That Saturday I spent 6 hours hunting a single back issue for my nephew

Last weekend I drove to three shops across Columbus just to find a beat-up copy of New Mutants #98 for my nephew's birthday. Found it at the third stop, a dusty little place near the university, for $18 and it had a coffee ring on the cover. I almost passed on it, but then I remembered how I felt at 12 when my uncle handed me a worn copy of X-Men #137. That one weird stain made it feel more real, like it had lived a life before my nephew would own it. He lit up when he saw it, didn't care about the damage at all. Has anyone else ever hunted down a specific issue for a kid and realized the flaws make it better than a mint one?

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