Comics

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:10 am

I've been rearranging my place and come to the realization that I have a lot of comics. I had never really noticed this before. Apparently, I've somehow managed to amass somewhere in the area of 3,000 comics. As I was flipping through the back issues (in some cases going back over 40 years) I remembered legitimately enjoying reading most of these. Though some I just slapped my forehead and wondered what I was thinking.

So, what're the comic collections of people on the board like? How do you collect? How do you store your stuff? How do you arrange it? What do you read?

My own answers:
My collection is composed of about 3,000 comics in 14 comic boxes.
Up until I moved, I had collected the lazy way. I had a pull-list at my local comic shop and just came in to pick up my weekly swag on Wednesday. If anything else caught my fancy, I bought that for a month or so and either added it to my pull-list or stopped buying it.
I've got my stuff arranged by company, then by character, then by title.

My current reading list is as follows:

DC:
Green Lantern
Infinite Crisis
All Star Batman
All Star Superman
Ex-Machina
Y-The Last Man
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

Marvel:
Amazing Spider-Man
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Spider-Man Unlimited
Ultimate Spider-Man
Marvel Zombies
X-Men: Deadly Genesis
Pulse
New Avengers
Marvel Team Up
Amazing Fantasy

IDW:
Transformers: Infiltration

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:21 am

I have no idea how many comics I have. But I've been getting them, mostly uninterrupted, since I was 5 years old so it's a lot.
Funnily enough I just brought all my 'kiddy' comics out of storage, like the Marvel UK reprint titles, the MASK comic, the He-Man comic, fun crap like that. I'm going to go through everything and sort them out some time soonish.
At the moment I'm just using boxes for storage, although trades go on shelves. I've picked up a few metal shoe-holder things that I intend to screw to the walls in my room of crap, that are going to have my fave or valuable comics on display on them.
The look like stretched out like almost-flattened leter Zs.

I plan my comics-buying using the solicits, various info threads at another board and the trade paperback list, as I get a fair amount. Things get dropped and picked up all the time. I tend to go by creative teams rather than 'loyalty' to a character, but I do have weakspots for 70's exploitation characters. Power Man and Iron Fist, baby!
Currently picking up:

DC:
All Star Superman
Desolation Jones
Planetary
Seven Soldiers The Bulleeter
Seven Soldiers Frankenstein
Seven Soldiers Mister Miracle
Y - The Last Man

Desperado:
The Athiest

IDW:
Transformers Infiltration

Image:
Fell
Invincible

Marvel:
Amazing Fantasy
Books of Doom
Daredevil
Daughters of the Dragon
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man
Marvel Spotlight
Marvel Team Up
Marvel Zombies
New Avengers
Nextwave
Official Handbook A-Z
Powers
The Pulse
Punisher MAX
Punisher vs Bullseye
Runaways
Spider-Woman Origin
Son of M
Ultimates 2
X-Factor
X-Statix Presents Dead Girl
Young Avengers

Slave Labor:
Rex Libris

I usually get about one TPB a week, too. Whatever catches my eye, although I have got a shopping list for these also. Currently counting the days until the Alias hardcover.
Tradewaiting on Ex-Machina and Iron Man.
Wanted to get Black Gas but it wasn't in stock here.
Just dropped Black Panther, Cable and Deadpool, Deadly Genesis and Generation M.
Probably forgot a couple of things.
And there's other things coming up that I'm planning on picking up.
I love comics.

Marvel Knights Spider-Man

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:34 pm

i too love comics, but i am astruggling a bit with them recently;

a) firstly my standing order people are only sending them once every 2-3 months, which is irritating

b) secondly i am quite nomadic at the moment so piles of comics are kind of a pain, especially on top of the rather lareg collection of plastic robots.

for all that though...

DC:
Planetary
Y - The Last Man

IDW:
Transformers Infiltration

Marvel:
Amazing Fantasy
Amazing Spider Man
Exiles
Fantastic Four
New Avengers
Powers
The Pulse
Ultimates 2
Ultimate X-Men
Ultimate FF
Ultimate Spidey

Dark Horse:

Hellboy
BPRD

i am also buying more trades - i'm trying to work my way through Superman/Batman and JLA att the mo. Finally got around to buying Marvel's the other day as well. Good stuff.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:52 pm

Getting comics (as in individual issues) here in Poland is a bit of a bitch, what with them not being imported here regularly and all. I generally rely on scans, with the intention of getting the stuff that interests me (and there's quite a bit of that) in TPB form lately.

We do have couple of on-line shops though, and I ordered first two issues of Infiltration to try them out. Downside of that is that I'll get each of them month after they are released (unless they're out at the beginning of the month, then there's a chance I get them after two weeks or so). Also, shop's owner sometimes has trouble with uploading new catalouges on time, and it seems I won't be manage to pre-order Infiltration #3 and'll have to wait longer to get it. Hope he sorts this out, as I'm eager to add X-Factor and some others to my monthly fix.

TPBs are easier to obtain fortunately, through aforementioned on-line shop (four TPBs should be here next week or so, among them Ellis' Ocean and first Excalibur TPB, which I can hardly wait to get). Visits to the one of the very few "non on-line" comic shops we have here can be fruitful as well. Two months ago I found Wanted TPB there.

Regular (wanted to type "monthly", but it's so not adequate to some of them) series I currently follow are:

Marvel:
X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Factor
New Excalibur
X-Men: Deadly Genesis
New X-Men
Generation M
Supreme Power titles, though the last one I read was the last issue before it splitted into Nighthawk and Hyperion

IDW:
Infiltration

WildStorm:
Danger Girl (which sadly lost at least half of its magic when Campbell's not aboard)
Wildsiderz (which is where Campbell's magic went to

)
Desolation Jones
Planetary (whenever it appears)

Top Cow:
Hunter Killer

Dark Horse:
Hellboy and B.P.R.D., whenever something new is out, which fortunately is quite often, comparing to SpyBoy or Sin City

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:04 pm

BPRD is getting really good at the moment.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:19 pm

Hmm, I'm not certain how many comics I have, but I think it's around a third or half of what Smooth here's got, about a 1000 maybe? I store them in a cupboard, in big-ass folders, and in a plastic-crate.

Then I have a big-ass card-board box and a sack full of it down in the basement.

I really shouldn't have them stored like that...

I'd have a LOT more, if it weren't for the fact that a good part of my collection was thrown away when I was younger.

I'm not a mint-collector or completist tho. I read and read and read them until some of them fall apart. My transformers mags, and my Deaths Head II in perticular, are in a bad shape. DH2 got badly damaged cause I got my sister hooked on the fantastic art of Liam Sharp. Peter Davids Hulk: Pantheon Saga is read to bits too.

As to what I'm reading right now? Well, it's gonna be a long list...

Let's start with the ones that are published in sweden shall we?

1. Spider-man - swedish translated mag, publishes the best of the various US spidey-mags, currently it's the good fun of Marvel Knights Spider-man.

2. X-men - swedish translated mag, publishes the best of the core x-titles, and last issue was the the last of New X-men. This month we had the first 2 issues of Astonishing X-men, and some Wolverine the End.

3. Ultimate Spider-man - used to be swedish translated mag, now it's cancelled...

4. The Phantom - Swedish produced mag. Team Phantom creates a wealth of great stories, with lots of good back-up strips such as Thorgal, Blueberry, Spirou and Jerome K. Bloch.

And that's it from the swedish publication... there's nothing else but nonsense that is published here... fo' shame, no?

Here comes the american titles that I retrieve trough eeeeeviiiilllll means!

Detective Comics Comics:

5. Green Lantern
6. Green Lantern Corps Recharge
7. New Teen Titans reprints
8. Superman - a mix of reprints of the various titles currently running, and some of it's current material
9. ALL STAR SUPERMAN.
10. Firestorm
11. Supergirl (started following the new version in Superman/Batman wich I've dropped.. silly BatZarro..)
12. Infinite Crisis
13. Blood of The Demon

Teh Elite goodness of teh Marvel COMICS!!

14. Amazing Fantasy
15. Ares
16. New Avengers - could only read the first 3 issues and loved it... the swedish spidey-continuity aint gotten any longer than that, tops.
17. Young Avengers - Again, could only read the first arc, then swedish publication puts an end to it.
18. Books of DOOM
19. Bullseye vs Punisher
20. Captain America
21. Daredevil
22. Defenders
23. Drax The Destroyer
24. Exiles
25. Fantastic Four
26. Marvel Knights 4
27. FF/Iron Man: Big In Japan
28. Great Lakes Avengers
29. Nick Furys Howling Commandos
30. The Incredible Hulk
31. Iron Man: Inevitable
32. Marvel Team-up
33. Marvel Zombies
34. Spider-man Loves Mary Jane
35. New Thunderbolts
36. Nextwave
37. She-Hulk
38. Sentinel
39. What If..?
40. Supreme Power: Hyperion
42. Supreme Power: NIGHTHAWK
43. Ultimate Fantastic Four
44. Ultimates 2
45. Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk
46. Ultimate Extinction

Pheeew! I think that's pretty mcuh all Marvel, but we aint done yet!

Transformers Collectors Club

47. Transformers Cybertron - Neatly ties together every singel TF-continuity there ever was, and smacks it into the universal story-line of Cybertron.

IDW
48. Transformers Infiltration

88 Mph Studios
49. Ghostbusters

Wow.. almost 50 titles.. quite a feat this. Thank god I'm unemployed, I'd be forced to cut the list down to half then.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:52 pm

Well Ive been collecting comics for nearly 10 years. I have aproximately 3000 as well.

I started because my uncle was a minor marvel shareholder and once I saw one of the mags he received (a mix of a story with the Xmen and Avengers and enterprise statistics) and got hooked with the art (and somewhat story).

At the beggining I only stored them in boxes or one above the other. Later I started buying individual bags for each one. But a couple of years after find that these bags were not to resistant (crap) and found a place where I could find better plastic bags. Then I also put a cardboard behind each comic to better protect it.

Now I have all of them in many large boxes like in a comic shop.

A short list of what I have. Im mainly a Marvel fan.

Xmen (like 120 issues)
Uncanny Xmen (from issue 300th)
XFactor (from issue 72th, all)
Excalibur (the 125)
Xman (almost all)
Xforce (almost all)
Cable (almost all)
Avengers (from issue 350th to 402)
Iron Man (the last 50 issues, Vol 1) (a few Vol 2)
Ultimate XMen
Transformers (1-24 spanish, 25-80 English)(HM, G2, GI JOE and Tfs)
Thunderbolts (40 issues)
Onslaught cross over (the different titles)
Sojourn
The Savage Dragon
DW (all Tfs related issues)

This are the ones I remember right now, I have a lot of different mini and other marvel comics (Magneto, What Ifs, Daredevil, Origin, Deadpool, etc)

Recently, seeing the sheer amount of comics I have, took the decision of limiting the ones I buy. After all my main goal is collecting tfs (and they also take space in my room). And also that now is a fad to collect comics in cds/dvds which you can easily store and dont occupy to much space (I have encountered feelings about this).

Post by **Best First** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:54 pm

The Last Autobot wrote:Avengers (from issue 350th to 402)

dude, don't tell me you stopped there...

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:45 pm

Best First wrote:
The Last Autobot wrote:Avengers (from issue 350th to 402)
dude, don't tell me you stopped there...

Really I have more, of vols 2 and 3 (I think) but I dont recall the exact issues.

Well and many Ultimates

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:02 pm

I'm lovin' New Avengers. It started off interesting and it's gotten really REALLY good!

Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:15 pm

Transformers, Death's Head and Fell are the only things I'm buying as issues, unless a set of back issues for a story is cheaper than trade paperbacks. Trades often have worse paper than issues, but I find massively more convenient.

I've got the bits of old Transformers I want (some still as issues, though I'll get the rest of the black & white collections at some point and get rid of the issues) and a smattering of old 80s and 90s UK format stuff I didn't chuck out, for whatever reason, ranging from MOTU to 2000AD.

Comic subsets: early Hitman, Death, Lobo, Sandman Presents.

Trades presently owned: Authority, Stormwatch, League, Fables, Planetary, Transmet, Sandman, V for Vendetta, Hellblazer.

Series with trades I intend to get: League (when written), Planetary, Preacher, Sandman, Hellboy, a few Elseworlds (for the sake of being a completist), early Top Ten, early Ultimates, Miracleman, Hellblazer. Might pick up Watchmen (again, more because of completist than anything.)

And a couple of boxes of fairly random issues, from conventions, stores and trades.

Generally I tend to treat scans as a library and taster, and pick up trades of anything I want to re-read. I rarely buy books of any description I haven't read, music I haven't heard, etc. I try not to let anything I find really doesn't get watched/listened/read stick around -- I hoarded as a kid, and could never find anything...

Ozz wrote:TPBs are easier to obtain fortunately

Are the translated volumes (where available) generally any good? I know Sandman was split into half volumes, but the large bookstore in Krakow didn't have any volumes I've got in English (was ideally after the second half of Preludes and Nocturnes) and otherwise mostly had Batman. I'm going to ask my sister to have another look next time she's over...

Buffy in French isn't wonderful, but Buffy comics in any language tend to be rather crap. Still, it's more interesting to try to learn from than news reports.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:19 pm

Damn. You're all a bunch a rich ****s, aren't ya?

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:23 pm

I'm not. If you read between the lines a bit, in my post, you'll notice something...

Something both wonderful and horrendous.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:57 pm

Yaya wrote:Damn. You're all a bunch a rich ****s, aren't ya?

Nope. Ive learned as a transfan and comic collector to look for special offers, make friends in the media and walk an look everywhere to find good prices. Also Im very good in making budgets

Oh, I got in Trades:

All Tfs Dw made
A few Titan Marvel Tf
Origin
Twilight of The Age of Apocalypse
Onslaught
A few New Xmen
Angry Christ Comix Tpb (Totally recommended)

And a couple more I dont remember right now

Post by **Denyer** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:27 pm

Yaya wrote:Damn. You're all a bunch a rich ****s, aren't ya?

Nope, just have parents who valued books above collecting football memorabilia and sundry other crap.

I don't particularly collect Transformers toys, either.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:42 pm

Well, I'll be ashamed I have very little in comics... I have the whole run of Transformers Marvel US that was published here in Hungary, as well as a few DW comics (MTMTE, Dark Ages TPB) plus a Titan Target 2006 and a Marvel UK TF annual from 1987.

Other then that, maybe an odd Batman issue... I have lots of Gigabytes of comics on scan, though. Thing is, until 1990, not many comics were published here, and I didn't really get into it. I only started reading new stuff like Infinite Crisis or older stuff like Batman's Hush storyline or Gaiman's Sandman in recent years. I'd like to have these printed on paper, but I really cannot afford to buy from overseas. Well, either comics or TF toys, and I stick with toys.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:38 pm

I only collect Transformers, but I'm up for some suggestions.

I'm looking for something that is well written, something that has an overall serious tone but at the same time ample comedic relief. Nothing over-the-top, like twisted suicidal or druggie themes, but someting that celebrates the ups and downs of life. Something that harkens back to the days of old super hero tales without being overly cheesy. The cast should feature a variety of different personas.

So any suggestions? Perhaps it would help if I mentioned a few movies I really love to get a feel for my tastes: Watership Down, Star Wars trilogy, LOR trilogy, Jaws, most Pixar animated films, Dark City, The Crow, Superman I and II, The Iron Giant, Shawshank Redemption, Life is Beautiful, Terminator I and II. I loved all these films, and am a big fan of R.A.Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden novels.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:15 am

I'd recommend Marvels Ultimates.

It's got several of these qualities.

It's basically a modern version of the Avengers, wich contains several marvel heroes. Among these are Hulk, Captain America, Ant-man, Iron Man, and Thor.

Well, it's got a rather colourful cast atleast.

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:59 am

The League of Extr... oh, superhero stuff?

Lots of silver age stuff that's fairly easy to track down in bargain bins, or you could do worse than try Grant Morrison's run on Justice League. That's mostly bright colours and feelgood plots -- there's no sense of danger in it either, really, but he's very creative.

Stop reading Ultimates before volume two if you don't want it gritty.

Although if you enjoy The Crow, Terminator II and Watership Down, you may as well try League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

My tastes in superhero stuff run to Stormwatch (the stuff by Ellis, probably best read in order from the first book, Force of Nature.)

If you're at all familiar with Hunter S. Thompson, you may like to pick up Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:37 am

Denyer wrote:The League of Extr... oh, superhero stuff?

Lots of silver age stuff that's fairly easy to track down in bargain bins, or you could do worse than try Grant Morrison's run on Justice League. That's mostly bright colours and feelgood plots -- there's no sense of danger in it either, really, but he's very creative.

Stop reading Ultimates before volume two if you don't want it gritty.

Although if you enjoy The Crow, Terminator II and Watership Down, you may as well try League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

My tastes in superhero stuff run to Stormwatch (the stuff by Ellis, probably best read in order from the first book, Force of Nature.)

If you're at all familiar with Hunter S. Thompson, you may like to pick up Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life.

Thanks, I'll give them a try.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:39 am

Oh, I'm far from rich. It just comes down to budgeting. Comics are my luxury item (beer and cigs are necessities), and always have been.
I never got pocket money, I got bought a comic or two, instead.
Making sure I have enough cash for the comics I want has become an ingrained habit. S'why I look ahead to see what's coming. And it looks like continuing the current good run for comics.

I knew I'd forget at least one - I also pick up Desolation Jones.
Is there a current Hellboy title? I was under the impression it was just BPRD at the mo'. Have I missed anything good?

Preds, are the Mary-Jane comics really good? I read one issue of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and thought it was great, am considering tradewaiting on it and picking up the previous 2 Mary Jane digests.
Also, how was Ares?

There's no way I'm listing all comics I've read, the ones on the current pull list will do. For a start I wouldn't even be able to remember half of them without going to do an itinerary first.

The last couple of issues of New Avengers were great, yeah.

I hope you find some comics you like, yaya. All of Denyer's choices are good. LoEG is probably the best comic out of them.
You're probably going to want to steer clear of any current DC superhero books.
For another recommendation, how about Invincible? It's a classic, old-school Spider-Man type book, but set now. I wouldn't pick up the current issues as the current plot involves something you don't want to know about if you're going to read the comic from the start, but the full lot is out in TPB and they're not even at issue 30 yet in single form.
I think it was mentioned as one of the better comics of 2005 but about 3 or 4 people on the transfans end of year round-up, including like 2 comic pros, so hey, worth a look by everyone IMHO.

edit:

Denyer wrote:Trades presently owned: Authority, Stormwatch, League, Fables, Planetary, Transmet, Sandman, V for Vendetta, Hellblazer.

Mate, don't you have From Hell as well?

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:48 am

I don't have many comics. I like books more.

- Kabuki, which is one of the best ever

- some Danger girl and Shi issues my previous flatmate gave to me but that I might throw away soon
- ten or so issues of Witch, a comic for 14-year old girls, but I liked the artwork

EDIT: does anyone know a good and reliable site where you can order comics from?

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:39 am

Yaya wrote:Damn. You're all a bunch a rich ****s, aren't ya?

yes.

Smooth - New Avengers is the glove. i bloody love it so far. Cage rocks.

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:55 am

Best First wrote:BPRD is getting really good at the moment.

Yes, it is.

Though the last one I read was #4 of current mini. I hope Abe didn't bite the bullet.

Denyer wrote:Are the translated volumes (where available) generally any good? I know Sandman was split into half volumes, but the large bookstore in Krakow didn't have any volumes I've got in English (was ideally after the second half of Preludes and Nocturnes) and otherwise mostly had Batman. I'm going to ask my sister to have another look next time she's over...

Any good translation-wise? Generally, I really don't know, as I'm sticking to originals, because I prefer comics that way. I remember that translations were not particularly good in the 90s, but those were first attempts. It should be better now, but all I checked up was Hellboy: Wake the Devil and I LOLed twice during the first chapter and didn't read further. I was adviced to stay clear of Polish versions of Sin City, too.

Second half of Preludes and Nocturnes is entitled A Hope in Hell, just like 4th issue of the series, BTW.

KingMob wrote: Is there a current Hellboy title? I was under the impression it was just BPRD at the mo'.

Hellboy: Makoma is out tomorrow. First issue of two. It's one of the older Hellboy adventures, from before Seed of Destruction. Current adventures, picking up from The Island will continue in 6-issue mini As Darkness Falls, sometime later this year. Sadly, Mignola only handles the writing in both of them, and I heard that's the way it's going to be when it comes to Hellboy now.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:23 am

Ozz wrote:Hellboy: Makoma is out tomorrow.

Sweetness, cheers. I've managed to skip over seeing that...despite it actually being on the info list I use, which I just looked at again. Thanks for the heads up.

Best First wrote:Cage rocks

Awesome. I usually feel like the only Luke Cage fan in the room.
The best single comic book in existence is clearly the issue of Power Man where Cage travels to Latveria and just starts trashing stuff and doesn't stop until Dr Doom pays him the $200 he stiffed him out of in the previous issue...

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:53 pm

i haven't read it - but it certainly sounds like the best comic ever.

Shame MM isn't doing so much art anymore.

Jazz · Post by **Jazz** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:56 pm

Lets see i have not collected comics in a long long time. i have not counted how many i have. there in a tote in my room as of now. i plan on re doing my room. but yeah when i get arround to looking at them i put my 2cents in here.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:18 pm

Most of the comics I have read in passing these days, they keep my attention but never feel like it was worth the outrageous cover price.

It's like those days when you bought bubble gum cards. You buy them, hoping they will have the one you want, but after looking through them you just realized you blew a dollar on taking a chance. So you sit back chewing the lameass gum.

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:00 pm

KingMob wrote:Mate, don't you have From Hell as well?

Nope. Is it enjoyable from the point of view of someone not particularly interested in Jack mythos? If so, I'll see if anyone around here's got.

Only reason I have V is because someone decided to broaden my horizons -- found it interesting, and I'd pick out the scene with the girl and the camera in the street as a favourite moment, but I get the feeling it would have been a great deal more effective if I hadn't read Huxley and Orwell first. Or if we were still in the period it was written.

Yaya wrote:Most of the comics I have read in passing these days, they keep my attention but never feel like it was worth the outrageous cover price.

I don't find most superhero stuff to have a strong re-read factor. There are a few things I'll read just to find out what happens next, but that tends to be novels (Star Trek: New Frontier, for instance -- some of the books in that lend themselves particularly well to re-reading, but the later ones wander.)

Ozz wrote:Second half of Preludes and Nocturnes is entitled A Hope in Hell

Ta for the info.

I wouldn't have thought there was much to screw up in Hellboy (not enough dialogue, and it's not complicated stuff) so that's a bit worrying.

Eline wrote:does anyone know a good and reliable site where you can order comics from?

Amazon should have a good selection of trade paperbacks, and importing from branches in neighbouring countries if the local one doesn't have what you're after is usually quite straightforward.

Some UK recommended ones here:

http://tfarchive.com/community/showthre ... adid=33699

Yaya wrote:It's like those days when you bought bubble gum cards.

Are those things still going in the US? Sticker albums / collectibles packs haven't completely disappeared from the UK, but even when I was a kid they weren't hugely popular. These days it's Yu-Gi-Oh (sp?) or Magic, and even those seem to be phasing out.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:25 pm

KingMob wrote:Preds, are the Mary-Jane comics really good? I read one issue of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and thought it was great, am considering tradewaiting on it and picking up the previous 2 Mary Jane digests.
Also, how was Ares?

Aww!

The Mary Jane comics are really quaint little teenage fun-dramas. Very mellow, not very super-duper. Spidey and his shenanigans very rarely intrude upon the life of the teenagers in it. I highly recommend it for that warm and fussy feeling.

It's good fun, and I'm glad that the good digest-sales has warranted Marvel to give it another shot.

And on the complete opposite of the spectrum... ARES. What can one say about the God Of War? In the first issue alone, he jumps a giant and lobotomises him with a sword trough helmet-into-brain, rips a zombie to pieces with his teeth, has an enemy-armies soldiers cut in two.

The other half being burned to dust and then made into bread for his side, the other sent back to Hades, to forever linger in an existance we're they will never be whole again.

And tops it off with playing a game of footie with a horned demons fresh skull.

That's the first 5 pages... This lad is a proper bad-ass, rumored to be given a spot in one of Marvels team-books if his series sell well. Boo-yaa to that.

I say: Give it a try.

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