Who collects comics here?
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Topic: Who collects comics here?
Posted By: eaglecap
Subject: Who collects comics here?
Date Posted: 25-Feb-2009 at 23:53
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I would also like to know if anyone has a first editions. I came across the first and last edition of Wonderman- he died in the first episode. I also have what if Wonder man never died.
I will go through my collection and get some digital photos of some of my first and add later. I also have another oldie, "Sandman vs Spider man" Also the first Golden, DC and Marvel Star Trek episodes from the 80's. I was lucky enough to find some classic Illustrated comics from the 1950's such as J. Vern's "First man on the moon, wizard of Oz. ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 16:03
i do collect comics.. but none of the above..
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Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 16:17
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I also collected comics which are not included in your list. They were mainly Lucky Luke, Asterix, Corto Maltese and others. They belong to the french/belgian school of comics, which I suspect is rather unknown to americans. ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 16:40
I've got all Asterix albums (including some rare ones and parodies). What I like especially about Asterix is that if you read them again every few years you discover or understand new jokes you didn't get before. It has jokes for all age groups. I took years until I understood the pun in 'Zebigbos', the chieftain of the British village in Asterix in Britain. The album with the village that has been divided into two parts (a parody of the Berlin Wall) is a good example as well.
I like Lucky Luke as well. I'm not really a collector though, I bought most of them when I was a kid.
It's pretty interesting that European and American comics are so completely different. Most European (Franco-Belgian) comics are almost unheard of in America, and vice versa. ------------- |
Posted By: xristar
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 17:06
I don't know what happens in America, but here american comics are far from "unheard of". I mean look at Disney's comics (which, I forgot to mention in my previous post, I was a great fan of, until highschool at least). Besides them, all those superhero comics are also circulating, though they appeared relatively recently in greek market. It's true that the previous decades (before '90s) greek comic publications were dominated by european comics, which of course remain the dominant genre today. Another genre are those japanese comics (manga? anime? not sure how they're called), who gain popularity steadily. I bought an american (dark horse) translation of an '80s japanese comic, and found it quite good. My favourite, as perhaps my avatar shows, remains Corto Maltese. -------------
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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 19:20
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Comico comics is another of the newer comics and a lot of the characters are from japan. Marvel is well know because of spiderman, the hulk, fantastic four, the Dere Devil and the X-men. I have X-men comics from the 60's. I use to go around to comic book stores and buy old comics but now many of them are getting high in price. I like DC but the art, until recently, is better in Marvel comics. ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 26-Feb-2009 at 23:36
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I have some DC and Marvel issues. Some older 70s Spiderman. I haven't gotten any in years though, but still got my old collection.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 01:09
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..hi..
..i used to be a huge fan of 2000AD when i was younger, well, actually, up until i was 17 years old
 ....!!..the earliest copy i had was Prog 7....and i did manage to have a large collection including several annuals...but i gave them all away in the end, and boy, do i regret that, not because of a possible monetary value, but over the years, i have really missed reading them.......i once bought one or two copies fairly recently but they seem to have gone all 'glam' and changed in size and format, and i was not really that impressed...which was a shame, because, when i got them, i got all excited just how it used to feel when i had to wait for the arrival of the paperboy who delivered my weekly edition of 2000AD when i was younger!!!....oh well, perhaps i will have to give them another try....
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Posted By: edgewaters
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 01:46
Asterix was commonly used in French language courses in public schools for Anglo-Canadians. I don't know if it still is or not. I also know Metal Hurlant, mostly because of Moebius. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 18:55
I forgot about Disney comics, you're right there. As far as I know most of them are made in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Italy nowadays, but it's true that they are the only comics with mainstream popularity in both Europe and the US. At least in the Low Countries American superhero comics are known, but not nearly as popular as European (and Disney) comics. ------------- |
Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 20:15
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I have some old Disney comics and there is another company I forgot called First Comics. I have the Super man dies but so do a lot of people.
Maybe Marvel and DC should work on the Hulk, the thing and superman vs Alien. I have a DC where Batman fights the Predator and a number of Alien comics- Conan also by Marvel. Magnus Robot fighter is good and I have some Golden Key Comics with him and some newer ones by another brand. Golden key never went out of buisness but the publisher decided to get out of the comic buisness. Mighty Sampson M,A,R. patrol, and Turok were good Golden Key characters but I am not sure if they were republished. Golden key comics are cheap so it is easy to buy older comics but I have not collected since the 1990's. The oldest comic I have is 1957 a Classics Illustrated about the Wizard of OZ. ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 21:12
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Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009 at 21:27
I collect Ulrich's comics - like the one above - priceless Ulrich 
I don't collect others, but I like reading Asterix when I get the chance (borrowing from my nephew).
On a side note, is there anyone who knows what happened after Donald Duck was banned in Finland for not wearing pants?
Did they dress him up or what?
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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 28-Feb-2009 at 00:16
Comics have gotten so spendy these days so I feel sorry for kid today. We use to ditch Sunday school at the Lutheran Church and use the offering money our parents gave us to buy comic books- a true eaglecap confession - shhhhhh!!   ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: Afghanan
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2009 at 02:48
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I read pretty much anything Jason Aaron, Kurt Busiek, Garth Ennis, and Mark Millar write.
Some cool new ones I read:
Superman: Red Son - What if Superman landed in Soviet Russia instead of the US?
Scalped - Jason Aaron
The Boys - Garth Ennis
Conan Dark Horse Trades
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Posted By: Byzantine Emperor
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2009 at 04:20
I have a friend who is my age from Montreal, Quebec and he said they do use Asterix in the public schools.
As for me, I used to collect G.I. Joe comics. They were so much more realistic than the cartoon tv show. People actually got shot and killed with real guns instead of cheezy laser guns that always missed. I am sure the big-budget Hollywood production that is coming out this summer is going to botch it up and exclude the darker element which the comics had.
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Posted By: nova roma
Date Posted: 29-Mar-2009 at 19:18
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I don't collect comics, but if there's something good out there I'll give it a go, especially manga. AE would definitely like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historie It's an ongoing manga series about the life of Eumenes, Alexander the Great's general and secretary. Chances are you guys have already been aware of this comic for some time, but just in case I figured I'd bring it up. It's very, very good. |
Posted By: Afghanan
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2009 at 02:34
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I find it interesting when I travelled to Europe that most people think of comic strips and funnies as comics. US, Canada, and Japan at least take their comics / graphic novels more seriously. The stories in there are very intelligent and the artwork is very good. Some of the stories are made into big budget Hollywood blockbusters but they rarely are as good as the comics themselves (Ghost Rider, Elektra, Punisher come to mind all of which were great comics, but horribly done movies).
Here is some good examples of very nice art:
  Gotta love the Norse God of Thunder - Thor
  Tim Bradstreet doing covers for Punisher while Garth Ennis writing was the best Punisher ever written in my opinion.
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Posted By: Reginmund
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2009 at 08:38
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I've read a ton of American and European comics, but I prefer Japanese ones. Here are a few of my favourites: http://www.onemanga.com/Vinland_Saga/ - http://www.onemanga.com/Vinland_Saga/ http://manga.animea.net/berserk.html - http://manga.animea.net/berserk.html Vinland Saga is a historical manga, set in Britain and Scandinavia in the late viking age. The author has done excellent research in everything from political history to art and architecture. Berserk is a fantasy manga heavily influenced by late medieval Europe, Italy perhaps in particular with the heavy emphasis on mercenary bands. It's an extremely dark, violent and at times erotic manga. Sometimes you suspect the guy who made this must've been insane.  ------------- |
Posted By: Afghanan
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2009 at 08:54
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Very nice choices Reginmund. If you like Vinland Saga, you would love Brian Wood's Northlanders. Recently, the 1st volume came out in trade paperback: Northlanders: Sven the Returned.
In the first arc, "Sven the Returned," (issues #1-8) we follow the protagonist Sven, a self-exiled Viking warrior serving in the Byzantine Varangian Guard, as he returns (in 980 A.D.) to his birth region in the Orkney Islands in order to reclaim his rightful inheritance.
 ------------- The perceptive man is he who knows about himself, for in self-knowledge and insight lays knowledge of the holiest. ~ Khushal Khan Khattak |
Posted By: Reginmund
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2009 at 09:34
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Sounds promising, Afghanan. Unfortunately American comics are harder to find online as they aren't fan-translated.
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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 31-Mar-2009 at 18:56
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I have the first punisher comic and the second one as well. I use to go around in the 90's buying first eidtion comics which also include some DC, Marvel and Dark horse comics. I also have the first Alien and Alien vs. Predator. I have photographed some of my comics so as soon as I can download it onto the CD I can make the attempt to put them here. My favorite is an old 60's comic I came across- Marvel ocmics Wonderman. Ssdly, the character dies in the first issue so apparently it did not go anywhere till... in the 90's Marvel published, What if Wonderman had not dies. ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: Afghanan
Date Posted: 01-Apr-2009 at 17:30
I would suggest buying it. It is only $10 American.
http://www.amazon.com/Northlanders-Vol-1-Sven-Returned/dp/1401219187 - http://www.amazon.com/Northlanders-Vol-1-Sven-Returned/dp/1401219187 ------------- The perceptive man is he who knows about himself, for in self-knowledge and insight lays knowledge of the holiest. ~ Khushal Khan Khattak |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02-Apr-2009 at 17:26
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I collect some comics... Shin Chan - I have a quite number of this comic as my collection.  I have most of the Shin Chan the Movie collections. Really cool  Dragon Ball - My first and only complete comic collection.  Samurai X - I only collect a few of this comic. I think the animation version is better.  Naruto - Same case as Samurai X. I bought only few of this comic. Prefer the animation version. Have the 1 - 3 season CD collections. Anybody who has other seasons? Like to share??   ------------- |
Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 02-Apr-2009 at 20:26
I have this one in my collection
MARVEL_COMIC_BO...75.JPG also these two 
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By DaddyNewt on Flickr ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: Mayra
Date Posted: 26-May-2009 at 01:31
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I am partial to Zap Comix with R. Crumb...very funny ------------- "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." " I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive". Albert Einstein |
Posted By: Zaersha
Date Posted: 26-May-2009 at 02:44
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I collect Teen Titans comics Old and New. I love most of DC comics. Though I'm not really current with anything other then Teen Titans :) I'm not a huge fan of Manga compared to Anime, but I do have the complete Manga series of Escaflowne and Cardcaptor Sakura :D ~Zae |
Posted By: Rubedo
Date Posted: 27-May-2009 at 03:00
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About twelve years ago, I used to have every number of ''Mikijev Zabavnik'', (a children's magazine full of Disney comics; today I read ''Politikin Zabavnik'' - more educational, but with less comics, including the short ones, like ''Garfield'' or ''Hägar the Horrible'' and longer ones, who are usually divided into 4 or 5 chapters, but sometimes are really good like Goscinny's ''Iznogoud'' or Marini's ''Le Scorpion'': http://www.le-scorpion.com/ ...set in the 18th century Europe, mostly Rome; also, there was once a really excellent one about ''Divina Commedia'') ''Asterix'' and ''Lucky Luke''. ''Asterix'' was actually one of the things that made me like history, but dislike Rome, even to this day. There was also a series of excellent historical graphic novels, but somehow I was able to find only two, one about life of Alexander The Great, and one about Odysseus. I also absolutely loved ''Conan The Barbarian''. Today, I like reading ''Corto Maltese'', Neil Gaiman's ''The Sandman'', Frank Miller's ''Sin City'', and a bunch of other stuff. I read manga too, like ''Naruto'', ''Kurokami'', and especially ''Historie'' (about Eumenes, somebody already mentioned it). You can find it here, together with lots of other mangas. http://www.onemanga.com/Historie/ Although, it's coming out rather irregularly. For instance, I just noticed that the new chapter came out. I used to read superheroes comics too, but somehow I don't really like superheroes anymore. I don't know if someone here has ever heard of, but there used to be a couple of Italian comics who were extremely popular in the former Yugoslavia, like ''Martin Mystère'', ''Zagor'', and especially, ''Dylan Dog'', and ''Alan Ford''. http://privateaddison.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dylandog2.jpg http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/2006-11-24/AlanFord_041_orig.jpg Recently, I started ''Bič Božji'' (The Scourge of God). Graphic novel, made by a French Valérie Mangin, and a Serb Aleksa Gajić. It's basically Huns and Romans in outer space. http://heavyink.com/images/covers/NOV08/MNOV082346.JPG http://image-7.verycd.com/b17fb3eace1989788b8265bcd040aced120464(600x)/thumb.jpg http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scourge01.jpg ------------- "Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music." - George Carlin |
Posted By: Carcharodon
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2009 at 19:07
Peder Madsens comic books about the old Norse gods, Valhall (Valhalla), are very good, I have the first ones and I plan too get the whole series. :
 http://www.valhalla-comics.dk/index.html - http://www.valhalla-comics.dk/index.html
http://www.petermadsen.info/pages/vh/vh4/vh4-eng.html - http://www.petermadsen.info/pages/vh/vh4/vh4-eng.html
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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2009 at 20:35
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I have numerous first timers from about 1993-94 so I will check eBay and see what they are worth and may sell the ones who bring a good price but if the price is too low then I will hold on to them longer. I have a really old Marvel which is only is good condition and not mint. I the first and last Wonderman- he dies in it.
I once met someone who told me he had original DC and Marvel comics from the late 30's and 40's such as the first Super man. He went into the military and begged his mother not to throw them away but she did not listen and threw them in the trash bin. I hope someone retrieved them. I wish I could go to a garage sale and buy old comics like this from some clueless person-
Someone I know has some Marvel comics from WWII and they really demonized the NAZI and Japanese enemy. The Japs always had buck teeth and slanted eyes but this comic lost its cover so it was worth nothing. Without the original cover comics are not worth anything at all. ------------- Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε |
Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 24-Dec-2009 at 18:21
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While I do not have any mint condition comics, and my mother did indeed give all of my collection of comics from the 1950's and 60's, to my young cousins, except for a few she did not find. Thus I do have a few that may be worthwile, like some "BlackHawk", issues, some "Looney Tunes", an some specialty commics. But, alas my best were given to a garbage dump in Memphis, TN.
But, eventhough my dear mother threw away hundreds of my baseball cards, I did manage to hide a few from her. Regards, ------------- http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/history/ |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 25-Dec-2009 at 07:39
Most of my Baseball cards made it [I have a few beauties that will someday go at auction] .
When I was 10-12 my grandmother gave me all of my uncle's comics. He had gone into the Navy in 1954. I had 3 of the initial Superman set of 6, as well as most of the WW II comics. [Capt. America etc.] I had a complete set of Sgt. Rock Easy Co. from 1952 to 1962. My mother tossed the entire collection when the family moved from the farm while I was in college. I have never had the courage to tell her what she had done, even in 70 it had an approx. value of about 30,000.
 Oh well.
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Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 25-Dec-2009 at 16:03
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Dear RC,
It seems that together we might well have had a show-piece collection? Bless our mothers! They just saw junk! Have a blessed Christmas! ------------- http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/history/ |
Posted By: Arkhanson
Date Posted: 26-Dec-2009 at 03:11
Mostly I am collectin the itallian comics( fumetti)e tex and ken parker
 it is a good example for itallian western comics:D and also collecting some comics like sandman ------------- 
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Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 01-Feb-2010 at 17:52
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I was more into Aquaman, and Elastic Man (or Plastic Man) as well as Wonder Woman and her invisible aircraft!
Perhaps that is why I was also a SciFi fan? I just wonder why the TV network dropped the abbreviation? Regards, ------------- http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/history/ |
Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 06-Feb-2010 at 18:13
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It seems, that by the virtue of me being older than almost 90% of the other members of this site, that I win by "the write in vote!" Laugh! ------------- http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/history/ |