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#376
#376
This one has been in the collection for decades and when I was rebagging and boarding, I thought this one looks pretty nice so I had it graded at Heroescon. Bottom right corner keeps this from being super high grade. Love that Steranko cover. Just a classic.
 

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#377
#377
Hurley Mooncalf said:
This one has been in the collection for decades and when I was rebagging and boarding, I thought this one looks pretty nice so I had it graded at Heroescon. Bottom right corner keeps this from being super high grade. Love that Steranko cover. Just a classic.
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I love that cover!
 
#378
#378
And speaking of Mutants, did any of you read the New Mutants? I’m slowly grabbing the Sienkiwicz issues. May go back to issue 1 and just collect through the end of Bill’s run.
 
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#379
franklinpence said:
And speaking of Mutants, did any of you read the New Mutants? I’m slowly grabbing the Stienkiwicz issues. May go back to issue 1 and just collect through the end of Bill’s run.
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His art really freaked me out when I was younger but now I look at it and am blown away by a lot of it. It was a huge departure from what was on comic books for sure.
 
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franklinpence said:
And speaking of Mutants, did any of you read the New Mutants? I’m slowly grabbing the Sienkiwicz issues. May go back to issue 1 and just collect through the end of Bill’s run.
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I only really picked it up for crossovers but I too recently started grabbing the Sienkiewicz issues recently. Only have the Demon Bear story so far. Hasn’t been a high priority.
 
#382
#382
BenGrimm said:
I only really picked it up for crossovers but I too recently started grabbing the Sienkiewicz issues recently. Only have the Demon Bear story so far. Hasn’t been a high priority.
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Haha. Same. I’ve grabbed issues 19, 22, 24, and 26. Random selections, but they’ve been the issues I’ve run across lately. For some reason I had issue 47 in my collection from my childhood. Only New Mutants I owned. I’ll try to finish out 18-27, then go 1 through 50 or so as I find them.
 
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#384
franklinpence said:
Couple of weeks ago, I posted that I got this book for $5.

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Finally got around to flipping through it tonight. Open the front cover, and what do you know. Mike Zeck autograph.
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That's freaking cool. Was talking to some friends of mine who have been in comics way longer than I have and they said that's where they always got someone to sign. Cover signing wasn't really a thing until maybe the 90s and later.

Either way, that's just awesome.
 
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#386
I have picked up a few in the past that turned out to be Mark Jeweler variants, but this is the first signed issue. Pretty cool. And was a good reminder to me to figure out how to identify things like that about my collection so my family has a better idea of what they’re selling one day down the road after I’m gone.
 
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#387
franklinpence said:
I have picked up a few in the past that turned out to be Mark Jeweler variants, but this is the first signed issue. Pretty cool. And was a good reminder to me to figure out how to identify things like that about my collection so my family has a better idea of what they’re selling one day down the road after I’m gone.
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If you are into Mark Jewelers check out my buddy @west_coast_davengers live sales on YT. He lives near a military base in Washington and is always finding collections full of them.

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#388
BenGrimm said:
If you are into Mark Jewelers check out my buddy @west_coast_davengers live sales on YT. He lives near a military base in Washington and is always finding collections full of them.

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I’ll definitely check it out. I think I had his eBay store saved at one time. I don’t look for the MJ variants, but if I wind up with one, I’ll take it.
 
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#390
Need two more issues to finish the Hulk Crossroads storyline. Have decided to fill in that stretch of my Hulk collection through McFarlane’s run. I’m enjoying rereading some of the Hulk issues from my childhood. I find I simply prefer the comics from the early to mid 80s.

Also was rebagging some of my Image comics. Has me rereading my old Maxx and Spawn comics. May finish the Maxx series one day. I have the first 15 or so issues. I stuck with Spawn through issue 51, then fell off. Wish I had stuck with that series during the low-run stretches.
 
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#396
If any of you are passing through northern middle Tennessee, I encourage you to check out Towne Square Records and Comics on the square in Gallatin. I’ve mentioned the shop on here before. He’s a good dude, and I swing by there anytime I’m in town. Has a really good stock of back issues and good prices. Went by yesterday and picked up these five books for $14. Finished the crossroads storyline with issue 312, and picked up a couple more issues with Batman and aerial hijinks.
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franklinpence said:
If any of you are passing through northern middle Tennessee, I encourage you to check out Towne Square Records and Comics on the square in Gallatin. I’ve mentioned the shop on here before. He’s a good dude, and I swing by there anytime I’m in town. Has a really good stock of back issues and good prices. Went by yesterday and picked up these five books for $14. Finished the crossroads storyline with issue 312, and picked up a couple more issues with Batman and aerial hijinks.
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Hulk 312 has an interesting backstory. Introduces Banner’s father as an abusive husband which would be used for Hulk stories for year to come.

Barry Windsor Smith is the one who proposed the idea and was working on doing the story as a full Hulk issue. He ended up abandoning it because Jim Shooter wouldn’t let him use some foul language for a few scenes (I think the use of damn was the crux). Bill Mantlo would kinda swipe the idea for this issue.

Nearly 40 years later BWS released his graphic novel Monsters which was based on his original Hulk story and expanded by about 300 pages.

It’s an amazing book but I’m not going to say it’s a fun read.
 
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#399
#399
Rocky_Top_Vol13 said:
The ones I collect now mostly are in the graded slabs. Does he have a good selection of those?
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He has a good number on the walls and some in boxes. It’s a smallish shop (typical building on a small town square - small shop front that extends back). I anticipate he keeps a lot in addition to what he has in the shop. He’s a good guy.

Edit: But to be clear, I don’t typically look for graded books, so I’m probably not the best judge of whether or not he has a good selection. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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BenGrimm said:
Hulk 312 has an interesting backstory. Introduces Banner’s father as an abusive husband which would be used for Hulk stories for year to come.

Barry Windsor Smith is the one who proposed the idea and was working on doing the story as a full Hulk issue. He ended up abandoning it because Jim Shooter wouldn’t let him use some foul language for a few scenes (I think the use of damn was the crux). Bill Mantlo would kinda swipe the idea for this issue.

Nearly 40 years later BWS released his graphic novel Monsters which was based on his original Hulk story and expanded by about 300 pages.

It’s an amazing book but I’m not going to say it’s a fun read.
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That is cool. Read it last night and loved the story.
 
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