Comic Books

[Tin Man]

You made me look it up. It had to have been a Fantastic Four comic in which the Silver Surfer appeared. My time frame was the mid-60s.

 

[BenGrimm]

WTF BEN?

How do you know this?

This is like SuperHero level sh*t. To just spout it off the top of your head.

Or...

Is it Super -VILLAIN sh*T?!? D:

It’s super nerd level LOL

 

[Tin Man]

It’s super nerd level LOL

Actually, a level beyond super nerd. Plaid.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

I actually knew what Ben was talking about. But, I'm in the Legion of Super Nerds too.

 

[Weezer]

Not disputing your dilemma but SS was never 13¢. No comics were.

They were 10¢ from the 1930s through about 1962. Then they went up to 12¢

SS actually launched as 25¢ double sized book for the first 7 issues. It was a “premium” title but that hurt sales. Then went down to standard size for 15¢ which was the avg price by the late 60s.

They pretty much just went up in 5¢ increments through the 70s and most of the 80s. Once it hit 75¢ they started jumping by 25¢ until they hit $2.99 in the 00s.

Current comics average 3.99-6.99.

I think comics were .55 when I started collecting. I hated every price increase with a passion.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Happy 86th Birthday Superman!

ON THIS DATE, April 18, 1938, Action Comics #1 featuring Superman was released, Story & Art by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

 

[BenGrimm]

Who got up Free Comic Book Day?

 

[franklinpence]

Any of you use the MyCollection:comic Scanner App? My brother introduced me to it. Kind of a cool way to capture your comic collection in one place. Grades and pricing are arbitrary, but I think I will like having the ability to quickly sort and scroll through my collection.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

A friend added this to his collection at Heroes Con yesterday. 2nd highest grade on the census. Freaking awesome book!

 

[BenGrimm]

A friend added this to his collection at Heroes Con yesterday. 2nd highest grade on the census. Freaking awesome book!

Your friend is laying down some dough.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

Yeah, it was a few more zeros than I remembered it costing, lol.

 

[C/O]

Finally got around to reading ‘The Last Ronin’ if you grew up with TMNT it is a solid read.

 

[BenGrimm]

This is a Kickstarter from a friend in the online comic community. He is a screen writer working recently on the RL Stine movie, Zombietown. He is a big comics fan and wanted do a series.

I’ve read the first 3 and it’s a lot of fun. It’s in that all-ages horror adventure category. My kids loved it.

It is being carried in comic shops but being from a small publisher it’s hit or miss if a shop carries it.

There are limited sets available for the whole series.



Here is my review of the first issue.

Armored #1 by Michael Schwartz and Ismeal Hernandez