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Wow! GSX1 is one of my dream grails. Great pick up. The shop down from Fat's has been replaced by Comics Plus which has a decent range of back issues as well as new stuff. They also host a sellers market every couple of months which can be good. Visiting the Fat's store in the last couple of years there weren't many tempting wall books like the ones you mentioned and the bins were heavily picked. It's so tough to make enough money to run a bricks and mortar store these days

Red label looks good with that cover. Sienkiewicz art throughout the series is amazing. I remember not loving the story though, maybe I should revisit it.

There will be a battle but America will probably top the Olympic Games medal tally! Sorry Cap, but fighting with shields and powers is only an exhibition sport this time, and there are rumours you took performance enhancing drugs in the past

The sewers of Paris which empty into the river Seine which Olympians will soon be swimming in

Having a comic which is the 1st appearance of a character you like is awesome. By the same token I don't get chasing 1st appearances of characters you don't care about. During the boom in particular we had people going crazy for the 1st appearances of any character appearing in an MCU show or movie including some I'd never heard of such as miscellaneous Skrulls. That is probably more about speculation & flipping rather than collecting. In my digital reading of moderns I enjoyed the Uncanny X-Force run which included a cool new character Fantomex. Anyway while digging through boxes at an out of the way comic book garage sale I was happy to stumble upon his 1st appearance to add to my little run of New X-men's. (See the Paris Olympics thread where I've posted his 1st cover which was also there.)

Hey McFarlane aficionados! Went to a comic book garage sale and managed to score a couple of McFarlane Amazing Spiderman's I didn't have. Finding a high grade, news stand 303 and a solid 308 in the wild was a thrill. See the covers below.

Let's get into the spirit of the Paris Olympics by posting covers including Parisian things like say the Eiffel Tower Here's one from mine

Hi Southern Cross. The shop is Fat's Comics Annerley. Pretty sad. The issue with the Alpha Flight 51 aside, it was the best place in the state for back issues. Customer service was great too. They gave me some magazine size bags for free for my old school TMNTs, for example. All is not lost as they will still be selling online.

Share an experience, including photos, of a comic you thought was ok, but when you took a closer look there was a nasty defect. Here's my example. On the weekend I went to a closing down sale of a store over here in Brisbane, Australia. The shop was packed with people. As a Jim Lee fan I was happy to find an Alpha Flight 51, Jim Lee's 1st art for Marvel, while digging through the bins. It looked solid and for $4 I didn't bother pulling it out of the bag & board to inspect it. When I got it home I found this on the back cover. It looks a combined mould food stain. A shock twist

Hello Punisher peeps! Since I was a kid the Punisher has been one of my fav characters and I finally picked up his biggest copper age key. It's been posted in this thread many times already, but not by me It's the 1st issue of his 1st title. It's got a colour breaking crease near one of it's corners but I got it for a good price & you can't be too fussy down here in Australia. Reading one of the last posts is triggering as I used to own a copy Marvel Preview #2. It was stuck in a stack of magazine size books which my wife gave away to a child care centre years ago

If I lived in the US I'd definitely get my copy CGC slabbed. I just don't trust the mailing services and so on not to damage it on an international trip. I love it!

Surprised no one has posted this lady yet: Wonder Woman Here's a confession. As a kid I used to watch re-runs of the Wonder Woman TV show starring Linda Carter. She appeared in my 1st ever erotic dream. Gal Gadot is incredible too. Oh and anywhere

Really? Is this becoming a sought after book now? Gees I sold my low grade copy of this in a bundle for a few bucks effectively recently

1st appearance comics are some of the most expensive & prized books in the hobby. But some suggest they are just the comic version of sport rookie cards. What's your take on this? Also post the cover of a 1st appearance book in your PC if you like My recent thoughts on this might sound like I'm on substances Rookie cards are basically a photo of a real world sports person. A comic 1st appearance is the beginning, or birth of the character as an entity who exists in the pages of the book. So to me comic 1st appearances are more significant. Thoughts? Here's my most recent 1st appearance key pick up - New Mutants Annual 2. Strictly speaking Psylocke (X-men) and Meggan (original Excalibur team member) 1st appeared in UK comics but this is their 1st US appearance.

That actress didn't get the role unfortunately. Recently watched the action thriller series 'Who is Erin Carter' on Netflix & the lead actress Evin Ahmad pictured would be an amazing Elektra! She fits the original Frank Miller look and attitude of the character perfectly.

This is one of only 2 runs of modern (post 1991) worthless drek in my collection. During the late 90s when the trusted titles from my childhood like X-men were terrible to read I randomly gave Crimson a go and it was awesome. This vampire book combined amazing Ramos (Spiderman) art and an interesting, ultra violent, action packed story. Maybe someone will make a TV show out of it one day and it won't be worthless anymore

There's keys that are still expensive or even rising. But a Batman key I gave up on during the boom I've just circled back to it on eBay & it's selling for almost a third of that price now. Will probably pull the trigger in an auction

Adam Hughes art is awesome on multiple levels Another example of worthless dreck I love in my PC is his complete run on Justice League

Wow! That's seriously one of the coolest bonus extras ever with a comic. I hadn't heard of it. Thanks for sharing

We all, generally speaking, like having keys and books with value in our collections. But many of us also have comics taking up space in our boxes which wouldn't look out of place in a bargain bin They might be comics you enjoyed reading and feel nostalgic about. What are the favourite near worthless books in your collection? Show us their covers. Here's one of mine. Excalibur had gorgeous art by Alan Davis and Chris Claremont's writing was at it's most fun, focused on the adventures of a team of likeable characters. I loved this series for the 1st 12 issues as a kid. It's been described by more than 1 comic book influencer as a series without keys. (Strictly speaking there are a couple of issues with slight value say $5. But virtually the entire series across all volumes can be found in dollar bins.) I've collected a few of the 1st appearances of the characters in the team including Lockheed, Rachel, Kitty (this is not cheap), Meghan in US comics etc which occur in other series. May never get Nightcrawler

Here's a cool cover which Frank created for the Wolverine mini series trade paper back. Popularising ninjas in comics is another of his achievements in the medium

Miller's graphic novel Elektra Lives Again blew me away when I was a kid. It's the last time he fully unleashed his talent & effort as an artist, while still at the height of his powers. I love Sin City and his other works, but I feel he's favoured a more minimalist approach ever since.

Nice! Frank Miller's signature is one I would like to have. I loved Ronin too. My single issues of the mini-series went missing somewhere along the way, perhaps borrowed by a friend, but I have the trade paperback collection of it.

Daredevil 227, the 1st issue of Miller's amazing Born Again story arc which was also his acclaimed return to the title which made him a star. Eventually Disney will be adapting it to a TV mini-series Below is the 1st issue of the Give Me Liberty mini-series Miller wrote which is the 1st appearance of Martha Washington. I was curious about it as a kid, but didn't buy it back then. I wonder if it will be adapted to the screen one day as it has a diverse lead character? There were a couple of Martha Washington mini-series which followed this. UPDATE: Just read it. Have to say I found the narrative a bit disjointed and it wasn't particularly engaging. Definitely minor Miller Maybe the series improves later on, but I probably won't be buying subsequent issues.

I know Frank Miller's politics & the decline in the quality of his writing & art in the new millennia has sullied his legacy for some. But during the cooper age in particular he produced awesome, ground breaking work. His Daredevil run is one of the reasons I fell in love with comics. I assumed there would already be an appreciation thread for such a a legendary creator but I couldn't find one through the CGC site search. I purchased a Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 1st print for a bargain price (albeit in mid grade condition) on the weekend which is what prompted me to seek out such a thread. Let's celebrate the work from Frank Millers glory days. Here's a couple of covers from my PC. One of my most treasured books below. 1st appearance of Elektra.