My first Valiant Gold (circa 1993)

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:03 pm

I was just browsing my VH1 comics and discovered my first Valiant gold book, Bloodshot #0.

What's special about this now readily available book is the two photos I stuffed into the bag with it.

I was 14 years old and a die-hard Valiant fan and promoter in '93. I converted all of my comic reading friends into Valiant fans, and some that didn't normally read comics.

My local comic shop told me if I created a display, they would hang it. So, I created this Bloodshot painting on sheet-rock. I cut three holes in the sheet-rock for the new or popular Valiant books of the month.

Phil (the LCS owner) was blown away and hung it front and center, high up on the wall were you would see it right when you walked in. It was awesome!

I sent Valiant pics and a letter and they sent me a Bloodshot #0 gold. A fitting reward

Such a good memory.

kevinbastos · Post by **kevinbastos** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:08 pm

Awesome. Wasn't there a thread with how I got my gold somewhere?

Still gotta post mine sometime.

MarkRoseHFX · Post by **MarkRoseHFX** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:25 pm

that's awesome thanks for sharing!

I still to this day have never owned one. once they finally make a Harby Gold i'll do pretty much whatever it takes to earn one

caniac · Post by **caniac** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:51 pm

Cool!

pixierosa · Post by **pixierosa** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:58 pm

MarkRoseHFX wrote:
once they finally make a Harby Gold i'll do pretty much whatever it takes to earn one

Me, too!

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:53 pm

MarkRoseHFX wrote:that's awesome thanks for sharing!

I still to this day have never owned one. once they finally make a Harby Gold i'll do pretty much whatever it takes to earn one

This comment is rife with the potential for abuse.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:58 pm

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:24 pm

Thanks for sharing, very cool display.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:51 pm

Very cool indeed. All I did to get my gold book was write a letter to them complaining about the damn gold books.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:51 pm

depluto wrote:Very cool indeed. All I did to get my gold book was write a letter to them complaining about the damn gold books.

All I had to do was go on eBay.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:17 pm

Tim wrote:
depluto wrote:Very cool indeed. All I did to get my gold book was write a letter to them complaining about the damn gold books.
All I had to do was go on eBay.

MarkRoseHFX · Post by **MarkRoseHFX** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:34 pm

Chiclo wrote:
MarkRoseHFX wrote:that's awesome thanks for sharing!

I still to this day have never owned one. once they finally make a Harby Gold i'll do pretty much whatever it takes to earn one
This comment is rife with the potential for abuse.

i'm all good with that...i'd take abuse to get me a Gold Harby book

but i have a much easier plan in motion

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:11 am

Very cool story

I like the look of that shop, too!

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:32 am

grendeljd wrote:Very cool story

I like the look of that shop, too!

Loved that shop! It was a really old house converted to a retail space. It had tons of sunlight and high cielings, which most comic shops are lacking (in my experience at least).

'twas a as day for Southern Pines NC when Phil's comics closed down!

Carson

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:27 am

Carson wrote:
grendeljd wrote:Very cool story

I like the look of that shop, too!
Loved that shop! It was a really old house converted to a retail space. It had tons of sunlight and high cielings, which most comic shops are lacking (in my experience at least).

'twas a as day for Southern Pines NC when Phil's comics closed down!

Carson

Aw, that sucks. My childhood comic shop is still kickin', but I don't live in that city anymore. Luckily I have a pal who still goes there, and I see pix of it whenever Valiant throws a #walkinwednesday

I could see tons of sunlight being bad for comics out on display for too long, though... but I still like the look of your old lcs

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:19 pm

^ Yeah, you wouldn't want a Giant Sized X-Men #1 baking in the sunlight hanging on the wall, that's for sure!

Now that I think about it, I don't think Phil displayed old, valuable comics. But, those were never my thing anyway! Flipping through the quarter bins was more my thing

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