What Classic Comics Have You Purchased Lately? [Archive] - Page 8

DDM

05-30-2008, 01:52 PM

That was a very mis-leading story. The art doesn't exactly match the story.
And, the plot leaves the motivation of the scientists somewhat in doubt, as why would they need the sculpture of Him when they simply intended to destroy it all anyway.:confused:

The scientists may have wanted to see if they were successful in creating life & destroy it before he destroyed them.

My first exposure to the FF is John Byrne's Fantastic Four so reading all the Stan Lee & Jack Kirby stories are still new to me.

I can see where John Byrne got his inspiration & made his own mark on the book.

Rob Allen

05-30-2008, 04:35 PM

Kirk G

05-30-2008, 06:28 PM

IIRC, in Jack's story, the scientists were trying to create perfection, for scientific & altruistic reasons, and were utterly surprised when their "perfect" man regarded them as inferior and turned against them. Stan re-dialogued the story to make the scientists into would-be world conquerors with "Him" as their weapon.

Both stories sound interesting but trying to use the pictures from story 'A' to tell story 'B' didn't work so well here.

Yeah, Rob, I think you got it.
When you read the pair of issues, DDM, tell us if you also find that there's some motivation connection that is missing. Like, just what was Alicia supposed to do for them, and why was she sellected. In the first issue, it's fairly clear, but by the second issue, that plot line is missing or the connection is gone.

IIRC, there was a scientist ("Hamilton?") who refused to send the blind girl down the tunnel alone, so he suited up to go with her, and drew his gun, drawing the wrath of the creature...who singled out Alicia to advance, over Hamilton's very vocal protests. But I think he either was killed, or critically injured, and is not seen again,... I think.... (Tell me if I'm wrong here...):rolleyes:

Enyo

06-01-2008, 04:24 PM

Journey into Mystery 99 in VF+ :biggrin:

pmpknface

06-02-2008, 07:20 AM

Ok... just got in on Sat:

20 issues of Master of Kung Fu! All between VG - VF and between 38-94. I'll be looking for more or of those soon.

Along with that, I got the Killraved run in Amazing Adventures. Not to be outdone, I also grabed AA 8-10 with the Inhumans, 12 & 13 with the gray Beast, and one issue with a monster of sorts. Lots of Bronze age goodness. ;)

dan bailey

06-02-2008, 07:31 AM

Along with that, I got the Killraved run in Amazing Adventures. Not to be outdone, I also grabed AA 8-10 with the Inhumans, 12 & 13 with the gray Beast, and one issue with a monster of sorts. Lots of Bronze age goodness. ;)

Hmmm ... that sounds sort of intriguing. Ishes 1-8 featured the Inhumans/Black Widow, 9-10 the Inhumans alone, 11-17 the Beast & 18-39 War of the Worlds/Killraven, no? I'm sure one or more ishes featured a reprint monster-type back-up strip, but certainly not as a headliner (as opposed to, say, Astonishing Tales, which gave us It! The Living Colossus between Ka-Zar's run & Deathlok's.)

Slam_Bradley

06-02-2008, 01:06 PM

I picked up a copy of Betsy and Me by Jack Cole. I've been wanting to get this comic strip by Cole since the Fantagraphics book came out. Finally found a copy for $5...so I snapped it up.

DC906270-BIL

06-02-2008, 02:55 PM

I have purchased :

Spectacular Spider man 80 - 150 unbroken
Silver Surfer Vol 3 1 - 124 complete run
The Question 1 - 36 complete run
She Hulk 1 - 22

should keep me going over the summer:biggrin:

Slam_Bradley

06-02-2008, 04:55 PM

I picked up Alter Ego # 63, 64 and 73. $ 8 total for the three.

The Confessor

06-02-2008, 05:09 PM

I picked up Alter Ego # 63, 64 and 73. $ 8 total for the three.

I bet they're a great read. I only have one issue of Alter Ego myself (#68 I believe - has a big feature on Marvel's Star Wars run) but the whole mag is really interesting. I'd like to get more issues of this magazine, it's just so fascinating.

Kirk G

06-02-2008, 11:22 PM

Journey into Mystery 99 in VF+ :biggrin:

You should see the issue, about #109 that features Thor vs. Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil mutants. Drawn by Kirby, Inked by Chic Stone.
It is seriously some of the finest Silver Age marvel goodness ever. One shot, all characters in character. And Loki too, as I recall!

I'm not sure, but this is either the first issue where Thor starts talking in Old English, or else, it's the prior issue or two. Can anyone recall where that starts?
"Thine and thou, What sayest thou?"

pmpknface

06-03-2008, 07:41 AM

FYI - Fantagraphics is having a sale.

http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=547&Itemid=62&vmcchk=1&Itemid=62

All of the books in that category come with a tip-in plate signed by the author. Just wanted to share! :)

Lone Ranger

06-03-2008, 07:49 AM

Last week I picked up:

Ms. Tree Thrilling Detective 2 & 3
Ms. Tree 36 & 37
Ms. Tree Rock 'n Roll Special
Ms. Tree Quarterly 1, 4 & 9
Kamandi 50, 51, 52 and 53

All 12 books for $15.

I'm picking up Ms. Tree books whenever I see them for cheap and I'm nearly done with a full Kamandi run.

dan bailey

06-03-2008, 10:18 PM

pmpknface

06-04-2008, 06:48 AM

Hmmm ... that sounds sort of intriguing. Ishes 1-8 featured the Inhumans/Black Widow, 9-10 the Inhumans alone, 11-17 the Beast & 18-39 War of the Worlds/Killraven, no? I'm sure one or more ishes featured a reprint monster-type back-up strip, but certainly not as a headliner (as opposed to, say, Astonishing Tales, which gave us It! The Living Colossus between Ka-Zar's run & Deathlok's.)
You are correct sir!

The monster book I got was an It! The Living Colossus ish, Ast. Tales #22. I may pick up some more from this guy soon too. Bronze age, here I come!

Slam_Bradley

06-04-2008, 07:45 AM

Slam_Bradley

06-04-2008, 07:49 AM

Wrong thread. Oy.

MDG

06-04-2008, 08:17 AM

I haven't read any of his prose work. I'm actually pretty lukewarm on his comic writing. I love Ms. Tree, thought Wild Dog was marginal, and despised his Batman with the heat of a thousand suns.
I'm more of a fan of his work, and I'd recommend any of the Nate Heller or Quarry novels without reservations. The Mallory novels I read seemed a little less mature, if not fannish, by comparison, but that may have been a reflection of the character.

A friend of mine is enjoying his CSI novelizations.

Kirk G

06-04-2008, 02:46 PM

dan bailey

06-04-2008, 03:05 PM

I'm waiting until they issue a trade for the Amazing Adventures Inhuman's stories, and Astonishing Tales first 10 or so wouldn't be turned down either....
Maybe a Dr. Doom collection that includes his run, plus Marvel Superheroes #20 and his origin from FF Annual #2 or some nice bits to round it out...

I believe the Doom strips from Amazing Adventures are reprinted in the Essential Super-Villains Team-Up. (Dunno offhand if it includes the MSH #20 headlining story or not, but yeah, it should.)

I've got all the Astonishing Tales ishes & all but one of the Inhumans Amazing Adventures, simply because I don't trust Marvel to bring out Ka-Zar or Inhumans (& certainly not a Black Widow!) Essentials before I'm too old to care.

Bill Angus

06-04-2008, 03:25 PM

Speaking of whom & which, has anyone read the Ms Tree pb original that Max Allan Collins came out with, I think, last year? I don't believe I've ever read Collins (except as scripter of the Ms Tree comics, of course), though I know he's supposed to be a pretty darned good writer of whodunnits.

I'm sure I'll be picking the novel up at some point, though offhand I guess it's been at least 3 or 4 years (when I seem to recall having gone on very small Jim Thompson & Fredric Brown kicks) since I've been in a mood for reading mysteries, for whatever reasons.

Yeah, I read it earlier this year. I'm a big fan of his prose work (discounting the adapted from this TV show or that movie - I haven't really read any of those). It's an... odd read. It's essentially the first couple of story arcs from the comics (both the initial colour one, and then the b&w - I believe it's the first two trades that Renegade put out way back when), but slightly re-imagined and re-organized.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but my memory of the original material distracted me from enjoying it purely as a novel. I had a similar experience with Mike Grell's Jon Sable novel a few years back.

It is a bit more... over-the-top than his prose work usually is - trying to keep in line with it's comic-book origins.

I'm more of a fan of his work, and I'd recommend any of the Nate Heller or Quarry novels without reservations. The Mallory novels I read seemed a little less mature, if not fannish, by comparison, but that may have been a reflection of the character.

I'd also recommend the Heller books without reservation. They're my personal favourites, but I also quite enjoy the Quarry, Nolan, Elliot Ness, and the two 'Perdition' sequel books. As to the first 'Perdition' story - you're better off reading the graphic novel (and it's three inserted chapters) than the novel. Due to an edict from the film studio, that one was pretty much a direct adapatation of the screenplay (though Collins did originally submit one which was more of an amalgam of graphic novel & screenplay).

The Mallory and the disaster books are a little less engaging, but still enjoyable on their own level.

Hmm... wordy today.

Say, LR - where did you pick up the Ms. Trees? I've been hap-hazardly picking them up for a few years now, though my options have been fairly limited lately.

dan bailey

06-04-2008, 03:37 PM

Say, LR - where did you pick up the Ms. Trees? I've been hap-hazardly picking them up for a few years now, though my options have been fairly limited lately.

I've got a fair number of duplicates, & in some cases duplicates of duplicates, that I accumulated in building a complete run via eBay & would be happy to donate to the cause (as people here have done for me). Both of you guys PM me, if you would.

DDM

06-05-2008, 01:18 PM

Uncanny X-Men #31 (vs Cobalt Man, 1st: Candy Southern), #38 (vs Factor Three) & Daredevil #244-249.

Enyo

06-05-2008, 06:52 PM

You should see the issue, about #109 that features Thor vs. Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil mutants. Drawn by Kirby, Inked by Chic Stone.
It is seriously some of the finest Silver Age marvel goodness ever. One shot, all characters in character. And Loki too, as I recall!

I'm not sure, but this is either the first issue where Thor starts talking in Old English, or else, it's the prior issue or two. Can anyone recall where that starts?
"Thine and thou, What sayest thou?"

Thanks, I have all the Journey and Thor hardcovers, unfortunately they're buried in my massive "to be read" pile so now I'll have to look that up.

I just picked up Journey into Mystery 121 in NM :evilsmile:

Cei-U!

06-06-2008, 07:26 AM

I believe the Doom strips from Amazing Adventures are reprinted in the Essential Super-Villains Team-Up. (Dunno offhand if it includes the MSH #20 headlining story or not, but yeah, it should.)

They are and it does.

Cei-U!
Can see it on the shelf from here!

Cei-U!

06-06-2008, 07:30 AM

I'm not sure, but this is either the first issue where Thor starts talking in Old English, or else, it's the prior issue or two. Can anyone recall where that starts?
"Thine and thou, What sayest thou?"

There is no single issue where it begins. It happens gradually over about a year, first in "Tales of Asgard," then in the main strip, last in Avengers. The transition is definitely complete by the time the title changes from Journey to Thor with #126.

Cei-U!
I do summon ye lightning, forsooth!

dan bailey

06-06-2008, 07:33 AM

They are and it does.

Cool. I was really pleased to reacquire the Doom issue (#20 -- last of the non-straight-reprint issues) of Marvel Super-Heroes a couple of years ago, having been very impressed when I bought it off the spinner racks at age 9.

Reptisaurus!

06-06-2008, 12:15 PM

They are and it does.

Cei-U!
Can see it on the shelf from here!

Well, technically, Essential Super-Villain Team-Up reprints an issue of Giant Size Super-Villain Team-up that reprints the Doom story from Marvel Super-Heroes 20. :)

spoon_jenkins

06-06-2008, 05:22 PM

Got some Batman stuff off ebay: The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, Gotham by Gaslight, Batman #400

Ryan K

06-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Another trip to a different Half Price Books produced:

Steve Canyon: 1954 by Milton Caniff. I onlyown a few volumes of these so it was nice to find one cheap. I don't like the format, but I pick 'em up when I see them at a good price.

Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor. I owned the other two volumes of this so it was very nice to find this. It was rotting away in the Humor section between Garfield and Zits reprints. It's amazing the stuff used bookstores throw in those sections just because they're comics. EDIT: And now that I check, I already own this. It's Cheap Novelties that I'm missing. Oh well, I'm only out $4 and I'm sure I can trade it for something on the web.

The Adventurous Decade: Comic Strips in the Thirties by Ron Goulart. I'd never heard of this, but in just the 20 minutes I spent reading it on the ride home I've become very pleased with it. Some really good analysis of stuff like Terry and the Pirates, Wash Tubbs, Dick Tracy, etc. Worth it alone just for the riginal sized reproduction of a piece of original Flash Gordon art by Alex Raymond. I've stared at that two-page spread for at least half of those 20 minutes.

http://www.hermespress.com/Books/Goulart/Covers/adventurousdecade_large.jpg

benday-dot

06-09-2008, 08:36 PM

I picked up Space War # 29 over the weekend for a buck.

I love Ditko space scenes... they truly do come from a singular spot in visual art and imagination. This one is particularly fine:

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/2435/400/2435_4_029.jpg

Inside is more Ditko goodness, and, as I think Lone Ranger mentioned not long ago, these Space War reprint issues are a very cheap and excellent way of discovering early Ditko goodness.

Also as a pickup of 50% off back issues I snagged some early Captain Americas kicking off the 1968 series. I am only missing about 20 of the first 120 issues or so of this volume.

Among those I picked up are a few Kirby issues I still needed, including a couple inked by Syd Shores. Terrific stuff.

Here's the # 108 I got:

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1860/400/1860_4_108.jpg

Though I like the Vinnie C inked Thor work I often wonder how the art would have looked if Syd Shores did the inking during that high-water stretch of the first 40 issues of the Mighty Thor.

Shores has a similar effect on Kirby's bold pencils as Colletta. There tends in both cases to be a softening or refinement of Kirby's potent and brutish (I mean that in the most positive sense) panelwork. However, if Colletta can be charged with over or under-working Kirby's cartooning, and so cheating the ferocity of the original, Shores doesn't prettify Kirby, but still manages to allow all that carnality of Kirby's expressiveness to shine through, while at the same time enabling a somewhat less raw look to emerge.

Shores is a fabulous old time inker, and I like giving the man his due.

Kirk G

06-09-2008, 08:49 PM

benday-dot

06-09-2008, 09:01 PM

Speaking of inkers over Kirby in the first, say 10 issues of Cap's 1968-69 solo book, does anyone have a list of who was doing the inking for each story? I recall the Red Skull/Exiles storyline and thinking that the Skull was the most detailed rendering of the mask that I had ever seen. All most too detailed for my tastes.

Considering that Steranko was in place for 109-112 or so, who did the earlier 9 from 100-108? A few are one-shots, a few are arcs that involve Sharon/Agent 13 either undercover or facing Zemo or the Red Skull with Cap also...

Syd Shores did indeed do the bulk of those Caps. But there was also an issue by Frank Giacoia (another superb Kirby inker BTW). The "album issue" #112 was inked by George Tuska.

The Red Skull issue you are referring to was done by Dan Adkins. Adkins is a fine inker and indeed penciler, but his is a refined style not so suited to Kirby. I like Adkins and his very illustrative work, and an example of where his talent works well, IMO, can be seen where he inks Barry Smith on Conan. I guess this is kind of ironic since Smith began his comic book penciling as an able mimic of Kirby himself.

pmpknface

06-11-2008, 07:28 AM

Recently, I got in the Kirby OMAC Omnibus. I'll be getting to that, right after I finish up the last 4th world omni!

I think that's the 1st poolside reading of the summer! :biggrin:

dan bailey

06-11-2008, 10:37 AM

If (trying a double-reserve-jinx here, or something like that) everything I ordered earlier this week from Mile High & Lone Star, respectively, turns out to be in stock, I'll have finally finished off a couple of runs with

Action Comics Weekly #642
Superman Family #221

Also included (again with the above caveat, of course) are a potpourri of LOSH-related ishes that have me only 17 ishes away from having every Legion comic, period (with Archives accounting from everything up to '73 or so, except for a couple of Archives' worths of Adventures that I do own in individual format) --

Superboy & the LOSH #s 210, 247 & 249
LOSH ('80 series Annual #4
LOSH ('84 series #50
LOSH ('89 series 109, 111, 113-118, 122, 124 & Annual #1
Legionnaires #34, 36, 74
Wanderers #s 9-13
Legion ('01 series) 18, 19
LOSH Secret Files & Origins #1
DC Limited Collectors' Edition #49

(For those playing along at home, I believe that leaves me needing only

Superboy & the LOSH # 232, 233, 242
LOSH ['80 series] Annual #5
LOSH ['84 series] 18, 60
LOSH ['89 series] 110, 119, 121, 123, 125
Legionnaires 36
Timber Wolf 1-5

None of those should be particularly expensive; I'm just cheap & am keeping an eye out for probably lower-grade copies that don't cost any more than a new comic today. The only reason I didn't order the Timber Wolf mini this time around is that I completely forgot about it.

For my purposes, I'm pretending that the Who's Who volumes & the current LOSH in the 31st Century series don't exist. Once I can come across cheap runs, they'll magically be restored to reality, of course.)

Kirk G

06-11-2008, 08:42 PM

Syd Shores did indeed do the bulk of those Caps. But there was also an issue by Frank Giacoia (another superb Kirby inker BTW). The "album issue" #112 was inked by George Tuska.

The Red Skull issue you are referring to was done by Dan Adkins. Adkins is a fine inker and indeed penciler, but his is a refined style not so suited to Kirby. I like Adkins and his very illustrative work, and an example of where his talent works well, IMO, can be seen where he inks Barry Smith on Conan. I guess this is kind of ironic since Smith began his comic book penciling as an able mimic of Kirby himself.

I know I'm gonna step on someone's toes here, but some of the worst FF's in the first 102 are inked by Frank Giacoia, IMHO. I wince anytime that I have to read my copies of #21, 24, 25, 26. Chic Stone was such a change that I love his impact in comparison.

Now, if you say that Dan Adkins inked over Barry Smith on Conan (who did that Blastarr one-shot in X-men #53 or so?) I agree that was a very good match!

Beria

06-12-2008, 05:46 AM

Weird War Tales no. 103: Nice cover by Joe Kubert, a good story with excellent art by Tom Sutton, and a lettercolumn with a letter from Todd McFarlane. Otherwise a pretty dull issue.

Jonah Hex no. 10: A solid story and beautiful art by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. Nice cover by Gray Morrow.

Action Comics no. 642. The last weekly issue. Nice art from the likes of Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino and Kevin Nowlan. This could have been a great comic, but the story doesn't make much sense.

I've also gotten some Spirou books by André Franquin lately. I don't think more than a couple of albums have been translated into english, but believe me when I say that this is one of the best franco belgian series ever. In my comic creators pantheon, Franquin is up there with Eisner, Kirby, Barks and Kurtzman.

Slam_Bradley

06-12-2008, 08:50 AM

Graham Vingoe

06-12-2008, 09:24 AM

the Flash:Rogue War and Essential Rampaging Hulk both ordered through Amazon although i've got a couple of days until dispatch so i may change my mind again!

pmpknface

06-12-2008, 09:39 AM

It wasn't cheap, but it was a "grail" of sorts for me...

Dime Comics #1 LB Cole Cover!!!

http://guidon.org/jerry/dime.jpg

Slam_Bradley

06-12-2008, 10:02 AM

And I just ordered Harvey Comics Classics, Vol. 1: Casper. 480 pages for $4 I couldn't pass up. If you'd told me 20 years ago I'd be spending any amount on Casper, I'd have said you were nuts.

DDM

06-12-2008, 01:13 PM

Daredevil #158 (1st Frank Miller Daredevil; D: Death Stalker), Daredevil #159-160 (vs Bullseye), & Daredevil #240-243.

Sir Tim Drake

06-12-2008, 04:13 PM

I just happened to pick up five issues of Jack Katz's The First Kingdom for a dollar each. Is this series any good?

Rob Allen

06-12-2008, 05:25 PM

I just happened to pick up five issues of Jack Katz's The First Kingdom for a dollar each. Is this series any good?

That depends on what you like and which issues you have. When I gave up comics cold turkey in 1978, the two series that I tried to continue buying whenever I found a new issue were the Freak Brothers and First Kingdom.

It started really well - nothing like it was around at the time. It's science fiction, but starts out looking like fantasy. Now that I think of it, I guess it resembles Elfquest in that way. Katz decided from the beginning that it would be a 24-issue series. I got the impression that he got up to issue #12 and realized that the series was half over and he had only told about a quarter of the story. The later issues seem rushed - not the artwork, but he has to cram in a lot of exposition to get the whole story down on paper by the 24th issue.

Ultimately, I give Katz a lot of credit for his ambition and dedication to the project. Some of the characters and scenes, particularly in the early issues, are fascinating and memorable. He just wasn't able to sustain it all the way.

Kirk G

06-12-2008, 08:17 PM

Daredevil #158 (1st Frank Miller Daredevil; D: Death Stalker), Daredevil #159-160 (vs Bullseye), & Daredevil #240-243.

Wow...those are some high power issues!
I remember seeing the first Electra on the spinner rack (curse me for not buying it...I thought they were just desperately trying to interject a character from Matt's past... I never suspected it was going to grow into the monster hit it became)...

and only an issue or two later, the DD with all the Daredevil's on the cover and Bullseye standing solo, victorious over them. That grabbed me. Between that cover and the X-men #141: Everyone dies! in the Days of Future Past.... well, that cemented it... I was back into comics again after an 8 year absense. Just missed the Byrne X-men, but I rode the rest of Miller's DD all the way to 200!

What great memories!

Kirk G

06-12-2008, 08:33 PM

Provided things go through appropriately, as I've had some issues with Amazon sellers in the past (stuff not being in stock), I ordered.

Essential Daredevil, Vol. 4

Batman/Superman: Saga of the Super-Sons tpb,

Krazy & Ignatz 1941-42, and

The Original Art of Basil Wolverton by Glenn Bray and Doug Harvey.

$16 for the whole kit and kaboodle...if they have them.

Wow...$16 for the total???!!! Most places would charge $16 for the Essential Daredevil! By the way, just what is in that volume 4, anyway? Roughly #61-80?
Is it complete? There must be a great run of the Gene Colan DD's as well!

spoon_jenkins

06-12-2008, 08:40 PM

Wow...$16 for the total???!!! Most places would charge $16 for the Essential Daredevil! By the way, just what is in that volume 4, anyway? Roughly #61-80?
Is it complete? There must be a great run of the Gene Colan DD's as well!
Vol. 4 is Daredevil #75-101. So if they release two more Essential, that could bring it all the way up to Frank Miller. That'd be pretty cool.

DDM

06-13-2008, 01:52 PM

Incredible Hulk Visionaries: John Byrne Volume 1 TPB (Given his brief stint on the title, he should only have one Hulk TPB) & Grant Morrison's Aztec the Ultimate Man TPB

DDM

06-13-2008, 05:46 PM

Wow...those are some high power issues!
I remember seeing the first Electra on the spinner rack (curse me for not buying it...I thought they were just desperately trying to interject a character from Matt's past... I never suspected it was going to grow into the monster hit it became)...

and only an issue or two later, the DD with all the Daredevil's on the cover and Bullseye standing solo, victorious over them. That grabbed me. Between that cover and the X-men #141: Everyone dies! in the Days of Future Past.... well, that cemented it... I was back into comics again after an 8 year absense. Just missed the Byrne X-men, but I rode the rest of Miller's DD all the way to 200!

What great memories!

My LCS has almost all of Frank Miller's Daredevil save Elektra's first appearance; however, I am certain he will get the book at some point. I'm a little late to Daredevil since I am filling out my Ann Nocenti Daredevil that I bought originally in the late 1980's lacking on her first initial issues of Daredevil #236-249 & her last few issues of Daredevil #283-291. I just love Ann Nocenti & John Romita Jr's Typhoid Mary character; she's very different from Elektra.

Frank Miller's Daredevil is where The Hand makes its debut as well with Elektra's first appearance so I am interested in learning more about the Hand given their vendetta against Wolverine & how they changed Psylocke into an assassin in Uncanny X-Men.

My first X-Men was 1987's Uncanny X-Men #221 when I was a freshman in high school.

InfoBroker

06-14-2008, 08:45 PM

ER. um...

In the interest of defending Frank Giacoia, one of my favorite Marvel silver age inkers, it should be noted that the first issues of Fantastic Four that he inked were issues 39 and 40 (except for the Daredevil figures which Wally Wood inked), which followed Chic Stones run on the FF. Frank didn't get the chance to ink many silver age FFs in fact. Besides these two, the only other one that comes to mind is FF Annual #5. Its too bad he didn't get to ink the issues leading up to Joe Sinnott's return ( issues 41-43 and annual #3). Of course on the other hand, if Frank had, then the catalyst for bringing Joe Sinnott back to Marvel full time in 1965 might not have ever happened.

-jb the "I liked Frankie Ray's inking too" ib -

Sir Tim Drake

06-14-2008, 09:27 PM

I just bought a large number of old comics, most of them for 50 or 75 cents each, but I splurged on a $5 copy of Magnus, Robot Fighter #11. I also picked up a couple low-grade issues of Adventure Comics featuring the Legion, for about $1 each, and the issue of Aquaman with the "King Aquababy says die" cover, for about $3.

Cei-U!

06-14-2008, 11:21 PM

I know I'm gonna step on someone's toes here, but some of the worst FF's in the first 102 are inked by Frank Giacoia, IMHO. I wince anytime that I have to read my copies of #21, 24, 25, 26. Chic Stone was such a change that I love his impact in comparison.

#21-27 are inked by George Roussos (as George Bell), not Giacoia. Frank inked #39, 93, 96-97 and Annual 5.

Now, if you say that Dan Adkins inked over Barry Smith on Conan (who did that Blastarr one-shot in X-men #53 or so?) I agree that was a very good match!

X-Men #53 was inked by Mike Esposito (as Michael Dee).

Cei-U!
I summon the credit (or blame) where credit (or blame) is due!

benday-dot

06-15-2008, 03:25 PM

ER. um...

In the interest of defending Frank Giacoia, one of my favorite Marvel silver age inkers... Frank didn't get the chance to ink many silver age FFs in fact. Besides these two, the only other one that comes to mind is FF Annual #5.

That annual is not only one of my favourite FF books of all time, but one of my favourite Kirby works ever. Decidedly agree... Giacoia is fantastic match for Kirby, and many another penciler besides.

Slam_Bradley

06-16-2008, 11:06 AM

Comic related anyway. I picked up a copy of the "Totally Mad" CD-Roms. It allegedly has all the issues of Mad from the beginning through 1998, along with the specials, etc.

Hopefully it will prove interesting. I've never done the comics on computer software thing before but for $ 6.00 I figured it was worth a try.

Kirk G

06-16-2008, 09:27 PM

Oh Dear.... I've put my foot in my mouth.
I appologize to everyone. Thank you Info-Broker and Cei-U...
It was #21-27, inked by George Roussos (as George Bell), that I detest.
I even have #39, and thought it might have been Chic Stone (clearly not!).
As for FF Annual #5, wasn't that the Psycho Man debute? That whole story felt more like an audition for the Inhumans, as Ben and Johnny don't appear until the very ending. Does anyone know the story behind what happened here?

Kirk G

06-16-2008, 09:30 PM

I have always felt that the one shots, in FF #94-102 were Kirby just walking through the motions, but now, with the knowledge that #93, 96-97 were by one guy, and that means #94, 95 98, 99, 100, 101 had to have been by at least one or more others... that I was probably reacting to the change in inkers, every other issue.
Does anyone know what happened with Joe Sinnott and why he step away from the FF? What issue was that?

Slam_Bradley

06-18-2008, 09:40 AM

I picked up copies of Essential Captain America, vol. 3 and Fantastic Four Visionaries - John Byrne, Vol. 2. $ 11.00 for the two of them.

Lone Ranger

06-18-2008, 01:06 PM

I picked up 4, maybe 5 volumes of the Byrne visionaries on the cheap about a year ago. I've only read the 1st two volumes but it is great stuff.

Slam_Bradley

06-18-2008, 01:14 PM

I picked up 4, maybe 5 volumes of the Byrne visionaries on the cheap about a year ago. I've only read the 1st two volumes but it is great stuff.

I picked the first one up some time back and enjoyed it. Finally found Vol. 2 for cheap. For some reason I didn't read these when they first came out...I don't think I was reading much Marvel at the time. But they are quite good.

dan bailey

06-18-2008, 02:38 PM

UPS is hauling Essential Captain Marvel, Showcase Presents The Haunted Tank v2 & Green Lantern v3, Savage Sword of Conan v3 & Top Ten: The Forty-Niners, all ordered from Books-a-Million, toward my front porch even as I type.

Kirk G

06-18-2008, 04:37 PM

I picked up 4, maybe 5 volumes of the Byrne visionaries on the cheap about a year ago. I've only read the 1st two volumes but it is great stuff.

You are kidding.
This was another high point for Marvel while it lasted.
Byrne had the cosmic adventure scope of the series nailed....

DDM

06-18-2008, 05:20 PM

I picked up 4, maybe 5 volumes of the Byrne visionaries on the cheap about a year ago. I've only read the 1st two volumes but it is great stuff.

You're missing the final 3 volumes of John Byrne's Fantastic Four Visionaries. I still reread his FF stories to this day; it's a high point for both Marvel & Fantastic Four.

DDM

06-19-2008, 01:05 PM

Daredevil #161-167 & #169-172

Kirk G

06-19-2008, 01:15 PM

You're missing the final 3 volumes of John Byrne's Fantastic Four Visionaries. I still reread his FF stories to this day; it's a high point for both Marvel & Fantastic Four.

I feel that his later work suffered, but I'm not sure if it was his interest waining, or interference by editoral.... particularly the Central City arc that was left hanging, and the odd Doctor Doom circular reasoning wrap up of the Beyonder storyline.:evilangry:

DDM

06-19-2008, 01:35 PM

I feel that his later work suffered, but I'm not sure if it was his interest waining, or interference by editoral.... particularly the Central City arc that was left hanging, and the odd Doctor Doom circular reasoning wrap up of the Beyonder storyline.:evilangry:

John Byrne intended to stay on Fantastic Four; I enjoyed his Dark Susan Storm story which is the catalyst for her becoming Invisible Woman. Jerry Ordway's inks is beautiful over Byrne's pencils. Jim Shooter fired Byrne after he discovered Byrne's Superman proposal was accepted at DC Comics.

John Byrne clearly has several more FF stories in him that have not been told.

pmpknface

06-19-2008, 01:37 PM

At least we got Byrne on She-Hulk! :)

benday-dot

06-19-2008, 08:42 PM

I finally got my hands on a copy of Girls' Love Stories #139.

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/608/400/608_4_00139.jpg

It sports a favourite Nick Cardy cover of mine. Beautiful, but inexplicably lonely beach babe in a wonderful 3/4 profile. And that orange sun above her head is all sorts of awesomeness. Its among Cardy's best, and manages to showcase perfectly that great moddish period of the romance comic aesthetic.

Incidentally, this will probably be the last back issue comic I buy for quite awhile (and I only collect 4 current titles). Money has become partly an issue. A little bit fatigue. But mostly there is so much comic book material I have now that I still haven't read. Boxes and boxes of the stuff.

I've never been a collector by nature. This buy, buy and never get around to reading business was going counter to my instincts and was cheating me of my real love of comic books... just reading and adoring the mags themselves.

I gotta tend to the flocks I have.

Enyo

06-19-2008, 09:10 PM

I just bought Marvel Spotlight #32: "Marvel Spotlight on the Spider-Woman" Woo Hoo!

"The Riviera. She glides from the clouds on finely spun wings of glistening filament. Her mind is clear. She has few memories; her past is largely a dark void. But her anger is strong and urgent ... as her destination looms close..."

http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/images/marvel_spotlight/032.jpg

Kirk G

06-20-2008, 03:55 PM

John Byrne intended to stay on Fantastic Four; I enjoyed his Dark Susan Storm story which is the catalyst for her becoming Invisible Woman. Jerry Ordway's inks is beautiful over Byrne's pencils. Jim Shooter fired Byrne after he discovered Byrne's Superman proposal was accepted at DC Comics.

John Byrne clearly has several more FF stories in him that have not been told.

Good point.
I would love to see him return, but every time that the idea comes up, he says it's not likely.
I would hope that both sides could see the improved sales that might result from it. (Come on, guys... kiss and make up!)

Kan-Man

06-20-2008, 04:17 PM

DDM

06-20-2008, 04:49 PM

Good point.
I would love to see him return, but every time that the idea comes up, he says it's not likely.
I would hope that both sides could see the improved sales that might result from it. (Come on, guys... kiss and make up!)

After Joe Quesada cancelled the good selling X-Men: The Hidden Years, John Byrne will not work at Marvel until Quesada is gone as Editor-in-Chief. Byrne can hold out longer than Quesada.

dan bailey

06-20-2008, 07:04 PM

Well, when you finally get around to figuring out why she's young, beautiful and alone - please let us know.

Cooties &/or girl germs.

Kirk G

06-20-2008, 08:49 PM

After Joe Quesada cancelled the good selling X-Men: The Hidden Years, John Byrne will not work at Marvel until Quesada is gone as Editor-in-Chief. Byrne can hold out longer than Quesada.

Really?
I would have guessed that Quesada was making way more than Byrne,especially if he can't find much work with the Big Two these days...

Say it ain't so....:rolleyes:

johanskull

06-22-2008, 01:45 AM

I just picked up Essential Captain Mavel Vol 1.

I've only read, perhaps, one issue of the early white/green Gene Colan Capt about 30 years ago, as I can't afford the Masterpieces. So I was delighted when they finally announced this Essential.

Some interesting things inside, from glancing through this tonight (I just got off work, where I bought the book, and it's 2:30 am now): Some nice, solid inking from Vinnie Colleta over a few of Don Heck's issues (not all, but a few). So remarkable, in fact, that I had to flip back to check out the credit page to see who inked them ;) I thought perhaps Bill Everett was doing them.

It's a slim volume, but Marvel showed some Gene Colan love this time out with nearly a whole issue of Marvel Superheroes #13 direct from Gene's ultra-tight original pencils, with original margin notes as a bonus at the end of the volume; plus some bonus Gil Kane Captain Marvel character sketches.

Can't wait to read them, but I'm still working my way through Essential Defender's Vol 2.

-- Jeff

Perry Holley

06-24-2008, 04:54 PM

My local comic book shop is in the process of moving to a new location. Everything that is still in the old location has been heavily discounted (comics and magazines are a buck, TPBs and GNs are 75% off). My wife and I picked up the following:

A Life Force by Will Eisner (signed and numbered hardcover)
To The Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Superman: Sunday Classics 1939-1943
DC Comics Presents #81 (Superman & Ambush Bug)
the Millennium edition reprint of Police Comics #1
The Shadow #3 (70's DC version)
Master of Kung Fu #36
Dracula Lives #12
Marvel Super Special #18 (Raiders of the Lost Ark adaption)
Marvel Movie Adaption #1 (The Land That Time Forgot)
Legends of the Dark Knight #11-12

All for about $25.

pmpknface

06-25-2008, 06:55 AM

Godzilla 1-10

Avengers 173,174,175,180,197.

MOKF 27,72,73,74,76,77,80,81,97,99,101,102,105,108,110.

WWBN 19, 23,24,25,26,29,30,31

PMandIF 99,100,101,104,105,106,108,109,110,111,113,114,125

Oh, and I just won a LB Cole Romance cover on ebay on the cheap too! TRUE-TO-LIFE ROMANCES #8 (VG) 1951

http://i15.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/ce/dc/fc37_1.JPG

Slam_Bradley

06-25-2008, 08:59 AM

Recently;

Grimjack: Demon Knight GN by Ostrander and Flint Henry, and

Rio Rides Again GN by Doug Wildey.

Paid $8.50 foir the two of them.

DDM

06-26-2008, 01:04 PM

Daredevil #39-41 (1st & O: Exterminator, vs the Unholy Three)

Daredevil #40 has a letter by Mark Gruenwald; whereas, Daredevil #41 has a Peter Sanderson letter. Mark Gruenwald & Peter Sanderson would work closely together for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe project.

DDM

06-26-2008, 02:47 PM

delete delete

Perry Holley

06-26-2008, 05:04 PM

Picked up a few more items from the old shop before it closes:

Nexus b&w magazine #3 - I have the First GN that collects the three b&w issues, but #3 also has a flexi-disc, which for a buck I wasn't going to pass up.

The Price (Metamorphosis Odyssey Book 2) - The original Eclipse version. I already had the Dreadstar annual that reprinted it, but again for a buck I couldn't pass this one up, with the magazine-sized Starlin-at-his-prime artwork (and unlike the Marvel reprint, this has that extra cat-demon penis action that all comic book fans so desperately crave) :wink:

The Official Prince Valiant Collection Volume 1 - from a company called Pioneer, which I don't think I ever heard of before.

Slam_Bradley

06-26-2008, 05:12 PM

The Official Prince Valiant Collection Volume 1 - from a company called Pioneer, which I don't think I ever heard of before.

That's in a comic format, isn't it?

Pioneer was a short-lived company that did a number of strip reprints in the late 80s. I have a few Mandrake and Secret Agent-X issues.

Perry Holley

06-27-2008, 04:07 AM

That's in a comic format, isn't it?Yep, it's in what might be called a Prestige format (standard comic book size, 96 b&w pages, cardboard squarebound cover).

Slam_Bradley

06-27-2008, 08:15 AM

Bone, vol. 5: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border. I love those little bones.

spoon_jenkins

06-27-2008, 05:23 PM

My first order from In Stock Trades:
Essential Avengers vol. 6
Showcase Presents Green Lantern vol. 3
Essential Defenders vol. 3
Essential Dr. Strange vol. 3
Essential Captain America vol. 4

DDM

06-28-2008, 03:00 PM

Daredevil #175-181

divinebrown

06-30-2008, 10:00 PM

I've been on a Mike Baron kick lately:

The Badger 1-2
Hammer of God 1-4 (a Nexus spin-off)
Nexus 1-3 (the color ongoing, not the original mini)

I did order the Original Nexus from Amazon which reprints the first three black-and-white issues. There was a nice hardcover of it at the local shop, but I didn't want to drop thirty bucks.

A little less classic:

The first four issues of Event Comics' Painkiller Jane series. I've been enjoying the Dynamite issues.

DDM

07-03-2008, 02:35 PM

Daredevil #113-115 (1st: Death-Stalker, vs Gladiator, Man-Thing), #128 (vs Death-Stalker), Daredevil #174-175 (vs The Hand), & #182-186

Kirk G

07-03-2008, 03:52 PM

Hey DDM,
Why are you going after the pre-158 DDs? As I recall, most all the stories and artwork prior to Frank Miller's work were pretty bad... I think most people bailed once Gene Colan left the title (when was that, anyway?) and the crowd never really returned utnil after Electra shows up.

Kirk G

07-03-2008, 03:53 PM

My first order from In Stock Trades:
Essential Avengers vol. 6
Showcase Presents Green Lantern vol. 3
Essential Defenders vol. 3
Essential Dr. Strange vol. 3
Essential Captain America vol. 4

What's included in Essential Avengers vol. 6?
And Captain America vol. 4?

I'm curious about Dr. Strange vol 3, but not as much as the first two I mentioned.

DF2506

07-03-2008, 05:15 PM

Today, I bought two issues of...Jack Kirby's Losers (written, drawn, and edited by the King).

I was so suprised to find the issues today and shocked to find them at about a $1 & change a piece. I snatched them up and bought them.

Haven't read them, but I will definitly read them sometime tonight. I'm a big fan of Kirby's, so this was just great. I've never read any of the Losers before, but I remember seeing them in New Frontier! :)

Anyway, the issues I got were: #158 and #159.

I'll definitly post again once I've read them.

DF2506

DDM

07-03-2008, 05:53 PM

spoon_jenkins

07-03-2008, 11:54 PM

What's included in Essential Avengers vol. 6?
And Captain America vol. 4?

I'm curious about Dr. Strange vol 3, but not as much as the first two I mentioned.
Avengers vol. 6 is Avengers #120-140, Giant-Size Avengers #1-4, plus guest appearances in Captain Marvel #33 and Fantastic Four #150. That includes the Celestial Madonna storyline.

Captain America vol. 4 is issues #157-186. That includes the Secret Empire storyline.

Dr. Strange vol. 3 is #1-29 and Annual #1 of his second series (starting in 1974) plus Tomb of Dracula #44-45. I've skipped ahead; I didn't buy vol. 2. But I figure since it's starts with a new series, it wouldn't be so bad to jump ahead. I got it because it seems to be highly regarded and has tons of Colan and Brunner.

I almost got Essential Captain Marvel vol. 1, but it was too much of an unknown commodity. I started collecting comics in 1985, so he wasn't on my radar screen growing up. There weren't reprints or a lot of references to him that would generate interests. To me, Captain Marvel meant Monica Rambeau or Billy Batson.

By the way, Amazon has listed Essential Hulk for December, reprinting #171-200.

Kirk G

07-04-2008, 08:54 PM

DDM

07-05-2008, 09:19 AM

I understand your reluctance.

I never could understand why anyone would go for the essential Silver Surfer when the first 18 issues weren't all that great. I thought the series really went downhill after the first ten anyway, which is why I boycotted getting the Marvel Masterworks volume Two also...

As for Captain marvel, I valued the first six appearances because they were drawn by Gene Colan, but after that, the series took a nose dive, as far as I was concerned. The artwork, the writing, the direction... all suffered... even the attempt at making him into a Marvel version of Captain Marvel with slammed wristbands and trading places with Rick Jones suffered in my estimation. The book was cancelled or shelved, within six issues IIRC... #18 through 23...
But I'm up for the next Starlin issues, as they really were highly praised and formed a keystone of the Marvel Universe for years...Thantos, the Cube, the watcher, etc...

The Jim Starlin Captain Marvel #25-34 is the high point of the book given the origin Starlin supporting characters of Drax the Destroyer & Moondragon along with Captain Marvel's theme changing with the first appearance of Eon, Death (as a character), & him becoming Protector of the Universe given Cosmic Awareness by Eon. Captain Marvel #34 foreshadows his death of cancer a few years later in Marvel Graphic Novel #1: The Death of Captain Marvel.

I have enjoyed all Captain Marvel #1-34, but the book loses its direction once Jim Starlin leaves to start & finish his Adam Warlock-Thanos storyline in various books.

steelcable97

07-05-2008, 05:19 PM

These aren't necessarily classics, but I was very happy with the find

Shade, the Changing Man 21-23. This completes the series for me. I'm going to sit down and read all the issues shortly.
Legion Lost 10-12. Had these issues then traded them away. Happy to have them back. Also, plan on sitting down and reading this run.
Groo 59.

completed two series I've been working on for awhile. It's a good feeling.

DC906270-BIL

07-06-2008, 08:31 AM

I just bought Savage She Hulk 1 - 25, anyone have any opinions on this title? Im thinking it will be less humourous than Sensational SH, as it only ran to 25 issues, was it quite bad?

DDM

07-06-2008, 08:47 AM

I just bought Savage She Hulk 1 - 25, anyone have any opinions on this title? Im thinking it will be less humourous than Sensational SH, as it only ran to 25 issues, was it quite bad?

Savage She-Hulk is a straight super-hero book; the humor did not come in until John Byrne's Sensational She-Hulk 1989 series. Savage She-Hulk is a good obscure series to possess given Savage She-Hulk #1 introduces Jennifer Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner who becomes She-Hulk through a blood transfusion with Bruce's gamma-irritated blood. She does have a few strange villains. Although She-Hulk character development was attempted through this series, her real success came in Fantastic Four #265 when she joined the FF & she also was a member of the Avengers as of The Avengers #220.

Obscure books such as The Savage She-Hulk #1-25 are good finds since they are not popular.

DC906270-BIL

07-06-2008, 09:16 AM

thanks for the info DDM, i will have to try and find those FF and Avengers back issues you mentioned!

jackdaw53

07-06-2008, 10:02 AM

Old enough to qualify??

Anyway looking forward to reading some of the adventures of Batman when he was "just" the world's greatest detective, and all round nice guy.

DDM

07-06-2008, 12:00 PM

thanks for the info DDM, i will have to try and find those FF and Avengers back issues you mentioned!

In 1985, Marvel published a graphic novel called The Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne:

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/73751807290.1.GIF

She-Hulk was still a member of the FF & Avengers at the time, but this is a solo adventure in which she is exposed to radiation which makes her unable to transform back into Jennifer Walters. Since she preferred being She-Hulk, Jennifer does not mind.

Look for John Byrne's Fantastic Four #265-293 (She-Hulk replaces Ben Grimm), & I believe Roger Stern wrote The Avengers at the time She-Hulk joined the group.

Kirk G

07-07-2008, 07:04 PM

thanks for the info DDM, i will have to try and find those FF and Avengers back issues you mentioned!

Just remember that the FF and Avengers issues that he cites (correctly) as the first issues where she joins those teams... is just the starting point for her run on both teams.

IIRC, FF #275 has one of the finest one-shot she-hulk issues I've ever read.:cool: Look for the cover with She-Hulk standing behind a sleezy skin-magazine peddler who is asking the reader on the cover "Hey, what's big and green, and has a staple in her navel?" It's well worth the price of admission, especially for Classic Star Trek fans, who will ge the punch line!:rolleyes:

wolp

07-07-2008, 08:20 PM

dan bailey

07-07-2008, 09:30 PM

I am going to get all the ladies when I goto the nearest Starbucks and pull out my Kraven's Last Hunt HC!

Is that what you crazy kids are calling it these days ...

wolp

07-07-2008, 09:59 PM

Is that what you crazy kids are calling it these days ...

Yea it sure beats calling it Lil John.

Beats...Lil John...you can't make that stuff up!

DDM

07-08-2008, 09:04 AM

Just remember that the FF and Avengers issues that he cites (correctly) as the first issues where she joins those teams... is just the starting point for her run on both teams.

IIRC, FF #274 or 275 has one of the finest one-shot she-hulk issues I've ever read.:cool: Look for the cover with She-Hulk standing behind a sleezy skin-magazine peddler who is asking the reader on the cover "Hey, what's green, 7 foot tall, and has a staple in her navel?" At least, that's how I recall the cover.
It's well worth the price of admission, especially for Classic Star Trek fans, who will ge the punch line!:rolleyes:

Another good She-Hulk centric story is when she fights the mask of Doctor Doom (Dr. Doom is believed to be dead as of Fantastic Four #260) in Fantastic Four #268.

Slam_Bradley

07-08-2008, 04:16 PM

Essential Marvel Two-in-One, Vol. 2.

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

The Comics Since 1945 by Brian Walker.

pmpknface

07-10-2008, 07:10 AM

Never read them before but I like Spidey and Iron Man a lot so I bought..

Iron Man Armor Wars TPB

Kraven's Last Hunt HC

For 20 bucks!!!

I am the coolest man on the planet right now. I am going to get all the ladies when I goto the nearest Starbucks and pull out my Kraven's Last Hunt HC!
Congrats! Kraven's Last Hunt is one of my fav all time stories. Make sure to read the intro too!

I just got:

- about 20 Master of Kung Fu's
- 5 Avengers books between 170-200
- 12 Power Man and IF's after #90
- 12 Werewolf By Night's after #20
- Godzilla 1-10

ME HAPPY!!!

DDM

07-10-2008, 01:38 PM

Amazing Spider-Man #232 (vs Mr. Hyde), #233 (vs the Tarantula), #240 (vs the Vulture), Hawkeye #1-4 (a prelude of sorts to West Coast Avengers just with Hawkeye & Mockingbird) (written & penciled by Mark Gruenwald! I didn't know he was an artist!), Moon Knight #1-5, #7-11, #20-23, #25 , #29-30, #32 (by Doug Moench & mostly Bill Sienkiewicz) & Elektra Assassin #4, #5, & #8 by Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz.

pmpknface

07-10-2008, 01:39 PM

Awesome!

Amazing Spider-Man #232 (vs Mr. Hyde)

Possibly my 1st comic!

DDM

07-10-2008, 07:04 PM

Awesome!

Amazing Spider-Man #232 (vs Mr. Hyde)

Possibly my 1st comic!

I am having trouble finding Amazing Spider-Man #229 (vs the Juggernaut), but I enjoy reading the Roger Stern/John Romita Jr. Spidey...

pmpknface

07-11-2008, 06:50 AM

That one is on a LOT of people's top 10 Spidey stories of all time, so that's why it's hard to find. With tough ones, ebay is usually a decent option, however I understand the "thrill of the hunt."

Slam_Bradley

07-11-2008, 07:57 AM

My copy of Wally's World: The Brillant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's 2nd Best Comic Book Artist by Steve Starger and J. David Spurlock came in the mail yesterday. Unfortunately I've had very little time to read lately, so it could be a while before I get to it.

DDM

07-11-2008, 01:49 PM

Daredevil #187-191 (vs the Hand, R: Elektra), Daredevil #227-235, What If #35...Elektra Had Lived? & Marvel Team-Up #95 (1st: Mockingbird)

pariah-1972

07-11-2008, 03:21 PM

benday-dot

07-11-2008, 05:58 PM

I found this sort of horror type book from the 70s called Dark Mansion Of Forbidden Love .. has anyone read this book? i like the art but so far the plot has been utterly simplistic and cliche...
http://en.dcdatabaseproject.com/Dark_Mansion_of_Forbidden_Love_1

Anyone know anything about this? should i get the rest of the series?

I think you have it right. The covers alone are quite impressive. And overall, the art is the best thing to recommend about this 4 issue series. At least this goes for the no.1 you have as well as the following issue. Tony DeZuniga, who does the pencils on nos. 1 and 2, excells on this type of story. I don't have issues 3 and 4, because I'm not so much a Don Heck fan. I've seen some nice Heck work in Atlas era reprint stories, but in this period of his career I tend to take a pass.

However, the successor series to Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love was called Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion... radical change hey?

This 11 issue series, picking up at no. 5, is a highlight in DC's often impressive 70's horror/mystery catalogue IMHO. My favourite issue, not surprisingly is no.6, which contains a great "new" Jack Kirby story, actually left over from the never published Spirit World #2.

But other artists featured in Forbidden Tales are (early)Howard Chaykin, Filipinos Nestor Redondo, Alex Nino and Alfredo Alcala, old EC hand George Evans, Gil Kane and the seldom seen, but impressive Canadian Bill Payne.

The writing by Jack Oleck, Michael Fleisher and others is a cut above too.

pariah-1972

07-11-2008, 08:58 PM

I think you have it right. The covers alone are quite impressive. And overall, the art is the best thing to recommend about this 4 issue series. At least this goes for the no.1 you have as well as the following issue. Tony DeZuniga, who does the pencils on nos. 1 and 2, excells on this type of story. I don't have issues 3 and 4, because I'm not so much a Don Heck fan. I've seen some nice Heck work in Atlas era reprint stories, but in this period of his career I tend to take a pass.

However, the successor series to Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love was called Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion... radical change hey?

This 11 issue series, picking up at no. 5, is a highlight in DC's often impressive 70's horror/mystery catalogue IMHO. My favourite issue, not surprisingly is no.6, which contains a great "new" Jack Kirby story, actually left over from the never published Spirit World #2.

But other artists featured in Forbidden Tales are (early)Howard Chaykin, Filipinos Nestor Redondo, Alex Nino and Alfredo Alcala, old EC hand George Evans, Gil Kane and the seldom seen, but impressive Canadian Bill Payne.

The writing by Jack Oleck, Michael Fleisher and others is a cut above too.Wow thats a lot of information.

I don't see getting the rest of the iseries i mean this issue alone is 50 pages long and the story is boring the hell out of me already and i'm not even halfway thru.

I keep wanting to yell at that stupid girl just to run away from the mansion.

Angry_Guy

07-13-2008, 08:23 AM

I had an amazing experience Saturday - This kind of thing just doesn't happen anymore!

My wife is an Ebay seller (not comics, mostly vintage toys and games), and she had picked up a plastic grocery bag of about 30 comics for 2 bucks at a non-descript local yard sale. She didn't want me to see them (quote "You're not getting these ones - I'm selling them!"), but I told her to at least let me see them to give her an idea of value, figuring they were a bunch of mid-1990's generic crap.

Well, I checked them out and almost had a stroke! It was full of big name silver & bronze age books, in really great shape! My wife said an older guy was sitting on the porch, and a younger woman was running the sale, so we're guessing maybe she didn't know what she had. Seems like everyone today thinks they can get 5 bucks for any piece of crap with an 'X' on it.

Anyway, on to the list (I'm still amazed):

Xmen 55 and 57, 1969, in ridiculously good condition
Sgt Fury & His Howling Comandos #62, 67, 69
Sub-Mariner 13, 1969, (death of Lady Dorma!) & #15
Capt Savage & the Leatherneck Raiders #13, and two copies of #14 in really good, right-off-the-newsstand condtion
Marvel Crypt of Shadows #1, 1972
Marvel Spotlight #20 Son of Satan
Special Marvel Edition #8

Brave & Bold #71, 1968 Batman & Green Arrow
Our Fighting Forces 171
From Beyond the Unknown 19
Korak 54, 55
World's Finest 214 (Superman & Vigilante)
Superman 269, 285 & 290
Wonder Woman 203

Some Charletons - Ghostly Haunts 39, Doctor Graves 20, Scary Tales 1, plus a Gold Key Mighty Samson 25, and an Atlas Wulf #4.

There was also some Bronze age Ripleys, a Supergirl #1 from 1972, a Submariner 47 (vs Dr Doom), and a Gold Key MARS Patrol #3 (1966), a Weird War Stories and a Beowulf that were in rather rough shape, and I gave them to my daughter (a budding collector).

Finally, I did manage to snag a gem that fit in my collection - Iron Man #15, in fantastic shape, IM vs the Unicorn and the Red Ghost (gotta love those old Commie Villians)!

I forgot how exciting it was to look in an old bag and see all those 12, 15 and 20 cent covers!

Cei-U!

07-13-2008, 08:34 AM

That's a very sweet haul, but:

Sub-Mariner 13, 1969, (death of Lady Dorma!)

Nope. Dorma dies in #37. That's Karthon the Questor's sister, made to look like Lady D by evil ol' Naga, that bites it in #13.

Cei-U!
Never trust the cover art!

Angry_Guy

07-13-2008, 03:25 PM

Ouch, you got me on that one. I should have known better! At one time I had a nearly complete run of Submariner. It was not terribly memorable, except that the final issue (maybe #72?) had the #100 Marvel Value stamp - Galactus! Anyone else young and dumb enough to have clipped those out?

I got a chance to read a few today, and found that X-men 55 included the first 'portrayal' of Alex Summers' (Havok) powers, and the first time he realized he was a mutant.

And that Crypt of Shadows had a cool horror reprint called 'The Scarecrow', a 'horror spoof' of those Charles Atlas 'Hero of the beach' ads. Very Fun.

Lone Ranger

07-15-2008, 01:38 PM

Some recent bargain bin diving:

For 50 cents:
Conan the Barbarian #147
Weird War Tales #114
Curse of the Weird #1 (Atlas reprint book from 90s I'd never seen)
Unknown Soldier #256

From 5 for $1 surprise pack:
Marvel Tales #165
Marvel Tales #201
Marvel Team Up #116
Amazing Spider-Man #251
Silver Surfer #51

benday-dot

07-15-2008, 07:43 PM

Over the weekend I picked up Blake Bell's new Ditko biography, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, published by Fantagraphics.

I've just sort of thumbed through this coffee table size hardcover and am liking what I see so far. Obviously its eminently possible to create a fine biography without the participation of the subject. And Bell seems to have done a good job under such circumstances (no long awaited Ditko interviews here). I haven't read it yet, so I don't know if any new Ditko revelations are to be found. However, many of the key people in Ditko's life have been acknowledged as providing help in the books writing.

It would seem to be a critical biography, particularly as concerns Ditko's art as it developed over his long career. I appreciate the frequent analysis Bell lends toward the various motifs, tropes and signatures Ditko has become known for.

Above all, the book contains lots of gorgeous, both of the well and lesser known variety, reproductions of Ditko's art. Stuff from Charlton (both early and later phases), Atlas/Marvel, Warren, DC and Robin Snyder packages is all well represented.

I can't wait to read this book on one of comics most enigmatic geniuses, and certainly one of my top three all time favourite creators in the medium.

DDM

07-17-2008, 01:03 PM

Uncanny X-Men #40 (vs Frankenstein's Monster), Amazing Spider-Man #269-270 (vs Firelord, G: The Avengers), #273-274 (vs Beyonder, Puma, Mephisto, & Zarathos), #275 (vs Hobgoblin), & Daredevil #284-291 (last Ann Nocenti stories)

pmpknface

07-17-2008, 01:04 PM

Oh man, you're right in my childhood wheelhouse with those ASM's!!!

Kirk G

07-17-2008, 01:12 PM

DDM

07-17-2008, 03:10 PM

Oh man, you're right in my childhood wheelhouse with those ASM's!!!

I'm filling in the holes of my Amazing Spider-Man stories when I bought them originally in the 1980's.

Uncanny X-men ##40.....Uugh. What a stinker!:frown:

I'm realizing the Roy Thomas & Neal Adams X-Men #56-63 (plus X-Men #64-65) is the high point of the original X-Men when purchasing these back issues! After Stan Lee left the book lost direction & never gained any traction until Neal Adams came along. Roy Thomas preferred The Avengers over X-Men since his stories show where his interest lies...

Kirk G

07-18-2008, 04:20 PM

Yeah, there were some attempts at consistant stories, with experiments in the Factor 3 story arc, the death of Professor X, the solo stories with each pair of xmen, and then a wild Neal Adams ride! Wonder why they waited so long, and who's idea it was to take the older, more mature look at the teen-aged mutants?
It certainly would have worked, especially if done earlier!

pariah-1972

07-18-2008, 04:27 PM

DDM

07-19-2008, 09:20 AM

I would have loved to see Neal Adams stay on the book much much longer.

Neal Adams would have stayed on X-Men had Stan Lee decided not to cancel the book. It's why Neal Adams did not pencil X-Men #64 & X-Men #66.

wolp

07-21-2008, 10:11 PM

Today I got the Marvel Essential X-Men Vol. 1.

I've never read these stories before so wish me luck!

pariah-1972

07-21-2008, 10:21 PM

dan bailey

07-21-2008, 10:50 PM

Of course, Adams couldn't have consistently made deadline to save his life anyway, could he? (Though I guess compared to Jim Steranko, he was the Cal Ripken Jr of pencillers ...)

pariah-1972

07-21-2008, 11:14 PM

Of course, Adams couldn't have consistently made deadline to save his life anyway, could he? (Though I guess compared to Jim Steranko, he was the Cal Ripken Jr of pencillers ...)I don't know? did he ever have trouble making deadlines before?

pmpknface

07-22-2008, 06:46 AM

I don't know? did he ever have trouble making deadlines before?
I know Jim was tired of Stan & Marvel messing with his stories and art so he'dturn them in at the last minute so they didn't have time to edit them.

DDM

07-22-2008, 09:20 AM

I knew Stan Lee was evil deep down inside.

Neal Adams run trumped Lee's version a thousand times over.

Even with all the coloring mistakes.

Actually, the Neal Adams & Roy Thomas X-Men stories kept the book in print longer given their popularity. Unfortunately, Stan Lee decided to cancel X-Men, despite the slight sales bump. Had Stan Lee knew how successful Neal Adams was on the book, X-Men would have never got canceled. This is part of the reason Marvel decided to reprint X-Men #67-93 for 5 years.

dan bailey

07-22-2008, 11:54 AM

I don't know? did he ever have trouble making deadlines before?

My impression is that Adams just wasn't to be counted on to turn out a book month in & month out ... not an unimportant consideration back in the days when publishers actually treated their schedules as "not a hoax! not a dream! not an imaginary story!"

MDG

07-22-2008, 12:14 PM

My impression is that Adams just wasn't to be counted on to turn out a book month in & month out ...
I'm pretty sure the plan for Superman vs. Muhammad Ali was for the book to appear while he was still champion...

Slam_Bradley

07-22-2008, 12:30 PM

Neal Adams would have stayed on X-Men had Stan Lee decided not to cancel the book. It's why Neal Adams did not pencil X-Men #64 & X-Men #66.

I knew Stan Lee was evil deep down inside.

Neal Adams run trumped Lee's version a thousand times over.

Even with all the coloring mistakes.

Actually, the Neal Adams & Roy Thomas X-Men stories kept the book in print longer given their popularity. Unfortunately, Stan Lee decided to cancel X-Men, despite the slight sales bump. Had Stan Lee knew how successful Neal Adams was on the book, X-Men would have never got canceled. This is part of the reason Marvel decided to reprint X-Men #67-93 for 5 years.

I'm pretty sure cancellation decisions were made by Publisher Martin Goodman and not by Stan.

Red Oak Kid

07-22-2008, 12:47 PM

Neal Adams would have stayed on X-Men had Stan Lee decided not to cancel the book. It's why Neal Adams did not pencil X-Men #64 & X-Men #66.

On page 23 of CBA #3, Arlen Schumer asked Adams this question:
Did you know X-Men #65 would be your last issue? Why did Denny O"Neil script that issue?
page 24
NEAL: I was very unhappy with that, and I love Denny O'Neil's stuff, but I did not consider Denny O'Neil to be the dialoguer of the X-Men. I knew who the dialoguer was; it was Roy. He didn't dialogue this. It was just handed over to Denny, and Denny did it. It was not a happy situation for me. It was sufficiently unhappy for me to say if Marvel wasn't going to cancel the book, maybe I'd have gone to something else anyway.

Page 25:

Adams was asked about the changes Lee ordered to be done to his drawing of a "spaceship watchdog" on the cover and page 12 of the story in issue 65.

ADAMS: That was such an atrocious change that I don't think I'll ever forgive Stan for that one.

InfoBroker

07-22-2008, 02:01 PM

Neal Adams would have stayed on X-Men had Stan Lee decided not to cancel the book. It's why Neal Adams did not pencil X-Men #64 & X-Men #66.

Issue #64 was a rush fill-in issue thrown together under a lot of pressure because Neal Adams missed his deadline.

Stan Lee, being the editor, was no doubt involved in the discussions leading to canceling the X-men book, but so were other people, including and most importantly, the final decider, Martin Goodman.

I knew Stan Lee was evil deep down inside.

Before making a slur of this nature, I suggest you read the letters page to the final issue of X-men and the commentary about deciding to cancel the X-men, or maybe several of the interviews with Stan at the time, or many of his comments in the bullpen bulletins pages. Stan was a big fan of Neal Adams, and understood the popularity of his work by the fans. Your comment is unjust and inaccurate.

Actually, the Neal Adams & Roy Thomas X-Men stories kept the book in print longer given their popularity. Unfortunately, Stan Lee decided to cancel X-Men, despite the slight sales bump. Had Stan Lee knew how successful Neal Adams was on the book, X-Men would have never got canceled.

Actually, Actually, Stan was involved in the decision to shift the creative staff in the hopes of boosting X-men's sales. X-men #56 was Neal's first work at Marvel and Stan was very exciting to have him part of the bullpen staff. Stan was fully aware of the successes (and failures) of Neal and Roy's work on the X-men. The decision to cancel was complex, the bump in sales not withstanding.

re: Denny doing the script for issue #65

I was under the impression that Roy made the decision to leave the X-men book because of his schedule at the time, and his fatigue at burning midnight oil putting in the dialog for Neal's late pages.

re: spaceship watchdogs

Hey ROK, A couple years back (I think) you posted the original drawings. I could never figure why there was a request to change them. Has definitive reason ever been determined? Was it code related (can't image why) or something else?

-jb the uncanny ib -

Red Oak Kid

07-22-2008, 03:00 PM

re: spaceship watchdogs

Hey ROK, A couple years back (I think) you posted the original drawings. I could never figure why there was a request to change them. Has definitive reason ever been determined? Was it code related (can't image why) or something else?

-jb the uncanny ib -

Yeah, on page 25 of CBA #3 there is the very, very rough thumbnail that Adams did of the watchdog. You really can't tell what it is from the thumbnail. The finished drawing by Adams and Palmer was obliterated by Marie Severin's redo on Stan's orders. As you know, Stan would look at the finished pages and have staff artists make any changes or corrections he felt needed to be done. He did this to all the artists. It was just one of many, many quick decisions that Stan made on a daily basis as editor of the comic book line.

IMO, if Adams had been there to protest, Stan would have probably let the original version go thru. It wasn't CCA related or anything nearly that important. Stan probably just got out of the wrong side of bed that morning and didn't feel in the mood to sign off on a four legged spaceship watchdog. Just one of those things.

EDIT: And the whole thing is silly because the watchdog really had no bearing on the overall story. It was just something Adams threw in the way of the X-Men, to have some action as they entered the ship.

benday-dot

07-22-2008, 08:11 PM

Essential Captain America vol.1.

My collection of original Tales of Suspense is incomplete so it will be nice to read the whole series through until I hit the Captain America title proper, where my run is largely uninterupted (well, excepting a little stretch twixt Sterenko and Englehart, where I again fade out). Ah Steve Rogers... always the real Cap.

I love this period of Kirby's art. The late ToS issues, and leading into his (second) run on Cap, show Kirby delivering some of his most inventive and propulsive work. A foreshadow of the ultimate power, both conceptually and graphically, he would soon unleash at DC comics.

Roquefort Raider

07-23-2008, 06:45 AM

Chamber of darkness #4, from e-bay. It contains a prototype Conan story by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. I read a B&W translation as a kid and never thought I'd own this original, but it was very cheap (the mailing cost was the most expensive part of the deal).

Another opportunity to show to my wife that I never grew up.

pmpknface

07-23-2008, 07:22 AM

Just won:

1949 #106 TARGET WESTERN ROMANCES COMIC

Cool LB Cole cover and I didn't have any from that title yet. Not a bad copy for $16 shipped. :)

DDM

07-24-2008, 02:11 PM

Amazing Spider-Man #200, Amazing Spider-Man #224-228, & Amazing Spider-Man #253-257

Lone Ranger

07-24-2008, 02:14 PM

Just popped into the Beguiling over my lunch hour. Could have spent thousands, but tried to spend less than what was in my wallet ($40). I came away with:

Johnny Dynamite: Underworld
This TPB by the Ms. Tree team looks very cool. I'm totally looking forward to diving headfirst into this one.

Shadows From Beyond #50
Charlton one-shot from 1966 - totaly Ditko bait and switch, but I can live with it because the cover is just so perfectly Ditkoesque. A quick flip through tells me that there's Boyette inside - I can certainly live with that. I can't figure out who pencilled the first two stories.

UFO and Outer Space #15
I'm nearing a complete run for this series - which I've been accidentally collecting since 1979. Who can pass up a book with a story entitled "Marsh Gas in Michigan"?

Comic Book Artist #6 - Fall, 1999
Features a look at the 1970s Marvel Bullpen.- hopefully there will be some good interviews with various inked stained wretches.

Back Issue #28
I let my subscription lapse. It was just too pricey to have TwoMorrows ship them to my house. I'll just pick them up when I can.

Reptisaurus!

07-24-2008, 06:58 PM

Back Issue #28
I let my subscription lapse. It was just too pricey to have TwoMorrows ship them to my house. I'll just pick them up when I can.

It's actually more expensive to have a subscription than the 6.95 cover, innit?

johanskull

07-25-2008, 12:41 AM

It's actually more expensive to have a subscription than the 6.95 cover, innit?

I've been getting the PDF versions. Only $2.95 or so, and sometimes it has color images instead of just B&W. And there's no waiting for shipping.

I just picked up the latest Back issue and the Dave Cockrum spotlight Alter Ego.

-- Jeff

Lone Ranger

07-25-2008, 06:46 AM

It's actually more expensive to have a subscription than the 6.95 cover, innit?

And you're not even dealing with shipping charges to Canada.

Their Canada subscription prices are crazy at TwoMorrows and they pack the mages in such flimsy envelopes that they always arrived tattered.

I'll just pick them up as I need them. Unfortunately, only a few Toronto LCSs carry the mags.

Lone Ranger

07-25-2008, 06:51 AM

benday-dot

07-25-2008, 06:19 PM

Umm...

I'm in the wrong thread again, so I'll just improvise..

Well... let's see.

I picked up the Starman Omnibus at a pretty good discount. I'm waiting until I have a large chunk of free time to sit down and really enjoy it.

Check back with me in 2017

I just finished the Starman omnibus a few weeks back. I had to find out what all the buzz was about, having missed it back when the series was first published.

I certainly enjoyed it, though I don't know if I esteem it as much as others who have gone on record as being downright ecstatic about the series.

Robinson has at times a dense, clipped style with odd punctatuation that took me a bit of getting used to. Still, if the man is not Alan Moore, and Starman is not Watchmen, he is very good writer and he had me pretty early on eager to know where and how the volume will end up.

In the forward Robinson mentions his love of esoteric collectibles, from viewmasters to rare import cds. Now this sort of love of oddball curios (man bakelite viewmasters!!!) is right down my alley. Since Jack Knight (aka Starman) runs an antique shop Robinson gets to indulge this love on frequent occasions. I wish he did even more of it.

Tony Harris' art is very good, though at times it seemed a bit uneven. I very much enjoyed the issues where Christian Hojgaard and Bjarne Hansen did the chores. Never heard of these guys before, but their expressiuonistic style had a bit of edward Gorey sensibility to it.

Hope you enjoy it all LR. I'll expect a report sometime in 2017.

DDM

07-26-2008, 04:03 PM

Amazing Spider-Man #258-259, #277, #280-281 & Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1-5 by Frank Miller & John Romita Jr.

spoon_jenkins

07-26-2008, 11:12 PM

I mis-posted for the Read thread on the Purchased thread. Now, that I've deleted that . . . I'm getting Essential Fantastic Four vol. 5 in the mail.

Lone Ranger

07-28-2008, 01:05 PM

Just got back from my favourite used bookstore, which also just happens to have a good selection of old comics and TPBs.

Bought the following - all between $1 and $3

Critters #3 - Early U.S. Usagi Yojimbo from Fantagraphics
Air War Stories #4 - from Dell with Glanzman art. I'm starting to hunt for these 60s Dells.
Walt Disney Comics Digest #11 (1969) - A pretty thick digest (164 pgs) it has some Barks reprints and a Dan Spiegle adventure story.
Best of DC #63 - Plop! I always buy these digest when I see them. It had to believe these were published right up to 1986.
A handful of Weird Science, Weird Fantasy and War Against Crime reprints from Gladstone and Cochran

Slam_Bradley

07-28-2008, 01:07 PM

A handful of Weird Science, Weird Fantasy and War Against Crime reprints from Gladstone and Cochran

One of the few EC books that I've never even sampled.

Lone Ranger

07-28-2008, 01:14 PM

One of the few EC books that I've never even sampled.

This title certainly hasn't been reprinted as often as the others. This one is from Gemstone in 2000. It pretty typical pre-Code crime stuff - nothing brilliant, but fun. I've only got #1 and #2 (I think that's it) - #1 has a story with very Graham Ingels art. I'm not a huge Ingels fan - too much 'blurring/smudging' in his horror stuff, but this late 40s story is nice and clean.

It was nice and cheap, so worth a shot. I used to buy original ECs, but decided that my wallet would be happier if I just grabbed reprints.

dan bailey

07-30-2008, 07:19 PM

Some neat $1 bin finds this afternoon at the nearest LCS --

Action #337, 350
Aquaman #31
Brave & Bold #68
Batman #184
World's Finest #164

All of the above are Go-Go Checks issues. The fact that they're in no better than G+ condition, at best, doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Post-Go-Go-Checks but still 12-centers --

Metamorpho #16 (first ish I've ever owned)
Bomba the Jungle Boy #1 (OK, this one set me back $2, but it's quite possibly the only issue I've ever seen)
Aquaman #43

15-centers --

Showcase #s 88 & 90 ("Jason's Quest")
Metal Men #40

A couple of Silver Age Marvels as well --

Spider-Man #70
Thor #147
Amazing Adventures #7

Plus a few '70s & '80s odds & ends, most notably

Adventure #409 & 463
World's Finest #s 246 & 269
All-Star #s 62 & 65
Action #457

... & a few Atlas Seaboards --

Wulf the Barbarian #1
Grim Ghost #1
Weird Suspense #1
Barbarians #1

(I know I bought all of those new off the spinner racks except for, I'm pretty sure, Barbarians.)

dupont2005

07-30-2008, 10:21 PM

i just bought a few amazing and eternity ex mutants issues off ebay

Reptisaurus!

07-30-2008, 11:01 PM

Brave & Bold #68

Good God! The Supergirl/Wonder Woman ish? I payed 20 bucks for mine!

dan bailey

07-30-2008, 11:43 PM

I wish. Naw -- this was Batman & Metamorpho. Neat to own, just the same, because it's the ish before one of the earliest comics I ever bought, way back in 2nd grade.

DDM

07-31-2008, 12:56 PM

Daredevil #168 (1st Elektra, the Hand), The Spectacular Spider-Man #29-31 (vs & D: Carrion), Spectacular Spider-Man #64 (1st Cloak & Dagger), Web of Spider-Man #1 (vs black costume symbiote), & The Eternals by Jack Kirby TPB Volume 1

DDM

08-07-2008, 01:58 PM

Eternals #1-12 (volume 1) (1st Eternals, Deviants, Celestials, Uni-Mind), Black Goliath #1-3, & #5.

Slam_Bradley

08-07-2008, 02:22 PM

The All-Star Companion, Vol. 1. Allegedly it's been shipped, but I have't seen it yet.

Well what do you know...it just came.

As did copies of Alter Ego 71 & 72.

Kirk G

08-07-2008, 03:39 PM

Eternals #1-12 (volume 1) (1st Eternals, Deviants, Celestials, Uni-Mind), Black Goliath #1-3, & #5.

What! No Black Goliath issue #4????
That's discrimination!

Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that they cancelled his series and that he died or something....:rolleyes:

DDM

08-07-2008, 05:20 PM

What! No Black Goliath issue #4????
That's discrimination!

Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that they cancelled his series and that he died or something....:rolleyes:

MY LCS did not have Black Goliath #4. Can't buy it if it's not in the store.

i*love*comics*247

08-07-2008, 08:22 PM

First time on this thread.

I just bought Cosmo the Merry Martian #1 off of eBay. I really like these old Archie comics from the late '50. I can't believe that this title will be 50 years old next month. Fun to read the adventures of Cosmo and Orbi and the Oogs from the Moon. I still need issue #6 to finish my set of Cosmo.

pmpknface

08-08-2008, 07:07 AM

MY LCS did not have Black Goliath #4. Can't buy it if it's not in the store.
Well, good luck getting it! I just read that series and that's a killer issue.

dan bailey

08-08-2008, 09:01 AM

I'm pretty sure #4 was one of the dollar-bin comics I came home with a couple of weeks ago (the week before my list posted above). I think the same haul included #2 as well.

dupont2005

08-10-2008, 09:50 PM

i just bought a dozen ralph snart comics:smile:

Slam_Bradley

08-13-2008, 10:10 AM

Picked up Tom Strong, Vol 2 and Tom Strong Terrific Tales, vol. 1. $8.50 for the two of them.

DDM

08-16-2008, 03:08 PM

The Eternals #13-18, The Eternals Annual #1 (volume 1), & The Spectacular Spider-Man #27-28 (G: Daredevil, vs Carrion, & 1st Frank Miller Marvel Daredevil)

Rob Allen

08-18-2008, 05:19 PM

My wife discovered a collection of 80s and early 90s comics at the Goodwill store in Beaverton, Oregon this weekend. Mostly DC, lots of Superman, Azrael, Legion, Robin, Hitman, a few X-Men and others. She went thru them with me on the phone, and these are the ones I had her buy (99 cents each):

- American Flagg #6 (Mar 1984) - cover and 28-page story by Howard Chaykin. This will be my first exposure to the character.

- Secret Origins #10 (Jan 1987) - starring the Phantom Stranger. Escher-esque cover by Jim Aparo; inside are four 10-page stories giving different possible origins of the Stranger. Some interesting creative talent:
1. Mike W. Barr & Jim Aparo
2. Paul Levitz & Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
3. Dan Mishkin, Ernie Colon & Pablo Marcos
4. Alan Moore & Joe Orlando

- Dark Horse Comics #13 (Sep 1993) - Got this one because we're personally acquainted with co-editor & scripter Edward Martin III. The 'Aliens' cover is by Kilian Plunkett; inside are three 8-page stories, all based on movie franchises:
1. Aliens by Jim Woodring & Kilian Plunkett
2. The Thing From Another World by Edward Martin III, Ted Naifeh & W. "Moose" Baumann
3. Predator by Evan Dorkin, Derek Thompson & Ande Parks

I'm going to stop by that store myself and see if there are any other gems hidden there.

dan bailey

08-18-2008, 05:44 PM

- Dark Horse Comics #13 (Sep 1993) - Got this one because we're personally acquainted with co-editor & scripter Edward Martin III.

Huh. I didn't realize he'd ever been involved in comics. I know him from a Lovecraft list in his capacity as a movie-maker (any chance we'll be seeing a Rob Allen cameo in Flesh of My Flesh?). Small world ...

InfoBroker

08-18-2008, 05:46 PM

I'm going to stop by that store myself and see if there are any other gems hidden there.

Not if I get there first.

...er, um, oh! You said Beaverton, not Beaver Bay.

... and Oregon not Minnie-sew-tah.

Oops!

-jb the "shouldn't it be Gopher Bay?" ib -

mrc1214

08-19-2008, 08:17 AM

Off ebay i just picked up Daredevil 12,15,37, 143,144,145. 12,15,and 37 are all in G-VG condition so i didnt pay much at all.

Slam_Bradley

08-19-2008, 08:36 AM

Not purchased, but poster Ray R sent me a copy of The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion by Don Rosa.

spoon_jenkins

08-19-2008, 03:21 PM

Feeding my Essential addiction, via ebay I won Essential Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 (which has arrived) and Essential Fantastic Four vol. 6 (which is in transit).

Resplendent

08-19-2008, 03:39 PM

The 2nd book of Ragnarok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(manhwa)), which I find surprising considering I've been playing the game since 2004.

Just recently finished the first book for 11th Cat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Cat) which is really cute I think with a magical touch.

Does a lithograph for Howard Huge (http://howardhuge.com) count at all? lol I'm gonna say it does.

Rob Allen

08-19-2008, 05:17 PM

Huh. I didn't realize he'd ever been involved in comics. I know him from a Lovecraft list in his capacity as a movie-maker (any chance we'll be seeing a Rob Allen cameo in Flesh of My Flesh?). Small world ...

No, I never made time to be in the movie, although I know several people who did and have been on the mailing list all along. I tried to drum up some interest in a comic book adaptation but that went nowhere. I hope he finishes the thing soon - it's been more than three years since they wrapped up filming.

Lone Ranger

08-20-2008, 03:21 PM

Flying Saucers (Dell) #3 and #4 - $3 each
Unknown Worlds (ACG) #34 - $0.99
Kid Cowboy (Ziff-Davis) #5 - $7

All in VG to VG+ range

The Confessor

08-20-2008, 04:08 PM

Just scored Vault Of Horror #3 from the double-sized 1990 Gladstone reprints series on eBay. I was going for issue #5 as well but unfortunately I got outbid. :frown:

Apparently this issue reprints Vault Of Horror #13 and Haunt Of Fear #22 from the original 1950's series. This will be my first exposure to EC Horror comics and I'm really looking forward to reading it.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3882/vaultofhorror3is6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Kirk G

08-20-2008, 04:24 PM

Off ebay i just picked up Daredevil 12,15,37, 143,144,145. 12,15,and 37 are all in G-VG condition so i didnt pay much at all.

Is that #12 the first Kazar story?
#15 would be the Masked Marauder story? Spidey Guest-stars in the next issue.
#37 has to be the second half of the Trapster story with Mrs. Sue Richards,right?

Classics all.... and for such a good price! The others, 143-144-145, I am unfamiliar with them. What are the contents of these DDs??

mrc1214

08-20-2008, 06:19 PM

Is that #12 the first Kazar story?
#15 would be the Masked Marauder story? Spidey Guest-stars in the next issue.
#37 has to be the second half of the Trapster story with Mrs. Sue Richards,right?

Classics all.... and for such a good price! The others, 143-144-145, I am unfamiliar with them. What are the contents of these DDs??

#12 is the story with Ka-Zar final price was 6.25
on the cover of #15 it says and they shall call him Ox 2.33 final for that
#37 is Dr Doom which i got for 1.04 which i was shocked cause Doom is popular
143 is vs Cobra and Hyde,144 is vs the Man Bull and 145 is vs the Owl all 3 were a buck each in high grade not that i really care about the grade.

Im pretty pleased with those book i havent got a chance to read them yet. Im thinking about putting together a Daredevil run but I really want to only keep stuff i know ill read again.

And today i bought from Eclipse Comics Sabre 1-12 for about 50 cents a piece. Im looking foward to this on cause i like McGregors work and love the 80s indy comics (i should thank rick for that cause hes recommended them quite a bit in various threads). And im also suprised at the quality of comics that Eclipse Comics put out. i have a list of books im looking for a lot of them are from the publisher.

InfoBroker

08-20-2008, 06:44 PM

Flying Saucers (Dell) #3 and #4

You have some fun Sam Glanzman entertainment in store for you. I have a lot of nostalgic fondness for these two issues. The week that issue #3 was on the rack (early 1967 - still in my first year of serious comical book collecting), was a down week of sorts, no new Marble Comical books on the racks. So with money in my pocket, and a strong desire to read some sequential visual stories, this issue caught my eye. The cover is one of my favorite Chic Stone's works, I really like the layout.

At the time of publication, the UFO craze was peaking again, and Frank Edwards' book Flying Saucers, Serious Business was selling like hotcakes. Excepts from it were being serialized (along with drawings and pictures) in newspapers, and he was making the rounds of the radio and TV talk shows. Not a very big round in those days - but still making lots of headlines and getting a lot of attention. Not too surprisingly their lots of news stories of people seeing aliens and strange lights in the sky.

Being the young 12 year old that I was, I was all caught up in it and this comic quickly was added to small and meger "I'm buying it" stack.

I'm realizing that I mainly have nostalgic memories for this magazine. I don't remember exact particulars about the contents. Its one of those comics that if I go back and open it though, the story details will all come flooding back to me.

I also picked up this Flash giant size comical book (http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1428/400/1428_4_169.jpg)as well. It has a great filler section by Carmine Infantino call "How I Draw the Flash"

I learned some fine tricks about basic anatomy from those two pages, especially the bit about establishing the main trunk of the body first, because you could extend the appendages in multiple poses from that core section of the body.

Both of these comics along with about 3-400 not Marvel silver-age were sold a year or so later much to my chagrin. I've since recovered this Dell gem, but for reasons totally unknown to me, I never seemed to make a strong effort to aquire the Flash book.

Since then I have never parted with a comic, unless it was double.

...well almost never...

Let me know what you think of these stories Kimosabe. I obviously have a nostalgic bias for them, and I'm thinking maybe I should head up stairs to the very messy comical book room and see if I can find my Gold Key/Dell box.

-jb the "unidentified" ib -

Slam_Bradley

08-21-2008, 10:44 AM

Picked up ten issues of Alter Ego (52-56,58,61,65,67 & 76) for $3 apiece.

dan bailey

08-21-2008, 11:47 AM

Neat haul, Slam. I'm slowly working on a complete Alter Ego run & now have 10 issues to go after my latest order from Lone Star, which included #s 1, 12, 15, 19, 28 & 37 for an average of $3.50 each.

As it happens, TwoMorrows is offering quite a few of its zines for $2 each through the end of September, but that doesn't apply to AE (though it does to the entire available backstock of Comic Book Artist, Write Now & Rough Stuff). Several of their books are half-price as well -- I'll probably get the Legion Outpost collection & am leaning toward the Gene Colan volume as well. (That offer also includes Streetwise, which I already own a copy of -- it's quite good.)

Slam_Bradley

08-21-2008, 11:54 AM

Neat haul, Slam. I'm slowly working on a complete Alter Ego run & now have 10 issues to go after my latest order from Lone Star, which included #s 1, 12, 15, 19, 28 & 37 for an average of $3.50 each.

As it happens, TwoMorrows is offering quite a few of its zines for $2 each through the end of September, but that doesn't apply to AE (though it does to the entire available backstock of Comic Book Artist, Write Now & Rough Stuff). Several of their books are half-price as well -- I'll probably get the Legion Outpost collection & am leaning toward the Gene Colan volme as well.

Thanks. I got the e-mail from TwoMorrows about that. I'm not a big fan of Write Now or Rough Stuff, and I have all the issues of CBA.

The fifty percent off on the books is interesting, but they're still more than I'll usually pay for books. I'm a cheapskate.

Cei-U!

08-21-2008, 12:38 PM

I'm a cheapskate.

Naw, you're just frugal, like me.

Cei-U!
I summon the tight fist!

dan bailey

08-21-2008, 12:43 PM

Thanks. I got the e-mail from TwoMorrows about that. I'm not a big fan of Write Now or Rough Stuff, and I have all the issues of CBA.

The fifty percent off on the books is interesting, but they're still more than I'll usually pay for books. I'm a cheapskate.

As am I. Thing is, I need one of the $2 CBAs (#17) & want something else to ameliorate the shipping charge ...

DDM

08-21-2008, 01:12 PM

The New Warriors #49, Watchmen #2-3, #5-9 #11-12, & Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt TPB

Kirk G

08-21-2008, 02:49 PM

#12 is the story with Ka-Zar final price was 6.25
on the cover of #15 it says and they shall call him Ox 2.33 final for that
#37 is Dr Doom which i got for 1.04 which i was shocked cause Doom is popular
143 is vs Cobra and Hyde,144 is vs the Man Bull and 145 is vs the Owl all 3 were a buck each in high grade not that i really care about the grade.

Im pretty pleased with those book i havent got a chance to read them yet. Im thinking about putting together a Daredevil run but I really want to only keep stuff i know ill read again.

.

Ah yes, I recall that run of FF gueststars (Trapster, Sue Richards, Doom) and the great Gene Colan art was what started me buying Daredevil off the rack back then. I had been flipping through issues since #25 hit the rack (Frogman yellow cover) but didn't start buying until late... had to peddle all over my little town looking for copies of the random back issue to complete the FF arc in one week. I found #35, 36, 37 and bought 38 as FF #73 also came out the same month. (First cross over in the FF? I doubt it. The storylines at least dovetailed..)

I was always annoyed by something in the Dr Doom two parter.... Doom gets DD and takes him to the embassy, where he positions him under a light or doom/tube, and then energizes it and, behold, they have switched bodies! What a cliff-hanger. Next issue, he releases DD in Doom's body, and DD outwhits him into reversing the process.

But any loyal fan of the FF knows that Doom LEARNED how to do this mentally back in FF #10 (something Byrne brings back to good effect at the end of the Terrax arc).

So, why did he need a machine? Why did he have to return to have it undone?
The whole, radio the FF to warn them, then go barging in cross-over modivation was really weak too, if you ask me...

PS: Was Sue revealed to be pregnant in the DD story? That is, did Gene Colan draw her pregnant or at least in her maternity outfit for that two issue gueststar role? I loved the cliff-hangers that Gene and Stan were coming up with during this ten issue run... but the obvious and best one was the tread of an iron boot... either means Iron Man, or (spash page) Doctor Doom! What a classic!

pmpknface

08-22-2008, 07:10 AM

I was always annoyed by something in the Dr Doom two parter.... Doom gets DD and takes him to the embassy, where he positions him under a light or doom/tube, and then energizes it and, behold, they have switched bodies! What a cliff-hanger. Next issue, he releases DD in Doom's body, and DD outwhits him into reversing the process.

But any loyal fan of the FF knows that Doom LEARNED how to do this mentally back in FF #10 (something Byrne brings back to good effect at the end of the Terrax arc).

So, why did he need a machine? Why did he have to return to have it undone?
The whole, radio the FF to warn them, then go barging in cross-over modivation was really weak too, if you ask me...

I think Doom needed to look into your eyes to be able to pull that trick off, if I'm not mistaken, and DD has no eye holes it his costume.

That's my No-Prize solution / answer. :biggrin:

Jankenstein

08-24-2008, 10:40 PM

Recently, I've picked up the Creepy reprint from Dark Horse, Dan Dare and Jeff Hawke reprint books from Titan, and a series of Alex Raymond era Flash Gordon reprints that were carried in the US by Pacific Comics Club.

Kirk G

08-25-2008, 03:35 PM

I think Doom needed to look into your eyes to be able to pull that trick off, if I'm not mistaken, and DD has no eye holes it his costume.

That's my No-Prize solution / answer. :biggrin:

That works for me.
Frankly, I was irritated that Stan went halfway to DD's secret when Doom not only speculates on why there are no eye slits in DD's mask, but also some artist (Kirby?) later drew in DD's eyeballs, and they had to excuse it that Doom had then removed the eyelids...

pmpknface

08-26-2008, 07:22 AM

That works for me.
Frankly, I was irritated that Stan went halfway to DD's secret when Doom not only speculates on why there are no eye slits in DD's mask, but also some artist (Kirby?) later drew in DD's eyeballs, and they had to excuse it that Doom had then removed the eyelids...
Yeah, that kind of stuff can be irritating. However the no-prize parts are fun!

DDM

08-28-2008, 01:01 PM

Fantastic Four #44 (1st Gorgon), Fantastic Four #334-336, Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson Volume 2 TPB, & Spectacular Spider-Man #1

Jamie

08-28-2008, 07:03 PM

For $10.00 I picked up the following Marvel Micronauts comics:

Micronauts #1-22, #30-59

Annual #1, #2

Micronauts: The New Voyages #2, #3

It was billed as "50 Micronauts Comics", but unles I miss my count it's actually 56. I had to buy bags for them as well, but that only added about $3.00 to the total. Not a bad haul, although now I feel compelled to fill out the run.

Cei-U!

08-29-2008, 07:37 AM

Jamie

08-29-2008, 08:36 AM

And to think I was pleased with myself for finding #1 in a dollar box...

Cei-U!
I summon the nice haul!

The only downside is that they'd stapled the goody bag shut, so I now have several shallow scratches from reaching in 56 times to pull out the comics as I bagged them. Mind you, I own two cats, so it's nothing I haven't experienced before. :)

Jamie
wondering if he'll get the proportional strength of a staple...

Ryan K

08-31-2008, 10:55 AM

I went crazy on Amazon these last couple weeks. For whatever reason every year it seems all the books I really want and look forward to all year come out during the same couple weeks in August and September. Anyway, I bought:

Scorchy Smith and the Art of Noel Sickles from IDW's Library of Amercan comics. Absolutely gorgeous book. I haven't even started reading it and I'm already in love.

Herbie Archives, Vol. 1. This hasn't come in yet and I'm pissed it didn't get to me before ths 3-day weekend, because I'm primed to start reading it the second I tear the box open.

Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes. I'm about halfway through this and I'm having trouble making an assessment so far. I was introduced to Hayes work through Dan Nadel's Art out of Time and his comic in there was one of my favorites. So I was pleased to hear about this book coming out. So far though my opinions of the work contained within it's pages has ranged from "genius" to "immature crap from a moody creep". Quite a spectrum.

The Near Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus and Scud the Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang. I have no idea when I'll ever have the time to read these comprehensively. The Hembeck book though is excellent bathroom reading material. No disrespect to Mr. Hembeck intended, I just mean it's great for short bursts of entertainment (no pun intended).

Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin. $39 off cover on Amazon, so I caved.

Amor y Cohetes. This is the new format Love & Rockets book I've been waiting for as I don't believe I've read most of it's contents (or at least I don't remember).

I haven't bought much else recently, like say food or clothing . . .

Jamie

08-31-2008, 07:26 PM

They had a sale at one of the local shops which, combined with the weekly "25% off back issues" weekend sale at another shop, has thoroughly depleted my bank account. 20% off US-cover-priced trades is pretty good for this citizen of Soviet Canuckistan.

Amongst more recent titles, I picked up:

Captain Confederacy #1-4. I've never heard of this Eclipse title before, but given they were marked at a quarter each and then were 25% off, I wound up spending a whopping 75 cents for four issues. Hard to go wrong there.

Squadron Supreme: Death of A Universe. This has been on my Want List for some time now, and with the sale it cost me about half of the $40.00 Canadian list price.

I also picked up 10 issues of Kobalt, the other Milestone comic written by John Rozum (who wrote the criminally underrated Xombi, of which I already have a complete run.)

To be honest, I'm kind of glad the sale ended today, because I easily spent over $100.00 there this week.

The Confessor

09-02-2008, 03:50 PM

I've just received seven issues of Action Comics in the post this morning, all dating from the late 70's. The issues I got were #471, #472, #473, #480, #481, #482 and #483.

I'm really chuffed with this lot because not only were they very cheap but they're all in wonderful NM or VF condition and issues #480 - #483 feature the first (and possibly only) appearance of the Supermobile! :biggrin: :cool:

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2360/actioncomics481wz6.jpg

Jamie

09-02-2008, 06:25 PM

I'm really chuffed with this lot because not only were they very cheap but they're all in wonderful NM or VF condition and issues #480 - #483 feature the first (and possibly only) appearance of the Supermobile! :biggrin: :cool:

Forgive me my ignorance, but why does Superman need a Supermobile in these issues?

dan bailey

09-02-2008, 07:49 PM

I also picked up 10 issues of Kobalt, the other Milestone comic written by John Rozum (who wrote the criminally underrated Xombi, of which I already have a complete run.)

Huh. I discovered Rozum only within the last few months, thanks to my coming across his two Midnight, Mass. minis for Vertigo from earlier this decade. (He also wrote the pretty solid Foundation for Boom! the last few months.) Very impressive.

Reptisaurus!

09-02-2008, 07:53 PM

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2360/actioncomics481wz6.jpg

That's a Joe Kubert, huh? Always seems like he's a little uncomfortable with the superhero stuff.

benday-dot

09-02-2008, 08:06 PM

That's a Joe Kubert, huh? Always seems like he's a little uncomfortable with the superhero stuff.

Kubert? Looks to me like a Garcia Lopez??

dan bailey

09-02-2008, 08:17 PM

Sure doesn't look very Kubertesque to me, except maybe a bit around the villain's eyes & maybe mouth. If anything, from my perspective Supes' face looks slightly Kane-ish.

InfoBroker

09-02-2008, 08:25 PM

That's a Joe Kubert, huh? Always seems like he's a little uncomfortable with the superhero stuff.

First off, it is indeed Garcia-Lopez, its even signed.

Secondly, given his excellent history on Hawkman alone, I don't think he's suffering any form of discomfort.

-jb the ib-

Jamie

09-02-2008, 09:30 PM

Huh. I discovered Rozum only within the last few months, thanks to my coming across his two Midnight, Mass. minis for Vertigo from earlier this decade. (He also wrote the pretty solid Foundation for Boom! the last few months.) Very impressive.

I heartily support Boom! and have #1-4 of The Foundation (I had to get the middle two from the publisher.) Then I saw the trade on the shelf of the shop this weekend, so I bought it rather than try to find #5. I haven't had the chance to read it yet.

He also did a two-issue stint on Detective Comics recently that was entertaining.

Black Vespa

09-02-2008, 09:41 PM

http://www.samruby.com/AmazingSpider-ManA/Large/AmazingSpider-Man063.jpg

The Confessor

09-03-2008, 03:13 AM

Forgive me my ignorance, but why does Superman need a Supermobile in these issues?

I dunno for sure, since I haven't read them yet but I'll get back to you with an answer as soon as I have.

I'm assuming it's because someone has taken his powers away but we'll see.

MDG

09-03-2008, 06:17 AM

I dunno for sure, since I haven't read them yet but I'll get back to you with an answer as soon as I have.

I'm assuming it's because someone has taken his powers away but we'll see.

I think the real (i.e., Earth Prime) reason Superman needed a Supermobile was because a toy company wanted to sell one.

dan bailey

09-03-2008, 06:50 AM

First off, it is indeed Garcia-Lopez, its even signed.

Sure 'nuff. That wasn't legible last night on my monitor at home.

Secondly, given his excellent history on Hawkman alone, I don't think he's suffering any form of discomfort.

True enough, but I definitely don't think the cape-&-costume crowd are his forte ... or maybe it's just that his (extremely considerable) strengths are better served by the likes of Viking Prince, Tor, Sgt. Rock, etc. His covers for, say, Flash or All-Star Squadron back in the day were very impressive, but to me his (for lack of a better adjective) rough-hewn approach just didn't particularly fit the subjects.

The same goes, of course, for personal favorites of mine like John Severin & Russ Heath -- 2 of the best war & western illustrators ever, but the thought of them taking on, say, Superman is ... off-putting. Though of course that may well be because they came up to a great extent during the comparatively superhero-less '50s; if they'd honed their chops on Green Arrow or whatever or even Atlas giant monsters, I'd no doubt associate them with those sorts of stories instead of Billy the Kid or Sgt. Fury or Robin Hood or the Haunted Tank.

And I guess it would might also be applicable to Joe Maneely, whom I'd never thought about a whole lot (being largely unacquainted with his output except for the occasional reprint in the back of the Marvel horror titles back in the '70s) till I read a nice, heavily illustrated retrospective on him in a newly acquired back issue of Alter Ego a couple of weeks ago. It's very tempting to wonder -- as many have -- just what path the Marvel revolution might've taken if Stan Lee had been able to turn to his favorite artist, Maneely, in addition to (or even instead of) Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko back in the early '60s, but again I don't know if a Maneely-drawn FF or Spider-Man would've proven as popular as what we actually got.

Slam_Bradley

09-03-2008, 07:46 AM

Forgive me my ignorance, but why does Superman need a Supermobile in these issues?

Because it was a toy tie-in.

I don't remember why in the stories. But the real reason is because of a licensing deal of some sort.

Cei-U!

09-03-2008, 08:23 AM

Mego notwithstanding, the first Supermobile appeared in World's Finest Comics #77 (July-August 1955). It was a converted Batmobile.

Cei-U!
I summon the precedent!

Reptisaurus!

09-03-2008, 09:13 AM

Ah crap. But, c'mon! Look at the faces!

(Also: Surprisingly weak cover design for Garcia-Lopez.)

Jamie

09-03-2008, 10:19 AM

I dunno for sure, since I haven't read them yet but I'll get back to you with an answer as soon as I have.

Excellent. I assumed that the Earth-Prime reason was, as mentioned, a toy deal, but I'm more interested in how they justified it within the story.

dan bailey

09-03-2008, 10:21 AM

Ah crap. But, c'mon! Look at the faces!

Actually, I wouldn't exactly be shocked senseless to learn that Kubert at least did a bit of retouching to the villain's face. I know he did that on various characters' visages in some of the war titles (that I assume he was editing) in the '70s.

Not too long ago I was looking at an old coverless copy of something-or-other (GI Combat?) from back then & saw that in a Losers story drawn by John Severin, Johnny Cloud's face was redone in a few panels by Kubert, though it wasn't done consistently.

MDG

09-03-2008, 01:39 PM

Mego notwithstanding, the first Supermobile appeared in World's Finest Comics #77 (July-August 1955). It was a converted Batmobile.
You mean that despite his super-intellect Superman doesn't know that you should never by a used car from a friend?

Lone Ranger

09-03-2008, 01:56 PM

Some recent eBay activity - the 7 books 9in VG-FN range) came to just under $20, if memory serves:

Strange Suspense Stories #7 (1969)
Space Adventures #5 (1969)
Unknown Worlds #49 (Ditko story)
Ghost Manor #30 & #31
Battle Heroes #1 (obscure 60s Giant)
Phantom #32 (Aparo)

Jamie

09-03-2008, 02:35 PM

You mean that despite his super-intellect Superman doesn't know that you should never by a used car from a friend?

Maybe it was a loaner.

Cei-U!

09-03-2008, 04:35 PM

Maybe it was a loaner.

Exactly. Thanks to the evil Professor Pender, Superman was powerless and Batman was superpowered, so Bats temporarily rigged all his gear for Big Blue. I wish I could upload a pic of the car but that technology eludes me at the mo.

Cei-U!
I summon the stone axes and flints!

The Confessor

09-03-2008, 09:38 PM

I think the real (i.e., Earth Prime) reason Superman needed a Supermobile was because a toy company wanted to sell one.

Because it was a toy tie-in.

I don't remember why in the stories. But the real reason is because of a licensing deal of some sort.

And what a fine, fine toy it was too! I had many a happy childhood hour playing with that. It had a little switch at the rear that, when pressed, would make the "fists" at the front shoot out.

Totally pointless of course, but totally cool at the same time. :cool:

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7864/supermobilejw1.jpg

Jamie

09-04-2008, 07:56 AM

And what a fine, fine toy it was too! I had many a happy childhood hour playing with that. It had a little switch at the rear that, when pressed, would make the "fists" at the front shoot out.

Totally pointless of course, but totally cool at the same time. :cool:

*imaged snipped*

You know, I think I had that toy as a youngling myself. I seem to recall playing with it and the Spider-Copter at the same time.

I wonder if I could find it in my dad's basement...

The Confessor

09-05-2008, 07:58 AM

Excellent. I assumed that the Earth-Prime reason was, as mentioned, a toy deal, but I'm more interested in how they justified it within the story.

OK, I read the four issues featuring the Supermobile last night and I was sort of right, Superman has indeed lost or is losing his powers in this story arc.

What happened is that billions of years ago in a distant galaxy, a large red star went nova causing waves of "Red Radiation" to spread out across the universe until it eventually reached our solar system. The wave finally hit earth and passed through the JLA Satellite where Superman was taking his turn at watch. The wave had the effect of reviving Amazo (who was in suspended animation somewhere within the JLA Satellite) and rekindling all the super-powers that he had absorbed from the JLA years before.

Unfortunately, the "Red radiation" had quite the opposite effect on Superman...it began to cause his powers to decline rapidly until he was all but powerless. So, in order to fight the revived Amazo, who was now causing havoc on Earth, Superman retired to his Fortress Of Solitude where he built the Supermobile, which is constructed of “Supermanium”, the hardest metal in the known universe (I'm not making this up!!).

Of course, by the time Superman and his Supermobile had defeated Amazo, the wave of "Red Radiation" has begun to move on away from Earth and Superman's powers began to return.

So there you have it! :smile:

DDM

09-05-2008, 05:29 PM

from Mile High Comics:

Ka-Zar #1-10, Ka-Zar #13-34 (1981 series), The Sensational She-Hulk #32-36, The Sensational She-Hulk #37-38, The Sensational She-Hulk #41-44, The New Mutants Summer Special #1, & Power Pack Holiday Special #1...

and my LCS:

Fantastic Four #100 & Fallen Angels #1-8

mrc1214

09-06-2008, 08:48 AM

From mycomicshop I got Captain America 247-250.

dupont2005

09-08-2008, 02:37 PM

xenon # 1-23 from eclipse comics.

Jamie

09-08-2008, 07:53 PM

Along with getting the complete John Rozum run on the X-Files through the quarter and dollar bins, netting a bunch of $1.00 Roms, and filling a suddenly-appearing hole in my Nomad collection (which I had thought was complete, but apparently lacks three more issues), I picked up a copy of Strange Sports Stories #6 for $1.25.

I also got the second and third volumes of Essential Defenders at a discount.

All told, I think I dropped around $100.00 on comics this weekend, and my bank account is starting to frown at me.

pmpknface

09-09-2008, 09:10 AM

xenon # 1-23 from eclipse comics.
I have a ton of Eclipse and Comico comics I need to get rid of. Good to know there's a market for them still!

mrc1214

09-09-2008, 09:30 AM

From my LCS i just got Detective Comics #469 (Englehart) and Uncanny X-Men 120 (first Alpha Flight). I got both for good prices and the X-Men is my first Claremont/Byrne issue. I have them in Essentials but i really wanted to see them in color. And the Englehart Detectives Comics ive wanted to get since ive gotten back into comics.

dan bailey

09-09-2008, 10:26 AM

All told, I think I dropped around $100.00 on comics this weekend, and my bank account is starting to frown at me.

I know the feeling. From the looks of things, even though I don't recall the trauma in question, it's pretty apparent that someone held a gun to my head over the last few days & forced me to buy the following from various online vendors (Mile High, Lone Star Comics, Books-a-Million, etc) --

Showcase Presents The Atom v2
Showcase Presents Superman v4
Showcase Presents Hawkman v2
Classic Champions v1 & 2
Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
Essential Marvel Team-Up v1 & 2
Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko

And some individual issues as well, including --
Hulk 417 418
Blackhawk 265 (I now lack only a couple of the Evanier-Spiegle issues)
Superboy 124 127 134 139-141 (completing my modest run of #s 121-169)

And if they're in stock, the following actually represent the completion of my attempt to snag every Legion comic that I don't own in the Legion Archives --

Superboy & the Legion 231
Legion of Super-Heroes ('89 series) 125

dupont2005

09-09-2008, 12:19 PM

I have a ton of Eclipse and Comico comics I need to get rid of. Good to know there's a market for them still!

send me a pm when you got your auction up

dupont2005

09-09-2008, 12:41 PM

just got the old magazine sized elfquest # 1,2,4,5,6. not sure if they are first prints or not, but got them all for $9 shipped. for sure they aren't 4th prints so hopefully they are good

MartinRedmond

09-09-2008, 02:40 PM

There was a convention, so I was going to spend 40$. I spend 80$

Atlas 1st Issue Special by Jack Kirby I'm not a huge Kirby fan but I enjoyed this ALOT. The designs are particularly sweet.

New Teen Titans 1-50 Teen Titans (Baxter) 1-12
New Mutants 18-31 (I've bought this a bunch of times over)
Cosmic Boy 1-4 I love the art, the story's okay.
Filled some holes in my Legion collection 302, 304, 306 and 307
Infinity 28-31 Todd McFarlane. :> It's odd how hard he was trying to push the envellope with lay-outs. The DeZuniga inking in those issues isn't so overpowering, so it looks like Todd's stuff.
Uncanny X-Men 249 and 259 for nostalgia's sake. Both pretty awesome. Only downer is in 259 when thugs crash a party just so there's a really forced action scene, thankfully, it's only one page.
X-Men vs Avengers 1-3 The art rocks my world. The story is pretty good too.
Giant Size Defenders #2 Thought I had finally found a Mint copy of this, not. :{

I purged my collection a few months back, and I've run out of storage again.

pmpknface

09-10-2008, 07:48 AM

There was a convention, so I was going to spend 40$. I spend 80$

Atlas 1st Issue Special by Jack Kirby I'm not a huge Kirby fan but I enjoyed this ALOT. The designs are particularly sweet.

HA! I know that feeling.

Is this the Kirby book you speak of?

http://doctor-k100.blogspot.com/2008/05/jack-kirbys-atlas.html

http://bp0.blogger.com/_qPon2S4vHls/SDZTtTgXaKI/AAAAAAAABOo/T3_MC8PDZts/s320/atlas1.jpg

I've never heard of it! I gotta remember to look for this one to complete my Kirby DC run. :biggrin:

dan bailey

09-10-2008, 08:42 AM

pmpknface

09-10-2008, 08:59 AM

Neato! Thanks! :)

Jamie

09-10-2008, 09:56 AM

I'm not MartinRedmond, but that's definitely the one he's talking about. Actually, I gather that Atlas has popped up as a central figure in the current run of either Action or Superman (whichever one James Robinson is now writing [apparently quite badly, reviews would indicate]), so I suppose that ish might become somewhat sought after before too long ...

Indeed. I understand he will also be bringing in Codename: Assassin at some point -- and he used Starman (appropriately enough) in his Starman series. So he may be the biggest First Issue Special fan ever known.

MartinRedmond

09-10-2008, 09:59 AM

Yeah, that's the book. It's inked by Bruce Berry? He does a great job. I loved the artwork.

Big HURGH! about him being in Superman. Why do they have to throw Superman/Batman/Wolverine into everything these days. Is it the end of comics? :(

dan bailey

09-10-2008, 10:21 AM

Indeed. I understand he will also be bringing in Codename: Assassin at some point -- and he used Starman (appropriately enough) in his Starman series. So he may be the biggest First Issue Special fan ever known.

If we get Joe Simon's Outsiders, I'll be ... nonplussed.

JKCarrier

09-10-2008, 10:26 AM

So he may be the biggest First Issue Special fan ever known.

So there's still hope for an Outsiders (http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=32264604970%2010) revival? :biggrin:

(D'oh! Dan beat me to it!)

MartinRedmond

09-10-2008, 12:32 PM

How reliable are mile high comics just out of curiosity? Do they really have everything?

pmpknface

09-10-2008, 12:34 PM

How reliable are mile high comics just out of curiosity? Do they really have everything?
Check out their site. Pretty much. I've been to one, and it was impressive. Never ordered from them on-line though.

Jamie

09-10-2008, 12:53 PM

Check out their site. Pretty much. I've been to one, and it was impressive. Never ordered from them on-line though.

There's the occasional complaint about their pricing (somewhat offset by their near-constant sales) but I've not seen, or experienced, anything negative with their selection.

Jamie

09-10-2008, 12:55 PM

Big HURGH! about him being in Superman. Why do they have to throw Superman/Batman/Wolverine into everything these days. Is it the end of comics? :(

Well, they didn't throw Superman into it -- they threw him into Superman. :) It's not like they stuck Superman in as a guest-star in an Atlas on-going or anything.

spoon_jenkins

09-10-2008, 01:02 PM

I'm awaiting Essential Super-Villain Team-Up in the mail.

How reliable are mile high comics just out of curiosity? Do they really have everything?
I've placed about 6 different orders with Mile High (give or take a couple) and I've never had a problem. They have a pretty good selection. They'll often have multiple grades of a book, so you have options if you'd prefer a reader's copy or a nicer copy.

DDM

09-10-2008, 01:31 PM

How reliable are mile high comics just out of curiosity? Do they really have everything?

Mile High Comics is a reliable source for back issues since they have a diverse obscure collection of almost everything. I buy from MHC often when I cannot find the comics at my LCS.

dupont2005

09-10-2008, 03:15 PM

There's the occasional complaint about their pricing (somewhat offset by their near-constant sales) but I've not seen, or experienced, anything negative with their selection.

price is why i hold off and try to go through ebay, but sometimes they have what you need to complete a series and paying a little extra is acceptable. i wouldn't go to them for the bulk of my back issues, but the ones i have a really hard time finding i would

Jamie

09-10-2008, 03:21 PM

price is why i hold off and try to go through ebay, but sometimes they have what you need to complete a series and paying a little extra is acceptable. i wouldn't go to them for the bulk of my back issues, but the ones i have a really hard time finding i would

I find their prices tend to be comparable to those of most ebay sellers, once you take into account shipping -- but I am in Canada, and shipping charges from the US to Canada can be absurdly high from some ebay sellers. ($12.00 for one comic?!) I get most of my comics locally, but I've bought more from Lone Star and Mile High than I have ebay.

Oh, and I should mention that I did have one order misfilled by Mile High once (they sent me the wrong issue of Kid Eternity) but they were prompt and courteous in replacing the issue. Likewise with Lone Star when they sent me the wrong Batman/Poison Ivy title and credited my account there.