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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 10, 2024 10:23:30 GMT -5
TGITSF (Thank God It's Top Shelf Friday) It's that time again to showcase and celebrate a comic from your collection you think belongs on the top shelf, whether it's because of it's value, importance, beauty, or it's just a comic you love. Bonus points if you have a picture of the actual copy you own. This week it's my copy of Straight Arrow #3 with a gorgeous cover by the incomparable Frank Frazetta...  -M Fine Print so I don't repeat myself
3/1/24 Son of Sinbad
3/8/24 Brave & Bold #35
3/15/24 Piracy #1
3/22/24 Conan the Barbarian #1
3/29/24 Hawk #9
4/5/24 SSWS #126
4/12/24 It Rhymes with Lust
4/19/24 Avengers #162
4/26/24 1st Issue Special 8
5/3/24 Bat Lash #2 |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 10, 2024 11:29:08 GMT -5
Well, this time around, I'm gonna be Captain Obvious, and pick a long-time favorite of many, Justice League of America #200...  As I've many times before, there's just so much awesome between that amazing wraparound cover by Perez. Conway's story is just perfect (action-packed, with serious stakes, but still unceasingly fun) and the art, by not only Perez in the bridging sequences, but also individual chapters by Brett Breeding, Pat Broderick, Terry Austin, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Frank Giacoia, Brian Bolland and Joe Kubert, is spectacular. |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 10, 2024 11:36:48 GMT -5
Oni Press Free Comic Book Day "Sharknife/Hysteria" flip book (2005)  So with last week being "Free Comic Book Day", I thought that while rather belated, it'd be fun to post a free book that I had the most fun with. I remember getting this at Ground Zero Comics (which was, allow me to stress this, out in the middle of absolute nowhere) and really being attracted to Corey Lewis' style. I also was (and for the most part still kind of am) rather big into Tokusatsu (Power Rangers, Ultraman, etc.). It's a fun, short read and unfortunately reading the actual series that the FCD book was supposed to promote, it didn't hold up as well I think |
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Post by Rags on May 10, 2024 11:43:30 GMT -5
- Homage to the EC covers from the 1950s
- Betty and Veronica enthusiasts can't believe it
- Rare, only 150 copies printed
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2024 13:00:32 GMT -5
This weeks entry is Superman #227.
 It's a bit personal with this one for me. My father used to play baseball on Sundays in the Spanish leagues in New York. He used to practice in Red hook Brooklyn during the week. This was the time before he learned to drive or had a car. We took the train from Manhattan to Brooklyn every week and the stop was Smith and 9th in Brooklyn an elevated train. I remember going down long stairs or escalators to get to the street. Well, at the street level there was candy/Diner/newstand that sold comics.My pop bought me this book too keep me occupied while he practiced. In 1970 I was 9 , so this has to be one of the earliest comics bought for me. In 2020, my pop passed away( not from covid) and I immediately went online to pick this book up. Previous weeks entries
Avengers #4 Flash ( 1987) 1 Thor #126 Kamandi #10 What if? v1 #3 JLA v1 # 91 Marvels Greatest comics # 31 Master of Kung Fu ( Special Marvel edition) 16 Iron Man # 150 Alpha Flight #12 |
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Post by driver1980 on May 10, 2024 14:11:32 GMT -5
From Hachette’s DC Heroes and Villains Collection:   |
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Post by Rags on May 10, 2024 14:52:02 GMT -5
From Hachette’s DC Heroes and Villains Collection:
I have the individual floppies for this one!
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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 4:15:46 GMT -5
Well, this time around, I'm gonna be Captain Obvious, and pick a long-time favorite of many, Justice League of America #200... As I've many times before, there's just so much awesome between that amazing wraparound cover by Perez. Conway's story is just perfect (action-packed, with serious stakes, but still unceasingly fun) and the art, by not only Perez in the bridging sequences, but also individual chapters by Brett Breeding, Pat Broderick, Terry Austin, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Frank Giacoia, Brian Bolland and Joe Kubert, is spectacular. I have this book and bought it from a comics store when it came out. While I appreciate the jam method of the artwork, I felt the story was a bit subpar. I still like opening it up , though. That Boland page was beautiful. I wish he had done more interior work back then. |
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Post by MDG on May 11, 2024 11:36:25 GMT -5
Well, this time around, I'm gonna be Captain Obvious, and pick a long-time favorite of many, Justice League of America #200... I have this book and bought it from a comics store when it came out. While I appreciate the jam method of the artwork, I felt the story was a bit subpar. I still like opening it up , though. That Boland page was beautiful. I wish he had done more interior work back then. IIRC, each chapter has a full-page splash, but only a couple of artists knocked it out of the park with theirs. Besides Bolland, Kubert did a great job. |
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Post by MDG on May 11, 2024 12:28:22 GMT -5
These are the first three undergrounds I ever bought, at the NYC Comic Art Con in '74 (so technically, I got them illegally). Obviously, I was mainly interested in Corben, having seen his work in the Warren mags.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 16:48:16 GMT -5
You like to break the law.
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Post by DubipR on May 11, 2024 18:57:02 GMT -5
Not a comic but comic related. My Avon Superman shampoo bottle from 1978. Its one of the last childhood toys I still have. Sits in my shower  |
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Post by tonebone on May 14, 2024 17:16:48 GMT -5
Well, this time around, I'm gonna be Captain Obvious, and pick a long-time favorite of many, Justice League of America #200... As I've many times before, there's just so much awesome between that amazing wraparound cover by Perez. Conway's story is just perfect (action-packed, with serious stakes, but still unceasingly fun) and the art, by not only Perez in the bridging sequences, but also individual chapters by Brett Breeding, Pat Broderick, Terry Austin, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Frank Giacoia, Brian Bolland and Joe Kubert, is spectacular. A few months ago I got the hardcover "60 years of the JLA" or somesuch... which prints this issue in it's entirety, including THE FRONT OF THE COVER... not the back. |
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Post by tonebone on May 14, 2024 17:18:29 GMT -5
Not a comic but comic related. My Avon Superman shampoo bottle from 1978. Its one of the last childhood toys I still have. Sits in my shower That's a beaut! He looks a little like Stallone! |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 14, 2024 17:29:05 GMT -5
Not a comic but comic related. My Avon Superman shampoo bottle from 1978. Its one of the last childhood toys I still have. Sits in my shower I love this item. |
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