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Post by berkley on Jul 2, 2015 23:25:53 GMT -5
Well, if I was limited to two that month it just might be the same. It was a bit of a transition era for me with comics. I had been a loyal Marvel reader in the 70s but was turned off by the changes that came about under the Shooter regime, and still hadn't discovered the independent scene. So I was looking for things to read but not having much luck, apart from a few isolated exceptions like these Alan Moore series. |
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Post by The Captain on Jul 6, 2015 11:35:33 GMT -5
I had just started collecting comics seriously at this time, having started to transition away from sportscards. Didn't buy too much off the racks at the time, but in my collection, I currently own:
Amazing Spider-Man #268
Captain America #309
Daredevil #223 - Secret Wars II tie-in. The less said, the better about that whole affair.
Defenders #147 - Hardly recognizable as The Defenders, as the team featured Iceman and Beast at this point. A series in its death throes.
Fantastic Four #282
Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #31
Incredible Hulk #311
Iron Man #198
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #4 - one of many attempts at a Moon Knight ongoing. This one only lasted six issues.
New Mutants #32
Spectacular Spider-Man #106 - Black suit in "Amazing", classic suit in "Spectacular"? I was so confused.
Power Man and Iron Fist #119 - another long-running series approaching the end and running out of steam.
Squadron Supreme #2
Star Wars #99 - not good at all. A shadow of what is had once been.
Thor #359
Uncanny X-Men #197
West Coast Avengers #1
I also owned G.I. Joe #39 at one point, but sold it off a number of years back to make room for newer things.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 23:34:00 GMT -5
Just getting back into comics at this point as I finally was old enough to have a job and make my own money, so I only had maybe 3-4 books from this month at the time.
I've gone back and gotten a lot form this time now, so what I have now..
Amethyst #11
Arak, Son of Thunder #50
Arion, Lord of Atlantis Special #1
Conan the Barbarian #176
Coyote #14
Crisis 8 & 9
Deadman #7
Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate #4
Green Lantern #194
Jon Sable, Freelance #31
JLA #244 & Annual 3
Ms. Tree #21 and #-D Special #1
Nathaniel Dusk II #2
New Mutants #34
Nexus #34
Omega Men #32
Power Man and Iron Fist #120
Savage Tales Vol. 2 #1
Sgt. Rock #406
Shatter #1
Solomon Kane #2
Superman #413
Swamp Thing #42
Thor #361
Uncanny X-Men #199
Warlord #99
Who's Who #9
-M
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Post by berkley on Aug 2, 2015 0:00:27 GMT -5
Nathaniel Dusk II #2 - It's been a long tim since I've read these but IIRC, Colan's artwork in ND II was even better than in the first ND series
Swamp Thing #42 - pretty sure I bought this issue off the stands as I know I was following the series at this time. I get mixed up now over which SW issues I didn't read until later, in TPB form.
Unknown Worlds of Frank Brunner #1 - not 100% sure about this one: I think I bought it at the time, while I'm pretty sure I didn't find #2 until years later as a back-issue. But it's possible that was the case with #1 as well.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 2, 2015 0:14:00 GMT -5
I wasn't yet buying comics at this point, as I was five years old, but as an adult, the Nocturna storyline climaxing this month in Detective Comics #556 is one of my favorite moments ever in Batman history.  My review of #556 from my Batman #300 and Up review thread. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 2, 2015 7:05:55 GMT -5
So what were you buying and/or reading 30 Years Ago This Month? You can scope out Mike's Newsstand, to see an array of comics that were on sale in May 1984. Comics I Bought Off The Stand But No Longer Own: Alpha Flight #10, Amazing Spider-Man #252, American Flagg! #8, Avengers #243, Blackhawk #270, Crossfire #1, Fantastic Four #266, Hercules #3, Iron Man #182, Jon Sable #12, Mars #5, Marvel Fanfare #14, Moon Knight #37, New Mutants #15, Ronin #5, Aga of Swamp Thing #24, Secret Wars #1, Starslayer #16, Star Trek #4, Thor #343, Thriller #6, Uncanny X-Men #181, Zot #2 Comics I Acquired Later But No Longer Own: Atari Force #5 Comics Currently in My Collection: All-Star Squadron #33, Batman #371, Batman and the Outsiders #10, DC Comics Presents #69, Detective #538, Infinity Inc #2, Micronauts #58, Nathaniel Dusk #4, Official Handbook #15, Tales of the Teen Titans #42, Wonder Woman #315, World's Finest #303 May 1984 marked a return to comics for me. After a few years away, when I had supposedly outgrown them, I was hooked back by Stern-Romita's interpretation of Spider-Man and couldn't resist to get this, off the stand:  This is the only one I can be sure I Bought Off The Stand But No Longer Own, the rest were probably Acquired Later But No Longer Own. Not much later though, it only took me a few months to get up to speed, something which wasn't difficult, considering I only bought Marvel then, and that the editorial responsible for the spanish edition, published less than ten titles, by 1984. None of them are Currently in My Collection, because I sold them in the 90's, to make room for the american editions, but here's the rest of the list for May, just as a curiosity:         |
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 2, 2015 7:38:49 GMT -5
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Post by Confessor on Aug 2, 2015 8:04:53 GMT -5
The only comic that was on the shelves 30 years ago this month that I bought at the time was...
Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #108
Other comics that I now own are...
Marvel Tales #181 (reprinting Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3)
Star Wars #101
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Post by Trevor on Aug 2, 2015 9:47:29 GMT -5
Summer of 1985 may have been my prime buying season in comics. I was pretty huge into DC and was buying all the Crisis crossovers.
All-Star Comics 51
American Flagg 27
Arion, Lord of Atlantis Special 1
Best of DC Digest 66
Blue Devil 18
Coyote 14
Crisis on Infinite Earths 8 and 9
Crossfire 14
Daredevil 225
DC Challenge 1
DC Comics Presents 87
Deadman reprints 7
Epic Illustrated 32
Fujitoid 1
Fury of Firestorm 41
Green Lantern 194
Incredible Hulk 313
Incredible Hulk Annual 14
Infinity Inc 20
Tired of typing, maybe I'll finish later. And I'm sure some of those A-I that I skipped I've later acquired.
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Post by JKCarrier on Aug 2, 2015 9:54:33 GMT -5
All-Star Squadron #51
American Flagg #27
Avengers #261
Batman #389
Blue Devil #18
Blue Devil Annual #1
Cerebus #77
Coyote #14
Crisis on Infinite Earths #8
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
DC Challenge #1
DC Comics Presents #87
Deadman #7
Detective Comics #556
Elric:Sailor on the Seas of Fate #4
Epic Illustrated #32
Marvel Fanfare #23
Nathaniel Dusk II #2
New Age Comics #1
New Mutants #34
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1
Squadron Supreme #4
Super Powers #3
Swamp Thing #42
Thor #361
Who's Who #9
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 2, 2015 11:13:13 GMT -5
I wasn't yet buying comics at this point, as I was five years old, but as an adult, the Nocturna storyline climaxing this month in Detective Comics #556 is one of my favorite moments ever in Batman history. My review of #556 from my Batman #300 and Up review thread. That Doug Moench run is my favourite Batman era ever. I was hooked on it at the time, and it still holds up pretty well now. |
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 2, 2015 11:16:29 GMT -5
In 1985 I was basically buying everything Marvel put out (including Marvel UK) and probably 90% of DC's stuff, too, as well as sundry Eclipse titles and a lot of British stuff most people on here have probably never heard of. The period 1981-1989 was probably my most intensive for comic buying, my teens were basically when i went from reader to obsessive collector.
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 2, 2015 14:25:25 GMT -5
On the other hand, my teens were comic book "nuclear winter."
Today I now own...
Action Comics #573
All-Star Squadron #51
Avengers #261
Batman #389
Batman & the Outsiders #27
Crisis on Infinite Earths #8: I walked into a Waldenbooks and saw this on the newsstand. I picked it up to look at the cover and then put it down again. It would be the last time I touched a comic book I didn't already own for five years.
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9
DC Challenge #1
DC Comics Presents #87
Detective Comics #556
Fantastic Four #284
Fantastic Four Annual #19
G.I. JOE #41
Green Lantern #194
Infinity Inc. #20
Justice League of America #244
Justice League of America Annual #3
Legion of Super-Heroes #16
New Teen Titans #14
Nexus #15
Outsiders #1
Squadron Supreme #4
Star Wars #101: in TPB
Super Powers #3
Superman #413
Wonder Woman #328
World's Finest #321
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Post by Pharozonk on Aug 3, 2015 8:00:10 GMT -5
From August 1985, I have:
Infinity Inc #20
Superman #413
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Post by The Captain on Aug 3, 2015 11:21:29 GMT -5
In my collection today from August 1985:
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19
Avengers #261
Daredevil #225
Defenders #149
Fantastic Four #284
Fantastic Four Annual #19
Incredible Hulk #313
Incredible Hulk Annual #14
Iron Man #200
Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #5
New Mutants #34
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Deluxe Edition) #1
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #108
Power Man and Iron Fist #120
Squadron Supreme #4
Star Wars #101
Thor #361
Uncanny X-Men #199
West Coast Avengers #3
Owned at one time, but no longer:
G.I. Joe #41
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