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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2024 18:55:30 GMT -5
High grade copies of 1967-73 Millie and Chili are actual going for high prices in some back-issue stores, while other (indifferent) sellers accumulate them in large batches and sell them off cheap. These copies were basically stored away for decades, never bagged or boarded....so they're all VF or better. I have about 40+ coming in, here's the first stash....I don't care if I get dupes, they make great trading material.
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Post by Confessor on Apr 25, 2024 15:45:10 GMT -5
Got another three mid-70s Doctor Strange issues off of eBay in my quest to complete the Steve Englehart run. These are in decent shape and didn't cost very much.  |
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Post by berkley on Apr 25, 2024 20:37:28 GMT -5
Got another three mid-70s Doctor Strange issues off of eBay in my quest to complete the Steve Englehart run. These are in decent shape and didn't cost very much.
Great Frank Brunner cover on #22!
Unfortunately these issues aren't part of Englehart's run but came immediately afterwards. I just looked them up at comics.org to check and they were written by Marv Wolfman. DS#19 has nice artwork by Alfredo Alcala and the other two were drawn by Rudy Nebres, whose style has never been to my taste but I know several people here like him a lot. These issues have always left a bitter taset in my mouth as I was so into the Englehart Doctor Strange, one of Marvel's all time best, IMO.
I had a lot of respect for Wolfman from his Tomb of Dracula, another standout of the era, so I was willing to give him a chance on the series and it's possible the story he began here might have amounted to something but from what I remember he wasn't on the book long enough even to finish this first story-arc. The series became very erratic in general around this time with frequent changes of writer and artist. Starlin took over for awhile but he too didn't stay long enough to see what he might have come up with.
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Post by Confessor on Apr 25, 2024 21:48:21 GMT -5
Unfortunately these issues aren't part of Englehart's run but came immediately afterwards. I just looked them up at comics.org to check and they were written by Marv Wolfman. Ah yes, you are of course quite correct. Englehart's last issue was #18, I believe. But these issues continue the story that Englehart had started -- though not in the way he intended, I'm sure. So, rather than just have the run stop abruptly at issue #18, I decided to get the series up to issue #23 because that looks like a suitable jumping off point. That's why they were on my "wants list" and why in my head I was thinking of them as part of the Englehart run, even though they're not. Thanks for the correction though. |
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Post by berkley on Apr 25, 2024 21:53:58 GMT -5
Unfortunately these issues aren't part of Englehart's run but came immediately afterwards. I just looked them up at comics.org to check and they were written by Marv Wolfman. Ah yes, you are of course quite correct. Englehart's last issue was #18, I believe. But these issues continue the story that Englehart had started -- though not in the way he intended, I'm sure. So, rather than just have the run stop abruptly at issue #18, I decided to get the series up to issue #23 because that looks like a suitable jumping off point. That's why they were on my "wants list" and why in my head I was thinking of them as part of the Englehart run, even though they're not.
I'll be curious to hear what you think of them.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 26, 2024 14:09:26 GMT -5
Wasn't expecting this until Monday, but it arrived early. Was out and about and got an email notification it had been delivered so ran home to take it in since it might rain later... Four books, Angel and the Ape #2 (with red dress cover), 70s Tec featuring one of the early Bronze Age Hugo Strange appearances, 1st Nightwing solo book (the '95 mini), and another Kubert Star Spangled War Stories off the list.     I need to not browse ebay for a bit to let my budget recover. Nothing was too expensive, but even reasonable combined shipping starts to add up, and my current war chest is mostly depleted, so I need to build up for Gem City this summer. Now back out to finish errands and head to my every other Friday night D&D game. -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 27, 2024 9:43:33 GMT -5
Got this in the mail this morning. It completes the entire 20 issue Jack Kirby Fourth World run.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2024 12:17:28 GMT -5
It's the first time I've ever seen a purchase posted with bananas in the background....I must try that sometime hehehe
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 27, 2024 20:00:16 GMT -5
It's the first time I've ever seen a purchase posted with bananas in the background....I must try that sometime hehehe The anti-banana league hasn't been active here for some time, so it's time for the bananas come forth and multiply... -M |
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Post by berkley on Apr 27, 2024 20:23:21 GMT -5
It's the first time I've ever seen a purchase posted with bananas in the background....I must try that sometime hehehe The anti-banana league hasn't been active here for some time, so it's time for the bananas come forth and multiply... -M
Maybe it was a special deal - free bananas with every comic book purchase.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 28, 2024 16:27:11 GMT -5
The anti-banana league hasn't been active here for some time, so it's time for the bananas come forth and multiply... -M
Maybe it was a special deal - free bananas with every comic book purchase.
There was some facebook group that I was apart of that specialized in chachka and would often use bananas for scale |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 28, 2024 17:03:12 GMT -5
You guys crack me up. I post beautiful comics and there's a lot more comments about the bananas.  |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 28, 2024 17:49:54 GMT -5
You guys crack me up. I post beautiful comics and there's a lot more comments about the bananas. Bananas have a lot of "ap-peel"... (ducks, waits for the rotten vegetable or pies to be launched in my direction...) -M |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2024 7:29:18 GMT -5
You guys crack me up. I post beautiful comics and there's a lot more comments about the bananas. My strategy is to ask my wife to add bananas to the grocery list even though she says I never make it through them. But that's by design, I wait until they are too ripe and then she hates to waste food and makes banana bread which is what I really wanted. Your mileage may vary. Oh, and nice comic too  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 30, 2024 4:55:23 GMT -5
So a few weeks ago, in another thread, I noted that I was interested in picking up the Astro City Metrobooks, and - as often happens when we talk about things on the forum - later on that same day I came across a very reasonably priced used copy of vol. 1 online and snapped it up, and it just arrived...  (the banana was purchased separately...) |
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