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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 10, 2014 18:37:22 GMT -5
Are the old Superman newspaper strips any good? There's a hardcover at the neighborhood bookstore priced pretty cheap. I think it's the Sunday strips from 1939-43.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 10, 2014 22:10:44 GMT -5
Thanks, guys... definitely putting Shazam on the list then  |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 11, 2014 7:54:45 GMT -5
Are the old Superman newspaper strips any good? There's a hardcover at the neighborhood bookstore priced pretty cheap. I think it's the Sunday strips from 1939-43. Yes they are ! Grab it ! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 11, 2014 9:37:27 GMT -5
Are the old Superman newspaper strips any good? There's a hardcover at the neighborhood bookstore priced pretty cheap. I think it's the Sunday strips from 1939-43. If it's cheap and in good shape it's probably worth getting anyway. Strip books retain their value pretty well, so you aren't going to be out much if you don't like it. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 12, 2014 1:07:03 GMT -5
Well, I got it -- Superman: Sunday Classics 1939-1943 (Sterling Publishing edition, 2nd printing, c2006)-- for $6 in store credit. The dustjacket is a little scuffed on one of the corner edges, but otherwise it's in great shape. I am trying to desperately to downsize, so I brought in Essential Spider Man Vol2 and Essential Classic X-Men Vol 2 for trade/sale (I tend to split the payoffs there between cash and credit). The former I'd like to read in color if I ever read it again and the latter I don't have much interest in rereading. I also traded in a Birds of Prey TPB I picked up around the time the TV series was on, and a TPB of Star Wars Chapter II as well as several non-comic books; both mine own and others accumulated by family over decades, as I'm helping my parents downsize as well. I still have $40+ credit pending there for now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 1:16:25 GMT -5
Six bucks sounds like a good price. I've been interested in getting more strip collections lately, but the non humor ones take me forever to get through.
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Post by DubipR on Aug 12, 2014 12:24:56 GMT -5
Anyone have any opinions on Ordway's 'Power of Shazam!' series? I'm mildly interested in checking it out after the crossover with Starman Love that series. Why this isn't traded up is a darn shame. Love Da Ordster! Anyone have any opinions on Ordway's 'Power of Shazam!' series? I'm mildly interested in checking it out after the crossover with Starman Start with the Power of Shazam! graphic novel.  It was one of my favorite series of the 1990s. I liked it even more than Starman.
That hardcover is getting tougher to find. I was able to find a cleaner copy of the HC for a reasonable price. I too, am In the minority that didn't care for Starman that much.
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 13, 2014 0:40:07 GMT -5
I'll be doing some downsizing later as I duplicate purchases in digital.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 13, 2014 11:16:08 GMT -5
I'm enjoying Starman so far, but I definitely don't think it's one of the best runs of all time, as many do. It's really very much an ensemble book, which is fun and unique, and the emphasis on history and legacy is cool, but it's not super amazing or anything.
It would really be much more correct to call it 'Opal City Adventures' (though of course that wouldn't work for marketing). I'm up to about issue 60, and there have been at least 10 that Jack Knight isn't in at all (or makes as small cameo).. and several more where he's a bit player.
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Post by coveredinbees on Aug 13, 2014 19:52:48 GMT -5
You guys were right! I love Dini's Detective Comics.
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Post by dupersuper on Aug 13, 2014 21:43:25 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 13, 2014 22:12:22 GMT -5
I'm enjoying Starman so far, but I definitely don't think it's one of the best runs of all time, as many do. It's really very much an ensemble book, which is fun and unique, and the emphasis on history and legacy is cool, but it's not super amazing or anything. Keep in mind when this series was coming out. The first issue came out in 1994, right at the height of the Image-inspired bad art, speculation craze. Imagine going to the comic store and getting a bunch of that crap and then reading Starman. Mind. Blown. It wasn't just that the series is really good, it's that it was so different and so much better than most of the other stuff coming out at the same time. In 2014 it might not seem all that amazing, but in 1994 it was absolutely fantastic. |
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 13, 2014 22:13:38 GMT -5
You guys were right! I love Dini's Detective Comics. You have a Zatanna avatar, so I'm not shocked.  |
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Post by Pharozonk on Aug 13, 2014 22:16:32 GMT -5
Is any of the post Death of Superman Action Comics/Superman stuff any good, roughly from 1993-2000?
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 13, 2014 22:20:27 GMT -5
Is any of the post Death of Superman Action Comics/Superman stuff any good, roughly from 1993-2000? Funeral of a Friend and Reign of the Superman should not be missed. I can go up to Zero Hour and still like the Triangle Era. In 1996 Superman Adventures, based on the cartoon, came out. It was easily the best Superman monthly title for the rest of its existence. |
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