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Post by brutalis on Sept 18, 2020 17:51:45 GMT -5
So then, most if not all of us here have built up our comic book collections to the point of amassing more than we really need or want. Even keeping a working list of all that is acquired or of issues still hoping to find or afford, the sheer volume we find in our boxes can be mind numbing.
As summer passes with cooler weather for a splendid fall arriving, I have been digging and sorting my collection. While doing this I am unearthing lost and buried treasure. A real goldmine if you will of forgotten or unrecorded buys of long ago. Even collected series bought new from the racks during my youthful days spent in reading favorites I followed.
Some buried treasure now found once more have reminded me of past joy. Just a few remembered collecting dust in the dark and not exposed to sunlight for being read in many years: John Carter Warlord of Mars, Godzilla, Doc Savage, Godzilla, Killraven: War of the Worlds, Creatures on the Loose featuring King Kull and Gullivar Jones and Man Wolf and Thongor, Deathlok, Nova, the Shadow, Justice Inc, Stalker, Battle of the Ultra Brothers, Where Creatures Roam, Where Monsters Dwell, Kid Colt, Two Gun Kid, Marvel Collectors Item Classics, Fantasy Masterpieces, Captain Mar-Vell, Warlock and a bunch of 80's black and white independent series that were lucky to be printed. All bought during my earliest days for cover price if new and for $1 or less if classic or used.
Most if not each and every one worth more to me than they could ever be sold for. All well loved and read so many times over that they would like be hard pressed to be rated as good if a LCS were to code for resale. I wouldn't put any of these up for sale even if offered really good prices as these are all SPECIAL PERSONAL TREASURES for me. The wondrous select few my that mom allowed me keeping as I grew up.
Added to this group over the last 2 years in recollecting are ROM Spaceknight, Micronauts, Tarzan, Unknown Soldier, Haunted Tank and 2 boxes full of assorted Westerns and War series. Worn, tattered, yellowing but adored more than anything new or currently being put out , these beloved old-timer all were a part of my growing up and hold more meaning for me than I thought. Digging out these issues bring up long hidden memories, thoughts, feelings and emotions of a time I need reminding of. Happy times of youthful glee and joy. Simpler days without worries of work, bill's and adult responsibilities.
We need to remember the past, savor every fond moment of our early collecting before it was an out of control obsession taking up space in our home. So, I ask each of you to sharing your own buried treasures...
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 18, 2020 18:08:27 GMT -5
I have a long run of Marvel's Greatest comics that aren't really valuable but It's an important link to my early years of collecting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2020 1:25:22 GMT -5
For a minute I thought you were talking about this series from your thread title... -M
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2020 4:14:11 GMT -5
Marvel UK’s Transformers comic, which ran from 1984 to 1992. For 332 issues! Some of the later ones were bought for me (I’d love to acquire the ones that were published before I got into comics). 332 issues is an impressive run, but doubly impressive for me was the fact that after they ran out of US material to reprint, the editors started doing original strips. While it wasn’t unknown for Marvel UK to do its own strips, the majority of their stuff reprinted Marvel US stories. It seemed pretty cool to me that Marvel UK got to create its own stories once the US strips ran out. First issue: Final issue:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 3:27:51 GMT -5
I ordered a copy of Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2 from Mile High Comics back in 2010. That's because the gimmick sale at the time actually made buying it there a good deal.
And 10 years later....I haven't opened the package yet. I had the bright idea to put it in a time-capsule. Someone will find that package with my underwear and a note telling them to go f**k themselves. Hope it's not my grandkids, that will be embarassing...
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 24, 2020 16:20:00 GMT -5
Probably my Baxter reprints of Warlock. I have all the original issues that are reprinted in those, but that's how I first read Warlock and introduced to Thanos. So they're special to me even though they probably couldn't fetch a dime.
Second would probably be the Spidey issues of Kraven's Last Hunt. Long before I bought comics for myself I read those issues at a childhood friend's house when he bought them off the newstand. Fast forward 10 some years (?) later, when I found my LCS, I have the distinct memory of the conversation I had with the owner describing one page, the clearest memmory I had of reading them (it was the panels where Kraven fights the giant spider made up of hundreds of spiders and in one panel, he gnashing his teeth on spiders and I hate/fear spiders ICK!) and he instantly knew what I was talking about and we found all four issues that day. So they too are worth more to me than money if they are even worth anything.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 24, 2020 18:07:52 GMT -5
As others are showing, what I call Buried Treasure really has nothing to do about the financial worth and all about emotional or personal attachment. My Warlord of Mars is well read over the years and likely no LCS would consider buying them as they would end up in a dollar or less bin. The worth for me is having a cherished book series I grew up reading become a comic book and I was able to find the entire series brand new on the shelves/racks. The VERY FIRST complete run in my case.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 25, 2020 10:11:59 GMT -5
Well in the above case you're mentioning I guess that would the Age of Apocalypse, though it's not really a buried treasure as it's the only event that I don't catalogue in my collection and sits on top one of my cabinets in my preferred reading order. It's 8 different X-titles along with a few single one shots and I read it so often (about every 2-3 years) that I found cataloging it to be an annoyance. But it's cherished as in that's when I started collecting. Astonishing X-Men #1 was one of the first four comics I purchased at a gas station. Even if I gave up on comics and sold my entire collection I would keep and still want to read AoA over and over. Not only do I like the story itself, there is so many memories tied up in those issues.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 9:12:13 GMT -5
Every time I see this thread title I am reminded of an old Rodney Dangerfield joke. That his parents thought he was a treasure and he should be buried.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 26, 2020 9:28:10 GMT -5
Every time I see this thread title I am reminded of an old Rodney Dangerfield joke. That his parents thought he was a treasure and he should be buried. He was the master of the one liners. He should have done more movies, I loved him in “Back to school “.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2020 9:38:00 GMT -5
I miss the older comedians on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Johnny definitely enjoyed himself when Dangerfield or Don Rickles and others were on.
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 27, 2020 0:48:14 GMT -5
After picking up a few copies of Classics Illustrated recently, I read them that evening, and then went to the well (filing cabinets) for more Classics in my collection. I forgot how much I truly love that series-- even the "Junior" editions too! There's no way I'll ever complete a Classics Illustrated collection (including the gazillion variants), but If I find them in good shape while out hunting, they invariably end up going home with me.
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Post by brutalis on Feb 7, 2021 15:54:39 GMT -5
Sorting through stuff today. Pulled one of my short boxes which has most of my black and white 80's independent boom. Had forgot just how many Aircel series I had picked up new at the time. Looking forward to delving into reading these sometime this. Managed to get them all separated into series and in order. Have Samurai, Elflord, Dragonring, Dragonforce, Warlocks, Warlock 5. I had already read Stark Future and Maelstrom during the summer.
A nice mix of action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, sorcery and humor. A fun blend outside the traditional superhero world of comics.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 7, 2021 22:01:47 GMT -5
I have none now; but, I did have a complete set of the THUNDER Agents, Dynamo and No-Man, plus all of the revamps, pre-DC. I had Exciting Comics #9, the debut of the Black Terror and a pretty battered copy of Whiz Comics #21, the debut of the 3 Lieutenant Marvels. I was also particularly proud of a complete run of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, from the debut in Strange Tales up through the Nick Fury solo title, with all of the Kirby and Steranko issues. A personal favorite was the complete Sand Creature saga in Superman, with the World of Krypton backup stories, as an added bonus (especially the Mike Kaluta story). From the indie world, I had all three of the Nexus B&W magazine comics and all of the Noble Comics Justice Machine issues, including the first, with John Byrne doing the cover. Also had all 3 issues of Harvey's Spyman, with the Steranko art in the first two.
Not especially valuable, but through persistence and digging, I assembled a complete collection of Lethargic Comics Weakly comic edition, the original showcase for Greg Hyland's Lethargic Lad (after previously producing it as a mini-comic). I was able to eventually get them all, plus continued with the renamed Lethargic Comics and Lethargic Lad books. Loved that series, plus, Lethargic Weakly included The Grad (a nice supernatural spoof, that begins with the murder of Archie), HIM (a sort of Captain America spoof, plus some other stuff thrown in), Walrus Boy (bit by a radioactive walrus that was hanging from the ceiling at a science lab), the No-Mutants, and Guy With a Gun (and Guy With A Gun Girl). Just great silly fun and satire of 90s comic trends (and the Burton Batman and the 60s tv series).
Those are all long gone, now.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Feb 8, 2021 11:31:00 GMT -5
I am also in the process of cataloguing my collection. Perhaps mine is not yet large enough (currently in the 3500-4000 book range) but I do recall most everything I have and have purchased. This is most likely due to the fact that majority of those books have been purchased in the past 10-15 years, so I have not been at it long enough to have stuff be buried or forgotten. That and I rotate my books through display on my shelves so I am always seeing them.
I am sure if and when I get to the point of 10000-20000 books, I might be thinking differently. For me, the "buried treasure" has been noticing things I have not before...things like MJ inserts in books that I got before I ever really knew what MJ inserts were.
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