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Die Laughing posted:Please be joking. I am not joking, but I also have alot of disposable income. Clearly I lost out, but I also really wanted these so. as a counter Question, where is the best place to find out the value of old comics?
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Slayer1597 posted:I am not joking, but I also have alot of disposable income. If you really went to set yourself up for a fuckton of disappointment then the best place to check is eBay. Search for completed listings of the comics you've got to see what people are actually prepared to pay for them. Ignore any and all comic book price guides. They're worthless.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 20:06 |
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Slayer1597 posted:So I just bought the whole run of the original run/print of Crisis on infinate earths (the one with the death of supergirl in it) and the original print of Death of superman, all bagged and boarded for roughly 100 bucks and a six pack of beer.
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see I did look on e-bay before i bought them, dude sold an original death of superman for about a hundred bucks, and the complete crisis on infinate earths series was selling for about 40 bucks. I also forgot to mention that I got issues 1-4 of wolverine with this as well.which was apparently worth about another 40 bucks. and the beer was akin to Pabst Blue Ribbon. I am Canadian, so yeah it was basically monopoly money. :P They are all in great condition, and the duplicates for Crisis is almost another full collection, its only missing like 3 issues. I still feel ok about it, so I guess that is all that matters. Slayer1597 fucked around with this message at Jan 21, 2012 around 20:57 |
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As long as you enjoy them, that's all that really matters. They're all good collectors items to own, so it's not a loss.
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Die Laughing posted:As long as you enjoy them, that's all that really matters. They're all good collectors items to own, so it's not a loss. Yeah, anyone got any suggestions for more Batman Graphic Novels that are awesome?
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It's technically Batman, but Gotham Central is really worth reading. Essentially Law and Order: Gotham City, Gotham Central follows the regular officers of the GCPD as they try to deal with the freaks before the Bat gets there and steals another one of their cases. It won the Eisner award for the storyline "Half a Life" and is written by Brubaker and Rucka, two dudes who certainly know their way around Batman and crime stories. It's four volumes long and very, very good.
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DeimosRising posted:If you're willing to shell out a bit, the Hellboy Library editions are really the way to go - the increased page size does a lot for Mignola's already amazing work. If you want to get the story chronologically, you should technically start with Hellboy and jump to BPRD after The Conqueror Worm, after which they're more or less separate books set in the same universe and building towards the same big events from different directions. You could probably start with BPRD from the beginning if you wanted, though you'd miss a fair bit of characterization and backstory, and Plague appears to be a collection of the first three mini-series so that would work pretty well. Thanks, just what I wanted to know!
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Die Laughing posted:And Kirby's fourth world omni is one of my favorite books, but I won't call anyone a cretin for not liking it. Books from the 60's and 70's are an acquired taste. That's the weirdest part, I LOVE 60s and 70s comics. I recently finished Action Comics 200 - 300, and am trucking through 300 - 400. The Golden Age is my absolute favorite-- 1938 -1945 just can't be beat, for my money. Bu tI just can't get into the 4th World stuff I tried. Mayb eI should just try again or something. I would still welcome any non-Kirby 4th World suggestions though!
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I would still welcome any non-Kirby 4th World suggestions though! "Superman, Batman, the Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, Starfire, and Jason Blood are summoned to New Genesis. Metron has discovered the Anti-Life Equation is a sentient being. It seeks to enter their dimension but can only send aspects of itself. These aspects seek to create enough chaos in order to instigate the Anti-Life's passage. The aspects are destined for Earth, Rann, Thanagar, and Xanshi. If any two of the four planets are destroyed, the Milky Way will collapse." redbackground fucked around with this message at Jan 22, 2012 around 05:38 |
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Die Laughing posted:Please be joking. I am ashamed to admit it, but I hated both Ditko and Kirby when I was first exposed to them. I just didn't get it. (I was perhaps the world's stupidest kid.) Edit for more shame: I hated Walt Simonson's X-Factor stuff at first, too.
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Okay, I've never read any Excalibur/Captain Britain/Any of That Stuff. Are the Excalibur Visionaries trades the best way to fix this? Could I skip ahead to the later all-Alan Davis-written/illustrated issues, or should I go for the Claremont/Davis books first? And is the Alan Moore Captain Britain run awesome or no? (I do love that Alan Moore.) Honestly, I don't know a thing about any of this, so any breakdown here would be helpful.
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redbackground posted:Okay, I've never read any Excalibur/Captain Britain/Any of That Stuff. Are the Excalibur Visionaries trades the best way to fix this? Could I skip ahead to the later all Alan Davis written/illustrated issues, or should I go for the Claremont/Davis books first? And is the Alan Moore Captain Britain run awesome or no? (I do love that Alan Moore.) Honestly, I don't know a thing about any of this, so any breakdown here would be helpful. The old Claremont/Davis Excalibur stuff is not bad at all, and certainly won't hurt you to read it. "Is the Alan Moore Captain Britain run awesome" he says. You may as well ask if grass is green or the sky blue.  I believe it's also where "Earth-616" was invented. Wikipedia: "The term was first used in "Rough Justice," a story credited to both Alan Moore and Alan Davis published in July 1983 by Marvel UK in the anthology comic The Daredevils (and was later reprinted in the Captain Britain trade paperback)."
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prefect posted:The old Claremont/Davis Excalibur stuff is not bad at all, and certainly won't hurt you to read it. I just grabbed the entirety of the Claremont/Davis run (Special Edition, 1-34, Mojo Mayhem) for $16 (  ), so I'm pretty stoked about diving into it once it arrives. Maybe this will finally drive me to read the Cornell MI 13 stuff as well.
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redbackground posted:I just grabbed the entirety of the Claremont/Davis run (Special Edition, 1-34, Mojo Mayhem) for $16 ( I remember Claremont's Mojo as being completely hilarous, but I was much younger then. I hope it holds up.
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prefect posted:I am ashamed to admit it, but I hated both Ditko and Kirby when I was first exposed to them. I just didn't get it. (I was perhaps the world's stupidest kid.) It's not just you. I'll bet most new readers won't like Ditko or Kirby. Modern comic art is just so nicely colored and slick, the old primitive stuff takes a little knowledge of the medium to appreciate. I have a few original Lee/Ditko Spider-Mans I still need to read because I was uninterested in them when my dad bought them for me while I was a teenager. I think I'll stop by my parents house, and pick those up. I'll post my thoughts in the Spidey thread.
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I'm looking for two recommendations: 1. I've been picking up Red Sonja. I read a bit of Conan in a genre fiction class, and I figure if I'm going to watch someone hack and slash thru a horde of minions, said character might as well be aesthetically pleasing. Now I've tried reading some of the early Marvel Conan stuff and found it too verbose and I assume Red Sonja was also done in that style. Are there any Red Sonja arcs or collections you guys could recommend me that resemble/are in the modern incarnation? 2. DMZ ended about a month ago and I'm still not down yet from my real-world politics, Generation Kill meets The Wire high. Are there any other war comics/real-world politics comics in a simiar vein you guys could recommend me? cyberpunksurvivor fucked around with this message at Jan 25, 2012 around 05:16 |
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The Conan stuff from Dark Horse is pretty good all around. Just start picking up the tpbs from #1. If you want something funnier, I enjoyed Skullkickers.
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Uthor posted:The Conan stuff from Dark Horse is pretty good all around. Just start picking up the tpbs from #1. I fixed my OP. I meant Red Sonja arcs/collections/etc. Thanks for the recommend, though. And I did pick up the Dark Horse Conan, and those were reprints of the Marvel Comics, strangely.
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Ah, I forgot they did that. Sorry. Here's a list of all the Conan books that Dark Horse has released to date: http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/Bro...r+2013/Ppydwkt7 The Chronicles of Conan and Savage Sword of Conan are reprints. The series starting with "Conan Volume 1: The Frost Giant's Daughter and other stories" is the newer series that started in (I think) 2004. They all have the same trade dress if you look at that page, though there's also a couple mini series that have also come out recently (King Conan on the second page, and a second King Conan series starting this week, I think). I never was big into Conan, but the first two or three trades hooked me pretty good.
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cyberpunksurvivor posted:
Unknown Soldier is a good comic about the conflict in Uganda.
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Okay, I really liked the first five issues of DC Universe Presents, with the Deadman storyarc. If I want more Deadman with that general tone, what should I check out?
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Slayer1597 posted:So I just bought the whole run of the original run/print of Crisis on infinate earths (the one with the death of supergirl in it) and the original print of Death of superman, all bagged and boarded for roughly 100 bucks and a six pack of beer. From what I remember, the Death of Superman issue (#75 right?) is only worth about $4 alone and something like $7 in it's original bag with stickers, tattoo, and everything. My local shop has the COIE run in singles for $20.
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any recommendations for getting into Hellblazer and The Darkness? I've been told to start Hellblazer from where Ennis starts writing, but I wanted a second opinion. For The Darkness I have absolutely no idea, is the series good enough to just pick up one of those omnibus collections?
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Derrio posted:From what I remember, the Death of Superman issue (#75 right?) is only worth about $4 alone and something like $7 in it's original bag with stickers, tattoo, and everything. My local shop has the COIE run in singles for $20. meh, all I know is they are all in great condition, and all stuff I wanted.  I also got all of the issues (plus duplicates of some issues) of crisis on infinate earths. Plus Wolverine Issues 1-4. Is there a good Captain Marvel (shazaam?) Run? Slayer1597 fucked around with this message at Jan 28, 2012 around 09:11 |
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The Jeff Smith 'Monster Society of Evil' is the only good Captain Marvel/SHAZAM thing I've read, out of not very much.
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cyberpunksurvivor posted:DMZ ended about a month ago and I'm still not down yet from my real-world politics, Generation Kill meets The Wire high. Are there any other war comics/real-world politics comics in a simiar vein you guys could recommend me? If you genuinely want some frontline comics war reportage, I would suggest you find out about Joe Sacco, likes of Safe Area Gorazde, Palestine.
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LtTennisBall posted:For The Darkness I have absolutely no idea, is the series good enough to just pick up one of those omnibus collections? I had no interest in the character until Phil Hester started writing. I can't speak to the quality of whatever came before, but you might try jumping in where Hester begins and if you're interested enough in the character, then grab an omnibus to read him from the beginning. I think the first Hester trade was only like $5 to grab new readers e: here ya go http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-1-Ac...7803006&sr=8-15 Elijya fucked around with this message at Jan 29, 2012 around 02:11 |
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Speaking of Phil Hester, how is The Coffin? I saw some art from it and it looked pretty cool but I've never heard anything about it.
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Starks posted:Speaking of Phil Hester, how is The Coffin? I saw some art from it and it looked pretty cool but I've never heard anything about it. The story's not really anything new but it's competently done and worth buying just for the art.
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LtTennisBall posted:any recommendations for getting into Hellblazer and The Darkness? I've been told to start Hellblazer from where Ennis starts writing, but I wanted a second opinion. For The Darkness I have absolutely no idea, is the series good enough to just pick up one of those omnibus collections? For Hellblazer, you can't go wrong with Ennis for a starting point (that would be the Dangerous Habits trade). Jamie Delano's run comes before that, but it hasn't aged well. Plus, if you really want to start at the beginning, you should read Alan Moore's fantastic work on Swamp Thing first. Be warned - after Ennis leaves, there's a ~40 issue gap where Paul Jenkins took over that has never been collected in trades (this is because DC comics hates you).
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If I were looking for something in the vein of the Order of the Stick feel (very d&d and comedic), are there and good recommendations available on comicology (or and other iPad app)?
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Casao posted:If I were looking for something in the vein of the Order of the Stick feel (very d&d and comedic), are there and good recommendations available on comicology (or and other iPad app)? You could try the D&D comic, if it's on there. It's not exactly forced-gag-a-panel like Order of the Stick but it's pretty lighthearted and comedic at times.
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Casao posted:If I were looking for something in the vein of the Order of the Stick feel (very d&d and comedic), are there and good recommendations available on comicology (or and other iPad app)? Skullkickers. #0 is free on Comixology and the first five issues are in a cheap collection.
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Uthor posted:Skullkickers. #0 is free on Comixology and the first five issues are in a cheap collection. Thanks, this looks like what I was thinking of. I've picked up Issue 0 to read this weekend, and will probably end up picking upt he whole thing.
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I was hoping someone could recommend me a good place to start getting into Catwoman. I am mostly intrigued by her romance with Batman and the fact that she is not always a villain. Looking though this makes me think I would be most interested in 90's to current Catwoman. I was hoping to find a collection of comics in book form, but Barns & Noble and Google both seem to be failing me. I am pretty much a comic novice so any help would be appreciated.
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You're in luck. They just released Trail Of The Catwoman, which is a big chunky volume containing the Selina's Big Score graphic novel, a bunch of backup stories from Batman, and the first 9 issues of the 2000s Catwoman series. Great art, and great stories by Darwyn Cooke and Ed Brubaker, which focus mostly on her as an antiheroine. Link.
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That looks perfect! Thanks!
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Gaz-L posted:You're in luck. They just released Trail Of The Catwoman, which is a big chunky volume containing the Selina's Big Score graphic novel, a bunch of backup stories from Batman, and the first 9 issues of the 2000s Catwoman series. Great art, and great stories by Darwyn Cooke and Ed Brubaker, which focus mostly on her as an antiheroine. I am getting this for my signifigant lady persons, for V-day! (I will probably read it first)
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You're both in for a huge treat. Brubaker's Catwoman run is what made me a fan of his work, and I've loved almost everything he's written since then. The art is gorgeous too -- Darwyn Cooke's pencils with Mike Allred inking, followed by great artists like Brad Rader (what happened to that guy?) and Cameron Stewart.
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