My Valiant Story

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My Valiant Story

Post by Tim »

Hi!

I'm new to this board (first post) so I'll start by introducing myself.

My name is Tim, I'm 28 years old. I work retail, but am also a musician. I play singer / songwriter stuff, 30's - 40's swing, and mellow psychedelia.

I enjoy Star Trek, Doctor Who, music and comics, but my main hobby is playing with my 2-year-old daughter. Occasionally I enjoy playing with my wife, also. ;-)

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My Valiant story...

I started collecting comics when I was around 13 years old. The first comic I bought was Silver Surfer #56 and I became obsessed with comics. I grew up in a fairly rural area, and I didn't know where any comics stores were in my area, so I mostly bought from newsstands. When Wizard first started coming out on magazine racks I always picked it up and was amazed at all the comics out there that I had no idea existed. I read an article on the Unity series and immediately HAD to go get some.
My good friend, and comic collecting buddy, Bart and I went to his local comics shop in Danville and I picked up a copy of Solar: Man of the Atom #13. I was hooked on Valiant from then on. The colors were so bright and the stories were just what I was looking for in comics... stories that were exciting, different, and most of all didn't insult my intelligence. Most (but not all) of the Marvels and DC's I was reading didn't come anywhere close to the quality of these Valiants I had become interested in.

But alas, I was 13 and really didn't have a lot of money, so I wasn't able to buy all the Valiants I wanted. With a comics budget of probably less than $20 a month, $2.50 was a sizable chunk of my comics allowance, but I did manage to amass an impressive collection on X-O Manowar and Shadowman issues.

A few years later, when the price of Valiant back issues took a serious nosedive (and I got a job) I managed to find all sorts of great things in bargain bins and flea markets. I bought a copy of Magnus #1 for $5.00, Solar #1-10 for $30 and a complete run of H.A.R.D Corps for about $10. The dealers were happy to get rid of these books at the time, and I was thrilled to get them.

Now I have about 60+ Valiant Comics and am in the process of aquiring more more more! Glad to know this board exists and people still love Valiant!



(edited a year later for grammar)
(edited four years later to remove my last name and defunt websites)
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Welcome!

How are the Heartbreakers doing?

Oops, I thought it was TOM Petty for a minute there! :?

Well, he did say he was a musician! :wink:

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Welcome brother :thumb:

You should have no trouble filling in your collection, a few fellas here have been VERY helpful to me.

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Nice story, and welcome from a fellow North Carolinian! There are a few of us on here...

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SUP! :thumb:

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Re: My Valiant Story

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Tim Petty wrote: A few years later, when the price of Valiant back issues took a serious nosedive (and I got a job) I managed to find all sorts of great things in bargain bins and flea markets. I bought a copy of Magnus #1 for $5.00, Solar #1-10 for $30 and a complete run of H.A.R.D Corps for about $10. The dealers were happy to get rid of these books at the time, and I was thrilled to get them.
Glad you found the site, welcome aboard.

Nice deals, quite a difference from the peak, eh?

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Welcome :thumb: Stay awhile.

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tcolli wrote:Chipper A-ho! (In other words welcome)
Trent, your av is SO disturbing.... you have to keep it for a while!!!

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That's one his old ones.

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Welcome to the boards Tim!

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slym2none wrote:Nice story, and welcome from a fellow North Carolinian! There are a few of us on here...

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Tar Heel all the way. I went to highschool in Yanceyville, and that was about 15-20 minutes from Danville, VA. After school we'd cross the border and buy comics and scratch-offs (which we weren't legally allowed to buy)

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Tim Petty wrote:Tar Heel all the way. I went to highschool in Yanceyville, and that was about 15-20 minutes from Danville, VA. After school we'd cross the border and buy comics and scratch-offs (which we weren't legally allowed to buy)
Now you can legally buy those hear in NC. Are you a fighting Phoenix?

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No, I was a Fighting....um...whatever they call people who go to community college. I did live about a block from Elon's campus at one point. Was kind of nice, but sometimes sucked at the same time. There were always parties going on and that was fun if I was off work the next day, but on days when I had to wake up the next morning at 4:30am to go to work, the parties were sort of annoying.

On the bright side, now, thanks to the parties downstairs (and living almost right on the railroad track) I can now officially sleep through anything.

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Re: My VALIANT Story

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Tim Petty wrote: I enjoy Star Trek, Doctor Who, music and comics, but my main hobby is playing with my 2-year-old daughter. Occasionally I enjoy playing with my wife, also. ;-)
:lol:

That made my evening, good story, and welcome!

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welcome to the boards...

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Re: My Valiant Story

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Tim wrote:Hi!

I'm new to this board (first post) so I'll start by introducing myself.

My name is Tim, I'm 28 years old I work retail, but am also a musician. I play singer / songwriter stuff, 30's - 40's swing, and mellow psychedelia.

I enjoy Star Trek, Doctor Who, music and comics, but my main hobby is playing with my 2-year-old daughter. Occasionally I enjoy playing with my wife, also. ;-)
Nice to meet you, Tim!

I have 5000 posts on this board as of today so I'll start by introducing myself.

My name is Tim, I'm 37 years. I work retail, but am also a musician. I make ambient music and sound collages and occasionally write songs for other people's bands and solo projects.

I enjoy Star Trek, Doctor Who, music and comics, but my main hobby is playing with my 11-year-old daughter, 6 year old daughter and 4 year old son. Occasionally I enjoy playing with my wife, also. ;-)
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Re: My Valiant Story

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9 years or so ,have been good to you Tim. :thumb:
If I just can't be me ,and the Arrow isn't enough.. then maybe I should be Ra's al Ghul


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