HarrisonJohn

Does anyone know what comic or comics this full page ad ran?

On 9/9/2020 at 9:37 AM, RCheli said:

It really, really looks like John Romita re-drew his face. I'd love to see the original art for this to see if there were corrections.

Don't know which came first but the faces are different;

It takes a lot for me to take interest in anything DC but this cover is just WOW

13 minutes ago, Doctor Dositheus said:

I'm pretty sure she got her own series because it was a toy tie-in deal, but then it fell through.

Was supposed to be a tie-in with a real singer. More here https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-urban-legend-revealed-48/

I saw 2 packs in dollar stores a few years ago, various publishers, mostly over printed 90s stuff. 

Where would you place the beginning and end of the bronze age in the Hulk series? 

2 hours ago, namisgr said:

 No word balloons made a huge difference in letting the art take center stage.  

They almost look modern. Also interesting that the logo worked into the art of 109 would later become the long running logo from 131 and throughout the 80s. 

The earliest covers in the run are really striking. 

Just buy a reprint. 

120 is first Alpha Flight according to https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/X-Men_Vol_1_120

They are even in shadow on the cover. 

20 minutes ago, batmiesta said:

Is that the splash from #197?

Yes. 

My first comics were a bunch of random Hulk's from 195-203. Looking at those books now, it's no wonder I became a Hulk and comic book fan. From fighting the Abomination at an amusement park, to the swamps with Man-Thing. to a shrunken Hulk fighting giants... one of my favorite stretch of books. 

Before X-Men Apocalypse, X-Factor 6 9.8 was around $85, about $50 more than surrounding X-Factor issues. At the peak of movie hype I think they may have gone as high as $600. Currently around $275. 

The comics of my childhood. Working on 102-340 run. 82 issues to go. Also collect random 9.8 slabs and the Masterworks books. 

For me personally there's two types of books here, the Whitmans and the Early Direct Editions. I have been collecting since I was 5 in 1979 and through the 80's and as these books would come up I started to identify the ones with the fat diamond (and all the variations of it) as books that came out of the 3 pack bags, and the later small diamonds with the slash through the barcode that eventually morphed into the spiderman head UPC were presumably early direct editions (once I knew what direct editions were). I never heard a word about any of this from anyone, I just came to my own conclusion from what I saw going on in stores at the time as I worked on back issues and noticed the differences. I avoided the Whitmans because I thought they looked ugly or wrong. I was never of the opinion they were reprints but I can see how on first glance years later they may look like reprints, especially the ones with the blank UPC box. I rarely saw Whitmans in my LCS even in the late 70s/ early 80s (maybe 1 out of 500 comics) and when I did, it was beat up. The "early direct editions" were much more common, though I can't remember if that was the only option at the LCS. Anyway I think there likely was a mix of things going on at the time but the general consensus on these books is as right as it's going to get. 

This is meant to be parody/ humor in a poking-fun-at-ourselves kind of way, I hope. 

13 hours ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

Regarding the X-Factor issues, are the back cover ads the same on the Direct and Newsstand? I ask because the Spidey head (or various other art on later issues) is very likely there so that the printer can run the same Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow plates for all covers, and only switch the black plate for the Newsstand vs. Direct run. If they're printing different ads on the back cover, then they need to run all 4 plates either way, so they can safely drop the art box.

Looked at X-Factor 13 on ebay and both versions have the same back cover.

Starting with issue 20, a drawing of Cyclops is often used in the direct UPC box. Thinking it could have been a cover artist request, I looked at Walt Simonson's Thor covers from the same timeframe and a number of those are missing a direct UPC box or contain original artwork

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8 hours ago, an99 said:

That's awesome!!  I want to do the same thing, problem is I have to buy a Hulk #180 to do it.  I wonder if anyone has ever made a print of that page?

Marvel is releasing a facsimile edition of Hulk 180.

3 hours ago, ygogolak said:

Fantastic Four was out of the picture, yes. But because it wasn't of interest to anyone. Not because they were making a movie (that nobody went to see). The X-Men stuff was always ongoing. They killed Wolverine, right? Um, not really. The Old Man Logan series took its place.

They took X-characters off Marvel related materials and no toys in the stores. There were attempts to erase/ downplay these characters.The books- well, who's buying them anyway. I don't think they would cancel Spider-man but he could get swept under the rug for a while.

3 hours ago, lou_fine said:

Yes, didn't a lot of the buyers at the time ended up giving books like these away for Halloween treats to the kids because they were so plentiful and virtually worthless at the time?  

I think the book was speculated on because Stan Lee wrote it, but the character was initially a bomb so there was no reason for the first issue to hold any value. She-Hulk gained popularity after joining Avengers and her Sensational run and was one of Marvels biggest female characters by the end of the 80s, but I think the Savage title held "25 cent bin" stigma for long after.

According to Marvel Comics The Untold Story, She-Hulk 1 sold 250k

When I go to book stores I usually see teens sitting on the floor in the graphic novel section. I always have to step over them. They are reading, just not buying the new monthly comics. Which most of us probably aren't doing either. Then there's the digital stuff. It's difficult to know what effect the movies are having because there isn't one place for someone to go and read the material. There's old material, new material, several print GN formats, digital, etc.