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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 1:21:54 GMT -5
Great for anyone who missed the original strips in the papers like I did. Use a beat-up reading copy though and keep this one looking awesome for its 40 years.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 12, 2020 13:05:59 GMT -5
Anyone remember those early '60s reprints under the brand I.W.? I had a few of them and they were similar to Charlton in terms of quality and paper stock. A similar company was Super but I don't remember running into any of them. IW and Super Comics were the same company. Israel Waldman bought up material from defunct companies and published it under (mostly) new covers in the late 50s and early 60s. Later he formed a new company with Sol Brodsky and published some good comics and magazines. To name the company they smushed their names together - "Brodsky-Waldman" = "Skywald".
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Post by Batflunkie on May 12, 2020 13:09:34 GMT -5
Great for anyone who missed the original strips in the papers like I did. Use a beat-up reading copy though and keep this one looking awesome for its 40 years.
God, I'm such a sucker for digest books. I really wish the Archie Marvel Digest series had lasted longer than they did
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 12, 2020 14:02:08 GMT -5
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Post by beccabear67 on May 13, 2020 16:25:51 GMT -5
IW and Super Comics were the same company. Israel Waldman bought up material from defunct companies and published it under (mostly) new covers in the late 50s and early 60s. Later he formed a new company with Sol Brodsky and published some good comics and magazines. To name the company they smushed their names together - "Brodsky-Waldman" = "Skywald". Wow, I never knew any of that! Well, I may've known Brodsky was the sky in Skywald actually but then forgot again...
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Post by beccabear67 on May 15, 2020 13:48:24 GMT -5
Was the facsimile Werewolf By Night #32 released on Wednesday as scheduled? I definitely want to get a copy, hope they do #33 as well. It's smart when they do those issues that are way too expensive now for most people to buy. DC doesn't seem to have that in mind though as much with their late '60s-'70s choices.
I wish Marvel would do X-Men #94 & 95 to go with the facsimile of Giant-Sized #1. I'm surprised they haven't done Iron Fist #14, maybe because that silver-border 'Milestone' edition is still pretty easily gotten? I'd like DC to do more of those 100 Page early '70s books either facsimile or the not exact replicas they'd done before (they would have ads for the archive books in place of the original ones for comics from whatever the month had been), I'd love to see the '70s Shazam 100 pagers, and I twice had one Superman that included Kid Eternity, Air Wave, Hawkman and Super Chief and would like to see it again for a third time. Those 100 Pagers all seem to have attained a higher price than issues surrounding them. Maybe they'd be confusing though now with those Walmart titles coming out?
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2020 13:53:13 GMT -5
Was the facsimile Werewolf By Night #32 released on Wednesday as scheduled? I definitely want to get a copy, hope they do #33 as well. It's smart when they do those issues that are way too expensive now for most people to buy. DC doesn't seem to have that in mind though as much with their late '60s-'70s choices. I wish Marvel would do X-Men #94 & 95 to go with the facsimile of Giant-Sized #1. I'm surprised they haven't done Iron Fist #14, maybe because that milestone edition is pretty easily gotten? I'd like DC to do more of those 100 Page early '70s books either facsimile or the not exact replicas they'd done before (they would have ads for the archive books in place of the original ones for comics from whatever the month had been), I'd love to see the '70s Shazam 100 pagers, and I twice had one Superman that included Kid Eternity, Air Wave, Hawkman and Super Chief and would like to see it again for a third time. Those 100 Pagers all seem to have attained a higher price than issues surrounding them. Maybe they'd be confusing though now with those Walmart titles coming out? Diamond has not shipped any new comics (or new editions of old comics like facsimile editions) since the first week of April, and will not resume operations until May 20th. So anything scheduled to be released in that time has not been.DC has done a workaround Diamond for a few things, but since many shops are not able to be open, they haven't been able to receive orders form those workaround distributors either. When Diamond resumes shipping, it will be on an altered and delayed schedule (i.e. not all books that were due to come out during the hiatus will come out at once, and the schedule is in flux for a while. Some are delayed, some rescheduled for later in the year, and some outright cancelled. Not sure where the Werewolf by Night facsimile falls in that spectrum, but it wasn't released this week as no comics were by Diamond. -M
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Post by tonebone on Sept 14, 2020 9:37:12 GMT -5
When it comes to reprints (single or collected) I found that my attitude about them changed as did the other responsibilities in my life did. Teen and 20 something me, would never think of buying reprints. Teen and 20 something me also lived with my folks or I was single and had a lot more disposable income. As the responsibilities of getting older, married, having children, paying more bills/cars/rent changed so did my attitude on reprints. Now I use them a lot to get things I feel I can't justify buying the original of. Even if I can technically afford it. It still seems wasteful. And I have a feeling that with MCU and DC movies and tv shows indirectly increasing the costs of older key issues, that my attitude won't change even when the kids are out of the house and financially independent and my wife and I move to a smaller place with cheaper rent. These days I almost prefer the reprints over the originals as the printing process has gotten so much better. When the 1st reprints into trade came around (Stan Lee Son of Origins) I felt the colors were too "bright" and didn't seem right in consideration of what comics I already had in my collection. Now I see the improvements and advancements in TPB and Omni's makes the outrageous prices for those back issues avoidable as far as I am concerned. Finally much of the 70's goodies I grew up reading have been collected and some very small doses of 80's are beginning to come into being (wish there was more 80's) to enjoy. Yet some floppy comics are just better in a sense as they invoke memories and sensations and thoughts from their original purchase. Over the last year or so having delved into grabbing up the old westerns and war comics I missed out on, I have to admit to liking those a whole lot at the moment. I quite like the paper DC has been using in their hardcover reprints of Legion of Superheroes, All-Star Comics, Batman and the Outsiders, etc. in the past few years. The paper is thinner, non-quite-so-white, and matte finish... perfect for older material. Nothing looks worse than comics from the silver/bronze age on glossy paper with eye-scorching color. Those hardcovers are also quite affordable, thanks to the fact that they have glued pages (like a tpb), but with a hardcover. I find them quite sturdy, as well.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 26, 2020 0:35:47 GMT -5
Looking at that Black Knight comic with Joe Maneely cover (in the recent cover contest) I wonder if there wouldn't be a market for Atlas comics considering all the times the E.C. comics of the '50s have been reprinted! I've mentioned before that it would be a dream to have some of the Bill Everett Atlas revival Sub-Mariner issues in facsimile form, Black Knight would be another must buy if they ever did it (instead of Howard The Duck #1, or many other not at all rare and not remotely unfindable comics). What other Atlas comics, even single issues, would be worth a $4-$5 reprinting? I might say Lorna, The Jungle Girl/Queen, because it did have some top level artwork (and Agu the Giant), but you could get Jungle Action #1-4 from the early '70s for a nice selection of those. Still the first Lorna might be nice (I actually did have it once as well as #3, 4 and others). I know there was a modern JC Penney reprint of a Young Men with the Human Torch, but that is pretty rare itself now. That might be a good series to reprint with more than one hero. Crazy #1 is another strong candidate. It'll never happen, they would sooner do New Mutants #100 and Amazing Spider-Man #300 again I suppose than these fantastic '50s comics with some of the greatest art ever seen, it makes you wonder what the point of fans and collector's shops even is though if they wouldn't go bonkers for access to this kind of treasure. I know there are the collected Masterworks books, and some of them can be found at reasonable prices, but thinking of small stack of Atlas repros with the covers and all the pages in the form the were made to be in... it's much more appealing and collectable! I love the Incr. Hulk facsimiles of #180-182 and Giant-Size X-Men #1 in particular. If I had to pick more late '60s- '70s reprints that are also not so obtainable I'd go for X-Men #94 & 95 for sure, and the once promised Moon Knight first appearance(s) Werewolf By Night #32 (and #33). Why Fantastic Four Annual #6? Or many other choices for that matter... I don't understand their thinking on these at all. I'm happy enough with True Believers though otherwise, especially if they at least get the original front cover inside someplace.
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Post by jason on Dec 30, 2020 16:49:25 GMT -5
I personally liked it when the title would make a brand new cover (as opposed to just re-using the original cover), kind of made it go above and beyond just being a reprint book.
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