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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 31, 2019 17:41:42 GMT -5
Dollar Comics are awesome!
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 31, 2019 18:01:06 GMT -5
Dollar Comics are awesome! They are! I'd been hoping to find the '5 Star Super-Hero' one (aka DC Special Series #1) for awhile without paying a lot and found one under $10. The Invaders #20 has a reprint of the first Sub-Mariner from Motion Picture Funnies #1... I also 'pulled the trigger' on some Daredevils... #155-158 & 160 coming from one seller, and these two #159 & 161 came with the above two comics... On both I had some ebay glitches problems, very glad both sellers were patient and helpful in ironing things out! This one (comicsandfriends) rebated me the unused postage caused by the ebay system wanting to charge postage for one entirely separately. I've bought from them before and always been really happy with the condition and packaging.
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 1, 2019 10:07:50 GMT -5
Those are some great purchases, beccabear67, and I'm glad that the ebay purchases worked out in the end!
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Post by The Captain on Feb 3, 2019 14:36:18 GMT -5
Went to Half-Price Books today while my wife and daughters were spending all kinds of money on new furnishings for the girls' bathroom (they still have the "little girl things" that we got when we moved into our current house, but they're 13 and 11 now and want a more mature look). After borrowing it from our local library twice already, I finally broke down and bought myself a TPB copy of V for Vendetta, along with another Green Arrow New52 TPB (to add onto the ones I got from Ollie's last month).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 18:31:07 GMT -5
This bad boy arrived at my house today... -M
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 17:28:49 GMT -5
It's a new edition but a classic work, so I am posting here, but I just came home form my lcs with this lovely Druillet edition... -M
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Post by Confessor on Feb 17, 2019 19:49:57 GMT -5
Recently picked up these great Tintin books. They're facsimiles of the original 1930s versions of the books, before Hergé redrew them in the more familiar colour editions during the '40s and '50s. It's fascinating to see the differences in the art and writing between these and the more familiar versions that I know and love.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 17, 2019 20:27:34 GMT -5
Very cool, Confessor! I've never read any Tintin, but those books are so highly regarded around here, I might just have to look into them at some point.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 17, 2019 22:22:58 GMT -5
I decided to look for a cheap Batgirl Special #1 for my "Top Ten Batgirl Stories" thread and I found this on eBay a few days ago and bid on it and won it today for $2. The same seller had a fun little mishmash of random 1970s comics, so I put some low bids on several books (never more than $3) and I won everything I bid on! (I didn't expect that.) Here's what I got: Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff the Little Devil #93 - I bid on this because I used to love Hot Stuff and I've been meaning to pick up an issue of Hot Stuff for old time's sake. Starfire #1 - I don't know why I bid on this. I barely remember it and I don't think I ever read an issue. Vault of Evil #16 - Random 1970s Marvel horror comics. I just checked what's in it - old Marvel horror reprints, including a story by Bill Everett! Secret Origins #4 - The origins of Vigilante and Kid Eternity. I don't believe I've ever read either one of these!
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 17, 2019 22:52:19 GMT -5
I was doing a little research on Kid Eternity and I'm very surprised to find out that artist on his first appearance was … Sheldon Moldoff!
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 18, 2019 10:22:13 GMT -5
I had that Secret Origins years ago. That was really a fun time in the 70's where DC and Marvel both reprinted books from their past.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 18, 2019 12:56:36 GMT -5
Very cool, Confessor! I've never read any Tintin, but those books are so highly regarded around here, I might just have to look into them at some point. Well, you can always use my reviews to give a guide of which books are the best and worst in the first half of the series (although it's only my subjective opinion, of course). But yes, there's a lot to enjoy in the Tintin books. There's a reason why they've been continually popular with generations of European readers for the last 80 or so years. The rule of thumb with Tintin is to stay away from the early adventures, at least initially. Hergé was still feeling his way to begin with and it's not until the third book, Tintin in America, that he hit his stride. It's the fifth book, The Blue Lotus, that is his first unequivocal Tintin masterpiece, and it's another six books from then until the central cast of characters is complete. Myself, as an 11-year-old kid, I started with the Secret of the Unicorn/ Red Rackham's Treasure two-parter, and I'd still recommend that as a good starting place for anyone when it comes to Tintin. But, if you only wanted to invest in one book, then any of the books from Tintin in America onward are well worth your time.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 18, 2019 13:48:17 GMT -5
Very cool, Confessor ! I've never read any Tintin, but those books are so highly regarded around here, I might just have to look into them at some point. Well, you can always use my reviews to give a guide of which books are the best and worst in the first half of the series (although it's only my subjective opinion, of course). But yes, there's a lot to enjoy in the Tintin books. There's a reason why they've been continually popular with generations of European readers for the last 80 or so years. The rule of thumb with Tintin is to stay away from the early adventures, at least initially. Hergé was still feeling his way to begin with and it's not until the third book, Tintin in America, that he hit his stride. It's the fifth book, The Blue Lotus, that is his first unequivocal Tintin masterpiece, and it's another six books from then until the central cast of characters is complete. Myself, as an 11-year-old kid, I started with the Secret of the Unicorn/ Red Rackham's Treasure two-parter, and I'd still recommend that as a good starting place for anyone when it comes to Tintin. But, if you only wanted to invest in one book, then any of the books from Tintin in America onward are well worth your time. I've not read much Tintin, but a year or so ago, I got Tintin in the Congo from the library and I was much amused by it. Lots of WTF moments! From what Tintin fans say, Tintin in the Congo sounds a lot like looking at weird Golden Age Captain America stories where you can hardly believe what you're seeing.
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Post by beccabear67 on Feb 18, 2019 16:42:10 GMT -5
I've never tried that '70s DC Starfire. If I liked Warlord and Killraven/War Of The Worlds would I like it? Is it post apocalyptic in setting? I should take photos of the other Daredevils in that run I got now that they have arrived. Didn't expect #155 not to be Colan, very weird Frank Robbins version yet it sort of suits the story of DD being disoriented... he looks disoriented! Of #155-161 the only one I ever had was #157, for some reason I thought Colan had been doing it for another long stretch like in the '60s. Now I know what became of the Mark II Ani-Men, first bunch are wiped out in Iron Man #116 and then these guys in Daredevil just a few months later... hard for a Ani-Men lover to take I tell ya!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 16:50:18 GMT -5
I was doing a little research on Kid Eternity and I'm very surprised to find out that artist on his first appearance was … Sheldon Moldoff! Sheldon, did a great job on Kid Eternity and later on in Batman too. He's one of my favorites ... I've remember this cover, but not the story ... but this would had made my list of top 10 Batgirl stories.
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