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    On 2/14/2024 at 3:01 PM, Pontoon said:

    Who was the seller?

    Waldorf729....looks like seller mostly sells sports cards, but does have a few comics (six or so) currently listed...could be an 'honestly, I don't know how to ship comics' mistake...but GOOGLE is always your friend when it comes to stuff like this I say

    eBay The eBay Official eBay Thread eBay

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    How I received a Conan 1 this morning off the Bay...just a sleeve, no cushion, no cardboard...

    mid grade copy, which I knew bidding on, but it could have been much worse by the time it got to me thanks to the poor packaging. It's amazing in this day and age how many people who sell comics don't know how to ship them.

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    ft88

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    Ed reached out to me about a raw Hulk 181 he had after seeing my post in the Bronze Age forum - offered me a fair price for a book that was above grade anything I was searching for on ebay and elsewhere. Packaging, shipping, price, and book was AWESOME. Guys like Ed make this hobby great.

    Jim Aparo Appreciation Thread

    in Bronze Age Comic Books

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    I liked Aparo's earlier work in the 70s - its was great and moody and really had that gritty style I'd come to associate with Batman of that era (thanks to Neal Adams).

    His later stuff, the 80s though, especially Death in the Family, Ten Nights of the Beast, and Knightfall just seems bland, too bright in keeping with the stories themselves. May have been the inker's fault.

    Contrast this:

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    With this: (granted this is probably from a re-colored graphic novel of the Death in the Family, however).

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    Tell Me a Tale - For Those Who Love Comics

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    Posted · Edited by minutekev@50

    I had cousins and friends who were all in to comics, especially relatives on my mother's side. I was real young (1970s) and I remember us all playing Avengers at my grandmother's house in the country. I was Iron Man. I knew who Iron Man was; he was cool as hell and could shoot lasers out of his hands. My uncle (who was the same age as some of my cousins) conned Iron Man away from me (I think he basically told me in a good way I couldn't be Iron Man anymore since I was one of the youngest). He told me I could be Thor instead.

    I had no idea who Thor was. He said "he's cool; he throws a hammer." I thought he threw a hammer like 'hammer-and-nail,' so here I am imagining myself running around the yard throwing a carpenter's hammer....had I known he was a GOD! (or later, Chris Hemsworth).

    Anyway, I have fond memories of spending the night with another cousin around my age - he'd inherited his older brother's collection. He had Giant Size X-Men 1, and the CC/Byrne run that followed...the What If? where Wolvie kills Hulk...all 70s Avengers...New Teen Titans. I READ all gosh-darn night. I had never been exposed to THAT version of the X-Men. I was blown away. I had collected a lot of the later CC/Romita Jr. stuff, but for me, that Bronze age grouping will always be the X-Men.

    Bronze Age Fantastic Four Appreciation Thread

    in Bronze Age Comic Books

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    On 12/22/2022 at 8:47 PM, universal soldier said:

    You have to go for the complete Byrne run for sure. He does go up through 295 which is a couple years into copper. So many great issues in that run :cloud9:.

    I've had the the Byrne run in my PC for awhile BUT I never knew (or had forgotten) he did art on a few of the earlier issues in the 200s, I think maybe the 210s or so....before he took over writing with 232....

    Whelp, got a new run to collect.