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Post by MDG on Apr 16, 2024 13:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 16, 2024 8:56:49 GMT -5
james
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Post by MDG on Apr 15, 2024 14:41:46 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 14, 2024 13:54:31 GMT -5
What exactly made Night Nurse a nugget series from the bronze age? This isn't my set....I'd like it to be....but the price makes my eyes water. What made this one balloon? Don't get me wrong, I love a female character getting this respect in the back-issue market....but what made this series so popular compared to other bronze-age minis that are still quite affordable? I don't recall a MTU or MTIO featuring Night Nurse either.
Probably not the only reason, but Rosario Dawson's character Claire in the Daredevil series was referred to as The Night Nurse in some of the press materials and that was during a time when any movie/tv appearance or announcement of an appearance sent buyers into a frenzy to pick up the books. That coupled with the general rise in Bronze Age prices as people realized these books were hitting 30-40+ years old and the market adjusted both contributed to the fast rise of prices on this series. There were other factors as well for sure, but those were 2 of the factors. -M In the 90s, Wizard listed Night Nurse as a hot book for the simple reason that Marvel collectors didn't care about it so it was hard to find copies in decent shape. My favorite thing about the series is how her uniform gets an inch shorter with each cover.
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Post by MDG on Apr 12, 2024 12:11:34 GMT -5
I think it's worth noting that prior to McFarlane's Spider-Man, it was DC that had a huge hit with Legends of the Dark Knight #1. Batman was the hottest thing in comics until the launch of McFarlane's Spider-Man book. For some reason (that's probably worth exploring), DC weren't able to capitalize on the success of the Batman movie, and by the time the Death of Superman rolled round, Marvel Age was outselling most DC books (and that's a book that went on to be cancelled.) DC definitely did capitalize on the success of the Batman movie, but you're right that they lose that ground to Marvel (and later Image) pretty quickly..... For a while, it seemed like the movie became a bit of a "rising tide that lifted all boats"--I think there was an increase of "casual" traffic in LCSs and a bit of a feeling that comics could be "cool," though things like speculation and gimmick covers put an end to that.
I remember seeing a story that whoever was EIC at Marvel when the first X-Men movie came out was canned because he couldn't translate that success into increased sales.
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Post by MDG on Apr 12, 2024 12:04:45 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 10, 2024 15:27:11 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 9, 2024 19:56:07 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 9, 2024 11:48:25 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 9, 2024 11:46:52 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 8, 2024 20:41:46 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 8, 2024 12:37:54 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 7, 2024 16:57:08 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Apr 6, 2024 9:43:38 GMT -5
So for this week's selection, I wanted to do one of the Green Lantern comics that I've probably read the most in my meager collection, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #2 What I like about this book is that it's a good mix of action, comedy, and somber tales that are incredibly well written. If I had to pick a favorite, it'd probably be a toss up between "The Lonely Man" by Gerard Jones (about a man who's lost his lust for life after his pregnant wife passes on and has a mysterious vision of his wife calling on him to save a distant world) or "The Trouble With Yellow" by Doug Moench (a story told by another Green Lanten about a bunch of bottom dwelling insects who get a headstrong insect Green Lantern who gets into mischief) Hey MDG , am I remembering correctly that you and your writing partner had a story in on of these GL Quarterly issues? If so, which issue? -M Yeah, we did the G'Nort story in GLQ #3. For this top shelf Friday, a bit of an oddity. This Vaughn Bode book is in the format of daily strip art, about 7" x 22", printed on board. I bought it around '74 and don't think I've seen another copy after that convention. I don't quite remember the plot, though it's more restrained than a lot of Bode (no tits or guts).
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Post by MDG on Apr 6, 2024 7:08:45 GMT -5
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