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Post by MRPs_Missives on Mar 5, 2024 18:28:53 GMT -5
I was very excited some time back to get this copy of Showcase #27, the first appearance of the Sea Devils. I've always enjoyed Russ Heath's underwater visuals, but I had only accessed them by way of my B&W Showcase collection since the Devils had never gotten a color collected edition. Normally I enjoy B&W reprints just fine, but the underwater setting really made me curious to read them in their original color glory. I started collecting some original issues of the main series, and finally decided to take the plunge on their first appearance, so a special issue for me indeed.  Awesome book, Thanks for posting and welcome to the forums. -M |
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Post by berkley on Mar 5, 2024 18:34:10 GMT -5
In the mid-70s, access to Barry Smith's Conan was very restricted in my neck of the woods, as back issues of Conan were not even a thing. Still, I have fallen in love with Barry's art, especially after Conan #19 (Haws from the Sea). Imagine my febrility when I entered the Garneau Bookshop (now long gone) in a local shopping centre (also long gone) in my hometown and found this on the shelf: There was only on copy in the store (and in fact I never saw another copy anywhere else), and it cost a staggering TEN BUCKS while most of the European comics I usually bought (all hardcovers) went for less than four dollars... but I had to have it! And sure enough, it was a life-changing experience. That book had a deep and lasting impact on my cartonning. It's a translation of the Red Nails adaptation found in Marvel's first Treasury Edition. Same size, but with a perfect-bound stiffer cover. The original colouring was also used.
Here it is among its brethren... not quite the top shelf, but almost.
Now that you've read it in both English and french, how was the French translation? Also, I see a few Love and Rockets books on your shelves - have you ever tried any of those in French, just out of curiosity to see how they were?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 5, 2024 19:04:26 GMT -5
In the mid-70s, access to Barry Smith's Conan was very restricted in my neck of the woods, as back issues of Conan were not even a thing. Still, I have fallen in love with Barry's art, especially after Conan #19 (Haws from the Sea). Imagine my febrility when I entered the Garneau Bookshop (now long gone) in a local shopping centre (also long gone) in my hometown and found this on the shelf: There was only on copy in the store (and in fact I never saw another copy anywhere else), and it cost a staggering TEN BUCKS while most of the European comics I usually bought (all hardcovers) went for less than four dollars... but I had to have it! And sure enough, it was a life-changing experience. That book had a deep and lasting impact on my cartonning. It's a translation of the Red Nails adaptation found in Marvel's first Treasury Edition. Same size, but with a perfect-bound stiffer cover. The original colouring was also used.
Here it is among its brethren... not quite the top shelf, but almost.
Now that you've read it in both English and french, how was the French translation? Also, I see a few Love and Rockets books on your shelves - have you ever tried any of those in French, just out of curiosity to see how they were?
On Love & Rockets: yes, I first read Locas and Palomar in French; Locas skipped the Maggie the Mechanic stories, which I thought was for the best. The translation on these and on the Conan book was all right, I suppose, as I never really noticed it. Having read only the originals for many years, I'd expect to notice some dropped colloquial expressions if I tried the French versions again. *Sigh*. I had given Palomar to my mother, many years ago; I thought it was close enough to Garcia Marquez to do the job! (She wasn't naturally a comics reader, although she came to love Hugo Pratt, the Decalogue and the Rabbi's Cat). She greatly enjoyed Gilbert Hernandez' creation. It's a rare thing to have seriously discussed comics with one's mother! |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Mar 6, 2024 11:50:13 GMT -5
One of my favorite books and I consider it a failure of American fandom that it is not continually in print:  |
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Post by tonebone on Mar 8, 2024 8:58:45 GMT -5
Here’s mine:   Eaglemoss were a company who put out various collections, both scale models and trade paperbacks. That’s one of their volumes above. I wasn’t keen on some of Byrne’s “photocopy heroes” in the 90s, and he certainly didn’t hit the right notes for me with Spider-Man: Chapter One. However, he hit the right notes for me with Generations, which I believe was a near-perfect story that reminded me of why I’d become a fan of the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. I’ve had to downsize my collection at times due to living in studio flats, but I can’t part with the above! I have that exact same volume! I have since bought the Generations Omnibus, but the above story is the best part of it. I live in the US, but I stumbled across a site that had a bunch of random Eaglemoss DC volumes for sale, really cheap. I now have Superman Origins, the Legion Great Darkness Saga, Brereton's World's Finest, and a bunch of others. I think they were 5 for $35. |
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Post by driver1980 on Mar 8, 2024 10:19:30 GMT -5
I’m pleased to know Eaglemoss products can find their way to the United States. Look out for Hachette, too, they’re currently reprinting DC books. I like the format, and I like the curated nature of such collections.
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