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Your first book you thought was gonna be a key but turned out to be a dud?

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joe_collector

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Multiple copies on Marvel's New Universe #1's because Star Brand and Kicker's Inc. were going to be all the rage... :banana:

 

So true.. Everyone is always slamming the 90s (rightfully so) but they forget that the 80s had that MNU .. That was worse than any 90s Image/Valiant ever published and was hyped just as bad if not worse!

 

But why would you buy it? I took one look at that New Universe crapola and ran away. Not one single book looked even remotely interesting, and I knew full-well that no book taking place outside the MU was ever successful.

 

I never bought a single MU issue, and I don't think I was alone. I even refused to buy Starbrand after they brought in Byrne. :sumo:

 

And Shooter sounded totally insane in his BB comments, spouting off like the NU would make the current MU totally obsolete. :facepalm:

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Aweandlorder

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Multiple copies on Marvel's New Universe #1's because Star Brand and Kicker's Inc. were going to be all the rage... :banana:

 

So true.. Everyone is always slamming the 90s (rightfully so) but they forget that the 80s had that MNU .. That was worse than any 90s Image/Valiant ever published and was hyped just as bad if not worse!

 

But why would you buy it? I took one look at that New Universe crapola and ran away. Not one single book looked even remotely interesting, and I knew full-well that no book taking place outside the MU was ever successful.

 

I never bought a single MU issue, and I don't think I was alone. I even refused to buy Stgarbrand after they brought in Byrne. :sumo:

 

And Shooter sounded totally insane in his BB comments, spouting off like the NU would make the current MU totally obsolete. :facepalm:

 

I was 9 back then ;)

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Aweandlorder

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and that was truly the first time that I thought to myself that this would be a good investment even though the characters didnt seem interesting to me. the hype that "Marvel is creating a new universe" appealed to me from an investment stand point.. yeah I was 9 alright..

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Multiple copies on Marvel's New Universe #1's because Star Brand and Kicker's Inc. were going to be all the rage... :banana:

 

So true.. Everyone is always slamming the 90s (rightfully so) but they forget that the 80s had that MNU .. That was worse than any 90s Image/Valiant ever published and was hyped just as bad if not worse!

 

But why would you buy it? I took one look at that New Universe crapola and ran away. Not one single book looked even remotely interesting, and I knew full-well that no book taking place outside the MU was ever successful.

 

I never bought a single MU issue, and I don't think I was alone. I even refused to buy Stgarbrand after they brought in Byrne. :sumo:

 

And Shooter sounded totally insane in his BB comments, spouting off like the NU would make the current MU totally obsolete. :facepalm:

 

I was 9 back then ;)

 

Your age is no excuse. You think that will make JC lay of you? You big dummy. :baiting:

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Howard the Duck 1

 

I get flooded by regret thinking about the comics I traded away for these. Personally, I still like the character and I love the Frank Brunner art. But I hated the silly little guy in the duck suit movie. They need to make a decent HTD movie.

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joe_collector

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and that was truly the first time that I thought to myself that this would be a good investment even though the characters didnt seem interesting to me. the hype that "Marvel is creating a new universe" appealed to me from an investment stand point.. yeah I was 9 alright..

 

I wouldn't have fallen for that Jim Shooter "The New Universe will make the Marvel Universe obsolete!! Hahahahaha" BS if I was 3 and drunk.

 

I saw the blurbs in Marvel Age and I could not see even a single character that looked the least bit interesting. It made the 70's Atlas books look like genius by comparison.

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Nova #1, which was Spider-man to my generation (and obviously designed that way), but the series was ruined by some absolutely horrible Infantino/Palmer art. I dropped it at that point, and my friends did as well, all never to return.

 

Oooo… keep the adjective "horrible" for yourself: this is not surely an objective statement. ;)

The art on Nova, especially with the tonal values given by the inking, was solid, evocative, and better than most artist could do in a lifetime.

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Dazzler #1 immediately comes to mind as one I bought at a Comic Shop. "First Direct Only Comic" or whatever it was. Before that, for some reason as a 10 year old I really thought Marvel Premiere #55 (Wonder Man solo) would be big..ehhhh.... doh!

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kav

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What can I say that hasn't already been said. (shrug)

You could say 'Omega: The Unknown' #1......

 

Which nonetheless is one of the best 1970s series ever produced by Marvel.

Popularity among collectors is not necessarily an indication of quality. ;)

From what I remember it kept leading up to something big which never materialized. It was a dud.

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Nova #1, which was Spider-man to my generation (and obviously designed that way), but the series was ruined by some absolutely horrible Infantino/Palmer art. I dropped it at that point, and my friends did as well, all never to return.

 

Oooo… keep the adjective "horrible" for yourself: this is not surely an objective statement.

 

Well, no matter how much of a Palmer fanboy you are, that's the point where the book started tanking, and led to its eventual demise. There was a thread on Nova and lots of people brought up the "horrible" Infantino/Palmer art.

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Nova #1, which was Spider-man to my generation (and obviously designed that way), but the series was ruined by some absolutely horrible Infantino/Palmer art. I dropped it at that point, and my friends did as well, all never to return.

 

Oooo… keep the adjective "horrible" for yourself: this is not surely an objective statement.

 

Well, no matter how much of a Palmer fanboy you are, that's the point where the book started tanking, and led to its eventual demise. There was a thread on Nova and lots of people brought up the "horrible" Infantino/Palmer art.

 

Infantino should have stopped drawing comics in the 70s :P

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kav

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The only book I bought multiples of thinking it was a guaranteed gold mine was Peter Parker the not so Spectacular Spiderman.

 

I was SURE it was gonna be big-like Spiderman #1, man....

You just know some poor fool has a longbox of those somewhere......

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