vaillant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I would think "Miller Time" would be the immediate choice. They might just spin it, do the opposite and go for a wider (younger) audience and not use his edge and have it more lighthearted if you will. One thing is for sure imho, Gladiator would be FRICKEN AWESOME!!! Curious what you say, because I actually think the "lighthearted" side of DD, brought back by Ann Nocenti a bit, and apparently a lot by Mark Waid (which I disliked on the Fantastic Four, I have now the Daredevils and have to read them). It might be that it would appeal to younger readers, but also to classic DD readers. The Gladiator, from the little I have read, Miller quite thwarted the character, at least in the early issues when he teams-up with Elektra and DD against the Hand (I don’t know how much it was used later on). There were even comments in the mail section about this in these issues. And this reminds me I have to upgrade my #15… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 You beat my edit. !! Yes "younger" was not the proper choice of words. A movie that appeals (and is accepted) to a broader spectrum of movie goers and fans. Not just for the movie goers or DD fans who want a noir style, containing a gritty & darker look and feel surrounding it. As for The Gladiator, #18's cover is honestly in my top 5 DD covers! I just love the eerie and mysterious supernatural feel I get from that awesome cover!! A classic battle of good vs evil is portrayed perfectly - the omnipotent gladiator looms over DD, who struggles with all his might, to ward off this maleficent foe!! I just love it!!! (Can you tell?!?! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Speaking of this quality, it also belongs to ASM #13, the only one in my collection under #31. I don’t have a scan of mine at hand, but here’s what I mean: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I hope DD does not mind the intrusion of Spidey in his thread… they’re friends after all… And yes… I meant #18, not #15 although #15 is also a great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I would think "Miller Time" would be the immediate choice. They might just spin it, do the opposite and go for a wider (younger?) audience and not use his edge. Having it more lighthearted for lack of better words. (It just pray, that when if does happen - it will be a dammn good movie) One thing is for sure imho, Gladiator would be FRICKEN AWESOME!!! Gladiator would be amazing! They could make him such a creepy character with the delusional thinking. Kilgrave could be a character that is easy to adapt to a show and could be a very evil villain. #4 is easily one of my favorite DD covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Gladiator would be amazing! They could make him such a creepy character with the delusional thinking. Kilgrave could be a character that is easy to adapt to a show and could be a very evil villain. The problem is that the Gladiator never had any delusional thinking: Miller got his character quite entirely wrong. The Gladiator used to be a character similar to the Sandman: rude and rather rough, and pretty much a cold-blooded killer. One of the many reasons for which I don’t like Miller on Marvel books, he pretty much did what he wanted with some characters, regardless of how they were and their consistency of development. Even Bullseye, to a lesser degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Such a powerful cover.......almost as awesome as #23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I have both lowgrade copies of #18 and #23… I would love to upgrade #18, mostly with a whiter cover – being light blue it suffers more from the yellowing, like Avengers #6 for example, or Fantastic Four #35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finhead Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 And another to add to the growing DD collection #7 , should be here next week. Also have a low grade #1 making it's way here as well. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 That's a pretty dammn nice copy!! Congrats on it and your #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnetoWasRight Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 #1 and #7, two must haves...congrats on the purchases. Post up your number one when you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybes Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Woah! Really nice book Harvey! Edited February 23, 2015 by jaybes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_react Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks Rob! I ended up trading my direct market edition and a little cash for the newsstand edition. When I got the newsstand copy in the mail, I compared it side by side with my direct market copy. The direct market is much more saturated with color - deeper yellows and reds. But what is strange is that because of that, line detail is somewhat lost so I actually like the toned down version of the newsstand much more. Here is my former direct market copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_react Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I like the newsstand as well. The colors are phenomenal. That's as good a copy of that book as you're ever going to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I was thrilled to get it. I recently won a Clink auction for the old label, newsstand #181 and last year I had picked up an old label newsstand #184. Those two along with the #168 are three of my favorite books from the Miller run. I know most could not care less about newsstand vs. direct, but after reading CardiacKid's (big DD fan) Journal entry about them, I developed a love for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Ultra high grade newsstand copies will also be less abundant. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Absolutely. I think newsstands make up about less than 1/3 of the copies on eBay. And perfectly centered 9.8 newsstand copies are very tough to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
