Collecting in the Dark Ages...

[Slashes-With-Claws]

ZephyrWasHOT!!, your needle is stuck in the grove.

[Phoenix8008]

When Birthquake came though, I just didn't have the money to continue and the stories just weren't as great anymore. I still loved the old stuff though and really was heartbroken when I lost my whole collection years ago during a move. So now I'm back trying to get the whole of VH1 from quarter bins before paying more to fill in the remaining holes.

Sooooo....you DIDN'T collect during the Dark Ages, and therefore don't HAVE any stories from that period......

Oh! THOSE dark Ages!!! No, I guess not. Sorry, I didn't have a good definition for 'Dark Ages'. So, per your definition when did the Dark Ages start, and are we still in them? If not, when did we end. Can we say that the renaissance has started now then?

EDIT- Okay, I'll finish reading the thread next time before posting a response to your response. Saw that you later defined the time period later in the thread. Sorry. I'll shut up now.

[Mozz]

I was a sporadic collector of Valiant in the early 90s. I stopped collecting comics when I went to high school for a few years, but eventually started again. I dug out the Valiants i had and grew frustrated that I had soooo many holes in the titles i collected. So I then began seeking out to fill the runs. I finished Shadowman and Ninjak, and have some complete stories from X-O and Bloodshot. I was scrounging around any comic store I'd come across. Depending on the store, I would either pay $1 a book or some were $5 - $10 (Shadowman #43).

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

ZephyrWasHOT!!, your needle is stuck in the grove.

Which grove....? Cause if it's a mangrove, FORGET it....

[Lightning Strike]

So, the Lost Souls no price variant thread got me thinking about stuff.....

How many of you were followers of Valiant from the heydays of 92-93...and continued buying throughout the darkest days of the late 90's and beyond....?

I was there from the early days (my first Valiant issue was the Harby pink), and collected them almost to the end. I then made the horrible decision of selling off about 75% of my Valiant collection, only to start reaquiring them over the last year.

No one read a thing I wrote.

I thought what I posted was clearly an answer to your question

[Lightning Strike]

You can't always get what you want . . . you can't always get the post you want . .


But if you read sometimes . . . you just might find . . .


. . I think I have to pee . . . .

[Lightning Strike]

What about you? Were you, like myself, Greg, Zero, and others, a diehard fan and buyer even in the dark days....? Were you able to amass a large collection of Valiants for next to nothing?

Share your stories....

Since I'm already in the list, am I allowed to contribute?

Nein!! *I'm kidding, I just like saying nein"

[Lightning Strike]

What about you? Were you, like myself, Greg, Zero, and others, a diehard fan and buyer even in the dark days....? Were you able to amass a large collection of Valiants for next to nothing?

Share your stories....

Since I'm already in the list, am I allowed to contribute?

Totally!

How about the time when I won a near complete set of VH1 and VH2 on eBay in Dec, 1999 for less than $1000...?

Uh-oh

[Chiclo]

I bought maybe 5 comics during the "Dark Ages". Maybe a few more.

Mostly wanting to rebuild my books featuring Thanos.

That was a pretty sparse period for Thanos.

[Cyberstrike]

I found out about Valiant during Unity and stayed pretty much with the company until the Acclaim buyout and I only collected a few titles from the VH 2 era Trinity Angels, Darque Passages, Solar: Hell on Earth, and Unity 2000 when I was forced to move I had to sell all my Valiant comics (except Unity 2000 because I'm a BIG time Jim Starlin fan).

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

When Birthquake came though, I just didn't have the money to continue and the stories just weren't as great anymore. I still loved the old stuff though and really was heartbroken when I lost my whole collection years ago during a move. So now I'm back trying to get the whole of VH1 from quarter bins before paying more to fill in the remaining holes.

Sooooo....you DIDN'T collect during the Dark Ages, and therefore don't HAVE any stories from that period......

Oh! THOSE dark Ages!!! No, I guess not. Sorry, I didn't have a good definition for 'Dark Ages'. So, per your definition when did the Dark Ages start, and are we still in them? If not, when did we end. Can we say that the renaissance has started now then?

EDIT- Okay, I'll finish reading the thread next time before posting a response to your response. Saw that you later defined the time period later in the thread. Sorry. I'll shut up now.

No, I defined it in the first post. I simply COPIED AND PASTED that from the first post.



Smartass.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

So, the Lost Souls no price variant thread got me thinking about stuff.....

How many of you were followers of Valiant from the heydays of 92-93...and continued buying throughout the darkest days of the late 90's and beyond....?

I was there from the early days (my first Valiant issue was the Harby pink), and collected them almost to the end. I then made the horrible decision of selling off about 75% of my Valiant collection, only to start reaquiring them over the last year.

No one read a thing I wrote.

I thought what I posted was clearly an answer to your question

Were you buying and looking for Valiants from 1992-2008?

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

I bought maybe 5 comics during the "Dark Ages". Maybe a few more.

Mostly wanting to rebuild my books featuring Thanos.

That was a pretty sparse period for Thanos.

It was indeed. But then, 1982-1990 was a pretty sparse period for Thanos, too, showing up only in the Warlock and Captain Marvel reprints of 1983, between Death of Cap Marvel and Surfer #34.

[Lightning Strike]

So, the Lost Souls no price variant thread got me thinking about stuff.....

How many of you were followers of Valiant from the heydays of 92-93...and continued buying throughout the darkest days of the late 90's and beyond....?

I was there from the early days (my first Valiant issue was the Harby pink), and collected them almost to the end. I then made the horrible decision of selling off about 75% of my Valiant collection, only to start reaquiring them over the last year.

No one read a thing I wrote.

I thought what I posted was clearly an answer to your question

Were you buying and looking for Valiants from 1992-2008?

yep

[depluto]

We had a taco bar from Qdoba at work tonight.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

So, the Lost Souls no price variant thread got me thinking about stuff.....

How many of you were followers of Valiant from the heydays of 92-93...and continued buying throughout the darkest days of the late 90's and beyond....?

I was there from the early days (my first Valiant issue was the Harby pink), and collected them almost to the end. I then made the horrible decision of selling off about 75% of my Valiant collection, only to start reaquiring them over the last year.

No one read a thing I wrote.

I thought what I posted was clearly an answer to your question

Were you buying and looking for Valiants from 1992-2008?

yep

Gotcha. Your post was unclear, and you can understand the confusion with all the yahoos posting "yeah, I quit buying any Valiants from 1994-2006, man. Sweet pot, man!"



So you sold 75% of your Valiant collection a year ago or so?

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

We had a taco bar from Qdoba at work tonight.

What's Qdoba?

[fury143]

I started collecting with archer Armstrong 0 and bought tiles from then until 3 months after birthquake. I never brought vh3. I then started collecting EVERYTHING again in 99 0r 2000.

[Lightning Strike]

I was there from the early days (my first Valiant issue was the Harby pink), and collected them almost to the end. I then made the horrible decision of selling off about 75% of my Valiant collection, only to start reaquiring them over the last year.

No one read a thing I wrote.

I thought what I posted was clearly an answer to your question

Were you buying and looking for Valiants from 1992-2008?

yep

Gotcha. Your post was unclear, and you can understand the confusion with all the yahoos posting "yeah, I quit buying any Valiants from 1994-2006, man. Sweet pot, man!"



So you sold 75% of your Valiant collection a year ago or so?

Two years ago, along with most of my silver age collection. I needed to raise some money because my wife and I were going to adopt a baby. Two months after selling my comics and raising almost $4,000 I got got very sick, lost 50 lbs., was in and out of the hospital and (long story short) ended up not adopting.

So, I decided to try and rebuild my collection and have been doing so over the last year.

[dellamorte]

My first Valiant book was Archer and Armstrong 0, I was hooked. I grabbed every book I could find and paid way too much for most of them. When the prices started dropping I added a few extras when I could find the key books.

I kept buying the new books through Turok Evolution so I guess I stuck with it through the dark ages. The only series I didn't buy off the stand was N.I.O. (and I still need 2-4). I started picking up back issues again on the cheap in the early 2000's.

[myron]

We had a taco bar from Qdoba at work tonight.

What's Qdoba?

a mexican grill chain restaurant...

[Elveen]

(I stopped collecting around..... Secret Wep #3..... I think......)

Sooooo....you DIDN'T collect during the Dark Ages, and therefore don't HAVE any stories from that period......

what are the dark ages?

Does 2000 count?

One summer early 2000 I dediced to check out a LCS to see if they had any Vals. He had bunch in the back issue bins. Some were keys, I think I got a Mag #0 w/ card for like $4 and a Rai #2 for the same.

[Elveen]

with all the yahoos posting

Who you calling a Yahoo..... ya Poo-Poo Head.

[ZephyrWasHOT!!]

(I stopped collecting around..... Secret Wep #3..... I think......)

Sooooo....you DIDN'T collect during the Dark Ages, and therefore don't HAVE any stories from that period......

what are the dark ages?

Does 2000 count?

Yes.

Technically, until the publication of Harbinger: The Beginning, it was still the dark ages....(and maybe still is.)

One summer early 2000 I dediced to check out a LCS to see if they had any Vals. He had bunch in the back issue bins. Some were keys, I think I got a Mag #0 w/ card for like $4 and a Rai #2 for the same.

Were you looking for and buying Valiants in 1994? 1995? 1996? 1997? 1998? 1999? 2000? 2001? 2002? 2003? 2004? 2005? 2006? 2007? 2008?

I was. Greg was. Zero was. Every single one of those years. Anybody else?

I'm asking for people who NEVER STOPPED ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR AND BUYING VALIANTS, EVER.



I didn't know this was such a complex concept.

[jedimarley]

I'm asking for people who NEVER STOPPED ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR AND BUYING VALIANTS, EVER.