Popular Post jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) After many years of collecting, I finally own every Marvel Giant Size book! Background: Although I didn't grow up in the 1970s when the GS books were hitting the stands, I had several well-read copies that I cherished above all of my other comics. Why? Because they were big! I didn't care that some of the stories were reprints, I just liked reading a beefy thick comic book and my appreciation for the GS books continued into my adult years. I've been slowly (very slowly) collecting every GS title over the years and it feels great to finally have them all (at least I think I do! ). Over 95% of this collection was purchased "the old fashioned way", at garage sales, comics shops, and from generous CGC Boardies. Sure, you could easily jump on eBay and assemble all 68 issues, but what fun is that?! I intentionally avoided eBay for this run (can you call it a run?!) Rough guess, but this run has taken me +10 years to complete. Many of them are low grades, but I prefer it that way...I decided to seek all of these books out because I want my sons to be able to read them and enjoy them just like I did as a kid (and yes I have floppy versions of the graded books). Cheers and happy collecting! Fun Facts: - My first Giant Size book as a kid: GS Kid Colt #1 - My last purchase to complete the set: GS Man Thing #4 - My favorite GS book: GS Chillers #2 - Hardest GS book for me to find "organically": GS Kid Colt #3 - Most $ spent on a GS book: GS Spiderman #4 (I got my original copy of GSXM1 at a garage sale, had it graded, traded down years later for the 5.0 I currently have!) - I've read every single one! Let's celebrate these quintessential Bronze Marvel books by posting your favorite GS books in the thread! Thanks for reading. Also, in case anyone is interested here’s the list of all the GS books: DD 1 Conan 1,2,3,4,5 Master of Kung Fu 1,2,3,4 FF 2,3,4,5,6 Man Thing 1,2,3,4,5 Dracula 2,3,4,5 Defenders 1,2,3,4,5 Cap 1 Cap Marvel 1 Doc Savage 1 Superstars 1 Thor 1 Iron man 1 Hulk 1 Invaders 1 Power Man 1 Dr Strange 1 Chillers 1,2,3 Chillers 1 (Dracula) Marvel Triple Action 1,2 Avengers 1,2,3,4,5 Super Villain Team Up 1,2 Spider-Man 1,2,3,4,5,6 Kid Colt 1,2,3 Creatures 1 Werewolf 2,3,4,5 Xmen 1,2 Edited May 21, 2018 by jaybes ashsaytr, Larryw7, southern cross and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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electricprune Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 There ended up being some important issues in the Giant Size books: (in order) 1. First Lilith 2. First new X-Men 3. First Korvac 4. First Byrne artwork at Marvel 5. A Man-Thing Glob battle 6. Early Punisher appearance jaybes and ComicConnoisseur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, electricprune said: There ended up being some important issues in the Giant Size books: (in order) 1. First Lilith 2. First new X-Men 3. First Korvac 4. First Byrne artwork at Marvel 5. A Man-Thing Glob battle 6. Early Punisher appearance Definitely some important issues! Honestly Im surprised I haven’t seen somebody else chase this run, and there’s very little about the GS books on google. Obviously GSXM1 gets a lot of attention, but to your point, there are some important books in the run. I’ve seen people collect all of the Two-In-Ones and all of the What Ifs but I don’t recall seeing another GS complete collection, which is crazy because these books are SO AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 (edited) Don't forget about the first appearance of Tigra in Giant-Size Creatures #1! Edited May 21, 2018 by creaturefan95 war is hell ComicConnoisseur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 hours ago, jaybes said: After many years of collecting, I finally own every Marvel Giant Size book! That is a great collection! jaybes and Big.Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricprune Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 8 hours ago, creaturefan95 said: Don't forget about the first appearance of Tigra in Giant-Size Creatures #1! I tried to list them in order of importance. I would put that 8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineCollector Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Question: do you store them all together, or at the back of their respective titles? I put them behind the annuals, but Overstreet has always had them broken out in their own listing, and I never understood why. jaybes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, FineCollector said: Question: do you store them all together, or at the back of their respective titles? I put them behind the annuals, but Overstreet has always had them broken out in their own listing, and I never understood why. I sort them like that, too; with the annuals. But, I'm burying the lead. jaybes, great collection! I love everything about it! jaybes and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Fantastic! jaybes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 My first official comic was Giant-Size Man-Thing #1. I was living in Hawaii at the time and I have no idea why I bought this issue. But 30 days to the date I was bought it, I demanded my parents take me to the store so I could buy issue #2. As fate would have it, my aunt was flying in to visit us for a week that very day. I had to wait to the next day and of course it was no where to be found. And as a quarterly, it shouldn't have been either. I think I finally bought Issue #2 when I was in college in 1987 or so. Wasn't worth the wait. The other Giant-Size I remember fondly was the Giant-Size Creatures #1. My brothers and I bought that for my older brother off the stands back in the day, because he was into comics. Loved gazing at Tigra. jaybes, creaturefan95 and MGsimba77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, FineCollector said: Question: do you store them all together, or at the back of their respective titles? I put them behind the annuals, but Overstreet has always had them broken out in their own listing, and I never understood why. I store them separately. The whole collection fits perfectly in a short box. I have duplicates of most of the books, so I put those with their respective titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 46 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: I sort them like that, too; with the annuals. But, I'm burying the lead. jaybes, great collection! I love everything about it! Thank you KirbyJack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said: My first official comic was Giant-Size Man-Thing #1. I was living in Hawaii at the time and I have no idea why I bought this issue. But 30 days to the date I was bought it, I demanded my parents take me to the store so I could buy issue #2. As fate would have it, my aunt was flying in to visit us for a week that very day. I had to wait to the next day and of course it was no where to be found. And as a quarterly, it shouldn't have been either. I think I finally bought Issue #2 when I was in college in 1987 or so. Wasn't worth the wait. The other Giant-Size I remember fondly was the Giant-Size Creatures #1. My brothers and I bought that for my older brother off the stands back in the day, because he was into comics. Loved gazing at Tigra. Tigra creaturefan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creaturefan95 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 4 hours ago, electricprune said: I tried to list them in order of importance. I would put that 8th. Oh, I thought you were going by release date. As much as I love Giant-Size Man-Thing #1, I wouldn’t call it an important issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 hours ago, FineCollector said: Question: do you store them all together, or at the back of their respective titles? I put them behind the annuals, but Overstreet has always had them broken out in their own listing, and I never understood why. Overstreet going alphabetical, as they are all Giant-Size [ ] in the indicia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picon3 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Back Issue Magazine #86 has a great overview of the Marvel Giant-Size Series. Paul~ MGsimba77, jaybes and ComicConnoisseur 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 25 minutes ago, picon3 said: Back Issue Magazine #86 has a great overview of the Marvel Giant-Size Series. Paul~ I have that issue Paul, it is a good one! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricprune Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 hour ago, creaturefan95 said: Oh, I thought you were going by release date. As much as I love Giant-Size Man-Thing #1, I wouldn’t call it an important issue. I was just teasing. I thought having Lilith listed first would have caused a little more grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 hours ago, creaturefan95 said: Oh, I thought you were going by release date. As much as I love Giant-Size Man-Thing #1, I wouldn’t call it an important issue. I did say it was my first comic ever, how much more important could it be..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
