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All this Longshot talk made me realize I need to upgrade my #3.  I have two copies, but the best is maybe a 9.0.  I just found out that that book is fairly tough in high grade.

3 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

Oh yeah,  he is genetically engineered and his power is luck. 

I think Longshot might have had the first ever mullet in comics, too.  He also had lots of pouches and that one eye that sparkeled ...  

On 3/5/2021 at 1:39 PM, followtheleader said:

X-men still seems soft to me.  This is where people could spend cheap and maybe get a nice reward later.  

A lot of $15 books that occasionally get more.  For clarity, I'm looking at the averages of raw books.

Like UXM 164 (Binary), 166 (Lockhead), 193 (Firestar, Warpath, Hellions), 201 (baby Cable), 210, 211, 212, and 213 (Mutant Massacre). 

221 is definitely more, but I'm kind of surprised that it's not higher. 

The 142 to earlier definitely do better. 

193 is the issue that I'd buy plenty of copies low.  Lot of 1st appearances and pretty darn cheap. 

Patrick 

 

Issue 244 seems to be doing well.  I just looked at that one and it seems to be puling a minimum of $25.00 for anything advertised as 8.0 or above.

What is up with this?!?

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On 10/19/2020 at 7:11 AM, Keys_Collector said:

My answer would have been Secret Wars as my juvenile brain remembers that as epic storytelling.  I re-read it last week and I was completely underwhelmed and it definitely felt very dated.  Going to go back and re-read the Wolverine series and any others that are recommended in this thread.

I felt the same way.  The whole concept was just too bloated for its own good, probably.  The Wolverine and Punisher miniseries are pretty universally regarded as the best, and that was because at heart they were not gimmicks.  With those I got the sense that they were published not to simply sell comics but because they were stories that needed telling.

4 hours ago, bluehorseshoe said:

I have been looking for PPSSM 87 for about 6 months.  12 9.8s in the census, no 9.8s for sale presently, last sale was in October 2020.  PP reveals identity to the Black Cat.  That 80s-90s run of SM/BC is a pretty decent read, but could be a good book down the road when BC makes it into the MCU.  

Milgrom gets a lot of flack, but I find that that era of his art is very charming.  The Kitty Pryde / Wolverine mini-series came from the same time and was good in the same way.

8 hours ago, whetteon said:

Whatever I'm buying is selling well. Whatever I'm selling is cold as ice.

 

That just means you have great taste!

20 hours ago, bobotski said:

True, Rob did influence other artists; Fraga, Miki followed his footsteps.

"Liefeld's School of Superhero Anatomy"

I remember Fraga.  There was also a Pacella too.  Thinking back, I don't know if the pencils were what Liefeld influenced as much as the way the inking was done.  

On 1/14/2021 at 11:45 AM, bobotski said:

This popped on my mycomicshop daily feed. Everything here is just physically and anatomically wrong. Let me guess... Liefeld. "UNGH!""

 

No, that was Dan Panosian, I believe.  He was a Liefeld clone who even took over X-Force when the original left for Image.  

5 minutes ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

This Wolverine was one that came to mind. I didn't realize that it was an homage. I like this homage more I think:

I forgot about that one.  I don't know if the other one really was (as he didn't put Adams under his Keith), but it just reminded of that poster.

BTW, it is weird seeing Austin's inks over Keith's pencils.  Austin made every artist he inked over look as clean and efficient as they could be.

7 hours ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

I may do that when I have the time.

I'll help you.  The GR / Cable one is ok, but the Wolverine one is a great homage to the more famous Art Adams poster.  The curly cues are insane on that one too.  Keith liked curly cues like Liefeld liked pouches.

7 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

What makes me cringe is Todd’s take on Wendigo in his Spider-Man run.  Truly idiotic  

Wendigo and Sabretooth were my two favorite villains as a kid.  One was a man-eater and the other was a cold blooded murderer capable of other ghastly deeds as well.  The stories they were involved in gave the heroes a genuine evil they had to battle.  Both were absolutely ruined for me around the same time-  Wendigo with that "Perceptions" storyline and then Sabretooth around Wolverine 50 or so.

14 minutes ago, Artboy99 said:

I started collecting comics when I was 5-6 years old. The first comic I ever bought with my allowance was Fantastic Four 112. So I guess I am a product of the bronze age, and I have very fond memories of those books.

I have bought a lot of comics over the 50 years I have been buying/ collecting. I have many I have never read, and many I never will read.

Many of the books I collect I obtain because I like the artwork.

Others I collect because of a "coolness" factor. Some will argue the "coolness" factor is in my opinion only. I say to each their own.

And then others are because I can buy them and then sell them later to make a profit.

Then there are the choices I have made over the years as far as what to read. Many I read because I bought them and felt I had to read them. That changed to what do I want to read. Others saying a book was a great read has influenced me I also have to add.

I had never read a golden aged book until I finally bought one in 2009. I have read quite a few of them since and I have to say I absolutely love quite a few of them especially the horror books. Some of those short stories are just amazing, so I am glad I have read what I did. 

I own books I have yet to read even though I want to and because others say it is great ( Kingdom Come as an example ) so my reading "stack" is gargantuan. My opinion on that is it is a good problem to have.

I guess to summarize my rambling is to say this: Keep on buying and keep on reading. It isn't all junk. There are some wonderous treasures out there to find, and decades of books to search through to find them. Enjoy it!

 

True.  Even as bad as things got around 94 or so, there were still some things I enjoyed after that era.  The Ennis / Dillon Punisher and Daredevil Marvel Knights I remember liking a whole lot.  I liked X-Men the Hidden Years too.  That was probably because those were throwbacks to a more classic era though.

16 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

Yes, They are 1st appearances of characters who are here to stay. 

Deadpool is very popular and  Harley Quinn has really achieved a huge popularity status , I would say almost as big as Wonder Woman. 

BA 12 is the 2nd most expensive book of the 90's I can think of, and it feels more copper than modern to me, but I still don't desire that one enough to spend the price it commands because it is not one I ever wanted as a kid.  

I still totally recognize its key status and staying power, though.

1 minute ago, Comics4All said:

Don't tell Bits that ASM 361 is not a grail!

There are no real grails in the 90s but those books along with the ones you mentioned are still worth some $$

I think NM 87, 98 and X-Men 266 and ASM 361 are all really fun books that there will always be a market for because they were all made when collectors were still primarily readers and cared about the art and stories.  

13 minutes ago, kav said:

like new mutants 87 and 98 I guess.

They were made in 1990, but I always associated the NM run as pure, good old copper.  Those were pre-gimmick, pre-speculation issues that were designed to attract readers.  Also, as much as people seem to dislike Liefeld, that was his best era, and he did draw a mean pre-retconned Sabretooth too.

The beginning of Image in conjunction with the die-cut hologram covers at Marvel and the death of Superman is in general where the modern era starts for me and when I finally realized (even way back then) that what was being released was stuff that I and largely nobody else really wanted anymore.

6 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Love X-men 140

Uncanny X-Men 125 - 142 is my favorite stretch of comics ever, with only 130 being a little too campy.  I would have gone earlier even, except for the somewhat weaker issues after 120 and 121.

On 12/30/2020 at 8:49 PM, porcupine48 said:

I like that he has no feet or nose

He has a really good jock strap, or he is missing something else too.

The major hint is that Wolverine appears to be wearing his "Fang" costume.  Besides Iron Fist 15, I don't know where else that costume's use occurs outside of the actual X-Men run.

20 hours ago, Randall Ries said:

Batman #227 on page 227 of this thread. Love this book. Just bought an hour ago. A must have for Adams Batman covers. It's an annoying book in that the innards are sub ordinary but the cover is the main draw. Pricing is almost ridiculous now in high grades.

I like the story and the inside myself.  I am a sucker for 70's DC horror, so that may be why.  However, no story is going to be good enough to match that cover, which is maybe the second best DC Bronze cover, after HOS 92.  I got a raw 4.0 I paid $125 for about 4 years ago.  I am happy to just be in the club.

Here are my top 3 Adams' covers, fwiw:

1. Batman 227

2. Detective 400

3.  Batman 251

Beyond that, it gets too tough to pick the best as they are all so good.

7 minutes ago, PopKulture said:

I know you are looking for an answer beyond the commutative and distributive properties - yes? The actual mechanics of rearranging of terms? 

I just saw you pointing out that famous relation so I thought you might like the question.  It has to do with the terms of an infinite series not necessarily being commutative, which is some mind blowing stuff.  I never knew it until I had to teach a Cal II class.  The series for e^x converges absolutely, so the terms can be arranged without effecting the sum.  More can be found here if you are interested:  Riemann series theorem - Wikipedia

(I'll stop derailing the thread now.)

21 minutes ago, PopKulture said:

Yields one of the most beautiful results in mathematics:  e^(i*pi) +1 = 0

How can whole numbers like unity and zero mix so wondrously with transcendential, trigonometric and complex numbers?? 

Here is a question you might like:

In the proof, why is it ok to rearrange the terms of the Taylor series for e^x?

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Yes, if you go to each site and type "chicago looting" in their search bar the story will show.  I know the rules of the board and I knew I would be pounced on but I posted anyway.  My mistake it won't happen again.