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Paul Greer
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Mark, that book looks perfect to me. A well read comic is more
desirable than a mint condition one in my book.
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David Philpott
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I have to agree with Paul. It looks like you got your moneys worth. Good for you!
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Eric Sofer
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Thanks for posting an image, Brad Teschner! That was most helpful.
Incidentally, I think the first time I encountered the X-Men was outside their book, in a reprint of Fantastic Four #28 - the FF/X-Men crossover. I think it was in Marvel's Collector's Item Classics #20. So yes, I'm pretty old. Not as old as SOME, mind you... :)
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John Byrne
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A well read comic is more desirable than a mint condition one in my book.•• Something I have noted over the years is that the "Byrne Bashes" seem very often to get their stories entirely backwards from what happens. This is one such instance. Time and again I hear stories about how I refuse to sign books that are not in absolute mint condition -- and yet the reverse is what is actually true. Over the years, at cons and signings, people have been most apologetic when offering a tattered copy of one of my books for signing. "No problem!" I say, beaming. "This shows it's been READ!!"
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Mal Gardiner
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123 for me - I only grabbed it at the newsagents because I remembered Murderworld from the Spider-Man/Captain Britain MTU. Read it to tatters, got hooked straight away, and it's the book I always tell people is the first one I recall pointing at the art and saying "I want to learn how to do THAT!" out loud to my high school art teacher. Thanks chief!
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Brad Monje
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JB said: Over the years, at cons and signings, people have been most apologetic when offering a tattered copy of one of my books for signing. "No problem!" I say, beaming. "This shows it's been READ!!"
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This is exactly what happened the first time I met JB at the Mid-Ohio con. I had a very well read copy of X-Men 139. It was the issue where Wolverine got the brown costume. Reading that issue still brings back a lot of great memories from my youth.
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John Popa
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I actually just met Arthur Adams over the weekend and the first thing he said with a smile while signing my banged up and copy of his 'Creature From the Black Lagoon' adaptation is 'looks this one's been read more than a few times.'
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Fred J Chamberlain
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One of the coolest experiences for me at cons is witnessing
people walk up to artists and hand over a worn copy of a
childhood favorite to get signed. The stories and
sentiments shared sometimes elicit tears.... certainly warm
fuzzies.
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Joe Boster
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So you had a good HeroesCon, John? I know I did.
I got Bernie Wrightson to sign my old 80's Marvel Frankenstein he said something similar.
The issue of x-men owned the longest by me is 168.
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Gundars Berzins
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This was the first issue of the X-Men that grabbed me.
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David Haight
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David Haight
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Part of a random set of comics my grandmother brought on her semi-annual visit.
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