Brandon Shepherd Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 Here are some good Batman links in the Copper Age Forum. Carl Elvis, 1950's war comics, divad and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Nice list! Love that 457 variant thread. Is there a list of Batman issues with mark jewelers inserts? Noticed a couple of issues had them wondering how common or rare that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, Avi said: Nice list! Love that 457 variant thread. Is there a list of Batman issues with mark jewelers inserts? Noticed a couple of issues had them wondering how common or rare that was. Hmmmm, @Cpt Kirkmight have a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 58 minutes ago, Brandon Shepherd said: Hmmmm, @Cpt Kirkmight have a list. Yeah, I think he has the link saved from a now-defunct site that had a very comprehensive list of all Bat-variants. Here's the link to MCS's MJ Bat category, so this should be pretty complete. Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Also, I'd recommend delving back into the Tales of the Batman: Gene Colan/Len Wein/Don Newton/Gerry Conway volumes. Again, there's no complete way to read this era straight through without having the floppies or going digital, but there were some good stories covered in these volumes and it's a decent-enough survey of the early-80's fare. Brandon Shepherd and BCarter27 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Avi said: Nice list! Love that 457 variant thread. Is there a list of Batman issues with mark jewelers inserts? Noticed a couple of issues had them wondering how common or rare that was. All issues of Batman from issue 243 thru 396 should have Mark Jewelers insert except giant issues (e.g., 254-262 and 300) and 353 and 387. I have almost all of them in hand except a few. p.s. 353 only contains the Masters of the Universe insert and 387 only contains the Mask Insert. For some reason, they decided not to do a Mark Jewelers insert on top of those issues. Edited November 27, 2019 by Cpt Kirk HouseofComics.Com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Martin Sinescu said: Yeah, I think he has the link saved from a now-defunct site that had a very comprehensive list of all Bat-variants. Here's the link to MCS's MJ Bat category, so this should be pretty complete. The MyComicShop listing of Batman Mark Jewelers just assumes that every issue from 244 thru 396 has the insert... that is not the case. Plus they start at issue 243. Edited November 27, 2019 by Cpt Kirk Martin Sinescu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockMyAmadeus Posted November 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2019 Detective Comics #578 is the very first time McFarlane inked himself, and it's the first time anyone saw what McFarlane was capable of. Unfortunately, Bats was still in the doldrums when the book was published, so not a lot of people saw it....and the comics world would have to wait another 5 months to see McFarlane ink himself again...Hulk #340. The scene in Tec #578 where Bruce reveals himself to Joe Chill is an absolute classic. If you're a fan of McFarlane, the whole book is an absolute artistic feast, McFarlane just coming into his own as mature artist. #576 and #577 are inked by Alcala, so they're not as polished, but they're fun, too. And, of course, Davis' art in #575 ain't no slouch, either. The orange motif for the series covers is not bad, but I think it holds it back a little. I think Year One works a little better in terms of thematic covers, but Year Two is not without its charm. divad, JJ-4, Brandon Shepherd and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 Right out of the Copper Age. ADAMANTIUM and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 10:43 PM, Brandon Shepherd said: I interpret this cover as Batman asking for butt stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 I can’t stop! Cpt Kirk, Ken Aldred and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, Brandon Shepherd said: I can’t stop! I recall reading these stories as they were made at that time. I enjoyed the stories. If I recall correctly, soap operas and dramatic long-running series were very popular on TV at the time I felt like the stories in Batman and Detective were similar in that they were a long-running soap opera of sorts. Brandon Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 28 minutes ago, Cpt Kirk said: I recall reading these stories as they were made at that time. I enjoyed the stories. If I recall correctly, soap operas and dramatic long-running series were very popular on TV at the time I felt like the stories in Batman and Detective were similar in that they were a long-running soap opera of sorts. So far I’d say your soap opera comparison is correct. I’m getting closer to Robin’s death, I’m also getting to see the conflicted side of Robin, one who questions his mentor and favors a more swift form of justice. 1950's war comics and Cpt Kirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Re-reading these Bat books these along with the Superman books from the Man of Steel revamp has put me into a tangled web of DC company wide crossovers; Legends, Millennium and Invasion. Then there is Crisis on Infinite Earths, an epic I have not read for several years. I had the Crisis TPB but parted with it, a decision I know regret. I re-read Legends recently after reading the Superman and Batman cross over chapters, not bad. I’m on Millennium now, so far it’s so so. Eventually I’ll get to Invasion as I move along with my Bat and Superman books. #nolife Edited April 22, 2020 by Brandon Shepherd BCarter27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 These 80s DC company-wide crossovers were not bad. Invasion #1 is notable for having 80 pages of gorgeous McFarlane art (though how he managed to work on that AND ASM being bi-monthly, I don't know.) One thing...reading the books in the TPB is fine, but....there's a lot to be said about reading the original comics themselves. Of particular note is Denny O'Neil's "From The Den", which gave a lot of insight into how Denny saw the comics world at the time. Plus, the letter's pages are often fun. It gives the reader a better context of the DC world at the time. BCarter27 and Brandon Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said: These 80s DC company-wide crossovers were not bad. Invasion #1 is notable for having 80 pages of gorgeous McFarlane art (though how he managed to work on that AND ASM being bi-monthly, I don't know.) One thing...reading the books in the TPB is fine, but....there's a lot to be said about reading the original comics themselves. Of particular note is Denny O'Neil's "From The Den", which gave a lot of insight into how Denny saw the comics world at the time. Plus, the letter's pages are often fun. It gives the reader a better context of the DC world at the time. You’re right, the letter pages are fun. The ads can be fun too, giving the material historical context. Sometimes little extras are left out of the TPBs such as bonus short stories like “Metropolis 900 Miles”, printed in Superman (Vol 2) #9 that was left out of the Man of Steel reprints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, Brandon Shepherd said: You’re right, the letter pages are fun. The ads can be fun too, giving the material historical context. Sometimes little extras are left out of the TPBs such as bonus short stories like “Metropolis 900 Miles”, printed in Superman (Vol 2) #9 that was left out of the Man of Steel reprints. I would imagine a lot of the bonus books from 1980-1988 aren't reprinted, either. Brandon Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 @RockMyAmadeus Is it just me or does the paper quality go downhill around 1988? I’ve noticed in my DC and Marvel back issues, or what Hardback and TPB collectors call floppies, the thin pages with a lot of bleeding and faint coloring. This seems to be the case until 1993. I’ve also noticed several books from 1984 that have bone white pages that are of better quality, and I’m not talking about baxter paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 DC experimented with what was called Mando paper in the mid to late 80s. It was whiter than normal paper and it took awhile before the inks were correctly utilized on it. Some books came out looking spectacular while others looked overly garish. Brandon Shepherd and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Brandon Shepherd said: @RockMyAmadeus Is it just me or does the paper quality go downhill around 1988? I’ve noticed in my DC and Marvel back issues, or what Hardback and TPB collectors call floppies, the thin pages with a lot of bleeding and faint coloring. This seems to be the case until 1993. I’ve also noticed several books from 1984 that have bone white pages that are of better quality, and I’m not talking about baxter paper. Yes. We're starting to see significant yellowing on books from 1988-up, while 1982-1987 books are in better shape. Compare a Batman #428 with a Batman #360. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a great example: most copies are still very white, because the paper was of much higher quality. But you get into the late 80s, and you're starting to see interior pages taking a beating. Compare the interior quality of an ASM #316, for example, to a #275. Night and day. The same thing's happening with covers. The garbage stock that the publishers used starting in 1992 is starting to rapidly deteriorate. Pull out a copy of Wonder Woman #72, and odds are, it's going to show tanning, unless it was stored in Reynold Jay's freezer. Brandon Shepherd and F For Fake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
