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cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:48:58 pm

My VALIANT story goes as follows:

It was a dark and stormy night, and all the little punk *SQUEE* teenagers were sittin in their cozy rooms somewhat safe and sound. Not I. No, me and about 5 of my friends were up in the wee hours of the morning playing dungeons and dragons. My 10th level psionic ranger was just about to the point of total mind-control domination over all the little werebears and sea-sprites when my friend had an epiphany: 'We should start collecting comics you guys - I saw this comic called SOLAR that looked awesome down at C&E (our LCS in Connersville, IN at the time - it is still there somehow), the owner said it was by a company called VALIANT or something like that'. Keep in mind that SOLAR 1 was already out and in a glass case right under the cash register - already at nice little price that all of our friends probably couldn't afford at the time - we spent all our hard-earned cash on D&D handbooks, DM guides, billion sided dice and other tools of the trade.

Now the issue that was out at the time was SOLAR 15 or something so we had to start there. We read it and immediatley got hooked (at least 3 of us were - a couple others decided that women and baseball were more important). So it was on - we had to get that SOLAR #1 and up (not realizing SOLAR #10 was going to cost us a helluva lot more than #1). We sold some D&D books, mowed some grasses, became gigilos and finally raised enough cash to buy our treasure. IT WASN'T THERE! Somebody bought it the day before Ed was telling us. Those b@stards, now what were we to do? Comic convention, that's what. There was one in 2 weeks in Indianapolis Holiday Inn Convention Center - we had to go (although none of us were old enough to drive yet - prob. #1). SO - we convinced my friend's dad to drive us up there and spend the afternoon sifting through boxes and boxes of comics. VALIANT was very popular at this time so we had no problem finding comics to buy - we did have a problem obtaining enough cash to buy all of them - so me and my friend would alternate buying the higher priced comics - SOLAR 1-10 took an entire summer's worth of mowing some yards, MAGNUS took us another year, but we finally had a sizeable collection (which my friend still has - I sold mine to do the next big thing - become a badass drummer and start a band - still play drums and still collect VALIANT)

So that is pretty much my story on how me and another guy became hooked on VALIANT. I still love SOLAR - when I got back into collecting - that is the first series I started buying - found a #1 for $4 and decided it was time...time to start using the internet. That is also how I found this forum (which is the best thing since sliced bread - or whatever that stupid saying is). So feel free to sell/donate SOLAR's - I have about 5 sets of SOLAR 1-10 and still love to read those books.

Cory

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:51:39 pm

Nice story.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:52:08 pm

OK, you lost me at "playing Dungeons and Dragons"......

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:53:19 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:OK, you lost me at "playing Dungeons and Dragons"......

That must be my psionist taking over your mind.

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:00:32 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:OK, you lost me at "playing Dungeons and Dragons"......

Would you be up for "Dungeness and Rangoons"?

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:01:42 pm

cjmiller2213 wrote:I have about 5 sets of SOLAR 1-10 and still love to read those books.

Hey, me too! I always find that the 3rd set reads better than the other four.

Just kidding!

Great story!

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:07:36 pm

Welcome aboard (although you were ther before me...).

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:16:05 pm

greg wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:OK, you lost me at "playing Dungeons and Dragons"......
Would you be up for "Dungeness and Rangoons"?

You mean this?

DUNGENESS CRAB RANGOON

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:26:03 pm

greg wrote:
cjmiller2213 wrote:I have about 5 sets of SOLAR 1-10 and still love to read those books.
Hey, me too! I always find that the 3rd set reads better than the other four.
Just kidding! Great story!

I am particularly fond of the 3rd set myself - pretty sure the ink has an addictive substance, that through osmosis, somehow makes me pick up those copies only (or maybe they are my reading copies - not sure).

Greg, I haven't found your story - link??

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:26:38 pm

and I love crab rangoons

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:41:32 pm

cjmiller2213 wrote:
greg wrote:
cjmiller2213 wrote:I have about 5 sets of SOLAR 1-10 and still love to read those books.
Hey, me too! I always find that the 3rd set reads better than the other four.
Just kidding! Great story!
I am particularly fond of the 3rd set myself - pretty sure the ink has an addictive substance, that through osmosis, somehow makes me pick up those copies only (or maybe they are my reading copies - not sure).

Greg, I haven't found your story - link??

http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/aboutme.asp

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:03:31 pm

cjmiller2213 wrote: We sold some D&D books, mowed some grasses, became gigilos

I have been trying to become a gigilo forever. Any tips on starting out in the biz?

Do you need to be a psionic ranger in order to become a gigilo?

Do gigilos and juggalos ever rumble?

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:08:58 pm

ThrillKillWill wrote:
cjmiller2213 wrote: We sold some D&D books, mowed some grasses, became gigilos

I have been trying to become a gigilo forever. Any tips on starting out in the biz?

Do you need to be a psionic ranger in order to become a gigilo?

Do gigilos and juggalos ever rumble?

Gigilos for dummies worked for me - and my clown lovin, juggalo friends take care of each other.

I wish this were true...

juggalos hate me.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:18:28 pm

cjmiller2213 wrote: . . . D&D handbooks, DM guides, billion sided dice and other tools of the trade. . .

I have been looking forever for some billion sided dice . . do you still have any ?? I lost all my dice after going through some mind moss . . .

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:42:18 pm

greg wrote:
cjmiller2213 wrote:I have about 5 sets of SOLAR 1-10 and still love to read those books.
Hey, me too! I always find that the 3rd set reads better than the other four.

Uncanny... My third set is my reading copy too...

Damn nicotone ink!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:06:40 pm

Heh - great story! Sorry about the crabs, though.

-slym

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:23:34 pm

siren3-4 wrote:
cjmiller2213 wrote: . . . D&D handbooks, DM guides, billion sided dice and other tools of the trade. . .

I have been looking forever for some billion sided dice . . do you still have any ?? I lost all my dice after going through some mind moss . . .

Mind moss was a b!tch (and still is, cloggin your inner ear and sh!t - WTF) - but the BSD was lost in action as well; Fire Giant named LavaChomp McBurlyBallz decided they would make a perfect addition to his GOLD version of the game of jacks. Didn't bounce as well as he hoped and turned out it was broken beyond repair.

Oh the good ole days of D&D - this could be a whole topic in itself so we don't want to have a thread go off topic - that would be horrible.

BTW - if VALIANT char. decided to be included in the D&D universe, do you feel SOLAR would stand a chance against this construct:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dn ... 05a&page=6

I think it would be an unfair fight - SOLAR is just ridiculous

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:25:46 pm

Dungeons and Dragons had Thora Birch.

I never played the game, but nothing bad ever came from Thora Birch.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:35:24 pm

cjmiller2213 wrote:Mind moss was a b!tch (and still is, cloggin your inner ear and sh!t - WTF) - but the BSD was lost in action as well; Fire Giant named LavaChomp McBurlyBallz decided they would make a perfect addition to his GOLD version of the game of jacks. Didn't bounce as well as he hoped and turned out it was broken beyond repair.

Oh the good ole days of D&D - this could be a whole topic in itself so we don't want to have a thread go off topic - that would be horrible.

BTW - if VALIANT char. decided to be included in the D&D universe, do you feel SOLAR would stand a chance against this construct:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dn ... 05a&page=6

I think it would be an unfair fight - SOLAR is just ridiculous

This reminds me of being in a group of people that are talking in a foreign language and feeling completely out of place.

I am just waiting to hear laughter and have sideways glances thrown in my direction.

cjmiller2213 · Post by **cjmiller2213** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:44:42 pm

We def. had glances thrown our way but we didn't care. Our 'click' consisted of some pretty hardcore people. People didn't f*ck with us for good reasons - I was the person that threw all the parties every weekend at the 'barn' where my band played pretty much every weekend and everybody we liked was invited - prob. around 50-100 people were out at my place every weekend of my junior/senior year. D&D wasn't really played by the rules but it somehow was fun to us and we all had a blast - didn't play it as much as we played music but somehow we got into it and comics.

I am now a software engineer, collect comics, and still watch and read fantasy - and I still get glances thrown my way for one reason or another. Maybe that is the reason my last lady decided to move along

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:25:43 pm

Chiclo wrote:nothing bad ever came from Thora Birch.

-slym

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:52:32 pm

nice.....what was I reading.

Slym made me forget what I was reading.

Something about S&M...er D&D

anyways great pics Slym

(nice story

)

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:58:55 pm

I remember when Thora was ona TV show called "Day By Day," a spin-off of "Family Ties." She was a wee little girl, and not at all cute.

Whoda thunk???

-slym

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Tue May 22, 2007 11:01:24 pm

slym2none wrote:I remember when Thora was ona TV show called "Day By Day," a spin-off of "Family Ties." She was a wee little girl, and not at all cute.

Whoda thunk???

Now it feel like a dirty old man

But they're great pics

now back on topic,
great story dude

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue May 22, 2007 11:03:22 pm

Chuck wrote:
slym2none wrote:I remember when Thora was ona TV show called "Day By Day," a spin-off of "Family Ties." She was a wee little girl, and not at all cute.

Whoda thunk???
Now it feel like a dirty old man
But they're great pics

now back on topic,
great story dude

She's less than a year younger than I am.

So... no dirty old man here.

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