my very brief and very late introduction

michalward · Post by **michalward** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:19:53 am

Hello all.

I've been a member here for quite some time yet this is my first post. I actually found this site a year or so ago, which is when I started to get into Valiant. I've been a comic collector as far back as I can remember, but I leaned more towards Image I'm afraid. (any Spawn/Shadowhawk lovers out there?) Around the time I was buying into the Image hype, my father was collecting comics from a publisher that I had heard of but did not know much about. I just knew that a lot of the comics put out by this company were worth quite a bit of money. Valiant. Alas, I stuck to my Spawn and Shadowhawk and never accepted my father's offer of borrowing one of his Valiant comics to read. About two years ago my father passed, leaving me with complete runs of Turok, X-O Manowar, and Bloodshot. I read, I loved, and there was no going back. Since then I've acquired runs of Harbinger, Rai, Shadowman, Archer and Armstrong, Solar and Magnus, and I don't plan on stopping. It seems that I should have listened to my father more, even when it came to comics. (which is something I could have sworn that I had up on him)

I just wanted to extend a thank you to this site, as it has multiplied my love for Valiant comics ten-fold.

And very sorry that this post wasn't nearly as brief as the subject line had promised.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:41:01 am

Welcome to the board. A lot of people got caught up in the Image crud unfortunately. I started buying them in the beginning along with Valiant, but began to drop titles left and right when it was apparent to me that most of the titles had little or no substance at all.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:09:13 pm

Not me, I ran Image to the end of my teenage collecting years. What is a teenager to when every woman in the IU has ginormous jubblies? I bought and read enough Valiant to at least put something worthwhile into my head back then. Thanks for the story Michael, and sorry for your loss. Stick Around!

worldsbestcomics · Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:30:41 pm

Welcome! I'm sure your father is thinking, "I told him."

I'm also hoping my son will be interested in comics. Hopefully he will appreciate Valiant but it is hard for good stories and sweet art to compete with ginormous tatas for the attention of young males so what can you do

p.s. I read Spawn and Shadowhawk too.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:39:07 pm

Welcome to the .. um well.. youve been here a long time. So.. thanks for posting

I got caught up into Image as well.. Mostly because I was hoping they would be worth something. The art was fun, but as I look back I dont remember many of the stories.

Glad to have you here!! Enjoy spending time around the site

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:57:52 pm

Welcome abroad! Throw out some posts, now that you might have a better feel for us after "lurking" for a while.

-slym

michalward · Post by **michalward** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:46:32 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome! especially since I have lurker status

I had quite the image collection, but recently got rid of it all for space/money. (the selling of the those comics actually provided much more space than money).

Right now I'm pretty much just trying to collect Valiant.

Oh, and everything Alan Moore.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:16:59 pm

Welcome

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:52:38 pm

As the Great John McClane would say

Welcome to the party pal !!!!

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:14:53 pm

DarqueArcher wrote:As the Great John McClane would say

Welcome to the party pal !!!!

Just watched Live Free or Die Hard last night and loved it!

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:50:53 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:
DarqueArcher wrote:As the Great John McClane would say

Welcome to the party pal !!!!
Just watched Live Free or Die Hard last night and loved it!

The Mac Guy rocks, he so much like my brother-in-law it is scary

The Harbinger · Post by **The Harbinger** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:34:47 pm

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:59:32 pm

Welcome man!

worldsbestcomics · Post by **worldsbestcomics** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:19:21 pm

Just three posts and he has already become a friend. Next time I'm in New York brother, I'm buying you a beer [or whatever you drink.]

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:51:57 pm

Welkommen

DarqueArcher · Post by **DarqueArcher** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:11:21 pm

I can't remember if I have done one of these things

Scott

buff-beardo · Post by **buff-beardo** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:02:16 pm

Welcome!

96Valiantfan · Post by **96Valiantfan** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:19:53 pm

Welcome

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:33:11 pm

Welcome to the bored!

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:49:40 pm

Welcome

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:41:32 pm

michalward wrote: I have lurker status

Welcome !!!

BTW . . . I think this would be a great custom . . . so um . . you have a lot of posting to do . . .

michalward · Post by **michalward** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:14:47 pm

Thanks for all the warm welcomes guys. really. I haven't been a member of too many boards but I can't imagine any would be nicer than this one.

Sting · Post by **Sting** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:54:55 am

That's a great story ,

Welcome !

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