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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2023 16:22:40 GMT -5
Atari Force is a series I really need to collect. So much great Garcia-Lopez art! Cei-U! I summon the feast for the eyes! Followed up by Eduardo Barreto who was no slouch. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2023 12:29:51 GMT -5
Heard rumblings that Ollie's got a bunch of new stuff in, so I took a ride over to the other side of town to see if ours had anything interesting. Found the following 2 for $19.99 each (not a bad price for a $75 omnibus and a $50 HC.   I have the first half of the Super Friends in a Showcase volume and Vol 4 of the GA omnibus picks up sometime after the 10 volumes of the Superman Chronicles I have leaves off but I haven't looked to see if there is a gap or any overlap yet. -M |
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 3, 2023 15:11:34 GMT -5
Heard rumblings that Ollie's got a bunch of new stuff in, so I took a ride over to the other side of town to see if ours had anything interesting. Found the following 2 for $19.99 each (not a bad price for a $75 omnibus and a $50 HC. I have the first half of the Super Friends in a Showcase volume and Vol 4 of the GA omnibus picks up sometime after the 10 volumes of the Superman Chronicles I have leaves off but I haven't looked to see if there is a gap or any overlap yet. -M Those are fantastic pickups! I'm especially excited by that Super Friends HC. I didn't even know there was such a collection. A very underrated series. You got some great prices on those. |
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 3, 2023 16:36:29 GMT -5
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Post by Ozymandias on Feb 3, 2023 17:59:08 GMT -5
What does it offer, that the Omnibus doesn't?
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 3, 2023 18:15:12 GMT -5
What does it offer, that the Omnibus doesn't? It is a 11 x 15 book scanned from mint copies of the comic. It includes some other things like the original art to AF #15. No garish recoloring.  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 3, 2023 18:35:29 GMT -5
If they do one for Cap or Thor, I might have to get it. It's rather sad that Taschen of all people is the one to give it's customers a peak into what it was like actually owning a comic book from that time-frame as it was originally presented and not Marvel |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2023 18:53:15 GMT -5
I've been piling up stuff in the FB group auctions since the first of the year, and was waiting until I did a pick up and got the books to post, but I'm very excited about the books I got in the auction that ended today at 5. I spent a total of $10 today, and this is what I got...    the DD #158 is a low grade reader, but for $4 I couldn't pass it up. The Man Without Fear mini was $2 and the pair of Batbooks were $4. Most of the stuff I've piled up before this was filler, but I will post it all when I do the pick up, but it might not be until March. -M |
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 3, 2023 19:31:40 GMT -5
If they do one for Cap or Thor, I might have to get it. It's rather sad that Taschen of all people is the one to give it's customers a peak into what it was like actually owning a comic book from that time-frame as it was originally presented and not Marvel The coloring and printing in Marvel's Masterworks and Omnibi have been controversial for a long time. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 3, 2023 19:50:12 GMT -5
If they do one for Cap or Thor, I might have to get it. It's rather sad that Taschen of all people is the one to give it's customers a peak into what it was like actually owning a comic book from that time-frame as it was originally presented and not Marvel The coloring and printing in Marvel's Masterworks and Omnibi have been controversial for a long time. Well I've read that some of the Lee/Kirby tenured Thor Omnis include the letters pages, so that's kind of a step in the right direction. I've kind of become largely indifferent to the coloring after owning and reading several Epic Collections and one Omni. It's not fantastic, but it does the job |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 3, 2023 19:56:18 GMT -5
I've been piling up stuff in the FB group auctions since the first of the year, and was waiting until I did a pick up and got the books to post, but I'm very excited about the books I got in the auction that ended today at 5. I spent a total of $10 today, and this is what I got... the DD #158 is a low grade reader, but for $4 I couldn't pass it up. The Man Without Fear mini was $2 and the pair of Batbooks were $4. Most of the stuff I've piled up before this was filler, but I will post it all when I do the pick up, but it might not be until March. -M Great buys. That DD # 158 alone used to be worth a pretty penny. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Feb 4, 2023 2:12:45 GMT -5
What does it offer, that the Omnibus doesn't? It is a 11 x 15 book scanned from mint copies of the comic. It includes some other things like the original art to AF #15. No garish recoloring. It's the same colors, but the Omnibus doesn't respect the dots. That's something I've always regretted over the entire Marvel Digital collection too.
A pitty they only did the early issues, or I would've gotten this instead. Strange too, that they would cannibalize copies of the most expensive comics. Hard to imagine it's a better business venture than simply selling them.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 4, 2023 9:07:04 GMT -5
It is a 11 x 15 book scanned from mint copies of the comic. It includes some other things like the original art to AF #15. No garish recoloring. It's the same colors, but the Omnibus doesn't respect the dots. That's something I've always regretted over the entire Marvel Digital collection too.
A pitty they only did the early issues, or I would've gotten this instead. Strange too, that they would cannibalize copies of the most expensive comics. Hard to imagine it's a better business venture than simply selling them.
They are not cannibalizing anything, scanning doesn't destroy the comics. And the colors are noticeably different in value and intensity.
Flip through of both;
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Post by Ozymandias on Feb 4, 2023 9:20:53 GMT -5
As I said, I have the Omnibus, I've already flipped trough it. The difference in intensity is due to paper and reproduction process. I don't know about value.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 4, 2023 10:37:04 GMT -5
Yes, the difference is because they have not changed the color percentages to compensate for the differences in paper and technology. So the colors that were used for newsprint turn out much more intense and often garish on slick, higher end paper. The original colorists new they were working for comics on newsprint and never intended for them to look that way.
The "same colors" argument is fallacious when the results are so vastly different.
Would you put the same amount of salt in a sauce whether you were making a quart or a gallon?
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