Ken Aldred

I, of course, was happy with his Mancunian interpretation of the character, and look forward to an equally-northern take, next series.

I'd certainly like to see more of his stories. A shame most of the recordings got erased back then.

Charley's War - serialised in the UK's Battle Picture Weekly / Battle Action, by Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun. One of the most significant war comic sagas ever created, easily on par with Frontline Combat, Two-Fisted Tales and Blazing Combat.

Did you get Ware's 'Building Stories' box set? Forgot to add that one to the list of overlooked classics.

His home planet is named after an indigestion remedy.

- Andrew Helfer's underrated Shadow series. Some Sienkewicz in the first few issues, followed by excellent Kyle Baker art. - Acme Novelty Library. A deliberately-polarising suggestion, but containing the classic Jimmy Corrigan storyline. - Leave It To Chance by James Robinson and Paul Smith

An expensive key for decades.

Good taste. Might as well add Ostrander and Truman's Grimjack to the pile.

+1 A very interesting run. Despite Wieringo's cartoony artwork, Waid's stories got surprisingly dark at times. An excellent writer.

I'd also include Waid and Samnee's excellent run.

Staying with my limitation of cheap box fodder, but very high quality… The Golden Age m/s by James Robinson and Paul Smith Cinder and Ashe by Gerry Conway and J L Garcia-Lopez Clandestine by Alan Davis Omac m/s by John Byrne Hawkworld by Tim Truman

I started with the assumption that the OP meant a book with great story and art that didn't include anything that could be easily monetised in the current market, such as no first appearance of a minor character, but, as a theoretical exercise, should still have much more respect, and a much higher price, because of its intrinsic high level of quality. So, say, a bargain bin, cheap item with great story and artwork, such as Batman / Grendel rather than say, most of EC's New Trend line, with great quality but which are expensive items.

Batman / Grendel 1st mini-series

Mike Richardson and Steve Duin’s Comics : Between the Panels

To paraphrase him, the ones from northern Gallifrey are the best.

Too public school upper class for me.

As a huge Joe Kubert fan, Sgt Rock works for me as a choice. Always enjoy his stories written by Robert Kanigher. Previously, the Challengers of the Unknown = Fantastic Four interrelationship was mentioned. There's also Doom Patrol = X-Men to mention for the same reason.

In the UK house prices can still escalate even when local conditions deteriorate significantly. I've experienced that.

As well as the storage issue, I prefer digital as a stress-free alternative to the LCS, mart and convention treadmill, and it’s a cheaper, less-complicated reading strategy, which works better for me at this stage in my life, and with my personal complications, rather than the travel and social overload of the more physical option.

He's certainly a well-travelled collector.

I'm glad I missed that. It's one of my all-time favourite, most-treasured comics. It would've saddened and traumatised me. That said, like a car crash, it's difficult to resist the temptation to go back and observe the wreckage.

I hope the restored, remastered versions that Marvel use are far more faithful to the material than Dark Horse's, and don't obscure details in the artwork anywhere near as much. Hopefully we'll also see a Savage Sword collection, as well as the Volume 2 continuation into the great, early John Buscema years.

The temporary 'death' of Steve Rogers. I'm sure I read about someone paying several hundred dollars for a copy on eBay, the day the book was released.

Cool story, though.

I've never actually read this issue, and so this synopsis would've been better hidden away in a spoiler. Almost like an early, relevance storyline rather than a predictable, Silver Age slugfest.