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Post by berkley on Jun 11, 2024 23:36:22 GMT -5
I'd figured I'd share a fun page of signed goodness. From Draula Lives #2, one of my favorite Dracula stories and one of my favorite Neal Adams stories ever. Signed by Marv Wolfman and Neal Adams.  I remember reading this as a kid when it came out. I had read an abridged version of Stoker's Dracula a few years before and was still completely obsessed with it, so Dracula Lives, which tended to go into the history of the both the fictional and the historical character, captured my imagination even more than the colour series ToD did. If this is the particular story I'm thinking of, it told the story of Dracula becoming a vampire - is that the one? I was old enough at this point to recognise Neal Adams's art, which I liked better here than in the superhero comics where I had mostly seen it before - and I still think his style worked better with horror or "plain-clothes" stories than with superheroes. Regardless, this definitely could have been one of my picks for the thread. |
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Post by berkley on Jun 11, 2024 23:45:08 GMT -5
Almost forgot today... It's time for this week's Top Shelf Friday. Before we begin, a note of gratitude for those who nominated, seconded and voted for this thread in this year's Jamie Awards. Much appreciated. I wish more people were participating each week though, as it feels like this may be a "critical darling" but box office flop. Maybe one day it will get to cult classic status if it survives that long. Alrighty then, it's Top Shelf Friday, time to share with the masses (or even the handful of members of our little boards) one of your favorite comics (or comic related items) from your collection that deserves to be on the Top Shelf. Whether it's an important book, a valuable book, a sentimental favorite, has a great story, an awesome cover, or is just plain one of your favorites for whatever reason, let us see it. Bonus points if its a pic of the actual copy you own. This week I am going to go with another signed book. The 1996 Batman Black & White series issue #4 signed by Kevin Nowlan (who did an interior story) with a glorious Alex Toth cover. I love these short, done in one Batman stories, and have continued to pick up whatever Batman Black & White minis DC has put out over the years, but this initial 4 issue series has some of my favorite offerings in it, and the Toth cover is simply one of my favorites bar none, with its stark contrasts and elegant design.  -M Fine Print so I don't repeat myself3/1/24 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 5/10/24 Straight Arrow #3 5/17/24 Frazetta ghosted Spirit Section 5/24/24 Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters #1 signed 5/31/24 Daredevil 47
That is a great cover, first time I've seen it. Did Toth ever do many Batman comics or stories, or any at all apart from covers like this?
Regarding the question of participation: speaking for myself, at first I didn't quite grasp the premise of the thread - there was something about the wording of that introductory post that threw me off, can't recall the details at the moment. But I think I get the idea now, so if I can get one of these image-hosting sites working for me I'll try to contribute.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jun 12, 2024 1:12:03 GMT -5
Toth didn't do a lot of Batman outside of animation, but he did a story in Detective 442, a pin up in Batman Adventures #25,There may be more but that's all I can recall off the top of my head.
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