Discuss Your Comic Purchases

[ShadowTuga]

I went to the shopping mall today, and happened to find a 50 cent sale on a comic/board game/ccg shop.
For 13,50 euros I brought:
- Batman #700 (oversized special)
- Batman & Robin #16 (last issue of the Morrison arc)
- Batman Inc (vol. 01) #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.
- The Walking Dead #25, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 73, 74, 90.

EDIT - OMG, what have I found there?! I have a NM copy of Chew's 1st appearance?! Bought for 50 cents?!

Good scores.

Great buys dude. Also maybe not worth loads but Batman & Robin #16 is a masterpiece, brings together all of Morrison's works from the previous few years into one excellent finale. Also contains possibly my favourite appearance of the Joker too.

QFT. I already have the TPBs for his run, but I always wanted to have this particular issue in single, mainly because of the symbolism it carries. It's the big showdown! I also LOVE the cover, with both Bruce and Dick as Bats.

Went back to the store today, grabbed (again, for 50 cents each) the entire Scott Snyder run on 'Tec (671-680), a couple more Batman #700 (I have one copy to keep, one to sell and one to hang on the wall! ), and 5 or 6 more Morrison issues from the Black Glove/R.I.P. era.

[Lightning Strike]

I'm still slowly but surely turning my floppies into trades and just now got the complete "Planet Hulk" trade in the mail from Amazon (love that site!) for $24. Can't beat that price! I now have the complete Pak Hulk run in trades.

Aren't there some floppies you can't do that with?

nope

[Elveen]

I'm still slowly but surely turning my floppies into trades and just now got the complete "Planet Hulk" trade in the mail from Amazon (love that site!) for $24. Can't beat that price! I now have the complete Pak Hulk run in trades.

Aren't there some floppies you can't do that with?

nope

I have some books (single comic books) that I can't mentally decide to get rid of....... not yet at least...

[Lightning Strike]

I'm still slowly but surely turning my floppies into trades and just now got the complete "Planet Hulk" trade in the mail from Amazon (love that site!) for $24. Can't beat that price! I now have the complete Pak Hulk run in trades.

Aren't there some floppies you can't do that with?

nope

I have some books (single comic books) that I can't mentally decide to get rid of....... not yet at least...

Those floppies end up getting bound by me. I still have over 40 long boxes of comics to whittle down.

[Elveen]

I'm still slowly but surely turning my floppies into trades and just now got the complete "Planet Hulk" trade in the mail from Amazon (love that site!) for $24. Can't beat that price! I now have the complete Pak Hulk run in trades.

Aren't there some floppies you can't do that with?

nope

I have some books (single comic books) that I can't mentally decide to get rid of....... not yet at least...

Those floppies end up getting bound by me. I still have over 40 long boxes of comics to whittle down.

My pre-unity books will be the hardest to not have.

[lorddunlow]

I personally prefer the floppies. One thing I don't like about trades (and digital books) is the lack of ads. Some of my favorite things about reading a Bronze or Silver Age book (or even some of my old Image/Valiant/etc from the 90s) is reading the funny ads. I know it sounds weird, but I like ads. I also watch the Superbowl mainly for the ads. I love commercials. I feel like Sandra Bullock from Demolition Man. Comes from being a child of the 80s I guess.

The only trades I have at all are some of the VH1 trades and the entire run of the 1st print HCs for Sandman. Those took quite a while and a lot of money to obtain several years ago. I own all 75 single issues as well. The Season of Mist HC is still the coolest book I've owned (inside and out).

Digital has replaced trades for me, but I still want the single issues as the time capsules they are. When I was reading through my old Valiants, I kept thinking "Man, I really wanted that video game!", or "That game sucked." That's lost both in trades and digital. Letters columns aren't in the trades either.

[Lightning Strike]

I personally prefer the floppies. One thing I don't like about trades (and digital books) is the lack of ads. Some of my favorite things about reading a Bronze or Silver Age book (or even some of my old Image/Valiant/etc from the 90s) is reading the funny ads. I know it sounds weird, but I like ads. I also watch the Superbowl mainly for the ads. I love commercials. I feel like Sandra Bullock from Demolition Man. Comes from being a child of the 80s I guess.

The only trades I have at all are some of the VH1 trades and the entire run of the 1st print HCs for Sandman. Those took quite a while and a lot of money to obtain several years ago. I own all 75 single issues as well. The Season of Mist HC is still the coolest book I've owned (inside and out).

Digital has replaced trades for me, but I still want the single issues as the time capsules they are. When I was reading through my old Valiants, I kept thinking "Man, I really wanted that video game!", or "That game sucked." That's lost both in trades and digital. Letters columns aren't in the trades either.

That's why I prefer binding my comics rather than the tpbs. I include the ads and letter columns for the reasons you pointed out. I know some fans who bind their comics without the ads and letter columns.

[depluto]

I've been buying some old-school Marvel stuff ... Adventure into Fear 10-18 (the Man-Thing books) and a full run of Amazing Adventures 1-25 (all the furry Beast books are in that run).

[StarBrand]

I've been buying some old-school Marvel stuff ... Adventure into Fear 10-18 (the Man-Thing books) and a full run of Amazing Adventures 1-25 (all the furry Beast books are in that run).

Books from around the time I started collecting Marvel!

[WarAngel]

My local shop has a 25 cents bin so I've been at that a few times recently. Picked up some XO, Conan, Armorines and a bunch of random stuff.

[Cyberstrike]

I just bought the following:
The Transformers: Robots In Disguise #13
The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #12
The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)
The Transformers: Prime-Rage of the Dinobots #2 (of 4)
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Dr. Who: Assimilation #8 (of 8)
Banshee: Origins #1 (of 1)
Garfield #9
X-O Manowar #8
Harbinger #7
Shadowman #3
The Superior Spider-Man #1
Captain Marvel #8
The Indestructible Hulk #2
X-Factor #249
The Secret Service #5 (of 6)
The Shadow Special #1 (of 1)
The Spider #7
Joe Kubert Presents #3 (of 6)
Sword of Sorcery #3
Batwoman #15
Rachel Rising #13
Saga #8
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi-The Prisoner of Bogan #2 (of 5)
Dark Horse Presents #19

[StarBrand]

I just bought the following:
The Transformers: Robots In Disguise #13
The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #12
The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)
The Transformers: Prime-Rage of the Dinobots #2 (of 4)
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Dr. Who: Assimilation #8 (of 8)
Banshee: Origins #1 (of 1)
Garfield #9
X-O Manowar #8
Harbinger #7
Shadowman #3
The Superior Spider-Man #1
Captain Marvel #8
The Indestructible Hulk #2
X-Factor #249
The Secret Service #5 (of 6)
The Shadow Special #1 (of 1)
The Spider #7
Joe Kubert Presents #3 (of 6)
Sword of Sorcery #3
Batwoman #15
Rachel Rising #13
Saga #8
Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi-The Prisoner of Bogan #2 (of 5)
Dark Horse Presents #19

How has Dark Horse Presents been?

[grendeljd]

The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)

This is only going to run to #100? That's too bad - if Furman & Wildman stayed on, I'd just keep on buying it...

[Cyberstrike]

The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)

This is only going to run to #100? That's too bad - if Furman & Wildman stayed on, I'd just keep on buying it...

It will be miracle if IDW doesn't cancel it before #100 due to declining sales.

[grendeljd]

The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)

This is only going to run to #100? That's too bad - if Furman & Wildman stayed on, I'd just keep on buying it...

It will be miracle if IDW doesn't cancel it before #100 due to declining sales.

Don't say that!! Is it really tapering off that badly? Wtf!!

[Cyberstrike]

The Transformers: Regeneration One #87 (of 100)

This is only going to run to #100? That's too bad - if Furman & Wildman stayed on, I'd just keep on buying it...

It will be miracle if IDW doesn't cancel it before #100 due to declining sales.

Don't say that!! Is it really tapering off that badly? Wtf!!

It's already falling behind RID and MTMTE.

[xodacia81]

Dark Horse Presents has been decent. The new Ghost and X stories were/are good, and the current Ghost series that has started up as a monthly seems like it could be ok. I'm still bigger on the original dual-volume run, though, and I pref the original DHP to the new one, but I won't complain as I think DHP is a "standard", on a level-for Dark Horse-with something like Action Comics or Spiderman, for DC/Marvel. It really is the flagship for them.

[StarBrand]

Dark Horse Presents has been decent. The new Ghost and X stories were/are good, and the current Ghost series that has started up as a monthly seems like it could be ok. I'm still bigger on the original dual-volume run, though, and I pref the original DHP to the new one, but I won't complain as I think DHP is a "standard", on a level-for Dark Horse-with something like Action Comics or Spiderman, for DC/Marvel. It really is the flagship for them.

Good to see those characters back in print, too.

[Cyberstrike]

Dark Horse Presents has been decent. The new Ghost and X stories were/are good, and the current Ghost series that has started up as a monthly seems like it could be ok. I'm still bigger on the original dual-volume run, though, and I pref the original DHP to the new one, but I won't complain as I think DHP is a "standard", on a level-for Dark Horse-with something like Action Comics or Spiderman, for DC/Marvel. It really is the flagship for them.

It's been surprising good.

[ian_house]

Invincible #100 - Chromium Cover baby

[Dr. Solar]

Invincible #100 - Chromium Cover baby

I saw one of these in a shop today, I couldn't pass it up.

[400yrs]

I've heard it's pretty cool, but my shop didn't have it. I'll have to seek it out.

[grendeljd]

Invincible #100 - Chromium Cover baby

I saw one of these in a shop today, I couldn't pass it up.

My shop had one, but I passed... I got the non-chromium wrap, the Corey Walker & the Arthur Adams [my fav].

[400yrs]

Got today:

Dia De Los Muertos #1
Saga #7
Swamp Thing #1 3rd print
Aquaman #1 1st print
A&A #6 EW cover
Manhattan Projects tpb vol 1

and one of the below for cover price. One of my favorite covers ever (and I don't really like Batman).

[StarBrand]

Yes, that's absolutely a great cover!