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On 6/14/2022 at 5:35 AM, F For Fake said:

 

Edit: Worth pointing out that Amazon is also running their copycat sale, but their search function on the sale page is atrocious, and the selection of materials spotty. 

I'll say. This time, they literally disabled the sort by price function, so you can't find neighboring equal prices in a price sort. No way their software developers can be that incompetent unless it was intentional. Their regular price sort is also atrocious.

On 6/12/2022 at 4:20 PM, Ken Aldred said:

He’s empowered by the sword he uses. A symbiote. That retcon occurs later in the Knull storyline.

Interesting, thanks for sharing that. Although, half the time he's slapping them around or absorbing their full assaults sans any sword or device at all.

Even more interesting that a handful of mortals were able to slow him down enough for Thor to get in a hit, but yet, he's practically invulnerable to multiple Gods.

Disappointing that this villain can so easily defeat multiple gods without any kind of power whatsoever, and even more surprising that this story and villain have such a fan following.

So I read the much praised saga of the Thor and Gorr the God Butcher in Jason Aaron's omnibus.

Cool that this is the villain in the new film as I've never heard of him before. I have a question about him.

prelim) I get that he has a strong backstory of hatred and vengeance for his harsh upbringing.

what I don't get and I may have missed is.. spoilers ahead..

Q) How the heck does he, a non god, have the powers to literally slap around multitudes of gods like they are nothing (including gods of torture), absorb all their assaults and weapons like nothing.

Was it from eating rocks on a barren world? Scratching my head here.

I would think that modern books would become more plausible than their predecessors not less.

On 6/11/2022 at 3:04 PM, drotto said:

How would this even be possible?  The the entire last battle takes place there.  I am glad they did not  edit the film, but it also does not seem feasible without a LOT of new CGI.

Most of that stuff was probably filmed in green screen with computer generated backdrop, so I think it is feasible to go back and change the background to something else. Whether it's worth the money, no idea.

Prior to the movie release, I saw some single amateur guy fill in the three spider-man on his home computer over the edited (no spider-men) commercial.  And it looked just as real as the movie. Blew me away.

First time I came across this if it interests anyone else.

On 6/9/2022 at 5:55 PM, paperheart said:

will be able to say the same about Doctor Strange by Monday

Was referring to the top 50 list above. That would require 7 or 8 movies to surpass Dr. Strange (Batman only needs one to knock him off top 50 all time). Don't think that's going to happen any time soon. I watch this list as a long term metric of the best (domestic at least). One things for sure, the comic movies have really come to dominate the big box office dollars in recent years. I would have never expected that 20 years ago. 

Don't get me wrong, Batman did well at the box office, very well. Just not used to seeing titles get added and removed to this list that frequently. Covid really changed the dynamics.

All I'm thinking is ... so long Batman, we hardly knew ye.

http://www.boxofficeguru.com/blockbusters.htm

On 6/6/2022 at 4:44 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

I can't watch this show. It's awful. I was actually very impressed with the first half of E2, particularly the story and how not-terrible Third Sister was. I turned it off near the end. Leia is so poorly written. The director cannot direct action/chase scenes. Whose idea was it to have grown men struggle to chase after a 10-year old in every episode? It's entirely unconvincing. The directing is so bad, you can tell that the actors couldn't even pretend to struggle seeing/following her, but they had to stop themselves from grabbing her after 0.3 seconds.

I just can't. This is bad. Stop it.

The older guy chasing the brat is fairly true to reality, if you've ever dealt with brats in public. Having his level of patience is certainly trying. 

The main part I had contention with was Vader letting Obi get away in the fire. Surely, he could have extinguished it, as he did a few moments ago. Unless, perhaps, he didn't want him dead for whatever reason.

As someone who watched Star Wars at the theater when it first came out, I am loving this show. Held my interest more than the Mandalorian so far.  I can totally understand how a great master gets old and has difficulty with something he formally mastered, along with loss of confidence against a more youthful antagonist.  I don't get the hate I'm seeing here, but I am not as anal about cannon and lore as many I'm sure.

On 6/8/2022 at 10:41 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Good pick. For me those would be pure nostalgia, as it was the first 1-to-100 run that I assembled as a teen back then. Loved Savage Sword just as much. 
 

The Dark Horse and new Marvel books have lots of good stuff as well.

Kick myself for missing the Colossal Conan omnis (on sale to boot).

On 2/24/2022 at 5:12 AM, Cat said:

Transformers/My Little Pony. 

Almost thought you made that up, so I had to check. woah.

The Conan omnis are glorious (both barbarian, and SSOC). Never knew what I missed as my younger self was more interested in the colorful heroes.

Also been dipping into more modern stuff (Hickman FF, Aaron Thor, Bachalo Strange). It's tough to step outside of your comfort zone.

On 6/7/2022 at 5:50 AM, F For Fake said:

I'm looking forward to getting into my Hickman FF omni's, will probably start those soon.

As far as Conan, if there are any volumes you (or anyone else) want, be sure to grab them soon, as Marvel isn't renewing the license after this year. The company that holds the rights has mentioned something about continuing the line, but no one knows what that might look like, or if it'll come to pass. It's a shame because so many of the early Marvel Conan omni's are OOP and very pricey, and now they're only going to get more expensive. Meanwhile it looks like SSOC won't be completed, and King Conan will only get the one volume, before the contract ends. It's a bummer.

Yep, I saw that thread over at MMW. I've got them all so far. I really want to finish the Christopher Preist run now. Similar to what happened with Shang Chi I guess. Next volume should be published soon, I think.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225013276024?hash=item3463d61d78:g:NsEAAOSwazpihZQe

Is this an incentive to create rare counterfeit copies? Hulk 181?

On 6/5/2022 at 3:12 PM, Artboy99 said:

I really liked the beginning of episode 5: the dream sequence with Spock dreaming of his wedding and being forced to fight himself. The music from the original series that played was great!

After that the episode became average TV fare. Still enjoying the series so far.

That opening homage was sweet!

Haven't been hunting in some time, but, I've seen some of the early gold foil variants fetch and arm and a leg. Example. Daredevil 2 MM vol 29. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394059676018?hash=item5bbfc97972:g:HGEAAOSwOa1iQ02T

I've seen unopened for 500+

edit. yeah not much in the value in the first 27. I bought 1 to 15 for like $65 once on ebay. Some crazy expensive titles in bronze era. I'm guessing they will drop now that the omnis are covering those areas.

On 6/1/2022 at 9:31 PM, Lightning55 said:

Thanks for responding.  I forgot all about that forum.  I used to check in there now and then.  When it was moved to Tapatalk, if that name is correct, it just never seemed the same and I bailed. 

I thought maybe there was an MMW forum here, but I guess it's really not relevant to grading in any way.

Yep. No grading discussed there. Just love of collections, artists, and art.

On 6/1/2022 at 8:46 PM, Lightning55 said:

There's a board specifically for Masterworks?  I never found that.  Is there a site map available for the forums, or can someone post a link over to Masterworks. 

I'm presuming it's a CGC board being referred to, but maybe not.

Yes. I don't know if I can post link (guidelines) but just do a search for marvelmasterworks forum or collectededitions. Not affiliated with this site, but big and very specialized on collected editions (masterworks, omni, marvel, dc etc) and artwork (AEs etc). If you still can't find it just PM me.

who wants to lay money there will at least be a lifetime movie made about their tumultuous relationship. Plenty of information to draw from now, too.

On 6/1/2022 at 11:12 AM, Cat said:

I actually believe something like this will happen on here one day. Someone will give a poorer member a book of some value at a bargain price, just as a good deed. Don't know what, where, when, but I believe it will. I also believe we won't be surprised if the giftee tried to sell it within a week instead of treasuring what they were just given. 

There was a guy on the masterworks board who sold off most of his masterworks collection for about $10 to 20 each (some go upwards of hundreds on ebay). A rarity indeed and I hope a non flipper got them. 

We've been in a 20+ year unprecedented bull market with comics going through the roof. If you are really considering selling, I would think of the old adage 'strike while the iron is hot.'  I do like the idea of keeping a small set to admire that doesn't take up a lot of space.

Yeah, I know, the market will never go down and even if the market crashes all the comics will keep soaring... sure.

On 5/27/2022 at 5:39 AM, F For Fake said:

That's a terrific deal on the Rocketeer Artist Edition. And I agree completely, IST "damaged" is oftentimes nicer than "new" copies you get from the big boy online retailers. Maybe a lightly dinged corner or something, but often they are in very nice shape, and worth the risk.

I still have my first printing of the Rocketeer AE, which I think was the first Artist Edition IDW did? I wish I'd held onto the box. I used it to ship some original art, and regretted it once I realized how great they are for storing th ebooks. I learned my lesson and have held onto all of my other AE boxes.

Yep, 1st AE and another that cost way over cover for years (even with reprints). Jumped on reissue. Held on to all my boxes. Makes them feel complete to me.

On 5/25/2022 at 5:18 PM, Bosco685 said: