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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 12, 2018 16:58:58 GMT -5
Brother Power, the Geek #3 Given to me by Dan B for safekeeping. Last panel of issue #2 is an inset on the cover of #3. 
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 12, 2018 17:03:15 GMT -5
Two of the more obscure things would be Hot Stuf #8 and Quest Presents Lance Carrigan #1. I will allow the people here to determine which is more obscure. Hot Stuf' ran less than 10 issues I think and Quest series I have no idea. I just know I have it sitting near the bottom of my read pile.   |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2018 18:11:27 GMT -5
Brother Power, the Geek #3 Given to me by Dan B for safekeeping. Last panel of issue #2 is an inset on the cover of #3. Stashmycomics finally removed their entry for BPTG #3. Previously, four members were claiming to have it in their collections  And (thanks for reminding me) I have yet another thread to restore... |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2018 18:13:33 GMT -5
Here's one I have that's a lot more obscure than I initially suspected:  I bought it in a headshop in 1993. A few years back, I found it was hard to even prove its existence online. That's changed more recently. But I'd always assumed that a comic about a famous rock band that I didn't even have to go to an LCS to get would be somewhat mainstream. Apparently not. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 12, 2018 18:25:03 GMT -5
...Other than that, it's probably a toss-up between Gold Key's City Surgeon #1-and-only, starring a rugged emergency room doctor,... I'd love to find this (cheap):  ... and Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon #1, a (mildly) adult 1969 Wally Wood-edited comic distributed through the military PX system. If you mean this version, I see it pretty often. I think there was a warehouse find.  A lot of my obscurities were purchased (out of guilt) from creators. E.g.,...  Heroes, Inc. was indeed a warehouse find. I bought my copy at the 1984 San Diego Con from the guy who made that find just a few weeks earlier. Cei-U! I summon the fond memories! |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 12, 2018 21:36:32 GMT -5
Great question, and also one that's left me stymied. There's not a single book in my collection that would come as a surprise to more than 5 or 10 percent of this forum. Seeing the variety and spectacular oddity of some of the books that have been put forth so far is inspiring. It's a beautifully-realized concept of comic collecting that I've barely considered. And it's not a hole I can immediately fill, which makes it all the more tantalizing. How do I search eBay for "Obscure Comics of which the CCF is unaware?"  No. They have to be acquired organically and unselfconsciously, if the tales told here are to be believed. And said acquisition requires, I think, a bit more purity of affection than I may be capable of at this late date.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 23:12:23 GMT -5
Two of the more obscure things would be Hot Stuf #8 and Quest Presents Lance Carrigan #1. I will allow the people here to determine which is more obscure. Hot Stuf' ran less than 10 issues I think and Quest series I have no idea. I just know I have it sitting near the bottom of my read pile. I've been slowly putting together a run of Hot Stuf', and have about hlaf of the run now. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 23:24:17 GMT -5
Let's see, some obscure stuff I have (putting aside the self-published stuff I have picked up in the local circuit over the last few years) and only including stuff that is classic by our it's at least ten years old definition... an adaptation of R.A.W. & Shea's Illuminatus Trilogy that was supposed to be a series but was only one issue...  a couple issues of Jason and the Argonauts by Tome Press (an imprint of Caliber I believe) that feature some of Patrick Zircher's earliest pencils...  both issues of Tales of the Cherokee for Mandaly Comics...  Roland Days of Wrath (both the 4 issue series and one of the previes ashcans)  it was a Xeric Award winner and featured the first professional American work for Ba and Moon but I am still the only person I know who owns actual copies of it... Spire Comics Tom Landry & the Dallas Cowboys (maybe there are a lot of copies in Texas but I own the only copy I have ever seen in the wild)  Dr. Weird Special collecting fanzine Dr. Weird strips written by George RR MArtin (yes of Game of Thrones and Wild Cards fame) and drawn by pre-professional Jim Starlin...  maybe a few more I am forgetting. -M |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 12, 2018 23:26:43 GMT -5
^ Um cool. Is that Dr. Weird hard to find/expensive? How old is it?
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2018 23:27:02 GMT -5
Two of the more obscure things would be Hot Stuf #8 and Quest Presents Lance Carrigan #1. I will allow the people here to determine which is more obscure. Hot Stuf' ran less than 10 issues I think and Quest series I have no idea. I just know I have it sitting near the bottom of my read pile. I've been slowly putting together a run of Hot Stuf', and have about hlaf of the run now. -M I own Hot Stuf #1, and while I got it for the Doug Moench script, I think the fact that it was Richard Corben's baby puts it on a lot of people's maps. |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2018 23:28:55 GMT -5
Great question, and also one that's left me stymied. There's not a single book in my collection that would come as a surprise to more than 5 or 10 percent of this forum. Seeing the variety and spectacular oddity of some of the books that have been put forth so far is inspiring. It's a beautifully-realized concept of comic collecting that I've barely considered. And it's not a hole I can immediately fill, which makes it all the more tantalizing. How do I search eBay for "Obscure Comics of which the CCF is unaware?" No. They have to be acquired organically and unselfconsciously, if the tales told here are to be believed. And said acquisition requires, I think, a bit more purity of affection than I may be capable of at this late date.  ...and it would make for a hell of a review thread once you do  |
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2018 23:29:53 GMT -5
Dr. Weird Special collecting fanzine Dr. Weird strips written by George RR MArtin (yes of Game of Thrones and Wild Cards fame) and drawn by pre-professional Jim Starlin... How is this not on everyone's radar? Wow. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 23:59:31 GMT -5
^ Um cool. Is that Dr. Weird hard to find/expensive? How old is it? it came out in '94 and it's usually dollar bin fare, however when I looked at Lonestar they were sold out and buying NM copies for $2.40 which means it would sell for around $10 there, but unless it got a surge in collectibility I didn't notice (hey anything's possible these days with TV and movie bumps) you should be able to find it in the wild cheaper than that. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 0:04:22 GMT -5
erg apparently someone is selling a copy (Dr. Weird) on Amazon for $27 in Fine,
looking at ebay, I found the 2 zines they originally appeared in for about $20 a piece but the '94 special was $25 OBO. I swear I saw copies at a show this year in dollar bins though. I'll keep my eye out for cheap copies for anyone who is interested though.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 13, 2018 0:29:14 GMT -5
erg apparently someone is selling a copy (Dr. Weird) on Amazon for $27 in Fine, looking at ebay, I found the 2 zines they originally appeared in for about $20 a piece but the '94 special was $25 OBO. I swear I saw copies at a show this year in dollar bins though. I'll keep my eye out for cheap copies for anyone who is interested though. -M Please count me as one of the interested! |
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