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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 9, 2017 9:38:58 GMT -5
On the Ask A Quick Question thread, Polarbear was interested in having DC put out a TPB of Alex Toth's DC work. This got me to looking on the GCD for Toth's work. This led me to a DC Showcase TPB of the Witching Hour. There is a lot of Toth work in this book along with Neal Adams. However the vast majority of the Toth pages are the one page Intros featuring the hosts of the book. I think there is only one actual story by Toth.
Anyway, I noticed that I don't have a copy of Witching Hour that features a cover and intro pages by Neal Adams. I thought I would get this reprint book to add to my Adams collection. But the prices for this book on ebay are extremely high Imo.
Then I looked for a copy of the original WH issue and it was much cheaper than the WH TPB. So I bought a copy of the original issue in very good condition for well under half price of the cheapest copy of the TPB.
Am I the only one here who is surprised that I could get an original Bronze age comic for less money than a recent reprint?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 8, 2017 20:06:09 GMT -5
Given that my options are either handle my comics with my mouth or not handle them at all, worrying about condition would be a complete waste of my time. The only time I'm really fussy about condition is when the book has some nasty stain that will affect the way it tastes. For the most part, I'm now all about the collections: Essentials, Showcases, and the like. When I do choose to buy originals, I prefer to buy a low grade copy, again because there's no point in buying something in mint when I'm just going to be slobbering all over it anyway. Cei-U! I summon the newsprint gourmet! As a kid in the 60s, I noticed that DC covers were glossier than Marvel comics. That may have been what attracted me to DC. But I never knew if they tasted differently.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 8, 2017 19:28:06 GMT -5
I like all my comics to be in excellent condition. Worn out comics bug me. I don't feel this way because of resale value. I just want them to look the way they were when I bought them off the rack.
I still have some subscription copies of Swamp Thing that were mine. But that crease down the middle still bothers me.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 8, 2017 19:22:25 GMT -5
Cody Starbuck by Chaykin
The (1930s)Shadow by Mike Kaluta or Wrightson
Demon Hunter by Rich Buckler Sr.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 6, 2017 16:53:29 GMT -5
I've heard this repeatedly too, and you should hear Neal Adams talk about the guy and why Marvel kept giving him work (I can't repeat that stuff here), but I then wonder why, when Kirby moved to DC and fought to have all sorts of creative control over his books, he brought Colletta with him. Colletta was already doing romance comic work for DC as of 1968. Kirby might have felt being paired with an inker fans were used to seeing with him would make the transition smoother. But soon enough, Kirby requested Colletta off his books and used Mike Royer instead Mark Evanier has written extensively about this. The short version is that Kirby did not want his move to DC to result in his inkers losing work. This is the main reason Kirby wanted Colletta to keep inking him. It was only when Evanier brought it to Kirby's attention that Colletta was cutting corners on his inking, that Kirby agreed to drop him. Plus, Royer was also based on the West Coast(Colletta was in NYC) so it streamlined the production process.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 5, 2017 16:59:10 GMT -5
In the early 70s when Wonder Woman became the non super powered Diana Prince in her own title, I think WW left the JLA. I was just wondering how her absence from the JLA book was handled. She did turn up again for the JLA/JSA crossover, where they go in search of the Seven Soldiers of Victory. What's more interesting, and completely douchey, is how they handled her super-powered return. They had an ongoing storyline, in the WW book, where a different male JLAer is shadowing WW, to make sure she doesn't get into trouble. FU JLA! Thanks everyone. I looked it up on the GCD and it's true that after she officially left, she did turn up on the covers of subsequent issues until #75 when the Black Canary took over. Denny O'Neil wrote the story where WW left the JLA and he was writing the WW book so there was some co-ordination between the two.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 5, 2017 7:07:03 GMT -5
In the early 70s when Wonder Woman became the non super powered Diana Prince in her own title, I think WW left the JLA. I was just wondering how her absence from the JLA book was handled.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Mar 2, 2017 9:10:50 GMT -5
OK, one more question: I'd like DC to print an Alex Toth omnibus reprinting all of his work from ~1960 until his passing. Who's DC's reprint editor at present? I've already compiled a complete list of Toth's work from that time period for them (including Charlton, the rights to which they own--yes, obsessive). Toth did one story in Adventure #425. Toth did the first 5 issues of Hot Wheels. But since this was a licensed book, it might be hard for DC to get the rights to reprint the material. It's probably owned by Mattel. Or the animation company that did the Saturday morning cartoon. If you search Alex Toth on the Grand Comic Book Database you will probably find more.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 27, 2017 15:59:14 GMT -5
181 was reprinted just last week as Wolverine vs Hulk #1. Besides reprinting 181 it also includes the first two pages of 182. Seems odd they would include the 2 pages from 182 instead of the Wolverine page from 180.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 27, 2017 8:47:15 GMT -5
I agree with mrp. The market has spoken. Even if all the reference books said 180 was THE first appearance, people would still gravitate toward 181 for their own reasons. Probably because Wolverine is shown on the cover and mentioned by name. I'm not saying it is right or that I agree with their thinking, I'm just saying 181 is the issue the mass of collectors have decided to spend their money on.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 26, 2017 18:13:50 GMT -5
Until this thread, I was unaware that Wolverine had appeared anywhere before Hulk 181.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 25, 2017 15:16:20 GMT -5
How about Jack Kirby on FF.
102 consecutive issues doing all interior story art.
101 consecutive issues doing the cover art.
Began with issue #1 of the very first appearance of the title characters.
Yes there have been longer runs by artists, but how many started with the first issue?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 25, 2017 13:30:28 GMT -5
Jim Aparo had a long run on Brave and the Bold.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 25, 2017 9:43:52 GMT -5
RE; File Copies
I think a File Copy is a comic that came from the offices of the publisher. Publishers would get copies of each issue for their own use. But there is probably someone here who can give you a better answer.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Feb 24, 2017 16:25:27 GMT -5
I've always been bugged by the fact that prices on Dell and Gold Key movie and tv tie-in books are driven up by non comic book collectors. Fans of movie actors or tv shows buy these mainly for the photo covers. I wish they would stay off of our turf.
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