Get Marwood & I Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Pontoon said: This is a first; I can't remember an edition where I didn't like ANY of the covers. +1 There's usually one tolerable cover but this year's crop are exceptionally uninspiring. tv horror, batmiesta and sfcityduck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 12:02 PM, TheSurgeon said: My first- I can’t even imagine how many times I read through this. Mine as well. I didn't eat lunch for a couple of weeks and used my school lunch money to buy it. Hudson, Badger and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine180 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I will make my own cover and slide it over this one. Like you use to do to school books ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 8:34 AM, TwoPiece said: But... It's a price guide... Anything even vaguely associated with comic books is collected by someone. Overstreet is an institution of the hobby, so of course, it has its own collectors. There's a market for back issues of the book. Variants just allow one more revenue stream, one more thing to make the collectors chase. As for me, I just pick the cover I like the best, and add it to the library. By the time the new edition is published, the market reports are mostly out of date, and the prices frozen in amber. But I still love them. I look at them as a nice hardcover "year book" for comic collecting. And they look snazzy all lined up on the shelf. This year the covers leave me cold. Guess it's the Davis cover by default for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 12:02 PM, TheSurgeon said: My first- I can’t even imagine how many times I read through this. That was my first as well. As a young person, I could never understand all the hubbub over Barks' paintings. In fact as an adult, <cough, cough> I still can't. I can appreciate the actual comic pages and his drawing and storytelling abilities, but the paintings don't do anything for me. Badger and F For Fake 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureFlash Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) Kinda blah covers this year. I guess I'll take the Joker cover. Number 17 (1987) was my first guide. Sadly I got rid of all my late 80s up to the mid 90s price guides when I had stopped collecting. Edited May 6, 2019 by FutureFlash typo Larryw7, The Mad Irishman and Aweandlorder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSurgeon Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Pontoon said: That was my first as well. As a young person, I could never understand all the hubbub over Barks' paintings. In fact as an adult, <cough, cough> I still can't. I can appreciate the actual comic pages and his drawing and storytelling abilities, but the paintings don't do anything for me. I agree- I did not really think much of the cover and I'm sure I did not know anything about the artist or associated comics. And that is still the case. It was all Marvel and DC for me, mostly silver age Marvels. At the time (I was in elementary school) the cost of the guide (probably around $5-10) seemed like a huge amount. I don't think I ever bought a new one until 35 years later when I re-entered the hobby. Any time I found a bookstore I would go in and check out the price guide. And, actually, I still do! Just did the other day, in fact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/4/2019 at 8:47 AM, Pontoon said: This is a first; I can't remember an edition where I didn't like ANY of the covers. From my personal point of view, they've had mostly horrid covers for several years in a row now. The only one that I really like was the Russ Heath Sgt Rock cover from a few years ago: But then again, it's probably really a matter of to each, their own. Especially since everybody has different taste when it comes to art. musicmeta and Robot Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 10 hours ago, lou_fine said: From my personal point of view, they've had mostly horrid covers for several years in a row now. The only one that I really like was the Russ Heath Sgt Rock cover from a few years ago: But then again, it's probably really a matter of to each, their own. Especially since everybody has different taste when it comes to art. Thank you! I moved recently, and when I rebuilt my comic room I discovered I didn't have a 46. Couldn't figure out why. It was because my local shops didn't have the Heath cover! I passed on the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted May 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2019 Missing a few others, too, but here they are. F For Fake, FineCollector, Larryw7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camera73 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 5:49 PM, DanCooper said: You too can have your own Overstreet cover as long as you wait 16 years (2003) and be on for only one season with 14 episodes! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I understand that Firefly/Serenity is not everyone's cup of tea. However, one way to look at this particular phenomenon is by its overall pop culture impact. Firefly was the natural progression of Joss Whedon's Hollywood climb, beginning at Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which culminated in the creation of the The Avengers, the first installment of a series that just concluded in Avengers: Endgame. Also, the various Firefly series are significant to comics due to its representation of the long partnership between Whedon and Dark Horse Comics. Lastly, its is indeed a small franchise, but a franchise that still brings bodies into cons, which means dollars. I collect old OSPGs and even though I scratch my head at the once-upon-a-time interest in Katy Keene that landed her on a cover - I still get why Bill Woggon was honored for his creation. I for one, enjoy the diversity that the covers tend to represent. I just hope someone can explain why Zorro is fighting frogmen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camera73 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 7:58 PM, Robot Man said: When the “guide” came out it was the gospel. Everybody followed it to the number. Even the guys who didn’t know how to grade. They tended to get a little “lazy eye” shifting to the right a bit... It wasn’t until Chuckie started selling the Church books at over guide that things started to change. I remember paying $6. For a $4. book and whining over it. For a Church copy! Think how cheap a lot of PCH, GGA and esoteric superhero books were then. Then came the internet and CGC and the rest is history. The guide became irrelevant except to the ones who knew better. Still NO better resource for comic book history and reference bar none. ”What a long strange trip it’s been” Jerry Garcia There are a couple small items that I would add here. After Chuck's revelation of what a premium comic can be and before the internet, I experienced a couple events that highlighted comics' ability to appreciate in value, that may ring true for some of you as well... 1) The explosion of conventions: I started going to NYC-area cons in the early 80s and then they seemed to be everywhere in the 90s. Seeing sellers ask for way more than cover price for old and new books was enlightening. 2) The listings in Copper Age comics from MHC and New England, among others that listed HOT comics for sale and limited the number that could be purchased was an indicator that certain books were commodities. 3) And lest we forget, Wizard, Hero and a number of other 80s and 90s publications that tried to do what Overstreet was doing, except by highlighting newer comics, artists and the trends of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 2 hours ago, KirbyJack said: Missing a few others, too, but here they are. Love it! KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 4:01 PM, Robot Man said: Wow, #49. Next year will be #50! First one I ever saw and bought was #3. Probably started collecting comics about 4-5 years before that. Man, I’m old... Sure been a fun ride though and I’m not done yet! Used #1, first one bought was #2 for me F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 22 hours ago, Pontoon said: That was my first as well. As a young person, I could never understand all the hubbub over Barks' paintings. In fact as an adult, <cough, cough> I still can't. I can appreciate the actual comic pages and his drawing and storytelling abilities, but the paintings don't do anything for me. I have seen the original of this cover from the collector who bought it directly from Geppi...FYI the paintings in real life look a lot better than the photos etc...the originals much more colorful in person. F For Fake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 14 hours ago, lou_fine said: From my personal point of view, they've had mostly horrid covers for several years in a row now. The only one that I really like was the Russ Heath Sgt Rock cover from a few years ago: But then again, it's probably really a matter of to each, their own. Especially since everybody has different taste when it comes to art. I probably should have phrased my comment differently. I don't think the last few years have been any great shakes either; this year's batch is sort of a new low to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, Mmehdy said: I have seen the original of this cover from the collector who bought it directly from Geppi...FYI the paintings in real life look a lot better than the photos etc...the originals much more colorful in person. Did this collector ever runs ads in Overstreet in which he was not fully clothed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 3 hours ago, camera73 said: On 5/3/2019 at 2:49 PM, DanCooper said: You too can have your own Overstreet cover as long as you wait 16 years (2003) and be on for only one season with 14 episodes! Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I understand that Firefly/Serenity is not everyone's cup of tea. However, one way to look at this particular phenomenon is by its overall pop culture impact. Well, if you are going to go that far back, then they should have gone with Babylon 5 which I thought was a great si-fi TV show and even had a short comic book run to boot. Especially since B5 was probably one of the first TV series to move the concept of TV shows away from single episode stories to much more of a space opera with a continuous story line throughout the entire run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 1:07 PM, Ant-Man said: Two regular editions Well, with only one more week to go until its release, I think I am starting to lean towards this one here as the least worst of another bad round of covers. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 4:01 PM, Robot Man said: Wow, #49. Next year will be #50! First one I ever saw and bought was #3. Probably started collecting comics about 4-5 years before that. Man, I’m old... Sure been a fun ride though and I’m not done yet! First one I bought was #20. Man, did that cover price sting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...