Dollar bin dive #1 contents

To say that my purchases yesterday were rushed is an understatement. It reminded me so much of my visits to the comic book shows. Here's why:

1. I value quantity much more than quality when it comes to comics. I guess its the hoarder in me. I could've easily bought 1 comic at $30 and been done but for some reason I feel like I miss out when I do that. I might do it in the future because there's a group of comics I really want to collect (more on that later).

2. I shop around. Milehigh has several different grades on the same copy. Is it worth $0.50 more to go from Fine to NM? Is Good+ gonna make me happy when I see the copy in the mail? All that runs through my head when I look at comics. Especially comics that have disparaging values from VF and NM to Good+. I have an example of this in one of my purchases this month.

3. I think too much. Some comic collectors find niches and stick with them. They are exclusive in what they purchase. Archie comics - there are exclusive collectors. Original Batman series in Fine+ or better condition - there are collectors. Golden age good girl art - there are collectors. I've even heard of a guy who is looking to collect every comic book with scuba divers, or "frog men" on the covers. I'm not one of these people. It's what made my new comic pull list so long every month. So much good stuff out there - its hard to pick just one. I tried this before with just Daredevil and Amazing Spidey, but its tough. But, that's what makes dollar bin diving so much fun - you never know what you're gonna have at the end of the day.

With that - lets look at my haul. 11 comics - $29:

Daredevil #241 in Fine - $1.54

Daredevil #319 2nd print in Fine - $1.00

Amazing Spiderman Annual #21 in Very Good - $2.94

Strange Adventures #207 in Good - $6.23

Amazing Spiderman #544 VARAIANT in Good - $1.68

Amazing Spiderman #544 in Fine - $1.89

Batman #423 in Good - $2.45

Wolverine #26 in Very Good - $1.26

Batman #404 in Very Good - $5.88

Daredevil #320 in Fine - $2.31

X-O Manowar #15 PINK VARIANT in Near Mint - $1.96

So, 3 spideys, 3 daredevils, 2 Batman's, a wolverine, an X-O Manowar and a random issue of Strange Adventures? I'll explain:

My first purchase was Strange Adventures 207. Low grade DC silver age issue - 3rd full appearance of Deadman. Significance of it is its a classic cover by Neal Adams. The cover won an award for best cover art for 1967. It was too cool to pass up at such a low price point. A fine copy was around $20 and with milehighs extremely conservative grading I feel confidant that it will really look like a VG/F issue when I get it.

Other trends - I went on a Todd McFarlane binge. Batman 423 is a classic McFarlane cover and he did the penciling for the Wolverine issue as well as Daredevil 241. I'm not a huge fan of McFarlane's work at Image or of Spawn, but his early work at Marvel and DC is some of the best comic art I've ever seen.

I remember the X-O issue back in the day and just thought it was cool that they made a variant with pink lettering on the cover. For less than 2 bucks to have a comic I drooled over as a kid because I saw it priced at $50 back then makes it worth it. Who knows - I'm gonna try to read it and see if I can get into it.

Look for my first YouTube vid when I get these in. Gonna video the unboxing and my first impressions!