Complete collections and their fame...

Billy Walker · Post by **Billy Walker** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:56 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:I always took the 'Black Diamond' appellation as a reference to the difficulty given to various ski runs, a black diamond run being for very difficult trails. Since it was such a complete collection, it was very difficult to acquire. It made sense in my mind, at least .

Hey Billy, clear this up, will ya?

AND FROM VAULT-KEEPER
"I think the original owner of the Black Diamond Collection (Billy Walker) named it that because he is a big KISS fan. KISS had a song titled Black Diamond on their 1st album in 1974. The BD collection was retired from the list after it was sold last May. As far as I know, the new owner hasn't re-registered the collection to the inventory. Billy posted the last of his Valiant extras in B/S/T last week. Hi, Bill!"

Vault-Keeper was correct. I have been a KISS fan a bit longer than a Valiant fan so when it came time to "name" my collection I used Black Diamond because it's one of my favorite songs. When the Black Diamond I collection sold I used some of the proceeds to buy an original 1973 Hotel Diplomat concert poster from KISS' club days. This poster was owned by Lydia Criss-wife of original drummer Peter Criss. These days my KISS collection is much larger than my Valiant collection. However, when I sold the full set off in 2004, I kept my original purchases from 1993 (Harbinger 1, Solar 1, Rai 1-4, etc.). So I have a box of Valiants somewhere in my stack. I found the Acclaim box today and it had a few key Valiants in it as well.

I'm glad I used Black Diamond I for the 2004 collection. I can start the Black Diamond II collection but it will never be as extensive as what I had back then. I'm glad to see Greg has kept the site going for so long. I checked in over the years but never long enough to post. Until September, I hadn't bought a Valiant comic since 2004. I may have picked up some Acclaims along the way as I have multiple issues of V3 Shadowman and Unity 2000. I bought the first couple of issues of Dark Horse's Solar and Magnus and was disappointed.

It's good to be back.

Billy

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:39 am

Nice find! Great DOUBLE POST Woogie!

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:44 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:Nice find! Great DOUBLE POST Woogie!

Thanks! But I've gotta say, that January 6, 2011 version of mrwoogieman is such a NOOB! Nothing like the jaded January 7, 2011 version of mrwoogieman...

Billy Walker · Post by **Billy Walker** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:08 pm

Well, I did some research and the buyer of the BD I collection now resides overseas. I don't know which side of "the pond" the collection is on...

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:04 pm

Bummer.