The Comic Hunt Continues or Two Post in a Row??? WTF?

Hi

Yesterday I posted about how I would begin searching for Wizard's "100 Best Single Issues Since You Were Born" list. What I failed to mention was that I already had 17 of them in either single or trade paperback form and that yesterday I picked up 14 more of the 100 at The Comic Shop, bringing the total to 31. Consider that a reconnaiscance mission. There were a few I wasn't sure of the volume, so today I brought the Wizard issue and checked off 3 more.

I wasn't about to stop there though, no siree. I then ventured downtown to Golden Age Collectables and scoured their back issue bins. There I discovered 10 gems, sure to give me minutes of entertainment. Then it was to my comic shop, Elfsar. I say "my" because it's where I regularly buy my monthly titles. I didn't expect to find much though as they focus on more current stuff and trade paperbacks. Be that as it may, I found 3 comics there from the list and got a bunch more goodies besides.

As I left for home I realized I had forgotten about another comic shop in the downtown area! Namely ABC Book & Comic Emporium. First off, gotta love the use of the ampersand in the store name and second, it's an emporium and that just sounds cool. As Doug would say, this is where you get "bargain basement" comics. It has a very flea-markety feel too it, but that's ok because they have a TON of comics in the basement and all the back issues are always 50% off. So in this instance, they truely are bargain basement comics. I should have went here first instead of last and saved myself a bit of bling, but c'est la vie. Here I found an even dozen comics and now have more than half of the 100.

Actually I now have 59 + - 7.7 for poisson statistics. There are a few on the list that I may have back in Prince Edward Island and had before I sold them to Mark (grumble grumble). So after getting 42 comics over 4 comic shops and dropping $200 + , I think I'll take a break from the hunt for a while to let my wallet recover. I don't plan to get all of them as single issues. The Sandman ones in particular I'll get in trade paperback form. Anyhoo here's the list and the ones I have so far:

Ranking	Name of Comic	Year Published	Owned Prior to Article	Owned After Article	Date Purchased
1	Top 10 #8	2000		X	30-Apr-06
2	Sandman #8	1989
3	Batman: The Killing Joke	1998	X
4	Superman Annual #11	1985	X
5	Ultimate Spider-man #13	2001	X
6	Astro City #1/2	1998
7	Saga of the Swamp Thing #21	1984	X
8	Ultimate Spider-man #28	2002	X
9	Batman: Gotham by Gaslight	1989		X	30-Apr-06
10	Daredevil Vol. 1 #191	1983		X	30-Apr-06
11	100 Bullets #27	2001
12	Superman Vol. 2 #9	1987		X	30-Apr-06
13	Planetary #3	1999		X	30-Apr-06
14	Starman #11	1995		X	30-Apr-06
15	Uncanny X-men #159	1982		X	29-Apr-06
16	Amazing Spider-man Vol. 1 #239	1983
17	Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #245	1982		X	30-Apr-06
18	Justice League #1	1987
19	Spider-man Vs. Wolverine	1987	X
20	Planetary #13	2001
21	Action Comics #775	2001	X
22	The Flash Vol. 2 #182	2002
23	Ultimate Spider-man Annual #1	2005
24	Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #341	1988
25	Batman: Holy Terror	1991		X	30-Apr-06
26	Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #420	1994
27	Preacher #18	1996	X
28	Batman #424	1988
29	Green Lantern #188	1985	X
30	Avengers Vol. 1 #189	1979
31	Spider-man: Tangled Web #4	2001
32	Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #340	1988	X
33	Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography	1989
34	Birds of Prey #8	1999
35	Omega Men #26	1985		X	29-Apr-06
36	Amazing Spider-man Annual #15	1981
37	Fables: The Last Castle	2003	X
38	The Spectre #5	1993
39	Captain America Vol. 4 #7	2005		X	30-Apr-06
40	X-Factor #87	1993		X	29-Apr-06
41	Iron Man Vol. 1 #128	1979
42	New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #38	1984		X	30-Apr-06
43	Hero #11	2004		X	29-Apr-06
44	G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Vol. 1 #21	1984
45	Sandman #18	1990
46	Hitman #34	1999
47	Flinch #1	1999		X	29-Apr-06
48	What If…? Vol. 2 #4	1989
49	Ghost Rider Annual Vol. 2 #2	1994
50	Iron Man Vol. 1 #237	1988			29-Apr-06
51	Classic X-men #25	1988
52	100 Bullets #11	2000		X	29-Apr-06
53	Hellblazer #63	1993		X	30-Apr-06
54	Secret Origins Special #1	1989
55	Legion of Super Heroes Vol. 2 #13	1985		X	30-Apr-06
56	Animal Man #7	1989		X	30-Apr-06
57	Dark Horse Presents #1	1986		X	30-Apr-06
58	Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #56	1982		X	30-Apr-06
59	The Thing #2	1983		X	30-Apr-06
60	Sandman #50	1993
61	Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #393	1992		X	30-Apr-06
62	Batman Black & White #1	1996
63	Avengers Vol. 1 #217	1982		X	30-Apr-06
64	Sandman #40	1992
65	Avengers Annual #10	1981		X	30-Apr-06
66	Adventure Comics #466	1979
67	Nightwing #25	1998
68	Batman: Gotham Knights #8	2000
69	Sandman #17	1990
70	Planetary/Batman	2003
71	New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #20	1982		X	30-Apr-06
72	Preacher: Tall in the Saddle	2000	X
73	Justice League Annual #1	1987		X	29-Apr-06
74	Batman Black & White #4	1996
75	American Century #9	2002
76	Batman Adventures Annual #1	1994
77	Web of Spider-man #1	1985
78	Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #3	1998		X	30-Apr-06
79	Astro City #1	1995	X
80	Preacher #50	1999	X
81	Legion of Super Heroes Vol. 1 #296	1983		X	29-Apr-06
82	Adventures of Superman #474	1991		X	30-Apr-06
83	Conan #100	1979		X	30-Apr-06
84	Amazing Spider-man Vol. 1 #248	1984	X
85	Robin #46	1997		X	29-Apr-06
86	Tales of the New Teen Titans #1: Cyborg	1982		X	30-Apr-06
87	Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #60	2002		X	29-Apr-06
88	Semper Fi #1	1988
89	Preacher: Cassidy	1998	X
90	Batman: Devil's Asylum	1995		X	29-Apr-06
91	Exiles #16	2002		X	30-Apr-06
92	Legion of Super Heroes Vol. 2 Annual #1	1985		X	30-Apr-06
93	Hitman #22	1998		X	30-Apr-06
94	Demo #3	2004
95	Animal Man #15	1989	X
96	Legion of Super Heroes Vol. 5 #3	2005		X	30-Apr-06
97	Uncanny X-men #268	1990		X	29-Apr-06
98	Punisher #10	1988
99	Alias #10	2002
100	Ghost Rider #68	1982		X	29-Apr-06