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Post by sacorn on Aug 12, 2017 20:15:16 GMT -5
Amazing Spider-man #'s 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 72, 101, and 210 to complete my run to #545 Fantastic Four #49, 52 to finish 44-70 Conan #24 to complete run. Those are my biggies
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Post by sacorn on Apr 21, 2017 10:39:31 GMT -5
As soon as I get #405, I'm going to take a break for a while. I want to save about $300 for a low-grade (but not TOO low-grade!) copy of Detective Comics #359, with the first appearance of Barbara Gordon. Hey I got a question for alla youse, using Hoosier as my guinea pig. If, like Hoosier, you collect A title of someone who has multiple published (Spidey, Bats, Supey etc) do you also add to your run any books a story may be continued in? As an example, Hoosier, you have Detective 400 - 965(give or take...too lazy to make it exact), would part of your 'tec run include all of the Knightfall books published in other titles? Do our Amazing Spider-Man collector's include Spectacular issues that are part of extended stories? The next question is would you have multiples of crossovers so they could be filed with respective runs? So a Knightfall set with your 'tec books and one with your Batman run. That way if you were reading through Batman you wouldn't have to pull out your Detective boxes as well. This makes bloody good sense to me. Surely some of you are that anal...right Yep, I do. I've got spectacular, web of, and self-titled all in the amazing spider-man boxes. Same with X-men, xfactor, new mutants etc under Uncanny. Its tough when you're going through the respective boxes and seeing the huge gaps, and a pain when trying to find missing issues if you use spreadsheets. I'm actually considering adding the extra issues, but can't bring myself to do it yet ;-) Do you?
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Post by sacorn on Apr 21, 2017 10:31:18 GMT -5
I hope recovery is coming along well mrp. All the best.
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Post by sacorn on Oct 14, 2015 3:04:48 GMT -5
Oooh nice, i just put on Tonight's the Night! love tfa, favourite song would be Yonder Stands the Sinner, but all great songs.
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Post by sacorn on Aug 30, 2015 16:48:43 GMT -5
1. Sandman - Gaiman 2. Amazing Spider-man - Ditko/Lee 3. Transmetropolitan - Robertson/Ellis 4. Conan - Buscema/Thomas 5. Preacher - Dillon/Ennis
Looking forward to some extra reading, got to get more Ostrander Spectre!
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Post by sacorn on Aug 12, 2015 22:16:49 GMT -5
Hi guys,
Thanks for all the replies.
That's basically what the dilemma is. I am a reader foremost, having amassed so many comics by buying off the stand early on, then buying bulk collections later on to fill in runs etc. I've now got plenty of trades and probably have copies of most things I really want to read or go back to, even though I don't enjoy the reading experience quite as much with tpb's - just way more convenient.
It's easy enough to get rid of the rubbish, I'm comfortable with that, and there is probably a good 500 odd issues that are double ups anyway that I haven't had time to get rid of already.
You're right, I'm a little worried that once I start, does that mean everything is for sale? Is it the knowledge of having it in a shortbox in the cupboard the only satisfaction required? It is probably the completist in me more than anything that creates the desire to hold onto everything.
So that's brings me back to the dilemma, is my completist nature going to make me lose out in the end? Are comics peaking now, so should I be liquidating these high priced keys? If I hold on to them, are prices likely to hold in the medium/long term etc?
In terms of Fantastic Four 45, yes first Inhumans, I don't expect it to keep going up in value, more that it's got downward pressure if anything. It also had quite a quick increase. So I'm thinking, should I be selling now, despite me kind of wanting to keep it in the collection and complete my run of FF, to make the most of everything while prices are high. Once gone I probably won't be replacing them, so that would be it. I think I swapped for a mid grade X-Men #141. I miss it a little, but more that I don't own it and it would be expensive to replace. I do have a couple of copies in tpb to read.
For the past few years, I haven't even thought about selling anything, but just wondering if there will be a crash and I lost the opportunity I guess.
Jez, how do you decide on what to keep and/or sell, just personal preference of what you want to collect or are you always thinking like an investor?
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Post by sacorn on Aug 10, 2015 17:32:58 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
I've got around 5,000 books now and have come to the realisation that there's some that are just not worth reading (I'm looking at you x-men #'s 300-500), others that I love and want to hold onto, and some that are worth quite a bit of money at the moment.
I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts are regarding the timing of selling some key books.
For instance, I have a copy of Fantastic Four #45 in VG+ condition that that I swapped a number of years ago for a comic probably worth around the $30 mark. Now looking on ebay, I see this could be worth quite a bit of cash at the moment ($300??), so would all you trusted members be looking to cash up while the price is high, just keep in the collection and risk the value to drop, or not even think about selling. I've got a number like that ie FF #48, 51, 53-61, Avengers #53, 55-58, ann#7, Cap #110-113, Surfer #1, 3, 4 etc.
I love my comic collection and am coming up 40yo next year. While I hope I've still got a long way to go, I am finding I enjoy the thrill of the hunt rather than just holding onto everything now (well particularly all the rubbish). I'm struggling to get into the short boxes to read a lot of what I already have and find that I read more trades than anything or just some of the newer purchases. Newer buys are staying longer sitting on shelves and potentially losing value by dropping condition etc.
So, I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone else thought about this dilemma, and have had thoughts on the timing of liquidating.
I've have been thinking of just trying to get rid of the stuff I'm just not interested in and/or the lower ticket items, but then worried I may miss the boat on some of the ridiculous prices things are going for. Do you think this is all sustainable or just a mad rush of speculation?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/comments.
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Post by sacorn on Jul 12, 2015 23:19:29 GMT -5
Going to have to go with those I'm most familiar with and that had the biggest impact on me:
1. IPC/Fleetway 2000AD, Whizzer & Chips, Buster - some of the greatest memories from my childhood was collecting these gems. 2000AD in my opinion is one of the most important anthologies of all time.
2. Dark Horse Already mentioned better above, great output of both mainstream and not so. Managed to get top talent and develop original ideas.
3. Image Brought genuine competition to the big two.
4. Kitchen Sink First real exposure to something out of the ordinary superhero fare. Crow, Oink, Snarf, Atomic City...
5. Mad Who can really argue against Alfred's longevity - 60years and running? Good variety of humour and contributors.
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Post by sacorn on Jul 5, 2015 18:30:22 GMT -5
I seem to recall the arrangement for the creator-owned titles was that if DC/Vertigo kept the titles in print, then they would have to remain with Vertigo. If the title was not available for 'x' period of time, the rights fell back to the creator. Much like Jamie Delano's 20/20 Visions, which he took elsewhere to be reprinted.
I can't confirm this as fact however.
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Post by sacorn on Jul 4, 2015 21:30:35 GMT -5
While I love both 'imprints', if I was looking to purchase them off of a website, I would be searching under DC and Marvel for both lots. Whilst content can be seen as quite different, I very much consider both to be part of corporate DC and Marvel respectively, particularly for the purpose of the question at hand.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 21:13:13 GMT -5
I'd say that the highlight of the series would be the Claremont/Byrne issues. This would be issues #53-79. I've only read a handful of these issues, but I thoroughly enjoyed each one. This was Claremont and Byrne just as they were entering their creative peaks, so it's classic stuff as far as I'm concerned. Thanks Trebor, yeah, I was thinking that would be the case too. The Captain Britain falls into this run, so will give them a go and see how I get on.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 21:10:56 GMT -5
I'm biased but I'd pick the 2 issues that debut Captain Britain in the USA. I have both of these in the lot so will look at giving them a read tonight Thanks.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 20:46:31 GMT -5
After pulling out some long ago filed short boxes, I found a big run of Marvel Team-Up that I've never really read. I did read a few when I bought the run, but didn't really fall in love with them at the time, so just filed them away and forgot about them.
There's a few issues pre #50, a good chunk from #50 to #100, then most from #100up.
I'm just wondering, is this series worth reading, and if so, what are some recommendations for the best ones to start with? Or is it not worth the time and should I just flick them off for what I can get (I see some are starting to increase in price, so might be a good time to let them go).
Any thoughts/advice is greatly appreciated.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 20:33:08 GMT -5
Been pulling out some old boxes anticipating a purge and stumbled across the first half dozen issues of Peter Bagge's Hate, so I gave them another read. I've read them a few times now and each time I find them as fun as when they first came out, with Bagge being spot on with dialogue and embracing the slacker mentality.
I do wonder if they are a product of their time and my generation, as I'm not sure if kids like my teenage son would find them as amusing as I do.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 20:26:23 GMT -5
I thought the clone saga was pretty good, particularly to start with. IT did start to drag on near the end though.
My problem during the time it was published was the upheaval at Marvel and all the shipping problems they were having. With the clone saga being over all/most Spidey titles at the time, I found my local comic shop not getting issues that should have come in and I ended up missing a number of parts that was very frustrating. That was my first the first time I made an exit from buying regular superhero comics, particularly Marvels.
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