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Post by Gav on Jan 12, 2008 14:50:45 GMT
Advice for G2 comics?
I've never read the G2 comics, and I'm currently looking into making a purchase. Being a relative novice in the area, can anyone tell me what a decent price for a single issue/whole set would be? Also, is it actually worth getting? Is it...guff?
(edit to title to reflect thread content - Ralph)
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2008 17:56:27 GMT
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Post by Gav on Jan 12, 2008 19:17:33 GMT
I think I'll pick the pair of those up. Thanks Ralph!
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Post by KnightBeat on Jan 12, 2008 20:56:26 GMT
I recommend that you look in Forbidden Planet, if you're near to one. I've seen several shops selling the hardcovers for £4.99 and 3 for 2 (much to my annoyance, I had just completed my collection of paperback reprints. I'm almost tempted to buy them again).
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Post by Gav on Jan 13, 2008 17:23:50 GMT
I'll have a look tomorrow but I'm pretty sure that the Glasgow FP has a piss-poor TF section.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2008 17:25:51 GMT
Last time I checked (last week) they had 2 copies of the 2007 movie prequel and one of the 2007 movie adaptation and that was that. They got rid of the Titan trades (in states of disrepair) in a sale last year. I don't know if A1 have any other than several dozen copies of End of the Road HC at a tenner.
-Ralph
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Post by Gav on Jan 13, 2008 17:47:00 GMT
Yeah i can get both trades for 20 quid off Amazon, which i think i'll just do!
I haven't been to A1 in ages, because it's a little out of my way, and their selection of comics is a bit....rubbish.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2008 18:33:45 GMT
I got both G2 trades from discount bookstore The Works about a couple of years ago for about £3 each which is a bargain in anybody's book. I still haven't got round to reading them yet though but I will do.
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Post by legios on Jan 13, 2008 20:24:27 GMT
Yeah i can get both trades for 20 quid off Amazon, which i think i'll just do! Well worth it at that price. It is a bit different in tone to the original Marvel series - significantly grimmer and plays up the "war without end" tone a bit more than the preceeding series. Quite a good read I think though. I used to be in A1 quite often back when "G-Fan" came out monthly - it was the only shop I knew that actually carried it. Now that it has switched to quarterly and FP:Glasgow carries it I tend to have less call to go in there. Karl |
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Post by primenova on Jan 15, 2008 18:33:01 GMT
To have the complete collection you need the 2 trades, Gijoe #138-142 & G2#2 & UK G2 #1,2
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 15, 2008 23:12:53 GMT
Not to be too pedantic but you don't need the UK G2 1 & 2, as that's just a way of kick-starting the story without any crossover with G.I. Joe and while the art is good, the story is a bit of a mish-mash. You don't even need to have read the GI Joe issues in order to grasp the story and Ghosts while it looks good has no real bearing on the G2 story at all. If you want to read it, Steve Bax has it on his site hereAndy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2008 23:17:43 GMT
But though not required, you will in time come to desire G2 UK #1-5, that short-run title of awesome tatness.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 15, 2008 23:25:49 GMT
One day I will have the money to do a TMUk fanzine with that gatefold covery goodness. One day!!!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2008 23:27:56 GMT
'Remember: this comic also transforms!'
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jan 18, 2008 11:32:04 GMT
At least them you have every issue of G2 & also the UK annual which doesn't fit in. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2008 19:38:38 GMT
'The Official Generation 2 UK Annual' is the most awesome pice of tat ever made in 1994.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 18, 2008 19:40:43 GMT
So awesome you must have beer before reading it!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2008 19:41:26 GMT
Who can forget mind-blowing adventures such as 'Moving Day: Planet Earth'? I know I can't.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 18, 2008 19:43:02 GMT
I'd love to meet whoever wrote that story one day.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2008 19:45:51 GMT
It was me. In the space year 2043, I invent a time machine and pop back through time and write several Transformers stories, just for a giggle. Thus, I am responsible for 'The Official Generation 2 Annual'. Just not quite yet.
I am looking forward to when I create...'The Dinobots', the most astounding Transformers comic strip OF ALL TIME.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 18, 2008 21:29:55 GMT
It was me. In the space year 2043, I invent a time machine and pop back through time and write several Transformers stories, just for a giggle. Thus, I am responsible for 'The Official Generation 2 Annual'. Just not quite yet. I am looking forward to when I create...'The Dinobots', the most astounding Transformers comic strip OF ALL TIME. -Ralph The question is did you have a beer to hand when you will write it? (Gah, we will need a properly four-dimensional grammar at this rate). I remember owning the annual and feeling that a beer is a valuable accompaniement to reading the tat contained inside. It has a comforting cushioning effect on the neurons. Karl |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 18, 2008 21:39:53 GMT
Who can forget mind-blowing adventures such as 'Moving Day: Planet Earth'? I know I can't. I've forgotten. Please fresh my memory. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2008 11:18:51 GMT
Are...are you sure?  -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2008 11:20:14 GMT
Then...let it be done! Behold!-Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 20, 2008 16:45:29 GMT
Aaarrrggghhh!!!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 21, 2008 18:16:04 GMT
You did ask for it!
Andy
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Post by legios on Jan 21, 2008 20:01:57 GMT
*shudders* Good grief. I thought that Annual had been burned into my mind. But there was so much I had successfully forgotten.... until now....
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 21, 2008 20:51:21 GMT
How could you possibly forget such a pinnacle of literature? I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 21, 2008 21:01:47 GMT
How could you possibly forget such a pinnacle of literature? I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you! -Ralph Not quite so much forgotten. More... suppressed..... Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 21, 2008 21:04:17 GMT
I must dig out my copy from the cupboard!
-Ralph
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