24 Years Later

[seank]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I always loved annuals. It was like getting an extra edition of a title when only the most popular characters were in two or three books at most. (Unlike today where many characters seem to be in six or seven a month.)

 

In 1982, I bought my first Batman Annual, #8, from the newstand. Today, 24 years later, I've completed my Batman Annual run:

 

 

As a matter of history:

 

Many of the annuals between 8 and 25 were purchased from the newstand or out of bargain bins to fill in following lenghty absences from comics. Annuals 1 and 5 were purchased in the early to mid 1980s. Annuals 6 and 7 were purchased from Harley Yee at Wondercon 2005. Annuals 3 and 4 came from Heritage in the last year. Annual 2 came from Superworld thanks to a tip from fellow Bat-maniac Ronm3.

 

The Silver Age annuals range in condition from VG (#5) to VF (#6 and #7):

 

[ronm3-migration]

Beautiful collection! Congrats!

[sckao]

 

 

Congrats!

[sterlingcomics]

awesome...I may be able to know how it feels to actually complete a collection....

[Timulty]

Now you just need to get your Detective Annual Run Filled out. I know what you are saying about those Batman Annuals. I have been filling my run out for the last few monthes and I can't help but pull one out every once and while. Some of the most fun reading in those. Nice collection.

[Darrell F]

Very nice.

[UnrulyAppendage]

Good books.

[143ksk]

Congratulations!

 

There's nothing like completing a run you've worked on for years

[UnrulyAppendage]

Looking at the SA covers compared to the modern covers, to me, the SA covers stand out more. The modern covers definitely have better coloring techniques, but the SA covers are much brighter. I know this is due to the printing technology back then. Back then, they did as much as they could with the limited number of colors and I think they still stand out.

[originalisbest]

Great run to complete - fun, nice job!

[shadroch]

I loved Annuals and the DC Giants. Just more bang for the buck.

[uclapeterg]

Nice!

[Norrin_Radd]

Very cool set. I've wanted to check out the Annuals, but I haven't gotten to them yet.

[Ringfinger]

Beauties!!