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    Anything special about War Is Hell #1? Good Story? Good Art? What?

    in Bronze Age Comic Books

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    It's all reprints from various Marvel/Atlas war books from the 1950s. 

    But starting with issue #9, the comic contains original stories about a spirit GI who possesses random soldiers in various WW2 theaters of war. Something about being a servant of Death. Chris Claremont wrote some of the issues. They're pretty decent, but it's been a long time since I read. them. The title was cancelled with issue #15.

    NYCC 2022 - October 6th - 9th - Javits Center - New York, NY.

    in Comic Events

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    Huh, usually someone starts a thread in Comics General about their experiences at NYCC. Maybe they still will.

    In the meantime --

    I went on Sunday. This year that was the only day I had free to go. I arrived early, waited about 45 minutes or so, and got to the main floor to look for books. I came loaded for bear, but only bagged a few chubby chipmunks.

    I guess I should have done my due diligence before buying a ticket, but I was unpleasantly surprised by the smaller number of comics dealers at the show. (In my defense, I don't know if the exhibitor list was finalized when I bought my ticket back in May.) Quite a few dealers weren't there, or I couldn't find their booths. I'm pretty sure that --

    Dale Roberts wasn't there. Superworld wasn't there. Basement comics wasn't there. JHV Associates wasn't there. Graham Crackers wasn't there. 

    Thank God for Bob Storms! I picked up some books at his booth, and few others at, I think, Gary's Comics (?) and Reece's Comics.  I couldn't find anything on my list at Harley's booth, and nothing jumped out at me as an impulse buy. 

    My impression is that the convention is making it a real hassle for comic dealers to attend. That, and/or it's become too expensive, with booth prices, hotels, etc. making the event a money loser.

    There was a lot of discount stock being blown out, mid-grade books, sometimes dumped in boxes out of alphabetical order. I also saw a lot of books that probably should've been discounted to get them to sell. Mid-grade Gold Keys, stuff like that.

    There were a lot of high-priced, slabbed wall books, mostly the usual suspects. I overheard a dad pointing them out to his kid, calling them "investment comics," and considering the prices, I found his statement discouraging.  In fact, I overheard a lot of people inquiring about wall books, only to be astounded at the prices before moving on. The rarified air of high-grade keys might be good for some of us in the hobby, but I think it's a serious barrier for new entrants. For all the slabs I saw, it seemed like only a handful of people were buying them.  I saw almost no one at the tables selling original art.

    Once I gave up on hunting for books, I wandered around a little. If you had a booth selling fake, plastic katanas, you were rolling in money. There were huge booths for several anime attractions like One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and a few others. There were tons of vendors selling mystery boxes. There was an insane amount of people stampeding through the aisles. Lots of big strollers, big backpacks, cosplayers with wings, stuff like that.

    I left at 1:45, and was glad to be out of there.

    Honestly, I think this might have been my last NYCC. I wanted to go back one more time after Covid, but if this is a preview of what next year will be like, I'll skip it. 

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