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Post by james on Mar 4, 2023 12:31:48 GMT -5
I started to think about a major title from the big two that I don’t have a single issue in my collection and of those what should I start collecting
For me it’s mainly DC Green Lantern Flash Wonderwoman come to mind
And for Marvel Silver Surfer
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Post by MDG on Mar 4, 2023 14:28:08 GMT -5
Hell, I don't think I have a dozen Marvel books total in my collection, and the only one I can think of is a giant Not Brand Ecch! If you don't have stuff in your collection, maybe you don't want it. Collect what you want.
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 4, 2023 15:40:08 GMT -5
I started to think about a major title from the big two that I don’t have a single issue in my collection and of those what should I start collecting For me it’s mainly DC Green Lantern Flash Wonderwoman come to mind And for Marvel Silver Surfer Usually, if a DC or Marvel title never captured my interest, I had good reasons to pass on it, so I've never "discovered" a title years after the fact, and started collecting it. More often than not, I started reading a title from its debut issue, but ended up becoming disenchanted with it as time wore on--a problem I faced with a few titles born in the 1980s.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Mar 4, 2023 16:06:27 GMT -5
I have never bought or read a single issue involving Spawn. I did see the HBO animated series and the low budget movie they made in the late 90s, though. I kind of enjoyed them, but not enough to read the comics they were based from.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 4, 2023 17:38:22 GMT -5
I do alot of comic buying from quarter bins (well. $1 bins now) for back issues, so the books I have the least of are generally ones I've never liked enough to pull, but are too popular to be in the discount bin... over time though, I've often ended up with at least a few books of every major character because of guest spots, crossovers, etc.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 4, 2023 18:05:42 GMT -5
I started to think about a major title from the big two that I don’t have a single issue in my collection and of those what should I start collecting For me it’s mainly DC Green Lantern Flash Wonderwoman come to mind And for Marvel Silver Surfer It wasn’t until about 6 years go that I started to purchase other genres like westerns , comedy, war and horror comics. I wouldn’t say I collect them but I have tried to see what others enjoy about them.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 4, 2023 18:09:43 GMT -5
I have never bought or read a single issue involving Spawn. I did see the HBO animated series and the low budget movie they made in the late 90s, though. I kind of enjoyed them, but not enough to read the comics they were based from. I had the first 20 or so issues but only bought them because it was the thing to do back then. Total junk except for maybe the issues that had guest writers.
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Post by majestic on Mar 4, 2023 18:30:05 GMT -5
I have zero interest in characters like Deadpool. Lobo. Etc.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 4, 2023 18:44:32 GMT -5
I don't know that I can say there wasn't a character I didn't have in some comic; but there were series I didn't touch, with a ten foot pole
Darkhawk Sleepwalker Silver Sable New Warriors Quasar Strikeforce Morituri
The entire New Universe The Star Line
Ghosts Welcome Back Kotter Amethyst Electric Warrior Sun Runners Slash Maraud Sonic Disruptors
I could go on. Usually, it wasn't anything to do with the quality of the series; it just wasn't something that either interested me or even raised curiosity in me. There were mainstream characters who I generally didn't read or collect. I owned very little Spider-Man in my collection, apart from Marvel Team-Up. In fact, the only Spider-Man regular title that I picked up more than a couple of issues here or there was Untold Tales of Spider-Man. Like Legends of the Dark Knight, it wasn't tight continuity and it also wasn't done with the emphasis on soap opera. It had drama and referenced soap opera of the period; but, it didn't feel as whiney to me, as the original books did, when I read them. I liked Peter Parker well enough; but, when you have read Superman and Batman and the Justice League and people have problems, but they don't spend all issue tearing their hair out over them, Spider-Man, especially in the early 70s, was kind of a jolt. Sad Sack had a happier life. It just put me off. I liked the fights and stuff; but, I got sick of hearing or reading Peter's thoughts about how his rent was due and he had no money, yet somehow he concocted some electronic device to defeat that issue's villain. He just felt like a crybaby who couldn't see that he could sell this electronic stuff and make some good money, because that wasn't the formula for the soap opera problems; just the super-villain ones. So, I never warmed to the regular series, because that was a big factor in the stories. MTU was different, since there wasn't a lot of room for that and I got more of the Spidey adventure stuff. I'm just not a soap opera guy. I watched Downton Abbey, when it started, because I knew it was the same writer as Gosford Park. However, I quickly found it was the same soap opera cliches, in a posher setting, rather like Dynasty, but with fewer catfights. To me, Gosford Park was Marvel team-Up and Downton Abbey was Amazing Spider-Man. Or vice-versa. You get my drift.
I never collected much Thor, apart from his encounters with the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Eternals. That was about them, not him. Otherwise, although I am a Kirby and mythology fan, I just never warmed to the pseudo-Shakespearian style of the dialogue. Now, when I saw examples of Kirby doing more epic stuff with the character (you didn't get many Thor reprints, in the 70s, of Kirby material), it was more up my alley. But, that is why I missed out on the Walt Simonson Thor, until reading the Beta Ray Bill trade collection, a while later.
I also didn't have a lot of the FF. That one is probably timing, as it was hard to spot where you could jump on to things. I acquired some of the Roy Thomas/George Perez issues, from my cousin, then bits and pieces, here and there. I didn't read the Byrne stuff, because it was FF and it was in the middle of storylines and such. That is one I do feel the pull to go back and read, because I feel it is more my thing than Spidey. If I don't read more Spider-Man, I am pretty okay with it; but, I feel like I should read FF, especially since it was one of Kirby's longest and greatest works, not to mention Stan in his finest collaboration (personally, seeing as I am not a Spidey guy and don't react to his collaboration with Ditko as well).
I'm not much for magical characters, so little Dr Strange or other supernatural characters or titles. I preferred him in Defenders, as he usually got sidelined and the more interesting characters got center stage, until they freed him for the climax. That said, I love Ditko's imagery, and gene Colan's, and Frank Brunner. I just have issues with ill-defined powers no working, until they do. I haven't read many supernatural stories, in comics, where the hero earns the victory, through discovery of a weakness or uncovering the key to victory. Where I did find that, strongly, was in the Earthsea books, by Ursula Le Guin and the Black Company books, by Glen Cook. Both use the rule of true names having power as the keys to defeating evil; plus, there is a price to be paid for dealing in magic. Not many magical comics gave me that. I probably missed many that did, because so many I did read, did not.
I did try Spawn, because I genuinely liked Mcfarlane's design sense, in his artwork, though I soon found not his storytelling. I can look at a page of his and soak it in, but I can't fathom whatever story he thinks he is telling. I tried Liefeld, because of the enthusiasm evident in Hawk & Dove, but soon found that Karl Kesel was the one who really brought that to the series. I should have wanted to like Liefeld, based on some of the artists I liked when I was younger, like Byrne and Perez, who were big and bold, with characters festooned with weapons, creating mayhem. However, I encountered his stuff at an age where story was more important and I could detect when he was swiping and also that he was kind of a lazy artist. Maybe "lazy" is wrong; maybe it was "under-developed", and content to be so. He seemed to take shortcuts or not follow through and I was at an age where that made me dismiss him. Still do, but I get that he was young, lacking a mentor, like McFarlane got, with Dick Giordano. I don't think he got the chance to fully develop, before he locked himself into a style. I also think he needed a collaborator who could balance him and maybe Louise Simonson wasn't it, nor was anyone he hired to handle the writing, at Image. In later years, I have seen much better artwork from him. he also matured a bit and stopped doing interviews where he said dumb things, because he was a dumb kid, handed a microphone, by someone who just wanted quotes and pictures, to sell their magazine or whatever. Never going to be a favorite artist; but, I think I get where he was coming from more now, then I did then.
I tried each of the Image core founders' books; but, none of them really dazzled me, in terms of story or content. Most were derivative, apart from Savage Dragon, which was a bit more unique, even if I could cherry pick the Byrne influence or Hulk moments. It still didn't draw me in, but Larson carved more of his own unique path, rather than just recreate what he did at Marvel. So, I think I had 3 issues of Savage Dragon. Shadow Hawk I probably had the first 3 or 4 issues, based on enjoying Valentino's Guardians (for a while) and also normalman; but, it wasn't working for me. Same for Cyber Force, Wild CATS, etc. Just nothing within them to hook me.
It's harder to explain some of the things I did have in my collection, in numbers. I cannot explain why I had all of Black Goliath, including the Luke cage appearance and the Champions, except that I thought he was cool. I even liked the costume, though I liked the Giant-Man costume that Perez designed better. I think it was the white buccaneer boots. The yellow were fine, but the white ones worked better, especially with the deeper blue pants. I don't know.
There was something about the Will Payton Starman that made me want to buy it, so long as Tom Lyle was involved. I think it was the mix of his enthusiasm, as an artist, and Roger Stern's craftsmanship, as a writer. I can't explain why I owned the entirety of the Freedom Fighters or all of the Red Circle revival books, except I thought it was a good idea that just never came together.
I had a slew of Lois Lane comics; but, that was mostly for Rose & Thorn. I can't recall having any issue that didn't feature them, except maybe a giant issue. I had a bunch of Wonder Woman, though the only run I really enjoyed, before Perez, was the Diana Prince stuff, from Mike Sekowsky. Well, until I started to read reprints of the Golden Age stuff. I kind of liked the fairy tale quality in them. The kink was more interesting for being honest than the later obvious attempts to sex up the book with bondage covers or scenes of peril. The stories were bizarre, but more in psychological sense, rather than just weird for weirdness sake or cynical pandering to attract an audience. Marston had strange ideas and they made the Golden Age Wonder Woman an interesting read, mainly because it never felt as exploitive, as say Fiction House, with lots of skin and bondage on covers, just to get you to notice or to create sadistic stories, like some of the crime and horror books.
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Post by commond on Mar 4, 2023 18:46:20 GMT -5
I started to think about a major title from the big two that I don’t have a single issue in my collection and of those what should I start collecting For me it’s mainly DC Green Lantern Flash Wonderwoman come to mind And for Marvel Silver Surfer I have mostly read the Steve Englehart Green Lantern run, the Mike Baron/William Messner-Loebs/Mark Waid Flash, and the Perez run on Wonder Woman. I've also read the Silver Age Silver Surfer series and the Englehart and Starlin runs from the late 80s to early 90s. They're all solid runs. I quite like the Baron and Messner-Loebs' Flash runs as they're quite quirky, offbeat comics. Perez did a great job of building a supporting cast around WW and weaving Greek mythology into the story.
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Mar 4, 2023 20:57:26 GMT -5
I never collected any X book back in the 80s and 90s when I was a pretty big Marvel Zombie at times and at the peak of my monthly collecting, other than some Liefeld New Mutants and X Force. But I was a teenager and kinda dumb 😉
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Post by foxley on Mar 4, 2023 23:03:12 GMT -5
Any issues of Iron Man I have in my collection are solely because they contain a guest appearance of a character I was collecting. Otherwise i have zero interest in capitalism's greatest defender.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 5, 2023 10:49:44 GMT -5
Any issues of Iron Man I have in my collection are solely because they contain a guest appearance of a character I was collecting. Otherwise i have zero interest in capitalism's greatest defender. This couldn’t be more me word for word. Cause let’s remember who premiered in Iron Man. (Sorry Cei-U). I’ll say the same of Green Lantern if not for Kyle Rayner. I summon the villain the MCU made popular! (Not trying to monopolize your trademark)
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Post by james on Mar 5, 2023 20:31:38 GMT -5
When I think of The Flash and Green Lantern, as odd as it may sound, I have found so many of there covers just so well done that I’ve considered collecting the series for the covers.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 5, 2023 21:46:45 GMT -5
I never bought a single issue of any of Marvels cosmic heroes. No Captain Marvel. No Warlock. And I hated the Silver Surger. I never had any interest in any of them.
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