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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2017 0:18:14 GMT -5
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Post by Bronze age andy on Jul 5, 2017 17:06:36 GMT -5
In the ol' collection :
Avengers 164 Defenders 52 Doctor Strange 25 Eternals Ann. 1 Fantastic Four 187 Incredible Hulk 216 John Carter, Warlord of Mars Ann. 1 Star Hunters 1
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Post by brutalis on Jul 6, 2017 8:03:25 GMT -5
July of 1967, the last hurrah of summer, 4th of July, fireworks, watermelon, homemade ice-cream, and comic books. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Special Highlights being Weirdworld, Star-Lord, summer of Star Wars comics waiting to see the movie, Eternals and Godzilla.
Avengers 164 Batman 292 Defenders 52 Eternals 16 Eternals annual 1 FF 187 Godzilla 3 Human fly 2 Invaders 21 Iron Man 103 John Carter 5 John Carter annual 1 JLA 144 Marvel Premiere 38 Marvel Preview 11 MTIO 32 MOKF 57 Mister Miracle 20 New Gods 14 Nova 14 Shade the Changing Man 3 Showcase 95 Star Hunters 1 Star Wars 4 Super-Villain Team Up 14 Warlord 9 What If 5 X-Men 107
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 22:28:57 GMT -5
Catching up for the months I missed...I got a ton of books from this summer because of polybags and because I got the chicken pox that summer in the middle of a nasty heatwave and my dad stopped at the drugstore and picked up a bunch of comics on his way home from work just about every day to give me something to distract me form the itchiness
from May 1977 I got the following off the stands...
Amazing Spider-Man 171 teaming up with Nova Avengers 162 one of my absolute favorite comics I had when I was a kid Blue Beetle #1 and 3 the Modern Comics fascimile editions I got in polybagged 3 packs for my birthday that summer Captain America 212 with Kirby goodness but came ina Marvel polybag 3 pack Captain Atom 83 another Modern Comics reprint from a polybag Daredevil 148 (I always confuse this cover with Miller's 1st issue) Defenders #50 yay a cool version of the Zodiac that I adored Doomsday +1 #5 courtesy a Modern Comics polybag FF #187 featuring the Salem 7 and Perez art Hulk 214 featuring Jack of Hearts Inhumans 12 my intro the the Inhumans Invaders #20 with a great Union Jack cover Iron Man Annual 4 featuring the Champions Judo Master 93 and 98 form those Modern Comics polybags Marvel Premiere 37 featuring 3-D Man (from a Marvel polybag) Thor 262 (also from a polybag) Vengenace Squad #5 another Modern comics polybag goody
from June 1977 Amazing Spider-Man 172 oooh Rocket Racer Avengers 163 felt like an Iron Man or Champions fill in story Captain Marvel 52 knew nothing of the character but loved that cover Champions 16 SWARM! Conan 78 my intro to Red Sonja Eternals 15 FF 186 Invaders Annual 1 (another favorite of mine as a kid) Iron Man #102 I love that Perez cover Marvel Tem Up 61 my intro to the Super Skrull Marvel Triple Action 37 I loved that Adaptoid story Nova 13 Star Wars 3 I loved the movie so much I started trying to get the comics
and from July 1977
Avengers 164 Defenders 52 Hulk vs. Subby FF 187 Iron Man 103 Nova 14 Spidey Super Stories 27 with Thor & Loki Thor 264 with Thor & Loki again Thor Annual 6 The unofficial beginning of the Korvac saga
That's all folks...
-M
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 14:53:23 GMT -5
It's August 1977 and this is what I got off the spinner racks/stands back then... Avengers 165 TheNefaria saga in full swing Avengers Annual #7 my introduction to Starlin Captain Marvel #53 Champions 16 Hulk Annual 6 Star Wars #5 Superman 317 a rare DC issue I had as a kid I was over the chicken pox and my supply comics form my folks dwindled down, plus we were getting ready to move (again) in late September, so things were tight and my folks were avoiding buying new stuff. -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2017 17:13:42 GMT -5
August '77. Contrary to the belief of the comic book companies, I bought a lot less comics in the summer. I had less access to spinner racks and less money. And I tended to spend a few weeks each summer with Grandparents, which made access to comics even harder.
DC Super-Stars #17. I still love this comic and it remains one of my favorite single books of all time.
Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #1: I didn't actually buy this when it came out. I bought it and #2 at the same time. And I didn't buy them in one of my usual outlets for comics. I'm pretty sure I bought them at a Sprouse-Reitz store (a five and dime chain from the Pacific Northwest). I'm not at all sure when I bought them, but it was clearly after the second one was released in October '77, and probably significantly later. That same store is where a few years later I'd buy a deeply discounted copy of the original AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 1, 2017 17:25:23 GMT -5
40 years ago August 1977. bought from the rack as a Marvel teen Zombie. August was always good as i received Birthday money and had saved some $$ doing summer yard work. With the return to school the 2nd week of August i could play catch up hitting over 6 different Circle K's and used book stores near my high school. good times Avengers 165 Avengers Annual 7 Captain Marvel 53 Champions 16 Defenders 53 Eternals 17 FF 188 Godzilla 4 Iron Man 104 John Carter 6 Justice League 148 Marvel Super Action 4 MTU 63 MTIO 33 MOKF 58 MS Marvel 11 Nova 11 Shade the Changing Man 4 Peter Parker 12 Star Wars 5 Superboy and LSH 233 Thor 265
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2017 17:27:32 GMT -5
I was just looking at Mike's and I had no idea that Rick Hoberg did the cover of the first Star Wars Treasury book. That was a big deal for someone who had not been in the business very long at all.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2017 17:33:49 GMT -5
And...upon further review...someone in my family bought Uncle Scrooge #145. I have no idea who. I doubt it was me. Probably my second oldest brother. But I remember that cover and it's very very unlikely that it was from Uncle Scrooge #71.
Interesting.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 1, 2017 18:23:41 GMT -5
Lean month for me.
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Post by MWGallaher on Aug 1, 2017 20:30:58 GMT -5
In August 1977... From DC, I bought
All-Star Comics #69 : It's the JSA. Of course I bought it. I wasn't really digging the Joe Staton art, though. Brave and the Bold #138: One of my favorite characters, Mr. Miracle, appearing with Batman, by Haney and Aparo. DC Special Series #5: I had cooled off on Superman, but this Superman Spectacular with a teaming of Luthor and Brainiac looked like something special. It really wasn't, but I got it. DC Special Series #6: I was on board with the Secret Society of Super-Villains, who for some reason got a special this month, too. DC Super-Starts #17: Secret Origins were an easy sell, even though I wasn't big on Green Arrow, and the Legion's origin wasn't all that appealing. I did want to find out more about this new Huntress character, being an Earth-2 enthusiast. Detective Comics #473: Englehart and Rogers continuing to do the best Batman stories I had ever read. Freedom Fighters #11: I felt like I should love this team, so I kept buying it, despite being unsatisfied with it. JLA # 148: The annual JLA/JSA team-ups were getting a little tired, but I wasn't going to miss them. Adding in the Legion was a little too much, really. Shade the Changing Man #4: Wild stuff from Mr. Ditko. I was fascinated. Teen Titans #51: Man, this was an awful book, but I had some kind of devotion to this team, so I bought it. From Marvel, I got Avengers Annual #7: I loved Starlin's Warlock, so yes I got this! Champions #16, Defenders #53: Two unusual super-teams that I would never miss. I wanted the Champs to become as good as the Defenders, but it never happened. Eternals #17: I was a big fan. I'd abandoned Kirby's other Marvel work, but I loved this one. Godzilla #4: What a terrific book this was! Very different and fun. Howard the Duck #18: Kept with it, although it was getting tired, and I still didn't like Colan on this. Human Fly #3: Why did I stick with this to the end? Beats me, but I did. Star Wars #5: Didn't everyone buy this? Tomb of Dracula #61: I understand why I stuck with this one. And I loved Colan on this book!
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Post by shaxper on Aug 1, 2017 21:28:15 GMT -5
Though I wouldn't be born for two more years, I do own the following books on sale in August 1977:
Avengers #165 Avengers Annual #7 Batman #293 Black Panther #6 Eerie #87 Eternals #17 Howard the Duck #18 Master of Kung Fu #58 Savage Sword of Conan #23 Shade the Changing Man #4 Teen Titans #51
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Post by berkley on Aug 2, 2017 3:42:22 GMT -5
from memory and looking at Mike's news-stand for August 1977:
Avengers #165 - middle of the Nefaria story; an engrossing story, but I was bothered even then by how over-powered Nefaria was written. Marcos wasn't the perfect inker for Byrne but the result still looked good, to my eyes.
Avengers Annual #7 - this should have taken place in Warlock's own comic with Warlock as lead (OK, he was dead, I know) and the Avengers as supporting characters instead of the other way around; and Spider-Man should have been nowhere to be seen at all; and Starlin or Steve Leialoha should have inked it instead of Rubenstein (this one's just my personal taste); but it's still a great finale to one of the all-time greatest Marvel epics.
Black Panther #6 - I liked this series so much. I'll never understand why fans could not and in some cases still cannot just think of it as a separate thing from the McGregor series, which I also loved. To me, it's the same character - intelligent, brave, noble, stoic, kingly - but set in a completely different style of story, and of story-telling as well. This is not the same thing as arbitrarily changing the personalities, as happens far too often and is to my mind a much more serious problem.
Conan the Barbarian #80 - OK, seeing this month's cover I think this is the one issue I managed to read at the time of this 2 or 3 part story about the descendants of some ancient Greek or Macedonian soldiers somehow having built a city in the Hyborian Age. The other issues I talked about in previous months I believe I must have picked up later because I remember having missed the first part of the story when I read this one. Not a good premise, IMO, especially given Roy Thomas's insistence that no human opponent ever pose a real threat to Conan. The art was fine but Chaykin's style was totally obscured by Chan's inks.
Daredevil #149 - don't recall anything of this except that I didn't like Infantino's artwork - hard to believe it was the same guy who drew all those great covers for DC in the 60s.
Defenders #53 - still a great superhero team series under Kraft. This was a good story but not good enough to make up for what it did to what had been an outstanding character in Red Guardian.
Eternals #17 - last issue of the Dromedan story, IIRC. The series was no longer the full-on visionary Kirby epic it had been up until #14 but was still one of the best comics on the stands.
Fantastic Four #188 - I always liked that walking, anthropomorphic building on the cover. At the time I thought Joe Sinnott toned down Perez,s pencils too much but the last few years I'm starting to think their work looks much better than I remembered. Can't recall the story to this one.
Marvel Team-Up #63 - always enjoyed the Claremont/Byrne issues of MTU. I was an avid reader of their Iron Fist series too.
Master of Kung Fu #58 - I re-read the entire MoKF series a few years ago and the immediate post-Gulacy era was better than I had remembered - perhaps in part because I finally had all the issues, having missed quite a few at the time to to the usual distribution problems. The entire Moench MoKF can be read as one big story, so nothing should be skipped or dismissed. And the art was never bad, even if it rarely approached the Gulacy run until Gene Day came along, first as inker to Mike Zeck then as solo artist.
Savage Sword of Conan #23 - another solid issue of this great b&w mag; Kull story a welcome bonus for me, as a big fan of that character. I wish the b&w Kull & the Barbarians mag had had a good long run instead of just 3 issues.
Shade, the Changing Man #4 - this was such an unusual series. Was it a superhero comic, a crime story, a political drama, science fiction, fantasy, or what? All of the above and more. I haven't tried reading any of the later versions.
Star Wars #5 - I somehow missed that Treasury Edition but had been a reader of the comic from issue #1.
Tomb of Dracula #61 - ToD just went from strength to strength. This long storyline involving Dracula's wife and the Satanic Church was yet another highlight. Looking back from today I'm a bit puzzled why nothing of Wolfman's other work ever came close to the level of quality he achieved in this series. Maybe he shouldn't have written so many superhero comics - I mean from a creative POV: in practical terms he wouldn't have had much choice - because the only other book I can think of that showed the potential to approach ToD level was another horror series, Night Force, which was unfortunately cancelled before we could see what it might have become.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Aug 4, 2017 8:15:13 GMT -5
Obviously nothing back then as I was a todler, but since then :
Creepy #92 Eerie #87 Eternals #17 House of Mystery #255 Howard the Duck #18 Men of War #3 Our Fighting Forces #176
Nothing too essential in retrospect, appart from that Wrightson cover on HoM #255 Buut Howard The Duck is probably the best comic of the bunch.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 23:22:59 GMT -5
Off the racks in September 1977, I remember having as a kid... Avengers #166 Human Fly #4 Marvel Two-In-One #34 Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 Star Wars #6 X-Men #108 some pretty interesting books, though not as many as I got some months. -M
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