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Post by The Captain on Feb 27, 2018 11:21:14 GMT -5
I'm starting to look at doing this as well. I read the entire run of Excalibur three or four years ago, but I doubt I'll ever read it again, so why do I hold onto it? I might keep the Ellis run for Pete Wisdom, but nothing else is memorable.
For a book like Luke Cage, Hero for Hire/Power Man/Power Man and Iron Fist, which I'm currently reading, I may keep the first dozen or so issues and any keys after that, as well as any issues that I really like, but get rid of the rest. I've enjoyed it enough, but it's not something I will likely pick up again.
Conversely, even though I read all the way through Thor a few years back, I could actually see rereading big chunks of that, so I'll probably hold onto it for at least a while longer.
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Post by hondobrode on Feb 27, 2018 11:21:41 GMT -5
I'm going to be doing the same thing as I re-box my collection Kurt.
Especially as you pointed out, there are reprints of practically everything.
The value of what you're purging will help with other things.
Good move Kurt.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 27, 2018 11:48:07 GMT -5
I'm starting to look at doing this as well. I read the entire run of Excalibur three or four years ago, but I doubt I'll ever read it again, so why do I hold onto it? I might keep the Ellis run for Pete Wisdom, but nothing else is memorable. For a book like Luke Cage, Hero for Hire/Power Man/Power Man and Iron Fist, which I'm currently reading, I may keep the first dozen or so issues and any keys after that, as well as any issues that I really like, but get rid of the rest. I've enjoyed it enough, but it's not something I will likely pick up again. Conversely, even though I read all the way through Thor a few years back, I could actually see rereading big chunks of that, so I'll probably hold onto it for at least a while longer. By the all fathers Bristling beard , Thor of Asgard approves !
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 27, 2018 12:16:24 GMT -5
I'd unload some comic books for money, if it weren't for the fact that now thanks to Marvel movies, all my cosmic character comics are worth enough I should feel ashamed to hold on to them, and the rest of my collection isn't worth much, so I just hold on to it too.
I did unload some Deadpool and Harley 1st appearances and key issues I knew I was not going to read again in 2008 for among other Christmas gifts, a Xbox 360 for my kids (and me). I'm sure there will come along something that is important enough that I could do the same as Cei-U and sell off the single issues for collections, and maybe have some cash/trade left over. But for now, I hold on to them.
For another reason CGC is really f'ing with values I think on unslabbed comics and I am not sure if now is a good time to sell for top value even if I wanted to sell. Perhaps the fad will wear thinner at some point and I could make more for an actual book, and not a rebuilt Iron Man #55, because the Thanos/Pawn Stars meme is reaching a wider audience than even the movies themselves.
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Post by brutalis on Feb 27, 2018 13:13:08 GMT -5
Purging the collection is always a necessary thing. It helps you cleanse your collecting habits and sharpens the focus upon more desired issues or series that you would rather have and enjoy. I periodically would do this when I was buying more monthly new issues. After a series ended I would find it sitting in a box never looked at again until I might look through them. Usually I then decided to sell off these current and modern series I felt were less entertaining. This way I have gotten rid of tons of X-Men, Teen Titans, JLA and other stuff. Helps me appreciate what I choose to hold onto and provides more reason to read those saved ones more often.
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Post by Søren on Feb 27, 2018 14:22:50 GMT -5
Im not at stage to need to start giving away/throwing out any my comics. Can see it as possibility in the future though. 2000ad is a weekly comic, collection can and is grow fast. Currently I still have a lot of shelf/wall space
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 14:32:06 GMT -5
For the past few weeks, I've been contemplating the state of my comic book collection and I've finally come to a major decision: it's time to let go of some of my Silver Age books. I'm specifically looking at unloading what remains of my runs of Amazing Spider-Man (#51-80), Fantastic Four (#51, 53-100), Incredible Hulk (#103-125), and X-Men (#22-35, 37, 42, 44, 48-54, 56-66). There are multiple reasons for doing this. First, I have all these stories in other formats, either print, digital or both. Second, I have no intention of ever adding to these runs. Third, I can't remember the last time I sat down and read the actual books. Fourth, and the original need that sparked the whole concept, I almost never have any money to spend at Emerald City or Jet City and I know the owner of Randy's Readers will give me excellent trade-in value for these books. This will go a long way toward completing those series I'm still actively collecting like Master of Kung Fu, The Invaders, and tons of DC titles. Fifth and finally, I'm not getting any younger and neither are these comics. It seems a shame to leave them in a closet slowly disintegrating when they could be loved and cared for in someone else's collection. It's not like this is the first time I've done this. I sold off my early issues of most of the Marvel books in the mid-'80s as I acquired the Masterworks volumes. And this isn't a total housecleaning: I'm hanging on to those series that still mean something to me, either because it's a favorite series (Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner), has art by my man Gene Colan (Daredevil, Dr. Strange, Captain America, Captain Marvel), or reminds me of the thrill and excitement of collecting them back in the day (Sgt. Fury, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish, Tales of Suspense, Marvel Super-Heroes, all my '60s Annuals). So this Friday, after Rob Allen has his pick of the emigres, we're shlepping some (if not all) of these golden oldies off to Randy at Emerald City. Part of me will regret this decision (just like part of me regrets the last purge) but I'll console myself with all the comics I'll come home with. So what do you think? Cei-U! I summon the parting of the ways! If you are done with them and those books themselves (not the stories in them, which you say you have in other formats) no longer bring joy to you, and you can use them as a resource to do/get something that will bring joy to you, then it is the right choice and no regrets are necessary. Don't let something that once brought joy into your life become an albatross. Use them to bring new things into your life that can be a source of joy. If you are not enjoying your comics there is no reason to have them. -M
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 5, 2018 22:23:17 GMT -5
I really hate that the only time I see my extended family is when one of them dies.
Cei-U! I summon the post-funeral grumblegripe!
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Post by DE Sinclair on Mar 5, 2018 23:11:15 GMT -5
I really hate that the only time I see my extended family is when one of them dies. Cei-U! I summon the post-funeral grumblegripe! As the song says, "Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again". Here's hoping you'll have a happier get together soon.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 6, 2018 6:32:17 GMT -5
I have a friend that has a family reunion once a year. It has themes where they dress up in the chosen theme. They met one time all dressed up like people from the Wild West.
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Post by impulse on Mar 6, 2018 11:10:37 GMT -5
Hey, we're at 1,001.... doest that mean we went back to our original numbering with a groundbreaking, earth-shattering NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME new start???
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 6, 2018 22:32:01 GMT -5
Hey, we're at 1,001.... doest that mean we went back to our original numbering with a groundbreaking, earth-shattering NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME new start??? I will definitely buy it!
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Post by Søren on Mar 7, 2018 15:29:49 GMT -5
My mum has borrowed a few of my comics. Im not sure why but she said she wanted to look at them to see the layout for something she is working for. I guess even 55 is not to late to become a new fan
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2018 15:34:49 GMT -5
My mum has borrowed a few of my comics. Im not sure why but she said she wanted to look at them to see the layout for something she is working for. I guess even 55 is not to late to become a new fan If she is looking at comic layouts for a project, maybe she is working on telling her story for the google doodle International Women's Day stories. They are inviting all women to share there story and many are doing it in comic form as the google doodle commemorating the day does. -M
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Post by Søren on Mar 7, 2018 15:46:05 GMT -5
My mum has borrowed a few of my comics. Im not sure why but she said she wanted to look at them to see the layout for something she is working for. I guess even 55 is not to late to become a new fan If she is looking at comic layouts for a project, maybe she is working on telling her story for the google doodle International Women's Day stories. They are inviting all women to share there story and many are doing it in comic form as the google doodle commemorating the day does. -M No its a theological type project she been ask to work on for someone, my confusion more is what my comics have to do with it lol can only think she wants to make layout of images/text more interesting maybe. Just hoping too maybe she see why I enjoy them too, she never read a comic before
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