Overlooked Issues You Are Fond of

[the blob]

that is a sweet cover on a book i do not have....i guess it isn't too frequently a dollar box book

[bigfiver69]

Invaders Annual #1... Schomburg cover, lots of heroes beating up nazis, awesome. I'm not a MArvel guy, but that book has a massive place in my heart.

 

Shep

 

PS... I'd scan my copy, but I'm on the road right now.

 

 

[COI]

While not really overlooked, I've always thought that ASM 123 should be considered more of a key, as it's the full conclusion to the events of 121 and 122. Plus, you have to love the Luke Cage crossover.

[tonytiger]

Kull the Conquerer #2 by John Bolton

[cujobyte]

 

Hulk

Man-Thing

Glob

Wrightson Cover

 

Any other questions?

 

[joeypost]

 

Hulk

Man-Thing

Glob

Wrightson Cover

 

Any other questions?

 

First book I ever purchased off the spinner rack. Best cover of the bronze era. Story was really good as well.

[joe_collector]

Hey, we're trying for overLOOKED comics, not overRATED.

 

So it's got a Wrightson cover - big whoop, the story isn't anything to write home about, and even the cover is failrly pedestrian compared to other classic BA books.

 

But on the overall BA Importance Scale, that book doesn't even rate.

[Comicopolis]

The first 50 issues of The Defenders.

[DrWatson]

Hey, we're trying for overLOOKED comics, not overRATED.

 

So it's got a Wrightson cover - big whoop, the story isn't anything to write home about, and even the cover is failrly pedestrian compared to other classic BA books.

 

But on the overall BA Importance Scale, that book doesn't even rate.

The thread title is, "Overlooked Issues You Are Fond of," not "Overlooked Issues for JC to Pizz and Moan about."

 

My contributions:

 

 

[namisgr]

Ragnarok and Rebirth: This book was intense.

 

[joe_collector]

The thread title is, "Overlooked Issues You Are Fond of,"

 

Hey, sue me for thinking it might be nice to have books that are overlooked for a *reason*.

[the blob]

i dunno joe, putting aside a few obvious issues, a lot of hulks of that era featured fairly forgettable adversaries, this one less so, and what not and that cover is probably one of the best hulk covers during a multi-year stretch (which is perhaps not saying much)... i wasn't even aware of that book and I probably have a long box of BA hulks and have skimmed through perhaps hundreds of thousands of comics, so maybe it's overlooked (aside from the fact that I apparently collect incredibly randomly). not saying i've never seen it, but i would have bought it had i seen it in a dollar box in the NYC area!

 

not to mention, not that wrightson is really a "marvel artist", but when was his first marvel work?...ok, he did a couple of horror covers earlier than that, but is this the first and only time he did a marvel superhero? (ok, no, 10 or so years later he did the cover for Gargoyle #1, which I assume concerns Gargoyle from the Defenders)

 

in that respect it is a rare foray into marvel superheroes for mr. wrightson

[joe_collector]

I know what you're getting at, but for me, a comic is far, far, far more than just its cover. I realize in the CGC age, no one cares what's actually inside, but I still do.

 

P.S. I would never have even said anything, but the overt given to this vastly-overrated issue actually makes it the opposite of the thread's intent.

[joeypost]

i dunno joe, putting aside a few obvious issues, a lot of hulks of that era featured fairly forgettable adversaries, this one less so, and what not and that cover is probably one of the best hulk covers during a multi-year stretch (which is perhaps not saying much)... i wasn't even aware of that book and I probably have a long box of BA hulks and have skimmed through perhaps hundreds of thousands of comics, so maybe it's overlooked (aside from the fact that I apparently collect incredibly randomly). not saying i've never seen it, but i would have bought it had i seen it in a dollar box in the NYC area!

 

not to mention, not that wrightson is really a "marvel artist", but when was his first marvel work?...ok, he did a couple of horror covers earlier than that, but is this the first and only time he did a marvel superhero? (ok, no, 10 or so years later he did the cover for Gargoyle #1, which I assume concerns Gargoyle from the Defenders)

 

in that respect it is a rare foray into marvel superheroes for mr. wrightson

 

I am fairly certain it was the man-Things first appearance in a main stream title.

[joe_collector]

I am fairly certain it was the man-Things first appearance in a main stream title.

 

 

I don't know which is first, but it's definitely NOT that Hulk issue.

 

[joe_collector]

Another pre-76 issue, and from Marvel's best-selling, most mainstream title:

 

 

Another one:

 

[Marvel 25th-migration]

Hey, we're trying for overLOOKED comics, not overRATED.

 

So it's got a Wrightson cover - big whoop, the story isn't anything to write home about, and even the cover is failrly pedestrian compared to other classic BA books.

 

But on the overall BA Importance Scale, that book doesn't even rate.

 

 

Joe Collector would like to nominate Warlord #1. Its the first issue of the second longest running Bronze book right? It must be up there on the (JC) Bronze importance scale.

[Spider-Variant]

Another pre-76 issue, and from Marvel's best-selling, most mainstream title:

 

 

Ugh, that GS #5 was not very good, IMHO. Anyone else think the art looked sub-standard to Andru's and Esposito's normal dependable style.

 

I did like the continuity weave with the Gwen Stacy appearance, but overall an uninspired story.

[bronze_rules]

I know what you're getting at, but for me, a comic is far, far, far more than just its cover. I realize in the CGC age, no one cares what's actually inside, but I still do.

 

P.S. I would never have even said anything, but the overt given to this vastly-overrated issue actually makes it the opposite of the thread's intent.

 

So then why is it that when several posters gave your hulk annual (myself included) the overt , you forgot to berate them on their misunderstanding of the thread? And who are you to say it if it is overlooked, overrated, or underlooked? By what criterion, the JC code of authority? If that is the case, you better report the hulk annual 7 violation to the JC authorities right away, eh?

[nwpassage]