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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 13, 2014 17:19:59 GMT -5
There are worse things to do with one's life and time than devour each and every panel of a comic book. But this probably isn't the place for an objective opinion about that. I was wondering, do you actually own all those comics Cei-U? Or do you have access to some super secret vault for Alter Ego writers? Or maybe you go to Roy Thomas' house twice a week to swap? A number of serious collectors who support my work provide me with scans (with the understanding that I not pass them on any further). Cei-U! I summon the truly generous fans! |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 14, 2014 12:53:04 GMT -5
Ahhh.. that is awfully nice... I'd imagine decent scans of an entire comic (especially assuming one is taking care with said comic) must take forever! Quite a worthy enterprise, though  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2014 13:47:49 GMT -5
I scanned a comic once, it is a lot of work. I never even cropped the scans and made it into a file of any kind.
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 14, 2014 18:07:57 GMT -5
just finished a chunk of delano's animal man - 8 issues - no villains (apart from humanity itself) - no violence - no costumes - nothing. Strange stories of militant feminists, buddy passing himself through different animals for issues after his death, before reincarnating himself in the egg of a dinosaur, disturbed family members, forgiveness and reconciliation. Unusual, quite unique, and if not classic stories are still very enjoyable. (started to quote pharozonk to describe my fav swamp thing in space story before i realised i couldnt actually describe it and now i cant delete the quote box - most boring addendum ever) |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 14, 2014 20:05:14 GMT -5
just finished a chunk of delano's animal man - 8 issues - no villains (apart from humanity itself) - no violence - no costumes - nothing. Strange stories of militant feminists, buddy passing himself through different animals for issues after his death, before reincarnating himself in the egg of a dinosaur, disturbed family members, forgiveness and reconciliation. Unusual, quite unique, and if not classic stories are still very enjoyable. The start of Delano's AM run is very good, especially after Tom Veitch's run fizzled out in the lead-up to issue 50. Towards the end of Delano's tenure, it gets to be a little "political issue of the month", but it's still an interesting comic with some nice art from Russ Braun.
Avoid Jerry Prosser's run, though. It's both inpenetrable and terrible.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 14, 2014 23:26:20 GMT -5
The pre-Moore issues of Swamp Thing weren't that bad.
I think Broome-Kane Green Lantern is probably my favorite DC Silver Age title.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 14, 2014 23:55:06 GMT -5
I'm surprised how many of my favorite GL stories are written by Fox. Until I started looking at them in depth, I always assumed the good ones were all Broome. Most of them are, mind you, but still...
Cei-U!
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Post by The Captain on Jun 15, 2014 15:07:31 GMT -5
Started reading the Black Panther issues of Jungle Action last night, getting up to #14 (but excluding #8, which I don't currently own). Really enjoyed these books, particularly in light of having just read Kirby's BP series, as this is much better due to better-written supporting characters, the use of Wakanda as a "character", and a better-plotted story.
One thing that frustrated me, not related to the story, was finding that issues #9, 10, and 11 were all missing their Marvel Value Stamps. I know I'd bought all of those issues for $5 or less at the Pittsburgh Comicon last September (I didn't closely examine the interiors due to the very reasonable cost, so I only have myself to blame), but I never understood why people cut those out. For those of you who are old enough to have been collecting at the time, what was the purpose of the stamp and why would people deface their books to cut out a small square of paper?
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 15, 2014 15:26:27 GMT -5
Started reading the Black Panther issues of Jungle Action last night, getting up to #14 (but excluding #8, which I don't currently own). Really enjoyed these books, particularly in light of having just read Kirby's BP series, as this is much better due to better-written supporting characters, the use of Wakanda as a "character", and a better-plotted story. One thing that frustrated me, not related to the story, was finding that issues #9, 10, and 11 were all missing their Marvel Value Stamps. I know I'd bought all of those issues for $5 or less at the Pittsburgh Comicon last September (I didn't closely examine the interiors due to the very reasonable cost, so I only have myself to blame), but I never understood why people cut those out. For those of you who are old enough to have been collecting at the time, what was the purpose of the stamp and why would people deface their books to cut out a small square of paper? Got this from Marvel Wikia Beginning in March 1974, Marvel began printing a Value Stamp on the letters page of every title. The campaign culminated with the appearance of the hundredth stamp with a secret character in a secret issue (eventually revealed to be Galactus in Sub-Mariner #72). They also sold a stamp book for 50 cents (to cover postage and "manhandling") in which collectors could put those stamps. A full book entitled the owner to discounts on admission to comic-book conventions, merchandise, and other goodies. These books were also numbered, for reasons that never become clear.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 15, 2014 15:51:31 GMT -5
I had a book at one time but didn't know it would give you discounts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2014 16:12:02 GMT -5
Stamp collecting as a whole was still much more in vogue in the 70's as well, and in some cases getting the stamp as something to collect (cut out and put in a stamp album) appealed to that particular collector mentality. If they bought a second copy of the issue to keep whole, so much the better...
This was the era of getting S&H Green Stamps every time you went to certain grocery stores after all, and certain cigarette brands having stamps/coupons inside the cellophane of the pack you could collect and redeem...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 15, 2014 17:28:46 GMT -5
Stamp collecting as a whole was still much more in vogue in the 70's as well, and in some cases getting the stamp as something to collect (cut out and put in a stamp album) appealed to that particular collector mentality. If they bought a second copy of the issue to keep whole, so much the better... This was the era of getting S&H Green Stamps every time you went to certain grocery stores after all, and certain cigarette brands having stamps/coupons inside the cellophane of the pack you could collect and redeem... -M There is at least one positive about the reviled 90's, the stamps were something that was detachable and not part of a story page. |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 15, 2014 17:55:40 GMT -5
just finished a chunk of delano's animal man - 8 issues - no villains (apart from humanity itself) - no violence - no costumes - nothing. Strange stories of militant feminists, buddy passing himself through different animals for issues after his death, before reincarnating himself in the egg of a dinosaur, disturbed family members, forgiveness and reconciliation. Unusual, quite unique, and if not classic stories are still very enjoyable. The start of Delano's AM run is very good, especially after Tom Veitch's run fizzled out in the lead-up to issue 50. Towards the end of Delano's tenure, it gets to be a little "political issue of the month", but it's still an interesting comic with some nice art from Russ Braun.
Avoid Jerry Prosser's run, though. It's both inpenetrable and terrible.
What other runs in that series are worth reading? I only have the middle of delano's run (and morrison's) - is milligan's worth a go? my vertigo "collection" is a mess and I need to sort it out because those late 80s dc into vertigo book are just such a sweet spot for me. What else is worth a go? - i have doom patrol, the first 25 issues of shade, black orchid, enigma, extremist - couldnt quite get into Sandman - and magic books like Hellblazer are a bit of a turn off although I did read a story called "how i learned to love the bomb" and enjoyed that one. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2014 18:05:53 GMT -5
The start of Delano's AM run is very good, especially after Tom Veitch's run fizzled out in the lead-up to issue 50. Towards the end of Delano's tenure, it gets to be a little "political issue of the month", but it's still an interesting comic with some nice art from Russ Braun.
Avoid Jerry Prosser's run, though. It's both inpenetrable and terrible.
What other runs in that series are worth reading? I only have the middle of delano's run (and morrison's) - is milligan's worth a go? my vertigo "collection" is a mess and I need to sort it out because those late 80s dc into vertigo book are just such a sweet spot for me. What else is worth a go? - i have doom patrol, the first 25 issues of shade, black orchid, enigma, extremist - couldnt quite get into Sandman - and magic books like Hellblazer are a bit of a turn off although I did read a story called "how i learned to love the bomb" and enjoyed that one. I might recommend Scarab, quite good but a few nebulous ties to DCU, the Vertigo Visions Phantom Stranger one-shot, the Vertigo Visions mini The Unseen Hand, J.M. DeMatteis & Glenn Fabry's Seekers into Mystery, and Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo Da Vicni as some of my favorite early era Vertigo stuff, though some of it extends into the early 90's not just late 80's. -M |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 15, 2014 18:40:30 GMT -5
oh yeah it can plough into the 90s no problem and if it's got vague ties to DCu no problem - it can be enjoyable seeing characters get the vertigo treatment. I keep hearing about Chiaroscuro and then forgetting it - i dont think i've ever read anything by deMatteis but it's difficult to see how one could go wrong with a book called seekers into mystery.
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