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Post by MRPs_Missives on Aug 16, 2024 20:54:05 GMT -5
Sorry this is late folks. I forgot it was Friday until Icctrombone reminded me (I've been thinking it's Thursday all day for some reason) It's Top Shelf Friday time! So show us a comic (or comic-related or comic-tangential item) 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. This week's pick...  The Millennium Edition of Flash Comics #1. There are some comics, I will just never own in their original edition, and I love trades, but I really appreciate these kinds of facsimile editions that give me a sense of what the book would have been like in it's original form. These Millennium Editions were my first real exposure to these and I loved them immediately, and still get these kind of reprints whenever I can for books I don't already own in their original form. -M Previous picks...
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 158
6/21/24 King Kong #1
6/28/24 Hellrider #1
7/5/24 Michael Golden's Doctor Strange Portfolio
7/12/24 Barbarian Comics #1
7/19/24 Phantom Stranger #1 signed
7/26/24 Genius Animated
8/2/24 Flash Gordon: The Ice Monster
8/9/24 Space Science Fiction-God in the Bowl
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 16, 2024 21:11:59 GMT -5
This week I'm picking Iron Man # 128
 I have the entire Michelinie/ Romita JR/ Layton run and although I don't think this particular issue is better than the others, it has importance as Tony is exposed as an Alcoholic. Previous weeks {Spoiler: Click to show}
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
Mr. Miracle 8 ( 1972)
New Teen Titans 13 ( 1980)
Phoenix 1 ( Atlas)
Avengers V1 #12
Superman V1 #176
Fantastic Four 200
Ms. Mystic #1
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 16, 2024 21:16:06 GMT -5
This week's pick... The Millennium Edition of Flash Comics #1. Previous picks...
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 158
6/21/24 King Kong #1
6/28/24 Hellrider #1
7/5/24 Michael Golden's Doctor Strange Portfolio
7/12/24 Barbarian Comics #1
7/19/24 Phantom Stranger #1 signed
7/26/24 Genius Animated
8/2/24 Flash Gordon: The Ice Monster
8/9/24 Space Science Fiction-God in the Bowl
I remember buying most of these when they came out but sold them off when I was hurting for cash. I rather buy comics in singles than in TPB or hard covers. It makes it feel like I have them for real and it fits right next to the other books in the run. |
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Aug 16, 2024 22:39:15 GMT -5
With a Conan review thread ongoing, and a lot fans around here, I'll go with the only (I believe) Essential volume of Conan Marvel put out. I grabbed it when it came out in 1999/2000. It contains the Barry Smith run and ends with the first John Buscema issue. Great stuff  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 16, 2024 22:40:45 GMT -5
The Millennium Edition of Flash Comics #1. There are some comics, I will just never own in their original edition, and I love trades, but I really appreciate these kinds of facsimile editions that give me a sense of what the book would have been like in it's original form. These Millennium Editions were my first real exposure to these and I loved them immediately, and still get these kind of reprints whenever I can for books I don't already own in their original form. My mom bought so many of those fresh off the rack at either Sincere or Flea Market Comics that I was actually a little surprised that she didn't own all of them My pick is Hardcase #1  I don't really remember which Ultraverse title I read first (probably Nightman and Gambit), but Hardcase #1 was the one that really grabbed my attention and all of it stemmed from the opening pages (which I'm almost certain was a nod to the "Death Of Superman" arc considering that Hardcase is more or less a homage to golden age Supes).   The book, like many of the Ultaverse titles, had a large air of mystery to them and that's something that I deeply appreciate even now. Tom is also a very down to earth character in a world that's slowly being repopulated by people with "ultra-human" abilities like him after the "Jumpstart" incident in Strangers #1 -Gumby 3-D #1 (3/22/24)
-Judge Dredd #3 (3/29/24)
-Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #3 (4/5/24)
-Super Mario Adventures (4/12/24)
-DC Special #15 (4/26/24)
-Oni Press FCBD 2005 (5/10/24)
-X-O Manowar #6 and Bloodshot #2 (5/17/24)
-Radioactive Man #100 (5/24/24)
-Shadowman #15 (5/31/24)
-Captain America by Dan Jurgens volume 2 (6/7/24)
-Wetworks #1 (6/14/24)
-OMAC #1 (6/21/24)
-Horus: Lord Of Light (1963 Book Five) (7/19/24)
-Captain America #243 (8/2/24)
-Powerpuff Girls #7 (8/9/24) |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 17, 2024 7:02:25 GMT -5
Hey Batflunkie, I like your pick. I have stated in the forum a few times that I was buying the new companies in the 90's and I really liked the Ultraverse. Hardcase was really a fun book along with Mantra, Prototype and the Strangers. Their only weakness was that the artwork on some of the books wasn't quite professional caliber yet. They did have Terry Dobson, Jon Statema and a few people that were just starting out that became top notch but ithe art deficiencies was glaring in some books. I gave most of them away over the years, but I still have the complete run of Mantra. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 17, 2024 7:57:38 GMT -5
Hey Batflunkie, I like your pick. I have stated in the forum a few times that I was buying the new companies in the 90's and I really liked the Ultraverse. Hardcase was really a fun book along with Mantra, Prototype and the Strangers. Their only weakness was that the artwork on some of the books wasn't quite professional caliber yet. They did have Terry Dobson, Jon Statema and a few people that were just starting out that became top notch but ithe art deficiencies was glaring in some books. I gave most of them away over the years, but I still have the complete run of Mantra. I think my favorite titles were Prototype (have the newstand error #1), The Solution, Mantra (got the limited edition #1 for cheap), Hardcase, Sludge, Firearm, Nightman and Rune Also love Hudnall's "Year Zero Death Of The Squad" as I consider it the logical end point of the Ultraverse rather than Black September |
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Post by DubipR on Aug 17, 2024 10:52:21 GMT -5
This week's pick is from a great run of 90s DC goodness. Impulse #6  Waid's Impulse run, like his Flash run was amazingly well written and honored the Flash legacy. As Impulse being stuck in the 20th Century, his adjustment to 'modern living' and understanding how humans functions. As one of his friends and classmate comes to school with multiple bruises, Bart Allen looks for the truth. While hunting for a fabled swamp creature, Bart learns the truth of his friend's bruises. In a Picket Fences style of story, its a scary story about not all monsters roam the swamp. Ramos'art continues to shine during this era of his career. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 17, 2024 13:00:34 GMT -5
My summertime annuals continue this week with Amazing Spider-man Annual #14: 
My previous picks, click to reveal at your own risk: {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
07/06/2024: Superman #400
14/06/2024: Marvel Team-up #79
21/06/2024: Detective Comics #500
28/06/2024: Avengers #1&1/2
05/07/2024: Batman Special #1 (1984)
12/07/2024: Ismet #1 (Canis Publications, 1981)
19/07/2024: Detective Comics Annual #4
26/07/2024: X-men Annual #3
02/08/2024: Amazing Spider-man Annual #13
08/08/2024: Avengers Annual #9
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Post by supercat on Aug 17, 2024 14:10:15 GMT -5
I posted this in the Legion thread and nobody commented (though there was one kind-hearted "like" which was appreciated), so you get it again, ha!! Finally tracked this down in nice condition, the 1983 Keith Giffen "every" Legion of Super-Heroes character poster (measuring 15" x 40"). I had this on my wall as a kid, hands down the coolest poster from my childhood, and my selection for this week's "top shelf":  A couple of closer shots:   |
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