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Post by The Doctor on Feb 6, 2024 10:00:03 GMT
Royal Mail won second place. Yodel got the wooden spoon.
Golly. That was exciting. No idea why the seller sent three similar items from the same location on the same day via three different postal companies.
Added a mild thrill through.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 7, 2024 9:54:29 GMT
Just a shame there really is only maybe half a volume's worth of good content in there...
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 7, 2024 10:23:13 GMT
Oh I know, but I have had a hankering to re-read it all of late and this is the cheapest way to do it. I wouldn't buy Epics or Omnibii of it.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 7, 2024 10:30:24 GMT
I like the early Jack stuff, but you could tell it clearly wasn't the favourite of either Stan or Jack. Also I do think the abandoning of the team uniform was a bad move.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 9, 2024 22:51:40 GMT
Cheap reading copies of Essential Marvel Saga secured. Not actually read this before. Back in the day it didn't interest me but I have more of a taste for odd stuff like this now. -Ralph On volume 2. This is a curious beast and hails from a time when ready access to older comics was not so easy. I therefore find it intriguing to see how they were repackaged. Despite being a redundant 'clip show' comic (from a 2024 perspective) it is surprisingly readable. The editing down of the old comics has been done with some skill. I can see why Saga has retreated into the obscure history of comics (and only got one reprint in 2008) but it's fine for what it is. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 10, 2024 9:38:25 GMT
They did a Wolverine Saga 4 issue mini in the late 80's...
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 9:40:11 GMT
They did?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 10, 2024 9:42:18 GMT
Yes, they did.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 9:42:51 GMT
To Ebay!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 10:00:04 GMT
Oh hell. There was a Spider-Man series too. And one-shots. Oh fuck. LOADS of them.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 10:04:12 GMT
Most of which are 'online only'. Fuck sakes, Marvel!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 10, 2024 12:49:09 GMT
I seem to recall the latter ones aren't much cop.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 14:51:58 GMT
That is alright then.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2024 22:49:25 GMT
Now that I look them up, I do recall the Wolverine and Spider-Man Saga minis from back in the day. Wolverine run secured and watching a lot of the Spidery-Man ones.
Ah. Yes. I remember the newer ones now. Yeah, they were shite. Zero effort.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 12, 2024 10:12:38 GMT
Think the early ones all had Peter Sanderson at the helm.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2024 21:15:43 GMT
Essential Avengers Volume 1 reacquired on the cheap. I have been wanting to read the early issues again.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2024 21:16:34 GMT
Think the early ones all had Peter Sanderson at the helm. He did the original Saga and the Wolverine mini but not the Spidery-Man one. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 10, 2024 18:56:56 GMT
Spider-Man: Life Story.
Good premise: what if Peter Parker had just aged in real-time so would now be in his 70's?
Fuck me sideways. The writer completely misses the point. Instead, Peter Parker has 60 years of ABSOLUTE MISERY. He has an AWFUL LIFE. TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN TO HIM.
All those around him HAVE AN AWFUL LIFE.
The villains have AWFUL LIVES TOO.
His clone turns up. He too has a life of ABSOLUTE MISERY and DIES HORRIBLY.
So fucking grimdark!
Miles Morales? He had an AWFUL LIFE too. So did EVERY SUPER HERO.
THE VIETNAM WAR RAN FOR OVER 10 YEARS BECAUSE PETER PARKER DID NOT ENLIST. MILLIONS SUFFER.
EVIL WINS.
SHIIIIITE!
I bet it won awards.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2024 20:49:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2024 22:02:38 GMT
Paperback reprint of the Omnibus?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2024 22:33:37 GMT
I am SHOCKED that Phil has not updated us about the new Marvel Masterpiece line for Summer 2025. I had to get my collected edition news...elsewhere!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2024 12:18:39 GMT
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Post by Benn on May 28, 2024 12:21:54 GMT
It's Kingdom Hearts, not Kingdom of Hearts. And that is something I might try and pick up.
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Post by Pinwig on May 28, 2024 13:23:42 GMT
Interesting if they're thinking of reprinting Marvel UK stuff. I wonder if they've been looking at what Rebellion are doing with the treasury and thinking, hang on a minute, what was all that stuff we found in that cupboard in Jadwin House?
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2024 21:32:42 GMT
It's not new. It's been out for quite a while. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on May 28, 2024 21:34:27 GMT
Interesting if they're thinking of reprinting Marvel UK stuff. I wonder if they've been looking at what Rebellion are doing with the treasury and thinking, hang on a minute, what was all that stuff we found in that cupboard in Jadwin House? It is mad how much old Marvel UK stuff has just been left in the cupboard. Death's Head II and The Real Ghostbusters have obvious commercial appeal, for starters. And give me Zoids you bastards!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 2, 2024 18:16:47 GMT
Rights issues for Ghostbusters and Zoids.
Plenty of other reprint material where you don't need to pay money.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 5, 2024 16:21:31 GMT
Got 'She-Hulk:Jen Again' out the libary. So decompressed to fuck that by the end of the trade the plot has barely begun. 'TO BE CONTINUED!'. Er, no.
Silver Surfer: Black. Story is utter balls but it looks fanastic. So a partial win.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 6, 2024 15:01:32 GMT
Tradd Moore who did Silver Surfer has also done a Dr Strange book.
If the She Hulk stuff is the Rainbow Rowell stuff, I'm a big fan of that run, but I'm a sucker for a good She-Hulk book.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 6, 2024 15:31:40 GMT
It is Rainbow Rowell. They're not so much writing for the trade as writing for the omnibus. Fucking dreadful. Editor should have had a word.
-Ralph
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