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Nice aboot face there!

Can you post a pic please? I can't view the jpegs.

As a young lad, in 1983 I was hooked on watching the animated show Spider-man and his Amazing Friends every Saturday morning. As much as I liked Spidey, I never became a collector of his comics. It was a guest group that I fell in love with and one character from that group in particular. The episode was A Firestar is Born and it guest starred both the X-Men and Juggernaut. But the one character that really caught my eye was Wolverine. Those freaky claws! So, in August of that same year, I was sent to the local Dairy Mart to pick up cigarettes (amazing at one time they would sell to kids and even give you matches), milk and bread. I was supposed to give my mom back the change, but I saw something that would make me into a lifetime collector, a copy of Uncanny X-Men 172 with Wolverine on the front cover and bought it. I forget the excuse I used for buying it, but they didn't make me return it so From that humble start, I would eventually make my way downtown and become a regular at an actual comic shop called Treasure Island, located inside a mini mall. At the entrance stood a cardboard cutout of Blackbeard the pirate next to a treasure chest full of bundled $1 books. As you walked in, the glass display case on the left held some nice keys that included X-Men #1 which was far beyond my reach at the time selling for $1000. Next to the case were dollar bin books and back issues in long boxes. My head would spin as I gazed upon the great assortment of wall books displayed, wishing my parents were millionaires so I could snatch them all up. The place was fun and magical all at the same time. It was also the site of one of my greatest comic collecting missteps. A shop employee whom I had gotten to know was big on a book that had just released and he highly recommended it to me. He handed me a copy and I took a look at the cover and flipped through it quickly. "My money is for real mutants!" I told him as I put it back on the shelf. Little did I know those dang mutant turtles would be big and that copy of issue #1 that I put back would be worth a pretty penny some day! Oh well, I was pretty happy with all the X books I came away with from there and still have Wolverine's limit series I bought from them. The place has since closed down and I was sad to see it go, but the memories remain.

Best Thor drawing ever

Crain, Lee and AH

take Hulk

I will be seeing this when it hits streaming and I wouldn't be at all surprised if this ends up in comic book form. Cocaine Bear Debuts with Perfect Score at Rotten Tomatoes (msn.com)

30s Tec 40s Superman 50s Weird Fantasy 60s ASM 70s X-Men 80s X-Men (have to, it contains the first comic I ever bought) 90s - present Spawn

...what is being used for a book I just ordered and I hope it arrives at MY door instead of someone elses, which is what happened last time! Update; they got it right this time!

It looks like somebody attempted to remove an image of Spidey pasted on a newspaper background and failed miserably.

Greatest - Watchmen My personal favorite - MSH Secret Wars

He would always leave his mark in the snow

6.5

I haven't had any issues starting up my current mower after no use for the winter...of course it is an electric Seriously though, when I did have a gas mower I had no issues starting it up either and I left it out in the shed all winter.

When I said 'original' I meant the first series and counted 94 and up.

My vote would go for X-Men the original series. Well over 100 issues Iconic characters and villians Huge cultural significance The origin story is great and the underlining being outcast theme is very compelling.

Is this the one? X-Men Issue 94 - Dan Cockrum - | HPB

A grail...courtesy of ft88

This is the same thing that's happened in the music industry. Digitally enhanced art is akin to autotune, taking away much of the nuance and imperfections that make both artforms great.

I had a girlfriend that looked just like this...and then I woke up Nice artwork!

Very strong and well directed episode!