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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 10:19:06 GMT -5
I missed those bags of comics and this is pretty cool collection and I just wanted to say this - in my area bag of comics started in the mid-80's to the end of the 90's and after that they stopped doing these things. This is amazing Yip Yip! What comics were in the 80's and 90's packs? These all seem to be from the 80's and 90's so far. And, thank you! I just can't remember them at all and the sad thing about it - I lost them when I moved out of my Dad's house in 1987. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 9, 2016 11:05:01 GMT -5
Nice stuff! I have the full run of New Defenders, fun series. Now I'm curious if my local WalMart has these grab bags... Thanks! I'm extremely interested in the New Defenders. I love the X-Men and all the branch offs. Glad to know it's fun!! You should check! All my local Walmarts seem to have them! I'm curious if ones from other states have them, too. I also enjoyed the New Defenders. #133 is one of my favorite covers of all time. I had a calendar that my grandmother had got me featuring Marvel Comics in the early 90's (not long before I started buying them myself) and I remembered that cover and some point bought several issues including that one. I think I have the first 10 issues since the title change and a few scattered issues until it's end. I enjoyed them a lot, but to be honest, still really wish Kevin Nowlan had done the interior art, rather than the rotating roster they had. But the stories were solid. |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 11:23:16 GMT -5
What comics were in the 80's and 90's packs? These all seem to be from the 80's and 90's so far. And, thank you! I just can't remember them at all and the sad thing about it - I lost them when I moved out of my Dad's house in 1987. That's ok,  Oh, I know that pain. I've lost many things from moving. I'm sorry that happened to you. |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 11:37:52 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm extremely interested in the New Defenders. I love the X-Men and all the branch offs. Glad to know it's fun!! You should check! All my local Walmarts seem to have them! I'm curious if ones from other states have them, too. I also enjoyed the New Defenders. #133 is one of my favorite covers of all time. I had a calendar that my grandmother had got me featuring Marvel Comics in the early 90's (not long before I started buying them myself) and I remembered that cover and some point bought several issues including that one. I think I have the first 10 issues since the title change and a few scattered issues until it's end. I enjoyed them a lot, but to be honest, still really wish Kevin Nowlan had done the interior art, rather than the rotating roster they had. But the stories were solid. Oh, now that is a really cool cover. For real. I think it's super awesome you had a calendar! I think it's cool that you bought the issue, and solid stories are a plus! Did Kevin Nowlan do any of the interior art? |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 11:48:53 GMT -5
If you want to take blind comic buying to another level, there are some shops that do grab bag long boxes-you buy a long box full of random comics for a set price (I've seen it range from like $20-$50 depending on the place) though I am betting it would be a lot of fodder. My comic shop is doing something similar on a smaller scale-they're called value packs which are 3 lbs (ranging from 25-40 comics depending) and are themed...Superman, Fantastic Four, Dark Horse, Fantasy, Horror, Marvel, Variety, etc. and range in price from about $12-$20 plus shipping. It is a fun way to explore comics and start building a collection or to try things you might not normally pick up (and you might get some fodder for the longbox of oddities thread Bronze Age Brian started).
I used to get a lot of the polybagged random 3 packs of MArvel Comics when I was a kid as our grocery store carried them and if I behaved while doing grocery shopping and we had extra money that week, my mom would sometimes let me pick one out. They were often stocking stuffers at Christmas and birthday gifts. I did get a couple of the Modern Comics polybags with Charlton reprints in them as well in '77 and '78 and that was my first exposure to that publisher. It was always fun trying to figure out what the middle comic was.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 9, 2016 12:01:00 GMT -5
I also enjoyed the New Defenders. #133 is one of my favorite covers of all time. I had a calendar that my grandmother had got me featuring Marvel Comics in the early 90's (not long before I started buying them myself) and I remembered that cover and some point bought several issues including that one. I think I have the first 10 issues since the title change and a few scattered issues until it's end. I enjoyed them a lot, but to be honest, still really wish Kevin Nowlan had done the interior art, rather than the rotating roster they had. But the stories were solid. Oh, now that is a really cool cover. For real. I think it's super awesome you had a calendar! I think it's cool that you bought the issue, and solid stories are a plus! Did Kevin Nowlan do any of the interior art? Not that I can recall. Most of it was Don Perlin and one other artist, whose name escapes me. Which neither was bad, in my opinion, it just wasn't on par with the covers, from the likes of; Kevin Nowlan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike Mignola, Mike Zeck and Frank Ciroccio (sp?). The contrast was just so extreme, that unless these cover artist did, the interior of the their respective issues, there's not much that could have stood up said covers. I do think Zeck did one issue's interior art. |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 12:14:33 GMT -5
Ooh, that's neat! I didn't know what at all!! What type of comics were you finding in those packs? The ones I picked up in the 1980s were for sale at Toys R Us. You would usually get three comics, all featuring the same character or following the same basic theme, and you could easily see the top book, and could usually make out what the third book was, but the middle book was always the mystery. I obtained most of my Batman issues between the #380s and #430s through these packs. Some were second printings though, and some had Whitman on the indica, but not the cover. The traditional Whitman issues were weird because they were technically not reprints, but the publisher on the cover was Whitman as opposed to DC or whatever company. I came around too late for the Whitman packs, but I own a few Whitman back issues today, especially of Superman. An example:  Toys R Us, too?? That's like, five places named that sold these. Neat! I like the mystery, like a lot. I'm super curious, but I try to hold off on not looking and just buying. But, still. I would love to get some Batmans through this. I love Batman. Are the ones bewteen #380s and #430s good ones? That sounds weird. So, they just changed the publisher on the cover? Sorry, just confused. |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 12:34:43 GMT -5
If you want to take blind comic buying to another level, there are some shops that do grab bag long boxes-you buy a long box full of random comics for a set price (I've seen it range from like $20-$50 depending on the place) though I am betting it would be a lot of fodder. My comic shop is doing something similar on a smaller scale-they're called value packs which are 3 lbs (ranging from 25-40 comics depending) and are themed...Superman, Fantastic Four, Dark Horse, Fantasy, Horror, Marvel, Variety, etc. and range in price from about $12-$20 plus shipping. It is a fun way to explore comics and start building a collection or to try things you might not normally pick up (and you might get some fodder for the longbox of oddities thread Bronze Age Brian started). I used to get a lot of the polybagged random 3 packs of MArvel Comics when I was a kid as our grocery store carried them and if I behaved while doing grocery shopping and we had extra money that week, my mom would sometimes let me pick one out. They were often stocking stuffers at Christmas and birthday gifts. I did get a couple of the Modern Comics polybags with Charlton reprints in them as well in '77 and '78 and that was my first exposure to that publisher. It was always fun trying to figure out what the middle comic was. -M Ooh...I need to go see if any have this...I don't know if they do. There's like..one comic shop within 30 miles of me. And then my local book stores (there's maybe 7 or 8 of those) will have boxes shipped to them full of comics, but they're all sold separately. I'm super jealous, I wanna go and get one of the value packs with the themes! I'd be ok with fodder. We've all got fodder floating around. I wanna be a good comic collector and have fodder, too! That's adorable, tbh! I'm just imagining you as a kid doing that! |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 12:37:58 GMT -5
If you want to take blind comic buying to another level, there are some shops that do grab bag long boxes-you buy a long box full of random comics for a set price (I've seen it range from like $20-$50 depending on the place) though I am betting it would be a lot of fodder. My comic shop is doing something similar on a smaller scale-they're called value packs which are 3 lbs (ranging from 25-40 comics depending) and are themed...Superman, Fantastic Four, Dark Horse, Fantasy, Horror, Marvel, Variety, etc. and range in price from about $12-$20 plus shipping. It is a fun way to explore comics and start building a collection or to try things you might not normally pick up (and you might get some fodder for the longbox of oddities thread Bronze Age Brian started). I used to get a lot of the polybagged random 3 packs of MArvel Comics when I was a kid as our grocery store carried them and if I behaved while doing grocery shopping and we had extra money that week, my mom would sometimes let me pick one out. They were often stocking stuffers at Christmas and birthday gifts. I did get a couple of the Modern Comics polybags with Charlton reprints in them as well in '77 and '78 and that was my first exposure to that publisher. It was always fun trying to figure out what the middle comic was. -M Ooh...I need to go see if any have this...I don't know if they do. There's like..one comic shop within 30 miles of me. And then my local book stores (there's maybe 7 or 8 of those) will have boxes shipped to them full of comics, but they're all sold separately. I'm super jealous, I wanna go and get one of the value packs with the themes! I'd be ok with fodder. We've all got fodder floating around. I wanna be a good comic collector and have fodder, too! That's adorable, tbh! I'm just imagining you as a kid doing that! If you do mail order, the value packs are here: lonestar value packs..The one I might try is a Wounded Warriors value pack-all pre-1980 books in low grade, just to see what I get. -M |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 12:38:46 GMT -5
Oh, now that is a really cool cover. For real. I think it's super awesome you had a calendar! I think it's cool that you bought the issue, and solid stories are a plus! Did Kevin Nowlan do any of the interior art? Not that I can recall. Most of it was Don Perlin and one other artist, whose name escapes me. Which neither was bad, in my opinion, it just wasn't on par with the covers, from the likes of; Kevin Nowlan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike Mignola, Mike Zeck and Frank Ciroccio (sp?). The contrast was just so extreme, that unless these cover artist did, the interior of the their respective issues, there's not much that could have stood up said covers. I do think Zeck did one issue's interior art. Darn  But, that's ok. At least the stories were solid, right? I have to go research, because now I'm curious about what art these guys did! |
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Post by Wild Card on May 9, 2016 12:40:05 GMT -5
Ooh...I need to go see if any have this...I don't know if they do. There's like..one comic shop within 30 miles of me. And then my local book stores (there's maybe 7 or 8 of those) will have boxes shipped to them full of comics, but they're all sold separately. I'm super jealous, I wanna go and get one of the value packs with the themes! I'd be ok with fodder. We've all got fodder floating around. I wanna be a good comic collector and have fodder, too! That's adorable, tbh! I'm just imagining you as a kid doing that! If you do mail order, the value packs are here: lonestar value packs..The one I might try is a Wounded Warriors value pack-all pre-1980 books in low grade, just to see what I get. -M OMG, I CAN ORDER THEM ONLINE?! I'm totally doing this next pay day, just watch me. I'd be super curious to see what you get also, if you try it! |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 9, 2016 13:19:17 GMT -5
Not that I can recall. Most of it was Don Perlin and one other artist, whose name escapes me. Which neither was bad, in my opinion, it just wasn't on par with the covers, from the likes of; Kevin Nowlan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike Mignola, Mike Zeck and Frank Ciroccio (sp?). The contrast was just so extreme, that unless these cover artist did, the interior of the their respective issues, there's not much that could have stood up said covers. I do think Zeck did one issue's interior art. Darn But, that's ok. At least the stories were solid, right? I have to go research, because now I'm curious about what art these guys did! I enjoyed them. The writing was pretty consistent, even through at least two if not three writers. Nowlan I recognized from, having bought off the stands at the time, Superman/Aliens. Nowlan's done more but right now I am having a brain black. Grrr!. Frank Cirocco (that's the correct spelling) I have, off the top of my head, mostly only seen covers for. Amazing High Adventures and Star Reach and/or Star Reach Classics come to mind. I think he may have done a story in either of those two anthologies as well. The rest are pretty well spread out all over different publishers and comics genres. |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 9, 2016 15:36:33 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 9, 2016 16:02:02 GMT -5
If you want to take blind comic buying to another level, there are some shops that do grab bag long boxes-you buy a long box full of random comics for a set price (I've seen it range from like $20-$50 depending on the place) though I am betting it would be a lot of fodder. There's a fellow living right on the US border, a 45-minute drive from here, who buys such boxes from time to time. He just wants to read the comics on his lunch breaks and then sells them for $2 each. I went through his fodder two years ago and there were a lot of goodies in there! Nothing to write the GGC about, but a lot of Atlas comics, Beowulf, LSH, Conan... And a very welcome lack of '90s dreck. Given the chance, I'd probably buy such a box! |
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Post by DE Sinclair on May 9, 2016 16:52:27 GMT -5
If you want to take blind comic buying to another level, there are some shops that do grab bag long boxes-you buy a long box full of random comics for a set price (I've seen it range from like $20-$50 depending on the place) though I am betting it would be a lot of fodder. My comic shop is doing something similar on a smaller scale-they're called value packs which are 3 lbs (ranging from 25-40 comics depending) and are themed...Superman, Fantastic Four, Dark Horse, Fantasy, Horror, Marvel, Variety, etc. and range in price from about $12-$20 plus shipping. It is a fun way to explore comics and start building a collection or to try things you might not normally pick up (and you might get some fodder for the longbox of oddities thread Bronze Age Brian started). I used to get a lot of the polybagged random 3 packs of MArvel Comics when I was a kid as our grocery store carried them and if I behaved while doing grocery shopping and we had extra money that week, my mom would sometimes let me pick one out. They were often stocking stuffers at Christmas and birthday gifts. I did get a couple of the Modern Comics polybags with Charlton reprints in them as well in '77 and '78 and that was my first exposure to that publisher. It was always fun trying to figure out what the middle comic was. -M Ooh...I need to go see if any have this...I don't know if they do. There's like..one comic shop within 30 miles of me. And then my local book stores (there's maybe 7 or 8 of those) will have boxes shipped to them full of comics, but they're all sold separately. I'm super jealous, I wanna go and get one of the value packs with the themes! I'd be ok with fodder. We've all got fodder floating around. I wanna be a good comic collector and have fodder, too! That's adorable, tbh! I'm just imagining you as a kid doing that! Half-Price Books does something similar too, at least at one location here. We stopped in on Free Comic Book Day and in addition to two back issues of the 2nd Flash series I'd been looking for, my wife talked me into buying a "cube" of comics for $7. They were sealed up in a clear plastic bag, and weighed several pounds. I could see the front and back comics, which were Alpha Flight and The Darkness in the cube I bought. After opening it later, I found that it was primarily big chunks of those two series, with about 4 random issues from other comics (Cable, Deathmate, etc) thrown in. Alpha Flight I already had the first 25 issues of, but The Darkness I had none of. It was a total of 61 comics, and only two of the Alpha Flights were repeats of what I already had. Don't know if I'll like all of them, but they're cheap to try. |
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Oh, I know that pain. I've lost many things from moving. I'm sorry that happened to you.
But, that's ok. At least the stories were solid, right? 
