selfavowedgeek ([info]selfavowedgeek) wrote,
@ 2008-05-04 15:27:00
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Comic Books

Okay, so I’m a bit slow on the uptake, but I gather from various LJ friends’ posts that there are gentle comic book readers out there. So, out of curiosity, let me know some of your favorite stories, writers, artists, whatever. What’s the pride of your collection, no matter how big or small the collection, too. If you want to brag about size, well, how big is it? The collection, people, let’s stay on topic . . .

Since I’m hanging it out there, here goes . . .

* I have a 2,000+ strong collection, about three-fifths Marvel, one-fifth DC, one-fifth independent.

* best run: Issue 67-125 of Wolverine

* some faves: Wolverine mini-series penned by Chris Claremont and penciled by Frank Miller, The Watchmen, 30 Days of Night, The Complete Frank Miller Batman, Sandman, Books of Magic, and some scattered Sgt. Rock and Weird War Tales comics

* pride of collection: Issue 18 of Daredevil, penned by Stan the Man Lee; the aforementioned Wolverine mini-series, and Issue #1 of Star Wars from Marvel (yes, that one!)

So, whatchou got goin’ on?


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[info]wendigomountain
2008-05-04 10:39 pm UTC (link)
My access to comics was sporadic at best, but the ones I did get, I read until the covers fell off. Yes, I know, gasps and looks of horror will ensue. When I was just a little shaver, my poison of choice was Marvel. Captain America, CONAN!, Fantastic Four, Spidey, etc. We didn't get the X-Men where I was, so I was totally missing out. The DC titles were odd too. Legion of Superheroes, Legends (a badass miniseries I still have which contained the not-so-nice Green Lantern and DR. FATE!). Again, nothing in sequence, no mint copies. Just what the town drugstore had to offer.

In high school, where I participated in Nerd, er, Knowledge Bowl, we drove all over the state going to events. In every gas-station on the way, we bought comics. Mints, dupes so we could keep the mints mint and read the dupes. We played Marvel Superheroes on the trips (btw, just play either Hulk or Silver Surfer if it's a battle-royale).

At the end of the school year, when we got to State tournaments, we found the Shangri-La of comic book stores in Durango, CO. It was a comic WORLD! I really got into Image titles by then. Shadowhawk, the Maxx (I've bought Maxx issues from New York to San Francisco and any stop in-between), (no Spawn) and a truckload of number ones that Image cranked out, which probably contributed to the eventual collapse of the value of comics, along with the undeath of Superman BS that happened right around then.

I stopped collecting when the local stores went out of business. By then I was into Star Wars toys again. Vintage and new stuff. I once had all my stuff on display at the Denver Museum of Air and Space. My collection was vast, probably in the tens of thousands in its hey-day. Then the value dropped on all that stuff, I gave it all to my kids. They love 'em.

As for my comics? Best run I have is all of the Maxx vol. 1. All of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Viz title, translated into English). A bunch of others. Ren and Stimpy #1. Various old skool Marvel issues from the 80's and early 90's. I used to have the BIG issues of Empire Strikes Back and GI Joe. They were these B4 size books with full-color illustrations. Empire told the whole movie. Probably worth a damn fortune now. Thanks mom!

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[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-04 10:53 pm UTC (link)
Yes, indeed, I have teh Conan, even the low-print-run final issue of Vol. 1. I have a double handful (heh, go back to your Free Comic Book Day post) of those supersize Conan books along with a giant-sized Return of the Jedi. Legion of Superheroes and Legends. Legends! You rock, man.

I have a F4 where they fight Godzilla. No. Joke.

Don't you miss those drugstore and convenience store days? Those were the days of G.I. Joe, Greatest [frakkin'] American Hero. Do you ever remember seeing/owning an all silent issue? No word balloons or thought boxes. None. Larry Hama wrote it. Issue #21: Silent Interlude. Sweetness.

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[info]ladislaw
2008-05-05 12:56 am UTC (link)
I suppose I still have about 2K comics in the attic. I sold some of the best things to a comic shop middleman, oh, 15 or so years ago, back when the Marvel stuff I had still sold for a lot. That included pretty much the entire Romita (Sr.) run on Spider-Man and much of the early Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man. I sold all those great Claremont/Cockrum X-Men comics (though I still have a few drawings Dave drew for me at conventions). Also: All those Miller Daredevils. And all my '60s and '70s Fantastic Four. The things for which I got the most money were Cerebus the Aardvark. I had two copies of the extremely rare issue #1 (I think I got $300 for each) and signed copies of the first 12 issues. Goodbye! Two or three years ago, I sold another batch of things, I think stuff like Champions and whatever had those Deathlok appearances (Marvel Premiere?) and some Avengers. I still have old Silver Surfers. I have the first several dozen of the old Star Wars run. I still have Spider-Man #s 121 and 122.

Want to buy some? ;-)

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[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-05 01:51 am UTC (link)
"Want to buy some?"

Man, that's just _wrong_. You don't list such as that and not expect a grown man-geek to salivate. Old Silver Surfers and Star Wars. Alas, the offer would grab me if I had more disposable income _not_ going in the gas tank . . .

Claremont/Cockrum. Dayum . . .

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[info]wendigomountain
2008-05-05 04:04 am UTC (link)
We used to go to the comic book store in Laramie (just over the border from us) and drool at the comic book store special display at the X-Men #30 or somesuch. It was around $1300. I don't remember exactly. That place was best for old back-issues and built by some devine guidance as our collections began to improve. I always wanted the Maxx #0 and Maxx #1/2, they had there. Signed by Sam Keith. Special gold cover edition. I think it was around $200.

I bought my dad several 1960's era Turok Son of Stone comics for Christmas one year. The geekery is strong in my family.

I had a nice run of GI Joe that was the origins of Destro, and Snake Eyes was trapped in an underwater bunker in a Chinese standoff (ala Big Trouble in Little China) with some mercs and Cobra guys. Totally bitchin'.

Cerebus frakkin' ruled! Groo the Wanderer was a fave too.

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[info]selfavowedgeek
2008-05-05 03:56 pm UTC (link)
I have one Turok. You are talking about the Gold Key brand comics, right? I still have a few Cerebus. Alas, no Groo. Do have a Maxx #1. Did you ever read Jim Lee's Deathblow comics? Cancer-fighting protag on a Holy Grail adventure. Drawn in a negative artistic style similar to Sin City.

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