Myth of the Mac Man...

I have no clue who, if anyone, reads my comic blog. On the CGC Forums as here, my name is Mac Man. I collect comic books. More specifically, I collect comics concerning Spider-Man, Batman, and the X-Men. Even more specifically, I collect books ranging from the 1960s-1990s. And while I happen to have some beautiful looking books from the 70s on up, many of my comics from the 70s and earlier are what we call "low grade" comics. This means to some that they are beat up and not in as good shape as others.

I call them well-loved.

So what is this Myth of the Mac Man? Over on the CGC forums, especially among the Spider-Man collectors, I have started to establish myself as a connesieur of low grade comic books. I've been known to turn down a comic for being too nice of condition. This has been prompted by financial constraints, but I think it is beginning to come across that I just don't like high grade Silver Age comic books. That they are objects of scorn to me. Is this true? Not entirely ;)

I'll never begrudge someone for paying a lot of money for high grade, investment quality comic. But I want to love my comic through reading them and drooling on them. Ok, not the second part, but you get the idea. I don't want to be concerned about watching $500 float out the window because I got a thumb print indentation on my comic from reading it. I love it when I can accidentally fold a corner and it doesn't do a thing to the value because it's allowed at that grade. Not that I really ever do this- it's just the principle of it.

So I love low grades. A nice GD- 1.8 will find a home in my longbox any day... providing it's a Spidey, Bats, or Mutant. ;)