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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jun 28, 2024 10:49:36 GMT -5
It's that time again, Top Shelf Friday time! So show us a comic that you own that you believe should be on the Top Shelf. It can be because you think the comic is important or valuable, because it's a sentimental favorite or one of your favorite stories, because it's signed and holds great memories for you, just has a really cool cover or strikes your fancy or is just plain cool-whatever the reason show us that comic. Any pic of that comic will do, but bonus points if you can show us the actual copy you own. My entry for this week... The sublime bizarre goodness of Hell Rider #1:  So show us what you got this week! -M What else is on my top shelf? 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
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
6/7/24 Batman Black and White #4
6/14/24 Daredevil 148
6/21/24 King Kong #1 |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 28, 2024 12:36:39 GMT -5
This week I'm going with: Avengers 1 & 1/2 (or 1.5 if you prefer):  Just recently re-read this one after re-reading the first four issues of Avengers (which was, in turn, prompted by the most recent episode of the CCF podcast). For those who may be unfamiliar, it recounts an Avengers adventure that takes place between issues 1 and 2 (as told by Roger Stern and Bruce Timm), and if I'm being honest, I find it more enjoyable that those originals. Besides the story itself, I also like the fake ads - including house ads for Kid Colt #112 & 1/2 and Sgt. Fury 3 & 1/2 (which I wish they had actually done) - and phony letters page.
My spoiler-filled previous picks: {Spoiler: Click to show}
01/03/2024: Blackmark (1970s b&w pocketbook)
08/03/2024: Archie’s Superhero Comics Digest #2
15/03/2024: Donald Duck & the Golden Helmet (Whitman, 1978)
22/03/2024: Star Wars #38
28/03/2024: Showcase #100
05/04/2024: Chandler: Red Tide
12/04/2024: Alien, the Illustrated Story
19/04/2024: Amazing Spider-man Annual #10
26/04/2024: Marvel Premiere #32
03/05/2024: Best of DC Blue Ribbon Digest #9
10/05/2024: JLA #200
17/05/2024: Giant-Size Power Man #1
24/05/2024: Batman Annual #8
31/05/2024: Marvel 2-in-1 #51
08/06/2024: Superman #400
14/06/2024: Marvel Team-up #79
21/06/2024: Detective Comics #500
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Post by tonebone on Jun 28, 2024 14:02:19 GMT -5
This is the leather-bound Graphitti Designs Complete Frank Miller Batman hardcover, and Stacked Deck, The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told.... I bought them both at the same time in the late 80's (at a VERY steep discount, If I remember correctly). They are such beautiful books, with silver page edges, etc. The "completeness" of the Batman one just includes Dark Knight Returns, Year One, and a Miller Batman Christmas story - the sum total of his Batman output thus far. He should have stopped while he was ahead. This was the first time I saw a presentation of comics as treasured relics, worthy of nice binding, ribbon bookmarks, etc.   |
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Post by DubipR on Jun 28, 2024 15:38:22 GMT -5
A piece of original art from my collection A page from Smoky (1967), the adptation of the 1966 western starring Fess Parker and Hoyt Axton. Artwork by Jack Sparling.   |
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Post by DubipR on Jun 28, 2024 15:40:14 GMT -5
This is the leather-bound Graphitti Designs Complete Frank Miller Batman hardcover, and Stacked Deck, The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told.... I bought them both at the same time in the late 80's (at a VERY steep discount, If I remember correctly). They are such beautiful books, with silver page edges, etc. The "completeness" of the Batman one just includes Dark Knight Returns, Year One, and a Miller Batman Christmas story - the sum total of his Batman output thus far. He should have stopped while he was ahead. This was the first time I saw a presentation of comics as treasured relics, worthy of nice binding, ribbon bookmarks, etc. Still trying to find a good copy of the Joker one. I found the Miller Batman at a second hand book store for $5. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 28, 2024 16:55:17 GMT -5
This week my pick is Mr. Miracle #8. It came out on March 1972 and I remember drawing/ Tracing ? the interiors. Kirby was a phenomenon to me back them. 1972 makes me 11 at the time.  Double page goodness from the King.  {Spoiler: Click to show}
Previous weeks:
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
Superman #227
Marvel Treasury edition #28/ Superman and Spider-Man #2
Badger #1
World’s Finest 211
Flash #201
Groo #1 ( Epic)
Avengers 211
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 28, 2024 21:17:58 GMT -5
Good to be back this week after missing last week (I'll probably miss next week too as I'll be visiting family for the holiday weekend).
My contribution today is "Top Shelf" significant to me because it was one of the comics I bought for the long trip moving back to Alabama after living in New Jersey for 3 years.
This book is one of several that my mom bought for the trip, and I've read it countless times, taking me back to that summer of 1972.
Of course, this isn't my original copy-- that is long gone... it literally fell to pieces around 1976 from frequent reading, dog-earing, and loaning to other kids.
Anyway, Superman #252-- With a great Neal Adams wraparound cover. As a kid, was really drawn to Shelly Moldoff's Hawkman art in this issue, as well as Lou Fine's artwork on The Ray story.
This issue is so important to me, that it was featured in Crimebuster 's Youtube videolog of "Origin Stories" which featured the top 10 comics that shaped me as a collector.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 29, 2024 5:14:30 GMT -5
Those two stories had amazing artwork. Did Moldoff always draw that way?
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 29, 2024 9:57:33 GMT -5
Those two stories had amazing artwork. Did Moldoff always draw that way?
Not necessarily, and his inking got cleaner and lighter in later years. Check out his work as one the ghost artists for "Bob Kane" Batman stories, and you'll see quite a different style. Likewise for his work on Blackhawk.
Moldoff himself once said that he adapted Alex Raymond's style specifically for Hawkman. Hence, the additional detail on most early Hawkman stories.
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