I'm not the only one thank God. I know what you mean about not feeling comfortable having DD 1 etc. These days it's silver age Captain America)iron man, FF and collector item classics marvel tales . I hate to say it but that it,that's where I wanna allocate my spending money. 💯
Happy New Year! I really appreciate your channel’s budget-friendly and community-focused ethos driven by a love of comics as stories and art rather than investments, and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in store for 2024!
Hi Mike, isn‘ t it great when friends and family support one’s passion for comics? My birthday is five days before Christmas, so I got a lot of great comics and action figures within one week. My wife said slightly joking, that my birthday table looked like as if it was supposed for a twelve year old boy instead of a 55 year old guy. But I don’t care about my age and am just happy to have such a great wife. Congrats to finishing your X-Men collection goal, y am very happy for you. You really have great friends and loved ones who got you fantastic stuff. I really look forward to your videos in 2024.
What a fantastic year we've had, huh bud? I'll never stop thanking you for everything and I can't wait to see where the future takes us! On to 2024, 'nuff said!
Wow, what a way to end the year!! All the cool and thoughtful gifts show just how much you’re loved and appreciated by those around you. And to finish your X-Men run AND wrestle away (😂) a double cover? That’s a lot of good karma at once for someone who has earned it. Don’t listen to the noise of those who don’t like the direction you are taking your collecting and your channel. The spirit of the channel is alive and well, but it’s not feasible to continuously purchase cheap comics to keep the channel literal to the name. Spending more of that money in a direction you want to go and which honestly, may be better spent in the long term, does not mean you won’t be spending that “lunch money” amount at all on other comics. What collector can resist that random long box or two we all TRY to walk by that we see. As you say, collect what you love and thats what you’re doing. And we’re happy to be on the ride with you. Happy New Year from here in Maine! I’m hoping to get to meet you when my lady and I are down that way this summer.
Video idea: Maybe this 2024 you can travel to the West Coast and hunt for comics there. Or go South. Then in 2025 you can have the goal of travelling abroad to hunt for comics on the side when you travel with your family. The UK is good, Europe is good. Japan too! Or Southeast Asia! Find comics written in other languages! I found a RU-vidr who features comic hunts in Cyprus, Just search with the keywords "Cyprus comic hunting" and it's like he's hunting in a flea market too!
Happy New Year Mike. Banquet money, ha, ha. I also bought comics with my lunch money in the 80’s. Before my mom knew I hadn’t eaten lunch in 4 years I already had like three long boxes in my room. Now I’m fatter and have a more disposable income. You need to get those grails you wish you had bought off the rack and show em to us in ‘24.
Nothing wrong with wanting bigger books. Thats what happens with everybody. Your just collecting and taking us along for the ride. I appreciate that. I want a dd1 too sheesh. Who doesnt. Happy new year Mike
Happy New Year !!! Looking forward to 2024 and the next decade watching you and your great channel. If you ever come to the Tampa area , I will be happy to show you around down here !! I think I found more comics when I lived in Mass though.
Happy New Year Mike! Thanks for the shoutout and for your friendship! So glad you love those books, I thought they were perfect for you! Looking forward to lots of fun in 2024! Cheers brother!
Congratulation on finishing the Claremont run! You might have got those last 4 a little cheaper if you hadn't been so quick on the double cover Munster's......LOL/jk
Another great video! Congratulations on completing your Claremont run of X-men! What a feat! I'm looking forward to all of your videos that 2024 brings! Happy New Year!
Congratulations on completing your Chris Claremont run! There's a great feeling of satisfaction when you finish a run. Now the only place you have to look for these books is in your comic book cave. Happy New Year and I hope you meet all your new goals.
Very nice congratulations on completing your Chris Claremont X-Men run. Best gifts and pick up hauls: 3:20 Cool LMC black shirt circle logo, it'd be cool if you did a black variant LMC shirt with Nightcrawler's purple "BAMF!", behind the LMC signature logo. 4:02 Cool Phoenix logo shirt, cool red/burgundy color. 4:30 Magneto helmet winter hat, if the color of the hat were white you'll look like a smurf lol. 4:52 Cool Wolverine socks. 4:56 Cool Captain America chain. 11:52 Cool Alpha Flight #1 Canadian price variant. 13:40 Cool Swamp Thing #1 Lee Bermejo cover. 17:13 The Munsters book with quatrople front and back covers, very rare and cool. 21:01 Cool Uncanny X-Men #115 Sauron cover. Nice review and Happy New Year!
Mike, CONGRATS on finishing your Chris Claremont X_men run!! Did you know that Claremont did some OTHER X -Men runs later on X-Men # 281 starts one and he also did the run that introduces X -23 to the team. So, big-boy books now? So that means no more flea market hunting-trips? I enjoyed those so more Cons, then ? That could be fun!! Another odd idea: CEREBUS Has a character called oWolverroach who is a DID type guy and his alter ego is *Drum Roll*... CLAREMONT> 3 issues in the 50's range. Maybe you can find 'em while searching out those earlu X-Mens. Just a thought.. Been having fun watching your videos. The best ones were the comics truck vids and any time you hit the local Cons. Those are always fun! You and Pop Comics are in my opinion the very TOP of the spinner rack!! Always fun. Boy nice X-mas gifts too!! Your family has a good eye!! Loved the shirt esp. the Nightcrawler!!Best of luck in 2024!!
I feel like most of those big books you got on the low low, by being a good person/honest and helping others with comics. KARMA at its finest!! Congrats on the Claremont run and all the big books this year!!
Totally awesomeness of gifts. You are really loved. Keep up Your super duper work with Your Family and Business. Happy new year from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎 👍 ♥️ ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️✨️✨️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️✨️💯
Happy New Year Mike, thank you for all of the wonderful content in 2023. And huge huge congrats on completing your C.C. run, that has been one of my favorite parts of your journey to follow. I have 13 issues left to finish mine so I should be able to follow suit this year.
Another Great video! Been binge watching your videos while im deployed to Eastern Europe. I'm from Boston myself so it has me missing home. Can't wait to come home and get further into collecting myself! Merry Christmas Mike!
That Magneto hat is rad! I had to show it too my wife 🤣 Congrats on completing the Claremont run! I didn't realize how influential he was on X-Men until I started watching your videos and I've been slowly reading them myself. Ben's work on that commission for Brandon is INCREDIBLE 💯
Happy New Year Mike! Congrads on finishing your New EX-Men run! And the Swamp Thing types books and Marvel Silver Age ones! GROOVY! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mhko3m7D6UA.html
Thanks Mike for a very entertaining year of following your channel. I was especially excited for you finishing your X-Men run. And the 4 issues you finished with are such spectacular stories. Personally, I LOVE #112 - Magneto is such a badass! Enjoy, and looking forward to your 2024 adventures!
Hey, Mike, thank you for always keeping me entertained. You are the best RU-vid in the whole wide world. I wouldn't Started my own RU-vid channel without Have a good year in 20204
Wow! A big congrats for finishing your Claremont run!! That's pretty cool. I'm looking forward to seeing what you're hunting for in 2024. Happy New Year.
Congratulations on finishing the year so well Mike! Love that double cover Munsters book - a steal at $20! It's amazing you've been able to complete your Chris Claremont run of X-Men, that is no small feat! I've enjoyed watching your channel grow and look forward to another great year!
Happy New Year Mike!! Great gets for x-mas! Congrats on completing the Claremont run too! One thing I'm looking forward to....the skits!! Though a bit embarrassing I'm sure. They have hit the ol' funny bone greatly. That and hoping you stay true to yourself and have fun. Can't wait to see what 2024 brings to the table for you Mike.
Happy New Year Mike from George here in Virginia Beach. Watching your videos has gotten me back into the Hobby.I was picking up a few here and there at Thrift stores. But now I'm back in the dollar bins at Comic Kings here in VB. It's run by another great guy named Joey Boyack,Who has always treated my dollar bin dives as special as anyone who buys expensive items. If you're ever down this way you should catch him in store. Just like in Comics there are good guys and bad guys Joey much like yourself is a good dude.
Mike, you had a great year! Loved traveling around with you in strange and unusual places to find comics! Love that you are focusing your hobby on big books. No need to change the name, those lunch money comics paved the way to get the big keys! One thing that came to mind as your goals for 2024, I half expected you to start a new channel where you hunt for other collectables historic, odd, or just plain cool non-comic items. All in all can't wait to see what the new years brings your way! Cheers!
Happy New Year Mike definitely the nicest comicbook collector channel on youtube you make people feel welcome and you are genuine and it shows in your content...my son and I started collecting again because of you and your channel thank you,thank you. Thank you
What great gifts! I have recently gotten to know Ben and told him I was flattered to have my logo in his book also. That was such a surprise. Such a pleasure getting to know him. Told him I definitely want a copy of the book! He loaned me his copy to read but my daughter loves Manga so I will have to wait my turn now.😂 Happy New Year my friend and to all your followers!🎉
Congrats and Happy Holidays!! My wife and daughter surprised me (complete surprise) with a beautiful issue of Werewolf by Night 32 - looks like Christmas came for a whole bunch of us!!!!
Happy new year! Amazing video as always and awesome Christmas haul! Congrats on completing your Chris Claremont run and I look forward to everything 2024 has to offer!
Great books,I finally got Chew#1 first print NM which is a hard book to find and now I just gotta get my last few grail books to finish my collection a Wolverine Origins #10,Primer#2, TMNT#1,Hulk#181, X-Men#1 1963, Amazing Fantasy#15 and Batman#1 1940 which is my goal for this year then I am done collecting.
Happy New Year, Mike. Congrats on finishing the X-Men run. It always gives me a good feeling when I finish a run. It’s always those last few books that seem to take forever to find. Maybe that’s what makes it so special.
Welcome to 2024 Mike. The crocheted Magneto helmet makes your Wolverine costume from last year look classy in comparison. Short, medium and long-term goals allow you to bring structure into your life and the important aspects of it such as comics. I'm not against buying expensive comics for myself (though not in the realm of X-Men #1 for example as I can't afford even a CGC 1.0 or raw equivalent); however, I very rarely do because I see how many cheaper comics I could get to fill so many holes in the PC for the same price as one copy of, for example, Daredevil #168. Thus, I've always made do with a reprint of that Daredevil issue instead.
Good evening Micael Top shelf show, the elf on the shelf, and beneath the tree. Looking forward to another year of fun, facts and fantastic comics. Can't wait to see the direction your collecting takes. Al The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownunda.
Here's an idea to try and grab your Grails and still go cheap. Try to buy the grail by only spending $10 or less. Buy a book cheap, sell it and keep that cycle up till you can purchase the grail with the profits. Just keep selling up till you make the grail money
Definitely an idea I’ve been playing with. I want to try to do something like that at a flea market, trading things up to something big. But I did buy something for $5 last year that I sold for thousands so I’m already sort of on that journey
@@lunchmoneycomics that would be pretty awesome. I've just recently got back into collecting and have found some killer deals on whatnot. I got a cgc AMS 361 graded 9.6 in a $50 mystery box. I also grabbed a Superman #4 SDCC exclusive for $5.
Sauron is probably my favorite X-Men villain so 2 of your pickups are clearly my favorites, I would love to get them if I find an affordable prices for them.
A belated merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family Mike,so glad you finished your Claremont X men run,great stuff ! What's the next run for you to chase ?
I myself definitely think and believe that the Double Covers Comics Will go up on value as they stand out greatly,though Iactually dont know exactly how Many different types and titles are actually available and Being collected nowadays--"Thanks again,Enjoyed this."
@@lunchmoneycomics thank you mike yh wé have social on our back atm my mum had a heart attack on Xmas day because of the stress of it. Just had no much going on over Xmas really hasn't been the best year for us but we have had a baby boy through c section weigh 6.9 so I'm happy to was the best thing that's happend this xmas
Happy New Year, you are great I hope this year ends up like the last year well I hope I can collect as many books as I can this year but my new year started off wrong because my best female friend (my sister from another mother) died and I just found out today when she been gone for the last four months. My pain is hard she was a comic book fan as well its hard to stay focus when you been going through ruff times a bad year as it is. Well the best to you and your family and GOOD HUNTING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR OF 2024 please pray for me so this year will end up great thank you and enjoy the rest of your year.