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Post by berkley on Jun 11, 2020 12:00:13 GMT -5
I thought of another of my biggest misses - Master of Kung Fu, which I didn't start reading until #49. I really regret being so slow to catch on to this series. I had gotten back into comics about a year and a half earlier, so if I'd caught on then I would have started somewhere around #31 or #32. I still would have missed a lot of good, and some great, MoKF issues but would have been there for most of the Gulacy run.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 12, 2020 8:23:32 GMT -5
I personally missed the boat on any Sgt. Rock during my collecting in the 70's fresh off the racks. Somehow it was just never on my radar, seldom seen and when I did notice a cover, it was usually put aside for getting the newest Avengers or X-Men or such. Now I kick myself for not reading or buying when it.
Same can be kind of said with Warren Magazines. They were just out of my price range, so I would flip through at the stands, or read occasionally if a friend bought one. They were always visible just costly for a school kid. During my senior high school year in 1979/1980 there was a used bookstore a mile from the school so I would make the trek every few weeks for seeing what he might get and that was the only time I managed to get a few beaten up used Eerie, Creepy and Vampirella's cheaply. Think I got 2 of each and 1 Spirit magazine for like $5. A steal and I read them over and over.
Other odds and ends series knew of but never followed or bought other than maybe an issue or two even though they were good: Alien Legion Epic Illustrated (again just a bit too pricey) American Flagg Conan the King DNAgents Jonah Hex-never a regular find on the racks until near it's end and revamp to Hex in the future Vigilante-the Wolfman version "Mazing Man Omega Men The 'Nam Airboy Grendel (any iteration) Animal Man Punisher 1st series-bought the 1st 5 issues and dropped
Sure more will come to mind...
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 12, 2020 8:59:18 GMT -5
I missed all those (except some of the newer Grendel) as they were all before I got into comics. But I did buy the Grendels as they came out that were being published at the time, mostly due to the Grendel/Batman crossover in 1993. As far as the rest, I have since been buying and finding the issues to complete the series for; Alien Legion, Epic Illustrated, Omega Men (only missing 2 issues), Grendel (various titles) and Animal Man. I have a few issues of American Flagg, though it's really not my typical comic, so I never really pursued more than the few I bought.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 12, 2020 20:26:22 GMT -5
I completely missed the James Robinson Starman series when it came out. During that time frame, I wasn't buying a whole lot of new books as I was beginning to become disillusioned with the whole "comics as an investment" movement. I bought roughly a dozen titles a month, mainly The Spectre, Sandman Mystery Theatre, the Gemstone EC reprint floppies, a couple of Batman titles, Amazing Spider-man, and a handful of others including the occasional one-shot or mini-series.
However, in 2015, my son (who was 25 at the time) turned me onto Starman, and I quickly assembled the complete run in floppies and thoroughly devoured the storyline. In return, I turned him on to Sandman Mystery Theatre, which was one of my favorites from the early-mid 90's. Now he's trying to collect the entire run of SMT.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 22:53:24 GMT -5
I completely missed the James Robinson Starman series when it came out. During that time frame, I wasn't buying a whole lot of new books as I was beginning to become disillusioned with the whole "comics as an investment" movement. I bought roughly a dozen titles a month, mainly The Spectre, Sandman Mystery Theatre, the Gemstone EC reprint floppies, a couple of Batman titles, Amazing Spider-man, and a handful of others including the occasional one-shot or mini-series.
However, in 2015, my son (who was 25 at the time) turned me onto Starman, and I quickly assembled the complete run in floppies and thoroughly devoured the storyline. In return, I turned him on to Sandman Mystery Theatre, which was one of my favorites from the early-mid 90's. Now he's trying to collect the entire run of SMT. I've been trying to complete the SMT run for the past few years, but man those last 10 issues are tough. I always run into dealers who have complete or near complete runs up to issue 50 or 55, but I rarely see issues after that, and the few times I do, they are pricey. -M
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 12, 2020 23:20:00 GMT -5
I've been trying to complete the SMT run for the past few years, but man those last 10 issues are tough. I always run into dealers who have complete or near complete runs up to issue 50 or 55, but I rarely see issues after that, and the few times I do, they are pricey. -M Those were tough for me too, but I found them at pretty reasonable prices several years back. I've also run into the exact same problem with the 90's Animal man. I'm down to needing one issue-- the last one-- and it's practically impossible to find. Spectre #62 (last issue) has the same problem as it was a rather low print run, but at least I have that one. Good luck in your search. It's a problem that apparently plagues many 90's DC books toward the end of their runs.
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Post by berkley on Jun 13, 2020 0:55:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I could include the Warren mags too. I didn't miss out on them altogether, but if I had my time back I would have bought them nearly every month instead of just very occsionally, though it could be I just didn't have enough spending money to buy everything I wanted. Whatever the reason, I missed a lot of very good Warren mags that I later paid a lot more for as back issues.
And Vampirella, come to think of it, I did miss altogether: at the time I thought it was a bit silly, which it is, but now I think, "So what?" Great artwork from people like José Gonzales, Gonzalo Mayo, and other Warren regulars. Also, as a younger kid I think I would have been embarrassed to bring it to the counter. By the time I was old enough not to care, it was near the end of its run and those later issues didn't look as good as the earlier ones.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 15, 2020 7:54:48 GMT -5
Another one I missed the boat on until recently was Marvel 1985, the concept of Marvel villains invading our world is fantastic even if the plot itself is a little flat but the art is amazing.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 15, 2020 9:03:39 GMT -5
Another one I missed the boat on until recently was Marvel 1985, the concept of Marvel villains invading our world is fantastic even if the plot itself is a little flat but the art is amazing. I bought Marvel 1985 at the time and found it totally underwhelming. Nice idea for a story, but the execution was lousy.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 15, 2020 10:28:22 GMT -5
Missed out on Little Lulu completely and later when Russ Cochran reprinted too cause I was buying those beautiful EC sets. Missed the Uncle Scrooge sets as well, even though I knew they were already tremendous; that whole budget thang.
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Post by brutalis on Jun 15, 2020 10:29:33 GMT -5
Another one I missed the boat on until recently was Marvel 1985, the concept of Marvel villains invading our world is fantastic even if the plot itself is a little flat but the art is amazing. I bought Marvel 1985 at the time and found it totally underwhelming. Nice idea for a story, but the execution was lousy. I prefer Marvel 1872 with the MU characters originating during the old west. Also Marvel 1602 with the MU during Elizabethan times.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 15, 2020 10:43:45 GMT -5
I bought Marvel 1985 at the time and found it totally underwhelming. Nice idea for a story, but the execution was lousy. I prefer Marvel 1872 with the MU characters originating during the old west. Also Marvel 1602 with the MU during Elizabethan times. I don't particular care for anything Western related, but 1872 was a fascinating romp. Then they shot themselves in the foot with it's continuation, Red Wolf.
And Confessor , that just sounds like Mark Millar being Mark Millar. He's sometimes good, but more often than not fairly mediocre
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Post by Confessor on Jun 15, 2020 12:25:12 GMT -5
I bought Marvel 1985 at the time and found it totally underwhelming. Nice idea for a story, but the execution was lousy. I prefer Marvel 1872 with the MU characters originating during the old west. Also Marvel 1602 with the MU during Elizabethan times. I've not read any of those, actually. Maybe I should.
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Post by rberman on Jun 15, 2020 12:40:43 GMT -5
I prefer Marvel 1872 with the MU characters originating during the old west. Also Marvel 1602 with the MU during Elizabethan times. I've not read any of those, actually. Maybe I should. 1602 was fun. Kubert and Gaiman. I have mulled a review thread but have not gotten around to it.
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Post by berkley on Jun 15, 2020 16:20:33 GMT -5
Didn't know about the 1872 one but I didn't like 1602 at all and bailed after the first couple of issues, so I'm pretty sceptical, based on that experience.
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