Wxman Slaw

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Total Comic Registry Points: 42,901 Rank: 819
 


Wxman Slaw's Bio
My brother and I started comic collecting as kids in the 60s Our Dad would take us to the drugstore for the latest issues. We built a collection of over 1000 Silver and Bronze Age comics, and all were well read!!

I began collecting CGC graded comics in the early 2000s shortly after CGC started. Although I wanted to collect all the classic Marvel and DC Silver Age issues, I really couldn't afford it, so I started collecting Valiant comics, and especially Variants. My main attention for graded collectibles had still been in coins at the time, but I started shifting more to CGC graded comics.

In 2006, I acquired a CGC 9.0 Metal Men #1, one of my favorite comics as a kid. I didn't really add comics to the registry until 2011, but from that point, I become a true CGC Registry builder.

I also own a complete Raw Metal Men set and Two complete bound Metal Men sets. Some don't care for bound comics, but I love them. I can actually pick up a bound volume anytime and re-read through my Metal Men issues.

One of my favorite Metal Men collectibles is a 22 x 15 re-creation of Metal Men #1 in watercolor by the great Mike Esposito and Stan Goldberg. This is undated, but it looks likely to have been done in the 1990s. One amazing piece of artwork from comic legends that I will always cherish. I had it professionally framed, and it hangs over the bound volumes in my comic bookcase.

My other main set in the registry at 100% completion is Weird Wonder Tales. I loved the Monster Comics of the 60s and 70s. Weird Wonder Tales may be reprints, but they have great covers and are a very affordable set to build. They also have three 30 cent price variants that are extremely difficult to obtain.

I am retired now, but I am still working to upgrade my Metal Men Set when I can afford to do so. I have worked hard to build my Metal Men Set through auctions, dealers and hunting for issues to get graded myself. It gives me personally more satisfaction as a collector vs just a buyer throwing a pile of cash.

Eventually, my comic collection will go to our grandchildren, and I want to leave them with the best sets possible!!


    
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A

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Aquaman (1962) Aqua Slaw 11450 25
Archer & Armstrong (1992) Slaw's A&A 13600 11
Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) All Variants Slaw's A vs X 1026 29

B

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Bloodshot (Valiant) Slaw's Bloodshot 2380 26
Brave and the Bold #1-#200 Slaw's B&B 421053 90

C

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Casper's Ghostland Slaw's Ghostland 11270 12

D

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Deathmate Slaw's Deathmate 952295 5
DMZ Slaw's DMZ 26660 1

E

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Eternal Warrior Slaw's EW 11320 18
Eternals (1976) Slaw's Eternals 6301125 13

G

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Grimm Fairy Tales Slaw's Grimm 1025 66

H

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
H.A.R.D. Corps Slaw's HC 1340 10
Harbinger (1992) Slaw's Harbinger 12150 45
Have Gun, Will Travel Have Slaw - Will Travel Tribute to Richard Boone and t (...) 4281293 5

K

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Kamandi Slaw's Kamandi 11130 34

L

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Logan's Run Slaw's "Logan's On the Run" 11480 16

M

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Magnus Robot Fighter (1992) All Variants Slaw's Magnus 1519630 14
Metal Men (1963) Slaw's Metal Men The Metal Men are my favorite (...) 6010029671 2

N

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Ninjak (Valiant 1994) Slaw's Ninjak 1365 8

P

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Peanuts Slaw's Peanuts Peanuts...there is no substitu (...) 410474 5
Psi-Lords (1994) Psi Slaw 21892 6

R

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Rai Slaw's Rai 1225 55
Richie Rich Dollars and Cents (1963) Slaw's RR D&C 10480 12
Richie Rich Millions (1961) Slaw's Millions 10140 11
ROM (Marvel - 1979) Slaw's CD - "ROM" 11100 31

S

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Second Life of Doctor Mirage (1993) All Variants Slaw's Mirage 1520 10
Shadowman (1994) Slaw's Shadowman 1265 25

T

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
The Star Wars (2013) All Variants Slaw Wars 21148 5
Thief of Thieves (2012) All Variants Slaw's Thieves 1126 32
Thor (Complete) LEGACY Slaw's Thor 20775 132
Turok, Dinosaur Hunter (Complete) LEGACY Slaw's TDH 2277 14

V

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Valiant Pre-Unity (Specialized) Slaw's Pre-Unity 14251300 46
Valiant Unity (1992) All Variants Slaw's Unity 413770 14
Valiant Variants (Specialized) Slaw's VVs 25602875 13

W

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
Watchmen (1986) Slaw'sWatchmen 18560 58
Weird Wonder Tales (1973) All Variants Slaw's Weird Wonders 251002560 1

X

Set Type NameSet NameDescComic Count% CompletedScoreRank
X-O Manowar (1992) All Variants Slaw's X-O 2285 39









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