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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 13:57:53 GMT -5
You...sold it? But...why, man? Why!!!? Taking out seller's fees and PayPal expenses, I raked in a 70% ROI. I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid. Turning a $70 profit on a $100 investment is a no-brainer any day of the week for me. Yes, but...you no longer have the book, which you said you'd been looking for...I'm confused... |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 12:53:29 GMT -5
I actually bought two copies, one with each of the two covers. Total extravagance, but...it's Captain Britain! I'd looked for this for the longest time, but the only unused copies on eBay or Amazon were $175 or more. I finally found one at this out-of-the-way LCS, still shrinkwrapped and at cover price, so I bought it... ...and promptly posted it on eBay and sold it for $190 a week later. You...sold it? But...why, man? Why!!!? |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 9:38:40 GMT -5
The Captain Britain Omnibus also includes scans of original art, comparison pages showing how the art was altered for reprints, and an article by Alan Moore on the history of the character, reprinted from Marvel Super-Heroes #389. Yeah, I still kick myself for missing out on the Captain Britain omnibus... everyone has told me how good it was. I actually bought two copies, one with each of the two covers. Total extravagance, but...it's Captain Britain! |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 7:36:26 GMT -5
I avoid collected editions for a few reasons: 1) I collect comics to own the comics...not necessarily the stories. I value a comic book in its original presented form (again, not original art but as it was intended for the masses when it first came out) 2) The lack of newsprint makes me sad 3) There is a great amount of joy that the first photo brings, compared to the second. Plus, I can always find the second if I have to read (be it in book form or online) but the joy of owning the book itself as a piece of art, history and a story is the reason I collect.  Couldn't agree more! |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 7:34:34 GMT -5
As long as it doesn't smell like mildew. I can't do water damage. This is my one big no-no. I prefer a book to be in good condition, but I've no time for the modern grading system, and I'm quite happy to buy a book that's less than perfect if it fills a gap in my collection. But I absolutely cannot stand water damaged books. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 5:35:26 GMT -5
I now prefer the bigger volumes... and boy are those Omnibus volumes big! You must have arms like Popeye! Those omnibuses are damn heavy!  I assume those omnibuses are in color...? Yes, and some of them also include each issue's letters page, which the Masterworks don't. The Captain Britain Omnibus also includes scans of original art, comparison pages showing how the art was altered for reprints, and an article by Alan Moore on the history of the character, reprinted from Marvel Super-Heroes #389. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 7, 2017 3:15:27 GMT -5
Juggernaut
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 6, 2017 9:00:08 GMT -5
Captain Britain #25 (March '77)Script: Gary Friedrich/Larry Lieber Art: John Buscema/Fred Kida "Gathering of Gladiators!" ![]()  As Nick Fury and his men attack tbe Red Skull's base, Captain Britain frees Captain America and Jim Callaghan from their cell, having survived last issue's climactic explosion by muffling the blast with a protective force field generated by his quarterstaff (a handy trick which he rarely seems to remember to use). As the Prime Minister casually wanders off (assuring our heroes that he'll be fine, as "the Skull will most likely need all his troops for combat", and so won't have left any guards; there is such a thing as being too sanguine, Jim!) our heroes rush off to find the Skull, an uncharacteristically flippant Captain America declaring "okay, let's go after lobster head!" For some reason, I have trouble believing he'd say that line, but never mind. Anyway, we switch scenes at this point to the ongoing battle between Fury's forces and the Skull's men, the S.T.R.I.K.E guys continuing to be about the only effective good guys around at this point. Our two costumed Muppets do eventually reach the fight, but only manage to distract Fury as he's about to apprehend the Skull, giving the villain a chance to shoot him. As an anguished Captain America laments that he's gotten his friend killed (as though that was ever really a possibility), the Skull teleports away, followed by Captain Britain who has finally remembered that he's supposed to be a scientist and worked out how the teleporter operates. Our hero arrives on the Westminster clock tower seconds after the Skull, and they prepare to do battle as Lance Hunter (remember him?) clings rather desperately to one of the clock's hands, still trying to locate the firing mechanism of the Skull's germ bomb...
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 6, 2017 7:48:58 GMT -5
I would have to say Titans is my favourite, though Green Arrow (a character I never much cared for before), Nightwing and Batgirl come close.
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 6, 2017 3:05:15 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, do they give any explanation how this new team decides to call itself the Champions? Is there any connection with the old Champions from the 70s? There's definitely a #WeareallChampions movement that revolves around the first adventure... I'm not certain if she actually started it, or someone on Marvel's version of Twitter did and they just went with it. Kamala and Miles would certainly both know who the Champions were (assuming they're still exist in Marvel continuity), but I don't recall anything more than an offhanded mention. Since Marvel have never rebooted their universe, of course the original Champions are still in continuity. They still get the odd mention. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 6, 2017 2:25:51 GMT -5
Regarding the old-age rule of super hero teams only having one token female full-time member: What were the earliest exceptions? Was Black Canary and WW both members simultaneously in All Star Comics? Any other exceptions from the Golden Age? What about the Silver Age? The Legion obviously had a few but then again it took a 26 member team to justify it.Having 2 females on the team for a very short period of time really does not count. Would you say the X-Men finally broke the rule when both Storm and Kitty Pryde were full members? This is dedicated to the Lady Liberators from The Avengers  My first thought is Avengers in the 60s. After the Kooky Quartet, you had Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne rejoin, so Wasp and Scarlet Witch were both in the book for a period, then you had Black Widow as a hanger on for a bit when Pietro and Wanda left the stage for a while. As early as the mid-30s you had 2 female characters represented in the corner box...  You also had the Teet Titans revival in the 70s that had Wonder Girl, Bumble Bee and Harlequin all part of the team, so there are examples of it before Claremont's X-Men had Jean Grey and Storm at the center of the team (or the later Storm/Kitty combo you mentioned). -M I believe the earliest team to regularly feature two female members was the JSA, where Wonder Woman and Black Canary served simultaneously for a time in the late 40s.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 3, 2017 7:39:38 GMT -5
Alan Moore's run on Captain Britain, the "Jaspers Warp" storyline which ran from Marvel Superheroes #387 (1982) to Mighty World of Marvel #13 (1984).
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 2, 2017 13:37:33 GMT -5
I can find them quite easily. Bottom box, second stack, left hand side of the hall downstairs. Underneath the four boxes containing Doctor Who MagazineThis is practically an invitation for the entire forum to break into your house in search of old, crumpled copies of Star Wars Weekly.  Crumpled? Nah, the boxes are sitting on two planks, each with two more planks braced above them with the next box sitting on them. Simpler than shelving, but no possibility of crush injuries to the books. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 2, 2017 13:06:38 GMT -5
Ha ha! That's a great quote! On a more depressing note, those Tales of the Watcher stories sound like they'd be impossible to find now. I can find them quite easily. Bottom box, second stack, left hand side of the hall downstairs. Underneath the four boxes containing Doctor Who Magazine |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 2, 2017 12:26:27 GMT -5
Yeah, it was!  Although I had no idea (or interest) in who Steve Ditko was back when I was buying Star Wars Weekly, my very first exposure to his artwork were the re-tooled late '50s sci-fi tales that were re-published as Tales of the Watcher. I always really enjoyed reading those, not realising that the stories were actually at least 20 years old at the time. "It's written in no earthly language! The only person who could have read that was--the one who wrote it! I have captured myself!!"  |
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