BillBreck Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) Also someone (and I hope it's not Bendis) will bring back more of a traditional Avengers book before that film, I think. I hope he doesn't have anything to do with the movie. Edited July 25, 2008 by BillBreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz973 Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Also someone (and I hope it's not Bendis) will bring back more of a traditional Avengers book before that film, I think. I hope he doesn't have anything to do with the movie. Yegods, that thought hadn't occured to me before you mentioned it. Now I can't drive it from my mind, no matter how hard I try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) I'm sure that he'd love to write the screenplay for it. I don't think that I could sit through 2 hours of his ersatz Buffy the Vampire Slayer-ish dialog. ME: Man, I hate that Bendis dialogue thing. YOU: Bendis dialogue thing? ME: Yes. YOU: He has a thing? ME: He does. YOU: A dialogue thing? ME: Yes. A dialogue thing. YOU: I can't say I've noticed. ME: You wouldn't. Edited July 26, 2008 by BillBreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 The Iron Man success has put a lot of the fanbase and critics in a good frame of mind to receive an Avengers film but it's a long time between now and then and a couple of stinkers between now and then could easily kill the momentum. So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. But can you tell us the outcome of this year's World Series? A bit OT... but I finally saw Iron Man a few weeks ago, and I have to say that while it was an enjoyable way to pass 2 hours, I didn't think it deserved the near-universal praise it got. I thought it was a fairly pedestrian. Just another disposable Hollywood popcorn flick. Not much of a -script, and bit TOO camp and jokey, the cinematography was nothing special, and I didn't really care about the characters. It all just zipped along from scene to scene without spending any time to build the scenes for maximum impact. It was all rather emotionless. As loath as I am to say it, I think DC is doing a much better job of translating their characters to film than Marvel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. That's an easy one....... buy low, sell high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. That's an easy one....... buy low, sell high. Dam*!! Now you tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 OK, time for a couple more new additions. One is firmly in the Silver camp, and the other is straddling the fence between Silver and Bronze, but I'll post it here anyway. Sorry the scans aren't bigger. Haven't received them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumantorch Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 OK, time for a couple more new additions. One is firmly in the Silver camp, and the other is straddling the fence between Silver and Bronze, but I'll post it here anyway. Sorry the scans aren't bigger. Haven't received them yet. Nice books Drew. I always loved the Avengers 87 cover and story. You must have quite a nice collection of Avengers by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 OK, time for a couple more new additions. One is firmly in the Silver camp, and the other is straddling the fence between Silver and Bronze, but I'll post it here anyway. Sorry the scans aren't bigger. Haven't received them yet. Very, very nice. Are these from pedigree.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. That's an easy one....... buy low, sell high. Dam*!! Now you tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. That's an easy one....... buy low, sell high. Dam*!! Now you tell me. A bit of self-deprecating humour gone awry. Or perhaps a bit of humour without the actual "humour" element. (As in, "man, am I a fool - here I was buying high and selling low".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Nice books Drew. I always loved the Avengers 87 cover and story. You must have quite a nice collection of Avengers by now. Getting there. Still missing 25 books (I think) in my 1-100 set, and I would like to upgrade another 5 or 6. It's a decent collection, but it pales next to sets like cheetah's. He's got two Avengers sets in the top 20: the #6 set AND the #17 set (with completely different copies in each set). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Very, very nice. Are these from pedigree.com? Nope. Worldwide. Stephen Ritter & Matt Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 So in conclusion, I have no idea, what is the best buying strategy. That's an easy one....... buy low, sell high. Dam*!! Now you tell me. A bit of self-deprecating humour gone awry. Or perhaps a bit of humour without the actual "humour" element. (As in, "man, am I a fool - here I was buying high and selling low".) Or, my attempt at humor gone awry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBreck Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 (edited) Very, very nice. Are these from pedigree.com? Nope. Worldwide. Stephen Ritter & Matt Nelson. They had a ton of graded books at WW Chicago. Not many Avengers, though, as I recall. Do you ever crack open any of the slabbed books that you buy? Edited July 26, 2008 by BillBreck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Very, very nice. Are these from pedigree.com? Nope. Worldwide. Stephen Ritter & Matt Nelson. They had a ton of graded books at WW Chicago. Not many Avengers, though, as I recall. Do you ever crack open any of the slabbed books that you buy? I've only cracked out a couple of low grade slabs. Anything 9.2 or above I leave alone. I do have a decent set of low-grade reader copies of Avengers. I also have the Marvel Masterworks reprint books (they're up to issue #68, and I assume another volume will be out this fall) and the complete Avengers DVD. I like the fact that the DVD is scans of complete books, including all the ads and letters, but I just can't get into reading the books on a computer screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Nice books Drew. I always loved the Avengers 87 cover and story. You must have quite a nice collection of Avengers by now. Getting there. Still missing 25 books (I think) in my 1-100 set, and I would like to upgrade another 5 or 6. It's a decent collection, but it pales next to sets like cheetah's. He's got two Avengers sets in the top 20: the #6 set AND the #17 set (with completely different copies in each set). Thanks, Drew. I do have a passion for the Avengers and hope to be the first to get a 1-250 set 100% complete. I think I'll have everything between 130 and 250 secured before Christmas. But issues between 1 and 30 seem to be non-existent in high grade anymore. I shudder to think what #1 and #4 in 9.4 would go for nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodan57 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 OK, time for a couple more new additions. One is firmly in the Silver camp, and the other is straddling the fence between Silver and Bronze, but I'll post it here anyway. Don't be embarrassed by #87 in the Silver Thread. (I think there's many of us who feel Silver doesn't end until the 20¢ mark and the explosion of titles that ensued.) There's a direct continuity of style and content from #69 to #87. This is exactly the place for such a fine example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewincanada Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Don't be embarrassed by #87 in the Silver Thread. (I think there's many of us who feel Silver doesn't end until the 20¢ mark and the explosion of titles that ensued.) There's a direct continuity of style and content from #69 to #87. This is exactly the place for such a fine example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz973 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Nice books Drew. I always loved the Avengers 87 cover and story. You must have quite a nice collection of Avengers by now. Getting there. Still missing 25 books (I think) in my 1-100 set, and I would like to upgrade another 5 or 6. It's a decent collection, but it pales next to sets like cheetah's. He's got two Avengers sets in the top 20: the #6 set AND the #17 set (with completely different copies in each set). I'm feeling slightly outclassed. (worship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
