Hi all, just made my first board purchase so I figured I should follow up with an introduction.
I’m back to the hobby after a long hiatus since collecting lots in the 90’s. I recently went through 3 long boxes of my comics I’d left in my parents’ attic and culled them down to one. Cringe-worthy stuff mostly (Brigades, Shadowhawks, 90's X-Men, X-Force, Ninjak, McFarlane stuff, Punishers, new-suit DD, hologram covers, and the like.) Classic 90’s excess. You’re welcome Goodwill.
I’ve kept the cream- 80’s-90’s Marvel keys and #1’s, short runs of Hellboy, Sandman, X-Men, and some independents, a handful of bronze and silver randoms including early Conan, AV57, SS4, GSX1, HULK181. Also faves like a newsstand copy of SS50 that was the first comic I bagged and boarded and treated nice.
Anyhow I’ve been buying the odd book over the last couple years and am loving new directions in collecting. The book that re-ignited my interest was a VF copy of Astonishing Tales 26 that looks sooo creamy in mylar.
Now I’m looking out for a lot of older covers that I never got back in the day- Man-Things, Marvel King-Sizes & bronze horror, early Morbius, early Surfer, 70’s Hulks, etc
Also got a new craving for some silver/bronze DC books- DC war, Sea Devils, and Diana Prince WW issues.
My focus is on pretty covers with eye-appeal, not hung up on condition so much as I still need to eat!