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Ken Aldred

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  1. Ken Aldred
    It was in Bolton, to the north of Manchester, during the early 90s. Can't even recall its name now. Very claustrophobic, and the shop reeked a bit. I figured out why - the owner’s dog was farting. Extremely off-putting. I only went back one more time, the dog persisted with its noxious air pollution, and I just gave up and left.
  2. Ken Aldred
    I've recently re-read the Bronze Age Star-Lord magazine and comic stories. Issue 6 is just a retelling of the origin from Marvel Preview 4.
  3. Ken Aldred
    Tenth-rate alien rock. Disaster Area were much better.
  4. Ken Aldred
    The way that even extremely minor first appearances have been speculated upon, it's hardly surprising this issue has risen so much, especially with its cool, tough in high grade, black cover as well. Pretty much inevitable. Not bad for a prototype issue that later got retconned by Alan Moore.
  5. Ken Aldred
    Yup. Image = quilted, 3-ply, aloe vera, luxury quality Marvel = cheapest, roughest, school / prison grade IDW is pretty comfortable as well, I've found.
  6. Ken Aldred
    What about Fin Fang Foom? He's a dragon, and has it ever been established whether these are lizards or some other, separate sub-group of reptile, or, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, maybe genetically related to modern-day chickens? I'm confused, which is very easy for me.
  7. Ken Aldred
    From what I recall of moderns from the books I was buying up until I quit in 2010, a lot of product arrives at the LCS already in a pre-crumpled state, with internal crushed or crumpled areas being quite common on the thin, crappy-quality paper used.
  8. Ken Aldred
    It’s very useful to know a good roofer. Here in England it’s very rainy and I often have a problem with vegetation clogging up the drainage. That said, it is very disappointing that the company didn’t try to link in a few relevant sales by at least taking along a couple of boxes of Swamp Thing comics.
  9. Ken Aldred
    My favourite. The appearance of an unknown super-speedster who's referred to in the comic as 'Buried Alien'.
  10. Ken Aldred
    Very consistent series, well worth seeing through all the way. Brian K Vaughan is an excellent writer. I haven’t read Saga, but Pride of Baghdad and Ex Machina are good reads as well.
  11. Ken Aldred
    I wouldn't have thought that it would take too long for them to figure out there's considerable retail overpricing and insurance overvaluation going on in this case, maybe facilitated by a lot of online discussion, historical and current.
  12. Ken Aldred
    That reminds me of the smallest comic shop I've ever been in, now defunct, here in the UK. Two shelves, small space in between.
  13. Ken Aldred
    Yup, great bands. Manchester was a miserable place in the 70s and 80s, and so it's amazing that we've given the world so much happy, uplifting music.
  14. Ken Aldred
    Not that obscure for Bronze Age collectors, as it's well-known to contain some really nice Walt Simonson artwork. My favourite issue from that title, featuring one of my favourite characters.
  15. Ken Aldred
    +1 It's understandable and fair that you'd ask questions at this grade and price level.
  16. Ken Aldred
    It’s a shame that he didn’t show any empathy towards the victims of the terrible storm that hit the east coast a few years back. A bit of a double standard here, sorry to say.
  17. Ken Aldred
    Kirby and Ditko were masters at creating dynamic or surreal / intriguing splash pages, respectively, getting their short stories off to a very strong start.
  18. Ken Aldred
    Even Manchester, England. Although, recently I've found a place here which does very tasty, spicy Vietnamese noodle soup. Anyway, we're quite cosmopolitan now, despite our reputation for being unsophisticated barbarians.
  19. Ken Aldred
    Yup. That's what I remember him for the most. One of my favourite Bronze Age characters. Sad news.
  20. Ken Aldred
    The budget option would be to go to the Grand Comics Database website and look at their cover galleries.
  21. Ken Aldred
    Hagg, Son of Shagg. That's the way I would've gone. Missed opportunity.
  22. Ken Aldred
    Walter Simonson's dinosaur signature is recognised as one of the best, and most inventive.
  23. Ken Aldred
    I recall a therapy session once in which I was told that my sloped handwriting indicates someone with low self-esteem. My explanation was that in my case I tend to write with my paper at an angle, which then tends naturally to angle the handwriting as well. That's all.
  24. Ken Aldred
    You got there before me. How I miss "Guess the Cover" games.
  25. Ken Aldred
    IIRC, a former school headmaster heavily into corporal punishment.