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05-24-2017, 08:47 PM | #243 |
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Not every issue. Mainly Silver/Bronze Age, up to 129. I do have up to the end of the first run, before the volume 2 reboot, but I'm thinking of minimizing to just 1-129 plus bigger keys like 194, 238, 300, etc. Being a minimalist and a collector at the same time is a weird thing.
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05-24-2017, 09:45 PM | #246 | |
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I do have about a half dozen issues I picked up when buying other books at estates. I have kept them bc of the cool covers. I have seen the Omnibus collections that go up to #104, spread out among three volumes. I'm thinking about getting Vol 1 which collects AF15, ASM 1-38,annual 1-2, strange tales annual 2 and fantastic four annual 1. Do you have a favorite run that's in a collected book that you would recommend? Yeah minimalist collector, like living dead. lol A juicy contradiction.
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05-24-2017, 10:00 PM | #247 | |
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Sounds like that volume you mentioned collects all the Steve Ditko issues, which are hit and miss, but feature some great first appearances. It gets going pretty well starting with #39 and John Romita Sr.s run. All the way up until 122, the death of the Green Goblin. I say i'll collect up to 129, the first appearance of the Punisher, but I don't really like that issue storywise all that much. The cover is great though. These books are a real product of their time (the '60s) and were even made before I was born but still hold appeal to me. Other runs I liked were the original Hobgoblin run of issues (238-270ish), and the McFarlane run (298-328 ). I even started out liking the Clone Saga but it fell of the rails really fast and outstayed its welcome. I stopped reading at One More Day, so I can't speak to the current storylines, although I've heard Superior Spider-man was good. |
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05-24-2017, 10:05 PM | #248 |
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Yeah, these days I keep my collection limited to things that are easily stored, like prints, cels, original art or comics. I actually want to trim a large amount of my comic collection down. At the moment I have six long boxes which I'd like to trim to two.
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05-24-2017, 10:20 PM | #249 |
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Yeah #1 could be achieved I think in a lower grade. But that AF15 daaang.
Yeah a lot to choose from. I was thinking vol. 1 for the history of the place it all started and it does have AF15 for a dust jacket. After that I am looking for the real good stories. I think those issues after #238 and up you mention is a good start. I wonder if any tpb have been printed collecting those? I hear you on the space of boxes thing. I am switching to more collected volumes bc I think they take up less space and will be read more often. What's in those six boxes you want to trim?
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05-25-2017, 06:12 AM | #250 |
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That vol. 1 would be a good place to start. I'm sure there are probably some TPBs but I'm not really familiar with the TPB releases.
The six boxes contain Spider-man, Hulk and TMNT comics mostly, then I try to keep limited to about a box of other random stuff that I like. |
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Hulk #181?
Do you have anymore issues of TMNT Adventures? I have about ten left to complete the 1-72 run. Mostly issues in the 50s & 60s.
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05-25-2017, 03:55 PM | #252 |
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Yes, my Hulk 181 was actually one of those lucky flea market finds. Unfortunately, I only have early Adventures issues left, sorry. I used to have them all. Good luck!
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Nice score with the 181! Thanks yeah I'll eventually have all 72 I think.
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Holy Grail acquired. This is arguably the rarest of the 1980s iron-on set: Fugitoid! I actually questioned its existence in unused form for a long time, until one surfaced from the archives of Steve Lavigne last year. As far as I'm aware, this is the only one in existence:
I also acquired this cool little item: An original mailing envelope from someone who ordered a full set of iron-ons from Mirage in the '80s: And this, an order form for early Mirage merchandise, with a little note from Kevin on the back: As always, thanks for looking and happy collecting. Last edited by MrPliggins; 05-07-2020 at 11:43 AM. |
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How awesome is that?! Congrats on such an amazing pickup.
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. These 2 pieces were actually used for the button set (left) and the glow-in-the-dark t-shirt (right).
Also, I forgot to post this yesterday. Here's a Mirage letter that was included with an iron-on, apologizing for the delay in shipment for that and a Dark Horse Miniatures set, circa 1985. I love the old page header: Last edited by MrPliggins; 05-09-2020 at 02:25 PM. |
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they are both really beautiful!
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06-22-2017, 05:30 PM | #260 |
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No problem! I've always loved that glow in the dark shirt piece but it's a cheaply printed shirt so the linework isn't the clearest. I'd like to scan these and try my hand at digitally coloring them one of these days (I don't want to mess up the "original" copies).
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