Why do you collect what you collect?

[arexcrooke]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.

[arexcrooke]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.
I collect, almost exclusively, HG DC comics from the late SA into the early BA. I have been collecting this way for about the last 2 years after being a MArvel Zombie for the first 3-4 years of collecting.

I decided to move to DC because it was different and this time period had some excellent changes made to characters i had always liked, such as Green Lantern and Batman. Plus, when HG Marvels are found in abundance in contrast to their DC brethren, and I needed help putting the brakes on spending. With HG DC it makes one be more patient as they just do not seem to pop up as much as HG Marvels.

Currently, i am working on Detective Comics 401-500 in 9.4/6, Batman 201-300 in 9.4/6 and what my major focus now is (and will be for a long time) is DC's 52 pager run. This is an excellent way to get early BA horror, War, Sci-Fi, Hero, Romance, ect all

Why HG? because I just love the look of a HG book. The lack of flaws, the idea that this book could have just came off the newstand today really appeals to me. I look for flaws on books, and the fewer flaws, the more I like the book. Im not knocking LG collectors or MG collectors, but i dont like them. I cant get past the flaws on the book.

Why late SA early BA? Because it is a perfect storm to speak for me. I get:
1-what I think are some of the best stories, art, artists that have been in comics
2-The ability to by HG books without having to take out a second mortgage
3-The ability to buy HG books since they are more of them available since they are more younger than say early 60's DC in NM (which they arent many of)
4-The enjoyment of having more books in my collection because it allows my modest budget to go further since the books are not as expensive (in relation) to say a mid 60's ASM in 9.4

I have roughly 300 books. 48 CGC books and a short full of DC and a short full of Marvel.

So, thats pretty much it for me, what about you guys and gals?

[habib]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.

Good thread arex!

I'm easy.....I buy everything....Marvel to DC and everything in between!

Some of my favorites:

1950's Ghost Rider (ME series)...was in a few different titles.

Truevision 3-D effect comics from ACG comics....Far out cool looking comics!

GA Good Girl art.....just love the stuff!

Atomic Bomb covers.

Esoteric titles like "Rex the Wonder Dog" a 1950's DC title.

And I still buy some moderns like Walking Dead, Invincible, Locke & Key and so on.

Growing up I was a Marvel Zombie and at one time I have owned every Superhero Marvel from 1961 to the early 1990's. I decided I liked the money more than the comics so I have sold most of my SA....but still have the majority of bronze to currents of my Marvels.

I buy low grade, high grade, mid grade....I like 'em all.....basically I get whatever the best deal is at the time.....

[razorz000]

Great thread Arex

I like to collect and read :D early silverage x-men & avengers..

1) great stories
2) love the art work
3) the challange of getting the books I need for cheap..
Being high grade doesn't matter to me because I like to read them over & over & over & over #blahblah#

I have also gotten into Michael Turners books for the art and some of the stories but mostly the for the art.. In which I have all issues but a few and I will get them some time before I die.

I'm not into collecting for investment but the love of comics..

[jaydeebee]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.


I've collected comics for so long, it's hard to remember a time when I didn't collect them.

For me, comics have always been an addiction. I first started reading them as a kid, early 1970's mostly Disney and Archie comics, because that's what they had at the drugstore, grocery and toy store. But those were usually bought for me, or by my brother, they were never really "mine". (although the ones that have survived are now part of my collection)

The first comic I can remember buying myself was a treasury-sized DC Superman collection, in fact...it was this one:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/jdb114/limitedcollectors31.jpg


And yes, I still own it.

This book was the first to really get my, at the time, 10 year old brain thinking about the fact that this character Superman had been around a long time, because it featured stories from the 30's, 40's 50's and 60's. Something about that touched the OCD portion of my brain and I began to "collect" my comics rather than letting them get thrown away.

Of course, I didn't have a lot of money then, so I didn't get big into collecting until later, like the late 70's.

I collect DC and Marvel. I've bought the bulk of my collection as new comics, but have bought a lot of back-issues too, to fill in what I missed. I'm not a real stickler for condition, I'll buy pretty much anything that is complete and doesn't smell. Sure I want the best condition I can afford, but I wouldn't walk away from a comic because of a flaw either.

Superman comics are my favorite. I have fairly large runs of just about all DC and Marvel titles from the mid-70's forward and a smattering of silver and golden age comics. I also have a fairly good selection of Indy comics. I have a small collection of graded (cgc/pgx) comics that I bought on the cheap which I plan to use to decorate my comic room...if I ever get a room large enough to contain all my comics. In all I have somewhere between 22,000 and 25,000 comics, I've never been able to get a complete count, but it's a lot!

I also collect books, not just trades and graphic novels, but real books...the kind without pictures, because I love to read. Nothing valuable, just novels and stuff.

I used to collect race car replicas and action figures, but the economic realities have forced me out of those habits. :o

My dream would be to have a home large enough to have a comic library where I could house all my collectibles and books in one place...but for now I just have a basement. :-?

[Capitalrecoveryman]

I collect whatever floats my boat at any given moment in time.

For instance, this year, I've acquired 4 high grade Avengers (7,8,10 and 14), 2 fairly desirable late 70's carded Hot Wheels, probably 20 mid-grade Silver Age Marvels including FF Annual 2, a boxed Mego Spider-Man, a boxed Corgi James Bond Aston Martin, a played with, but complete, other than the cars Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose set, the cars from the set from somebody else, a half dozen boxed American muscle cars made in the 60's by a relatively obscure Israeli company, a carded Snowspeeder from Empire Strikes Back, a toy replica of Cale Yarborough's race car from 1978 and a 1971 Joe Namath Topps football card.

Also, I keep in touch with modern books to the tune of, oh, maybe 10 books a month. I don't really count them as part of a 'collection' because they tend to get treated with the same reverence as magazines. Having seen of the prices received on stuff like Cappy 15, though, makes me want to rethink this.

Why do I do this? Heck, I don't know. Insanity?

[jaydeebee]

I collect whatever floats my boat at any given moment in time.

For instance, this year, I've acquired 4 high grade Avengers (7,8,10 and 14), 2 fairly desirable late 70's carded Hot Wheels, probably 20 mid-grade Silver Age Marvels including FF Annual 2, a boxed Mego Spider-Man, a boxed Corgi James Bond Aston Martin, a played with, but complete, other than the cars Hot Wheels Snake and Mongoose set, the cars from the set from somebody else, a half dozen boxed American muscle cars made in the 60's by a relatively obscure Israeli company, a carded Snowspeeder from Empire Strikes Back, a toy replica of Cale Yarborough's race car from 1978 and a 1971 Joe Namath Topps football card.

Also, I keep in touch with modern books to the tune of, oh, maybe 10 books a month. I don't really count them as part of a 'collection' because they tend to get treated with the same reverence as magazines. Having seen of the prices received on stuff like Cappy 15, though, makes me want to rethink this.

Why do I do this? Heck, I don't know. Insanity?

Insanity. Yes, I was going to say that.

I collect because I am insane. :D

[arexcrooke]

People who collect have an OCD that bends them towards that. Factor OCD in with personal idiosyncracies and you get th particular flavor of a collector.

[arexcrooke]

One thing that I forgot to mention is that I am also beginning a modest trade collection.
I started with a reccomendation from a friend of mine over on CGC about Captain America Winter Soldier. Bought it, loved it. I really love the moderns that I have been buying in trades.
I have been buying Superman/Batman, Ultimates, GL, Sinestro Corp was killer, and then supplementing that with other things that catch my eye. I definatly have more Bats and GL's than anything else.
It also allows me to read moderns without having the worry of them being absolutely worthless as soon as I take them away from the rgister. I also do not have to worry about bending a corner or creasing a page as I dont worry about condition too much.
It also gives me a chance to read older arcs/titles without having to buy hundred dollar issues just to read it. Or buy a key issue for that matter.

[DrWatson]

I just bought six new hc trades on eBay for $50 shipped. The only one I'm not interested in is the Marvel Zombies one. :yuck:

[arexcrooke]

What did you get Doc?
And we are going to have a huge selection of trades to ponder through in Chicago :cloud9:
damn graemlins arent the same here
rolling eyes

[marvelguy]

I pretty much collect 60's and 70's Marvels. I still do buy Moderns and it's a huge bill at that every month. I used to read and collect comics as they came out back in the 80's and 90's. As most people did this in the mid-90's, they quit collecting comics during that time. I was one of them. I stayed away for 5 years and I had a itching desire to get back in comics. Now that I have some disposable income, I can catch up on what I missed and buy back issues from the 60's on up.

I'm focusing on completing some Marvel runs that started and ended in the 60's and 70's. On the other hand, I'm collecting back issues of FF, Avengers, ASM and Defenders whenever a good deal comes up. LG is fine with me as long as the cover is pretty and it can be readable.

The short-lived series that I mentioned is Cap Marvel, Subby and Silver Surfer.

I don't know why I collect but I do know that I love to collect because it's a good way to pass the time.

[DrWatson]

What did you get Doc?
And we are going to have a huge selection of trades to ponder through in Chicago :cloud9:
damn graemlins arent the same here
rolling eyes
Let's see I got X-Men Endangered Species, Avengers Illuminati, Fallen Son: Death of Captain America, The Death of Wolverine, Avengers: Ultron Initiative and I got Sinestro Corps Wars from Jespersen and X-Men: Deadly Genesis and Brave & Bold: The Lords of Luck from pirate.

Oh, and the pukey Zombie thing.

[arexcrooke]

ive never seen the fascination with zombies, but to each his own.
Sinestro Corp wars is kick in the teeth good. And the Death of Cap is awesome as well.
I want to read the rest of the stuff that you have too. Might need to pick those up in a few weeks.

[jaydeebee]

What did you get Doc?
And we are going to have a huge selection of trades to ponder through in Chicago :cloud9:
damn graemlins arent the same here
rolling eyes

What you call "graemlins" we call "smilies". When you're posting, if you'll click below where it says GO ADVANCED, you'll have a list of the smilies right over here ------------------------>

Below those you'll see [more], which will open a new window just chocked full of smilies that you can just click on to add to your message, or you can enter the text as you have tried to do above. I thing the main difference is that you're using doing and our smilies is that you are using a colon on each side of Cloud9 and it should be a number sign (#)

Remove spaces ---> # cloud # = #cloud9#

[arexcrooke]

#cloud9#
#rollingeyes#
just trying a few out. Ive, unfortunaly, memorized most of the ones over at CGC

[DrWatson]

What you call "graemlins" we call "smilies". When you're posting, if you'll click below where it says GO ADVANCED, you'll have a list of the smilies right over here ------------------------>

Below those you'll see [more], which will open a new window just chocked full of smilies that you can just click on to add to your message, or you can enter the text as you have tried to do above. I thing the main difference is that you're using doing and our smilies is that you are using a colon on each side of Cloud9 and it should be a number sign (#)

Remove spaces ---> # cloud # = #cloud9#
You're being awfully helpful. Do they hand out merit badges around here too?

[jaydeebee]

#cloud9#
#rollingeyes#
just trying a few out. Ive, unfortunaly, memorized most of the ones over at CGC

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/jdb114/gifs/yoda.gif You must unlearn, what you have learned...



:)

[jaydeebee]

You're being awfully helpful. Do they hand out merit badges around here too?

Just doin' mah job Ma'am. #cowboy#

[DrWatson]

I bet you'd be a fun one to troll. I bet you would be a real panty buncher. #joker#

[jaydeebee]

I bet you'd be a fun one to troll. I bet you would be a real panty buncher. #joker#

Are you having fun?

[DrWatson]

So, so. I have had better. :(

Maybe if you gave it a little more effort? http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

[jaydeebee]

So, so. I have had better. :(

Maybe if you gave it a little more effort? http://www.comicscorral.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif


Sorry, but you're whistling down the wrong pike.

[DrWatson]

I guess it's true what they say. Once you pass 40 you loose your sense of humor. #poke#

See you later, Jeffrey. #hello#

[jaydeebee]

I guess it's true what they say. Once you pass 40 you loose your sense of humor. #poke#

See you later, Jeffrey. #hello#

(at least I can spell lose)

And please, it's Jerry. :cool:

[DrWatson]

(at least I can spell lose)

And please, it's Jerry. :cool:
Sure thing, Jeffrey. #creep#

[oxbladder]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.

Because I like it.

I collect just about anything but mostly just new stuff because I cannot afford old stuff except once in awhile. I have a thing for the women heroes or good looking strong women characters. But in reality I will buy and read just about anything. I am also working on a complete run of the the Wonder Woman book (just the Wonder Woman title not Sensation) and I am close to that goal but have not really worked to hard at filling out the 52 remaining holes in the first volume. I get the best grade I can for my money and that could be anywhere from a NM down to a solid good (ie has to have some sort of eye appeal and no serious structural compromises). The run of WW I have been focusing on for about 5 years now doesn't have many know high grades. Those looking for 8.0's and up are going to be looking for a long time so I basically focus on trying to find at least a solid VG.

[Hoss]

I collect about 99% modern comics these days. I just don't have the funds for back issues too often and there are too many great books coming out each month!

I collect the titles that I like (and that's too many!) and I try new series all the time. Lately, I have been picking up variant editions of the new modern titles if they have nice covers. I'm reading mostly superhero stuff and a few select Vertigo titles.

I really like gigantic crossover "events" and have to get all the tie in issues too!

I love reading comics!

--

[fulltimer56]

Trying to turn a negative thread into a more positive one. #woohoo#
Why do you collect what you collect? Tell us what you collect, grade, titles, artistis, whatever. Explain to us why you collect what you do.


Like oxbladder "Because I like to"!

I'm working on all my Superman titles because I'm a big Superman fan but know I will never own the really early issues of titles like Action, Superman Vol. 1, etc. But I did finish "Adventure of Superman" a few months ago with help from the guys here on the Corral! Thanks, Guys!

I only collect a title if I like to read it. If I'm reading a title and the art and/or story start going down hill I'll let it go. I don't collect just to collect. I have to like it.

I read and collect both DC and Marvel with a few others and I was collecting Dark Horse's Conan until they ended it.

I like all ages but mainly buy Modern and Bronze with a few Silver if I can find them in my price range.

Linda

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

"I have roughly 300 books. 48 CGC books and a short full of DC and a short full of Marvel."
"I have been collecting this way for about the last 2 years after being a MArvel Zombie for the first 3-4 years of collecting. "
Well at least I know who I'm talking to now.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/6/0/3/0/6/webimg/138971394_o.jpg

[comicworkbench]

I try to collect good stories with good art. I try to complete runs and in the process I find new gems and new artists that lead me to other titles.

I am a reader and like mid grade books. I need to read a couple of comics before I go to sleep. The high grade comics I have I am almost afraid to read.

I love Marvel but do dip into whatever fits with my mood. X-Men got me into serious collecting then Spider-man but growing up in the eighties and nineties who wasn't into these books.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

I collect all comics, read them and then re-read them. Lately I am trying to dump comics I don't care about and buy comics I want to explore by using eBays' most excellent service. I cherish many comic runs I have such as
Nemsis 1-6
Grimlock
ASM
DD
X-MEN (Uncanny and the subsequent series)
Critters
Samurai
Elflord
Samurai Penguin
Sandman
Iron Man
Hellblazer
Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider Man (it feels kinda good to post the whole title)
Micronauts
Alien Worlds
Stig's inferno
Puma Blues
Camelot
Albedo Anthropomorphics
Alien encounters
Marvel Team up
Thor
Marvels
Web of..
Spawn
History of the DC Universe
Hot spur
Black Kiss, although I hate most of Chaykin's art
Books of Magic #1 of the mini is my favorite cover
Grips
TOS
Cerebus
Dazzler
Marvel Fanfare - I have a #3 signed by Cockrum
TMNT
Gizmo
Dreadstar
ALL UNDERGROUNDS (not the same as adult) I particularly like DR. Atomic
Batman, but mostly the 200's

I do not collect (but may have many waiting to be sold)
Captain America
FF
Marvel tales
Dr. Strange
JLA
Superman
Wonder Woman
She-Hulk
The Phantom
Strange Tales
ANY war comics
Cowboy comics
Funny animals
Romance
2099 titles
Punisher

I could go on

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

I don't feel the same "need to keep it forever" as I used to because I'm 39, soon to be 40 and just want to cash out on the whole collector thing for new reading experiences. I sell a lot of older comics and buy more reading material whether it be M.Masterworks and DC archives. If I can't read it, it's just "collectible" $.

[Mr.Digglerstanley1]

Like oxbladder "Because I like to"!

I'm working on all my Superman titles because I'm a big Superman fan but know I will never own the really early issues of titles like Action, Superman Vol. 1, etc. But I did finish "Adventure of Superman" a few months ago with help from the guys here on the Corral! Thanks, Guys!

I only collect a title if I like to read it. If I'm reading a title and the art and/or story start going down hill I'll let it go. I don't collect just to collect. I have to like it.

I read and collect both DC and Marvel with a few others and I was collecting Dark Horse's Conan until they ended it.

I like all ages but mainly buy Modern and Bronze with a few Silver if I can find them in my price range.

Linda

They are starting a new series. :wink:

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Anybody remember any of those titles I listed? How about
The Filth
Fish Police
Void Indigo
What if...? - the first alt earth title
Who's who - I hate DC (sorta) because I cannot figure out who is alive or dead and when all of that death/resurrection happened.
Sword's of the swashbucklers
Secret wars - The beyonder is like Dazzler as a male
Aliens
Aliens Vs. Predator - How long did we wait for this movie
Deathlok
Captain Carrot - Hey it stands out for a reason.
Justice League - the funny one
Plastic man
All those Marvel people,Ms.Marvel becomes Rogues power, Marvel boy is? All those marvel people change a lot.

[Duffman_Comics]

Silly - a couple of observations:

Black Kiss - you naughty boy
What If - a fun title, but I find it irritating that Marvel for decades decried and denigrated DC's "imaginary stories" and then came out with this.
Who's Who - a nightmare to keep up
Secret Wars - GREAT (at the time)
Sandman - wonderful

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Sandman is the best thing I've ever read. "My mother, who was the first cat told me this..."

what if... Hey, it was fun and I did mention that it was the first Marvel Alternative worlds title, but I admit that I don't know what you are referencing as far as "imaginary stories".
What about Stig's inferno or Puma blues?
Black Kiss is just a thing. You know what it is, so you have to see it. I don't hate many artists. I agree with STU about Liefield but I also hate Chaykin. Ugly, not good ugly, just ugly. I look at his earlier more standard work and wonder how "his style" degenerated to this.

[Duffman_Comics]

DC did a heap of "Imaginary Stories" in the Silver Age. These usually involved Superman marrying Lois Lane and having kids, or dying (that was a great story, Superman 149), or Bruce Wayne being raised by the Kents and Clark Kent going off with the Waynes.

You get the idea. None of the stories were part of the "canon" or continuity so the writers would just let 'er rip. Lex Luthor as Superman's best friend etc.

The stories were clearly labelled "imaginary" (what other kind of superhero tale isn't? but I digress) and were well received by fans.

Marvel's editors at the time hated the whole idea and "pooh-poohed" the whole concept - at one point promising never to publish "imaginary tales"".

Until What If? came along.

[Duffman_Comics]

Just had a quick look at your list Silly and didn't see any Alan Moore.

If you like Sandman, give Moore a whirl - Watchmen, Miracleman, Swamp Thing etc.

Lots of TPB's. Good reading. Google his name for all the titles you've been missing.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Ohw yeah dude, I've read most of Moore's stuff, but not Swamp Thing or, correct me if I'm wrong here, Animal man. I think, and once again I keep hoping another isolated small towner will jump in, that the continuous titles are rough for me. I have read an issue here and there of Swamp thing, and have some in my collection, but to be able to try to fill a readable run, like I am currently doing now, was not possible for us until the internet/ebay. I didn't even collect SANDMAN when it came out because, I admit, I was caught up in X-MEN B.S. covers and multiple titles because I could get that one issue then and there and the guide told me it would pay for more comics in trade. We were all trading new for new then. Anyway, later I got the full TPB of SANDMAN and the story, in whole, all at once, blew my mind. I've since tried to turn the story on to others and I've not only read it multiple times, but I also kept a list of all the referenced books and have read many of those as well. An example in front of me on my bookshelf is "We have always lived in the castle" Shirley Jackson.
Moore to me is the best comic book writer ever. Just tonight I gave the HC GN of Top Ten to a really good friend collector/speculator who invests his $ in comics with my advice. As I was showing him my recent acquisitions (all mostly horror titles that I purchased due to influence by this board and the recent cover art worship, as well as my own dissatisfaction with recent super-hero reads) he told me "I read comics as a kid but I don't read comics now, if I want to read I read novels." He then told me had recently read a BATMAN novel, which I didn't know how to reply to because I've never read BATMAN novels. I think they are so lacking compared to the art and story together. And basically he followed up with the same feelings I have about silly super heroes in capes. Why read that. We both have a hatred for Superboy and any Super (as in superman) DC titles. He and I have been buying comics for about three years together and he influenced me as far as investment goes because he's money orientated. He's completely un-emotinally attached. It's all cover/key/1st app. or #1 orientated. Basically what a noob would learn from OPG guide,CGC census and eBay completed listings.

Ok I'm ranting.Done.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Oops, Miracleman too, I gotta get to that one as well. But I am in this weird phase where I am trying to put together the history. That's why I recently re-read INFINITY CRUSADE, which I actually really enjoyed again. And to my delight as a collector, but dismay as a reader, I had the full run in easily 8.5 minimum each issue, bagged and boarded from original purchase. I loved it. The characters come off well, not brilliant, and it's not a total give away ending. The main thing I liked about it is that THANOS is a real bad guy.

[arexcrooke]

That does seem to be one of the runs that is standing the test of time well.

[marvelguy]

Like oxbladder "Because I like to"!

I'm working on all my Superman titles because I'm a big Superman fan but know I will never own the really early issues of titles like Action, Superman Vol. 1, etc. But I did finish "Adventure of Superman" a few months ago with help from the guys here on the Corral! Thanks, Guys!

I only collect a title if I like to read it. If I'm reading a title and the art and/or story start going down hill I'll let it go. I don't collect just to collect. I have to like it.

I read and collect both DC and Marvel with a few others and I was collecting Dark Horse's Conan until they ended it.

I like all ages but mainly buy Modern and Bronze with a few Silver if I can find them in my price range.

Linda

Digger is right, they are starting a new Conan series and it's called Conan the Cimmeran. I'm thinking it's a newer phase of Conan like Conan the King, etc...

[arexcrooke]

"I have roughly 300 books. 48 CGC books and a short full of DC and a short full of Marvel."
"I have been collecting this way for about the last 2 years after being a MArvel Zombie for the first 3-4 years of collecting. "
Well at least I know who I'm talking to now.

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/6/0/3/0/6/webimg/138971394_o.jpg

Wanna explain the relevance of this post to me SS?
It shows you have been collecting for a long time #oldie#
but, other than that, is there some meaning im missing?#popcorn#

[jaydeebee]

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/0/6/0/3/0/6/webimg/138971394_o.jpg


It's the missing page from Dr. Jones' Grail Diary! :D

[arexcrooke]

Don't call me junior

[Capitalrecoveryman]

Marvel's editors at the time hated the whole idea and "pooh-poohed" the whole concept - at one point promising never to publish "imaginary tales"".

Until What If? came along.

I guess the difference was that, while DC imaginary stories could have any premise, the Marvel stuff at least started with a point in time in the Marvel U, where someone's action or inaction resulted in different consequences. Ironic because my favorite 'What If' type story is The Nail, which is of course a DC book.

Someone send me my No prize, now.

[arexcrooke]

No prize sent.

btw, what is The Nail?


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA:_The_Nail)

[jaydeebee]

No prize sent.

btw, what is The Nail?


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA:_The_Nail)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLA:_The_Nail

[fulltimer56]

Digger is right, they are starting a new Conan series and it's called Conan the Cimmeran. I'm thinking it's a newer phase of Conan like Conan the King, etc...


Yeah, I know and I have ordered it! I wasn't always happy with the art work on the Dark Horse's Conan series but I always enjoyed reading them for the stories.

Linda

[arexcrooke]

Thanks, I really like JLA/JSA stuff and had never heard of it. Ill need to check it out.

[Capitalrecoveryman]

Yep, worth the read. There was another one a year or so ago called "Another Nail" but I haven't read it.

While on the subject of Elseworlds, I have a couple of other fatorites. One is the JLA Earth 2 thing that Grant Morrison did and another is the Batman/Planetary.

[arexcrooke]

These are like Kingdom Come and outside of the regular continuity, correct? Is that what Elseworlds means?

[Capitalrecoveryman]

Yep, although I thought Kingdom Come was an exception as there was an effort to push the DC universe towards the events of KC. I'm not sure if this is still so, because the only current DC titles I pick up anymore are Detective, All Star Batman and All Star Superman. Incidentally, both All Star lines are out of continuity also.

[arexcrooke]

If you have never read Superman/Batman it is really good. They are into vol 5 of the traades i think

[Capitalrecoveryman]

If you're looking for DC compilations/trades, a couple I recommend are Identity Crisis and New Frontier.

IC is essentially a murder mystery written by Brad Meltzer (who has written a couple of good 'whodunnit' novels). One of the subplots involves mind-wiping, which became a theme across DC books for awhile after this series.

New Frontier takes place just after WWII and runs through about 1960. The idea is that Superman, Wonder Woman, Bats, GL, etc. have all aged in real time.

[Capitalrecoveryman]

I collected that through most of the Loeb run. He started losing me when Supes and Bats were tripping across all the different Universes. The Maximums were pretty funny.

[arexcrooke]

IC is/was a great read. I pull it out often and re-read it. Probably the first DC trade I ever read that helped me get introduced to a lot of the second tier characters I was not used to.
Ill take a look into New Frontier

[showcase-4]

I collect GA DC's of Batman / Detective, GA Classic Covers, and SA Marvel keys. I find them all to have great covers, scarcity in certain grades, and constant high demand, making them excellent candidates for high quality trade bait....never know when that dream book will come along #woohoo# , and exceed your budget. :roll:

[DrWatson]

Hello, Steve.#hello#

[showcase-4]

;) what's up, Doc ?

[DrWatson]

Not much, just playing tourist.:cool:

[SolitaireOne]

These are like Kingdom Come and outside of the regular continuity, correct? Is that what Elseworlds means?
Bingo, bang-o! :cool: "Gotham by Gaslight" #cloud9#

[AtlasFan]

Howdy,
I am a HG Addict.

I started out collecting just about everything high-grade SA Marvel & DC...In the last 10 years, I had narrowed my scope down to HG pre-hero Atlas. Once I completed that, I now focus exclusivley on HG 50's Science Fiction comics -- mostly DCs, but I will dabble into the occasional HG Prize/Crestwood, Avon or even Ditko Chartltons.

Bill

[Red Hook]

Nice!

[AtlasFan]

Nice!

Yes it is! Let me add that I am looking to get rid of all my Bronze.. UGH I just cant stand to look at them anymore...those nasty things just clutter up the place...

[Red Hook]

Now don't be dissin' our Bronze-Lovin' brothers here, Atlas!

Besides, you have to talk up the books you're going to be selling!

Red

[stupidman]

I collect GA DC's of Batman / Detective, GA Classic Covers, and SA Marvel keys. I find them all to have great covers, scarcity in certain grades, and constant high demand, making them excellent candidates for high quality trade bait....never know when that dream book will come along #woohoo# , and exceed your budget. :roll:

...so then you put a book up for auction to pay for that dream book, but then you lose that dream book auction, so then you pull the auction for the other book early.

Sad, really.

[Karma23]

Collecting was always about the artwork for me. At first it was the war books and guys like Heath, Kubert, and Glanzman. These are the guys that inspired me to learn to draw at a very early age, as I tried to emulate the way they drew tanks and aircraft.
Later when I discovered the tights crowd, artists like Perez, Byrne, Adams, Buscema, Kirby, Ploog, and Starlin all blew me away.
To this day a well drawn book will attrack me far more than a great story will, cuz...well, I like the purdy pictures.

[showcase-4]

...so then you put a book up for auction to pay for that dream book, but then you lose that dream book auction, so then you pull the auction for the other book early.

Sad, really.


Do I know you Stupidman?...... I don't think so, yet you ASSume and presume to know alot about me. #blahblah#
I geuss that makes your name absolutely perfect

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Wanna explain the relevance of this post to me SS?
It shows you have been collecting for a long time #oldie#
but, other than that, is there some meaning im missing?#popcorn#

Someone said I was young. I scanned these a few days ago to post just for fun and it seemed an appropriate way to show my age.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

And as far as me quoting you ""I have roughly 300 books. 48 CGC books and a short full of DC and a short full of Marvel." I was just pointing out your inexperience.

[arexcrooke]

Gotcha.
Although, in defence of my inexperience, I have learned much in my 5 years that I would put up against most people who have been collecting 10-15 years longer than I have.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

In some respects I can see that being possible, diligent studying, reading books about the history, lots of Cons and what not, but there are certain advantages to experiential knowledge.

I've been collecting for a long time, but not as fiendishly as most here, admittedly, and don't know my comic history etc. very well. I'm learning, but truthfully if I spend too much time doing that lately I feel it's a bit ludicrous considering that the time could be spent reading my new books. I start on the EC re-prints today, right after a couple of copies of the Witching Hour.

[yarmak]

As alot of you know I collect WDCS and the Duck titles.
I love Uncle Scooge and Donald Duck and also The Phantom and alot of the pre decimal (1966) Aussie comics ones that were made for the Aussie Market except for Jolliffes Outback and Wittchedys Tribe which came after 1966.
I collect both the the US and Aussie Duck titles
Why? the stories are fantastic especially the Barks and Rosa stories
Dave

[comicworkbench]

Yes it is! Let me add that I am looking to get rid of all my Bronze.. UGH I just cant stand to look at them anymore...those nasty things just clutter up the place...


Awesome! Put a list of your Bronze comics for us to see. I am sure there will be some people here who can help you with your problem.

[stupidman]

Do I know you Stupidman?...... I don't think so, yet you ASSume and presume to know alot about me. #blahblah#

Oh, you know me and I know you, we've PM'd many times. You even gave me your phone # in a PM on the CGC Board once. I forget what ID I was using then, maybe "testinadical"? I had that one for a year. Maybe it was chaos_ad, infinite_comics, or slab 'em. I know you like to blame some of your posts on being drunk, and you once blamed your kid for stuff onthe CGC Board. I loved your Obidiah vs Superman thread, but who didn't? I know you've had 4-5 IDs on Ebay (one of the FBs even said "Steve" in it), but you probably already read your "1st Day Here" thread and saw that. I know you're a fair-weather speculator who is all about the almighty $$$. I know you were going to take KWM to court and promised to keep me updated but that was all talk, of course.

Ring any bells?


I geuss that makes your name absolutely perfect

LOL! You went there right away - a sure sign of a simple mind.

[flyingdonut]

I collect Fiction House books with bondage covers, am working towards a complete set of EC "New Trend" books (all titles, save Mad), have a full set of 30 cent price variants (hi Stu!), and am trying to get a slabbed 9.6 to 9.8 set of Superboy from 180-240. Why?

1) Superboy was a childhood favorite, and is a very underrated book. I've always thought Dave Cockrum's Legion books were an X-Men prototype. I want the highest graded slabbed ones because I think their pretty, and I have reading copies of all of them.

2) The whole idea of price variants intrigues me - they were test marketed in six cities to see if there would be a reaction to them - and they're just cool and ugly.

3) I believe ECs are the best comics ever made, and they still are great reads. I don't chase high grade on them, looking for issues that have nice eye appeal and nice page quality. F/VF is just fine with me.

4) I like pictures of pretty girls tied up. #woohoo# Mrs. Donut just rolls her eyes.

Everybody should be happy with what they collect - to each his own. I still read new stuff every week (LOVE All-Star Superman especially), and have been reading comics for 35 years.

[showcase-4]

Oh, you know me and I know you, we've PM'd many times. You even gave me your phone # in a PM on the CGC Board once. I forget what ID I was using then, maybe "testinadical"?


#exorcist# .... 'nuff said

[stupidman]

working towards a complete set of EC "New Trend" books (all titles, save Mad),
3) I believe ECs are the best comics ever made, and they still are great reads.

Hi Dan #hello#

I couldn't agree more with you on this point. I only have 11 New Trend books left on my Want List, mostly #1s and #2s. One book not in that group that I've found hard to get in lower grade is TFTC # 23. Lemme know if you come across one.

http://members.aol.com/catmanstu/ecal.jpg

[flyingdonut]

Hi Dan #hello#

I couldn't agree more with you on this point. I only have 11 New Trend books left on my Want List, mostly #1s and #2s. One book not in that group that I've found hard to get in lower grade is TFTC # 23. Lemme know if you come across one.



I need a Crypt of Terror 17 and a TFTC 25. I've seen this 23 in person, and it is pretty nice - http://cgi.ebay.com/TALES-FROM-THE-CRYPT-23-EC_W0QQitemZ180209263951QQihZ008QQcategoryZ70QQrdZ 1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2e m118Q2el1247 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335809863&toolid=10001&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FTALES-FROM-THE-CRYPT-23-EC_W0QQitemZ180209263951QQihZ008QQcategoryZ70QQrdZ 1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2e m118Q2el1247) Redbeard's price is a little high, but he might be OK with an offer as it has been on his site for a while.

[stupidman]

Hi Steve #hello#

Nuff said, indeed! Just the facts, ma'am... Not to worry, I'm done with you. Just helping with your Corral introduction.

[stupidman]

I need a Crypt of Terror 17 and a TFTC 25. I've seen this 23 in person, and it is pretty nice - http://cgi.ebay.com/TALES-FROM-THE-CRYPT-23-EC_W0QQitemZ180209263951QQihZ008QQcategoryZ70QQrdZ 1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2e m118Q2el1247 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335809863&toolid=10001&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FTALES-FROM-THE-CRYPT-23-EC_W0QQitemZ180209263951QQihZ008QQcategoryZ70QQrdZ 1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2e m118Q2el1247) Redbeard's price is a little high, but he might be OK with an offer as it has been on his site for a while.

Too nice for me, LOL! Thanks though.

[CurrinComics]

To amass more comics and be able to leave my children a portion of the collection that they can build upon or liqudate for other purposes. Also, to horde as many BA keys as possible:D. Financed a Disney World trip off 3 WBN 32's, 3 Iron Fist 14's, 2 GL/GA 76's, 1 Hulk 181 and 1 GS X-Men 1-that is always fun to see Mrs. CC's astonishment on what the funny books bring and what you can do with the funds. So, numerous reasons for what I collect and why-Peace CC.

[disneyteddies]

Here's my first inventory list in 1973 when I was 5 years old.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/Hank27/scan.jpg

Since then I have gone on to collect all kinds of different comic books. I now have over 18 thousand but my favorites are Superheroes from the Golden, Silver and Bronze age. I'm also a huge Neal Adams fan and love his work.#batman# #spiderman# #captainamerica# #humantorch# #flash#

Oh yeah, I collect because of the character's, the color and stories and because I LOVE to read and re-read! I've learned as much from comic books as I did in school...maybe more.

[jimjum12]

My collection is fairly small...as I buy reprint volumes to reread my favorites.The comics I collect are very nice copies of my favorites, usually slabbed, that bring back memories from my youth.They're like time machines.Below is an example.GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)#angelic#

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e30/jimjum12/ff16.jpg

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

My collection is fairly small...as I buy reprint volumes to reread my favorites.The comics I collect are very nice copies of my favorites, usually slabbed, that bring back memories from my youth.They're like time machines.Below is an example.GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)#angelic#






I would ditto Jimbo. I collect upper end graded comics of what I enjoyed as a kid. Lucky for me, I like the Invaders and have been able to put together a pretty nice run of them fairly cheaply, as the title tends to be a low priority for most colletors.

Still looking for a few 9.8's in the run.

[clayface]

I started collecting MLJ's, because of their connection with Archie. I was a big Archie fan when I was a kid and was astounded when I picked up an early Pep Comic. He looked so goofy, but the other stories were so cool, especially The Hangman. That keyed me into some of the great WWII covers. I started reading comics in the late fifties, SA was coming into it's own and GA were still fairly easy to get. kind of the best of both worlds.

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

That does seem like the ideal time to start collecting.

[jaeldubyoo]

To paraphrase the Stones:

I said I know it's only comic books but I like it
I know it's only comic books but I like it, like it, yes, I do
Oh, well, I like it, I like it, I like it

[yarmak]

I have those bound sets that started in 77 I think with Tales of the Crypt I am missing 3 sets only before I have then all :)
Dave

[Duffman_Comics]

Dave, those Cochran sets are great - I got mine as they were released, with the exception of the Mad set (just didn't care for it).

Here's a pic of them:

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u158/pwing75/Room1.jpg




:D

As an aside, are you going to Supanova in Perth on June 27? My sources tell me Harley (Yee) will be there - I think it's the first time they (Supanova) have put a show on in your neck of the woods.

Here's a link to their website : http://www.supanova.com.au/

[yarmak]

Hi Duffman
yep those are the comics they are fantastic books.
I heard about supernova but was not sure about it at all. Now I have delt with Harley Yee before years ago at that comic convention in Sydney at the Hyatt from memory he was a nice guy sold me some King Comics - the phantom.
Will definatley set aside the day now to go
Dave

[yarmak]

was just looking again at your photo mate.We have a couple of the same books the panel by panel book and that ec book next to it.
Dave

[Quato]

I collect things that I think are interesting. It's more of a novelty factor. The quality of very few comics impress me, so story and art aren't usually enough. I prefer acquiring rarities.

The last thing I want to do is sit down and try to collect a full run of Amazing Spiderman. I've seen the books a million times. I'm familiar with all the stories I care about. There are already enough collections of it out there. I have much more fun looking at a "Miracle On Broadway" knowing that only about 5 copies have ever surfaced in the market and if you want to buy one today you have to pay Miler High's price of $1500.00.

Q

[jaeldubyoo]

I’m a collector. I collect all kinds of stuff. Even before I discovered the joys of collecting comics, I collected other things; stamps, coins, cards, etc. Collecting must be in my genetic code.

I’m not what you call a focused collector. I take more of a shotgun approach. I prefer to think of my collection as eclectic and diverse. I like all manner of comics, but I collect mainly for the art.

Why do I collect what I collect? I know it’s only comic books but I like it.

[fulltimer56]

In other words you are a PACKRAT!!?? ;)

[jaeldubyoo]

My wife uses different terms.

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Hoarder? Sanford & Son?
I collect art books. People like Lee Bontecou, Tim Hawkinson, Bernini, Joseph Cornell, Albert Paley, Howard Schatz. But they are more like.... Well I need them, they are like catalogs or study guides. They are functional.
I also have collections of, but may or may not be actively still collecting, toys, records, broken tools & used construction blades (I'm gonna build a construction monster one day), bottle caps, things in jars (I have over 200 jars with things in them now, circuit boards and many other parts from electronics and computers, The Marvel Milestone and DC Archives books, and all the receipts I get (another jar).

One day I'd like to start a thread where I post some of the cool art that's going on other than comic art, but I don't know if that's too non-topic for this board. I'll do that one day.

Ohw, I also like comics with artists on the cover.

[SolitaireOne]

Duffman, those Slipcased Hardcover EC's are awesome! WOW ~ what a swell collection! #clap#

[Duffman_Comics]

#allhailme#

Thanks for the compliment. As I have said before, I love the originals but with the slipcased hard covers I am just not as driven to get the lot.

Anytime I want to read an EC - there they are. ALL of them.

As an aside, I never see these things come up on the secondary market. I guess all the original purchasers decided they were keepers.;)

[stupidman]

#allhailme#

Thanks for the compliment. As I have said before, I love the originals but with the slipcased hard covers I am just not as driven to get the lot.

Anytime I want to read an EC - there they are. ALL of them.

Did they make those for Two Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat too? (I'm not too into the War comics). Have you seen the new edition that reprints the "magazine" ECs, like Adult Tales of Terror Illustrated and Shock Illustrated?

[Duffman_Comics]

Stu - Cochran did reprint all of them:

Weird Science
Weird Fantasy
Weird Science-Fantasy
Crime Suspenstories
Shock Suspenstories
Two Fisted Tales
Frontline Combat
Tales From the Crypt
Haunt of Fear
Vault of Horror
Piracy
Aces High
Psychoanalysis
Extra
Valor
M.D.
Impact

The Mad comics were also done, though I don't have them.

I thought (still do) the EC war comics are unequalled in the genre.

As to the reprinting of the Pictofiction books (Shock Illustrated etc) - I don't know.

Google is my friend. BRB.

[Duffman_Comics]

Wow, Cochran has done them.
Yet another must have.

Thanks for the tip, Stu.

[yarmak]

hi Duffman 7 sets came up a few years ago on ebay AUS I managed to snag 5 of the sets at the time for just over AUS$500 :) One seller he wanted the $$$ for a pinball machine he was buying
Dave

[Duffman_Comics]

That's a great price for five sets. Two questions:

a. Which titles were they?

b. What was the *wince* shipping?

[yarmak]

weird fantasy
haunt of fear
valor
crime suspense stories
frontline combat

Post at the time was about $70 surface from memory
Dave

[yarmak]

I got Shock suspense stories from the States US$140 plus US$65 shipping from memory
They do come up but you have to search and be patient
Dave

[yarmak]

Psychoanalysis i picked up from amazon for US$115 including shipping
Dave

[Duffman_Comics]

That first lot was a real deal, and given the weight the shipping wasn't too bad.

Jeez, the others though - $65 for the Shock SS - OUCH.

No wonder big stuff stays where it is these days.

Still,you've got a great representation of the EC ouput - Horror, Shock/Crime, Science Fiction, New Direction.

Terrific reading

[yarmak]

thanks mate
I was happy to pay the $65 for the shock tho I found it hard to find
Dave

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

I don't know if you ever have this happen but lately I'm getting a lot of flack for collecting. I'm getting called Sanford and Son and I'm being told to let it all go. Because of all that I'm sorta thinking of taking a bunch of these modern comics I've been trying to sell to a charity for children of some sort.

And then there's my records. Have you guys tried to play a record lately? It's such a hassle compared to playing a random program from computer. I guess those will have to go soon.

But what I really get a hard time about is my art supplies. I take machines apart and use the stuff in my art. I'm really packed in here tight right now and all my art friends are telling me to let it go. Anyway...

[yarmak]

Sillyship

Maybe just sort through all the stuff and keep what you really want to keep? Stuff you know is hard to find?

do what you want to do mate.Don't let someone else decide for you if you do and sell something that matters to you will regret later.
Either that or shell out alot more $$$ than you sold it for
Dave

[SILLYSHIP--pirate eye--]

Good advice, most of the stuff I collect that people say I should get rid of is art related. Not really collectibles. But I'd rather get rid of the collectibles because I can pay to get them again. The stuff I collect for art is stuff that people don't value, so I cannot buy it at all. Anyway, I was just mentioning this because it's what I'm dealing with right now.