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Diving In: ALPHA FLIGHT

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Rereading, The Collection | 1 Comment »

The boxes weren't in any particular order, and #2 was right there on the top. Let's see, what's in there? Oh yeah, Alpha Flight! Awesome! I loved them. This should be great.

Preliminary Apprehension

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in The Collection | No Comments »

I have to admit that I was a little nervous. After all, these comics had pretty much been the most important thing in my life as a teenager. Besides girls. Maybe. I talked all the time about how the Eighties ...

The Collection in Question

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in The Collection | No Comments »

So, what is this collection anyways? Well, in 1982 I probably had about 200 comic books. In 1988, when I went off to college, I had over 4000. I never collected seriously again after that, but there were enough fits and ...