Lets See Your Older/1st Edition/ OOP Trade Paperbacks and Graphic Novels! 5 5

[Prince Namor]

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[Morganmi]

Here's a fun book I had forgot about.

[Namtak]

I have this one for a looong time ,i wonder if its worth someting,its a first print 

[kav]

On 2/20/2021 at 7:40 PM, kccoig14 said:

I searched the boards for awhile now for a topic along the lines of this and couldn't find one so I figured lets start one. If there was one started already, please point me in the correct direction.

I don't know about anybody else but I have a weird fascination with older and/or out of print graphic novels and trades. I'm talking 90s-70s (I know that's not that old, but for trades I feel like its on the old side). So I figured I would show some of mine off and hopefully some of you guys will share yours as well. Id love to see them. Seeing these trades brings back such a feeling of nostalgia, especially those ones from the late 80s early 90s, they bring back good memories of being in the book store and looking through the comics/graphic novels section when I was a kid, or of all the hard work I did to save up money to go buy the latest trade/ GN that I saw and wanted and hoping it would still be there.

I'll start with some of the earliest that i can remember buying that i still have. 

This first one I bought at an antique fair, cant remember how much it was but i know it was cheap, probably a dollar or so.

Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, 1978

That GN is a great read for anyone hasnt read it-an alternate version of Galacticus first appearance on Earth.

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Happy to have found another copy of this one, as I wish I had not let go of my last copy which was # 1 of 20, this one is # 11 of 20 . 

[kav]

32 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

let go of my last copy which was # 1 of 20

Should not have done what you want! 

[Jasonmorris1000000]

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

1 minute ago, kav said:

Should not have done what you want! 

[kav]

2 hours ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

 

[Axelrod]

Oh man, the memories.  These were some well-loved books in my youth.  But from them I totally got my appreciation of the history of all the characters.  

 

[kccoig14]

On 3/25/2021 at 6:36 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Happy to have found another copy of this one, as I wish I had not let go of my last copy which was # 1 of 20, this one is # 11 of 20 . 

That's so awesome! I gotta admit, I'm a lil jealous.

On 3/23/2021 at 7:11 PM, Morganmi said:

Here's a fun book I had forgot about.

I have this book too! I love it! so many pictures and good information.

On 3/23/2021 at 6:49 PM, Prince Namor said:

Oh man, these essentials bring back so many childhood memories. These were how I read all the classic back issues to everything that I couldn't afford as a kid.

On 3/22/2021 at 10:49 AM, Jeffro. said:

First edition Punisher Return To Big Nothing hardcover, signed by Zeck, Beatty, and Grant

 

Such a cool cover. Thanks for sharing.

 

On 3/22/2021 at 10:38 PM, porcupine48 said:

I have one of these!One of my favourite comics,hands down.

I'm unsure if this is missing a first page or not..never counted all,am unsure if cover and interior are page one and two like sometimes done?

Here's my copy.Is tour cover a repro then?I don't get 'missing cover'?

Hey! That's awesome. I've never seen another copy of this book. And yes, my cover is a repro (more like just a cover I printed off the internet). Its gotta be one of my favorites too. Such a cool mix of stuff from that era.

On 3/22/2021 at 10:17 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

I've shared these elsewhere before, but I love the art and stories in these:

Batman: Son of the Demon 1st print Limited Edition, signed by Mike Barr and Jerry Bingham, numbered 535 of 1,700.

 

 

 

And Batman: Bride of the Demon 1st print hardcover, still sealed.

 

I love the Demon Trilogy. I've got them all except Bride. Your copy of Son is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[Jesse-Lee]

As a Bat-fan, I really enjoyed Morrison's run on Batman - I'm a huge fan of the Zur-en-Arrh treatment of the character. I also love a lot of the old Golden and Silver Age stories. So I've been on the lookout for a nice copy (all of the the marks and distressed nature of the cover are done on purpose in the printing - this is a really clean copy!) of this book at a decent price, and I finally found it!

 

I like the Zur-en-Arrh Batman so much I tracked this down a few months ago - still on the hunt for an affordable Batman 113 though:

Edited November 12, 2021 by Jesse-Lee

[F For Fake]

On 11/12/2021 at 1:09 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

As a Bat-fan, I really enjoyed Morrison's run on Batman - I'm a huge fan of the Zur-en-Arrh treatment of the character. I also love a lot of the old Golden and Silver Age stories. So I've been on the lookout for a nice copy (all of the the marks and distressed nature of the cover are done on purpose in the printing - this is a really clean copy!) of this book at a decent price, and I finally found it!

 

I like the Zur-en-Arrh Batman so much I tracked this down a few months ago - still on the hunt for an affordable Batman 113 though:

Cool! I didn't realize that was already OOP and getting pricey. It's crazy, they print so many books these days, in such small runs, it's impossible to stay on top of everything, and gems like this sneak through and disappear before I even realize they were there at all!