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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2017 10:30:10 GMT -5
Challengers of the Unknown #82. This one was weird. Only issue of that book I ever bought. And the cover is not the sort of thing I'd usually be attracted too.
DC Special #29. I was already a huge Earth-2 fan. This is one of my all-time favorite comics.
Detective #471. I hated this comic at the time. I got better. I was probably just a bit too young for Englehart/Rogers at the time.
Marvel Tales 82.
Marvel Team-Up 60. Spider-Man was my go-to at this point if I had spare money.
Marvel Two-in-One 31. Was also a fan of The Thing. But continued stories were my nemesis as I never knew when I'd have money for comics.
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Post by zilch on May 2, 2017 15:22:23 GMT -5
Subscriptions: Avengers #162 (great cover!!!) Defenders #50 Inhumans #12 (back from space... they'll never go back again... will they?) Invaders #19 and 20 Iron Fist #14 and 15 (so long!) Marvel Premiere #12 (adios, Guardians... see you later!) X-Men #106
Off-the-Rack/Shelf: Challengers of the Unknown #82 DC Special #29 (JSA!!! Joe Staton!!!! Secret Origin!!!!!) Detective Comics #471 (!) Doomsday +1 #5 (more Byrne goodness printed on nearly cardboard!) Iron Man Annual #4 (with Champions, so gotta get!) Kamandi #52 Marvel Team-Up #60 (Byrne doing one of my favorite superheroes!!) Return of the New Gods #13 Rampaging Hulk #4 Showcase #94 (Staton doing Doom Patrol!!!!) Warlord #8 (bought this book for the cover alone) What If? #4 (one of my favorite books ever!!!)
As the books get cancelled, they apply the unused balance to other books, so i just extend the Avengers run... lets see how long i can keep it going!
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Post by Bronze age andy on May 4, 2017 1:53:27 GMT -5
In my collection:
2001:A Space Odyssey 9 Avengers 162 Defenders 50 Eternals 14 Inhumans 12 Invaders 19 Iron Man 101 John Carter 3 Marvel Premiere 37 Marvel Presents 12 Marvel Two in One 30, 31 Ms. Marvel 8 Nova 12 Power Man 46 Showcase 94 Super Team Family 12
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Post by berkley on May 9, 2017 3:44:46 GMT -5
May 1977:
Avengers #162 - I remember this as my favourite issue of Shooter's run, and also the peak of the George Perez + Pablo Marcos team's artwork. Captain America #212 - don't recall much about this issue's story; I was never a great fan of the whole idea of the Red Skull. Captain America Annual #4 - this Annual I recall a bit better; Kirby drew a great Magneto, though the characterisation wasn't much; and some of the new henchmen characters were pretty lame (the Lifter? wonder what his superpower might be?). But IIRC, this was a pretty good SF story, with CA and Magneto thrown in just to get it printed somewhere, unless I'm mixing it up with another of Kirby's 70s CA Annuals.
Challengers of the Unknown #82 - don't recall this particular issue but I enjoyed this short-lived revival, for some reason; maybe the only Conway series I ever really liked, apart from some of his Spider-Man run.
Conan the Barbarian #77 - IIRC this was the 2nd issue of a 2-part story and I had missed the first part due to the unreliable distribution that was such a problem for comics fans back then. I was already interested in ancient Greek history so I didn't like the inevitably easy victory of Conan over Ptolemy (no, not that Ptolemy).
Daredevil #148 - I recognise the cover, so I'm pretty sure I read it but can't recall a thing about this one, so I assume it was another of those competent but in no way special DD issues of which there were so many just before Frank Miller's arrival.
Defenders #50 - the multi-part Scorpio saga was one of the highlights of the Defenders series but its impact was lessened for me because I had missed several of the previous instalments, once again because of those distribution woes. Even so, I rate this as one of my favourite issues of the series, though it really needs to be read as the climax of a larger story. I had been a bit hostile to Kraft because I loved the Gerber Defenders so much, but he won me over pretty much from the first of his issues that I read; and Giffen's artwork is still one of the best Kirby tributes ever done.
Doctor Strange #24 - I know I bought and read this issue but can't recall any details. Rudy Nebres was a very talented artist but his inking style was totally wrong for Starlin. We'll never know for sure but I think Starlin might have done something memorable on this series if he had been given the chance to write and draw it himself over an extended period; but his run was too short and, with ever-changing artists and inkers, too inconsistent for him to make a mark.
Eternals #14 - I remember my heart sinking when I saw the Hulk on the cover, it went so against everything that was great about the series. That it turned out to be only a facsimile and not the "real" Hulk wasn't much consolation. This was the end of the Eternals as an independent series. Not that this and subsequent issues didn't contain some great stand-alone stories and even more than a few significant moments for the whole Eternals concept, but from here on to its inevitable cancellation it was a lesser thing to what had gone before and what it had promised to become. A great loss to comics.
Godzilla #1 Godzilla #2 - the only Godvilla movie I'd seen at this time was Godxilla vs King Kong, so while I knew about the famous monster I didn't have much previous history with it; I probably wouldn't have bought the first issue if it hadn't been for Herb trimpe's art - some of the best of his career, IMO. As I remember it, the stories ended up being pretty decent too, but it was mainly Trimpe's art that kept me reading this series.
Howard the Duck #15 - once again, I had missed the previous issue, so this was my first time seeing the change in inkers from Steve Leialoha to Klaus Janson. Since I think Leialoha might have been the best inker over Colan's pencils ever, this was obviously not a change for the better to me, even though Janson was and is one of my favourite inkers. As for the writing, I remember finding the whole Dr. Bong storyline fascinating and at the same time deeply depressing.
Inhumans #12 - I was always a big Inhumans fan from seeing them in the FF. Don't recall this issue much, apart from the cover.
Iron Fist #15 - I remember feeling a bit leery of the idea of bringing Iron Fist into the superhero world but Claremont & Byrne made it work in this issue with the X-Men and in the one with IF and Captain America vs the Wrecking Crew.
Marvel Team-Up #60 - nice artwork again by Byrne, who IMO was at his peak around this time. Never liked the Wasp much as a character, so not a memorable team-Up for me.
Marvel Treasury Edition Featuring Conan the Barbarian #15 - magnificent. This was my first time reading all these stories, not having seen any of the original issues they were reprinted from.
Master of Kung Fu #55 - I think this immediate post-Gulacy era of MOKF is under-rated, despite the ever-changing artistic teams. I know this issue came in the middle of the War-Yore saga but don't recall what happened in this particular episode.
Rampaging Hulk #4 - Look at that cover. I cannot for the life of me understand how Jim Starlin went from doing things like this to his artwork today.
Savage Sword of Conan #20 - the names of Buscema and Alcala were always a welcome sight on the contents page.
Savage Sword of Conan #21 - solid issue. Sonny Trinidad was a good artist, even if his combination with Buscema didn't work quite the same magic as Buscema + Alcala
Tomb of Dracula #59 Tomb of Dracula #60 - looking at these covers my first reaction was to write that ToD was hitting a peak around this time, but a second later I realised that the "peak" actually extended back to around #30 and forward the end of the series. So not so much a peak as a huge, long mountain range made up of 40 or 50 mighty individual peaks of which these are only two. #60 has one of the best covers of the series.
X-Men #106 - the Cockrum and then Byrne + Claremont era is all blended together in my feeble memory; good stuff in general and pretty sure I read this issue but can't recall any details.
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Post by Bronze age andy on Jun 7, 2017 18:01:13 GMT -5
slim pickins in the collection this month. No idea why.
Avengers 163 Captain Marvel 52 Champions 15 Defenders 51 Omega the Unknown 10
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 7, 2017 20:04:00 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 8, 2017 7:40:01 GMT -5
Bought back in the day Avengers #163 Justice League of America #146 Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #231
Bought more recently: Batman Family #13 Black Lightning #4 Captain America #213 Captain Marvel #52 Eternals #15 Incredible Hulk #215 Master of Kung Fu #56
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Post by brutalis on Jun 8, 2017 7:58:41 GMT -5
From the hallowed past of June 1977 the summer of my youth after finishing my freshman year of high school. Quite amazing just how much you could buy with a limited allowance and summer yard mowing for neighbors. And of course a weekly viewing of Star Wars with my friends all summer until school starts back up in August!!!
2001 10 Amazing Spider-Man 172 Avengers 163 Batman 291 Capt Marvel 52 Champions 15 DC Super Stars 16 Defenders 51 Eternals 15 FF 186 Iron Man 102 john Carter 4 Marvel Kiss Super special 1 MOKF 56 Mister Miracle 19 Ms Marvel 9 Nova 13 Peter Parker 10 Star Wars 3 LOSH 231 Thor 263
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Post by zilch on Jun 10, 2017 18:28:41 GMT -5
And when did I see the first Star Wars?
Anyway...
All-Star Comics #68 Captain Marvel #52 Detective Comics #472 (oh... my.... GHOD!) Howard the Duck #16 (vs The Dreaded Deadline Doom! one of my favorite comics EVER!) Invaders Annual #1 (reliving one of my favorite Avengers storylines!!!!!) Iron Man #102 (great cover!) Justice League of America #146 Marvel Triple Action #37 (fillin' in the Avengers run!) Mister Miracle #19 (yes!) Omega the Unknown #10 (RIP) Superboy and the Legion #231 (not a big Legion fan (yet), but a great cover pulls me in!)
And in the Mailbox... Avengers #163 (ook!) Champions #15 Defenders #51
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 10, 2017 19:17:20 GMT -5
The joy of being young comic reader can never be recaptured, but the experience is so grand that we try for the rest of our lives!
In June 1977, I got...
Amazing Spider-man #172, with that bizarre rocket racer and his roller skates.
Captain America #213, which got me to admit that although I didn't like Kirby's Cap as much as Englehart, it was still a pretty darn cool comic.
Conan the barbarian 78, which I bought twice because it turned up at the newsstand before my subscription copy came in. Red Sonja! Horray! (Even though this issue is a fill-in).
John Carter, warlord of Mars #4, the first issue I got. And I was instantly hooked! I promptly read the five Barsoom novels available at our school's library, and was desperate for more! Alas, few were the issues of the title that made it to our faraway province.
Master of kung-fu #56. I was still missing Paul Gulacy, really.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 11, 2017 11:36:37 GMT -5
I think the only book I bought this month in '77 was Secret Society of the Super-Villains #9. I'd bought the issue before and wanted to know where it was going. I guess I just wasn't able to get to the stores as much in the summer at that point...or I had a lot less money.
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Post by zilch on Jul 2, 2017 21:54:46 GMT -5
For July...
I must have been doing a lot of lawn mowing and other stuff as i got a butt load of books this month...
Off the stands... Amazing Spider-Man #173 (great cover and love the Molten Man!) Godzilla #3 (Champions completist!) Iron Man #103 (another great cover!) JLA #147 (JLA/JSA/LEGION crossover !!!!!) Kamandi #53 Marvel Preview #11 (WOW! This totally rocks!!!) Mister Miracle #20 (!!!) Rampaging Hulk #5 (love the "continuity-implant" stories!) Secret Society of Super-Villains #10 Showcase #95 (maybe a new Doom Patrol series coming up???) Star Hunters #1 (why not?) Super-Villain Team Up #14 (lots of Austin in this cover) Thor Annual #6 (Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor takes a Cap-like nap!) What If #5
... and in the mailbox this month...
Avengers #164 (great cover kicking off a terrific storyline!!!) Defenders #52 Invaders #21 X-Men #107 (with the faux Legion!!!)
... and i just remembered where the extra money came from... i was taking Driver's Ed over the summer and pocketing the extra money my Mom was giving me for lunch!!
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Post by berkley on Jul 2, 2017 23:33:07 GMT -5
July 1977Avengers #164 - beginning of the 3-part Nefaria story; nice art from Byrne and Marcos. Captain America #214 - the last Kirby CA story; I thought the Night-Flyer with his perfectionist credo was an interesting character. Challengers of the Unknown #83 - I liked the concept of the Challengers and Nasser's artwork was pretty nice, though a bit wonky at times. Conan the Barbarian #79 - I think Ernie Chan's inks made Chaykin's art look a little too much like the regular Buscema/Chan team; would have been interesting to see Chaykin's own style come through more in a Conan story Defenders #52 - don't recall this particular story but I thought Kraft's entire run on the series was first-rate, especially considering what a tough act he had to follow, Steve Gerber, whose Defenders is one of the all-time greatest superhero team books; Giffen's art was great too. Eternals #16 - the Eternals was becoming a more conventional series, with Ikaris taking the lead role and acting more or less as a standard Marvel male lead hero. Still an enjoyable series but not the groundbreaking stuff it had been up to issue #13. Eternals Annual #1 - the Annual was the last "real" Eternals issue, in my eyes; after #13 of the regular series editorial and/or fan pressure took it away from Kirby's original vision. I think the trio of Thena, the Reject, and Karkas would have gone on to play a key role in the series if it hadn't been cancelled. Fantastic Four #187 - nice art from Perez, though Sinnott's inks toned it down a bit too much for me; don't remember much about Len Wein's writing during his stint but I think it was solid enough Godzilla #3 - enjoyed this series mostly for the Herb Trimpe artwork, to be honest, though it was fun to see MU characters like Hercules, etc encountering Godzilla Kull the Destroyer #23 (?) - not sure 100% sure about this one; I enjoyed the Doug Moench issues of the renewed Kull series but don't recall the few Don Glut did at the end Marvel Premiere #38 - I think I would have liked Weirdworld better if Ploog had inked himself, or at least if they'd assigned someone whose style would have let Ploog's style come through. But although I'm a huge fan of Alex Nino's own artwork, his inks were a bit of a mismatch with Ploog's pencils. Marvel Preview #11 - entertaining SF story with excellent artwork from Byrne & Austin; nice cover by Ken Barr too.Claremont made Star-Lord into a much more conventional hero, though, compared with the difficult, unlikable character Englehart had created. Master of Kung Fu #57 - missed this one before RR's post reminded me of it. I thought Jim Craig's art was a little under-rated, but whoever followed Gulacy would been a disappointment, just because his and Moench's work on MoKF had been so outstaning, one of the high-water marks in comics; and Craig wasn't on the series long enough to settle into it; I like the cover on this issue, for some reason. Mister Miracle #20 - this was my intrduction to the New Gods, having missed the Kirby series when they first came out; apparently Englehart didn't care for the whole FW concept that much, but you'd never know it because he did a better job than most writers ever did with it; Marshall Rogers's style was a perfect fit for this series, with the one exception of his Barda, which was a little weak. John Workman's lettering too worked really well with this Kirby concept. Rampaging Hulk #5 - what a cover by Starlin. I'll never understand how his 70s artwork could be so good and his more recent stuff leave me so cold. The Hulk magazine was surprisingly consistent, or perhaps not so surprising given the talent involved - this issue featured Doug Moench, Keith Pollard, Alfredo Alcala, & Val Mayerik, among others. Savage Sword of Conan #22 - I think I liked Trinidad's own art for the Red Sonja story better than his inks over Buscema in the Conan lead, IIRC. Nice cover by Mayerik. Shade, the Changing Man #3 - I found this Ditko series intriguing, the crime/political sub-plots, etc, unusual for its time. Star Wars #4 - I had been reading the Star Wars series from the beginning so I was already pumped for the movie Super-Villain Team-Up #14 - I liked this series, though it was really just a standard Marvel superhero comic of its time. Thor #264 - not a great era for Thor, but this issue might have been enjoyable for the artwork had Tony DeZuniga's inks not taken away all the individuality from guest artist Walt Simonson's style X-Men #107 - oops, missed this one as well. An enjoyable Calremont/Cockrum superhero story, though I must say, I was never a great fan of the Shi'ar. Maybe if I had had more of a background with DC's Legion I would have gotten more out of it.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 3, 2017 8:28:37 GMT -5
July 1977
Spider-man 173, with the Molten Man. I didn't know quite what to make of the Molten Man... was he on fire or what? He was hot, clearly, but he wasn't a villain I would draw in my youthful super-hero doodles.
Captain America #214. The Night Flyer was an odd duck... but I somehow really liked this Jack Kirby creation. A guy presenting himself as "the perfect man" but working as an assassin? That struck me as odd. Cool enemy for Cap, though.
Conan #79. Oy... I wasn't a fan of the Howard Chaykin/Ernie Chan duo. The two men made everyone in this comic look very squat! I also disliked the idea of a Greek colony established in the Hyborian age, even if the concept was explained by a mysterious time travel episode involving Alexander the great. (If I recall correctly, this story arc and the next were slated to be published in SSoC, but were published in the color comic to give Big John Buscema some breathing room).
Fantastic Four #187, with George Perez and his great rubble. Rubble? Yes, back in those days George would fill his battle scenes with rubble that was as idiosyncratic as Kirby crackle was to the King. This was also the first time I came across Klaw.
John Carter, warlord of Mars #5. One of my favourite titles at that time.
Master of Kung Fu #57. Still reading out of loyalty, but the Jim Craig artowrk wasn't as good as Gulacy's... and the plot seemed to go nowhere.
Mister MIracle #20. I think the title was "Eclipse", with art by Marshall Rogers... I can't say I remember much about it. I had read some Mr. Miracle in the French-language comics digests from Artima, but those were the Kirby stories; this new material was a bit alien to me.
Ms. Marvel #10. I doubt I re-read it since that time!
Star Wars #4: my first Star Wars floppy.
Thor #264. While I was a big Thor fan, this particular run was causing me to lose interest. The poor match of Walt Simonson's pencils and Tony DeZuniga's inks didn't help.
Back in those days, I had very scant access to American comics and would just buy whatever would end up on the local newsstand... they were rarely the titles I would one day avidly collect. But at least, there was something!
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Post by berkley on Jul 3, 2017 14:02:16 GMT -5
July 1977 Captain America #214. The Night Flyer was an odd duck... but I somehow really liked this Jack Kirby creation. A guy presenting himself as "the perfect man" but working as an assassin? That struck me as odd. Cool enemy for Cap, though. Conan #79. Oy... I wasn't a fan of the Howard Chaykin/Ernie Chan duo. The two men made everyone in this comic look very squat! I also disliked the idea of a Greek colony established in the Hyborian age, even if the concept was explained by a mysterious time travel episode involving Alexander the great. (If I recall correctly, this story arc and the next were slated to be published in SSoC, but were published in the color comic to give Big John Buscema some breathing room). I think you're the only other reader I've seen that shares my opinion on the Night-Rider. Did he ever appear anywhere after this story, I wonder? Fully agree on the inadvisability of setting down an ancient Greek city-state in REH's Hyborian Age - all the more so since of course they have to play second fiddle to our hero Conan. Would have been more creative and interesting to try to come up with some kind of Hyborian proto-Greek culture, like the Cimmerians were supposed to be proto-Celts, the Vanaheim proto-Norse, etc. BTW, has anyone read Marvel Classics Comics #26 which I see from Mike's site featured an adaptation of the Iliad by Elliot S! Maggin and artist Yong Montano (from SSoC #11, I thin it was)? I think I might try to look fo that one, I liked Montano's art in that one SSoC issue he did.
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