What are your top ten favorite books from your collection?

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:17 am

along the same lines as another post...what are your favorite issues you own...forget value, forget condition...which ones make you all warm and fuzzy inside?

here's my list:

1. incredible hulk #181 (1st wolverine, given to me by a friend)
2. iron man #55 (1st thanos)
3. deadly hands of kung-fu #28 (1st jack of hearts)
4. nexus #3 with record
5. amazing spider-man #124 (the book that got me hooked on comics)
6. giant size x-men #1 (1st colossus, nightcrawler, storm, thunderbird,
sunfire...bought it for $9 bucks because the back cover was torn)
7. x-men #101 (1st phoenix)
8. john byrne's next men #21 (1st hellboy)
9. x-men #13 (1st mimic, rough, got it for $5)
10. tales of suspense #93 (walt simonson wrote a fan letter which was published in 1967.)

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:39 am

Tough call. Some of these rank amongst my most valuable, and some aren't worth the minute it took me to type them, but they're all important to me. I grew up either adoring or fantasizing about owning each of these.

1. Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 AD #1 (Gold Key/1st Magnus)
2. Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1st new team/2nd Wolverine)
3. Detective Comics #365 (REALLY old Joker story)
4. Batman #200
5. Harbinger #0 (pink)
6. Batman #427 (death of 2nd Robin)
7. Superman #75 (death of Superman)
8. Magnus #0
9. Magnus #1
10. Harbinger #1

sandman · Post by **sandman** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:50 am

1. Sandman #8 (1st Death)
2. Miracleman #15
3. The Atom #1
4. Amazing Spiderman #17 (2nd Green Goblin)
5. Amazing Spiderman #300 (1st Venom)
6. Green Lantern #76 (1st N.Adams)
7. Harbinger #1
8. Batman #189 (1st SA Scarecrow)
9. Sandman #1
10. Bone #1

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:20 am

The ones I keep re-reading (and re-reading and...) are:

Bloodshot (v. 1 and v. 2)
Malibu's GENESIS line
Jack Frost (& related)
Alpha & Omega
Cat & Mouse
Eternal Warriors (including Darque) (VH-2)
Quantum & Woody
Mighty Crusaders Universe (not Impact)
Watchmen
Nightwing

BoH

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:13 pm

In no order:

Animal Man #15
Swamp Thing #21
Harbinger #6
TMNT #1
Cerebus #1
Batman #437
Detective Comics #613
Hulk #388
Batman #251
Rom #47

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:21 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:In no order:

Rom #47

WOW

I've always wondered if there really was such a thing as a Rom fan...

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon May 31, 2004 7:05 pm

shaxper wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:In no order:

Rom #47

WOW

I've always wondered if there really was such a thing as a Rom fan...

Oh, hell yeah. See, I didn't get IN to comics until I was nearly 18. So I don't have all those childhood memories of comics and seeing them on the wall and not being able to buy them, etc etc etc....

But I DO know that the only comic I remember having as a child (a 12 year old, but still) was Rom #47. That cover....and that was really the turning point of the series....after that it was just exciting as hell, and one of the longer toy/comic tie ins in comic history (and the longest TOY ONLY tie in!)

I always say I have things I'd never sell, but if the price is right, I always do...I sold my Tec #103, Bats #58, lots of Bats over 70, etc etc etc. I won't tell you how many X-Men #'s 2-150 I've gone through (oddly enough, I've never owned a #1!)

But.....if I ever got down to a single set of Rom #1-#75....I wouldn't sell, unless it would be foolish not to. It is, hands down, the single most important comics series to me as a collector.

Man....Something Dire This Way Comes....indeed....

Ghetto D · Post by **Ghetto D** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:03 pm

OK here goes my list:

1. Batman 11
2. Green Latern 76
3. Batman 251
4. Detective 400
5. Detective 395
6. Batman 232
7. Batman 244
8. Dark Knight Returns 1
9. Savage Sword of Conan 1
10. Detective 402

Yeah, I'm a Neal Adams guy, and I have a bit of an affinity for the crabby crusader. Stunning covers get me ever time, a great story helps as well. These books are all on display in my game room and I love showing them off.

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:06 pm

in no order

1.Bloodshot #39
2.Wolverine '99
3.wolverine '95
4.A&A #0
5.Turok #1
6.Turok #2
7.Turok #0
8.XO #0
9.GIJoe #95
10.Xmen #329

there are probably others that i like better, but these are the ones i could think of

Ax · Post by Ax » Mon May 31, 2004 9:02 pm

1. Thanos Quest (both of them, good stuff)
2. The Tick #7 (signed by Ben Edlund with a nice little picture he drew for me)
3. Silver Surfer: Dangerous Artifacts (The most detailed comic book artwork I've come across)
4. Predator vs Magnus Robot Fighter (My first Valiant comic... and the best)
5. Avengers West Coast #89-91 (Ultron is scary, great Dave Ross artwork)
6. Magnus Robot Fighter #30

cinlach@aol.com · Post by **cinlach@aol.com** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:09 pm

count me as a rom fan as well...working on finishing my run and dangerous artifacts by castellini is incredible.

chirco606 · Post by **chirco606** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:41 am

I really need a top twenty-five to list all my best books, So here are the first to pop into my head:

1. X-Men #94 (CGC 9.4)
2. Incredible Hulk #181 (CGC 9.2)
3. Giant-Size X-Men #1 (CGC 9.2)
4. Amazing Spiderman #1
5. Fantastic Four #1
5. Journey Into Mystery #83
6. Incredible Hulk #1
7. Brave and the Bold #28
8. Amazing Fantasy #15
9. Star Wars #1 (35 cents variant)
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (First Print)

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:38 pm

Ok, reiterating the rules:

forget value.

forget condition.

what books make you feel warm and fuzzy based on their artistic merit alone? (editorial added)

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:17 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Ok, reiterating the rules:

forget value.

forget condition.

what books make you feel warm and fuzzy based on their artistic merit alone? (editorial added)

Magnus #1
Magnus #2
Magnus #3
Magnus #4
Magnus Robot Fighter: Steel Nation Tpb

I dont need five more

screamingdc · Post by **screamingdc** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:40 am

well in that case, devoid of value....

1. Strangers in Paradise #1
2. everything else

i haven't collected comics in years and most of my collection was the holofoil crap that came out in the 90's. SIP as a whole, kicks major butt.

Ax · Post by Ax » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:46 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Ok, reiterating the rules:

forget value.

forget condition.

what books make you feel warm and fuzzy based on their artistic merit alone? (editorial added)

There are reasons that a comic book could make you feel "warm and fuzzy" other than artistic merit.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:54 am

Ax wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Ok, reiterating the rules:

forget value.

forget condition.

what books make you feel warm and fuzzy based on their artistic merit alone? (editorial added)
There are reasons that a comic book could make you feel "warm and fuzzy" other than artistic merit.

Yeah but he asked the question. I think he decides what you should judge by. I dont really get all warm and fuzzy over comics...at least not yet...

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:56 am

Nevermind...he didnt ask the question...feel free to judge by whatever you want...

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:29 pm

Ax wrote: There are reasons that a comic book could make you feel "warm and fuzzy" other than artistic merit.

<laughs>...I knew someone would have an issue with that statement unqualfied.

HOWEVER....I *believe* that that was cinlach's point to begin with, but say it wasn't....

Ok, Ax, you threw the guantlet down, now give me your other reasons.

FORGET CONDITION....FORGET VALUE....

So...it was the first comic you ever bought, it was given to you by your great uncle henry who fell over dead two seconds later, you had a letter printed in it, you had a favorite writer get a letter printed in it, whatever....those are ISOLATED cases, and certainly not something you could compose a top ten list out of.

Forgetting condition, and forgetting value, 99.9999999564% of why a comic's going to make someone feel warm and fuzzy is its artistic merit....whether the cover was just phenomenal, whether the story kicked *SQUEE*, whether the art is breathtaking to behold, whether the panel layout was stunning, whether the dialogue was nigh Tarantino-esque...

I mean, that IS the point, after all. People don't go to art galleries to look at how well the painting was mounted to the wall.

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:43 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Ax wrote: There are reasons that a comic book could make you feel "warm and fuzzy" other than artistic merit.
Forgetting condition, and forgetting value, 99.9999999564% of why a comic's going to make someone feel warm and fuzzy is its artistic merit....whether the cover was just phenomenal, whether the story kicked *SQUEE*, whether the art is breathtaking to behold, whether the panel layout was stunning, whether the dialogue was nigh Tarantino-esque...

Honestly, most of what makes me feel warm and fuzzy is collectible aspects like rarity, deaths, and 1st appearances. Monetary resale value doesn't matter to me. I just feel warm and fuzzy when I hold a 1st issue or 1st appearance in my hands.

So I guess I'd say historical significance can be just as warm and fuzz-inducing as artistic value. Super Mario Brothers #1 is certainly not an artistically strong issue, nor is it particularly valuable (nor likely to become valuable) but its mere historical significance warms and fuzzifies me.

Ax · Post by Ax » Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:28 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: I mean, that IS the point, after all. People don't go to art galleries to look at how well the painting was mounted to the wall.

I don't think I would want to go back to an art gallery that hung their paintings crooked...

Anyways, I like alot of my comics because they remind me of being a kid, sitting up in my room wasting an entire day reading comic books. And I also get a fuzzy feeling when I read comics from before my time because of how they were printed and how they have such terrible advertisements in them. Sure you are almost right, but I would like to see the study where you got the figure of 99.9999999564%. I think it actually works out to only 95.3%

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:52 pm

shaxper wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Ax wrote: There are reasons that a comic book could make you feel "warm and fuzzy" other than artistic merit.
Forgetting condition, and forgetting value, 99.9999999564% of why a comic's going to make someone feel warm and fuzzy is its artistic merit....whether the cover was just phenomenal, whether the story kicked *SQUEE*, whether the art is breathtaking to behold, whether the panel layout was stunning, whether the dialogue was nigh Tarantino-esque...

Honestly, most of what makes me feel warm and fuzzy is collectible aspects like rarity, deaths, and 1st appearances. Monetary resale value doesn't matter to me. I just feel warm and fuzzy when I hold a 1st issue or 1st appearance in my hands.

So I guess I'd say historical significance can be just as warm and fuzz-inducing as artistic value. Super Mario Brothers #1 is certainly not an artistically strong issue, nor is it particularly valuable (nor likely to become valuable) but its mere historical significance warms and fuzzifies me.

First appearances are part of artistic merit. They are, after all, introduced as part of the story. Right...?

No one would care about a character's first appearance, or any following appearance, if the character had no artistic merit whatsoever (whatever, in the VAST SCOPE of artistic merit, the character represents.)

As far as 'the first comic published by a favorite company'....I'll give you that one.

But STILL...that's another isolated event, and again, not something you could compile a top ten list out of (unless you were really weird.)

But, historical significance, sure....but warm fuzzies....?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:55 pm

Ax wrote:but I would like to see the study where you got the figure of 99.9999999564%. I think it actually works out to only 95.3%

How bout we go halfsies and call it 97.649999782?

(Yes I did the math)Zeph.

Ax · Post by Ax » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:07 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: How bout we go halfsies and call it 97.649999782?

(Yes I did the math)Zeph.

I think that is a number that we all can live with.

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:35 pm

My warm fuzzy list in no particular order:

1. Infinity Gautlet mini
2. G.I. Joe #21 (A Classic!)
3. Batman/Predator first mini
4. Lobo: Paramilitary Christmas Special
5. Rai #0
6. Batman Holy Terror (Elsewhere oneshot)
7. Marvel Spotlight #5
8. Aliens vs. Predator first mini
9. Ghost rider #1 (1990)
10. Captain america #246

Man I could really go on for another ten or so! There are so many!

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