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Post by Bryan on Dec 29, 2018 19:38:43 GMT -8
Do you desire tie-ins, relevant crossovers, character appearances, etc.?? Or is a straight run all that matters?
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Post by 50 Fiddy on Dec 29, 2018 21:37:56 GMT -8
Tie in's aren't important to me unless I can get them for cheap. I'd rather focus on the run before adding other books to the hunt.
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Post by Bats on Dec 30, 2018 7:47:24 GMT -8
I've collected a few of the Batman tie ins in recent years, for example RIP/Last Rites and Batman Reborn. Before that I went all out and got the entire Knightfall Saga including the prelude, Aftermath and Prodigal issues. It's nearly 100 issues in total. I also have the whole storyline in both HC and TPB. If I'm not mistaken Knightfall Omnibus Vol 2: Knightquest is the first time "The Search" was reprinted in a collected format.
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Post by steveinthecity on Dec 30, 2018 15:52:48 GMT -8
Tie-ins matter to me because I want the complete story. What this ultimately does nowadays is keep me from picking up new titles. Sometimes it's not so bad like "Supersons Of Tomorrow" in Supes #37 & #38 requiring me to get Supersons #11 and Teen Titans #15 to complete the story, but then there was the "Shadowland" story in Daredevil that covered 28-29 total comics, and I think only 4 or 5 were the Daredevil solo title. I'm sure there's more extreme examples.
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Post by Jeffro on Dec 30, 2018 16:04:39 GMT -8
I don't buy new comics anymore but when I think back to the 80s and 90s, my answer is, it depends. If the tie-in/crossover was a continuation of the story, I always bought it. If it was not a direct continuation of the story, I passed.
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Post by Bryan on Dec 30, 2018 21:20:40 GMT -8
I don't buy new comics anymore either but back in the 80's I tried buying every appearance of the New Teen
Titans. It wasn't too hard back then because the market wasn't over-saturated yet with too many gimmicks and Multi-crossovers.
The only large run I own today is Fantastic Four and have been recollecting in high grades for the past few years. I have been recently buying some crossover issues where the stories are continued and since John Byrne was writer and artist on FF for so long I like to collect his Marvel Two-in-One issues as well as George Perez. I also have a few What If issues and the 1982 Silver Surfer by Byrne even though it's not so much FF related. I have no desire to add things like Secret Wars 1 and 2 or the entire 1983 Thing series... Although I do want to get #1 because of the cool Byrne cover. I also have 3 Marvel Fanfare comics (Thing related) because of the awesome artwork by Barry Windsor Smith and Jim Starlin.
So basically I collect only crucial tie-ins where a story is continued from the main FF title and only other appearances that interest me, mainly for the artwork.
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Post by 50 Fiddy on Dec 31, 2018 16:50:44 GMT -8
I don't buy new comics anymore but when I think back to the 80s and 90s, my answer is, it depends. If the tie-in/crossover was a continuation of the story, I always bought it. If it was not a direct continuation of the story, I passed. I feel the same way with crossover books. If it's integral to the story then I'll collect it, but if it spans multiple titles and over several issues then I'll pass unless I can get it in a quarter box later. |
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jan 9, 2019 17:22:16 GMT -8
I think back to the Avengers vs Defenders stories in the Bronze Age, and while that was technically a "gimmick", it wasn't on the scale of the 90's crossovers. If it's one of those desperate, "buy this book please!!!!" tie-ins, I'd pass. I'd just collect the run. If it happens to be well written, then it's worth 'conforming'  Can't go wrong with a good story. That makes me think of the old question; Which would you prefer- A well written/poorly drawn book or a poorly written/well drawn book? |
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Post by Stu on Jan 10, 2019 11:33:02 GMT -8
Well written/poorly drawn for me.
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Post by Bats on Jan 10, 2019 14:07:56 GMT -8
Well written/poorly drawn for me. Frank Miller then... |
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Post by Jeffro on Jan 10, 2019 14:14:40 GMT -8
I've always had a hard time with a well written but poorly drawn book. If I can't enjoy the art, I don't care how well it's written
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Post by Stu on Jan 10, 2019 14:19:04 GMT -8
Well written/poorly drawn for me. Frank Miller then... He's not in my Top 10 in either category. |
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Post by Bats on Jan 10, 2019 14:27:06 GMT -8
I've always had a hard time with a well written but poorly drawn book. If I can't enjoy the art, I don't care how well it's written I like a good pic. If the art's bad, it's off putting. |
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Post by Bats on Jan 10, 2019 14:32:16 GMT -8
He's not in my Top 10 in either category. Mine either but I do like some of his writing. When it comes to art, he's probably not in my Top... 1,000,000. |
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Post by Stu on Jan 10, 2019 14:35:08 GMT -8
I've always had a hard time with a well written but poorly drawn book. If I can't enjoy the art, I don't care how well it's written You miss a lot of good stories that way. |
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Can't go wrong with a good story.