Anyone remember the Adventurers?

[Sal]

I collected the Realm but never actually read them. I was a 14 year old speculator at the time i guess.

 

read the series is good ol fun. as for being a spec? at least you admitted to it. BTW, issue number 4 of the realm has the first appearence of deadwolrd with art by vincent locke.

 

i was wondering when someone would bring up ye olde Deadworld. it started out really interestingly, then got sucked into the "lets go all variant cover on the fanboys" and then they just sort of ran out of steam.

 

 

this thread is dipping deep - well, sort of deep, anyway - into my Independent copper age collection now

[supapimp]

my letter was actually printed in deadworld #3.

[B-Smooth]

I enjoyed Faust and Black Kiss too. Very strange and provocative but good nonetheless. Im still searching for the Faust special #1 that came out before the series #1.

[Bronty]

Yeah, that faust special has a kick [embarrassing lack of self control] cover logo

[B-Smooth]

Ive never seen the cover before. Do you have a scan of one?

[Bronty]

No, I've never actually owned one so I don't have a scan.

 

Reminds me though, back when faust #1 came out, Magik (dealer around these parts in the 80s) had stacks of them for $3 each and I think he was asking about $30 each for the specials. I just went with the cheaper version at the time. He used to import a ton of faust up here into canada, I remember him saying that he had a few hundred #5s confiscated at the border for being lewd/pornographic.

[B-Smooth]

It was rather lewd. Vigil was always a weirdo but i liked his stuff. I know they didnt make a lot of the specials. This is probably why ive never seen it.

[MK Ultra]

I enjoyed many of the titles discussed here. Loved the Peter Hsu art. Quadrant anyone?

[B-Smooth]

Are those comics or larger size magazines? Ive heard of Quadrant, but i was never able to find any at the local shops.

[mr_highgrade]

Any one remember Hellrazor by Peter Hsu? Here's a copy of the limited HC.

 

[B-Smooth]

Never heard of it. His artwork rules in my opinion!

[Bronty]

Quadrant was cool. Mmm, cheesecake.

 

Quadrant/hellrazor were more of less the same thing, if i recall. I think hellrazor was the back up story in quadrant, but I forget now... it may just have been the name of the 'quadrant saga.'

 

In either case, I'm pretty sure some or all of hellrazor was published in quadrant. Cool books. #2 and #3 are rarer than #1.

[That Ron Dude]

I learned to letter by lettering the Adventurers. It did a map and a few logos for "Adventure Publications". Steve Milo, the publisher, still owes me money (I would have to line up). Peter Hsu, who has moved from Toronto to Victoria did beautiful covers. Kent Burles, the artist on most of the issues is just down the road in Burlington. I still see him. He is a great guy and a great storyteller/artist. Eventually he became the writer on the book too.

 

I never had a copy of the issue one with the alternate cover. I have all or most of the back issues. I am sure that none of mine are in 9.8. I still see them occasionally being sold for almost no money.

[That Ron Dude]

I also lettered many issues of Quadrant which preceded Adventurers. I posed for many of the male figures as well. Peter Hsu worked largely from photos. He liked to think of himself as drawing like Wally Wood and finishing like Richard Corben. He was an enormous talent.

[That Ron Dude]

Adventurer #1 with the alternate cover peaked at $50 a couple of days after in came out, Quadrant #1 was selling for as much as $100.

[lou_fine]

Adventurer #1 with the alternate cover peaked at $50 a couple of days after in came out, Quadrant #1 was selling for as much as $100.

 

Peaked is certainly the right term as these books became virtually worthless after the B&W crash of the late 80's. Have they recoup any of their values by now or are they still sitting in the dollar or quarter boxes?

 

Just wondering since I am sure that I have a copy of the skeleton cover for Adventurers #1. Never had any of the Quadrants since they were a lot tougher to find after the fact.

[Earl Davis]

Mile High has most issues in the $1 to $3 range.

 

Earl.

[That Ron Dude]

The Adventurers are completely worthless in terms of collectable value. That oddball version of issue one might be worth a dollar or two to someone as a curiosity. No one has come forth wanting to purchase my copies of Quadrant. There are still a very few Peter Hsu fans though who might find it interesting. There is also a market in Canada for Canadian comics. Again it is a small one. I think the Quadrants have a very small value.

[the blob]

darn! right after i read this thread i fished 3 copies of #1 out of my LCS 50 cent bin. oh well, i guess I'll have to wait a while to get a ROI on those.