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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2022 13:19:20 GMT -5
won't help with the single issues. . but I highly, highly recommend www.hamiltonbook.com/ for trades, and some great prices. I just ordered from them yesterday, and their flat ship rate for everything in a single order remains $4 within the USA. books -> Graphic Novels & Comics in the search down the left.
I picked up these two for under $10 each (they retailed for over $50) - they have multiple Spirit Archive #'s avail. too at this price.
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Post by The Captain on Jan 8, 2022 16:20:30 GMT -5
Finally had a free Saturday, so my younger daughter and I hit the road early to deplete some of our Christmas money. Wound up starting at a comic and toy shop that we'd never been to before; in fact, I didn't even know it existed up until January 1st, when one of the employees at one of my regular haunts told me about it. My daughter is getting into Funko Pop figures and wound up picking up Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok for herself, while I grabbed Beta Ray Bill for myself. I tend toward the classic comics characters rather than the movies, while she likes the MCU characters. We also got a Kylo Ren figure for her sister. As for comics, the only one I picked up there was this pre-owned Masterworks for $7: Then we found out that this particular store has a SECOND location on the other side of town, so we headed over there next. No Pop figures, but I did get the following, all out of the $1 bins (they were all unsorted, so I didn't want to waste too much time since I had my daughter with me): The Jonah Hex issues moves me to just 11 left on my list to complete the series, and I have been picking up the Secret Society of Super-Villains books whenever I see them for $2 or less. Lunch at Taco Bell. It's our place to go when we're out. Last stop of the day was at a toy and pop culture shop in the town next to ours, where I got nothing but she grabbed the MJ Funko from "Far From Home". She is OBSESSED with the MCU. She got one Spider-Man t-shirt, two Hawkeye t-shirts, and a Midtown Science & Technology School hoodie for Christmas, and my sister got her a replica version of Yelena's vest from Black Widow, as she wants to start cosplaying as Yelena at conventions.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2022 19:33:49 GMT -5
Finally had a free Saturday, so my younger daughter and I hit the road early to deplete some of our Christmas money. Wound up starting at a comic and toy shop that we'd never been to before; in fact, I didn't even know it existed up until January 1st, when one of the employees at one of my regular haunts told me about it. My daughter is getting into Funko Pop figures and wound up picking up Valkyrie from Thor: Ragnarok for herself, while I grabbed Beta Ray Bill for myself. I tend toward the classic comics characters rather than the movies, while she likes the MCU characters. We also got a Kylo Ren figure for her sister. As for comics, the only one I picked up there was this pre-owned Masterworks for $7: Then we found out that this particular store has a SECOND location on the other side of town, so we headed over there next. No Pop figures, but I did get the following, all out of the $1 bins (they were all unsorted, so I didn't want to waste too much time since I had my daughter with me): The Jonah Hex issues moves me to just 11 left on my list to complete the series, and I have been picking up the Secret Society of Super-Villains books whenever I see them for $2 or less. Lunch at Taco Bell. It's our place to go when we're out. Last stop of the day was at a toy and pop culture shop in the town next to ours, where I got nothing but she grabbed the MJ Funko from "Far From Home". She is OBSESSED with the MCU. She got one Spider-Man t-shirt, two Hawkeye t-shirts, and a Midtown Science & Technology School hoodie for Christmas, and my sister got her a replica version of Yelena's vest from Black Widow, as she wants to start cosplaying as Yelena at conventions. That's quite a dollar bin! I'd be super happy with those kind of finds, nice scores, and even nicer that you got to have a great day out with you daughter!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2022 19:37:37 GMT -5
Those Russ Heath grey-tone wash covers were some of the most striking covers of the silver age, and Sea Devils is loaded with them. Agreed. Those covers are absolutely gorgeous. And Heath's interior artwork is pretty damn nice too (especially in black & white in the Showcase volumes). I do like reading these in B&W as well, agreed the interior artwork looks very nice in that format. I actually find myself grabbing my Showcase volumes quite often, even when I have color reprints and/or originals available, sometimes it's a great way to experience the visual.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 8, 2022 22:04:51 GMT -5
The Secret Society is awesome!
And also Namor in Tales to Astonish! The Quest for Neptune’s waffle iron ... or something. And Colletta inking!
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 9, 2022 19:56:52 GMT -5
I picked these up at a show in New Jersey today. These 2 make bring my DC presents want list down to 2.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 9, 2022 19:58:12 GMT -5
A few more odds and ends
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Post by berkley on Jan 9, 2022 23:06:14 GMT -5
Meant to say in the Zoom call today that I recognise the story on the cover of that Wrightson comic - was it a reprint from Plop? I know I read it somewhere as a kid and that it seemed to be a parody of a horror movie that I have never seen.
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Post by MDG on Jan 10, 2022 9:20:54 GMT -5
Meant to say in the Zoom call today that I recognise the story on the cover of that Wrightson comic - was it a reprint from Plop? I know I read it somewhere as a kid and that it seemed to be a parody of a horror movie that I have never seen. The one ICC shows above? It's from "The Gourmet" in Plop #1. Read it here
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Post by Crimebuster on Jan 10, 2022 12:25:18 GMT -5
Just dropped two and a half bills on a key I've always wanted. This reorganization of my collection has felt good. Out with the old, in with the new. Once I have it in hand I'll post pictures. I know at least one person on here will like it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 10, 2022 12:53:54 GMT -5
Just dropped two and a half bills on a key I've always wanted. This reorganization of my collection has felt good. Out with the old, in with the new. Once I have it in hand I'll post pictures. I know at least one person on here will like it. Two and a half bills is both exciting and scary.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jan 10, 2022 15:22:23 GMT -5
Just dropped two and a half bills on a key I've always wanted. This reorganization of my collection has felt good. Out with the old, in with the new. Once I have it in hand I'll post pictures. I know at least one person on here will like it. Two and a half bills is both exciting and scary. Well, I meant $2.50, so it's not too scary. ...actually, it was $250. I am close to buying something that will cost about a grand, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jan 10, 2022 16:22:51 GMT -5
OK, Crimebuster, I'm blowing your cover... just letting Icctrombone know that You have no qualms about spending big money on a major Key like this one...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 11, 2022 15:30:50 GMT -5
Picked these up for a dollar each Not classic but I have picked up 11 issues of Doomsday Clock so far for 1 buck each. I'm happy because if was a 5 dollar book.
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Post by arfetto on Jan 11, 2022 15:58:30 GMT -5
I got another Awesome Comics Youngblood cover for issue 1 (1998).
I don't know what this is but it looked interesting and was cheap:
It is from the year 2000 and has some cool Oscar Jimenez (in issue 1 and 2) and Javier Saltares (issue 3) art just glancing through.
Haha.
I also got three volumes of JJBA Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable. The English printings are from 2019, but the stories in these three volumes were originally published from 1992 to 1994.
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