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Post by The Doctor on May 9, 2018 14:35:03 GMT
Oblivion scared the shit out of young Ralph.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 11, 2018 17:28:37 GMT
Oblivion may scare Ralph again shortly ....
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 11, 2018 17:40:02 GMT
Captain America Epic Collection v15 The Bloodstone Hunt (Cap 351-371) is in the post. Not a significant volume in itself, but it means I have a rather large run of 80s and 90s Cap in Trades | Death of the Red Skull | 290-301 | | Epic 12 Society of Serpents | 302-317 | | Epic 13 Justice is Served | 318-332, Annual 8 | | The Captain | 332-350, Iron Man 228 | | Epic 15 The Bloodstone Hunt | 351-371 | | Epic 16 Streets of Poison | 372-386, Annuals 9-10 |
In fact I may now own all of the 1980s Captain America. Epic v9 Dawn's Early Light contains 247-266, and I have 267-289 in floppy as it's the superb DeMattis run. <checks> www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=3983&page=galleryNo, blast, just short. 247 was released April 8, 1980. Looking at that gallery though I'm 99% certain I have 246 (March 11, 1980) so it's just 244 & 245 I need. However since 386 was released April 2nd 1991 that means I have over 11 years of the title..... and I wouldn't say I'm that big a Cap fan! EDIT: Might not own annuals 6 & 7 either. So 4 issues short of the entire decade |
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Post by The Doctor on May 11, 2018 21:43:50 GMT
Pah. I'll be impressed when you own TWO decades of Captain America!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2018 10:48:21 GMT
Phil has been reading The Hulk. I've had Peter David's Hulk Visionaries 1 & 2 on the shelves for years. I used to have 3-4, possibly 5 as well, but didn't get on with them (5, if I had it, was unread) so I got shot of them, keeping the first two for the McFarlane art and X crossovers. When the Epic Collections started, the Hulk volumes started from a point just after the last Hulk Visionary and because it was somewhile since I last read it I felt unable to pick them up. The only issues I'd read in the intervening space were 377, where the Hulk's personalities were integrated, and 393, the anniversary issue. Then the Visionaries started showing up in the Comixology 69p trade sale. I read 3-6 and enjoyed them. Then they had a Hulk sale which let me grab 1 & 2 cheap and the Epics. That effectively forced my hand into buying Visionaries 7 & 8 to plug the gap and I started reading them..... And mostly it's really, really good. Peter David's writing is great throughout: At this time I mainly knew him from Star Trek novels and wasn't really getting on with his X-Factor, which I came to appreciate later. He seems to have extraordinary luck with Artists with first the young McFarlane, then Jeff Purves, then Dale Keown and then Gary Frank! About ten issues away from the end of the last Hulk Epic, expect another modern one for Jan 19. So over paper and digital this is what my Hulk Trade holdings looks like: | Trade | Issues | Annual | | 1 Pardoned | 269-285 | | | 2 Regression | 286-300 | 12 | | 3 Crossroads | 301-313 | 13 | | Byrne | 314-319 | 14 | | NOT TRADED | 320-330 | 15 | | David 1 | 331-339 | | | David 2 | 340-348 | | | David 3 | 349-354 | | | David 4 | 355-363 | | | David 5 | 364-372 | 16 | | David 6 | 373-382 | | | David 7 | 383-389 | 17 | | David 8 | 390-396 | 18 | | 19 Ghosts of the Past | 397-406 | 18-19 | | 20 Future Imperfect | 407-419 | 20 | | 21 Fall of the Pantheon | 420-435 | |
Quite a run, and that gap is crying out to be Epic'ed. Anyway, a request: can the eyes be kept open for the Peter David Visionaries 3-8? If you see Paper copies in Charity shops, grab em, and if your LCS still has any can you take a note of the price and LMK? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2018 17:28:58 GMT
Been reading Captain America Epic Collection v15 The Bloodstone Hunt (Cap 351-371). I'd read some Cap up to this point, the whole John Walker is Captain America/Steve Rogers is The Captain story till 350. Can't remember why I bailed but Taking a look at Mikes I got out of Classic X-Men, Thor and Silver Surfer at about the same time - and into Amazing Spider-Man and GI Joe - so it may have been a money thing. Grunwald's heavy handed stance about Cap & Guns comes through strongly at times. My opinion of him moves about a bit, mainly down in recent years thanks to me seeing the effects of two editorial decisions which cost him very decent writers (Stern & DeMattis on Avengers & Cap respectively) but this is workman like stuff throughout. Nothing really impressive, nothing terrible either. Interesting to see Cap's role with The Avengers and events in that book really influencing this one. Having read that book, and encouraged by my recent Hulk reading that let me read some unread Epics, I'm going to read Captain America Epic Collection v16 Streets of Poison (372-386, Annuals 9-10) which has apparently been on my shelf all but unread since June 2015! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2018 15:44:44 GMT
Captain America Epic Collection v16 Streets of Poison (372-386, Annuals 9-10) Basically more of the same, but you can see a downward curve in the quality as time goes on. Grunwald's Real World Issue this time is drugs which leads to Cap concluding the Super Soldier Serum is a drug and, by an odd coincidence, gets it pumped from his system to undo something bad that had happened to him! Art's OK, Ron Lim, but he's being inked by someone who's trying to make him look more like Erik Larsen who was doing Spider-Man at the time. 5th unread Epic now read.
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Post by The Doctor on May 22, 2018 16:45:22 GMT
I remember that super soldier serum/drug story. It was not a winner!
It is good that Phil is reading his Epic Collection before Ralph fines him for this perfidy by taking them away!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2018 17:11:26 GMT
It's all about connecting them to what I've read.
Thor c400 is probably where to go next as possibly is the 2 books which cover between Thor: Eternals Saga and Simonson.
Most of the rest of the Epics I have but haven't read are stories I've read previously.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2018 17:13:38 GMT
I remember that super soldier serum/drug story. It was not a winner! It's odd because if Grunwald avoids A Real World Issue his Cap seems OK in a workmanlike, nothing special way. I like his Serpent Society stuff, I like Scourge, I like the Captain and the background levels on these 2 volumes isn't too bad. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2018 19:39:22 GMT
New Marvel Solicitations confirm this as a reprint of the original Epic. IRON MAN 2020 also gets a new printing - were there faults with the originals as I can't see that the contents have been amended for either. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2018 16:18:41 GMT
It occurs to me that the new Silver Surfer Epic, out in comic shops this week, will give me a run from issue 34, the start of Rebirth of Thanos, through to 66, in the existing Infinty Gauntlet Epic. That might have to be the next read....
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2018 17:18:20 GMT
You must!
I need to get those Epics at some point.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2018 18:13:19 GMT
The Silver Surfer Infinity Gauntlet epic can be had for £18.28 from Books Etc on eBay.
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2018 19:02:53 GMT
My finances are shakey at present and I have piles of unread books anyway so must wait for another time!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 28, 2018 22:11:21 GMT
I like his Serpent Society stuff, I like Scourge, I like the Captain and the background levels on these 2 volumes isn't too bad. Gruenwald's run on Cap is the one that really made me like the character. I'd been aware of him before, but only really in an "is an Avenger" kind of way, but it was the Gruenwald-era stuff that really hooked me. I also get reminded of it every time I go to one of the shopping areas in Northampton - there is a pub called "The Bar with No Name" between Argos and the gym, and I am reminded of the Scourge story-line every time I go past it. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 2, 2018 6:49:02 GMT
It occurs to me that the new Silver Surfer Epic, out in comic shops this week, will give me a run from issue 34, the start of Rebirth of Thanos, through to 66, in the existing Infinty Gauntlet Epic. That might have to be the next read.... Thanos Quest Epic down to £21.99 this morning at Amazon uk www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Surfer-Epic-Collection-Thanos/dp/1302911864/ |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 20, 2018 16:24:43 GMT
Marvel Masters: Art of John Byrne The Fantastic Four contribution omes from the triple sized FF 236 which is a great story featuring two of the FF's long serving villains so is worth it's space. Following this I sat down to reread Byrne's FF run in Visionaries. It ticks all the FF boxes, does the cosmic stuff, does Doctor Doom and looks great. And yet.... It just feels like it's missing something. Now it might be I've been reading (and enjoying) too much grim and grittystuff recently and that's coloured my view.... And it's true I'm not the world's biggest FF fan. But .... Thanks to a recent Comixology 50% off Marvel code I'm rereading Byrne's FF which I'd been wanting digital copies of to look at again for ages. Starts very slow. Lots of done in one tales, not much of the team's back catalogue of villains bar Diablo in the first issue and Doom/The Puppet Master in the anniversary issue. Onto the second volume..... |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 24, 2018 18:04:35 GMT
Given that we saw the first of the new 2018 Epics this time last year .... Hurrah, a slew of new epic collections on Amazon (not yet on the UK site) 23/01/2018 Hulk Epic 21: Fall of the Pantheon - TALES TO ASTONISH (1994) 1, INCREDIBLE HULK VS. VENOM 1, INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 420-435 03/02/2018 Iron Man Epic Collection: Doom 27/02/2018 Daredevil Epic: Mike Murdock Must Die! 06/03/2018 Excalibur Epic: Cross Time Caper 13/03/2018 New Mutants Epic: Curse of the Valkyries 27/03/2018 Avengers Epic: The Collection Obsession .... I imagine we'll see the 2019 ones in the next few weeks and they'll probably be similar titles. So crystal ball time: The more modern HULK epics - they've been running early Hulk in December - have been proceeding in order, I expect that to continue with v22 436-450 something. Iron Man: I'd love to see v12 Iron Monger (196-214, Annual 8) or v14 (233-244 and other stuff) but since it's a few years since we saw one I'm guessing it'll be an early volume, possibly v3 starting with Iron Man 2. Daredevil: 2 of these a year, early volume in Feb, guessing this is v4, 64 onwards. Excalibur: again, I'd bet continuing straight one, v3, 31-40something. I expect it to go into Alan Davis' return in issue 42, can't see them finding enough other stuff to pad out just 12 issues. New Mutants: could be anything. Curse was v7 but b8 would be a Liefield Cable volume which has most of which has seen print many times. They'll be a Wolverine around then, or just after, and possibly a more modern X-Men too since there was an older volume at Christmas and the last time that happened a more modern volume followed. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2018 15:46:42 GMT
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Post by Jim on Jun 30, 2018 20:38:10 GMT
I finished the Daredevil Epic from last year which continues the Nocenti / JRJR run this morning. Their stuff is top-notch, pretty sure this period is JRJR at the peak of his powers, but boy is the collection let down by the annuals book-ending it.
The first one is just about rescued by some good art with Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio in there, though Bagley is on far from top form on the main story. The Lifeform crossover is dreadful, and a waste of talent to boot - the Peter David Hulk issue is clearly the best part, but not even Starlin / Marz / Lim can rescue the Silver Surfer chapter.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 30, 2018 21:01:12 GMT
I think you mean v14? I thought we had a table for Daredevil in the thread, this is what's been done so far: | Volume | Issues | Annuals | Extras | | 1 Man Without Fear | 1-21 | | Not Brand Echh #4 | | 2 Mike Murdoch Must Die! | 22-41 | | | | 3 Brother Take My Hand | 42-63 | | | | 4-12 | - | - | - | | 13 A Touch of Typhoid | 253-270 | | Punisher #10 | | 14 Heart of Darkness | 271-282 | 5-6 | Punisher Annual #3, Incredible Hulk Annual #16,
Silver Surfer Annual #3 | | 15 | | | | | 16 | | | | | 17 | | | | | 18 Fall From Grace | 319-322 | 10 | | | 19 Root of Evil | 333-344 | | Elektra: Root of Evil #1-4 | | 12 | 345-364 | | | | 21 Widow's Kiss | 365-380 | 1997 | -1 |
LOTS of later numbered issues and volumes. V1 runs to 380, so we have the last volume. www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=3988&page=galleryGot the following in other trades: | Volume | Issues | | Frank Miller 1 | 158-161 163-167 | | Frank Miller 2 | 168-182 | | Frank Miller 3 | 183-191 | | Born Again | 226-233 | | Mutant Massacre | 238 | | Fall of the Mutants | 252 | | Inferno Crossovers | 262-263, 265 |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 30, 2018 21:56:47 GMT
Hmmm. So we're looking at 283-318 to fill the gap in 15-17 37 issues, 300 a double, 3 annuals - that's 44 issues on material for 3 trades. Right <rolls up sleeves> Annual 7 (published same month as 293) is Von Strucker Gambit which continues in Punisher Annual #4 & Captain America Annual #10. Call that 4 more issues, 48 Annual 8 (same month as 306) is System Bytes which started in Punisher Annual #5 then DD, then Wonder Man Annual #1 and Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #2. Call that 6 issues, 54 Annual 9 (Same month as 318) is a stand alone DD is in Cap 374-6, same month as DD 382 Elektra Lives again was published same month as DD 289, 75 pages, nearly 4 issues DD vs Vapora was published the same month as DD 317, 38 pages, 2 issues www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=167230So .... | Issue | Size | Extras | Size | Running Total Size | | 283 | 1 | | | 1 | | 284 | 1 | | | 2 | | 285 | 1 | | | 3 | | 286 | 1 | | | 4 | | 287 | 1 | | | 5 | | 288 | 1 | | | 6 | | 289 | 1 | Elektra Lives Again | 6 | 13 | | 290 | 1 | | | 14 | | 291 | 1 | | | 15 | | 292 | 1 | | | 16 | | 293 | 1 | Annual 7, Von strucker | 6 | 23 | | 294 | 1 | | | 24 | | 295 | 1 | | | 25 | | 296 | 1 | | | 26 | | 297 | 1 | Fall of the Kingpin Trade | | 27 | | 298 | 1 | Fall of the Kingpin Trade | | 28 | | 299 | 1 | Fall of the Kingpin Trade | | 29 | | 300 | 2 | Fall of the Kingpin Trade | | 31 | | 301 | 1 | | | 32 | | 302 | 1 | | | 33 | | 303 | 1 | | | 34 | | 304 | 1 | | | 35 | | 305 | 1 | | | 36 | | 306 | 1 | Annual 8, System Bytes | 8 | 45 | | 307 | 1 | | | 46 | | 308 | 1 | | | 47 | | 309 | 1 | | | 48 | | 310 | 1 | | | 49 | | 311 | 1 | | | 50 | | 312 | 1 | | | 51 | | 313 | 1 | | | 52 | | 314 | 1 | | | 53 | | 315 | 1 | | | 54 | | 316 | 1 | | | 55 | | 317 | 1 | vs Vapora | 2 | 58 | | 318 | 1 | Annual 9 | 2 | 61 |
As long as they can be a little flexible with the annual placement, and it seems they can be, I think the missing volumes look like this: | Volume | Issues | Annuals | Extras | | 15 | 283-296 | | Elektra Lives Again | | 16 | 297-309 | 7 | Van Strucker Gambit: Punisher Annual #4 & Captain America Annual #10 | | 17 | 310-318 | 8-9 | System Bytes: Punisher Annual #5, Wonder Man Annual #1 & Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #2, DD vs Vapora 1 |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 30, 2018 22:36:24 GMT
Stepping back v12 looks like 234-252 (252's a double) which is everything between Born Again and v13. v11 would be a double of Elektra Assasin 8 x 32, call that 12 issues, and Born Again.... so we're back to 227.... fill with DD Love and War and you're laughing www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=65414 |
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Post by Jim on Jul 1, 2018 7:18:09 GMT
I’m glad they’ve been taking the opportunity to collect so much post-Miller DD. Both the Nocenti / JRJR and Chichester / McDaniel runs are creatively interesting and as distinct from each other as they are from Miller.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 1, 2018 18:15:25 GMT
Fag packet on the remaining DD volumes Not sure now Elektra Assassin will be included. Tried an estimate with that and Elektra saga and the numbers didn't work. Guessing at 20 standard issues for a 22pg issue volume and 22 per volume for less than 22 pages. Annuals 1-3 are reprints. | V | Issues | Extra | Notes | | 4 | 64-85 | | | | 5 | 86-107 | | | | 6 | 108-129 | | | | 7 | 130-151 | Annual 4 | Same month as 138 | | 8 | 152-173 | | 167 first 22 page | | 9 | 174-193 | | | | 10 | 194-213 | | | | 11 | 214-233 | | | | 12 | 234-252 | | |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 7, 2018 9:59:59 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 7, 2018 17:46:54 GMT
Marvel Masters: Art of John Byrne The Fantastic Four contribution omes from the triple sized FF 236 which is a great story featuring two of the FF's long serving villains so is worth it's space. Following this I sat down to reread Byrne's FF run in Visionaries. It ticks all the FF boxes, does the cosmic stuff, does Doctor Doom and looks great. And yet.... It just feels like it's missing something. Now it might be I've been reading (and enjoying) too much grim and grittystuff recently and that's coloured my view.... And it's true I'm not the world's biggest FF fan. But .... Thanks to a recent Comixology 50% off Marvel code I'm rereading Byrne's FF which I'd been wanting digital copies of to look at again for ages. Starts very slow. Lots of done in one tales, not much of the team's back catalogue of villains bar Diablo in the first issue and Doom/The Puppet Master in the anniversary issue. Onto the second volume..... Done. It's a odd beast the Byrne FF. It's the best the title has been for a while but it does feel like it's treading water a bit early on. It picks up for me at Secret Wars when She-Hulk joins the team.... which is odd, because if pushed I'd say the Thing was my favourite FF member! Those are the stories I remember from my youth though: Terminus, Nathanial Richards, Ben returning from the Secret Wars world, Doom stealing and destroying the Baxter Building, Hate Monger, Psycho Man and the Microverse, the last few of which were printed in UK Secret Wars II. But it's evident how well Byrne was doing if you read the stuff which comes after, which I did continuing into the Epic Collection 17 All in the Family. The title goes off the rails when Byrne leaves and it doesn't really feel like it knows what it's doing till Englehart's Ben Grimm's FF storyline starts. I could do with Epics 18 & 19 being released to bridge the gap which consists of 308-333. I've got 322-324 in Inferno Crossovers but that's about it! Since I'm going to read Epic Collection 21 The New Fantastic Four (347-361, annual 24) when I can get a cheap copy, it's time for a reread of Epic Collection 20 Into the Time Stream (334-346, annual 23), which starts the Simonson run first. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 7, 2018 19:09:28 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 9, 2018 16:26:58 GMT
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