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Post by brutalis on Jun 8, 2017 7:49:13 GMT -5
June of 1997 and unemployed for the 1st time. Thanks to decent PTO payout and unemployment check i still manage to purchase a select few comics for helping me maintain a hopeful outlook while job hunting begins through the medical world. So I end up unemployed for 6 months: June, July, August, September, October, November and start working the Monday after Thanksgiving. A lean summer but manageable as i live thriftily and nobody to support other than myself. These next 6 months short on new comics but boy was i reading up a storm from the collection i had created over the last 20 years  Avengers 10 Badger 79 Crimson Plague 1 Elfquest 13 FF 10 Flash 128 Heroes for Hire 2 Hitman 17JLA 8 Ka-Zar 4Starman 33 Thunderbolts 5 |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 8, 2017 16:40:00 GMT -5
Aliens Special #1
Aliens:Havoc #1
Alpha Flight #1
Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight
Captain America #9
Daredevil #366
Deadpool #7
Detective Comics #712
Ghost Rider #87
Green Arrow #123
Green Lantern #89
Heroes for Hire #2
JLA #8
Ka-Zar #4
Oh My Goddess:Mara Strikes Back #7
Predator:Hell & Hot Water #3
Psylocke & Archangel Crimson Dawn #1
Robin #44
Silver Surfer #130
Spider-Man Unlimited #17
Troublemakers #7
WildC.A.T.s #39
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men:The Silver Age #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men:The Silver Age #1 [Variant]
Wildstorm Swimsuits '97 #1
Wolverine #115
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2017 0:49:00 GMT -5
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 5, 2017 12:31:11 GMT -5
July 1997
Aliens:Havoc #2
Alpha Flight #2 [Variant]
Batman Chronicles:The Gauntlet #1
Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight #98
Captain America #10
Daredevil #367
Daredevil/Deadpool '97 #1
Deadpool #8
Divine Right Preview #1 [Variant]
Fantastic Four #11
Ghost Rider #88
Green Arrow #124
Green Lantern #90
Heroes for Hire #3
Incredible Hulk #456
JLA #9
JLA #10
Mage #1
Mage:The Hero Defined #0
Oh My Goddess:Mara Strikes Back #8
Psylocke & Archangel Crimson Dawn #2
Robin #45
Silver Surfer #131
Starship Troopers:Insect Touch #2
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #24
Wolverine #116
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Post by brutalis on Jul 6, 2017 8:10:06 GMT -5
July 1997
Avengers 11
Elquest 14
Essential Spider-Man 2
FF 11
Flash 129
Heroes for Hire 3
Hitman 18
Impulse 29
Iron Man 11
JLA 9 and 10
Ka-Zar 5
LOSH 96
Legionnaires 52
Thunderbolts 6
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 1, 2017 18:47:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 19:36:15 GMT -5
August 1997Daydreamers 3 Dr. Strange: What is it that Disturbs You Stephen? 1 Essential X-Men Vol 2 Genesis #1-4 Invisibles 9 Jack Kirby's Fourth World 8 JLA 11 Kents 3 Kurt Busiek's Astro City 9 Leave it to Chance 6 Marvels Heroes & Legends 1997 1 Spectre 58 Starman 35 -M
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Post by brutalis on Aug 2, 2017 8:17:49 GMT -5
August 1997.
Avengers 12
Cerebus 221
Essential X-Men 2
FF 12
Heroes for Hire 4
Hitman 19
Hitman Annual 1
Impulse 30
Iron Man 12
JLA 11
Kazar 6
Kiss Psycho Circus 1
LSH 97
Legionnaires 53
Power of Shazam 31
Starman 35
Thunderbolts 7
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Post by shaxper on Aug 2, 2017 8:23:55 GMT -5
Nothing at the time. After the fact:
Batman #547
Detective Comics #714
Elric: Stormbringer #6
Excaliber #113
Kurt Busiek's Astro City #9
Magnus: Robot Fighter #8
Sandman Mystery Theatre #55
Usagi Yojimbo #13
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 4, 2017 8:04:41 GMT -5
An absurd amount, and I think I bought some others since then.
Top 5 reads of the month : Flintstones and the Jetsons #3, Major Bummer #3, Savage Dragon/Marshal Law #2, Superman Adventures #12, Sandman Mystery Theatre #55
2020 Visions #6
Alpha Flight #3
Batman #547
Batman Chronicles #10
Batman:Legends of the Dark Knight #99
Batman:The Long Halloween #11
Big Book of Martyrs SC
Bloody Mary:Lady Liberty #2
Books of Magic #41
Cerebus #221
Challengers of the Unknown #9
Dark Horse Presents #124
Deathblow/Wolverine TPB
Dreaming #17
Elric:Stormbringer #6
Faultlines #6
Flintstones and the Jetsons #3
Generation X #31
Hellblazer #118
Hitman #19
Hitman Annual #1
House of Secrets #13
Invisibles #9
Jinx #2
JLA #11
Kiss:Psycho Circus #1
Kurt Busiek's Astro City #9
Leave It to Chance #6
Mage #2
Major Bummer #3
Preacher #30
Pride & Joy #4
Sandman Mystery Theatre #55
Savage Dragon/Marshal Law #2
Shadowman #10
Ship of Fools #0
Starman #35
Starship Troopers:Insect Touch #3
Strangers in Paradise #8
Supergirl #14
Superman Adventures #12
Transmetropolitan #2
True Faith #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men:The Modern Age
And as usual, the 200ADs and JDredd megazine of that month.
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Post by berkley on Aug 4, 2017 8:14:20 GMT -5
Doctor Strange:What is It That Disturbs You, Stephen #1
I see that Ennis's Preacher and Morrison's The Invisibles were already on the go around this time but I didn't read them until several years later in TPB form. And I still haven't read Ellis's Transmetropolitan.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 4, 2017 8:20:08 GMT -5
Doctor Strange:What is It That Disturbs You, Stephen #1 I remember enjoying the art in it off the stands. How was the story? |
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Post by berkley on Aug 4, 2017 10:35:13 GMT -5
Doctor Strange:What is It That Disturbs You, Stephen #1 I remember enjoying the art in it off the stands. How was the story? From memory, very good. It's a re-working of a Doctor Strange Annual from the late 70s by Marv Wolfman and Craig Russell, which was itself one of the only Doctor Strange comics after Englehart's departure that I rate, and also one of Wolfman's best pieces outside of Tomb of Dracula. Apparently Russell wasn't satisfied with his artwork and had always wanted to take another crack at it. I can't recall if he made any changes to the script while he was at it. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 4, 2017 10:49:41 GMT -5
I remember enjoying the art in it off the stands. How was the story? From memory, very good. It's a re-working of a Doctor Strange Annual from the late 70s by Marv Wolfman and Craig Russell, which was itself one of the only Doctor Strange comics after Englehart's departure that I rate, and also one of Wolfman's best pieces outside of Tomb of Dracula. Apparently Russell wasn't satisfied with his artwork and had always wanted to take another crack at it. I can't recall if he made any changes to the script while he was at it. Ah, so it's the exact same story, just revised. And if I own neither, that's the one to go for? |
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Post by berkley on Aug 5, 2017 2:03:44 GMT -5
From memory, very good. It's a re-working of a Doctor Strange Annual from the late 70s by Marv Wolfman and Craig Russell, which was itself one of the only Doctor Strange comics after Englehart's departure that I rate, and also one of Wolfman's best pieces outside of Tomb of Dracula. Apparently Russell wasn't satisfied with his artwork and had always wanted to take another crack at it. I can't recall if he made any changes to the script while he was at it. Ah, so it's the exact same story, just revised. And if I own neither, that's the one to go for? ooh, that's a tough one. I can't conceive of giving up either version so I'd say read them both and compare for yourself. P. Craig Russell would presumably recommend his revised edition and the artwork is certainly much cleaner in it but that doesn't mean it was bad in the original. Luckily, like a lot of the most interesting Marvel comics, their merits were apparently too subtle to make them expensive collectors' items so the back issues are easily found at cheap prices. |
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