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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 27, 2024 15:23:26 GMT -5
I finally went to my LCS after a long time and got the following: I got the Sgt. Rock, the House of Mystery, and the 3 Savage Sword of Conans all for $3 - total! It doesn't get any better than that. I'm particularly excited to look through that Star Wars Spectacular magazine (which is a vintage magazine from 1977) and the Amazing World of DC Comics, which is a special All about the Legion issue, as I'm a huge Legion of Super-Heroes fan.    |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 27, 2024 17:03:41 GMT -5
Got this in the mail today. This makes it 2 more to complete the regular series and 1 annual to get.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 1, 2024 19:11:04 GMT -5
Got this today.  I need 1 more issue to compete the series. There is also an annual in the series. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 1, 2024 20:39:17 GMT -5
I haven’t purchased any classic comics for a while. Decided to splurge and get a couple of things to help me cope with this summer heat.
So I got Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter, Volume Two, which reprints the MM stories in Detective #305 to #326 and House of Mystery #143 to #173. I have all the issues of Detective Comics but I’ve only read a few MM stories from House of Mystery. I’ve heard of Marco Xavier but I’ve never read any of the Marco Xavier stories. I’m hoping for a very Silly Silver-Age Summer.
And I also ordered DC Presents #84 with Superman and the Challengers of the Unknown. With art by Jack Kirby!
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jul 1, 2024 20:46:15 GMT -5
Got this in the lonestar auction tonight...  paired with the copy of #90 I got in a trade with a dealer friend a week and a half ago (that I will pick up form him when I see him at Gem City in 2 /2 weeks) I have now completed the entire run of the 1990 Ghost Rider series from Marvel. The last 6-8 issues-85-93 plus the negative 1 issue-were the hardest to track down at reasonable prices. Took me 3 years to get those last few (a couple were gifted to me by The Captain. I got a couple from Crimebuster through the dollar bin trading challenge, found one for $2 at a 2nd and Charles, and the#90 in that trade and then this one which was the only one I had to shell out any $ for really-it peaked at asking prices of $75-90 during the pandemic, I got it for around $20-25 shipped (though I will add some books to round out shipping on it). I didn't want to pay more than $10 for any of them, but it was the last one and cheapest I had seen it in 3 years, so placed the bid and won. I only need 1 more reasonable issue to complete the 70s GR series now (#16)-Spotlight 5 and GR 1 & 2 are out of my willing to pay range now, so I'll content myself with Spotlight 6-11 and GR #3-up once I get a #16. -M |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 2, 2024 15:48:49 GMT -5
I made a trip to the LCS of my youth today... it was a bit sad. This store is everything bad and stereotypical a store should not be.. messy, disorganized and unwelcoming. He moved a few doors down and even though it seems bigger on the outside the inside is super cramped.. I'm not even sure where the new comics were!
He had some overpriced wall books, and the back issues (which I remember as a kid thinking were very extensive) were EXCLUSIVELY Marvel and DC superhero titles and were very spare.
He did have quite alot of old manga that he was selling at 1/2 off (nothing that tempted me, but some classics), which was a bit at odds with the rest of the stuff in the shop.
He was also selling trades at 1/2 off, and suprisingly had some DC showcases, so I was able to pick up the one for 'the War that Time Forgot' for 8.50... pretty excited about that so it wasn't a wasted trip!
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Post by jtrw2024 on Jul 2, 2024 17:24:13 GMT -5
Got this in the lonestar auction tonight...
paired with the copy of #90 I got in a trade with a dealer friend a week and a half ago (that I will pick up form him when I see him at Gem City in 2 /2 weeks) I have now completed the entire run of the 1990 Ghost Rider series from Marvel. The last 6-8 issues-85-93 plus the negative 1 issue-were the hardest to track down at reasonable prices. Took me 3 years to get those last few (a couple were gifted to me by The Captain . I got a couple from Crimebuster through the dollar bin trading challenge, found one for $2 at a 2nd and Charles, and the#90 in that trade and then this one which was the only one I had to shell out any $ for really-it peaked at asking prices of $75-90 during the pandemic, I got it for around $20-25 shipped (though I will add some books to round out shipping on it). I didn't want to pay more than $10 for any of them, but it was the last one and cheapest I had seen it in 3 years, so placed the bid and won.
I only need 1 more reasonable issue to complete the 70s GR series now (#16)-Spotlight 5 and GR 1 & 2 are out of my willing to pay range now, so I'll content myself with Spotlight 6-11 and GR #3-up once I get a #16.
-M Did you get issue #94, to finish off the 90s series? It still seems to be reasonably priced. I remember waiting for it forever after as it was solicited and supposed to come out after #93, but was pulled at the last minute, due to profit-loss concerns or something. The book was mostly finished, but it didn't get released until early 2007 (likely to coincide with the movie) |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Jul 2, 2024 17:39:04 GMT -5
Got this in the lonestar auction tonight...
paired with the copy of #90 I got in a trade with a dealer friend a week and a half ago (that I will pick up form him when I see him at Gem City in 2 /2 weeks) I have now completed the entire run of the 1990 Ghost Rider series from Marvel. The last 6-8 issues-85-93 plus the negative 1 issue-were the hardest to track down at reasonable prices. Took me 3 years to get those last few (a couple were gifted to me by The Captain . I got a couple from Crimebuster through the dollar bin trading challenge, found one for $2 at a 2nd and Charles, and the#90 in that trade and then this one which was the only one I had to shell out any $ for really-it peaked at asking prices of $75-90 during the pandemic, I got it for around $20-25 shipped (though I will add some books to round out shipping on it). I didn't want to pay more than $10 for any of them, but it was the last one and cheapest I had seen it in 3 years, so placed the bid and won.
I only need 1 more reasonable issue to complete the 70s GR series now (#16)-Spotlight 5 and GR 1 & 2 are out of my willing to pay range now, so I'll content myself with Spotlight 6-11 and GR #3-up once I get a #16.
-M Did you get issue #94, to finish off the 90s series? It still seems to be reasonably priced. I remember waiting for it forever after as it was solicited and supposed to come out after #93, but was pulled at the last minute, due to profit-loss concerns or something. The book was mostly finished, but it didn't get released until early 2007 (likely to coincide with the movie) Yes I have that issue that came out in 2007. It reprints #93 as well as the finale of the storyline. GCD doesn't consider it part of the series though since it's title in the indicia is Ghost Rider Finale not Ghost Rider. -M |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 3, 2024 1:26:32 GMT -5
Bought three comics from off my 'wants list' pretty cheap...  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 3, 2024 3:04:52 GMT -5
Bought three comics from off my 'wants list' pretty cheap... Oh, yeah, I've always liked that issue of Spectacular SM, particularly the art: Byrne inked by Colletta, which I think looks pretty good (although most, including Byrne himself, seemed to have hated it). It's also the first part of a pretty fun three-issue story arc.
Edited to add: 'pretty cheap' is apparently a relative term - 8 bucks (6 quid!) for a single issue is pretty spendy for me.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 3, 2024 6:36:41 GMT -5
Edited to add: 'pretty cheap' is apparently a relative term - 8 bucks (6 quid!) for a single issue is pretty spendy for me. Actually, that's an old price sticker from a previous time the comic was sold. I only paid £4 for that issue of PP:TSSM, £5 for the Detective Comics, and £2 for the Spider-Man: The Final Adventure. Those are pretty reasonable prices here in the UK, where we tend to get hammered for old American comics. When I look at what back issues are going for in the States on eBay, it's clear that we are getting way over charged in Britain. Time was that I used to order fairly often from Mile High or Lone Star, because it worked out cheaper than buying from UK-based sellers. But a combination of the pound weakening against the dollar and huge increases in shipping from the U.S. means that it's no longer worthwhile. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 3, 2024 22:01:39 GMT -5
I'm curious about that Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #58 - specifically the Ringer, a villain I remember seeing only once, in I think the David Kraft run of the Defenders? Anyway, my memory says he was an unusual character in that he was given a kind of self-conscious socio-political motivation that you never saw too often in superhero comics, spouting anti-capitalist rhetoric, that kind of thing. Of course it was all over-simplified and he was made to sound pompously self-righteous and misguided, but at least there was some acknowledgment that ideas of this kind existed.
Am I recalling all this accurately? I haven't read that Defenders comic since the 70s, when it came out. Anyway, assuming I'm remembering this right and not mixing him up with some other minor villain, I'm curious whether they kept this aspect of his personality going in this or any other later appearances, or if they dropped it altogether. I see from the credits this PP #58 was written by Roger Stern. And drawn by John Byrne and inked by Vince Colletta, a combination I don't think I recall seeing anywhere else - how does the artwork look?
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Post by Confessor on Jul 4, 2024 5:04:32 GMT -5
I'm curious about that Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #58 - specifically the Ringer, a villain I remember seeing only once, in I think the David Kraft run of the Defenders? Anyway, my memory says he was an unusual character in that he was given a kind of self-conscious socio-political motivation that you never saw too often in superhero comics, spouting anti-capitalist rhetoric, that kind of thing. Of course it was all over-simplified and he was made to sound pompously self-righteous and misguided, but at least there was some acknowledgment that ideas of this kind existed. Am I recalling all this accurately? I haven't read that Defenders comic since the 70s, when it came out. Anyway, assuming I'm remembering this right and not mixing him up with some other minor villain, I'm curious whether they kept this aspect of his personality going in this or any other later appearances, or if they dropped it altogether. I plan to read this issue later today, so I'll let you know. I'm not sure I've ever read a comic with the Ringer in it before. I see from the credits this PP #58 was written by Roger Stern. And drawn by John Byrne and inked by Vince Colletta, a combination I don't think I recall seeing anywhere else - how does the artwork look? I flipped through the comic when I got it and I too raised an eyebrow when I saw it was Byrne inked by Colletta. It doesn't look too bad at all, though it did immediately remind me of the art in Star Wars #64, which has art by Joe Brozowski inked by Colletta. The line work is a little bit basic, with fairly heavy lines, but Colletta seems to have taken a lot of trouble to ink some fairly detailed backgrounds in many panels (which, as we know, wasn't always the case with him). It's not unattractive artwork at all to my eyes. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 4, 2024 5:45:03 GMT -5
I'm curious about that Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #58 - specifically the Ringer, a villain I remember seeing only once, in I think the David Kraft run of the Defenders? Anyway, my memory says he was an unusual character in that he was given a kind of self-conscious socio-political motivation that you never saw too often in superhero comics, spouting anti-capitalist rhetoric, that kind of thing. Of course it was all over-simplified and he was made to sound pompously self-righteous and misguided, but at least there was some acknowledgment that ideas of this kind existed. Am I recalling all this accurately? I haven't read that Defenders comic since the 70s, when it came out. Anyway, assuming I'm remembering this right and not mixing him up with some other minor villain, I'm curious whether they kept this aspect of his personality going in this or any other later appearances, or if they dropped it altogether. I see from the credits this PP #58 was written by Roger Stern. And drawn by John Byrne and inked by Vince Colletta, a combination I don't think I recall seeing anywhere else - how does the artwork look?I never read those specific issues of Defenders, so I'm not sure, but given that Kraft was (at least back then) something of a libertarian, I'm not surprised that he made one of the villains an anti-capitalist. As I recall, there's none of that in this specific Spider-man story. What I recall is that here he is a bit down and out and initially thinking about just selling his Ringer technology and armor for some quick cash.
As to the art, as I said in my replay to Confessor's post above and building on what he said in his own reply to your query, I think the art looks really nice. It's one of those rare cases when Colletta's inks meshed really well with the pencils. Not to stray off topic too far, but I've found that this was also the case with Mike Vosburg's art.
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Post by berkley on Jul 4, 2024 6:45:33 GMT -5
I'm curious about that Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man #58 - specifically the Ringer, a villain I remember seeing only once, in I think the David Kraft run of the Defenders? Anyway, my memory says he was an unusual character in that he was given a kind of self-conscious socio-political motivation that you never saw too often in superhero comics, spouting anti-capitalist rhetoric, that kind of thing. Of course it was all over-simplified and he was made to sound pompously self-righteous and misguided, but at least there was some acknowledgment that ideas of this kind existed. Am I recalling all this accurately? I haven't read that Defenders comic since the 70s, when it came out. Anyway, assuming I'm remembering this right and not mixing him up with some other minor villain, I'm curious whether they kept this aspect of his personality going in this or any other later appearances, or if they dropped it altogether. I see from the credits this PP #58 was written by Roger Stern. And drawn by John Byrne and inked by Vince Colletta, a combination I don't think I recall seeing anywhere else - how does the artwork look?I never read those specific issues of Defenders, so I'm not sure, but given that Kraft was (at least back then) something of a libertarian, I'm not surprised that he made one of the villains an anti-capitalist. As I recall, there's none of that in this specific Spider-man story. What I recall is that here he is a bit down and out and initially thinking about just selling his Ringer technology and armor for some quick cash.
As to the art, as I said in my replay to Confessor's post above and building on what he said in his own reply to your query, I think the art looks really nice. It's one of those rare cases when Colletta's inks meshed really well with the pencils. Not to stray off topic too far, but I've found that this was also the case with Mike Vosburg's art.
I suppose that being down and out and reduced to selling his super-villain tech (in superhero terms, his identity? his "means of production"?) could be seen as a continuation of the theme, whether deliberately intended as such or not by Stern, who knows?
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