Parabellum

On 9/12/2021 at 6:19 AM, grendelbo said:

I picked these up 10-12 years ago for about $30 all told. Back issue bin stored on the floor at that. This LCS always had keys they knew nothing about.

The 3rd issue had a nice surprise on the backing board.

 

Nice!  Awesome pick up on that #3!  That was a limited edition, 125 copies had an individual sketch’s by Eric Powell on the backing board.

On 9/11/2021 at 3:56 AM, Dr. Dank said:

Picked these up at expo today, been looking for a decent newsstand set of these for awhile

 

This story was awesome.  I never read the other two though.  I heard they weren’t that good.

Nice grabs @Dr. Dank!  

Grabs these two trades.

Thank you @xNerdyThingsx!

Im working on Dreamwalker 0 now.  I posted a thread in the WTB forum.  

Awesome!  Thx!

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On 9/6/2021 at 6:57 AM, Otter1775 said:

I first picked up the series after watching Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News address the topic back in 1986. The snippet included interviewing people associated with the production of the storyline, etc. I was a Sophomore in high school when I started reading and collecting it. I eventually joined the US military right after graduation and 24 years of service later, I can say with confidence that this series definitely had an impact on me then and now.

Same! I also contribute the movie Predator to my career choice as well.

What’s funny is I thought that number for number 4 was an error.  If it was late then that is quite possibly the print run for 2 second print.

I wonder if there is any info on the print runs of the early second prints (2, 7, 8, 33, 34).

On 8/30/2021 at 3:53 PM, BladeTX said:

It's interesting you mentioned Walking Dead 1 9.9. @Sensei Ryan and I did a bunch of research to locate most of the issues (cert numbers and label colors).  I tried to post last night but the Boards were glitching again.  I'll be sure to tag you.  Bottom line is it will be unlikely to impossible to land a Black 9.9.  You'll see why.

I figure hunting for a 9.9 I can’t be too picky 🤣.  I would grab a black label as well.

@BladeTXthx!!!

On 8/29/2021 at 8:09 PM, BladeTX said:

Well you were one ahead of me 😂

But then I saw one of my books was removed somehow so I added it back and now I'm 24th.   But I won't be moving up much - my TWD set goal is nearly complete.  I'm doing a lot better in the 1-48.

I’m in the same boat.  There are only a couple more 9.8’s that I’m hunting for; #7 second print and #35 error.  I’ll probably go for a #1 black mature label at some point.  Was even considering trading my ASM 129 9.0 and Hulk 181 9.0 for a Walking Dead 1 in 9.9 if someone was willing.  Who knows…..

CVA🤣, what a scam.

On 8/29/2021 at 2:34 AM, BladeTX said:

Are you in the Registry?

Yes, but I’m waaaaay down there on The Walking Dead registry, #28 in ranking.  Overall I’m doing ok though.

Thank you!

Nothing crazy but I’ve wanted 9.8 copies of these for a while.  

On 8/28/2021 at 4:03 AM, HighVoltage said:

Wow - the #1 9.8 on Clink finished at $4k tonight.

Congrats to buyer & seller!

 

Got a link?

Wow!

Punisher limited series hands down.

On 8/12/2021 at 7:45 AM, OtherEric said:

Not a series I have a lot of.  What I do have is a pedigree copy of the first appearance... from the John G. Fantucchio collection:

That’s an awesome book!  Have a 9.8 white page copy but it’s not a pedigree.  I was happy to add it to my collection.

On 8/12/2021 at 1:19 AM, MAR1979 said:

The first 12 months of The 'Nam book were something Special. Issue #7 I feel is one of the best comics of the decade and one of the better comic books issues ever written. Sadly it's mostly forgotten now.

The real time aspect while well intended does not work that great in a 17-25 page comic book format.  I really wish their idea had been to do say 4 issues per month in effect 1 book covers 1 week.  One of the reason i say that is it's not easy to create characters that resonate with the majority of readers, so when Ed Marks left after the first year the book was not the same to myself and many others.

Overall like many readers I dropped off the run after around the end of the 2nd year. It was no longer a book I looked forward to reading.. 

My copy of issue 1, that I picked up as a kid in 1986, was in my first CGC submission back in 2000. Having that exact copy in 9.8w inside an original 1st gen CGC slab to me personally as comics go is "priceless".

 

 

I agree on issue 7.  The Kit Carson scout Duong was awesome.  I also enjoyed issue 27 that covered the LRRP team.

On 8/11/2021 at 3:18 AM, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

I imagine a lot of the later issues are really tough to find. Print run has to be low. Considering they were trying to prop up sales in the '50s by running a Punisher story, they must have been tiny by the '80s.

Considering all of the Viet Nam media in the '80s, I imagine that the time for adapting the comic has passed. It would be interesting if they tried a similar comic about Iraq or Afghanistan

The later issues aren’t that hard to find but you’re going to pay $10-$20 a book for them.  Specifically, anything past issue 75.  The difficult part of this run is finding them in super high grade.  

The biggest complaint I have with this series is that issues 30-51 where really hit and miss.  I only enjoy a handful of stories from that time period.  After the first Punisher appearance in issue 52 and 53 the story lines did get better in my opinion but I think they lost a lot of the earlier readers by this point.  It’s unfortunate because overall it was a great series.  

I have a full run myself and I’m also trying to complete a full 9.8 run.  The heart burn I have with that is dropping $80-100 on an issue that I know is pure cr@p just cause it’s a 9.8.

I hope they don’t write a comic series based on the GWOT.  Not now anyway.  I think The ‘Nam came out at great time (10 years after the war).  If they did I would want it to be a MAX run or by an independent company.