MadScientist

I use to collect and read when i was in High School, and about a year ago a friend talked me into collecting again... so I wasn't really familliar with what was going on or new. So I picked up a couple starter issues and #1's.

Spawn #150-163 is awsome read... and the best story line out of the entire series so far... Armagedon has arrived. #164 is new artist and new story line that is based off the recent events.

Justice #1-10 has a good story line but the art work is excelent!! Issues have been taking awhile to come out.

Anihilation #1-6 (Silver Surfer, Nova, Super Skrull, Ronan) Awsome... story is a bit all over the place but well worth a little constellation confusion.

Wolverine Origins #1-10 is everything you didn't know, all the time, and keeps getting better.

Civil War & Crossovers - So much is going on its impossable to explain one focus... I have missed only a few, but if you read in order for each... Wow... New, old, dead, & re-born charicters... its all there...get it!!

Ghost Rider "Trail of Tears" #1 - 1860's Civil War era story line... Art work is amazing!

I like Marvel, but I am not bias on who is better.. I have DC, Image, and even some Valiant.

Start off on what your reading and what you think about it.
Some may be inspired to start collecting agian also!

Peace
Drew

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exitspeed

I'd love to start collecting again. I haven't collected since middle school. I was always a fan of Marvel but then Image came out and all my favorite artists (Jim Lee mainly) went to Image and they had more edgy comics. I have almost all the #1's from when image first started up. Unfortunately when i was in HS I sold my Spawn 1-20 to a store ).

I just can't wait til Spidey 3 comes out so my Amazing Spiderman #31 (first appearance of Gwen Stacey and Harry Osbourne) can skyrocket some more! Woot Woot!

If I collected now I'd go get all of Jim Lee's Batman comics. He's still my idol!

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Daniel.

I stopped collecting last year....

all my favorite comics are dead.

Scion...
Battlechasers
Danger Girl
Gen 13

Anything from the Ultimate line of comics at Marvel is awesome though.

I still pick up Amazing Spiderman, and Ultimate Spiderman when i have time though.. duh!

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ManoNegra

I used to collect but it's best for my compulsive nature - and my wallet - not to start again. I get like Nash and his pokemon - gotta catch them all!

I used to read Kaliman and spiderman way back in the day in Central America.

Then I got into Sandman, Batman, Mcfarlane Spiderman in the early 90s.

Then I started picking up Spawn, 100 Bullets, Fables, Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate X Men a few years ago but stopped. I've been clean for a while now. I used to get my fix at big bookstores, just spend some time reading the collected story arc books and leaving with my wallet intact.

Some of my favorites;

- Preacher
- Sandman
- 100 Bullets
- Fables
- Ultimate Spiderman
- Ultimate X Men
- Sin City (anything Miller has done actually)

And I check out the random manga title here and there.

satal95

Well i work at a comic shop so i get to read all the new stuff
so MadScientist here's a small list of good things to read
-Civil War(thank god it finishes tomorrow)
-New Xmen(if u like the new mutants from early days u will like this book)
-The Boys(up to #6 and then Dc drops it because of content basically it outpreaches the Preacher but already got picked up from another company so sereis should start up pretty soon)
-X Factor
-Ult Spiderman(after issue 110 the artist finally calls it quits )
-elephantman
-lone ranger
-Wanted (series finished but excellent book to read)
-Batman The hush series(jim lee artwork)
-All star Superman
-Fables
- justice
-justice league of america
-flash
-sensational spiderman

there's a lot more but those are the ones right off the top of my head. I usually get like 15-20 books every week but if you want to anything else lmk.

Also if anyone is interested, i'm thinking about selling some of my books to make more room so if anyone is interested lmk
exitspeed- if ur interested in the jim lee run of batman lmk i have the whole run, the hush run and all star batman and robin
spiderman- gen13 is back and being done by wildstorm which is Jim lee's company that is owned by dc

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I can't imagine reading a comic book, I think I'm a bit old to go and buy it and whatnot. No offense, but just for me personally that's how I feel.

Someday I'll probably go through my old stuff, got some gems up in there. I can definitely see the nostalgic value of seeing what has happened to those characters since you last read them.

Hopefully that shit is gonna be of value someday, cause when I was a kid all we did was blow money on comics, trading cards, and video games.

The good old days.

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satal95

Yeah comic books isn't for everyone but they hold a better value the collecting sports cards. Case in point bought a comic for $2.99 and in less then 2wks the book was already close to a $30 book (Marvel Zombies #1 if anyone wants to know) So you never know maybe your comixs are worth something now lmk what you got and i could tell you if you have something that is worth value. I've sold some of my collection to help with my 240 fund so all in all i think collecting comixs is a good thing

exitspeed

You have PM.

Jim Lee is the man. I remember back in the day Wizards top 10 artists, Jim Lee was always #2 to McFarlane. I never agreed with that though.

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Edgar

Im not going to lie. I use to own every single Marvel Comic you can think of in MINT Condition. I actually donated them to help out someone I forgot right before I got into High School. The "Original Superman Death" comic book is worth alot now,and I kinda wish I still had it lol

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Yea I have that one too. Actually I think I have 2 or 3 of'em. I have the white on when he comes back too.

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satal95

yeah the death of superman used to be an expensive book but now you can find it for 20 to 25 dollars and for the return the best your looking at is $10.

exitspeed- if ur looking for any other jim lee runs lmk and i could probably get them for you slmk

exitspeed

Hey can you look into what my Amazing SM #31 is worth. It's in really good condition despite it's age. I'm hoping it shoots up more when t SM3 comes out. It usually goes up a hundred or two when the movies come out.

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satal95

Amazing s-man #31 is worth around $420 in good condition so it all matters on the condition of the book. the spiderman books to get right now cause of the movie is #252(first black costume in amazing) and #300(first venom)

ManoNegra

Reason why it's probably because in the early to mid 90s the comic industry sucked - crossover this and that, 4-different-cover editions, finish stories in other books, special edition this, etc. Gimmicks left and right. Now that I think about it this was the main reason I stopped buying then.

Out of curiosity what would the McFarlane Spiderman run (1-18 irrc) would be worth nowadays? I think I still have it stashed somewhere.

exitspeed

I know. I'd love to get my hands one both of those. I wonder if my Web O Spiderman #1 will go up after 3?

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satal95

I think anything that has the black costume will go up. plus right now since he's back in the black costume it helps out also. Yeah i also wish i kept my 300 in better condition but i do have a 252 in good condition and secret wars #8 also

exitspeed

This seems like a good deal. Sorry for the egay link guys.

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMAZING-SPIDER-M...em270091513552

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ManoNegra

I had the first few issues of the black the costume saga - Peter almost hooking up with the Black Cat too irrc - but I trashed them. The hobgoblin reveal too...

MadScientist

Comic books now can jump in price very very fast... that is why I have been picking up alot of the newer #1s, and also if their is a Variant avaialable.

I am looking into the CGC (Certified Guaranty Company) for Grading. I seen a CGC Civil War #2 (2nd print, non variant) go for over $100.

Those of you interested in getting back into Collecting but dont have a location to walk-in or just feel odd about doing so... Mid City Comics... you can start a subscription and they will bag and ship to you... they also do CGC.

I personally go to BSI down the street and get lost for about an hour every month.

Been trying to find "Executioner Song" issues (X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, etc..) in original bag with card... mint prefered.

Peace
Drew

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exitspeed

HA! I have those! The X-Factor cover is so dope. Shattershot and Mojo FTW!

Edit: I think that cover was done by Andy Kubert. Man I can't believe I remember this stuff still.

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EndLeSS8

I used to collect and read Gen13, The Darkness, Witchblade, the original TMNT (I still am missing issues of City at War), but I sold most of them years ago. I think I still have my Gen13? but they're back home.

I had Deathblow #0 and an issue of Gen13 signed by Jim Lee.

I haven't been collecting as much as before for many years now, but the only series I follow and collect now is the new Street Fighter series by UDON. It's very good.

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SochBAT

Man. I miss comics.

McFarlane's style is really nice and edgy, but i do favor Jim Lee.

Civic War series is pretty awesome. Registered Mutants v 'Vigilante Heroes'.

F You Tony Stark!

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exitspeed

Deathblow #0 is one of my all time favorite covers. Jim lee's art style in that series was unbelievable.

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MadScientist

I am a big art guru so art work greatly sways me when picking up new books... I wasn't going to pick up the new Ghost Rider "Trail of Tears" because the Movie was comming out and I didn't think it would grow in value much.
The art work is amazing... looks like the entire book is washed out water color with neutral colors... very very fitting for the era.

I Highly suggest Spawn #150-163... probably the best read and perception of actuall Armagedon EVER... I felt like stalking the Comic book store waiting on the next issue... Its that good!!

Peace
Drew

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Reminds me of the time when I was a kid and went to a sports card show.

I played some coin toss game and won a Stadium Club Beam Team Shaq card.

That day the market value of the card was like $300, but being an idiot I didn't sell it.

I checked a couple years later and it was worth like $5.

Womp Womp WOOOOOOOOMP.

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That's the cover I had for my Deathblow #0. I might of made a mistake then...it's been years since I put that into storage, so I forgot what number then.

Man...Image Comics were so badass back then.
My favorite artist back then was Michael Turner, when he was drawing Witchblade, then it was J. Scott Campbell before he changed his style in Gen13. Jim Lee was great also, esp when he was drawing for Marvel.

I almost forgot: Aliens vs Predator, Batman vs Predator 1 (by the Kubert Brothers).
I had most of Maximum Carnage also

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satal95

the problem i have with turner now is that he's a cover whore and most of his character look a like now. Also if anyone wants to read a good comic i highly recommend usagi yojimbo, now this is a great comic series.

Also anybody else read civil war #7 and if so what did u all think

SochBAT

I need to find eComics online. Any leads for reading comics online?

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SimpleS14

not sure if I can say this...but I've found some on torrent sites and use "CD Display" to view them....

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MadScientist

Just read it about a minute ago... still trying to grasp what happened.
I thought they were both wrong, and the situation could have been resolved much easier. Looks like alot of good books are going to come out based on this event.

I dont want to ruin it for anyone that has not read this yet.

Peace
Drew

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