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The Way Wizard saw it in 1992 ?

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Mushroom

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Was just reading through some of my old wizards last night. I got to no. 11 and reading through it I thought I might share some interesting tidbits in it.

 

Spawn was on the front cover (there was also a poster inside)

Liefield was a god back then.

Wizard slams DC for cancelling their impact line of books.

Interview with McFarlane (his art really does suck IMHO)

Article on Batman returns

Really superficial piece on EC comics

 

Top ten heroes and villians

 

Cable

Wolverine

Spider-man

Ghost Rider (you have to be joking)

Venom

Punisher

Sabretooth

Gambit

Johnny Blaze (Who?????)

Archangel

 

Comic watch.....Cap Annual #9 and Secret Wars #8

 

Spawn #1 tops the selling list

 

Top 10

 

Uncanny X-Men #201

New Mutants #87

Uncanny X-Men #266

Amazing Spider-Man #361

Ghost Rider #1

Amazing Spiser-Man #362

SSM #189

Unity #0

Harbinger #1

Darkhawk #1

 

ASM #129 = 275

Hulk #181 = 265

Spider-Man #1 (platinum) = 450

Cerebus #1 = 275

TMNT #1 = 320

 

 

and for the ULTIMATE FAN BOY I present for you (and you should get a copy for this alone) AN ORIGINAL THOR Drawing from (I assume) our one and only Reu C. De La Cruz.

 

GOOD ONE Darth. 893applaud-thumb.gif

 

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Mushroom

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Are you some kind of Ghost Rider hater?

 

Not a peep about Cable as #1, you just punk on GR?

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GR is such a lamo....but to be honest I am not a real fan of cable either.

 

Check it out though....no DC anywhere. Oh the pain....... foreheadslap.gif

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DiceX

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"Interview with McFarlane (his art really does suck IMHO)"

 

I never really cared for his art that much either. I'd be interested in hearing from McFarlane fans in here on the qualitites they like about his work.

 

Mac's a sellout.

His art was different and fresh in the late 80's.

That's probably why people like him.

Or at least...*liked* him.

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GR is such a lamo....but to be honest I am not a real fan of cable either.

 

Check it out though....no DC anywhere. Oh the pain....... foreheadslap.gif

 

GR is far from lame. devil.gif

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I like leafing through the old Wizards too... they provide for some absolutely fantastic entertainment.

 

The top ten hot books! Ha! I guess they were sorta right about Secret Wars 8, but Cap Annual 9 can now be found in the 25 cent box... and I'm not sure they sell there either.

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Comic watch.....Cap Annual #9 and Secret Wars #8

 

Spawn #1 tops the selling list

 

Top 10

 

Uncanny X-Men #201

New Mutants #87

Uncanny X-Men #266

Amazing Spider-Man #361

Ghost Rider #1

Amazing Spiser-Man #362

SSM #189

Unity #0

Harbinger #1

Darkhawk #1

 

Okay, I am being serious - can someone help me out with Cap Annual #9? 'Shroom, is that a typo? Should it be the Wolvie vs Cap annual 8? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

SSM #189 - Spectacular Spider-Man 189???

 

BTW - I picked up a GR #1 for 50 cents at the big apple con in March!

 

DAM

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Give me Deadman any day of the week. cloud9.gif

 

I like Deadman.

But, when I die...I'd like to think I'll have a cooler looking costume. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

"Sorry, Deadman...We're all out of Creeper costumes...Try this on."

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Give me Deadman any day of the week. cloud9.gif

 

I like Deadman.

But, when I die...I'd like to think I'll have a cooler looking costume. 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

"Sorry, Deadman...We're all out of Creeper costumes...Try this on."

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Very very funny........

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Okay, I am being serious - can someone help me out with Cap Annual #9? 'Shroom, is that a typo? Should it be the Wolvie vs Cap annual 8? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

DAM

 

David you are just going to love this.......

 

 

"Well the main story may stink (Terminus Factor), but one of the backup stories features a Nomad solo adventure. .........this is a major turning point issue as Jack Monroe (aka Nomad) changes his costume from that stupid yellow and blue outfit to his "cool leather" tough guy outfit, and we all know how popular these guys with big guns are"

 

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Okay, I am being serious - can someone help me out with Cap Annual #9? 'Shroom, is that a typo? Should it be the Wolvie vs Cap annual 8? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

DAM

 

David you are just going to love this.......

 

 

"Well the main story may stink (Terminus Factor), but one of the backup stories features a Nomad solo adventure. .........this is a major turning point issue as Jack Monroe (aka Nomad) changes his costume from that stupid yellow and blue outfit to his "cool leather" tough guy outfit, and we all know how popular these guys with big guns are"

 

893whatthe.gif27_laughing.gif

 

This coming from the same book that has the word "Darkhawk" printed in it...for any reason!

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Okay, I am being serious - can someone help me out with Cap Annual #9? 'Shroom, is that a typo? Should it be the Wolvie vs Cap annual 8? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

DAM

 

David you are just going to love this.......

 

 

"Well the main story may stink (Terminus Factor), but one of the backup stories features a Nomad solo adventure. .........this is a major turning point issue as Jack Monroe (aka Nomad) changes his costume from that stupid yellow and blue outfit to his "cool leather" tough guy outfit, and we all know how popular these guys with big guns are"

 

893whatthe.gif27_laughing.gif

 

I am literally in tears I am a laughing so hard! Hey, we do all know how popular thse guys with big guns are!

Nomad!

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DAM

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SSM #189 - Spectacular Spider-Man 189???

 

It was that glorious hologram cover! cloud9.gif893frustrated.gif

 

You know they should just give that era it's own "identifier". The "All That Glitters" or "Shiny Happy Comics People" Age would be appropriate.

 

 

Jim

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SSM #189 - Spectacular Spider-Man 189???

 

It was that glorious hologram cover! cloud9.gif893frustrated.gif

 

You know they should just give that era it's own "identifier". The "All That Glitters" or "Shiny Happy Comics People" Age would be appropriate.

 

 

Jim

 

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I like "Shiny Happy Comics People" smile.gif

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While I don't know how much impact Wizard has on collectors today...

I can easily say that Wizard had a major impact on "my generation" in 1992 and 1993.

 

Let's face it... collectors who are currently in their 20s are "just now" reaching

the age where they have more than $100 to play with. These guys were most

likely influenced by Wizard ten years ago... and whatever seeds were planted

have had 10 years to grow.

 

For me, the most important aspect of collecting comic books is the "completion factor".

I want to be able to obtain my goals as a collector, therefore, I have to set those

goals according to the realistic possibilities given my financial means.

 

If Wizard 1992 had impacted me to seek Uncanny X-Men #266 (one of the Top 10),

the "completionist" in me would say... "Ok, but what about #1 to #265?"

And, realistically, I will never own #1 in high grade... so #2 to #265 is a "bad goal"

because it doesn't "feel right". (And #1 in low-grade isn't a great feeling either.)

 

Spider-man? Even worse than X-Men... no way I'm able to go after "complete" Spider-man.

 

Ok, fine... so what are my choices? Secondary Marvel or DC characters...

Ugh... saying "secondary" is not gonna get me excited about what follows.

 

Then there's Valiant... Harbinger #1 (Top 10 - Wizard 1992).

Ok, what about Valiant? There are about 800 books in the whole universe.

Probably 600 of those can be found in high grade for much less than cover price.

Ten years ago, I really...REALLY... wanted a book like Harbinger #1, but it was $100!

Let's see... here it is on eBay... $25.

 

...and the rest, as they say... is history.

 

Beware of the young readers of Wizard from 1992... we've now got a little money to spend.

We missed so many issues of the "big boys", we might as well look elsewhere.

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