Completing my Valiants!

Escaflown4 · Post by **Escaflown4** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:35 am

dhudson1 wrote:
Escaflown4 wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
Escaflown4 wrote:
comicsyte95 wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:Well, once I have paid the last few amounts that I owe to people, I will have spent about $315 for all the books i've gotten thus far I guess that's not too bad, eh?
Wait til you get the bug i spend 2-3 times that per month with no end in sight..
Sighs speaking of the bug, I remember when I decided to get back into comics back in '05, I said to myself that I will stop once I get all the pre-Unity books. After I have obtained that, I went for the rest of the Valiant titles. After that, the bug bit me hard and I decided to go for a full run of Uncanny X-Men since that had been my favorite title since I first collected comics in the early 90's. Once I completed that quest, I moved on to collecting major Bronze Age key issues. I figure I would just settle down with what I have, but the bug bit hard yet again and I took on the quest to get a full run of Amazing Spider-Man which I am only about 50 issues away from completing. Now I find myself also going after major Silver Age key issues. I really need to get rid of this bug.
Believe me, I understand, still tring to complete my Fantastic Four, just picked up 3 and 5, had to lie to my wife about how much they cost.

Don't tell her.
Did you pick them up as raw copies or CGC'ed?

I totally understand about the wife situation as I also fall under the same category....
CGC, the 3 was 5.5 and the 5 was 3.5

Wow nice, those two books can easily add up over $1200 together in those grades. You should post up your FF collection here sometime.

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:47 am

Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:49 am

JustCallMeAric wrote:Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.

Are you married?

No, you are correct, it was just a joke. She knows I have a desease, the comic bug!

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:36 am

dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.
Are you married?

No, you are correct, it was just a joke. She knows I have a desease, the comic bug!

Yes sir, 2+ years. My bad I missed the sarcasm.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:07 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.
Are you married?

No, you are correct, it was just a joke. She knows I have a desease, the comic bug!
Yes sir, 2+ years. My bad I missed the sarcasm.

Try 28 years, with a 25 year old son and a 17 year old daughter

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:24 pm

dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.
Are you married?

No, you are correct, it was just a joke. She knows I have a desease, the comic bug!
Yes sir, 2+ years. My bad I missed the sarcasm.
Try 28 years, with a 25 year old son and a 17 year old daughter

Remember when you were 17 and 25 . . . . and just think of kids now a days

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:26 pm

Mike J wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:
dhudson1 wrote:
JustCallMeAric wrote:Lying to the wife is never good. Remember they are just paper.
Are you married?

No, you are correct, it was just a joke. She knows I have a desease, the comic bug!
Yes sir, 2+ years. My bad I missed the sarcasm.
Try 28 years, with a 25 year old son and a 17 year old daughter
Remember when you were 17 and 25 . . . . and just think of kids now a days

When I was 25, I had a 1 year old

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:15 am

What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:25 pm

StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?

Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time

I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run

....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:28 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far

Thanks for the info/opinions.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:35 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far

Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:53 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far

Just wait till you get to the later issues, they are even better (and not quite so dark).

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:55 pm

iggy101us wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far
Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

As soon as you realize that Acclaim in NOT Valiant, there is for sure some good reads in there.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:07 pm

Elveen wrote:
iggy101us wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far
Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

As soon as you realize that Acclaim in NOT Valiant, there is for sure some good reads in there.

For sure...Quantum & Woody, Shadowman (especially 16-20 and v3), Bloodshot, Solar and some of the Turok stuff. XO wasn't BAD but it wasn't good. It just wasn't XO.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:10 pm

it was just a shadow of its former self

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:14 pm

superman-prime wrote:it was just a shadow of its former self

It was. It wasn't a bad concept in and of itself, but it wasn't deserving of the name XO.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:41 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
Elveen wrote:
iggy101us wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far
Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

As soon as you realize that Acclaim in NOT Valiant, there is for sure some good reads in there.

For sure...Quantum & Woody, Shadowman (especially 16-20 and v3), Bloodshot, Solar and some of the Turok stuff. XO wasn't BAD but it wasn't good. It just wasn't XO.

I would add Eternal Warriors, and the Darque stuff. Alex Darque is not as good as Master Darque's fist 4 to 5 storylines, about as good as the next few and better than darque at the end of Valiant.

And VH2 Armorines is better than VH1, IMO.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:55 pm

Elveen wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
Elveen wrote:
iggy101us wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote:
StarBrand wrote:What's your favorite Valiant stuff so far, Jonesy?
Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far
Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

As soon as you realize that Acclaim in NOT Valiant, there is for sure some good reads in there.

For sure...Quantum & Woody, Shadowman (especially 16-20 and v3), Bloodshot, Solar and some of the Turok stuff. XO wasn't BAD but it wasn't good. It just wasn't XO.

I would add Eternal Warriors, and the Darque stuff. Alex Darque is not as good as Master Darque's fist 4 to 5 storylines, about as good as the next few and better than darque at the end of Valiant.

And *Acclaim (1997 series)* Armorines is better than *VALIANT (1991-1996)*, IMO.

Very interesting! I am thinking that once I complete my initial Valiant VH1 reading set, I might collect V.2 of Shadowman, but not too interested in the other books? Okay, I AM interested in Ellis' "Man of the Atom" special...lol

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:57 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
Elveen wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
Elveen wrote:
iggy101us wrote:
JonesyAZ wrote: Y'know, i've found that it changes all the time I LOVE Magnus (still not sure about the end of the run ....), early Solar, early H.A.R.D.Corps...lately i've been really into the later Eternal Warrior stuff. I dig early A&A. Shadowman's cool. X-O's cool...hahahaha...I guess I like everything

Elveen sent me a couple Shadowman Vol. 2 books over the last few months (issue 1 and 2)...i'm honestly digging those two issues so far
Great job, Elveen, trying to get him hooked on Acclaim.

I think you'll enjoy some of them.

As soon as you realize that Acclaim in NOT Valiant, there is for sure some good reads in there.

For sure...Quantum & Woody, Shadowman (especially 16-20 and v3), Bloodshot, Solar and some of the Turok stuff. XO wasn't BAD but it wasn't good. It just wasn't XO.

I would add Eternal Warriors, and the Darque stuff. Alex Darque is not as good as Master Darque's fist 4 to 5 storylines, about as good as the next few and better than darque at the end of Valiant.

And *Acclaim (1997 series)* Armorines is better than *VALIANT (1991-1996)*, IMO.
Very interesting! I am thinking that once I complete my initial Valiant *VALIANT (1991-1996)* reading set, I might collect V.2 of Shadowman, but not too interested in the other books? Okay, I AM interested in Ellis' "Man of the Atom" special...lol

You should try Quantum and Woody, not a bad read

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:05 pm

Q&W was the best acclaim stuff in my world

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:25 pm

I honestly believe that you can get every valiant book for $1 including the later issues. You'll just have to be patient.

I did.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:50 pm

dave wrote:I honestly believe that you can get every valiant book for $1 including the later issues. You'll just have to be patient.

I did.

Thanks, Dave. In all actuality, I feel that i've been pretty patient so far (heck, it's taken about 5 months now to obtain what I have

), and the folks on this website have just been so awesome and generous and kind to me in my discovery of Valiant. You guys make it so much better than if I was to just buy a few books here and there from dealers or people who could care less about Valiant.

Thanks again, y'all!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:51 pm

took me 3 years to complete everything minus vvss books so you are on a fantastic pace

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:30 am

It took me like 12 yrs.

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:11 am

I only had like 40 at the beginning of the year Jonsey, now i only need about that many. Though i quickly dropped the no vvss and gold thing. But thanks to ebay, sub dollar bins, and this board, i was able to get a lot of them pretty cheap.