group confessional...comic gimmicks you fell for.

inmyblood · Post by **inmyblood** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:16 pm

For me it was the usual chromium die cut cover crap.

I wasted so much $money$ on those fire starters when I was a kid!!

One weird one I never fell for(because it was way before I started collecting) was from the mid 80's with the Marvel hero face covers on all issues being published for that particular month. I own a few which I picked up in the old bargain bin and take them outta storage for a brief chuckle from time to time.

Dr. Phil Seleski · Post by **Dr. Phil Seleski** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:19 pm

The number 1 issues from Image. I would buy 5 or so of each one thinking they were going to be worth hundreds someday.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:20 pm

The biggest one would have been LODK #1. It had like 6 different cheap covers all different colors. Damn, I got suckered into that hook, line, and sinker!

inmyblood · Post by **inmyblood** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:26 pm

Dr. Phil Seleski wrote:The number 1 issues from Image. I would buy 5 or so of each one thinking they were going to be worth hundreds someday.

Why are Image back issues not worth a darn cent?????

I always wondered that one.

inmyblood · Post by **inmyblood** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:29 pm

I think it was cool that Valiant made non gimmick covers, for the gimmicky ones. That was cool for those that didn't give a rip about shiny sequin laden covers and what not.

davidb · Post by **davidb** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:55 pm

Let's see:

Superman #75. Yep - bought newsstand and polybagged copies. I lucked out in that I had Superman on my pull list and had them both waiting for me when I went in after they shipped.

Team Titans #1 - I didn't feel as bad about this one. Sure, the main story was all the same, but each one of the five variants also had a separate 16-page origin story.

X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:07 pm

X-Force 1- I still have too many somewhere.

Ghost Rider 25 Glow in the Dark cover, I have a lot of these somewhere too

Silver Surfer 50, First Chromium cover, these too I have a lot of.

X-Men 1- the gatefold is one of comics great covers, but I have a lot somewhere also.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:12 pm

davidb wrote:
X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?

I didn't

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:58 pm

tcolli wrote:
davidb wrote:
X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?
I didn't

I didn't either.

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:33 pm

I have to admit...when I was working at my comic store I was a sucker for anything with a foil cover.

I guess I'm part magpie or something...I'd see a foil cover book and all I could think was "ooooohhhh...so shiny."

I know...I suck.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:36 pm

davidb wrote:Let's see:

Superman #75. Yep - bought newsstand and polybagged copies. I lucked out in that I had Superman on my pull list and had them both waiting for me when I went in after they shipped.

Yeah, I did... but as a speculator, and I worked in a newsstand at the time as well as my LCS on the weekends, so I was buying (a few) for cover less 30% and then selling them for first $30, then $40, then finally $50 before the demand died a week later.

X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?

Again, yes - but I have a full run of X-Men as I have bought every issue since, as well as having a complete run of Uncanny from #94 to current.

If you didn't know before, I am somewhat of an X-Nut...

As for anything else, I pretty much stayed away - I even only have one copy of X-Force #1...

-slym (don't look at his "for-sale" list too closely, folks)

cptfishstick · Post by **cptfishstick** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:03 pm

When I was just getting back into comics 2 years ago, one of my LCS's had a pack of the whole deathmate series for $15. I bought it. The half by Valiant wasn't bad reading. THe half by image was utter crap.

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:34 pm

The Spider wrote:
tcolli wrote:
davidb wrote:
X-Men #1 - Let's face it. Who didn't fall for this one?
I didn't
I didn't either.

I found an X-Men #1 that had all four covers attached together, and it was signed by Jim Lee. but i also bought each of the covers individually before i found that.

i bought cable #1, the limited edition collectors issue.

flash #0
and tons of other crap.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:33 pm

That Robin series. Was it just called Robin or was it like Robin 3000 or something?

Legends of the Dark Knight - I needed all 4 different covered colors including neon pink.

I really liked the Silver Surfer 50 cover. I still do. Not that it's worth anything.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:38 pm

X-Force 1

daydreamscomics · Post by **daydreamscomics** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:36 pm

i really liked the glow in the dark covers that used to come out. ones that stick out are ghost rider 15 and a couple issues of the spectre...but i've always been partial to glow in the dark stuff period

speaking of glow in the dark, someone give me their shadowman v2 #16!

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:46 pm

One day, the lcs owner (who was a total jerk) pulled my 14 year old self aside and asked me if I wanted the opportunity to buy the next Platinum edition comic book. My eyes lit up, thinking I was going to get some special Valiant dealer incentive. Instead, for $35 he sold me Aliens Platinum Edition. To this day, I have no idea what this comic is worth nor how rare it is, but I'm sure I got taken.

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:52 pm

400yrs wrote:That Robin series. Was it just called Robin or was it like Robin 3000 or something?

Robin 3000 was a two-issue Elseworlds mini series.

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:03 am

ALL OF THEM

Rai-fan · Post by **Rai-fan** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:27 am

buying doubles of polybagged books.

ie, 8 copies of X-force 1 (1 set + 3 cable cards)

and 2 copies each of that infernal X-men Crossover "X-Cutioner's Song." That storyline basically led me to quit collecting both X-Men & Uncanny.

davidb · Post by **davidb** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:46 am

Rai-fan wrote:buying doubles of polybagged books.

ie, 8 copies of X-force 1 (1 set + 3 cable cards)

and 2 copies each of that infernal X-men Crossover "X-Cutioner's Song." That storyline basically led me to quit collecting both X-Men & Uncanny.

I'd actually forgotten X-Cutioner's Song. Same here - 1 to open and 1 to keep sealed. And the result for me was about the same - I hung on for a few months, until about 304, when every X-Men book shipping that month was about $3.50 cover (anniversary month, IIRC).

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:02 am

inmyblood wrote:
Dr. Phil Seleski wrote:The number 1 issues from Image. I would buy 5 or so of each one thinking they were going to be worth hundreds someday.
Why are Image back issues not worth a darn cent?????

I always wondered that one.

Print runs for Image were hundreds of thousands of copies.
(Spawn #1 was probably closer to 1,000,000.)

So, Image "first issues" are about the same as Bloodshot #1, Rai #9, etc.
It will take a long time for the demand (if any) to outweigh that kind of supply.

I "fell for" the bagged Spider-man #1.
Actually, I even fell for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual #1,
thinking I was getting a "first issue". (I hadn't heard of comic "annuals" before.)

Sadly, I was once offered $8 for Shadowhawk #1 (Image),
and passed since I knew the guy was going to sell it for $12-$15.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:43 am

greg wrote:Sadly, I was once offered $8 for Shadowhawk #1 (Image),
and passed since I knew the guy was going to sell it for $12-$15.

DOH!!!

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:46 am

Chuck wrote:ALL OF THEM

me and you both, brother....

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 am

davidb wrote:
Rai-fan wrote:buying doubles of polybagged books.

ie, 8 copies of X-force 1 (1 set + 3 cable cards)

and 2 copies each of that infernal X-men Crossover "X-Cutioner's Song." That storyline basically led me to quit collecting both X-Men & Uncanny.
I'd actually forgotten X-Cutioner's Song. Same here - 1 to open and 1 to keep sealed. And the result for me was about the same - I hung on for a few months, until about 304, when every X-Men book shipping that month was about $3.50 cover (anniversary month, IIRC).

I bought the X-Cutioner's Song set, as well but it wasn't for an investment in those particular books. If I recall correctly, didn't you have to buy a complete run of these books to get the "limited" Magneto #0 sendaway book? If I remember correctly, it wasn't a case of having to remove coupons, I think they had some kind of card your dealer would sign each time you bought a part of the set and once it was complete, you sent in for your Magneto #0. Anyway, it appears that there are a ton of the regular Magneto #0's out there as I often find them in cheap boxes.