Anybody read or collect comics?

Dangerskillz

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hey,

Im a bit of a keen comic book reader...want to know anybody else that shares the passion

Last couple of comics i've read
  • The Pro (very adult..and super funny)
  • Ghost from Modern Warfare 2 comics (6 issue series)
  • Serenity: Better Days (written by Whedon)
  • Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragon Snakes (signed by Tom Taylor at Supanova :p)
  • Predators prequel and sequal comics

Other then that previously reading and collectin The Gunslinger: Dark Tower and Marvel Zombies.

So what do you guys read/ collect?
 
I havent read a comic for years, but have a nice stash of simpsons/bartman/radioactive man/itchy and scratchy/batman comics from the 90s still tucked away...
Alway been curious what the new jenna jameson comics are like though...
 
Big Transformers G1/Movie comic fan. Also have the re-vamped GI Joe stuff and Stephen King's Dark Tower comics - loved the DT books, can't wait for the movies.
 
howzat said:
I havent read a comic for years, but have a nice stash of simpsons/bartman/radioactive man/itchy and scratchy/batman comics from the 90s still tucked away...
Alway been curious what the new jenna jameson comics are like though...
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gotta love the old comics...I got old Mortal Kombat comics stashed away that i collected back around 94-95. I use to read them over and over..

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taffster74 said:
Big Transformers G1/Movie comic fan. Also have the re-vamped GI Joe stuff and Stephen King's Dark Tower comics - loved the DT books, can't wait for the movies.
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I read a few of the Transformer comics...i really got to pick up All Hail Megatron written by Shane McCarthy (local writer) ..

I love Dark Tower....cant wait for any movies either...apparentley Ron Howard is directing last i heard...
 
Im a fan of spawn comic, not a popular one but love the story line and the drawing. Missing a few issues between 130-140, otherwise got most of it.
 
I'm a Phantom phan, got about 700 tucked away. Not all that interested in the newer Swedish/Scandanavian stories, much prefer the old school Lee Falk/Sy Barry issues.

One of my fave items is an original printing plate from issue #536 "The Pampered Princess", released in 1974:

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Dangerskillz said:
Cool phantom printing plate mate.

how many issues of Phanton are there now?
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About 1600 now i think.

Most of mine are between #500-1300 (1974-2001)....#183 is the earliest i've got which dates back to 1961.
 
popthetart said:
i have a few starwars comics.. want to get back into it :)
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i recommend Star Wars: Visionaries

Just for the first story alone. It's set basically between III and IV on Tatooine and its Darth Maul (now with a cyborg bottom half) arriving on the Skywalker Farm after finally tracking down Obi-Wan and fighting him one more time.

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bjs127 said:
About 1600 now i think.

Most of mine are between #500-1300 (1974-2001)....#183 is the earliest i've got which dates back to 1961.
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wow....how much does issue number 1 go for?

is there a picture of Issue #1?
when did it start?
 
Dangerskillz said:
i recommend Star Wars: Visionaries

Just for the first story alone. It's set basically between III and IV on Tatooine and its Darth Maul (now with a cyborg bottom half) arriving on the Skywalker Farm after finally tracking down Obi-Wan and fighting him one more time.

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wow....how much does issue number 1 go for?

is there a picture of Issue #1?
when did it start?
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ohhh nice! anything new with battleships and dog fights? with the old school xwings and tie fighters??
 
Frew have published the Phantom for over 60 years - the longest running Phantom publisher in the world.

#1 was produced in 1948, and a mint copy would be worth around $20K.

There was a reprint of #1 released in 1991 with the 100th issue, however it is such a good replica that they are often mistaken for the real thing. With subsequent early reprints Frew put a barcode and printed on the replica that it was a replica.

Here is a pic of an original #1 from 1948:

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no dogfight comics in it sorry...cool vechile and landscape potraits in it though! plenty of other stories.
 
The only one i am reading at the moment is The Amory Wars. I also have read stuff like From Hell but that thing is a bit bigger then your normal comic book haha.
 
bjs127 said:
Frew have published the Phantom for over 60 years - the longest running Phantom publisher in the world.

#1 was produced in 1948, and a mint copy would be worth around $20K.

There was a reprint of #1 released in 1991 with the 100th issue, however it is such a good replica that they are often mistaken for the real thing. With subsequent early reprints Frew put a barcode and printed on the replica that it was a replica.

Here is a pic of an original #1 from 1948:
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wow thats nuts! not as old as my Grandad but still :)
 
I started collecting comics in the early 90's. Mostly Captain America, Avengers, West Coast Avengers.
Have a truck load of comics from the mid-late 90s.

Later on, I got more into Vertigo comics.
Loved Preacher and Sandman. Have re-read both many times.

Sandman is definately the best series I have ever read and is something that I would continue to re-read every couple of years or so!

Most recent thing I have read is the "Ultimate Galactus" trilogy. Was really good ;)
 
I have not read a comic for quite some time but do have a few 1st issues put aside :) wolverine series fm the 90's #d 1-10 plus x-men. Had heaps that got destroyed in a mini flood at a house I lived at in the 90's. Sad day that was :( So many nice comics lost that day. Spiderman holograms covers , silver surfer rare ones ,x-men issue 1 to over 60, wolverine 1- 60+ all lost :(
 
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