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i starting collecting comics in 1990,off of newstands and my lcs ,then i moved and bought what i could from local stores.and also i traded comics with my friends.by the time VALIANT came out i had quite a few comics.

i started collecting VALIANT'S because the stories were well written,and the artwork was great,especially the pre-unitys.my favorites were Solar and X-O Manowar(which i thought was a better concept then Iron Man).the possibilites of what Solar could do,made me want to buy each following issue.the same held true with the X-O Manowar,Eternal Warrior,Archer and Armstrong...ect

i collected comics off and on after school,buying and trading quite a few comics.i had kept my Solar and X-0 Manowar's (especially the tpb with the database),as well as a few select others in my personal collection -that i wasnt willing to part with- .as well as dozens to read.In june 2008 Imageowner2 bought some comics off me and talked about comics for awhile he told me about the many VALIANT sites that existed,which i thought as cool.that got me to got me to back through the longboxes and reread some of my old favorites again,and from there i got back into VALIANTS again and bought back the few VALIANTS i sold off to some of my friends -about 30 VALIANTS with higher print runs-i then scoured my areas flea markets,my LCS(which has since closed,sad to say) and ebay buying all i could afford.they are awesome to read,as no matter how many times you read them,the storys never get old!!

in my eyes VALIANT comics truly bring back a better time,i can't be 18 again,so they are the next best thing!!! :D

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Hey CS95.

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thanks!!!this seems to be a sweet site!!! :D

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Greetings to you too! Keep posting!

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This noob says hello too. So .. Hi !

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Nice story, welcome to the board.

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hello everyone,and thanks!!! :)

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Welcome abroad! As far as VALIANTs go, your story is quite similar to mine. I love READING comics, and was tired of the <5 minute stories in Image and even my Claremont-written X-Men issues were getting to be a ten minute read or less.

Keep on posting, glad to have you around!!!



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Great to hear, it's amazing how many people were affected by Valiant, should be a sure shot sign that this Universe needs to be on the shelves and all media formats. Welcome aboard! :thumb:
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Hola compadre.

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thanks!!!this site is great everyones nice,and theres alot of cool info,i especially like the VALIANT galleries,its nice to see all the cool comics and collectibles in one place,i didn't even know some of the items existed,its the best museum,i've seen!!!

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comicsyte95 wrote:thanks!!!this site is great everyones nice,and theres alot of cool info,i especially like the VALIANT galleries,its nice to see all the cool comics and collectibles in one place,i didn't even know some of the items existed,its the best museum,i've seen!!!
for sure the galleries are Made of Win!

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Welcome to the other forum !

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Maraxusofkeld wrote:
Welcome to the other forum !
thanks!!!

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Awesome story! Thanks for sharing :thumb:

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thanks guys!!! :)

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Elveen wrote:
comicsyte95 wrote:thanks!!!this site is great everyones nice,and theres alot of cool info,i especially like the VALIANT galleries,its nice to see all the cool comics and collectibles in one place,i didn't even know some of the items existed,its the best museum,i've seen!!!
for sure the galleries are Made of Win!
Epic stuff for sure !
I have to say that i'm really enjoying the site so far. Thx everyone.

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hello newman.......

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