the artist who created this superhero piece. Believe it or not it was drawn by markers. On the opposite side you can see the marker ink bleeding through. The coloring and shading is utterly stunning. There are three different signatures on the bottom left corner.
Hi, what superhero piece are you referring to? Sorry that I am just responding.
great books, man.
Thanks, Mannie! GLad you tuned in!
Good collection
Thank you!
Just subbed the channel, nice books
Thanks, really appreciate it. Comic collecting is a blast, right?
I'm starting to think u like Wolverine. Marvel Two in One Annual 7 is probably my favorite Thing story. Very Crispy!!!
Wolverine and Cap are my favorite two. I have three books left to complete the Wolverine (1988) 1-10 9.8 run. I also need Captain America 100. Crispy!
@@doctortcomics2576 Are you trying to get a Hulk 180 and 181?
@@comicbookninja5268 I am...in my dreams. I have toyed with the idea of selling some things to get one of those, but everything I have in my PC is there because I really like it, especially my higher value books.
I dont like slabs, but great collection!
Totally understand. You can’t flip through, smell, or read a slabbed book. I have a conflicted relationship with my slabs.
Sub #125. Some great books that would be hard to pick up in todays market.
I can’t even imagine. For example the X-Men 129 in this video was $90 when I purchased it and yesterday another copy with the same grade sold for $1300. Crazy.
And thanks for subbing!
Good grades on the books
Thank you! Such a fun hobby, right?!
Marvel predominates your Top 50! By chance are you on Instagram? What handle? You use "crispy" as a descriptor....where do you hail from?
Yes I am quite biased toward Marvel. 😂 I grew up with my Dad’s comics that he bought off the “rack” from 1978-1986 and they were all Marvel. I do have about five short boxes of DC and about 10 DC CGCs.
My Instagram is austin.w.thorpe
I grew up in East County San Diego, moved to Utah for a Bachelor and Master’s degree, taught high school for six years and then we moved to Tallahassee for three years for some more school. We are currently in Utah.
🔥🔥🔥
So much fire.
Stay classy San Diego
Been enjoying watching the Padres in the playoffs.
Standby. I'm trying to send you a picture
Hi, hit me up on Instagram if you have an account and you should be able to send me a picture there.
They’re ALL slabbed!
Graded comics ruined collecting....
Great collection. I try and have my sons involved in the hobby, just like you with your pops did. I don’t spec on movies anymore though because must of the MCU and Disney movies and shows have been woke garbage. I collect what I want for my PC
Just found your channel and gave you a sub
Thanks for the sub!