Post by humanhost on Jul 8, 2021 21:27:58 GMT -8
Hi everybody, first time poster, thanks for havin me along for the ride 
So lately 80's sci-fi themed comics have been a big love of mine. Pretty much anything from the Copper age/late Bronze age with crazy post Star Wars/post-Starlin plots and dramatic/sophisticated personalities and romantic/interpersonal dynamics, but especially stuff created by DC.
A buncha Marvel books of this kind have been blowin my mind too, most notably ROM, Micronauts' direct sale issues, the Duffy/Martin 'Star Wars' run, and Crystar. I also am interested starting to finally dig into Starlin's 80's masterwork Dreadstar
I noticed that the original lengthy Dreadstar run put out by the direct sale-only imprint Epic looks a little different than the newsstand version. That version only ran for six issues and those six issues were reprints of the first 6 direct sale issues.
Sure, the colors probly don't "pop" the way they would on baxter paper, but other than obvious differences in color & texture, is there anything else that makes the six Dreadstar & Co. comics all that different from the direct sale originals?
I totally LOVE Marvel's newsstand version of Elfquest way better than the B&W Warp Graphics original too, but (judging by online scans from the Epic direct sale Dreadstar series) the original Dreadstar was significantly more violent than Elfquest, so that why i was thinking maybe the newsstand version was censored (?).
What do y'all think? How does the original direct sale/baxter paper Dreadstar compare with the newsstand Dreadstar & Co.?
So lately 80's sci-fi themed comics have been a big love of mine. Pretty much anything from the Copper age/late Bronze age with crazy post Star Wars/post-Starlin plots and dramatic/sophisticated personalities and romantic/interpersonal dynamics, but especially stuff created by DC.
A buncha Marvel books of this kind have been blowin my mind too, most notably ROM, Micronauts' direct sale issues, the Duffy/Martin 'Star Wars' run, and Crystar. I also am interested starting to finally dig into Starlin's 80's masterwork Dreadstar
I noticed that the original lengthy Dreadstar run put out by the direct sale-only imprint Epic looks a little different than the newsstand version. That version only ran for six issues and those six issues were reprints of the first 6 direct sale issues.
Sure, the colors probly don't "pop" the way they would on baxter paper, but other than obvious differences in color & texture, is there anything else that makes the six Dreadstar & Co. comics all that different from the direct sale originals?
I totally LOVE Marvel's newsstand version of Elfquest way better than the B&W Warp Graphics original too, but (judging by online scans from the Epic direct sale Dreadstar series) the original Dreadstar was significantly more violent than Elfquest, so that why i was thinking maybe the newsstand version was censored (?).
What do y'all think? How does the original direct sale/baxter paper Dreadstar compare with the newsstand Dreadstar & Co.?
