How I got my first Valiants

Punisher Fan · Post by **Punisher Fan** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:54 am

I was collecting a good amount back in the day, but was tired of everything X-Men and all the "look alike" titles. Upon the recommendation of the store owner, I traded in all my X-Men comics for the entire Unity storyline. I got hooked on Valiant after that. The storytelling was far superior what I had come to expect.

Then I took a collecting break for about 15 years.

siren3-4 · Post by **siren3-4** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:07 am

Welcome to the boards . . .

I was out for quite a few years myself . . .

Pikachu is a little yellow rat that has the power of Thor . . .

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:25 am

Welcome to the board. My first Valiant comics were also Unity. I took a 10-year break from comcis and only got back in last year.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:19 am

Welcome.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:24 am

Welcome

dbostejano · Post by **dbostejano** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:04 pm

welcome

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:32 pm

I bet your glad our LCS guy recommended Unity to you!!

Let us know what you need by putting a list in the By Sell Trade area..

96Valiantfan · Post by **96Valiantfan** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:37 pm

Welcome

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:15 am

Welcome Big Pun.

Unity was a great place to jump in.

Make sure you read the pre-uni stuff, if you have not. It is great.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:31 am

You traded your X-Men comics for Unity storyline books?

I hope they weren't bronze age X-Men books...

If it was modern overprinted X-Men books...good trade!

terreth · Post by **terreth** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:45 pm

Welcome to the boards

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:51 pm

Brother J wrote:You traded your X-Men comics for Unity storyline books?

I hope they weren't bronze age X-Men books...

If it was modern overprinted X-Men books...good trade!

trade ALL your X-Men books out for Valiants....

X-Men are a gay troupe of escaped circus people... really

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:36 pm

Welcome to the boards

turbod16 · Post by **turbod16** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:30 pm

Welcome to the fun

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:14 pm

I stole mine.

Punisher Fan · Post by **Punisher Fan** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:36 am

Brother J wrote:You traded your X-Men comics for Unity storyline books?

I hope they weren't bronze age X-Men books...

If it was modern overprinted X-Men books...good trade!

Nothing but the overprinted X-Men, but it also included Jim Lee's first X-Man works, which I really liked.

I got through Solar 1 - 10 this weekend. Great read. Great memories.

Punisher Fan · Post by **Punisher Fan** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:39 am

Elveen wrote:Welcome Big Pun.

Unity was a great place to jump in.

Make sure you read the pre-uni stuff, if you have not. It is great.

I remember starting to collect the pre-unity stuff after reading the unity story line. Those issues were expensive (relative to my income at the time) and also hard to find. I eventually got most of them.

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:37 am

Welcome.

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:16 pm

welcome aboard bro.

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:58 pm

Welcome

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:02 pm

Hang on, a Welcome thread I haven't hijacked yet? What is that about?

Oh and welcome to the board.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:14 pm

Welcome

Chemical King · Post by **Chemical King** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:58 pm

My first Valiants: German Ebay. Somebody sold his complete collection. Only some very special issues like the very first Magnus, Solars and Harbingers were missing. I read a lot over the Valiant universe during bidding week, therefore I went into it with a lot of fervor.

But after I managed to get Harbinger (nearly complete), somebody came along sweeping the plate, getting every book from M like Magnus til X like X-O Manowar. Maybe it was for the better - I had to move to another city just two weeks later, so it would be quite illogical to add some tons of comic books at that moment

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:29 pm

I borrowed mine from the local lieberry.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:13 pm

welcome