Comic Book Collecting.
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I was a late-comer to collecting comics. I started collecting Daredevil about a year and a half ago and have expanded my collection since. However, I collect pretty much to read - which is why I usually get TPB (like others have said). Since a lot of Daredevil isn't in TPB form, I've gotten a bunch of back issues, which are quite fun to have even if they are nowhere near as economical. That being said, since I subscribed to Marvel Unlimited, I've cut back on what I'm getting. I'm still getting Daredevil. I figure if I've started it, I might as well finish it (plus, I like reading on physical copies). For the rest, it usually depends on what I can't get online - so mainly old Black Panther, some X-Factor, New Mutants, Inhumans, and I'll eventually get some Ms. Marvel as well.
Good, don't want you to feel excluded or nothing.
The summer event Convergence from a couple months ago tried to bring back the JLI and a lot of old feelings, but it felt flat.
Yeah I read some of them. It fell flat in a big way. IT opened the door to bring the prime DC universe back but unfortunately the are back to the new 52 versions that no one likes.
If they're going to do anything with the aftermath of convergence, it's going to be as one shot specials or limited series, kinda like how the Elseworlds brand used to pull hinky ####.
Hmmm.
The New 52 Branding on the covers is finally gone, even if it's the same under the hood.
DCYOU just seems like more New 52, rather than taking any advantage of conversion.
Hmmm.
The New 52 Branding on the covers is finally gone, even if it's the same under the hood.
DCYOU just seems like more New 52, rather than taking any advantage of conversion.
Dang you have me beat. I have nowhere near that number. Whats your most expensive comic or comics?
I had a few dozen of the Marvel GI JOE run when I was a kid--supplemented later by ebay and used bookstores. I'm maybe missing a dozen or so issues at this point.
Justice League 3000 was bad, but I consider the Giffen/Dematteis Justice League America/International/Europe era to be one of the best JL runs. I think 3000 suffers from the constraints of the New 52, although it has some problems as a concept, too. If Giffen/Dematteis were allowed to do a Justice League book like the old days, without of DC's current editorial idiots, it would probably be the best book with "Justice League" in the title since Grant Morrison's JLA run ended.
I got comics randomly here and there growing up. Now I follow a few runs that have come out in the last couple years. The only thing I collect are definitive Hardcovers/Trade paperbacks. Immortal Ironfist, Dark Knight Returns, Silver Surfer Requiem, Killing Joke, etc.
I want to get Zen & Violence next I think. I'm just trying to justify spending $120 on a Question book. Or just hope for a re-release.
I want to get Zen & Violence next I think. I'm just trying to justify spending $120 on a Question book. Or just hope for a re-release.
Yeah sometimes the trade paperbacks end up being cheaper than buying a series of books. I bough infinite crisis in a collected paperback and it was way cheaper than buying the individual issues.
limited? 
I do digital comics so collecting isn't really an option. Most my superhero reading is stuff from the early '00s so I've been getting the digital collected editions. I've read a few recent things, but that's been mostly tie ins, the Azarello Wonder Woman, Saga, and Hinterkind.
I started with Star Trek comics in the late 80's/early 90's. My father got me Superman #50 (Clark's engagement to Lois) partly because he hoped it would be a good investment (MyComicShop currently has it for $1.35, ironically cheaper than #49, which is $4.00). I quickly collected the other issues in the arc (including issue #49 and the Starman issue it crossed over into).
Quickly thereafter, I got a few issues of the Justice Society miniseries that came out in 1991, Flash #50, and Green Lantern 9-13). Consequentially, Green Lantern, Flash, the Justice Society, and Superman would become my favorite titles over the years. It also cemented my love of DC over Marvel. I branched out to other titles, such as Justice League and through a friend, Firestorm (which ended shortly before my entrance into superhero comics). The latter became my favorite "B-list" hero.
I, of course, also tried other companies, notably Marvel, but never really collected full runs, like I did for DC (Until JMS on Amazing Spider-Man and Grant Morrison on New X-Men). I tried a few Image titles, but really enjoyed Valiant's offerings, especially X-O Manowar.
When I first collected, I got my comics at a shop near my grandfather's house (which we visited every summer and most school vacations). I'd pick up issues at 7-11 or drug stores here and there. By the time "Reign of the Supermen" started, I found a local comic shop and kind of went into over-drive collecting comics for about 3 years, until that store went out of business.
I still got comics at the store near my grandfather during that time, as well as another store which opened and lasted a few years. Unfortunately, that store didn't have a deep back-issue selection, and what they had was poorly organized. However, it did help me collect current issues.
When I went to college, I frequented Newbury Comics, which didn't have back issues, except for a $0.25 bin. That lasted a little over a year, until November 1998, when I got my first serious girlfriend and gave up comics. At least that's the excuse I gave, but really, I felt like I wasn't enjoying the comics as much as I used to. I remember continually buying the same titles, but desperately seeking new titles, hoping something would come along to wow me.
During that time, I still collected some TPBs, namely for Starman (Robinson's series) and Sandman, as well as keeping up with JLA, which was, perhaps the sole title I was following in 1998 that I missed and still enjoyed. I also got the Crisis on Infinite Earths TPB that came out late 1999/early 2000, since I never was able to find affordable single issues. I did pick up the first JSA tpb.
I got back into comics in 2001, where, once again the Superman titles was what really interested me. Shortly thereafter, as I said, I started collecting Amazing Spider-Man and New X-Men. I also discovered a few titles that I missed out on during the 3 years I wasn't collecting. I missed out on a few years of Geoff Johns' Flash, but quickly caught up in back issues and TPBS.
I once again relied on Newbury Comics and a local comic store in the town I was living in. In 2003, I moved to Florida and found a comic shop. These were the "Golden Years" for me, with a steady comic shop and a ton of titles I enjoyed.
In 2012, I got divorced and looked at my finances, realizing the money I was dropping on comics was way too much. I stopped, but once again, I wasn't enjoying the comics I got as much. I tried the "New 52" titles, but couldn't get on-board with many of the changes.
As with the first break I took, I still collect TPBs. I finally finished collecting the Starman tpbs, and I've got one more volume to get in the Sandman series (at least he original run, Gaiman has put out a few other books with Sandman and related titles). I've recently started collecting Ed Brubaker's Captain America run and have been collecting Hickman's Fantastic Four/FF run.
Overall, I'm happy going through my back issues and enjoying reading through full runs (sometimes comics and sometimes creators). The stories I'm really interested in are already completed, so I'm getting TPBs of them, instead of new issues. I still love reading comics, but I'm out of the new issue game. I follow blogs that post scans of the comics, and look at the current stuff being put out. None of it screams, "You have to go out and get this comic."
Quickly thereafter, I got a few issues of the Justice Society miniseries that came out in 1991, Flash #50, and Green Lantern 9-13). Consequentially, Green Lantern, Flash, the Justice Society, and Superman would become my favorite titles over the years. It also cemented my love of DC over Marvel. I branched out to other titles, such as Justice League and through a friend, Firestorm (which ended shortly before my entrance into superhero comics). The latter became my favorite "B-list" hero.
I, of course, also tried other companies, notably Marvel, but never really collected full runs, like I did for DC (Until JMS on Amazing Spider-Man and Grant Morrison on New X-Men). I tried a few Image titles, but really enjoyed Valiant's offerings, especially X-O Manowar.
When I first collected, I got my comics at a shop near my grandfather's house (which we visited every summer and most school vacations). I'd pick up issues at 7-11 or drug stores here and there. By the time "Reign of the Supermen" started, I found a local comic shop and kind of went into over-drive collecting comics for about 3 years, until that store went out of business.
I still got comics at the store near my grandfather during that time, as well as another store which opened and lasted a few years. Unfortunately, that store didn't have a deep back-issue selection, and what they had was poorly organized. However, it did help me collect current issues.
When I went to college, I frequented Newbury Comics, which didn't have back issues, except for a $0.25 bin. That lasted a little over a year, until November 1998, when I got my first serious girlfriend and gave up comics. At least that's the excuse I gave, but really, I felt like I wasn't enjoying the comics as much as I used to. I remember continually buying the same titles, but desperately seeking new titles, hoping something would come along to wow me.
During that time, I still collected some TPBs, namely for Starman (Robinson's series) and Sandman, as well as keeping up with JLA, which was, perhaps the sole title I was following in 1998 that I missed and still enjoyed. I also got the Crisis on Infinite Earths TPB that came out late 1999/early 2000, since I never was able to find affordable single issues. I did pick up the first JSA tpb.
I got back into comics in 2001, where, once again the Superman titles was what really interested me. Shortly thereafter, as I said, I started collecting Amazing Spider-Man and New X-Men. I also discovered a few titles that I missed out on during the 3 years I wasn't collecting. I missed out on a few years of Geoff Johns' Flash, but quickly caught up in back issues and TPBS.
I once again relied on Newbury Comics and a local comic store in the town I was living in. In 2003, I moved to Florida and found a comic shop. These were the "Golden Years" for me, with a steady comic shop and a ton of titles I enjoyed.
In 2012, I got divorced and looked at my finances, realizing the money I was dropping on comics was way too much. I stopped, but once again, I wasn't enjoying the comics I got as much. I tried the "New 52" titles, but couldn't get on-board with many of the changes.
As with the first break I took, I still collect TPBs. I finally finished collecting the Starman tpbs, and I've got one more volume to get in the Sandman series (at least he original run, Gaiman has put out a few other books with Sandman and related titles). I've recently started collecting Ed Brubaker's Captain America run and have been collecting Hickman's Fantastic Four/FF run.
Overall, I'm happy going through my back issues and enjoying reading through full runs (sometimes comics and sometimes creators). The stories I'm really interested in are already completed, so I'm getting TPBs of them, instead of new issues. I still love reading comics, but I'm out of the new issue game. I follow blogs that post scans of the comics, and look at the current stuff being put out. None of it screams, "You have to go out and get this comic."
Yeah the new 52 is not good at all. Back issues from the old days are nice and I have plenty. Its nice to reminisce and look at the books I bought when I was a kid. Right now I am collecting 60s and 70s and will start to collect some books from the 80s that I missed and wanted as a kid. I just wish that the comics companies wouldn't restart their universes. Its annoying. If they think fans cant get into the current universe after 20 or 30 years they just should age the characters and either create new ones in the same universe or restart the books the way they want but give the fans of the old universe a true ending.
limited?
Limited to mostly Japanese manga. Though I do have some X-men and Star Wars GNs.
limited?
Limited to mostly Japanese manga. Though I do have some X-men and Star Wars GNs.
I have very little of Japanese manga. I have a Robotech mang book from years ago. It was actually just a hodge podge of photos from the cartoon.
limited?
Limited to mostly Japanese manga. Though I do have some X-men and Star Wars GNs.
I have very little of Japanese manga. I have a Robotech mang book from years ago. It was actually just a hodge podge of photos from the cartoon.
I've got:
*Complete unless volumes are noted*
Ai Yori Aoshi
Black Bird
Black God 1-7
Black Lagoon 1-10
Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh
Boogiepop Dual
Bunny Drop
Chobits
Claymore 1-26
Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally
Crescent Moon
D.Gray-man 1-24
Darker Than Black
Dogs: Bullets and Carnage 0-10
Fate/Stay Night 1-11
Full Metal Panic
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost Talker's Daydream 1-6
Gunslinger Girl
Gunsmith Cats
Hellsing
Highschool of the Dead 1-7
Higurashi-When They Cry 1-26
Higurashi-When They Cry: Demon Exposing
Kare Kano
King of Thorn
Midori Days
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero
Monster 1-3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days
Oh My Goddess 1-47
Omamori Himari
Paradise Kiss
Planetes
Princess Resurrection 1-7
Remote
Scryed
Seikai Trilogy (Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars 1&2)
Silent Mobius
Suzuka 1-15
Star Wars: Episode 1
Ultimate X-Men
Welcome to the NHK
Ai Yori Aoshi
Black Bird
Black God 1-7
Black Lagoon 1-10
Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh
Boogiepop Dual
Bunny Drop
Chobits
Claymore 1-26
Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally
Crescent Moon
D.Gray-man 1-24
Darker Than Black
Dogs: Bullets and Carnage 0-10
Fate/Stay Night 1-11
Full Metal Panic
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost Talker's Daydream 1-6
Gunslinger Girl
Gunsmith Cats
Hellsing
Highschool of the Dead 1-7
Higurashi-When They Cry 1-26
Higurashi-When They Cry: Demon Exposing
Kare Kano
King of Thorn
Midori Days
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero
Monster 1-3
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days
Oh My Goddess 1-47
Omamori Himari
Paradise Kiss
Planetes
Princess Resurrection 1-7
Remote
Scryed
Seikai Trilogy (Crest of the Stars, Banner of the Stars 1&2)
Silent Mobius
Suzuka 1-15
Star Wars: Episode 1
Ultimate X-Men
Welcome to the NHK
Like 3/4 of it was acquired at the fire sale of a big bookstore chain that went out of business about 3 years ago and I really went overboard since everything was so insanely cheap. There's a lot of things in it I still haven't read yet...
Depends on what you mean by collecting. I know there are some who collect for collecting sake, rather than enjoying the material.
Me, I get comics for the entertainment. Or atleast I try to. While I wouldn't at all say I'm new to the medium, I've only really just started buying them. After trying out some superhero comics, I realised they just aren't for me. Too much focus on events, too little consistent characterisation (or any), too many character important crossovers and too many poor attempts to drive the readership up.
On top of that, there's the trouble knowing which comic is an alternate universe, given there are multiple series using the same group of characters set in the same universe, but for some reason are different or set in a different time period.
As such, outside of two superhero comics, I'm mostly about licensed works (which seem to be consistently better written, from the ones I've read).
Me, I get comics for the entertainment. Or atleast I try to. While I wouldn't at all say I'm new to the medium, I've only really just started buying them. After trying out some superhero comics, I realised they just aren't for me. Too much focus on events, too little consistent characterisation (or any), too many character important crossovers and too many poor attempts to drive the readership up.
On top of that, there's the trouble knowing which comic is an alternate universe, given there are multiple series using the same group of characters set in the same universe, but for some reason are different or set in a different time period.
As such, outside of two superhero comics, I'm mostly about licensed works (which seem to be consistently better written, from the ones I've read).
I collect to read and just to collect. I have recently started collecting old silver and bronze age superhero comics. I just like them better because they weren't so convoluted with the universe restart B.S. we keep getting in modern comics.
