jbud73

In the mail today....

 

 

 

 

...and then a bit more....

 

 

 

Raw EBay pickup. First Darkseid.

 

Great copy what'd you grade it - I bought the Monterey Copy a few years ago.

Oh and PS - GET OFF MY WANT LIST

The quest to log all the books I bought continues - here are two books I thought certain tro...cough cough, esteemed froum members DL and Short shorts might appreciate.

 

Nice four books! Did you steal my wantlist or something?

 

You better hope I don't come to Wizard Chicago then youngster - I'll give ya a run digging through stock on the floor to find hidden gems.

 

Actually there was very little BA Horror in Grade at WonderCon - in fact I think there were far more Pre-Code books available. Which I found interesting.

 

You gots to get up pretty early in the morning to beats me to the bargains old man!

I don't plan on going to sleep.

 

Nice four books! Did you steal my wantlist or something?

You better hope I don't come to Wizard Chicago then youngster - I'll give ya a run digging through stock on the floor to find hidden gems.

Actually there was very little BA Horror in Grade at WonderCon - in fact I think there were far more Pre-Code books available. Which I found interesting.

Always wanted this when I was a kid. Now I have 2

 

Bought approx 200 books this weekend here are some of them

Green River

Well, I am waiting on this one. Swamp Thing #3 CGC 9.4 Winnepeg:

 

ITS WINNIPEG

Nice upgrade for me. Just arrived today. G.I. Combat #87, first appearance of the Haunted Tank.

 

Shep

 

Great book

Can i brag? One of my biggest grails...after regretting letting go a CGC 9.4 (PLOD with one dot of profesisonal ct) that i owned a couple of years ago, i've finaly found a replacement! Scans don't do the book justice....bc cover is white, fc whites and colours look like new!

Yippee!

 

This definitely belongs in the HAVE A CIGAR THREAD

Ya its an amazing book, I was think Ugh so I wanna post my lowly WWBN's after that piece of comic history.

White Mountain Pedigree - these are my first WM's. Question? Is there a COA with the White Mountain Pedigree?? I didn't get one and want to make sure it was not by mistake. It was a pleasure doing business with Mr. Payette

Had you read my blog, you would have had all this information last November when I posted about it.

 

Comic Book Spinner Rack

 

http://www.mytrailerpark.com/

 

 

You really have a serious hard-on against people from Texas don't you Trojan boy? Yep, we all have sex with our sisters and have a total of three teeth in our head. Honestly, you people from Cal-i-for-ni need to get over your insecurities and realize all of the things that your state has going for it. Mudslides, inpenetrable smog, winning sports teams (Dodgers, Raiders, Kings, 49'ers) OJ Simpson, Watts, cars equipped with special emission systems so that you can drive a mile in 4 hours without killing all the remaining condors, million dollar homes that should cost about 150k in any market that is not in Bizarro world. Want me to go on? I could but i need to go take care of my aunt. She is such a little nympho.

 

We also have California girls. Nuff said.

 

For the first time on the CGC boards Deathlock and I 100 % agree - California Girls - they're up, but HOT so what can ya do.

Had you read my blog, you would have had all this information last November when I posted about it.

 

Comic Book Spinner Rack

That's not sweetening the deal any

Sterling I am a big fan of the Essentials Line from Marvel and was happy to see DC move in that direction with its Showcase line. And of course I love BA horror comics and am slowly putting together a HG Raw run of HOM.

That said, I think HOM and BA DC in general is one area that Black and White reprints may actually really not due enough justice to the point where I dont know if I want to pick this up. Its one of the few times I'd be thrilled to pay more for something in color...... However at the price you really cant lose.

very tough question - after reading them for 25 years how could you pick just one. Sorry Gotta go top 3

 

1. Anatomy Lesson by Alan Moore in Saga of the Swamp Thing 21.

 

2. Marvel and DC Present X-men and New Teen Titans 1 shot (Marv and Chris I think)

 

3. And yes Scott Daredevil 181 by Frank Miller

 

Copper Rules you fools

Rules are rules! You have to pick one from those three

 

I'll pick for him.

Swamp Thing 21 is one of the best covers of the Copper Age so it gets the nod.

 

Well I did list it number one and ya Norinn, Tom Yeates is very underappreciated as an artist - that cover is amazing, with a tip of the hat to Toth, Wood etc.

I count myself lucky I don't covet Superman and a lot of that expensive GA cr@pola so:

 

1. Detective Comics #1

 

Yeah, real cheap!

I said a lot of that GA expensive [embarrassing lack of self control] not all of it. You can have your Action 1 and Marvel 1 and Supes 1. Detective 1 ah now thats a comic

I count myself lucky I don't covet Superman and a lot of that expensive GA cr@pola so:

1. Detective Comics #1

2. ASM 50 - have one but it has issues

3. Weird Science Fantasy #29

4. AF #15

5. Batman 171

very tough question - after reading them for 25 years how could you pick just one. Sorry Gotta go top 3

1. Anatomy Lesson by Alan Moore in Saga of the Swamp Thing 21.

2. Marvel and DC Present X-men and New Teen Titans 1 shot (Marv and Chris I think)

3. And yes Scott Daredevil 181 by Frank Miller

Copper Rules you fools

Nice to see all the RAW Pedigrees , there is nothing like a Pedigree Book, but you only really realize this when you can see the gloss, inks, colors and pages up close. In the slab just does not due them justice IMO.

Oh Brad those were a few GR's that Harley took off Shin I believe.

Now JC's point of the Payoff in the GL books coming after 76 is valid, however the seed was set in 76. So it may be that a trio of books that established the BA: GL 76, Conan 1 and ASM 96. Each of these books tried to bring a higher level of realism and more importantly Grit to its readership through new approaches to story and art.

All the arguments have merit. However, this just reinforces the point that there is no clear single comic that started the BA.

 

Yes there is. Ronald McDonald 1. The end.

Admittedly I'm WAY late on this thread but have read it through and find it very interesting. 15-20 years ago, it was generally accepted that the bronze Age began when Marvel stopped TTA, TOS, and Strange Tales and gave Iron Man,Subby, Cap, and dr dtrange their own books. Silver surfer #1 also appeared and had his origin. This took place over a few months in 1968. Of course, two years earlier, JIMwas stopped and Thor took over with issue #126. I really didn't give this much thought but didn't really like this arbitrary beginning. I see on this thread a great deal of interest in subscribing the start to a specific book, so here's my two cents worth. I didn't buy Showcase #4 on the stands but did get a Flash 105 in my Easter Basket when I was 7 or 8.I was immediately enthralled. Up until then, I was only reading funny animals and Archie publications, and superman/Batman books. The Flash was new and different. The reason the Silver Age starts with Showcase #4 and not Detective 225 or Ff1, was it was the first book that shook up the industry. It was new, exciting and headed comics in a new direction. What Marvel did in 1968 was just continue their old characters in new titles. I didn't find any of them particularly interesting and had already tired of DC. The only thing I still read was an occasional Barks Scrooge. Comics for me and others I grew up with had become boring. One of you probably has better numbers but I believe sales were off then also. Then one day while sitting in a bus station in 1970 waiting to go back to college, I saw a book on the spinning shelf I had never heard of, It was Conan #1 and after reading it I was back, and it seemed a lot of others were too. To me, it's the seminal Bronze book and set the stage for the deluge that followed. Kirby's Fourth World, Spidey Drug Issues,Hulk 181, New X-Men all are important Bronxe books but IMHO Conan kick started it. I'd also remind people that the new X-Men didn't take off until issue 108. I had already started doing comic shows in the mid to late 70's and remember not being able to move any new X-Men even mint copies of 94. After Byrne took over all hell broke loose and the rest is history. I also don't mean to diss the Adams Green Lanterns. As a run, they're still among my favorites and 76 is all but impossible to find in high grade but I think Conan started it all/

 

keith contarino

Thats a nice post Keith, I think the key for me is the a shift in paradigm - now while this is encapsulated in a single books for the emergence of the SA. Could it be for the BA that it does NOT occur in a single book, but is found in a few storylines all seeking to either circumvent or push the envelope of the CCA.

Now JC's point of the Payoff in the GL books coming after 76 is valid, however the seed was set in 76. So it may be that a trio of books that established the BA: GL 76, Conan 1 and ASM 96. Each of these books tried to bring a higher level of realism and more importantly Grit to its readership through new approaches to story and art.

Id never seen the cover to 52 before, thats awesome

You are correct, was so happy to see his work in that issue.