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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 27, 2015 21:16:37 GMT -5
Wow, that's crazy!! Those were all some nice purchases
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Post by wickedmountain on Apr 27, 2015 21:54:30 GMT -5
Ok. This one isn't as old as Action Comics #16, but this one completes an important run in my collection. This was the last DC book I needed from the 1960s! I now have an unbroken run of every DC comic from 1960-2010 including all genres, imprints, variants, and collection editions. Awesome ! congrats man
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2015 22:27:24 GMT -5
Ok. This one isn't as old as Action Comics #16, but this one completes an important run in my collection. This was the last DC book I needed from the 1960s! I now have an unbroken run of every DC comic from 1960-2010 including all genres, imprints, variants, and collection editions. Congrats on completing the run. Look forward to seeing what other gems you add from the earlier DC era. -M
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Post by DE Sinclair on Apr 28, 2015 10:22:56 GMT -5
Ok. This one isn't as old as Action Comics #16, but this one completes an important run in my collection. This was the last DC book I needed from the 1960s! I now have an unbroken run of every DC comic from 1960-2010 including all genres, imprints, variants, and collection editions. Holy crap on a cracker! That's a lot of comics. Do you get a good rate on the warehouse you store them in?
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Post by gothos on Apr 28, 2015 15:20:54 GMT -5
Gerber certainly regretted the serial's early termination. I recall that he ran a letter in COMICS BUYERS' GUIDE looking for an artist willing to take up the series again, but apparently no one took him up on it. Given the foofrah that erupted over the high level of sex and violence in the two regular-sized issues, it's unlikely the project would have proven rewarding even to a young artist hungry for quick fame. The ill reception of issues 1 and 2 would seem an ample refutation of Frank Miller's long-ago credo against advisories. If you don't provide such advisories when you veer into edgy territory, you piss off your distributor and lose your shot at getting your concept out there in some form (unless your name happens to be Frank Miller, I guess). I think it was a matter of bad timing. If the book had come out a few years later, it wouldn't have made much of a ripple. It's sort of like DC pulping Rick Veitch's Swamp Thing issue featuring Jesus in a respectful manner, then publishing Preacher a few years later. The climate had changed.
In any event, Gerber would revisit a lot his ideas for the book in Nevada and Hard Time, both of which were excellent.
I think that's a definite factor, though it didn't help that VOID INDIGO came out with a graphic novel that seemed like your basic vanilla adventure-story. and then ratcheted up the sex and violence in the two floppies. So much depends on timing and presentation...
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Post by Phil Maurice on Apr 28, 2015 15:42:18 GMT -5
I now have an unbroken run of every DC comic from 1960-2010 including all genres, imprints, variants, and collection editions. Will the Boy with the Most Comic Books in America please take one step forward. Not so fast, Supersnipe! God-tier collecting! Congratulations!
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 29, 2015 6:27:11 GMT -5
Today I discovered that I have unknowingly bought doubles of about 6 Thor comics in the last few months. I have to step up my record keeping. Nothing too expensive but it's annoying.
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Post by Rob Allen on Apr 29, 2015 16:41:11 GMT -5
It's been a crazy month at Chez Allen. The Emerald City con was in March, Kurt posted his haul on April 2, now I'm finally writing up mine.
First, here's what I picked up from dealers at the con:
Strange Tales #121, 123, 125, 127, 136, 141 - two Torch stories, two Torch/Thing stories, and two SHIELD stories, including John Severin's first Silver Age Marvel work (he's credited as "Johnny Severin" - is this the only time?). All have Ditko Dr. Strange also.
Daredevil #35 - by Lee & Colan, early in the Mike Murdock era.
Blazing Six-Guns #1 - from Skywald, this features the Sundance Kid by Wein, Ayers & Tartaglione with an Ayers/Severin cover and several 50s reprints. They did not actually license the movie so Sundance here does not look exactly like Robert Redford; there's a resemblance but not close enough to risk a lawsuit.
The World Around Us #20 "Through Time and Space - the Illustrated Story of Communication" from Gilberton, the Classics Illustrated people. Art by Reed Crandall, George Evans and Angelo Torres.
The Flintstones at the New York World's Fair - "1965 Official Souvenir", an extra-large book (68 pages) officially published by Warren (!) but produced by Western and featuring all of the then-current Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters.
The Spirit #26 - my second issue from the Kitchen Sink run.
1984 #1 - a Warren magazine that I never saw when it was new.
And three underground comix:
Big Ass Comics - all Crumb.
Psychotic Adventures #2 - a forgotten classic by Charles Dallas.
and the big splurge of the con, Skull #1, completing my run, for $20. Greg Irons, Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson (Jaxon), Fred Schrier and Rory Hayes. The introduction on the inside front cover makes it clear that they were trying to emulate the pre-code horror comics of the 50s, without ever mentioning EC by name.
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Next category is largesse from Cei-U! -
As he mentioned, Kurt accidentally bought some issues he already had. Since we traditionally give each other our doubles, I left with some nice comics. He also decided to divest some reprint Westerns and other comics that he had in trades.
Arak #1-5
Mr. Miracle #22
Hercules #1-4
Rawhide Kid #145
Kid Colt Outlaw #187, 206, 207, 212, 215-217, 220-223, 226
Mighty Marvel Western #4, 5, 12, 15, 21-23, 28, 30, 34, 45
Master of Kung Fu 63, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 85, 95
Alter Ego #48 - Roy Thomas' great fanzine; this issue focuses on Will Eisner.
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And the last category - because of a unique set of circumstances, I had a free afternoon in Portland on April 8. I spent three hours browsing at the legendary Powell's Books, the bookstore that covers a city block (http://www.powells.com) and came out with these:
Age of Bronze Book 2, "Sacrifice" - Book 1 was so good, I'm really looking forward to this.
Bone Book 4, "The Dragonslayer" - another really good series that I'm reading at a rate of a book every year or two.
Are You My Mother? - Alison Bechdel's followup to the award-winning Fun Home. That book focused on her father; this one on her mother.
It Rhymes With Lust - the 2007 Dark Horse replica edition of the 1950 "picture novel" published by St. John, written by Arnold Drake & Leslie Waller, drawn by Matt Baker and inked by Ray Osrin.
From Powell's I went to a Mediterranean deli for lunch and then hit Floating World Comics (http://floatingworldcomics.com), where I found:
Mr. A #15 - Ditko's Objectivist hero in a pair of stories originally prepared in 1990 for a planned series that never happened. This issue was published by Ditko and Robin Snyder in 2014.
Comix Book #4 & 5 - the two Kitchen Sink issues. They were prepared and ready to print when Marvel axed the series after issue #3; a few years later Denis Kitchen negotiated the rights to publish them himself. I'd never even seen a copy of either issue before.
It'll probably take all summer for me to read everything!
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 30, 2015 6:34:49 GMT -5
All-Star Comics #66 All-Star Squadron # 51 Captain America # 291, 293, 294, 301, 331 Iron Man # 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88 DC Super-Stars of Space #6 The Eternals #19 World's finest #257 The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones # 17, 18, 20, 23, 26 Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #3 Infinity, Inc. # 47 Marvel Tales #81, 95, 97, 134 Marvel Two-in-One Annual #3, 4, 5 Young All-Stars #22, 28, 29, 31
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Post by Jasoomian on May 4, 2015 16:13:39 GMT -5
The Eternals #11 (1977) Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2 #9 (1980) Marvel Premiere #56 (1980) Wolverine #111 (1997)
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 6, 2015 15:12:45 GMT -5
Picked up a super cheap copy of Will Elder's Chicken Fat. Been wanting this for a while.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 6, 2015 17:49:55 GMT -5
Picked up a super cheap copy of Will Elder's Chicken Fat. Been wanting this for a while. There's nothing like getting that elusive item.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 6, 2015 17:52:15 GMT -5
Picked up a super cheap copy of Will Elder's Chicken Fat. Been wanting this for a while. There's nothing like getting that elusive item. The elusiveness is in the price. I'm a cheapskate.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 6, 2015 17:53:43 GMT -5
There's nothing like getting that elusive item. The elusiveness is in the price. I'm a cheapskate. Dude, that's the best part. Getting it on the cheap.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 7, 2015 11:12:50 GMT -5
The Beaverton City Library apparently decided to thin out their graphic novel section. My wife picked these up the other day for 50 cents each:
Spider-Man - Election Day " " Coming Home " " Big Time " " 24/7 Ultimate Spider-Man vol. 18 - Ultimate Knights Amazing Spider-Man The Movie Prelude (this is the first Andrew Garfield movie)
I went there the next day and picked up the rest of the comics stuff they had, again for 50 cents each:
Bad Houses - an OGN by Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil Female Force - Best Sellers - biographies of JK Rowling, Anne Rice, Stephenie Meyer and Charlaine Harris God Loves, Man Kills - the 2011 reprint Astonishing X-Men - Exogenetic Ultimate X-Men - vol. 3 - World Tour " " vol. 9 - The Tempest
Not bad for $6, even with library stickers all over them. I'm not at all familiar with the contents of most of these. Can anyone tell me if I bought good Spidey & X-Men stories or bad ones?
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