Ant-Man

My safely-packed box of goodness arrived today. Thanks Ed.

I was hoping you'd get it, congrats.

Just received my first purchase from Bill. Easy to work with & ships fast. Thanks!

I can cut and paste my review from what has been said here already:

Never read the book, so an all-new character for me w/no historical knowledge

Enjoyed the show, but cannot be compared to Daredevil, as they are completely different

Some slow episodes in the middle, but picks up at the end

Great villain, sad that he won't get a chance to face DD

Completed my first purchase from Robert & I hope it will not be my last. From scans to grades to packaging ... everything is top notch.

Still amazed the 'crayoning' is a word.

While not as 'underground' as your examples, Marvel published four issues of Pro Action magazine (1994ish). Focused on the NFL, this was during the time when there was a lot of crossover between superheroes and athletes, both in comics and trading cards. There were two bound-in Spider-Man comics & two X-Men comics.

Gotcha... not sure that Overstreet is the right venue to talk about a "Top Books" list based on "influence, collector interest, or notability/notoriety" since it's the price guide and it's so well-known for having Top 100 Golden Age, Top Silver Age, etc., ordered strictly by the prices listed in the guide.

 

 

Agreed. I'd guess that about 20 of the books in the 'influential' list would be a Top 50 Copper Overstreet book (based on their raw 9.2 prices). A little higher if you include the variants (for example, TMNT #1 1st, 2nd and 3rd prints are all ranked in the top 14 copper books per Overstreet standards). Sadly, Overstreet does not even track their top books all that closely.

Silly question - are the 'Worst From' books also magazine-size, even though not noted as such in Overstreet?

Any thoughts on the creature that was stalking the halls of the hospital? Facially, I thought it resembled the Supreme Intelligence. Might be a stretch, but that was my first thought. I don't recall that character ever taking human form, but if it happened in the last 20 years, I wouldn't have read it anyway.

Did tou not know DD was a great fan of RUSH?

True story....maybe

Hell's Kitchen = Red Sector A?

My fourth double (of which I am aware). Didn't know about this one until I took it out to read.

Okay, so being 40 years old, I have never read Infinity Gauntlet nor had any interest in the Cosmic heroes in the slightest but in the last month or so I have decided to give it a shot. It's the one area of the Marvel Universe that I felt I didn't know like the back of my hand.

 

Last week I bought the IG trade and read it in one night. I enjoyed it but was expecting something more and to be totally blown away. Perhaps I had to experience it at the time it came out to really get how important to the Marvel Mythos it was/is.

 

So I forged ahead and last night read Infinity War, which I thought was absolutely brilliant. Magus as the villain, the Doom/Kang combo, making the Infinity Gauntlet have power again, Thanos being the "secret keeper" of the infinity stone. I just felt that it was a better story, and not just the slugfest that IG seemed to be.

 

Ryan pointed out this thread to me this afternoon, and have already read all 107 pages. I don't know how long my Thanos / Warlock "phase" will last (I have the worst collecting AD+D of all time) but for now I'm all in.

 

Jim

Does the trade include Thanos Quest?

Nice variety lately.

Just one book today. It's got a little moisture ripple at the top, but I'm ok with it.

I think french fries in my chocolate shake is the closest analogy I can make.

For a kid that loved super hero comics as well as parody items like Cracked magazine or Wacky Packages, those stickers were the best of both worlds. Still have both full sets.

Gemma will emerge as Capt. Marvel.

I don't know about that, but I wonder if that thing 'sensed' that she has potential.

So which future Inhuman was Raina describing from her latest vision?

Always happy to add a "classic".

Not sure if anyone has been to the Mall of America, but here are a few shots of the entrance to the TMNT ride.

The instruction manuals will get slabbed without the benefit of receiving a grade (scroll down the page). Not sure if the same could be done for guidebooks.

Not sure if it's done for signature series only?

Bought over 100 books from Jared. All arrived safe & as described. Would not hesitate to buy from again.

The annual hit the stands first. That makes it the first app of Gambit.

Agreed. I don't think that the timeline of events in the Marvel 616 universe should dictate the 1st appearance of a character in the universe which I live & read comics. Too many flashbacks, issue #0, issue #-1 and such to muddy the waters.