Here's my valiant chronicle...

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:59 pm

Well, i've never really detailed my origins into valiant comics. And i felt that i needed to relate my short, but i'm sure familiar, story into this universe (to really be an official member;))

My story's quite like a lot of peoples here i would imagine. I got into comics in high school. During those young adolescent years i loved to excape into my own world of books. I always loved to read. My cousins came over to visit one year and shared a few of their comics that they were into (X-men, Predator, Spiderman), and that got me hooked.

At first i stuck with X-men and Green Hornet but then i picked up Wizard 17 and was really impressed with all the articles and interviews in there. The characters looked cool, and i wanted to find out about their stories. I basically decided to start collecting them right when Bloodshot #1 came out. That might have been my favorite title at the time. All the pre-unity stuff was kind of out of my price range, but i did scour the back issues for a Unity set. I loved that story. In fact i would always brag to my other comic book friends that Valiant had the best writting and stories. I was very proud to be a valiant fan. I even wrote to a local congressman about how they should be more like this comic book company i liked and to try to focus on quality in their work (that actually got me a gold Hard Corps!). I remember one time i saw a Solar 1, and an X-O 1 and 3, pined to the wall of a comic store and couldn't help myself. The Solar 1 was 70 bucks...that was a lot of cutting lawns!

I collected for maybe 2 years and then i guess just kind of grew out of it. The interest was no longer there. I remember stoping by a local comic store a coulple years after that, kind of on a whim, and seeing that valiant had changed their logo from the 'star' to the 'V'. I thought that looked kind of dumb. I flipped through one but you could kind of tell that the quallity was gone. I left and blew comics off for a while, but always kept all my old books. I didn't have a lot, just one very tight long box.

Then about January of last year i was in a used book store and decided to look through a wooden chest of old comics. They had a bunch of common valiants, and even a number of gold issues mixed in. I thought that was cool, but for some reason ...didn't buy the golds (they were 25 cents!) I figured they would still be there next week and would get them then. When i went back of course they were gone, and i was stunned. I went on line to try to find out exactlly how much they would be worth today and that ...is how i came to find this site and board. And i've been trying to get to 100% ever since. (and i'm nearly there!)

And that's basically my story...

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:09 am

Welcome to the boards.

Don't feed the leonmallet.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:09 am

Shouldn't this be in the Everything Else section?

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:11 am

It's a pretty familiar story ... so many of us got back into this stuff over the last couple of years for whatever reason. I doubt if people are getting back into Youngblood comics.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:13 am

Dude, the pictures are so pretty!

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:14 am

Rufey Ru wrote:...is how i came to find this site and board.

I'm glad you did.... and I'm glad I found it after you.........

BTW...... do you remember the golds you passed up for .25????????

oh and.......

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:19 am

Elveen wrote:
Rufey Ru wrote:...is how i came to find this site and board.

I'm glad you did.... and I'm glad I found it after you.........

BTW...... do you remember the golds you passed up for .25????????

oh and.......

There was a Shadowman, a Rai 9, ...i know there was another, but i can't remember which.

I just remember thinking...who'd really be interested in these.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:53 am

Great story Rufus

I remember that story about someone writing to congress I think...it was puiblished in one of the old VALIANT letters sections or whatever right?

And to think that was you!

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:33 am

cobra_commander wrote:Great story Rufus

I remember that story about someone writing to congress I think...it was puiblished in one of the old VALIANT letters sections or whatever right?

And to think that was you!

I'm not sure if my 'golden' effort ever made it to print...

. Wouldn't that be something.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:40 am

Rufusharley wrote:
cobra_commander wrote:Great story Rufus

I remember that story about someone writing to congress I think...it was puiblished in one of the old VALIANT letters sections or whatever right?

And to think that was you!
I'm not sure if my 'golden' effort ever made it to print... . Wouldn't that be something.

I was almost 100% sure I read a story like that in one of the old VALIANTS. Either way that was one of the coolest things about VALIANT. Hearing about fans getting golds for stuff they did

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:00 am

yeah, I tried to get a gold issue before but all I got was a swift kick in the arse !

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:04 am

At least that was the one nice thing about the crash...getting all of the golds and incentive books for practically nothing.

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:27 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:At least that was the one nice thing about the crash...getting all of the golds and incentive books for practically nothing.

Mmmm...one more crash and I should be able to get just about everything I need

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:33 pm

cobra_commander wrote:Great story Rufus

I remember that story about someone writing to congress I think...it was puiblished in one of the old VALIANT letters sections or whatever right?

And to think that was you!

That was a great story Rufus!

Welcome!

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:00 pm

That's a great story thanks for telling it!

-Brian

childres · Post by **childres** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:59 pm

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:41 pm

Welcome to the boards!

-slym (someone had to do it)

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:57 pm

slym2none wrote:Welcome to the boards!

-slym (someone had to do it)

Someone did.

Chiclo wrote:Welcome to the boards.

But thanks!

I just got to feeling guilty, not having posted 'my story', but posting so much other nonsense.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:43 pm

Rufusharley wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome to the boards!

-slym (someone had to do it)
Someone did.

Chiclo wrote:Welcome to the boards.
But thanks!

I just got to feeling guilty, not having posted 'my story', but posting so much other nonsense.

Recently, everyone is just showing their a$$ and trying to get their name in the Quote Post thread.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:34 am

siren3-4 wrote:
Rufusharley wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome to the boards!

-slym (someone had to do it)
Someone did.

Chiclo wrote:Welcome to the boards.
But thanks!

I just got to feeling guilty, not having posted 'my story', but posting so much other nonsense.
Recently, everyone is just showing their a$$ and trying to get their name in the Quote Post thread.

That would be the actions of a two-balled b!tch.

-slym

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:23 am

slym2none wrote:
siren3-4 wrote:
Rufusharley wrote:
slym2none wrote:Welcome to the boards!

-slym (someone had to do it)
Someone did.

Chiclo wrote:Welcome to the boards.
But thanks!

I just got to feeling guilty, not having posted 'my story', but posting so much other nonsense.
Recently, everyone is just showing their a$$ and trying to get their name in the Quote Post thread.
That would be the actions of a two-balled b!tch.

-slym

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:43 am

cobra_commander · Post by **cobra_commander** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:14 am

siren3-4 wrote:

pauls1688 · Post by **pauls1688** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:53 pm

i got x-o manowar 0 and 1 and that was me hooked but shortly after that i joined the army and had to put my comic collecting on hold.
when i married and we got a quater from the army i was able to bring my comics from my folks place over to germany and start again that was in 1997.
i have been collecting ever since.

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:30 am

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