I used to have quite a collection of early Marvels. I had like issue 9 or so of Spiderman, the first appearance of the Green Goblin and like issue 25 up of the Fantastic Four. All stored in plastic comic book covers...
See this is where I have a problem withj "collectors" books, even comic books are meant to be read, not hermetically sealed. -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
But they would deteriorate very quickly denying future generations the ability to read some of these silver & golden age heroes, than there is preserving the condition for collector value reasons...
A near mint Amazing Fantasy #15 (first appearance of Spider-man) would be worth much more value than a dog eared version of the same funny book...
I understand, but I bought comics books to read and enjoy the fantasy ,not so I can turn that 10c comic book(yeah i'm dating myself) into $50 or $100 or even $1000 prize.
At the same time, if you are collecting and buying these "preserved" comic books, future generations aren't going to be reading them either, since the moment it's exposed to air, it's worthless (yeah I'm exaggerating, but you get the point). -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
The same can be said about antique autos and classic cars... I never bought my 60 Vette as an investment...but it sure has appreciated in value since 1983 when I only paid $6,000 for her...
But you can restore furniture and cars, you can't restore paper. There are people,with tons of money, who pay the outrageous amounts for these "collectibles", pit a cover on them store them in a warehouse, never to be driven, and sold (maybe) when the price is right.
They ruin it for everyone else, would I like a 60's vette, mustang, third etc, you betcha, but I could never afford it, next to selling my house, and I can't live in the car. -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
I understand, but I bought comics books to read and enjoy the fantasy ,not so I can turn that 10c comic book(yeah i'm dating myself) into $50 or $100 or even $1000 prize.
At the same time, if you are collecting and buying these "preserved" comic books, future generations aren't going to be reading them either, since the moment it's exposed to air, it's worthless (yeah I'm exaggerating, but you get the point).
When I bought comic books back in the day. I used to read them (carefully) then seal them to sell later. Sometimes I bought multiples gambling on their worth (Death in the Family in Batman, Batman Year One, Death of Superman series)
I enjoyed and profited -- "The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning." ~ Adlai E. Stevenson
When I bought comic books back in the day. I used to read them (carefully) then seal them to sell later. Sometimes I bought multiples gambling on their worth (Death in the Family in Batman, Batman Year One, Death of Superman series)
I enjoyed and profited
Same here, mylar bags and all, I had quite a few boxes full of mags. Then real life happened and I had to go out into the world and all those somehow vanished into the blackhole inbetween. I have no idea where they went. I used to primarily collect Mike Grell's WARLORD and had every single first print issue I could get my hands on right up until the series was cancelled. --
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DC announced in July 2008 that Warlord would be returning as an ongoing series written by Mike Grell in time for the original series' 35th anniversary.[5] The series started in April 2009,[6] featuring art by Joe Prado and Chad Hardin. The series ran for 16 issues.
While I knew about Spider-Man and Superman and all that, I was never really interested in comic books until I read an issue of Spectacular Spider-Man some kid tossed in the mid-80's and found it to be very on-point concerning grownup experiences, rather than the juvenile issues I'd expected to find in a comic book.
I was so impressed I bought the rest of the Spider-Man issues on the stand... which lead to disappointment since the other comics were the kiddie-stuff I expected. I later learned this was a Peter David run and he was tasked with making a more adult Spider-Man comic which translated well to maturity.
Later on I'd run into Sandman and thought that was a great book with some abstract ideas...
Since then Y : The Last Man, Walking Dead, The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, Kingdom Come, Concrete, Top Ten, Smax, etc... I've enjoyed most of those.
Over the years I've been impressed with the adult maturity of graphic novels to the point where it seems offensive to call them "comic books" because many of them are so well written they've grown beyond the imagery...
Mike Grell's Warlord was one of the few DC comics I collected.... I was more into Marvel...
My other collections then were Green Arrow, and Green Lantern. Then I had some of the other's from various Superhero series. I didn't stop there though I had Ghost Rider, Jonah Hex,Wolverine, Tales from the Crypt, a lot of War comics like Haunted Tank, and other genres as well. Didn't matter too much that the label was DC or Marvel or one of the specialist graphic novels that I came accross at flea markets and trade shows and comic book stores that I frequented.
Comic mags was my sidelife appart from model building and reading sci fi & fantasy while growing up. You know the classic interval between being a boy to a young adult just before getting tossed head first into the stormy world of adulthood. Sometimes I miss those days. Othertimes not so much
Nowadays, I'm enjoying at times seeing some of them comming to the big and small screens for better or worse. Takes me back down memory lane --
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When I first saw an issue of Concrete I thought he was a rip off of the Fantastic Four's Thing... But there are not too many comics like Concrete....
I wouldn't be surprised if he was inspired by Thing and it's unfortunate that Marvel didn't utilize this idea for their own efforts with that character. They certainly did with The Hulk during his stint as a vegas bouncer.
When I bought comic books back in the day. I used to read them (carefully) then seal them to sell later. Sometimes I bought multiples gambling on their worth (Death in the Family in Batman, Batman Year One, Death of Superman series)
I enjoyed and profited
And that's what killed the market in the 90s, way to many prospectors buying way to many comics, and the publishers making every 2nd issue a 'special' one.
Which is why I'm afraid of what DC is doing with the 3d covers (though they have rightly screwed it up on their own.
Growing up I was not much of DC Comics books fan, the only DC superhero I would read was Batman...I thought Superman was silly and the Hulk would decimate the Man of Steel in a confrontation... I was more into Stan Lee's Marvel Comics, my favorite being Fantastic Four, Spiderman and Thor...
However I thought it was interesting when I stumbled upon this tidbit that DC was moving it's superhero group, the Justice League of America to Canada....
WTH?! -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo
I had a boatload of comic books, my mom routinely threw things out on me. I even had the first ever Sunday Sun (I delivered the paper at the time) and she tossed that out too.
I love the woman dearly, but she has no concept of value, she took upon herself to clean out the garage, and sold one of Dad's drills, that could drill (with the right bit of course) through the thickest of concrete without any problems for 5 or 10 bucks. -- No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake.......
quote:I had a boatload of comic books, my mom routinely threw things out on me.
My Mom was the same........although she did keep them for about 10 yrs,then she gave them all to the Salvation Army.
Collections included,Superman,Aquaman,Flash,Fantastic 4,Fury and others I can't even remember.
I always wonder if some smart kid grabbed them and kept them to sell...........could have made a pile of money as they were in great shape too. -- Sarcasm is the body's natural defense against stupidity.
I haven't seen IM3 yet, so maybe there's an explanation, but didn't that agent guy die in the Avengers?
no explanation in IM3 ... yes he did "die" in Avengers -- "The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning." ~ Adlai E. Stevenson
As a tribute to Canadian born Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman (other co-creator was American Siegel) the Canadian Mint will be releasing 7 coins to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel....
Anyone watch the new SHIELD show last week? I did not but a couple of blokes at work said there is a early Corvette (generation 1) like mine in the show...BUT it flies... LOL
The Ben Affleck of today isn't the same Ben Affleck that was boinking Jennifer Lopez.
And Daredevil really wasn't that bad.
The director cut of Daredevil was actually enjoyable. The theatrical was an aberration.
And I find Affleck to be a terrible actor. Like Keanu Reaves his lack if ability to register emotions can come in handy sometimes but overall... meh.
As a director though, yeah.
I agree. I feel the same way about Keanu Reeves and Ben Afleck, but I would also have to add Nicholas Cage to that list. They all are way to stoic and don't seem to convey emotions well. They are too dry. But to be fair, even though I haven't seen it yet, I hear he did one hell of a job in Argo. -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo
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