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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 4, 2019 6:04:46 GMT -5
This is probably more information than anyone wanted. No It's not. I never knew the stark difference in the papers and processes used. Thanks, man.
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Post by badwolf on Dec 4, 2019 11:12:19 GMT -5
I thought Mando was the thin paper that gave us the super-garish colors and was used only briefly in the 80s, and Baxter was the thicker, matte white paper that was used for premium titles like Doctor Who (U.S.) and the Epic books. Mando was a type of paper that DC started using instead of newsprint circa 1983. The super-garish colors weren't a result of the paper, but of a new printing process DC started using called Flexographic Press, which first appeared in comics dated early 1985, I believe. Some examples of each... Ahh, so that was it. The flexographic looks so bad that I have to believe Bob and Dick are just grinning and bearing it in those editorials, because they have to.
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Post by MDG on Dec 4, 2019 15:43:13 GMT -5
Mando was a type of paper that DC started using instead of newsprint circa 1983. The super-garish colors weren't a result of the paper, but of a new printing process DC started using called Flexographic Press, which first appeared in comics dated early 1985, I believe. Some examples of each... Ahh, so that was it. The flexographic looks so bad that I have to believe Bob and Dick are just grinning and bearing it in those editorials, because they have to. IIRC, at the time, flexographic was still in development, and they hadn't worked out what kind of inks/color seps worked best.
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Post by profh0011 on Dec 4, 2019 16:13:48 GMT -5
There was a joke at the time... that now, with " Flexographic", kids could read their comics in bed under the blankets... WITHOUT a flashlight.
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Post by jason on Jan 22, 2020 0:49:01 GMT -5
Was just wondering, did any reprint titles ever have letter columns? Wouldnt think they'd need them, but you never know. One thing Marvel Tales used to have though was "Postbox from the Past" which would reprint letters from the past reacting to the story in said issue, which I always thought was a nice touch, and something other reprint titles should have tried.
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Post by berkley on Jan 22, 2020 1:22:15 GMT -5
Mando was a type of paper that DC started using instead of newsprint circa 1983. The super-garish colors weren't a result of the paper, but of a new printing process DC started using called Flexographic Press, which first appeared in comics dated early 1985, I believe. Some examples of each... Ahh, so that was it. The flexographic looks so bad that I have to believe Bob and Dick are just grinning and bearing it in those editorials, because they have to. Was Marvel using some equivalent to the Flexographic printing at any time? Because I remember their colours looked unbearably bright in a similar way in some books, can't recall the exact time - 80s or early 90s?
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Post by Confessor on Jan 31, 2020 20:11:51 GMT -5
Was just wondering, did any reprint titles ever have letter columns? Wouldnt think they'd need them, but you never know. One thing Marvel Tales used to have though was "Postbox from the Past" which would reprint letters from the past reacting to the story in said issue, which I always thought was a nice touch, and something other reprint titles should have tried. Marvel Tales did indeed have a regular letters page, in addition to "Postbox from the Past". It was called "Marvel Mails".
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 31, 2020 20:25:31 GMT -5
I bought most of the reprint comics when Marvel Tales started over at Fantasy #15. It was amusing that they updated the pop culture references to the 80’s stars. Tom selleck instead of Rock Hudson, stuff like that.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 1, 2020 0:13:35 GMT -5
I bought most of the reprint comics when Marvel Tales started over at Fantasy #15. It was amusing that they updated the pop culture references to the 80’s stars. Tom selleck instead of Rock Hudson, stuff like that. I was too young to be aware of those changes at the time, but nowadays they annoy me. That trend didn't last all that long -- a couple of years I think -- as there were a lot of complaints about it in the letter column. So eventually Marvel just left the 60s pop culture references in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2020 1:17:38 GMT -5
I do like reprint books, but they sometimes shortchange the reader.
For example, this Annual was not a full reprint of Spectacular Spider-Man Mag #2...but I still love this comic....
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Post by shaxper on Apr 5, 2020 8:53:32 GMT -5
As someone who owns a lot of key issues, I absolutely feel that the availability of inexpensive reprint issues takes away some of their charm. At the same time, I think it's great that these historic stories are being made accessible to people who can't otherwise afford to read them. Those Marvel dollar reprints are so much fun to browse through in the store, and I remember how excited the Marvel Milestone reprints made me in the 1990s.
I just wish there were efforts to reprint entire memorable runs instead of just first appearances. About 15 years ago, the Cleveland Plain Dealer was including with its Sunday paper a reprint of each issue of Amazing Spider-Man from the beginning, and I thought that was incredible. I'd love to see more of that!
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Post by earl on Apr 5, 2020 10:57:53 GMT -5
I think in the classic era back in the 80s etc, I don't think DC or Marvel really ever tapped as much a market that there was for reprints. It was so different back then as so many classic stories were more stuff you heard about but never read as say Kree/Skrull War issues of Avengers or any of the early Tomb of Dracula issues were pretty expensive in that day and/or not easy to find.
Mail order now changed everything, as for the most part you can find the actual issue of anything at anytime now. That was not always the case at all back in the day, where you might go years with lots of scouring to find some obscure issue to fill out a run.
I know I had pretty much all of those reprints I could get that Marvel and DC put out back in those days. I know that's the first place I read the early Ra's Al Ghul issues and the Kree Skrull war and certain part of the Starlin/Warlock saga and early Dr. Strange by Ditko.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 5, 2020 11:12:06 GMT -5
As someone who owns a lot of key issues, I absolutely feel that the availability of inexpensive reprint issues takes away some of their charm. At the same time, I think it's great that these historic stories are being made accessible to people who can't otherwise afford to read them. Those Marvel dollar reprints are so much fun to browse through in the store, and I remember how excited the Marvel Milestone reprints made me in the 1990s. I just wish there were efforts to reprint entire memorable runs instead of just first appearances. About 15 years ago, the Cleveland Plain Dealer was including with its Sunday paper a reprint of each issue of Amazing Spider-Man from the beginning, and I thought that was incredible. I'd love to see more of that! Maybe you’re just a key issue snob.
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Post by Confessor on Apr 5, 2020 12:07:16 GMT -5
As someone who owns a lot of key issues, I absolutely feel that the availability of inexpensive reprint issues takes away some of their charm. At the same time, I think it's great that these historic stories are being made accessible to people who can't otherwise afford to read them. Those Marvel dollar reprints are so much fun to browse through in the store, and I remember how excited the Marvel Milestone reprints made me in the 1990s. I just wish there were efforts to reprint entire memorable runs instead of just first appearances. About 15 years ago, the Cleveland Plain Dealer was including with its Sunday paper a reprint of each issue of Amazing Spider-Man from the beginning, and I thought that was incredible. I'd love to see more of that! Maybe you’re just a key issue snob. And/or richer than us poor slobs.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 5, 2020 12:32:56 GMT -5
Maybe you’re just a key issue snob. And/or richer than us poor slobs. You know, for a green Rabbit, you say some smart things sometimes...
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