Superhero Comics:

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Superhero Comics

• An overview of my comic book collection

Cosmo Felton April 16th, 2007 CSS 1010-1 Dr. Ha
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Introduction to my collection
Comics I own Special Titles Collection Statis
tics
Summary
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Introduction to my collection
I started collecting comic books over ten years
ago. After a long hiatus, I began to accumulate
more comics about two years ago.
My collection holds close to a thousand comics.

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Comics I Own
I currently own 903 comic books.
The majority of these are published by two
companies, DC and Marvel. Most of these are the
superhero genre of comic.
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Batman Comics
Some of the more popular comic series are those
which feature the character Batman.
Batman is featured in many current series
Batman Detective Comics Batman Confidental
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Batman Comics
I own approximately 100 comics with the character
Batman 56 issues of Batman. 30 issues of Detect
ive Comics. Several dozen comics from Batman mini
series.
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X-Men Comics
The X-Men series of comics form a major portion
of my collection. The X-Men have many different s
eries including X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Astonishing
X-Men, and New X-Men.
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X-Men Comics
I own over 250 comics with the X-Men characters
130 issues of Excalibur. 64 issues of Uncanny X-M
en.
Over 50 issues of New Mutants/New X-Men.
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Special Titles
My collection is not random I search for
specific comics to add. In some cases I search fo
r every issue of a specific title.
I also hunt for every issue featuring a specific
character. These form the majority of my collecti
on.
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One such title is the series Excalibur.
This series was published from 1988 to 1998.
It featured a superhero team based in the UK.
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Excalibur was one of the first comics I began
collecting. I started collecting with issue 95,
over ten years ago. I now own almost every appear
ance of the Excalibur characters.
This includes all 125 issues of the series!
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Another title is the series Alpha Flight.
This series was published from 1983 to 1994.
Its superhero team was based in Canada.
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I started collecting Alpha Flight only while
doing a school research paper on one of the main
characters, Northstar. I am in the process of buy
ing all 130 issues of the series.
I currently own 68 issues.
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Collection Statistics
Beyond just collecting, I often compile several
statistics on my collection. These statistics de
al with several things How many issues in a seri
es I own. The number of titles I own from a certa
in publisher. The amount of money I have spent on
comics.
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Most of these statistics are contained in various
spreadsheets where I can organize the data.
One example of these spreadsheets are below.
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I also compile statistics on how many issues of a
series I own.
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Additionally, I create statistics on appearances
of favorite characters. (yes, I know that I am a
dork.) Below is one example with a character, Vi
ctor.
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Collection Statistics
I am still in the process of compiling statistics
on other aspects of my collection.
One area I still need to calculate is how much
money I have spent on comics. My estimates, howev
er, put this number at close to 1000 dollars.
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Summary
My comic book collection is very large, at over
900 different issues. This collection is very div
erse, with many different titles by different
publishers, including DC and Marvel.
I own many issues of specific series or
characters, such as Batman or Excalibur.
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Summary
I use spreadsheets to organize my collection and
create statistics based on the comics.
My collection is contained in seven separate
boxes, and so a computer makes organization much
easier. These statistics include percentages of w
hich series I own, the comic publishers, and
appearances of specific characters.