TONGO
03-03-14, 01:54 PM
I was a comic book collector for about 20 years. It wasnt about the money or profit with me as I liked to read them and still do. Made a point to never spend more than $20 on a comic book no matter what.
I had some keepers - Spider-Man #129 (1st app Punisher) which I bought for $2, and it ended up being worth hundreds, Incredible Hulk #180-#182 (1st appearances Wolverine), and I spent less than $30 for all 3 - theyre altogether worth over a grand. I had the first appearance of the X-Men (Giant Size #1 & X-Men #94), and I was a huge Thor fan. I had EVERY issue of Thor except about 45 scattered issues, and that included the Journey Into Mysterys'. After a wedding, divorce, and life all of my comic books are gone now :(
Nowadays comic books are slicker, art usually is alot better than "back when", writing usually is too, and they cost $4 an issue. :eek:
Ever see a directors storyboard? It looks like a screenplay made into a comic book. Sin City was the most accurate comics to movie ever made as it was taking a panel to panel approach. If Hugh Jackmans production company took that approach with their latest Wolverine installment instead of changing it with the Hollywood explosions and noise it would have been incredible rather than shallow. The movie was supposed to be from the first Wolverine Limited Series #1-#4 released in 1982 drawn by Frank Miller (Sin City & 300).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Wolverine_(vol._1)_1.jpg
So my favorite title still is Thor God Of Thunder, behold!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KqxzXF8hel8/UUE1zqSnDLI/AAAAAAAAAgw/p9BKPwnUg0o/s1600/THORGOT2012009_Ribic-cov.jpg
What's your favorites? Ive always leaned towards who is writing rather than who is drawing.
Off the top of my head my favorites have been Thor, Avengers, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Constantine, most anything by Alan Moore, Neil Gaimans Sandman, Peter Davids Hulk & X-Factor, and some X-Men. Any readers out there? :)
I had some keepers - Spider-Man #129 (1st app Punisher) which I bought for $2, and it ended up being worth hundreds, Incredible Hulk #180-#182 (1st appearances Wolverine), and I spent less than $30 for all 3 - theyre altogether worth over a grand. I had the first appearance of the X-Men (Giant Size #1 & X-Men #94), and I was a huge Thor fan. I had EVERY issue of Thor except about 45 scattered issues, and that included the Journey Into Mysterys'. After a wedding, divorce, and life all of my comic books are gone now :(
Nowadays comic books are slicker, art usually is alot better than "back when", writing usually is too, and they cost $4 an issue. :eek:
Ever see a directors storyboard? It looks like a screenplay made into a comic book. Sin City was the most accurate comics to movie ever made as it was taking a panel to panel approach. If Hugh Jackmans production company took that approach with their latest Wolverine installment instead of changing it with the Hollywood explosions and noise it would have been incredible rather than shallow. The movie was supposed to be from the first Wolverine Limited Series #1-#4 released in 1982 drawn by Frank Miller (Sin City & 300).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Wolverine_(vol._1)_1.jpg
So my favorite title still is Thor God Of Thunder, behold!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KqxzXF8hel8/UUE1zqSnDLI/AAAAAAAAAgw/p9BKPwnUg0o/s1600/THORGOT2012009_Ribic-cov.jpg
What's your favorites? Ive always leaned towards who is writing rather than who is drawing.
Off the top of my head my favorites have been Thor, Avengers, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Constantine, most anything by Alan Moore, Neil Gaimans Sandman, Peter Davids Hulk & X-Factor, and some X-Men. Any readers out there? :)