Ken Aldred

I had it relatively easy, just aiming for the first 100 issues, with very large print runs and easier availability. I remember, as a kid, going to a Manchester comic mart in the late 70s and picking up NM pence copies of 25 to 45 quite effortlessly, apart from the Non - Distributed Adams issue. The last series I bought new was the 3-issue Conan the Barbarian mini-series from 1997. Is that quite tough now?

One of the absolute, all-time best Dr Who stories. A shame it was spoiled months in advance, and the disclosure took the edge off it quite a bit. Lots of variety, from the science of space-time to dark, creepy, intense, gothic environments, to the nature of identity and some dry, clever humour. Excellent writing and direction. Yes, I was impressed.

Shiny, glossy look of raws in Mylar for me.

Hawaii to England. Bought a couple of slabs, including an X-Men 94.

I have to say that makes me feel quite jealous. No wonder some of my relatives emigrated there.

The first extensive run I put together was Conan 1 to 100, back when I started collecting in the late 70s. I never completed the entire series, so congrats on taking it much, much further than I ever did. Although BWS tends to get the most praise here, John Buscema did some tremendous work on the title and also on Savage Sword of Conan, and to me is just as significant to the character.

Great taste. Moebius's original GN is a classic. Before the Incal is much less impressive, having a different artist who copies Giraud's style but somewhat patchily so in terms of quality. Final Incal is excellent; more space opera, less psychedelic, and Jose Ladronn doesn't even attempt to copy the French genius, but instead provides some of his best work ever in his own style.

Shooter's Pre-Unity Valiant is excellent. Go for it. Goes downhill quickly when the company loses him.

Did Daffy ever go up against anyone like The Space Turnip and Dr Bong? Doubt it.

It was much too sensible and sophisticated, admittedly. The Thing letting himself be swallowed by a giant sea monster (imaginatively called Giganto, just in case you missed that it was very, very large indeed) to take it out with a nuke that he's got strapped to his back. Quality storytelling.

Or Superboy Prime could return and knock some sense into Marvel's space-time continuum.

A fair comment, Jimmers. Don't forget the new Ms Marvel as well, Kamala Khan. Actually a very good modern character. Makes it less male-dominated, more inclusive, and more 21st century, though I do like my Silver Age.

+1 Which probably explains why I preferred the title. At its peak, anyway.

Yup. Around the time of the classic Headmen story arc.

Looks like one of the issues that's been collected in the 32 Stories mini-comic box set and paperback. Tomine's great.

Definitely one of the best Elseworlds.

I enjoy Steve Gerber's surreal, ridiculous humour, and his equally ridiculous characters. I started reading comics in the 70s, and I'm still very fond of these stories.

Forgot about this one. Great alien monster cover.

It can be done well, as in Guardians of the Galaxy, even though I found some of the Ego scenes in the second film a bit of a sensory overload. The previous FF films have performed poorly, so doubtful a new one will get a budget high enough to bring more of Kirby's work to the screen at the same level. It'd be nice, though.

Old-school science heroes with fairly generic abilities vs. a new-for-the-time family dynamic, which soon became formulaic in itself.

Challengers of the Unknown did struggle at DC in comparison.

It did say 'World's Greatest Comic Magazine' on the cover. Marvel wouldn't lie.

It's obvious that not even an Ultimate Nullifier could clear that blockage. Okay, he wouldn't survive using it, but he'd know that he went down fighting.

She looks more like a Goth than an ancient Egyptian to me. Watch it on TV sometime.