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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2018 8:21:17 GMT
Date is 20th August. Couple of weeks gaps, more to come
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2018 7:59:50 GMT
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Post by Jim on Nov 27, 2018 8:40:31 GMT
Oh, two very tempting collections. I've never read any Australia-era X-Men and it looks like the Panini pocketbooks finally dried up so I welcome this. Also I only know Eric Masterson Thor from his time on the Avengers, so that ought to be fun.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2018 9:06:50 GMT
This is really the end of the Australian X-Men and the volume is the odd interregnum where there is no proper X-Men team. Odd volumes but there's some very good stuff in it. Lady Mandarin especially. I was one issue out either way on the contents! I think that lets us make a much more reliable guess at the contents of the volumes between 12 and 17. I'm using the start/end of storylines as a rough guide: Volume | Issues | Annual | Extras | 12 The Gift | 189 - 198 | 8 | Nightcrawler 1-4, X-Men/Alpha Flight 1-2 | 13 | 199 - 209 | 9-10 | New Mutants Special Edition, Annual 2 | 14 | 210 - 219 | 11 | Spider-Man vs Wolverine, FF vs X-Men, X-Men vs Avengers | 15 | 220 - 238 | | Hulk 340 | 16 | 239 - 247 | 12-13 | X-Factor 36-39 | 17 Dissolution and Rebirth | 248 - 267 | | | 18 | 268 - 277 | 14 | FF Annual 23, X-Factor Annual 5, NM Annual 6 & Annual 14, New Mutants 95-97, X-Factor 60-62 | 19 Mutants Genesis | 278 - 280 | 15 | X-Factor 65-70; X-Men (1991) #1-3, material from: New Mutants Annual #7; X-Factor Annual #6 |
14 is a little heavy, so I fully expect to loose Spider-Man Wolverine :-(
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2018 9:45:39 GMT
In retrospect, I perhaps shouldn't have been surprise by this. Marvel's having one last throw of the dice at reprinting some crossovers in the X-Men Milestones volumes: Dark Phoenix, Mutant Massacre and Fall of the Mutants on the runway, safe bet Inferno and xTinction Agenda, both recently redone in expanded volumes, are also on the runway. That eliminates v14 (Mutant Massacre), 15 (Fall of the Mutants), 16 (Inferno) and 18 (xTinction Agenda) from consideration. v13 is mostly Ghosts, a relatively recant trade, and Asgardian Wars, another Milestones candidate. So this volume makes logical sense.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 27, 2018 15:24:58 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 27, 2018 22:31:41 GMT
Oh, two very tempting collections. I've never read any Australia-era X-Men and it looks like the Panini pocketbooks finally dried up so I welcome this. Also I only know Eric Masterson Thor from his time on the Avengers, so that ought to be fun. the Eric Masterson Thor era is quite fun - DeFalco and Frenz doing a nice homage/riff on the Stan and Jack material. Very engaging and underrated. Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2018 23:31:13 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 28, 2018 7:18:09 GMT
Yes thanks, got them in the first giant Claremont/Lee hardback omnibus. Issues #215-219 are the only issues in the 200s that I haven't read, but I don't think I'll be buying the new omnibus just to get them.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 30, 2018 17:09:58 GMT
The much delayed Avengers West Coast Epic Collection is in the post to me! (£20.03, Books etc) Was very glad to remove the bookmarks used to hunt for that one! No idea why it took so long to get to distributors here, but I'm guessing there were print issues, as per other recent volumes, that were bad enough to need a rerun.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 1, 2018 20:44:24 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 2, 2018 17:07:01 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 3, 2018 14:00:16 GMT
Finally have a West Coast Avengers epic .... and some of the repro is shocking! p294, 298-299, 302-3, 306-7, 310, 318-9
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Post by Jim on Dec 3, 2018 14:06:12 GMT
That's appalling! And it's not like it's that long since this stuff was presumably sorted out for the Prem HC / Omnibus collections.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 3, 2018 14:31:53 GMT
I know there were some issues on some recent volumes - the Venom one springs to mind, but nothing like this! Trying to find out if it's just my copy or not. This volume has bee delayed to retail by month and a half so I knew SOMETHING was up but thought any issues would be fixed by now. Jim says I got a duff one: Twitter: https://twitter.com/_wilsonjim_/status/1069595796084019200
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 3, 2018 17:53:02 GMT
Unique variant!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 26, 2018 11:14:26 GMT
Trade of the year? Here's the Epics list, in spoilers Incredible Hulk v21 Fall of the Pantheon Star Wars: Legends v2 Legacy Iron Man v15 Doom Daredevil v2 Mike Murdock Must Die! Excalibur v2 The Cross-Time Caper New Mutants v6 Curse of the Valkyries Avengers v21 The Collection Obsession Master of Kung Fu v1 Weapon of the Soul Star Wars: Legends v2 The Clone Wars Wolverine v13 Blood Debt Avengers v7 The Avengers/Defenders War Captain America v15 The Bloodstone Hunt Amazing Spider-Man v3 Spider-Man No More Star Wars: Legends v4 The Empire Silver Surfer v6 Thanos Quest Thor v23 Worldengine Fantastic Four v21 The New Fantastic Four Captain America v4 Hero or Hoax? Star Wars: Legends v3 The Original Marvel Years Daredevil v19 Root of Evil Fantastic Four v3 The Coming of Galactus Marvel Two-In-One v1 Cry Monster Defenders v8 The New Defenders Amazing Spider-Man v18 Venom Star Wars: Legends v1 The Menace Revealed Thor v5 The Fall of Asgard West Coast Avengers v1 How The West Was Won Doctor Strange v1 Master of the Mystic Arts Star Wars: Legends v4 The New Republic Incredible Hulk v3 The Leader Lives X-Men v3 The Sentinels Live X-Factor v7 All-New, All-Different X-Factor Punisher v2 Circle of Blood Beyond that I bought Ladronn Cable II, Classic X-Men v1 and Mutant X v1. Good to see the FF back with v21 The New Fantastic Four & v3 The Coming of Galactus and Marvel Two-In-One v1 Cry Monster was my favourite new volume, beating West Coast Avengers v1 How The West Was Won purely because I had all bar one pf the issues in WCA already. Defenders v8 The New Defenders was good, one more volume to go to complete the run. Runner Up is Amazing Spider-Man v18 Venom, for dishing up some McFarlane ASM, but the winner has to be Star Wars: Legends The Original Marvel Years v3 The ESB adaptation is superb and, following a few issues adapting to the new status quo, the Micheline/Simonson run kicks off. I read these at the start of the year in older volumes, I read them again when they came out. These are childhood favourites and genuinely good comics!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 26, 2018 11:22:47 GMT
Around this time last year I looked at what was out & coming out for Epic cllections and made some predictions on what I'd like to see. We knew till the beginning of August, and the Defenders Epic due at the end. We didn't know about Coming of Galactus & MTIO, a gap in the middle of August like there is now, and we didn't know Venom and onwards. tmukhub.proboards.com/post/305438/threadIron Man - 9, issues up to 157, 12 (196-214, Annual 8) or 14 (233-244 + ? Crash ?) 14 Scheduled for early 2019 Thor - something 5-10 (175-302, annuals 3-8) 5 was late 2018 18 was August 2018, 19 due June 2019, RESULT! Avengers - 8 (129-148, GS2-4) or something 10-15 (167-263, Annuals 8-14). 10 itself would be fab Nope FF - anything! A just after 200 onwards volume would be fab, not in Essentials 21 in June 2018, 3 in August 2018, 18 due Jue 2019 Captain America - 5-8 (160-246, Annuals 1-4) or 10-11(267-301, Anuuals 6 & 7) EDIT: vol numbers corrected Nope Daredevil - no real prefence. later gaps filled with v20 in June 2019. Defenders - 9 (138-152) never reprinted or a Gerber volume Nope, hopefully 2019 Doctor Strange - no real preference. Stern/Paul Smith would be nice! Got v1 Hulk - Stern run, which was done in last Essentials, or early Mantlo (not reprinmted) The gap between the Byrne & David runs has never been traded either (320-330) nope Silver Surfer v4 (15-30, Annuals 1 & 2) or 5 (31-38) nope Wolverine - no real preference. All the stuff I want would be v0! Got v2 in Feb 2019. Didn't realise the MCP stuff was in v1 when I wrote this Uncanny X-Men - anything 160-188 (probably v9-11) Got v3, 4 & 17 on the runway. New Mutants - no real preference. v8 or v9 so I can see how they're going to split Xtinction Agenda. Got v2 in early 2019 X-Factor - v2 (10-??) depending on how Mutant Massacre is handled. Then there's the Thor issues with Iceman, Hulk issues.... But I think it looks like 10-20, Annual 2, Thor 373-374, 377-378, Powerpack 27 & Hulk 336-7 Got v7 X-Force - v2 so I can get rid of the remaining hardcovers! Nope
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 26, 2018 11:51:55 GMT
So wishes for 2019 scheduling! We know what's coming up to Thor v18 The Black Galaxy, though like 2018 there's a suspicious hole in early August. tmukhub.proboards.com/post/344426/threadSpider-Man - 16 (273-288 GN22: Hooky marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_Graphic_Novel_Vol_1_22) - because it now fills an obvious gap. 14 (up to 258) Avengers - v8 (129-148, GS2-4) or something 10-15 (167-263, Annuals 8-14). 10 itself would be fab. No earlier Avengers volume yet scheduled for 2019 West Coast Avengers - v2 (8-25ish Cross Time Caper Captain America - v5-8 (160-246, Annuals 1-4) or v10-11(267-301, Anuuals 6 & 7) No earlier Cap volume yet scheduled for 2019 Iron Man - v12 (196-214, Annual 8) is now the outright winner followed by v9 Thor - something v6-10 (195-302, annuals 5-8) FF - v19 (321-333, annual 22) is the obvious missing volume. A just after 200 onwards volume would be fab, not in Essentials, but that's recently been Masterworked. Daredevil - 12 (up to 252) or 15-17 (283-318, Annuals 7-9) Defenders - 9 (138-152) never reprinted or a Gerber volume Doctor Strange - no real preference. Stern/Paul Smith would be nice! v2 to plug the gap Hulk - Stern run, which was done in last Essentials, or early Mantlo (not reprinted) The gap between the Byrne & David runs has never been traded either (320-330) Silver Surfer - v4 (15-30, Annuals 1 & 2) or 5 (31-38) v2 to plug the gap Wolverine - v3 Hama/Silvestri! Uncanny X-Men - anything 160-188 (probably v9-11) v18 (268-277, Annual 14, Days of Future Present, xTinction Agenda and Jim Lee) is a one volume hole and looks a cracker. New Mutants - no real preference. v8 or v9 so I can see how they're going to split Xtinction Agenda. v3 (32-45ish, Special Edition, X-Men Annual 9) so I can move some classics off the shelf! X-Factor - v2 (10-??) depending on how Mutant Massacre is handled. Then there's the Thor issues with Iceman, Hulk issues.... But I think it looks like 10-20, Annual 2, Thor 373-374, 377-378, Powerpack 27 & Hulk 336-7 X-Force - v2 so I can get rid of the remaining hardcovers! Marvel Two In One - Any Power Man & Iron Fist - v3 (90-106? ish?, MTIO 94) Not been a volume of this since 2016! Punisher - v1 (The Amazing Spider-Man #129, #134-135, #161-162, #174-175, #201-202; Annual #15; Giant-Size Spider-Man #4; Marvel Preview #2; Marvel Super Action #1; Captain America #241; Daredevil #182-184; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #81-83 - or at least that was what was in The Essential v1) Three Titles I'd like to see start: Marvel Team UpAlpha Flight Marvel UniverseI'll return to this this time next year and see how we're doing!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 26, 2018 12:08:26 GMT
It's probably also worth pointing out that Andu's much coveted Star Wars: Legends The New Republic v4: Dark Empire should be out Sept/Oct 2019!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 26, 2018 12:28:40 GMT
Poor Andu. If only he had bought the Dark Horse HC Dark Empire collection when I reminded him he would not be waiting so long.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 26, 2018 13:03:36 GMT
I want a nice oversized Marvel HC.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 26, 2018 15:01:10 GMT
You may be waiting a very long time.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 26, 2018 15:38:25 GMT
There's money left on the table there. Not sure why Marvel haven't bothered with that, given the cache that Dark Empire had (well the first series anyway).
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2019 20:55:00 GMT
Been trying to work out which Epics we're still due for this year. In General the same titles come out at around the same time every year, with the exception of some SW titles that alternate year to year. Most titles have one volume per year: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, FF, Avengers and ASM - the original six Epic titles - plus Hulk, Daredevil and occasionally X-Men, have two. So..... We know 2/3 of the year's titles. tmukhub.proboards.com/post/343054/threadCompared to the previous year 3 titles have missed volumes so far: older volumes for Daredevil, Avengers & Captain America. Ms Marvel and Sgt Fury having books may partially explain this. Amazing Spider-Man's Newer volume has appeared earlier in 2019, having been delayed last year to tie in with the Venom movie, as have the older X-Men volume and The Punisher. So looking at August ish onwards, here's what we had last year. The *'d volumes have already been scheduled for 2019 Fantastic Four Old Marvel Two-In-One Defenders * Amazing Spider-Man New - swapped with Thor new? Star Wars: Legends The Menace Revealed Thor Old West Coast Avengers Doctor Strange Star Wars: Legends The New Republic Incredible Hulk Old * X-Men Old - replaced by X-Force? X-Factor * Punisher - replaced by Power Man & Iron Fist? Moon Knight The ASM New volume has effectively swapped places with the Thor. Plenty of room to slip some of those missing older volumes in as replacements. Won't be surprised to see X-Force getting a second book towards Christmas to replace the X-Men one that's been done already. Already been a Punisher this year, would be surprised to see another and I think Moon Knight is done - beyond the brief 85/6 series I'm not sure not sure there's much else they can print till mid 90s - so it could be the long paused Power Man/Iron Fist might return here.
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2019 21:39:19 GMT
PM/IF would be welcome. Have there been any rumours about classic Conan epics? Or are they expected to go the MOKF route and start with Ombinusses?
One Epic line I'd love to see start up would be New Warriors. It would read brilliantly in that format and could be done in 4-5 collections, I reckon.
I finished the first MOKF Epic the other day, found it very enjoyable despite a few missteps (Keith Pollard is woefully misplaced on a martial arts action book). From what I've heard the early issues aren't very highly regarded so I'm looking forward to volume 2 all the more!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2019 22:32:13 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2019 22:35:33 GMT
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2019 22:58:12 GMT
I had no idea NW collections had been happening bar the Classic collections years ago and that one omnibus! I see there was also a much belated Quasar second volume that I missed...
If you’re talking classic Ghost Rider I would expect Masterworks first as I’m sure it’s much desired in that format (unless that’s already happened and again I missed it).
I could see Alpha Flight happening, enough time has passed since the omnibus and wasn’t there a rumour Byrne would do something for marvel again soon?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2019 23:06:40 GMT
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