Readcomix

Big red wings to big red...other things...

My bad; missed the back cover, which is the evidence. I'm still with the others though; this "variant" is less exciting, not moreso.

Then again, I'm not the type to care that Star Wars 1 cost a nickel more in Ohio, either.

Kav topped ya....lots more too....that Rima double-splash is a classic GGA throwback! Waaaay underrated!

Just looks faded to me.

Hello all, and thanks in advance!

FYI, Readcomix is also my eBay ID if you want to check out my feedback there as well. (All as a buyer; When selling/trading here I plan to do my best to emulate those sellers who have given me the best buyer experiences over the years.)

Cap red back to Cap smashing reds

Swami menace to Commie menace

 

Never saw this, very cool. What's the issue #?

 

33

Thx! You probably cost me money by making me aware of this, but I'm sure I'll be happy when I do, so it's all good.

I see Ms. Grundy and Archie is already causing a meltdown in some circles (not here). It's no different than Pacey in Dawson's Creek. Was it a big deal back then?

The issue I see is if in fact as USA Today review says Archie is established to be 16 in the series, it's not just a plot twist but a criminal plot twist. Does Grundy get locked up? How do they deal with this aspect of it?

Blonde workin' it to blonde workin' it

Never saw this, very cool. What's the issue #?

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It would take me a couple days to lay my hands on my copy, so here's a link. Sorry!

 

 

works for me-- thanks

Thank YOU for figuring out how to use the link to get the image into the thread! So, did we oversell that splash, or do you agree?

Great stuff. Adams' tenure on both X-Men and Avengers produced some of his best work ever. A lot of credit also goes to Tom Palmer, who seems a bit forgotten these days. I actually think he complemented Adams' pencils better than D-ck Giordano.

+1 on Tom Palmer as an inker. His work over Dan Adkins on Dr Strange is a beautiful run; easily but unfairly overlooked in the litany of great artists who drew Dr Strange: Ditko, Colan, Frank Brunner, Marshall Rogers. But Adkins/Palmer is right on par with the big names.

Don't have anyone deface your comic future collectors will just downgrade it as 'writing on cover-not NM'.

For myself, I generally agree with Kav. But it's your collection, collect in the way you enjoy, of course.

But if you want the thoughts of other collectors, here's why I agree with Kav. 1) autographs to me are a memento of a personal encounter. (standing in line to hand Someone a check does not count for me.) 2) It is writing on the comic. It's damage. I don't want it.

My exceptions: the true personal encounter, with a book that's not worth much anyway, and plentiful (Herb Trimpe and Dan Green on my Godzillas) 2) I have a few that were parts of large collections that I bought that are on otherwise worthless comics and are kind of cool, but I do not consider them part of my collection proper, so much as conversation pieces. Examples: I bought an estate collection, and the guy clearly liked autographs. Stuff with COA got sold at auction, to people who enjoy them, to fund stuff I wanted in my collection. Stuff I kept is cool, unprovable (without spending $$), and on books no one cares about: all 3 Kuberts on some modern X-Men book they all worked on; Walt Simonson and Tony Isabella on some Topps comic, all 5 members of Aerosmith on that Shadowman they were in.

But that's me. Some people will pay more for autographs. I'm in the group that will look for a copy without it.

I'm not a great fan of Kelly's duck covers. Don't really like the heavy line work -- if that's the correct term. Also not crazy about the mayhem depicted on some of them (a point I've made a couple of times before), although these are pretty mild. Kelly's themes often seemed to reflect more the content of the DD movie shorts than the Barks DD 10-pagers, which Kelly didn't give much indication of having bothered to read.

It's funny, I love Kelly's WDCS covers from the first 100 issues... #34, #36, #44, #69, #87 to throw out some random ones. There's probably a few dozen I like. But they were not consistently winners, and after #100 or so his style seems to get sketchier and sloppier.

 

 

I will admit this is a good cover, not the best condition, but a good cover:

 

One of my all time favorites! I need a nice mid-grade copy.

I recently sold a copy of that book and thoroughly regret it! I don't think there's too many Disney covers with prominent use of firearms, certainly not in recent times, no? It's a very Loony Tunes cover on a Disney book.

Nero Wolfe to werewolf

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It would take me a couple days to lay my hands on my copy, so here's a link. Sorry!

This thread is the sh*t!

I know what you mean - it has all the depth and sophistication of a Bronze Age Hostess Twinkie advertisement.

Exactly -- because trying to save the universe by having the Silver surfer snatch at a glove, and stealing the plot from Weird Science (using the cube to craft your she-Thanos version of Kelly LeBrock) is somewhere between Tolstoy and Shakespeare

I'm not cool enough for those clubs. I'm just a comic dweeb

Thats's WHY you're more than cool enough for this club!

Conan in jail to flying female

This club needs a membership drive...let's see how much love is really out there for this book.

June to June-July

I loved the early Elementals....downside of creator-owned...Creator runs out of steam for concept, concept runs out of steam....

But willingham nailed it off the bat.