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Post by shaxper on Jul 19, 2016 14:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 20, 2016 15:09:07 GMT -5
I know that there are any number of websites that allow you to read old Golden Age comics online now that they're public domain, but does anyone here know of any place where I could buy such reprints in comic book form? If I wanted to grab a random issue of Fox Feature's Blue Beetle from the 40's or Quality's Dollman for example, is there a business that reprints these and offers them for sale - preferably in color? I know accomics.com has been releasing black and white anthologies for a long time now, which I enjoy, but what I'm looking for would essentially be color reproductions of close as you can get to the original comics. I remember finding such a site online a while back, but have had no luck tracking it down recently. Thanks for any help in advance!
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Jul 20, 2016 15:30:44 GMT -5
I know that there are any number of websites that allow you to read old Golden Age comics online now that they're public domain, but does anyone here know of any place where I could buy such reprints in comic book form? If I wanted to grab a random issue of Fox Feature's Blue Beetle from the 40's or Quality's Dollman for example, is there a business that reprints these and offers them for sale - preferably in color? I know accomics.com has been releasing black and white anthologies for a long time now, which I enjoy, but what I'm looking for would essentially be color reproductions of close as you can get to the original comics. I remember finding such a site online a while back, but have had no luck tracking it down recently. Thanks for any help in advance! Only place that comes to mind atm is goldenagereprints.com. They have a good selection of books although a little pricey IMO. They have a few Big 3 Blue Beetle issues and one Doll Man reprint that I could find, but you can submit a reprint request to them as well. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 20, 2016 20:29:21 GMT -5
I know that there are any number of websites that allow you to read old Golden Age comics online now that they're public domain, but does anyone here know of any place where I could buy such reprints in comic book form? If I wanted to grab a random issue of Fox Feature's Blue Beetle from the 40's or Quality's Dollman for example, is there a business that reprints these and offers them for sale - preferably in color? I know accomics.com has been releasing black and white anthologies for a long time now, which I enjoy, but what I'm looking for would essentially be color reproductions of close as you can get to the original comics. I remember finding such a site online a while back, but have had no luck tracking it down recently. Thanks for any help in advance! Only place that comes to mind atm is goldenagereprints.com. They have a good selection of books although a little pricey IMO. They have a few Big 3 Blue Beetle issues and one Doll Man reprint that I could find, but you can submit a reprint request to them as well. That's great BaB, thank you very much! It's funny - I did punch variations of 'golden age comic book reprints' into Google but only found places that let you read these off your computer. Please then tell me you did more than just type in www.goldenagereprints.com into your computer. |
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Jul 20, 2016 20:51:23 GMT -5
Only place that comes to mind atm is goldenagereprints.com. They have a good selection of books although a little pricey IMO. They have a few Big 3 Blue Beetle issues and one Doll Man reprint that I could find, but you can submit a reprint request to them as well. That's great BaB, thank you very much! It's funny - I did punch variations of 'golden age comic book reprints' into Google but only found places that let you read these off your computer. Please then tell me you did more than just type in www.goldenagereprints.com into your computer. Actually I just clicked an old bookmark.  They have some full color Startling Terror reprints that I've had my eye on for a good while, but I have yet to take the plunge. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 21, 2016 0:06:37 GMT -5
I know that there are any number of websites that allow you to read old Golden Age comics online now that they're public domain, but does anyone here know of any place where I could buy such reprints in comic book form? If I wanted to grab a random issue of Fox Feature's Blue Beetle from the 40's or Quality's Dollman for example, is there a business that reprints these and offers them for sale - preferably in color? I know accomics.com has been releasing black and white anthologies for a long time now, which I enjoy, but what I'm looking for would essentially be color reproductions of close as you can get to the original comics. I remember finding such a site online a while back, but have had no luck tracking it down recently. Thanks for any help in advance! Hey chad, I think this'll help. Type in "print on demand" in your search engine. You can get darned neared anything printed even with a single book. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 22, 2016 10:33:48 GMT -5
Hey chad, I think this'll help. Type in "print on demand" in your search engine. You can get darned neared anything printed even with a single book.
Thanks hondobrode - that's a great tip!
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Post by Gene on Jul 22, 2016 23:03:37 GMT -5
When was Barbara Gordon "de-aged" into a teen hero, for lack of a better term? When the character was introduced, she held a Ph.D in library science and was the director of the Gotham public library. She eventually went on to serve in the House of Representatives, which has a minimum age requirement of 25. Realistically, she'd be at least in her thirties to have accomplished all of that.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 22, 2016 23:09:08 GMT -5
When was Barbara Gordon "de-aged" into a teen hero, for lack of a better term? When the character was introduced, she held a Ph.D in library science and was the director of the Gotham public library. She eventually went on to serve in the House of Representatives, which has a minimum age requirement of 25. Realistically, she'd be at least in her thirties to have accomplished all of that. I think all of that was still in play as late as The Batgirl Special, so I'm guessing it was Secret Origins #20 (1987). That's also where it was first explained that she was not Jim Gordon's biological daughter. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 27, 2016 10:45:01 GMT -5
When was Barbara Gordon "de-aged" into a teen hero, for lack of a better term? When the character was introduced, she held a Ph.D in library science and was the director of the Gotham public library. She eventually went on to serve in the House of Representatives, which has a minimum age requirement of 25. Realistically, she'd be at least in her thirties to have accomplished all of that. I think all of that was still in play as late as The Batgirl Special, so I'm guessing it was Secret Origins #20 (1987). That's also where it was first explained that she was not Jim Gordon's biological daughter. I don't know for sure, but she struck me as being more adult right up to the post-New 52 revamp into the "Batgirl of Burnside". I thought that was where they "de-aged" her. She certainly seemed to be an adult throughout the Birds of Prey series and the first part of the New 52 Batgirl series. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 23:35:03 GMT -5
When was Barbara Gordon "de-aged" into a teen hero, for lack of a better term? When the character was introduced, she held a Ph.D in library science and was the director of the Gotham public library. She eventually went on to serve in the House of Representatives, which has a minimum age requirement of 25. Realistically, she'd be at least in her thirties to have accomplished all of that. I hate DC Comics de-aged Batgirl and this way of handling her back then - this got to be one of the nuttiest ideas that DC Comics ever did - de-aging Batgirl getting a Doctor Degree, Director of Gotham Public Library, and eventually like Gene said a member of the House and that requires that all members must be 25 or older. I just find this odd, irrational thinking on DC Comics, and one of the most bizarre things that they ever done with Batgirl and what even more odd is the fact that Barbara Gordon even hired Dick Grayson to be his aide and that alone really cut the cake! That's why I'm not a fan of de-aging at all ... it's messes up the timeline and the continuity too. |
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Post by tolworthy on Jul 28, 2016 7:08:56 GMT -5
Does anybody praise Claremont's later work? Everyone says Claremont declined. Is there any chance at all that he is just experimenting? That he is actually more advanced, but most of us prefer his commercial stuff?
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Post by shaxper on Jul 28, 2016 7:39:48 GMT -5
Does anybody praise Claremont's later work? Everyone says Claremont declined. Is there any chance at all that he is just experimenting? That he is actually more advanced, but most of us prefer his commercial stuff? I couldnt get past the first issue of Sovereign Seven. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 28, 2016 8:55:59 GMT -5
Me too. That was one of the most disappointing issues I'd ever read; that and Byrne's first issue of Doom Patrol. Couldn't force myself to pick up the second issue of either title again, against my heart really wanting to have it not suck.
Ditched X-Men after the Goblin Queen and only came back briefly when they spun off X-Men with Lee. That only lasted a few issues. Except for Morrison's run, and Ultimate X-Men, I've been X-less and much happier for it.
Hard to believe that such a talented writer as Claremont isn't producing something somewhere in comics. Who'd a thunk it ?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Jul 28, 2016 14:11:38 GMT -5
When did Jimmy Olsen learn the secret identities of Batman and Robin? In World's Finest 158 Jimmy and Robin are in the Batcave. Robin refers to Batman as Batman and sometimes he refers to him as Bruce in front of Jimmy.
I was surprised by this but maybe it's just something I never encountered before. Or maybe it was something that only came up in World's Finest.
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