BoogieWoogie Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 7/2/2021 at 12:46 AM, Jesse-Lee said: Picked up a few recent books in the last couple of weeks, here are some of the more interesting ones. Love these Neal Adams homages to... himself... I LOVE self-homage covers. I will forever find it hilarious that ASM 301 is a homage to the previous issue CHASEnBLUE, Jasonmorris1000000 and Jesse-Lee 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic1s Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 18 hours ago, Qalyar said: Some folks may have noticed this from my PGM post for this book, but thanks to the power of this forum, I'm now a proud owner of EverQuest Online Adventures: The Quest for Darkpaw (2002). This is a really odd, really obscure book. It was a promotional giveaway associated with EverQuest Online Adventures, the relatively short-lived PS2 exclusive spinoff of the EverQuest franchise. Contrary to expectations, this book wasn't included with the game. In fact, it's quite unclear exactly how this was distributed. There's definitely no indication that it was sent in bulk to game stores to be given out with game copies (as many later DC video game promotionals were, including Aion and DC Universe Online). It's also fairly well-established that it wasn't a comic book convention giveaway (like End of Nations or the extremely rare panel giveaway Teeny Titans). The publication timing might suggest it was a pre-order bonus for the game, but ... it wasn't that, either. My best guess is that it may have been part of a press kit or something along those lines. Rarity is tough to judge because demand has been pretty low, but there are not many of these in circulation. Two copies were in a collection sold to a comic store in Utah a number of years ago. However, that trail is cold; they no longer have the books, and suspect they disposed of them to a third party who bought a large amount of their bulk backstock. I was able to contact him, but he wasn't familiar with this title. So those two are likely languishing in storage... A third copy has been owned by another member of these boards, but they have not been active in awhile. I hope they are well. In any case, that copy doubtless remains with their collection. This book, from North Carolina, is unlikely to be any of those three, and so is the fourth confirmed copy. I suspect there are actually a lot more of these out there. Somewhere. I think what surprises me most about this book is the caliber of talent DC/Wildstorm hired for a book that was never put through any sort of regular distribution. Lan Medina did the art here, years and years before his Eisner Award-winning contribution to Fables. Writer Scott Ciencin, who unfortunately passed away in 2014, is probably best known to the comic book community for his work on IDW's Silent Hill line (although he did work for Crossgen, DC, and Marvel as well). However, he was also a prolific novelist, especially for adaptations of franchise work, from Dinotopia to Godzilla to Jurassic Park and the Buffyverse. All for a book that was never sold, and that almost no one has ever seen. Awesome history lesson! Congrats on finding your copy! Sounds like it is definitely in the right home! Qalyar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oskywalker Posted July 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2021 Back from CGC kairos70, Sandflea, Timeless icons and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted July 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2021 Picked up a few 9.8 X-Slabs from @milhousb ... pretty reasonable on price. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) onlyweaknesskryptonite, Sandflea, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
followtheleader Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Personally like this cover. I don't see many on Ebay. Is 300 print run accurate-ish? Patrick oldmilwaukee6er and Jasonmorris1000000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbukiLord Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 With all the happening in the country this past week, it was nice to get out to my LCS for a bit, they having a 40% off sale today and tomorrow so I'll likely go back for a couple more things, all cover price - 40% so great saving ADAMANTIUM, kairos70 and oldmilwaukee6er 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Picked these up a local moving sale this morning ADAMANTIUM, oldmilwaukee6er and kairos70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post littledoom Posted July 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2021 Additions from an estate sale Kerdese, oldmilwaukee6er, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Complete sets courtesy of two different shops kairos70 and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerdese Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just sent these in. ADAMANTIUM, oldmilwaukee6er and kairos70 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Who doesn't love a good 8pm mail call. onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Mail today from France. ADAMANTIUM, maidenmate91, kapzilla and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kerdese Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Added these to my display case. Power Man and Iron Fist, the first comic that I ever bought. X-men 268, my all-time favorite. And the original “7” from Image. ADAMANTIUM and CHASEnBLUE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Mail today. CHASEnBLUE, FoggyNelson and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Mail call.. ADAMANTIUM and CHASEnBLUE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BishopT Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Found some pretty sweet deals at 2nC today... all of the fried pie and their store variants were $1, but these were the best ones. Also, that GI Joe hardcover was $2! Deadpoolica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
