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How did you become a VALIANT collector?

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Post by cinlach@aol.com »

My story isn't long or especially interesting.

My love of Valiant came before there was a Valiant. I started with Gold Key.

My Grandmother used to give me $5 a week when we went to "TG&Y" in nearby Easley, SC. They had a sample pack of comics put out by Whitman/Gold Key and I'd buy 2 packs a week.

There was a good assortment of books in there and you never knew what you were getting. You'd get <I>Star Trek</I>, <I>The Herculoids</I> and <I>Twilight Zone</I> but you'd also get <I>Tragg & The Sky Gods</I>, <I>Turok, Dinosaur Hunter</I>, <I>Magnus</I> and <I>Solar</I>.

One day I went into my local comic store and saw <I>Magnus : Robot Fighter</I> #1 published by a company I'd never heard of called Valiant. They were awesome...and more importantly they weaved in the stories I remembered as a kid into this new entity. A few months later another old friend <I>Solar : Man of the Atom</I> appeared and I hungrily snapped it up as well.

From there I bought everything they put out for about 3 years. After awhile things started to slow down. I wasn't looking forward to the new issues like I used to...I actually started dreading them. Valiant had lost it's way.

It was only after I discovered the miracle that is eBay that I began to fill in the holes that had developed in my self imposed 10 year Valiant exile.

Now here I stand a mere 4 issues away from a complete run.

It's been a blast, mainly getting to interact with an entire community of fans who are as passionate, or more passionate, then I am about Valiant.

I thought I was alone...I'm glad I was wrong.
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Post by Chuck »

Dude they had "TG&Y" on the East Coast :o :thumb:

Wow, Back in in the mid 70's they had them here in San Jose, CA. :thumb:

Mentioning "TG&Y" brought back a bunch of memories.

I think we must have bought a bunch of the Star Wars 3 packs from there. :thumb:

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Post by Daniel Jackson »

Chuck wrote::

Mentioning "TG&Y" brought back a bunch of memories.


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It does for me as well. They closed all of them around here years ago.

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Nice story, Cinlach. Goes to prove you don't have to write a novel (like I did) to get your Valiant story across. :wink:

I bet you have a pretty nice GK collection, eh?



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Post by cinlach@aol.com »

i used to have a decent bunch of gold key/whitman books but a lot of them were reprints and reprints of reprints.

when i was young and stupid i sold my collection to buy my car since i was determined to not ask my father for any help whatsoever.

that's when all my really good stuff left my possession.

amazing spidey #14
iron man #1
and too many others to name, besides that, thinking about them all makes me sick to my stomach.

my dad would buy comics, read them and stack them in a box when he was done with them. so when i got old enough he gave them all to me.

at one point i had 30 long boxes...probably about half of that was silver age marvel.

i had books that no 10 year old should be allowed to touch, must less own. when i got to be 16 or 17 i wanted a car and made the stupidest decision of my life.

i can never replace those books...sigh. well, that's not true. anything can be replaced...but i can't pony up that kind of cash for them.
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Post by slym2none »

I can only say, if that's the "stupidest" thing you did as a teenager, then you are doing well. :lol: But, I do feel your pain...



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cinlach@aol.com wrote:that's when all my really good stuff left my possession.

amazing spidey #14
iron man #1
and too many others to name, besides that, thinking about them all makes me sick to my stomach.

Man, that's rough.

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Daniel Jackson wrote:
cinlach@aol.com wrote:that's when all my really good stuff left my possession.

amazing spidey #14
iron man #1
and too many others to name, besides that, thinking about them all makes me sick to my stomach.

Man, that's rough.
He seems young enough, I bet he'll have at least half of the issues that he cared about back in his collection before he's 40.

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Post by k_c_collectibles »

Everyone makes mistakes when they are young. You wanted a car and didn't want to ask your dad for help - proving you could be self sufficient - and used the only resource you had at your disposal. I would have done that myself when I was younger, but I didn't have any books worth squat at the time... :D

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Post by xounitylord »

Dude, it could be worse; at least no one broke in and stole the comics, then you would have been out comics and a car.
Welcome to wherever you are.

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Post by slym2none »

Knightt_333 wrote:Good story... some tell stories better than others. :thumb:
Truth makes good storytelling, eh?

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