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Killer collection of stuff! Nice representation across the main silver-age titles. (thumbs u

 

 

 

But where are the DC war books??

 

I just worked my way through A-Z and tried to cover DC, Marvel, Gold Key & Charlton.

Next time I am off work I will do some war books.

Very impressive

Moreover you are from UK and for non-US collectors is much more difficult to build this kind of collection.

Came in this week ...

 

What a great book

[font:Book Antiqua]Batman # 251 Signed by Neal Adams & Denny O'neil

Thanks to Darrel (svndst1030) for this one...[/font]

 

 

 

I went to my LCS to buy Avengers Vs X-Men #0 today. It was sold out but somehow I walked out with Avengers Vs X-Men #1 which was just sitting on the shelf. Odd?

I read about this in the MileHigh newsletter:

"We have heard that #0 was severely under-ordered by fans and comics retailers, alike, and thus will likely end up being the key issue to this entire crossover event. With just an estimated 60%-65% as many of this key prequel issue ordered as the actual first issue to the series, it seems mathematically impossible for everyone who ordered the #1 issue to also obtain a copy of #0."

Great news

Green Arrow is one of my favourite comic characters.

Hope that they will skip the "tricky" arrows...

Around 3500 comics. I don`t have key issues, but all of my books are in complete or at least long runs. Just Bronze and Copper age with some modern comics.

Living in Eastern Europe doesn`t make collecting realy easy

Also if you know that you are the only person in the country which collect this kind of books is not a big incentive to throw big money on them. You have no chance to retrieive any funds if a hard times come, because there is no one which could buy them

Eccomic, one of the most impressive rooms which have been shown here

Forgot to post my Christmas Decor this year - Comic Books not just for reading!!

 

Coming down the stairs from my comic loft.

 

 

Love the wall! Does it rotate to fit the season? Or is it Christmas year round?

 

Will be changing it today. I will be putting up first issues and or first appearances to denote the New Year!

Simply brilliant

30 - started collecting seriously 4 year ago

Ok guys heres my first fantastic four 1, Its POOR but for 350.00, you can't beat it. (thumbs u

 

O.K. here's a question though. How do you protect something like this. You obviously cannot get it into a mylite. So do you try and get it into magazine size bag, or what.

 

DR.X

I do not think that this book needs protection. It simply can not be ruined more than the current

This is joke of course. Great acquicition (thumbs u

I hear ya but just make sure of your grade.

 

Figure out what you think each grade is and then I'd check GPA to see what it's worth in that grade. Even though it may seem to make no sense to buy a slabbed issue you already have raw, it probably is a better deal on some of those.

 

Say one of your books is worth $30 in it's grade. Even for a value tier, it's probably about $25-27.50 per submission once you factor in shipping there and back. If you could buy that issue already slabbed for $30-35, I'd do that. For $35, you can get the slab and guarantee grade and sell your raw for say $10-12. That way, you not only get it cheaper but also don't have to worry about your raw grading lower than you thought.

 

Like I said, just check the numbers on GPA and see what costs you the least. If you don't have GPA, you can pm me your list and I'll tell you what they are all worth in your grade (thumbs u

@sl4ppy, what do you think about the art of my compatriot Alex Maleev? I really like it and I think that his style perfectly suits this character

Btw, you have a great collection. Your post are the reason for me to be interested in this character. Unfortunately for the moment I have not come across a large collection in eBay.uk from where I currently by my comics. Individual issues go too expensive, because of the shipping prices to Bulgaria and just not worth it.

Keep the good work

...Part of my comic room

DUDE!!!

 

How many comic books do you have?

 

Very nice.

 

Thanks

 

how many?...don't know ,I never counted them ..but I think its around 6000

How do you find a specific comic for which you are looking for? I do not see any labels or separators in order to refer to the specific title or series.

Very imressive, moreover you are from Europe and I know from my personal experience how difficult is to collect comics in this part of the world. So 6000 books is pretty good achievement

Had this for a while, just managed to post it now.....Ok, it's a 4.5, but it's MY 4.5

 

JLA 1 are awesome! I need one for my collection someday.

I love the cover of this book

That is an excellent deal, especially with the difficulty our UK friends seem to have scoring comics.

That`s why I post this information here. Obtaining of my collection costs me at least 3 times more

Hi again,

I have just find this great offer for the forum members in UK - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EPIC-ILLUSTRATED-VOL-1-34-COMPLETE-SET-FANTASTIC-/150510485505?pt=UK_Books_Comics_Magazines_US_Comics_ET&hash=item230b1fc001

The complete run for 25 GBP (thumbs u . For sure this is a much more cheaper way to obtain the complete series, than buying them one by one.

It is obvious that I am not the seller(I am from Bulgaria), so this is not an ad for my auction

I have just decided to post it here, because of the crazy prices which many of the other members have mentioned in the previous posts. Moreover the seller affirms that the magazines are in excellent condition.

Hope, this helps

I have just found this article http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18745 .

It is extremely good and full with first-hand information

A little country with the most beautiful women and no one comic magazine

 

The first part of this sentence is largely true. Bulgarian women are gorgeous.

 

The second part is just disappointing. Not even one comics magazine? There is no comics scene in Bulgaria?

 

We use to have one great magazine - "Daga" (Rainbow), but this was before almost 20 years. You could see some of the issues here http://issuu.com/razkazivkartinki .

We have some really great artists (no need to mention Alex Maleev ), but unfortunately they work for foreign publishers and game or cinema studios.

WTTB!!!

What Country is home to you?

Your English appears to be just fine btw! (Probably better than mine!!)

 

I just started getting into Nam a little bit ago, my reasons were like those you listed. (one issue equaled one month "real-time" & that two Vietnam Vets were at the helm - seemed like a cool thing)

I'm on #8 or #9 right now and I have to say it has been a good read. (thumbs u

Thanks, mate (thumbs u

I am from Bulgaria. A little country with the most beautiful women and no one comic magazine

Welcome To The Boards!!!!! (thumbs u

 

Yes, "The 'Nam" is a good read, I haven't read all of them, but I had the first 12 issues or so. It was a well received comic at the time. I used to know Michael Golden, and thought he was an incredible artist, and i think he drew the 1st 13 issues or so?

 

Glad you are enjoying American Funny Books, and your English seems perfect to me, so come back any time you want. (thumbs u

Thanks for the kind words (thumbs u

Yes, Michael Golden drew the first 13 issues. He was succeeded by Wayne Vansant.

In one of his interviews, Doug Murray said that "The Nam" was selling over 300 000 issues per month and was Marvel`s 2nd or 3rd best selling book.

I am one book (#48) short for completing the whole run of 84 issues. Collecting comic books outside the USA is pretty hard hobby, but I love it

Hi averybody First I want to apologize because of my poor English

I am surprised that I could not find a thread dedicated to this series. I think this is one of the comic runs with the highest quality which are coming out in 80`s and the early 90`s.

One of the main advantages is its authenticity. Writer Doug Murray is a war veteran and recreated much of his own experiences and those of his vet comrades.

The concept of "real time" comic run is just great. Unlike the super heroe`s comic books, here everything takes place in real time. The plot of every issue is set in 1 month, just as long as the time period between the next issue.

The characters are changed at regular intervals of time and this allows authors to kill some of them, as this inevitably happens during the war. This way he avoids the invulnerability which we observe in the super heroe`s comic books in which "good" always win and (almost) never die

Since I live in Eastern Europe, the topic of the Vietnam War is known mainly thanks to the cinema and films like "Apocalypse Now". This comic made me look for more materials about the theme. The more I read, the more convinced in how authentic transmitted the story is. I think it could even be used as supporting material in the history lessons at school.

Welcome

Do you collect European comics too?

Not really. I have several - Blueberry, Blacksad, Asterix etc., but I do not collect any in particular. Just had find them in good price and bought, because they are pretty good.

Hi, this is my first post in this forum and I can not imagine a better topic than this one. I have grown up in Bulgaria where comic books in general were a rarity, so I have a lot of catching up to do. Now I read a lot in the Internet and try to sift out the good from the not so good stuff. Maybe a year before I red about Epic Illustrated and downloaded some of the issues. I love them

From this moment I have tried to collect all issues and just have received the last missing one. To be a comics collector in Eastern Europe is pretty hard hobby, because of the shipping cost, but the pleasure when you reach the goal is equal to the efforts

I am only sorry because there are no more issues from this great magazine at least to the finish of “The Last Galacticus Story”.

P.S. Sorry for my poor English.