What is your favorite Silver Age DC Classic reprint or Marvel reprint?

[SupergirlDC1959]

So far I have read BB28 & Showcase #4 and I am really enjoying the Flash. He was not a character I paid any attention to but now after seen him in these 2 books I am gaining respect for him. Who knows maybe these few books will make a Flash fan out of me (could end up buying a bunch of older issues as a consequence for reading).

 

So far the character I seem to enjoy least is Wonder Woman.

 

I still have a bunch more of the reprints to read so I will make my choice once I am done (just received them all today). Looking forward to read the 1st 6 issues of the Hulk!!

 

I love the readers comments at the end of each book some cool stuff for sure. Talks about people reading those books during that era and how they see it today.

[SupergirlDC1959]

If you have actually read the original (s) that is just as good.....so please tell us your favorite and why.

[makeminemego]

I actually like Incredible Hulk 1-6 better than most people do.

[SupergirlDC1959]

Well I finished 6 Silver Age Classic reprints (still have a couple left) this evening and by far Showcase #4 was the best of all of them. I found the 2nd best to be Adventure Comics #247 (1st appearance of the Legion of Superheroes).

 

The one I liked the least so far is Showcase #22 (the story is just not very exciting).

 

So I am now officially a fan of the Flash.

 

Tomorrow I will start the original 6 Hulks I am looking forward to reading them.

[namisgr]

Agree that Hulk #1 was a cool origin story. Now that I think about it, the panel with Banner being slammed with radiation while standing alone in the desert reminds me of the powerful scene in Terminator 2 when Sarah Connor dreams of the nuclear bombing of LA.

 

For me, the king of reprints is this one - origins galore. No letters pages, unfortunately, but that's made up for by the two page spread of portrait photos of the Marvel bullpen:

 

 

 

 

[silverweb]

+1

 

I don't own a IH 1 but at least I have this book to enjoy!

[Chadwick]

Marvel Tales #1 is such an underrated book.

[Mongkorn]

Well I finished 6 Silver Age Classic reprints (still have a couple left) this evening and by far Showcase #4 was the best of all of them.

 

So I am now officially a fan of the Flash.

 

I see a Showcase 4 in your future...

[SupergirlDC1959]

Yes indeed SC4 will be a book I pursue in 2016. I still need a AF15 some time hopefully by then of 2015. SC4 has made me a Flash fan no doubt about that!!

[SupergirlDC1959]

Great book I am going to look it up and try and buy a lower grade copy for reading purposes.

[Dick Pontoon]

Put me down as another vote for Marvel Tales #1. The copy I purchased as a kid was almost as exciting as having the originals.

[SupergirlDC1959]

What is inside Marvel Tales #1?

[Dick Pontoon]

What is inside Marvel Tales #1?

 

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[SupergirlDC1959]

Oops sorry about that I should have remembered that.

[Silver]

I really like the 80 Page Giants, a couple of my favorites, especially ones with the original story covers on the back:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also love the 100 pagers, here are a couple of favorites:

 

 

 

 

[rodan57]

For me, the king of reprints is this one - origins galore. No letters pages, unfortunately, but that's made up for by the two page spread of portrait photos of the Marvel bullpen:

 

 

 

 

 

Number 2 from 1965 is also a fine collection of stories.

 

 

The "another great surprise inside" is Lee/Ditko's "A Monster Among Us" from Amazing Adult Fantasy #8.

[KirbyJack]

Put me down as another vote for Marvel Tales #1.

 

Me too. Spidey, Sgt. Fury, Iron-Man, Thor, Giant-Man and The Wasp, and Hulkie.

[makeminemego]

In terms of my favorite ever reprint issue....

 

 

Got it at a thrift store when I was 7. Read it until it was dog eared. FF 10 has been one of my favorite stories ever since.

[Clouded9]

A SA reprint classic with a golden age Timely story as a bonus.

 

[vaillant]

This book. It came out in Italy about the same year I started reading Marvels (1978, I believe) and it contained reprints of Fantastic Four #1, #5 (I believe), #30 and Annual #6. I still have my OO copy…

 

Ah, it is magazine sized, and paper was carefully picked (not coated) to have the colors not to be aggressive, as they completely ruin things when nowadays they use coated paper with the strong colors which were originally thought to perform best on newsprint.