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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 31, 2017 23:47:25 GMT -5
It looks like I bought no comics in September 1977. Odd. I've gotten a number of those books since then. But not at the time.
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Post by berkley on Sept 1, 2017 2:26:57 GMT -5
Avengers #166 - end of the 3-issue Nefaria story; good story but I disliked how over-powered Superman-surrogate Nefaria was.
Challengers of the Unknown #84 - rare DC comic for me in those days, but I liked the idea of the Challengers and Nasser's art; even Conway's writing wasn't a turn-off, as it often was for me.
Defenders #54 - great art by Michael Golden & Bob McLeod. Kraft was doing a more than creditable job considering he was following what I think has turned out to be one of the all-time greatest runs on any superhero team book, Gerber's on this one. Doctor Strange #26 - really nice cover, which only made the interior art all the more disappointing since Starlin's style was completely obscured by Nebres's inks.
Eternals #18 - good story, but not a patch on the earlier issues (#1-13) when Kirby had been following his own vision with more freedom.
Howard the Duck #19 - I was feeling a bit lost in some of these later HtD storylines through having missed several issues due to the usual distribution inconsistencies; in this case I had missed the previous issue to this one and thus felt out of step with the whole Howard the Human thing.
Master of Kung Fu #59 - one of Mike Zeck's first MoKF issues; he would eventually bring some stability back to the MoKF artwork after the inconsistent period that followed the Gulacy era but his run didn't get started until several issues later.
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2 - beginning of the Warlock/Thanos finale; great comic.
Mister Miracle #21 -the Englehart/Rogers MM was my first exposure to the New Gods and I originally I bought it mainly because I was a huge Englehart fan, but also great art by Rogers. I still rate it as one of the best New Gods books not written by Kirby (not that there's much competition) and this issue was no exception.
Savage Sword of Conan #24 - one of Norem's better covers for SSoC; a long Buscema/Alcala story; and some magnificent, previously unseen (by me - I see it was a reprint from Savage Tales) Conan artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith.
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Star Wars #6 - didn't see this one on Mike's page when I looked the other day. I think this was the last issue of the movie adaptation? I'm pretty sure I was still reading the series at this point but can't recall how much farther I kept up with it. IIRC, the artwork never really wowed me.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 1, 2017 13:35:16 GMT -5
What a great time to be a teen and enjoying comics. High school was heavenly hanging with friends and talking comic books, movies, tv and girls! Oh the joys of September 1977 and hounding the local Circle-K's and 7-11's surrounding the high school. I could manage walking distance in one direction 1 day a week at lunch to hit 2 stores and back. So one day go west young man, then another day go east and another day north and one day south. Friday was when i would venture forth to 3 used bookstores all by school digging through old brown grocery bags full of the joys of old, beaten and torn up wonderfully smelling pulp goodness comic books. Who needs to use their lunch money for food when you have new comics to buy??? Priorities i say, priorities!
Avengers 166 Batman 294 Defenders 54 Detective 474 Eternals 18 FF 189 Ghost Rider 27 Godzilla 5 Human fly 4 Hulk 218 Iron Man 105 John Carter 7 Justice League 149 MTU 64 MTIO 34, annual 2 MOKF 59 Mister Miracle 21 Ms Marvel 12 Nova 16 Scooby Doo 2 Showcase 96 Star Hunters 2 Star Wars 6 Superboy and LOSH 234 Thor 266 Warlord 10 What If 6 X-Men 108
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 4, 2017 14:44:04 GMT -5
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 5, 2017 9:11:13 GMT -5
In September, 1977, I bought off the stands:
Aquaman #59 : I didn’t buy every book that had an Aparo cover, but I bought everything he drew a full story in. This cover was the basis of a US postage stamp a few years ago, and I’ve got a framed copy on my wall. I was loving this run of Aquaman.
Challengers of the Unknown #84: I didn’t care for the Challengers, but I loved Deadman and Swamp Thing, and I appreciated them doing something to bring Swampy back to his roots. Although writer Gerry Conway was the one who messed him up in the first place!
Defenders #54: I bought every issue, but I don’t remember anything about this issue. Apparently it had two stories?
Detective Comics #474: I’m glad I picked up on this run. Englehart and Rogers were doing what still ranks as one of the high points in Batman comics to me.
Eternals #18: I loved the ideas, but it was getting tiresome. I’d stick with it to the end.
Godzilla #5: I was a little disappointed with Tom Sutton’s fill-in issues, but I loved seeing more giant monsters. I’d rather it had been some Toho mainstays, though.
Howard the Duck #19: Howard the Human. A strong story in a series that I was getting weary of.
Human Fly #4: For some reason I continued to be fascinated by this, although I didn’t appreciate Lee Elias’ art (I do now!)
Justice League of America #149: Englehart was also writing one of the JLA's high points. Dillin was a familiar comfort, but I wonder if a flashier artist might have taken this run into a “legendary” status.
Marvel Premiere #39: I didn’t even know this “Torpedo” character, but he looked kind of cool, and I liked the idea of minor league characters getting a shot at the spotlight. I remember the Bob Brown art in this. He was never a favorite, but he drew some of the first comics I bought, so I had a certain degree of fondness for him, and had lamented his death earlier in the year.
Marvel Two-in-One #34: I’m not entirely positive I got this, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have passed up a Nighthawk guest shot.
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2: This was a follow-up to the much-missed Warlock series, so I had to get it.
Metal Men #55: I liked the team, but didn’t care for Staton as the artist.
Mister Miracle #21: One of my favorite characters from early on, I was loving having this book back on the stands. Artist Marshall Rogers was a pretty good match for the character, different as he was from Kirby.
New Gods #15: Meanwhile, Rich Buckler had long practiced a Kirbyesque style, but I pretty much hated all of this New Gods run. I bought it anyway.
Secret Society of Super-Villains #11: This continued to be not as good as I wanted it to be.
Showcase #96: Again, I liked the team, but didn’t care for Staton as the artist. He was particularly inappropriate for the D.P.’s downer concept.
Star Hunters #2: I hadn’t expected to, but I was really digging this SF comic.
Super-Team Family #14: A team-up book that broke the B&B, WF, MT-U, and MT-I-O mold by not having a consistent headline hero was a concept that appealed to me, even if the execution was frequently disappointing. I can’t say that Wonder Woman and the Atom were a team I was dying to see, but I did like the Atom a lot.
Teen Titans #52: I loved this team, but the book itself was one of DC’s worst in this era. I did like the idea of the “Titans West” team, and Don Heck was a step above some of the lower-rung artists who worked on this revival.
What If #6: I adored this series. What if the FF had different super-powers? Cool stuff!
X-Men #108: This continued to earn its reputation. The book was a consistent stand-out.
Cover of the Month: I think the standout is Gil Kane's cover to Kid Colt Outlaw #221. Some very respectably good covers this month, but none of the others wow me. Comic I'd Most Like to Have but Don't: I'd probably pick World's Finest #248, with a Gray Morrow Vigilante short.
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Post by berkley on Sept 5, 2017 18:20:22 GMT -5
Howard the Duck #19: Howard the Human. A strong story in a series that I was getting weary of. New Gods #15: Meanwhile, Rich Buckler had long practiced a Kirbyesque style, but I pretty much hated all of this New Gods run. I bought it anyway. What If #6: I adored this series. What if the FF had different super-powers? Cool stuff! X-Men #108: This continued to earn its reputation. The book was a consistent stand-out. Cover of the Month: I think the standout is Gil Kane's cover to Kid Colt Outlaw #221. Some very respectably good covers this month, but none of the others wow me. Comic I'd Most Like to Have but Don't: I'd probably pick World's Finest #248, with a Gray Morrow Vigilante short. From what I remember - haven't re-read it for decades - the last year or so of HtD was very dark: not in a wannabe "edgy" way but just really downbeat and depressing. I wonder if it was a reflection of whatever Gerber was going thorough in his own life, personal or professional. It was fascinating but painful to read at times. I don't remember seeing the New Gods series on the stands, even though I was reading the Mister Miracle revival. The covers probably wouldn't have stood out to me and there was no Englehart or Gerber in the credits to draw my attention. I think I probably had that issue of What If myself but can't recall a thing about it now. I missed this X-Men issue, which I see was Byrbe's first of the series. I didn't realise or remember until now that I must have missed Byrne's first few issues because the first one I remember getting with him on the art is #111.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 7, 2017 9:37:05 GMT -5
Among the many other comics I bought that month, one stands out: Detective 474... with its tribute to the glory days of Sprang and Finger: The only part of this run that wasn't gold was the artless, clunky logo. I wish they'd've gone some version of classic with it for those issues.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 21:14:39 GMT -5
On sale in October 1977I got the following of the racks when I was 8... Avengers 167 Conan the Barbarian #82 (and my copy from then still exists, signed by Howard Chaykin) Marvel Super Action #5-loved the classic Kirby reprints Marvel Triple Action #39-my second ever Magneto story, the first was X-Men #1 form son of Origins that I got around this time too Marvel Two-in-One 35-it had dinosaurs, I loved dinosaurs at 8, and it started my fascination with Skull the Slayer (took me years to track down that series) Star Wars 7 (got in a polybagged 3 pack of 7, 8, 9 sometime after this, not off the stands in Oct) -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Sept 30, 2017 21:30:59 GMT -5
I had a subscription (my first!) to Marvel Team-Up at that time. It was free because I had gone door-to-door in my neighborhood selling subscriptions to non-comic book magazines (People, Field & Stream, Vanity Fair, etc.). I was 9.
So MTU 65 came in the mail. But I also had and still have every Spider-title that month. . .(sigh) yes, even the Spidey Super Stories. Did I mention I was 9?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 1, 2017 11:55:02 GMT -5
On sale in October 1977Star Wars 7 (got in a polybagged 3 pack of 7, 8, 9 sometime after this, not off the stands in Oct) -M I got them the same way. I also bought Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars #2. Though it may well not have been at this time because I remember buying it and #1 at the same time and place. Those tabloid books hung around longer than normal comics. And I think that's all. This was the month before I turned 10 and I wasn't buying very many comics. I honestly don't remember why. I either didn't have much money or didn't get to the stores very often.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 13:47:35 GMT -5
hondobrode a lot of the books you posted were cover dated October, but were on sale 3 months earlier and have been covered in previous months' entries for other folks. When you go to Mike's Newsstand, make sure the filter is set to on sale date, not cover date. When I link the Newsstand, I link it to on sale date, not cover date. I was scratching my head for a second saying, hey I had some of those why didn't I see them on Mike's, and it turns out I had, back back for the months they went on sale, not among the books that went on sale in Oct. -M
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 1, 2017 14:17:42 GMT -5
Thanks for correcting me on that Loved Earth-2 and esp the Huntress. What a great concept Spider-Man still rocked in the Bronze Age One of the best Avengers stories ever and great work by Shooter, Perez, Marcos and Austin Honestly don't remember anything about the story except the great Michael Golden art inside and this attention grabbing Aparo cover Kirby B-lister or C-lister, but one of the most cosmic and one of my favorite Marvel characters Could anyone have guessed that A. Mar-Vell would die of cancer, and B. that Nitro would've been the cause ?
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 1, 2017 14:29:09 GMT -5
Not only is it The Champions, but it's their last stand Sentinels Ernie Chan cover Creepy Aparo supernatural cover with not just one, but two DC supernatural characters 1Kaluta cover and a babe with tarot cards Kirby and a pyramid I was a kid, so Wolfman got me on this one. Couldn't believe the FF were done ! Wait, I guess they're not quite done yet Inhumans in outer space jerk Quicksilver is even captured
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 1, 2017 14:42:45 GMT -5
Does any other Freedom Fighter catch half the bad breaks that Doll Man does ? DC's mystery books were really well done. Love this great Luis Dominguez cover The stories were decent with good art in this issue by Jerry Grandenetti, and lesser known E.R. Cruz, whose work I love, and another Filipino artist of the 70's, Noly Panaligan Godzilla looks really pitiful here Trimpe GL / GA Black Canary anniversary issue Grell cover first appearance of *** yawn *** Air Wave Gerber, Colan, Janson and more Dr Bong Based on the real life daredevil who was previously paralyzed Move over Evil Knievel Mantlo & Robbins
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 1, 2017 16:09:20 GMT -5
another great Ernie Chan cover Bronze Age Hulk was great Crazy issues like this remind me of how Morrison was a really good fit for the JLA with his wild concepts Star Wars in a treasury size edition was a real treat Great cover here too Kirby + Cap + the Red Skull Romita Captain Britain, sort of like Captain America, and John Byrne art
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