Ken Aldred

But, it's a key first appearance. No, I agree.

Yup. It was Moore who first retconned the HOS 92 story into continuity, that there have been many Swamp Things throughout history, not just Alex Olsen and Alec Holland.

I admire Gav's caution. It's very thoughtful.

Too many complete runs for me to mention. Impossible to narrow it down to one. So, I'll post something a bit different. A complete run of Spirit Sections.

Yup. That was the problem for me. Selling stuff for a comparative pittance compared to today's prices while I was at college and at my most impoverished.

I admire their work equally. Two superb, contrasting styles.

It's surprising that a nice first appearance book such as HOS 92 didn't start escalating sooner, taking into consideration some of the garbage which has rocketed in price because of film speculation.

The problem with GL 76 is that its groundbreaking, relevance qualities are significant to a lot of older readers / collectors, like myself, but our younger counterparts didn’t experience that impact or develop our buzz of aching nostalgia for the book. As was once said about Gerber’s Howard the Duck ; remembered fondly by many who started reading comics in the 70s, but a dated product of a bygone age.

Toth was a fantastic artist. I remember searching out those Rook issues back in the early 80s specifically for the Bravo For Adventure stories.

As a Richard Corben collector, I have to agree with the previous post. Besides which, a superb comic artist and storyteller.

It's a good story. You should read the Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction magazines as well.

Ultimate Restoration Challenge.

Yup. I must've made all the mistakes; tape pulls, poor storage, dropping and dinging books. Learn from the frustration and try to avoid history repeating itself.

I was reading Kitchen Sink's Eisner Spirit Section reprints around the time Miller started on Daredevil, and could see the influences of the earlier GA crime / noir material in his work. So, I took to it quite easily, from the start.

I still enjoy reading the run occasionally, as the Daredevil Visionaries : Frank Miller collections.

As long as a story is illustrated by a nice-looking, well-paced combination of pencils and inks, I'm happy.

Including my ECs.

Stan Lee spider-cockroach sketch. A unique, one-off, scribble of destruction.

Sad to see. All that's missing is a badly-positioned Stan Lee signature over the dragon's face, just to add insult to injury.

It was quite refreshing to have a Thor film with a lot of humour in it compared to the very sombre tone of the first two, especially given that the -script dealt with interpreting the darkest tale in Norse mythology, and that the decision worked so well overall. Highly impressed, and looking forward to many repeat viewings on Blu-ray.

Yondu is the first character Rooker has played that doesn't have a red neck, and so, personally, I think we saw a 100% improvement in his acting range in this film.

This seems familiar. Isn't it actually the Mile High Comics pricing algorithm?

On Rom, Ditko’s pencils inked by P. Craig Russell worked really well, as did the first two issues of Speedball, inked by Jackson Guice. Both added some nice detail to his pencil art. Good stuff.