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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 14, 2016 19:08:07 GMT -5
If you don't mind having edited reprints of the original stories, missing some pages with many of those reprints, than yes it was a cheap way to get those stories I don't believe any of the Amazing Spider-Man stories that were reprinted in Marvel Tales were missing any pages and it was only for a year or so in 1984 or something that the editorial office saw fit to start replacing 60's pop culture references with '80s ones in some of the dialogue. Fan outcry in the letters pages about that was so great that they soon stopped it. You have the issues and can check yourself but I know I've seen it mentioned in fanzines about missing pages. I went to GCD to confirm myself and saw that Marvel Tales #60 thru 90 (I stopped checking afterwards) only reprinted 18 pages of Spidey stories that were originally 20 pages long. Marvel comics in the 1970s had less pages and more ads than the earlier books and that caused the editing. No different than syndicated rerun shows trimming a few minutes from the original episode for more ads When Marvel raised prices and added page count, it eliminated the necessity of editing. Those Classic X-mens mentioned previously were great. Not only did you get the full reprint but they gave you an original 8 page back up story by quality artists such as John Bolton, filling in some detail of the main story |
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Post by coinilius on Aug 14, 2016 19:49:34 GMT -5
The earlierClassic X-Men also had edits made to them, though by the time I started reading them I don't think they were still doing that... But I would have been too young to notice at the time (and didn't have the original issues to compare with). The back up strories were great though, some of them are really quiet good.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 14, 2016 20:38:06 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Aug 14, 2016 21:20:44 GMT -5
The earlierClassic X-Men also had edits made to them, though by the time I started reading them I don't think they were still doing that... But I would have been too young to notice at the time (and didn't have the original issues to compare with). The back up strories were great though, some of them are really quiet good. The earlier Classic X-Men issues were heavily revised, often with entire pages of new content replacing the old. The first issue is the most extreme of the bunch, containing less than 50% original material, if I recall correctly. Still, it's worth noting those revisions were made by Claremont to make the older stories better align with the new material he was writing. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 14, 2016 21:35:56 GMT -5
The earlierClassic X-Men also had edits made to them, though by the time I started reading them I don't think they were still doing that... But I would have been too young to notice at the time (and didn't have the original issues to compare with). The back up strories were great though, some of them are really quiet good. The earlier Classic X-Men issues were heavily revised, often with entire pages of new content replacing the old. The first issue is the most extreme of the bunch, containing less than 50% original material, if I recall correctly. Still, it's worth noting those revisions were made by Claremont to make the older stories better align with the new material he was writing. Thanks for the info. I actually bought those Classic X-Men but didn't read the main story, only the back ups since I had the originals. Just assumed it was a genuine untouched reprint. Nothing like the originals since the letter pages, ads, Bullpen Bulletins and the real covers give you the total experience as it was meant to be. That's including the topical references and un-corrected mistakes. If I had to do it all over again now in amassing a collection, I'd go the tradebook route but even here you'd have to do the research before hand about the quality of binding, color-retouching and any other complaints. But, according to my standards, missing pages is just not acceptable. I'd settle for digital rather than that |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 14, 2016 22:00:10 GMT -5
Although pages were edited out of the FF reprints, I never felt it affected the story. Maybe one day, I'll compare the MGC Against some essentials I have.
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2016 4:53:20 GMT -5
The earlierClassic X-Men also had edits made to them, though by the time I started reading them I don't think they were still doing that... But I would have been too young to notice at the time (and didn't have the original issues to compare with). The back up strories were great though, some of them are really quiet good. The earlier Classic X-Men issues were heavily revised, often with entire pages of new content replacing the old. The first issue is the most extreme of the bunch, containing less than 50% original material, if I recall correctly. Still, it's worth noting those revisions were made by Claremont to make the older stories better align with the new material he was writing. The one I remember most was replacing the scene where Nightcrawler discovers his power to be invisible in the shadows. Claremont had not used it again so he took it out for the reprints. But when Alan Davis did his solo run on Excalibur, sans Claremont, he brought that power back. |
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2016 5:03:19 GMT -5
French editions of Marvel comics often had new, painted covers. Some more successful than others. I do like this one:   |
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2016 5:06:12 GMT -5
This one is a fail for me:   |
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2016 5:18:25 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Aug 15, 2016 5:26:00 GMT -5
Don't know the original covers for those, but they are so much better than the reprint covers Marvel produced in the 70s
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 15, 2016 5:28:08 GMT -5
Evidently mostly done by artist Jean Frisano (1927-1987).  This was his first published Marvel cover in 1969. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 8:30:47 GMT -5
I get really frustrated when they create (Especially Marvel Comics) when they place a new cover on a reprinted (already printed) stories and two things that bothers me today and they are:
1) The story is reprinted.
2) And, lastly you've discovered that this story has been reprinted and I don't like the idea of paying for the same story twice and this is not good at all. I consider it a scam on any comic book company and Marvel Comics does a good job hiding it. That's one of the reasons that I don't like Marvel Comics at all.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 15, 2016 8:34:21 GMT -5
I bought these Classic X-Men, just for the cover. I didn't buy it new, but as a back issue. I had already discovered the Brood so I had the original issues. But a Mignola Storm/Brood and a Hughes Storm? Hell yeah. Storm should have gotten featured on more covers than that hussy Jean. :-) |
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Post by Farrar on Aug 15, 2016 9:22:49 GMT -5
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