Copper age key issues 3 3

[oakman29]

Bump for the n00b.

I just re-read the entire thread.What a great thread,thanks RMA.Thank you Sean for bumping it.

[seanfingh]

 

Love to all the Copper Crazies.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Bump for the n00b.

I just re-read the entire thread.What a great thread,thanks RMA.Thank you Sean for bumping it.

 

[Prince Namor]

Great thread. And I agree, Taboo should be added.

[Reno McCoy]

For years, I've assumed the Copper Age began with Secret Wars 1, just based on the idea behind mini series and crossovers, so I'm glad I found this thread. One of the best I've read on the boards. So kudos to all of you who participated in the discussion. (thumbs u

 

I've been slowly buying Copper comics to collect/read, typically starting with issues from 1985, when I first started reading as a kid. Now, after reading this thread, I plan to scoot back to early 1984 and start collecting/reading from the very start of the Copper Age, which, of course, started with Swamp Thing 21.

 

 

[B-Smooth]

Omega men 3? Didn't see it.

[Qiky]

Wow!! Thanks for bumping this. A work mate got me onto Alan Moores run on swamp thing a few years back and it blew me away. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who feels that way.

I never understood why it is so cheap to buy considering its significance. Is it just a print volume thing?

[Muaythai607]

wolverine # 1

 

[steveinthecity]

wolverine # 1

The '82 mini or '88 ongoing series?

[*Bronze age fan*]

I didnt know where to put this...and didnt know if starting a new thread about this was a good idea.

 

This is not a key ...at all. Just was wondering if people read this and enjoyed it as much as i did. LOVED THIS ISSUE!!! If any copper fan has not READ this issue! Pick one up ASAP!!!! Great stuff! IMO Just saw the cover and I really wanna find my old copy and re-read it! Has the story held up over the years? Or was I just real young and the story was so so at best?

 

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[Kevin.J]

I just went and read it Frankie, I think it was a great story and I could remember it as soon as I started to read it.

I do however think it was a story of its time and if you put this out today, the new readers just wouldnt get it.

I used to love stories like this that were not really in continuity and involved some wayout plot.

I suppose thats why I liked DC so much as where Marvel had continuity for the most part, DC regularly had one shot stories and the so called "Imaginary stories where Superman was killed by Luthor or vice-verse.

I think that this story still holds up if you are a Bronze/Copper age fan but if not, forget it. 8/10

[*Bronze age fan*]

Cool Bro! Yeah I loved the whole everyone got to fight the champion thing. And seeing every hero try. Hulk rips up the ring...I had high hopes for the Hulk! That loser! I remember The Thing fight was great! I have to dig out my copy now and read it! (thumbs u

[seanfingh]

 

Bump for Powajemes.

[Mike's Rack]

If you give me a concrete set of Copper years, beginning and end, I'll give you the keys, semi-keys, and issues of note.

 

 

I would say 1984-1992 Starting with Secret Wars/ASM #252

 

That's a very easy time period.

 

In alphabetical order , after "status*":

 

Major keys:

 

Albedo #2

Amazing Spiderman #300

Bone #1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

 

Keys:

 

Albedo #0, all firsts

Albedo #1, 1st & 2nd

Alf #48

Amazing Spiderman #252, 293, 294, 298, 299, 312, 316, 361

Batman #366, 368, 400, 404-407, 417-420, 426-429

Batman: The Dark Knight #1-4

Batman: The Killing Joke

Bone #2-8

Caliber Presents #1

Captain America #332, Annual #8

Crisis On Infinite Earths #7, 8

Crow #1-4

Cry for Dawn #1, #3 Horror, #5-8 Limited

Daredevil #227, 254

Detective Comics #575-578

Faust #1 Limited

Flaming Carrot #1

GI Joe #21

Gobbledygook #1, 2

Harbinger #0 Pink

Harbinger #1

I,Lusiphur #1, 3

Incredible Hulk #330, 340

Justice League #3 Variant

Magnus Robot Fighter #0

Miracleman #1 Gold, 1 Blue, 10-23

New Mutants #87, 98

Punisher Limited Series #1-5

Rai #3, 4

Sandman #1, 8 (both)

Secret Wars #8

Solar #10

Spiderman #1 Platinum

Spiderman #1 Gold UPC

Spiderman vs. Wolverine #1

Star Wars #107

Superman #75

Swamp Thing #20, 21, 37

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 variant

Tick Special Edition #1, 2

Tick #1

Transformers #76-80

Uncanny X-Men #201, 205, 210-213, 244, 248, 266, 268, 297 Gold, 303 Gold, 307 Gold

Unity #0 Red

Watchmen #1-12

Wolverine #10

X-Men #11 Silver/Platinum

 

Semi-Keys:

 

Albedo #0 Second

Albedo #4

Aliens #1, 2

Alpha Flight #51

Action Comics #583

Amazing Spiderman #249-251, 253, 265, 285, 289, 301-311, 313-325, 328, 330, 331, 344, 345, 362, 363, Annual #21 (both)

Animal Man #1, 5

Batman #436, 442, 457, 488

Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4

Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1

Bone #9, 10

Captain America #333, 334

Crisis On Infinite Earths #1, 12

Cry For Dawn #2-8, #4 Limited

Daredevil #228-233, 238, 241, 248, 249. 257

Dark Horse Presents #24

Dark Horse 5th Anniversary Special

Death Rattle #8

Detective Comics #535, 569. 570, 572, 574, 598-600

Doom Patrol #19

Ewoks #1-14

Fantastic Four #320, #347-349

Faust #1, 2

Flaming Carrot #2-5

Flash #350, 1

Firestorm #61 Variant

Ghost Rider #1

GI Joe #26, 27, 93-96

Green Lantern #195

Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #1

Grendel #40

Groo Special Edition #1

Harbinger #2-6

Hellblazer #1, 27

Incredible Hulk #324, 331-334, 336-339, 341-346, 350, 367, 377

Infinity, Inc. #14

I, Lusiphur #2, 4-7

Iron Man #225

Justice League #1

Legion of Superheroes #37, 38

Longshot #1-6

Mage #1, 6

Magnus #1, 5, 12

Marvel Team-Up #141

Megaton #3, 8, Explosion

Miracleman #1-9

New Mutants #86, 88, 93-97, 100

New Teen Titans #44

Omega #1 Limited

Predator #1

Primer #5

Punisher #1, 10

Rai #1, 2, 5

Robotech: Macross #1

Sandman #2-7, 21, 22

Silver Surfer #15, 34, 35

Solar #1

Spawn #1

Spectacular Spiderman #90, 131, 132, 158

Star Wars #100-106

Superman #423, 50, 74

Superman: Man of Steel #17, 18

Swamp Thing #22-25, 34, 38-40, Annual #2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 2nd, #3, 4

Tick #2

Thor #412

Transformers #1, 70-75

V For Vendetta #1-12

Uncanny X-Men #221, 222, 225-227, 234, 256-258, 267, 269, 270-277, 281, 282, 283, Annual #9. 10, 14

Web of Spiderman #1, 18, 29, 31, 32

Wolverine #1

X-O Manowar #1, 4

X-Factor #6, 24

 

 

Issues of note:

 

Action Comics #584, 598, 683, 684

Adventures of Superman #463, 496. 497

Airboy #5

Akira #1

Albedo #3

Aliens #3-6, Vol 2 1-4

Aliens vs. Predator #1

All-Star Squadron #47

Alpha Flight #13, 17, 33, 34, 52, 53, 87-90, 106

Amazing Spiderman #254-261, 274, 275, 276, 281, 284, 327, 329, 346, 347, 359, 360

Animal Man #2-4

Avengers #263, 329

Batman #408-410, 416, 423, 433-435, 437-441, 450, 451, 465, 489-492

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #1

Bone #1 2nd

Caliber Presents #2, 15

Caliber Christmas Special

Captain America #300, 323, 328, 335-350, 366, 383

Cerebus #147, 161

Crisis On Infinite Earths #2-6, 9-11

Daredevil #219, 236

Dark Horse Presents #1, 10, 34-36, 51-62

Defenders #152

Detective Comics #566, 604-607

Doom Patrol #20-25

Elektra Assassin #1-8

Excalibur Special

Excalibur #1, 57, 58

Fantastic Four #250-292, 296, 321, 325, 358

Flaming Carrot #6-15

GI Joe #60

Ghost Rider #2-6, 15

Green Arrow Long Bow Hunters #1-3

Green Arrow #1

Green Hornet #1

Green Lantern #194, 200, 224

Green Lantern Emerald Dawn #2-6

Grendel #35-39

Groo #29

Hellblazer #2-10, 25, 26, 40-50

Incredible Hulk #300, 314, 327, 348, 368-376, 379, 400

Infinity, Inc #15-37, Annual #1

Iron Man #191, 192, 200, 226-232, 244, 250, 282, 283

Justice League #2-7, 18, 19

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1

Legends #6

L.E.G.I.O.N. #4

Mage #2-5, 7-15

Magnus Robot Fighter #2-4, 6-11

Marvel Team-Up #150

New Mutants #85, 89-92, 99, Special Edition #1

New Teen titans #34, 39, 42, 43, Annual #3

New Teen Titans #1 (Baxter)

New Titans #50-54, 60, 61

New Warriors #1

The Nam #1

Nick Fury vs. Shield #1-6

Omega #1

Omega Men #37

Poison Elves #8-10 (Mulehide)

Predator #2-4

Punisher #2-5, 8, 9

Punisher War Journal #1, 6, 7

Robin #1

Rocketeer Special Edition #1

Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #1

Rom #75

Rust #12

Sandman #9-20, 23-45

Shadowman #1-3

Silver Surfer #1, 36-50, 75

Spawn #2-4

Spectacular Spiderman #116, 119, 141-143, 159-160

Solar #2-9, 11

Star Wars #80-99

Superman #1, 9, 73, 74

Superman Man of Steel #19

Swamp Thing #26-33, 35, 36, 41-64, 84

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 3rd, #2 2nd, #5-8

Tick #3-8

Thor #350-384, 411

Web of Spiderman #30, 38, 48, 59. 60, Annual #2

West Coast Avengers #1-4

Wolverine #2-9, 17, 41, 42

Wonder Woman #329, 1

X-Factor #1, 5, 40, 41, 42

X-O Manowar #2, 3, 5, 6

 

 

 

 

* How I determine "status": recognition + popularity of book + popularity of character + value. Not everyone may agree with all placing, but it will be close. Books that are expensive, but not necessarily recognized (like Albedo #0 first printing variants) aren't going to be "major keys" and so forth. Likewise, a book may not necessarily be very expensive, but may be immensely popular, to be considered a "key" (a la X-Men #248.) Status can and has changed over the years.

 

(if you see an issue missing, check the date range given. It might fall out of that range.)

 

 

Did I forget anything....?

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[RockMyAmadeus]

I think there should be a category between Major Keys and Keys, for stuff like X-Men 266 and New Mutants 87.

 

yeah, I think there might be some call for that. Harbinger #1 isn't a major key, but it's much more of a key than New Mutants #98.

 

[TheAmazing R.J.S.]

Can we add San Diego comic con #2 first Hellboy

[Reno McCoy]

What we need is a list of the top 25 Copper Age books like the one in the Bronze forum.

 

 

[seanfingh]

Can we add San Diego comic con #2 first Hellboy

 

That is a modern

[B-Smooth]

I think there should be a category between Major Keys and Keys, for stuff like X-Men 266 and New Mutants 87.

 

yeah, I think there might be some call for that. Harbinger #1 isn't a major key, but it's much more of a key than New Mutants #98.

 

Seriously? In some circles, NM 98 is THE key book of the copper age. That, and TMNT.

[Bosco685]

I think there should be a category between Major Keys and Keys, for stuff like X-Men 266 and New Mutants 87.

 

yeah, I think there might be some call for that. Harbinger #1 isn't a major key, but it's much more of a key than New Mutants #98.

 

Seriously? In some circles, NM 98 is THE key book of the copper age. That, and TMNT.

 

I know if you are a fan of Deadpool, things may appear this way. But in general, New Mutants 98 is not THE key book of the Copper Age. There are many other books which may rank higher as critical, depending on your collecting focus.

 

Especially Adventurers 1 Skeleton Variant.