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Matthew Voros
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Missed the boat

Post by Matthew Voros »

I was born in '88, so when Valiant comics started out I could barely read. Its not surprising that instead of reading these comics I was out being a typical child. In fact it wasn't until fall of this year (2008) that I even become aware of the companies existance. I had just moved into a new town with a couple of friends of mine. One of them was into sandman comics so I went with her to a local hobby shop. I figured I'd look through the cheap bins and pick out something at random. Worse comes to worse I lose 50 cents right? Well I am so glad I ended up buying a X-O Manowar comic, for it opened my eyes to a whole new world. Valiant offered what I had never seen in comics before, interacting stories between characters of differnt titles. Now I am on my way to amasing a large valiant collection, and I've never looked back.

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Welcome to the board :thumb: . X-O is a great title, read the first 10 issues of Solar and the first 8 of magnus Robot fighter if you have not already.

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Post by Draco »

Sounds cool dude.

Glad you went to the store that day.

You will find plenty of mad conversation here all things Valiant and quite alot of other poop too.

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Welcome :thumb:

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Welcome abroad!



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Welcome to the boards

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slym2none wrote:Welcome abroad!



-slym
I don't think that Mr. Voros is a girl.

Welcome A-B-O-A-R-D (for slym's benefit - you know I kid man :lol:) Matthew.

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Welcome. You owe that friend a root beer or something :thumb:

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Welcome Newb!


Ha...someone newer than me. Ive been waiting to say that :clap:


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Hola compadre.


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Re: Missed the boat

Post by dave »

Matthew Voros wrote:I was born in '88, so when Valiant comics started out I could barely read. Its not surprising that instead of reading these comics I was out being a typical child. In fact it wasn't until fall of this year (2008) that I even become aware of the companies existance. I had just moved into a new town with a couple of friends of mine. One of them was into sandman comics so I went with her to a local hobby shop. I figured I'd look through the cheap bins and pick out something at random. Worse comes to worse I lose 50 cents right? Well I am so glad I ended up buying a X-O Manowar comic, for it opened my eyes to a whole new world. Valiant offered what I had never seen in comics before, interacting stories between characters of differnt titles. Now I am on my way to amasing a large valiant collection, and I've never looked back.
not that different than my own story, except that i caught up to the boat in 93 or 94. that is really great that you picked up that book!

there are several tpb's that you can pick up for relatively cheap to read some more great stories!

which issue was it by the way? just curious.

and again, welcome! :thumb:

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Nice story, Matthew. Welcome to the board.

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Hi.

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Post by dave »

come baaaaack. :cry:

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Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome abroad!



-slym
I don't think that Mr. Voros is a girl.

Welcome A-B-O-A-R-D (for slym's benefit - you know I kid man :lol:) Matthew.

:thumb:
Psst - check out almost EVERY welcome I give people here, you included (probably.) I always say "welcome abroad."

:thumb:



-slym ("abroad" means "in or to a foreign country or continent") :P
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Post by slym2none »

dave wrote:come baaaaack. :cry:
He hasn't been gone a day - give it time before we christen him the newest member of the PaulSmith56 Club!

:lol:



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welcome to our world :thumb:

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Post by Fanboy375 »

slym2none wrote:
Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome abroad!



-slym
I don't think that Mr. Voros is a girl.

Welcome A-B-O-A-R-D (for slym's benefit - you know I kid man :lol:) Matthew.

:thumb:
Psst - check out almost EVERY welcome I give people here, you included (probably.) I always say "welcome abroad."

:thumb:



-slym ("abroad" means "in or to a foreign country or continent") :P
Don't I feel foolish now? :oops: And you are right, you did say that to me on my own Valiant story.

Now I feel a "STFU noob" welling up somewhere :lol:

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Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome abroad!



-slym
I don't think that Mr. Voros is a girl.

Welcome A-B-O-A-R-D (for slym's benefit - you know I kid man :lol:) Matthew.

:thumb:
Psst - check out almost EVERY welcome I give people here, you included (probably.) I always say "welcome abroad."

:thumb:



-slym ("abroad" means "in or to a foreign country or continent") :P
Don't I feel foolish now? :oops: And you are right, you did say that to me on my own Valiant story.
No worries, mate! :thumb:
Now I feel a "STFU noob" welling up somewhere :lol:
Not from me - I told Greg I wouldn't say (type?) that anymore here on his boards.

:D



-slym
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slym2none wrote:
Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Fanboy375 wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome abroad!



-slym
I don't think that Mr. Voros is a girl.

Welcome A-B-O-A-R-D (for slym's benefit - you know I kid man :lol:) Matthew.

:thumb:
Psst - check out almost EVERY welcome I give people here, you included (probably.) I always say "welcome abroad."

:thumb:



-slym ("abroad" means "in or to a foreign country or continent") :P
Don't I feel foolish now? :oops: And you are right, you did say that to me on my own Valiant story.
No worries, mate! :thumb:
Now I feel a "STFU noob" welling up somewhere :lol:
Not from me - I told Greg I wouldn't say (type?) that anymore here on his boards.

:D



-slym
STFU oldie. :P

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Post by slym2none »

Quiet, you!!!

And get offa my lawn! *throws a slipper*



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Post by dave »

when i'm really old, i want to move to florida and wear bermuda shorts with black socks and sandals and yell that at kids all day. it's been a dream of mine for a long time.


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