Mr Sneeze

Love that book! Yes, I finally finished it. Definitely one of the best books I've ever read, almost certainly the best nonfiction book I've ever read. It gives a nice overview of early twentieth century physics and the personalities involved. The follow up, 'Dark Sun' is worth reading as well.

Excellent read as well! I think you snuck a few books off my shelf

Love that book!

I am going to list a run of Thors. I will start tonight if I can get photobucket to co-operate.

Leonard bought a set of Conan books from me a few weeks back. Smooth transaction all around. A real pleasure! Thanks Leonard!

Had an awesome transaction with Phillip. Great to deal with! Thanks!

that's because it should've read "Waiting for Gadot" Play on words mate, play on words I was too busy looking for Guffman.

David bought a large group of Conan slabs from me. Very pleasant and easy to deal with. Look forward to dealing with again. A real pleasure! Cheers David!

Tamir bought a set of Silver Surfers from me a couple of weeks back. Paid quickly, excellent communication and very pleasant to deal with. Awesome boardie! Thanks Tamir!

I will be listing a 1-24 run of Conans later today. Come and check it out if you get a chance. Cheers

I have a bunch of Conan slabs to list, probably get them up tomorrow night or Friday. Please come and check it out.

Thanks for all the reply's In hand I think it's an 8.5, it is a nice white book with nice gloss and lays flat. I like the date stamp as well.

The great coincidence is that the alternate covers are all(mostly) picture frames. The Gil Kane cover to 34 always blows me away - just a great composition! I never noticed Galactus having gloveless green hands till you said it.

Great books everybody! I love all of the alternate covers on the FF reprint titles. Still a few books here I would like to upgrade. I have found these books tough to find in higher grades. A lot of my original exposure to silver age FF was through Marvels Greatest Comics.

What do you think? Thanks in advance.

There has not been a perfect superhero movie and I doubt there ever will be. The closest I believe Hollywood has come was with the Nolan Batman movies. Then the GOTG movie (I hated the "dance" scene at the end, but otherwise it was Marvel's best movie.) Most of the superhero movies, as movies, are just okay. Nothing ground breaking, but easily digestible for the masses. Now that I've had a day to digest what I saw yesterday, I cannot help but think this was a very ambitious movie and one I will have no problem watching again and again over the years, especially if there is a director's cut to flesh out some of the scenes. Melding two huge stories, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and the Death of Superman, is ambitious. I liked the style. It fit with the dark tone of the movie. The lack of humor was okay with me too. Again, it all fit with the tone that was being set. I've been reading reviews and such since I saw it yesterday and I posted my opinion here, so I'm quite surprised at some of the hate this movie has been getting. I can understand completely that this darker tone is not to everyone's liking. I am turned off by the tone of a movie like Ant Man, because it is too light hearted, IMHO comically so and it makes sense others will not like a darker movie. But, I wouldn't say Ant Man was a bad movie, just not a movie to my taste. But then, I am not one to go out and watch movies of similar ilk unless one of my kids is dragging me to see it. Some of the story choices were challenging, not unlike an art house movie. Momento and Mulholland Drive come to mind. Some people are going to like that and others will prefer a straight forward, paint by the numbers, story telling style. Both have their place. I'm not opposed to another Snyder directed DC movie, but I think his style is better suited for darker characters. I think he would do wonders with a Swamp Thing movie, for example. And if Snyder is ever tapped for a Marvel movie, I think Moon Knight would be a character he could translate to the big screen. My favorite scenes are: 1) Wonder Woman enjoying the battle with Doomsday. 2) Batman freeing Martha Kent. This is a Batman I would like to see more of. 3) Superman floating in space after being hit by the atomic explosion. This was right out of the comic book! 4) Superman in the Senate hearing after the blast killed everyone else in the room. 5) Superman taking out Batman's artillery when they began their big fight. (Him floating and using his eye beams to destroy the hardware.) 6) Superman and Batman's first confrontation after Superman rips the top off the Batmobile off. This movie was so full of comic book imagery, it was hard to take it all in. Did anyone else notice all the nods to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns? For example, the punk in the crowd with the spiked mohawk. Obviously the scene with Superman in space after the atomic explosion, Batman's armored suit, etc. I'm going to reread The Dark Knight Returns before my next viewing. Regardless of the critics, this movie is a huge win for DC. It is going to make money. It does a terrific job setting up the DC Cinemaverse. I've used the baseball analogy before. DC does not need to hit home runs every time they go up to bat. They should be happy with the singles, doubles, and triples. Marvel's first movies, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America were not home runs. This is DC's second movie in their cinemaverse and when stacked up against Marvel's second movie, this is absolutely a success. Marvel had to tweak things as they went and I would expect DC to do the same. DC took a short cut getting to where Marvel is at, and overall I think DC did a good job. While I would have preferred the slow buildup, it makes sense that they would want to capitalize on the superhero craze in Hollywood right now and not risk missing out on the money to be made with the genre. And avoid the obvious comparison to the path Marvel took. I cannot help but think comic fans are the real winners here. Marvel and DC characters, coming to life on the big screen with huge budgets, is a dream come true. I hope both Marvel and DC continue to take chances with these movies too, capture the best of what they've published over the years and let director's run with those ideas. Great post!

I wondered if you would like it - I say that because you seem to be a film buff. I thought it was awesome myself and look forward to seeing it again. It definitely has an art house quality.

Thanks Barton! Love the date stamp.

A few years back I reread 1-295 straight through. I really enjoyed the bronze age stuff between Lee/Kirby and Byrne much more than I remembered as a kid. Maybe not as consistent given the constant turn around but great story arcs and art nonetheless. I read it in Masterworks, Essentials and trades but a good part of it was some readers and that is definitely the way to go. Seeing the ads, bullpen and letter pages are a big part of the fun.

So nice to see these books come out! Thanks for posting guys!

I was admiring your 123 in the other thread. Not often you get the Silver Surfer and Richard Nixon on the same cover. Beautiful books! While opinions may defer, I figure a good starting place for the FF bronze age to be 103 and take it up to the Byrne run, maybe 231?

The Giant-Size were such great additions to the story line.

That's a lovely 150 Barton, thanks for posting! Here's a 159 as requested. Definitely one of the iconic FF bronze age covers IMHO.