Shoutout to the guy at the Portland comic con who convinced me not to sell my old X-Men run

I mean, I was totally set on it. I had my whole Claremont run from the 80s, Uncanny 168 through 210, bagged and boarded in a long box ready to go. Was gonna use the cash to pre-order a bunch of new #1s. But this older dude at the con, he saw the box label and just started talking about how he regretted selling his to pay rent in '92. He said, 'Those books aren't just paper, they're a map of where you were as a fan.' Idk, it hit different. I took the box back to my car. Maybe it's just me, but has anyone else had a random conversation totally change your mind about a collection?

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mia70026d ago

What did you almost sell them for?

lewis.finley26d ago

Wow, that's such a cool story! That guy's line about them being a map is so true. What was the one single comic in that run you'd have missed the most if you'd sold it? Like, the one you'd instantly regret letting go of.

taylorshah25d ago

The Amazing Spider-Man 121, the Night Gwen Stacy died. That single page where he's holding her, it's the whole story. I see this everywhere now, people selling old records or game consoles to clear space. The thing you let go of is never the object, it's the exact moment you first held it. That comic was a Tuesday after school for me, rain on the bus window. Letting that go would be like throwing out a piece of the map that shows where you started.