Shane80 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just curious as to what runs everyone has enjoyed pursuing and why. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Alan Moore Swamp Thing- totally revamped the character. Plus it had fabulous artwork JJ-4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csaag Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I collected late 70's to late 80's so my ideas are from that period. #2 would be Frank Miller's Daredevil. Janson's inks were great as was the panel layouts. alexanderjk and JJ-4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pennza Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 2/26/2021 at 11:32 AM, Shane80 said: Just curious as to what runs everyone has enjoyed pursuing and why. Thanks! Starman by James Robinson. It was unlike anything else I was used to reading at the time. Changed how I looked at comics. Bird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 The Avengers -- so many changes over the years, and so many influences on the larger Marvel Universe. Lots of good reads in there, and relatively affordable compared to much of its peer group of long-running titles that have been around since the early Silver Age. BuscemasAvengers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairless Wookiee Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I've been working on collecting Uncanny X-Men. I have 116-329. Now I'm working on filling in 95-115 (I was able to find 94 &101). Also working on completing Wolverine vol. 2 & 3. I'm almost done with those. Need about 30 issues to finish them off. I've also been slowly working on the 1991 X-Men run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Thomas Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man were goals I set and abandoned many years ago, so when I started collecting again in 2010, those were the titles I went back to. I managed to complete them both in 3-4 years. The early ASM had already gotten fairly expensive, but there were deals to be found using patience. An unexpected financial hit in 2014 forced me to sell ASM 2-99, 121, 122, & 129. When I got things leveled out, I started replenishing all the book I'd sold, and there was a noticeable difference finding deals for those early ones. It took 2 years, but I replaced all the issues I'd sold with similar condition copies. I won't do it again unless I'm getting out, because selling those comics put me in a depression for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muno42 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Your top 5 favorite series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 X-men starting with 94 ashsaytr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcribar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) This question is really only relevant to true collectors so I hope this stays a collector's thread. Speculators and flippers should start their own thread or post on existing threads about flipping and speculating. My tastes have changed over the 43 years I have been collecting. I'm pretty much done buying and am currently downsizing. I just dumped the bulk of my copper and modern age books along with a fair amount of my bronze age books (all of my ASM except for #100). Holding on to my SA and GA for the time being. Having said that I have a few runs I recently finished off with a handful or 2 close to finishing. My current interest and focus would be: 1. Warren Creepy (I'm at 70%) (Vampirella I have the entire run including the special) 2. Warren Eerie (I'm at 65%) 3. Marvel Team-Up (I'm at 96%) 4. Marvel Premier (I'm at 98%) 5. And ALL marvel bronze age horror titles along with a few DC (Witching Hour for instance, I'm at 85%). Since the poster asked for 5 I'm grouping all of these on my 5th entry. Edited April 29, 2021 by mcribar oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcribar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 And if you look at my current tastes (mainly horror) and question my avatar.....Know this.... That is Millie the Vampire! . On a serious note I was an active Millie collector in recent years. But since I'm winding down I just want to finish off what I have a chance to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcribar Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 The "why" of seeking runs of horror books/mags? I find the artwork far superior than that majority of super-hero stuff. I'm talking about GA through BA. Not much interest in copper/modern. Most of the stuff published today is indistinguishable. Looks like everyone is using the same digital processing and you can't even tell the difference between the alleged artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OuterBanks Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 ASM & X-Men (Claremont run) are the two runs I still collect. WolverineX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane80 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 11:28 AM, Wolverinex said: X-men starting with 94 That's actually what I am currently working on now. Focusing on 94 through 143 (end of Claremont and Bryne run) at the moment. Great issues and only missing a few more in that range. rexinnih and WolverineX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, Shane80 said: That's actually what I am currently working on now. Focusing on 94 through 143 (end of Claremont and Bryne run) at the moment. Great issues and only missing a few more in that range. Good for you. That's probably one of the best comic runs ever. ashsaytr and MattrixAlien 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexinnih Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 That was my first run completed, 94 - 143. A great series. ashsaytr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mec3437 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Ennis' Punisher run in 2000 got me back into comics. The whole "Welcome Back, Frank" storyline (12 issues) from that time period will always be one of my favorite runs. I've put together a lot of runs, but nothing super amazing. I finished my (Uncanny) X-Men run a few years back. I got lucky with quite a few of the early ones. I wouldn't be able to touch the series now with the current market craziness. Like others have stated, my tastes have changed over the years, but I've had a few core series or runs in my collection that I enjoyed putting together. X-Men Miller's Daredevil run to include #219, 226-233 and the Man Without Fear #1-5 Punisher (2000) #1-12 IDW's Transformers G1 2005-2018 continuity. I went full completist mode on this and got all the variants and every cover. I feel into the the gimmick trap. All kidding aside, I loved this run until near the end when Hasbro got a little too involved and the storylines too convoluted. Otherwise I loved the main series and the off shoot minis. Can't think of a 5th right now, but Ghosts or Witching Hour will probably go here once I complete those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William-James88 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I really liked collecting all of Neil Gaiman's Sandman. As far as popular runs though, hard to beat Amazing Spider-man. theCapraAegagrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 1:22 PM, mcribar said: The "why" of seeking runs of horror books/mags? I find the artwork far superior than that majority of super-hero stuff. I'm talking about GA through BA. In general, I agree with you on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 9:40 AM, mcribar said: This question is really only relevant to true collectors so I hope this stays a collector's thread. Speculators and flippers should start their own thread or post on existing threads about flipping and speculating. My tastes have changed over the 43 years I have been collecting. I'm pretty much done buying and am currently downsizing. I just dumped the bulk of my copper and modern age books along with a fair amount of my bronze age books (all of my ASM except for #100). Holding on to my SA and GA for the time being. Having said that I have a few runs I recently finished off with a handful or 2 close to finishing. My current interest and focus would be: 1. Warren Creepy (I'm at 70%) (Vampirella I have the entire run including the special) 2. Warren Eerie (I'm at 65%) 3. Marvel Team-Up (I'm at 96%) 4. Marvel Premier (I'm at 98%) 5. And ALL marvel bronze age horror titles along with a few DC (Witching Hour for instance, I'm at 85%). Since the poster asked for 5 I'm grouping all of these on my 5th entry. You sir have good taste.😎👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
