Action Comics #1064
Batman / Superman: World's Finest #26
Batman #146
Batman and Robin #8
Batman: Off-World #4
Green Arrow #11
Jay Garrick: The Flash #6
Outsiders #6
Shazam! #10
Superman #13
Wonder Woman #8
Marvel Comics
Edge of Spider-Verse #3
Fall of the House of X #4
Fantastic Four #19
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2
Power Pack: Into the Storm #4
Resurrection of Magneto #4
Rise of the Powers of X #4
Spider-Boy #6
The Avengers #12
The Avengers #13
The Invincible Iron Man #17
Weapon X-Men #2
What If...?: Venom #3
Wolverine #47
Wolverine #48
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3
X-Men #33
X-Men: Forever #2
Titan Comics
Conan the Barbarian #10
Conan the Barbarian #9
The Savage Sword of Conan #2
I haven't purchased comics since I was a youth. I did buy Superman comics. I also bought Action comics and Adventure comics both of which featured Superman.
I haven't purchased comics since I was a youth. I did buy Superman comics. I also bought Action comics and Adventure comics both of which featured Superman.
A local person is downsizing his comic collection, and I'm very pleased to have picked up some of The Dreaming, a spin-off of Sandman featuring the minor characters, and Books of Magic, the spin off of another Neil Gaiman title, about a boy wizard.
Very good choices! I used to collect Hellraiser (spelled?) with John Constantine but the art started to look muddy and the storylines got more and more depressing. I bought the complete graphic novel, "Death: The High Cost of Living" and in the 1990's I collected the graphic novel "V For Vendetta" and allll of the George Perez "Wonder Woman" comic books.
In the late 80's when I had steady employment, I thought nothing of spending $100-$200/month on comic books. Nowadays, I am very selective about stuff I buy. I'm more interested in buying painting supplies (I'm a semi-professional abstract painter/collage artist) and electronic drums. A friend bought me one comic book out of a series, "Y: The Last Man" or something. I probably got the title wrong. Parts of it were quite amusing but most of it was seriously depressing. I am depressed in real life enough as it is. I might sell it.
I am very pleased to read there will be another vol of Misty being issued in a few months time. Even if daughter is not interested in purchasing, I will organise to get it for myself.
Aly is a friend of my boyfriend, and he arranged for a meal out for four of us in Manchester - an Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant on Canal Street - with Aly's partner Rosie Garland (novelist and Vampire Queen Rosie Lugosi!). I've also met him at conventions, and have some of his art on my walls, including a very good Death from the Sandman comics. He's a really nice chap!
I can recommend A Trick of the Light by Aly Fell - great attention to detail on the 1960s details, and a mysterious stone circle near the school where the main characters are teachers.
To be honest, I am not. I have grown tired of the non-stop "Events That Will Change Everything" storylines from both DC and Marvel. Such events were interesting when they happened only once in a great while. Now it feels like they come every 6 to 8 months.
Glad you are enjoying your favourites @ChastMastr. I love that comics are such a broad church that everyone can find something that resonates with them.
Just dropping in to say that the Misty 2024 special arrived at our place yesterday. I placed an order hoping it would arrive before Cheery daughter's birthday, however arriving in 7 days from the UK was pretty good in my books! I heard her laughing when I got up in the night, so I hope that meant it was well received.
I belong to a graphic novel book club where we meet fortnightly. Given the diverse backgrounds of the members, it gives me an opportunity to read books I would not have sought out on my own. This was last week's read: https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Last_Door
My Young Man got me Harker - The Book of Solomon, books 1 and 2, from Time Bomb Comics. Looks intriguing, and starts with a body being found near the British Museum. DCI Harker investigates.
Rupture alert. I daren't look as I will cry laughing all the way down my trouser leg.
This doesn’t seem like a comic book to me…
I have a broad definition of comics, it includes the 'i' newspaper and most other tabloids, especially red tops. The Framley Examiner is in the universe next door. As is Private Eye.
Okay, those aren’t comics… I didn’t even see comic strips in that link, much less whole stories. It’s like asking what movies people like and being told about novels.
Private Eye had comic strips, I learned Strine from The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. Hom. Sap. was another that stays with me. And spectacular cartoons. Mad was my favourite for years. Mort Drucker's movie satires were perfection.
Private Eye had comic strips, I learned Strine from The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. Hom. Sap. was another that stays with me. And spectacular cartoons. Mad was my favourite for years. Mort Drucker's movie satires were perfection.
In the late 1970s my mother thought nostalically that she should introduce her daughters to the Mad Magazine she had enjoyed in her youth. She has a concrete view of culture. I think she had no idea what she had introduced us to. [And Mickey Spilane novels. Really! Mom! Did you not read the lust filled descriptions of Velda?!]
My introduction to politics came through Mad Musicals about Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter. And Spy v Spy taught me the Cold War and prepped me for Dune.
Therr is no substitute for a Mad Fold In.
Are they still around? Can't imagine the fun they have with Chump amd Rancid.
In the late 1970s my mother thought nostalically that she should introduce her daughters to the Mad Magazine she had enjoyed in her youth. She has a concrete view of culture. I think she had no idea what she had introduced us to. [And Mickey Spilane novels. Really! Mom! Did you not read the lust filled descriptions of Velda?!]
My introduction to politics came through Mad Musicals about Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter. And Spy v Spy taught me the Cold War and prepped me for Dune.
Therr is no substitute for a Mad Fold In.
Are they still around? Can't imagine the fun they have with Chump amd Rancid.
Sadly...
After issue No. 10 (Dec. 2019) of the new Burbank edition, Mad began to consist mostly of curated reprints with new covers and fold-ins, although some new articles have been periodically featured, including parodies of The Batman ("The Bathroom") and Elon Musk's tenure at Twitter (in a Dr. Seuss parody called "Free Speeches On The Beaches").[29] Distribution to newsstands stopped, with the magazine initially becoming available only through comic-book shops and by subscription, although in 2022 distribution expanded to Barnes & Noble via a series of compilation issues dubbed The Treasure Trove of Trash.
I currently have a subscription to The Best of 2000AD collection and I am buying the collected volumes of Usagi Yojimbo as they come out. As for current issues, I have rekindled a love for Commando, I started picking them up for my dad as he was dying in hospital and after he passed I kind of missed them. Since the end of lockdown I read about three out of every four issues. Cheesy jingoism they may be but rarely boring.
I have not, @ChastMastr!
I've read hundreds of the books, and actually had some of the comics on my Nook, but found it a difficult format for me. I never got past the first page.
I'm dismayed that the latest issue of Wonder Woman, #12 by Tom King, appears to have brought back the Zeus origin (that I thought was going to be finally gone, in favor of her classic clay origin).
Er - how classic is the clay origin? When did it date from?
Something else I haven't been able to work out is when Wonder Woman first started being able to fly. Was it as late as the eighties?
Meanwhile, new Ultimate Spider-Man continues to have not a lot happen in a really entertaining way.
I've also been catching up with Mackay's Moon Knight in trade issues which is suitably on the edge of weird.
Er - how classic is the clay origin? When did it date from?
Something else I haven't been able to work out is when Wonder Woman first started being able to fly. Was it as late as the eighties?
Meanwhile, new Ultimate Spider-Man continues to have not a lot happen in a really entertaining way.
I've also been catching up with Mackay's Moon Knight in trade issues which is suitably on the edge of weird.
She apparently glided on air currents in from time to time starting in 1958, but her ability to simply fly came in the Post-Crisis George Pérez era circa 1987.
Er - how classic is the clay origin? When did it date from?
Wonder Woman #1, June, 1942.
Thank you.
I kind of prefer the descended from Zeus - it gives her more family drama - but at the start of her own first ongoing seems pretty classic. Also I suppose the clay origin fits the theme of the character better.
Another valuable view of Wonder Woman as a cultural icon is Jill Lapore's brilliant book: The Secret History of Wonder Woman. She is not just a comic book hero.
Er - how classic is the clay origin? When did it date from?
Something else I haven't been able to work out is when Wonder Woman first started being able to fly. Was it as late as the eighties?
Meanwhile, new Ultimate Spider-Man continues to have not a lot happen in a really entertaining way.
I've also been catching up with Mackay's Moon Knight in trade issues which is suitably on the edge of weird.
I'm late to this thread. , but now is the time to confess I have all the Dan Dare stories from 'Eagle' (which I got week by week as a lad until about 1962. Prof Peabody is my ideal lady.
I also have the cutaways.
Another valuable view of Wonder Woman as a cultural icon is Jill Lapore's brilliant book: The Secret History of Wonder Woman. She is not just a comic book hero.
As I understand it from Marston’s granddaughter, Lapore has things in there that are simply not true. I would not rely on that book. There’s a lot that is true and has been public knowledge for a very long time, notably Marston having two relationships and the (awesome) bdsm aspects in both those and in the comic, both Elizabeth and Olive remaining family and raising their kids together after Marston’s death, but not that E and O were romantically involved with each other.
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DC Comics
Action Comics #1064
Batman / Superman: World's Finest #26
Batman #146
Batman and Robin #8
Batman: Off-World #4
Green Arrow #11
Jay Garrick: The Flash #6
Outsiders #6
Shazam! #10
Superman #13
Wonder Woman #8
Marvel Comics
Edge of Spider-Verse #3
Fall of the House of X #4
Fantastic Four #19
Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2
Power Pack: Into the Storm #4
Resurrection of Magneto #4
Rise of the Powers of X #4
Spider-Boy #6
The Avengers #12
The Avengers #13
The Invincible Iron Man #17
Weapon X-Men #2
What If...?: Venom #3
Wolverine #47
Wolverine #48
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3
X-Men #33
X-Men: Forever #2
Titan Comics
Conan the Barbarian #10
Conan the Barbarian #9
The Savage Sword of Conan #2
There are a lot of good stories in those now!
Very good choices! I used to collect Hellraiser (spelled?) with John Constantine but the art started to look muddy and the storylines got more and more depressing. I bought the complete graphic novel, "Death: The High Cost of Living" and in the 1990's I collected the graphic novel "V For Vendetta" and allll of the George Perez "Wonder Woman" comic books.
In the late 80's when I had steady employment, I thought nothing of spending $100-$200/month on comic books. Nowadays, I am very selective about stuff I buy. I'm more interested in buying painting supplies (I'm a semi-professional abstract painter/collage artist) and electronic drums. A friend bought me one comic book out of a series, "Y: The Last Man" or something. I probably got the title wrong. Parts of it were quite amusing but most of it was seriously depressing. I am depressed in real life enough as it is. I might sell it.
Just dropping in to say that the Misty 2024 special arrived at our place yesterday. I placed an order hoping it would arrive before Cheery daughter's birthday, however arriving in 7 days from the UK was pretty good in my books! I heard her laughing when I got up in the night, so I hope that meant it was well received.
Bitter Root.
Abbott
March
Run
Paper Girls
Graphic Novels
Berlin
Maus
Castle Waiting
Wake
Kindred
Lost track of others.
Rupture alert. I daren't look as I will cry laughing all the way down my trouser leg.
This doesn’t seem like a comic book to me…
I have a broad definition of comics, it includes the 'i' newspaper and most other tabloids, especially red tops. The Framley Examiner is in the universe next door. As is Private Eye.
Agreed. ❤️
My introduction to politics came through Mad Musicals about Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter. And Spy v Spy taught me the Cold War and prepped me for Dune.
Therr is no substitute for a Mad Fold In.
Are they still around? Can't imagine the fun they have with Chump amd Rancid.
Sadly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine)
Thank you!
jedijudy
One of the Helpful Heaven Hosts
Cool Hand Luke. A favourite (Paul Newman AND Alfred E.!) film.
Like the Wittenberg Door...
Magnificent, @Martin54
I assume this guidance is directed at me. Thank you.
jj-HH
By the way, @jedijudy, have you ever read the Star Wars comics, whether old or new?
I've read hundreds of the books, and actually had some of the comics on my Nook, but found it a difficult format for me. I never got past the first page.
Something else I haven't been able to work out is when Wonder Woman first started being able to fly. Was it as late as the eighties?
Meanwhile, new Ultimate Spider-Man continues to have not a lot happen in a really entertaining way.
I've also been catching up with Mackay's Moon Knight in trade issues which is suitably on the edge of weird.
Wonder Woman #1, June, 1942.
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/frAxj74OyPcGD2wfk6q6bQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTI5MA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/a76b3cc556f102d6c0b08e70a08db3ec
I kind of prefer the descended from Zeus - it gives her more family drama - but at the start of her own first ongoing seems pretty classic. Also I suppose the clay origin fits the theme of the character better.
Wikipedia can help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Woman#Powers_and_abilities
When you come to Michigan in the U.S., please make a trip to Michigan State University's comic arts collection: https://lib.msu.edu/murray-hong-spc/comicart. The website doesn't do it justice. My girls and I went for my birthday a few years ago, and we were looking at a Volumne 1, issue 2 Wonder Woman in print. Was saw 1; 1 on microfilm.
Another valuable view of Wonder Woman as a cultural icon is Jill Lapore's brilliant book: The Secret History of Wonder Woman. She is not just a comic book hero.
Very cool, @ChastMastr !
I also have the cutaways.
As I understand it from Marston’s granddaughter, Lapore has things in there that are simply not true. I would not rely on that book. There’s a lot that is true and has been public knowledge for a very long time, notably Marston having two relationships and the (awesome) bdsm aspects in both those and in the comic, both Elizabeth and Olive remaining family and raising their kids together after Marston’s death, but not that E and O were romantically involved with each other.