Hey, I agree with you. i started seriously collecting comics in 1988 up till now. Still not retired yet because Comics will always be a part of my life. I used to get it from the Mindshop before i moved to singapore to work. Rate then was 3.5x US cover price. It was a good time then as cover price for comics were mostly between Usd1 to Usd1.95. Only the prestige format most expensive like The Dark Knight Returns.
I still collect single issues because the excitement of waiting for the next issue will always be there.
And hunting for back issues now is easier than last time because of the internet. ha ha.
But of course the drawback is super expensive price for certain titles like Miracleman. Which took me 15 years to complete the 24 issues.
My collection now hovers around 10k for single issues. Storage is starting to be a problem.
The only thing is to make a rack for those comic boxes. Anyone out there with storage problem also?
QUOTE(shyghost @ Feb 16 2007, 09:09 AM)
Most of us retired from comics because of the rising prices or maybe we've grown out of it. A lot of the comic's specialty shops close down after the comic boom in the late 90's. Nowadays, one simple comic's book cost about RM12 and I'm sure a hardcore reader will not only buy one book.
Furthermore, the influx of manga books and those HK translated comics worsen the situation for American and English comics to survive.
I still treasure all those comics I bought during that comic boom era. In my humble opinion, story like Onslaught, AoA or Kingdom Come is still the best compared to stories that come out now.
I've completed my Have and Wish list. It's not that many. I have about 300+ and wish about 50 more to complete my collection.
Thank you every one for your input. Now, if only I knew how to upload those lists here in this forum, I will post it as soon as possible.

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