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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 16:10:27 GMT -8
Fiddy's post about the 33 Bicentennial DCs reminded me of a goal I've had for a while, which is collecting the various publisher created subsets...most specifically, the "80 Page Giants" of the 60s and the 100 pagers of the 70s, the 80s "Legends" crossover, etc.
My passion for these sets started with the various Batman subsets of the late 80's, which were an introduction to this device (and a handy way to get complete storylines without having to search the books!)
Of course, in-story numbered sets...like Ten Nights of the Beast, Death in the Family, Maximum Carnage, Unity, etc., would be a part of this. And, even though many of these subsets aren't numbered...hardly any of Marvel crossovers, for example, are numbered (Fall of the Mutants, Secret Wars II, etc.)...they still mostly have banner/logo identification which tells you which story they're part of. There's something very appealing to me about X-Men #227 that #228 just doesn't have, for example.
But I do especially have a fondness for the ones that are explicitly numbered. Yay OCD!
Some are very challenging, most are not. The appeal to me for many of these is that they are cross-title. For example...I have little interest in a Jimmy Olsen run, but JO #104 is also G-38, so it's part of that set.
I have a good number of the 80 page giants, but some of them are fairly difficult to find, mostly because they're so low cost.
I've wanted to get a picture of all 89 books in one shot together at some point, but haven't gotten around to it.
Any favorite publisher created subsets out there?
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jul 11, 2017 17:10:45 GMT -8
Inferno was a favorite of mine. That one came out when I first started collecting, so for me it's kind of like that first girl you had a crush on.
I think back at that story line, or see a cover of one of those issues, and it moves a little.
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Post by Bats on Jul 12, 2017 11:46:47 GMT -8
The Knightfall story arc. 90's drek at its best.
This is the one that started me collecting "proper" ...which is why I go on about it so much. I'd been reading Batman since I was a kid but had been dipping in and out over my teenage years. This (really) long arc got me hooked all over again and I had the whole run in UK editions. Unfortunately, a "slight miscommunication" when I left home led to the whole lot being thrown into the recycling bin... Along with 15 years' worth of 2000 ADs.
I decided to make the best out of a bad situation and started putting together a decent collection. For those who don't know, the Knightfall arc has 19 numbered issues over the titles Batman, Detective Comics and Showcase. It also includes Shadow of the Bat #16-18 but these weren't included in the numbering. I was lucky enough to find a wholesaler who had NM unread copies of about a third of these issues, all relatively cheap. In about 3 months, I'd managed to put together the full arc in grades ranging from NM to NM/M.
Of course, the collecting didn't stop there... Knightfall ran into Knightquest, which ran into KnightsEnd, which ran into Prodigal. There was also a big run up to Knightfall, with Batman's health deteriorating over several issues and of course, the introduction of Bane in Batman: Vengeance of Bane. KnightsEnd was numbered #1-10, Knightquest wasn't numbered and Prodigal was numbered #1-12.
And for some reason, my collection kept getting bigger...
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Post by Siggy's Tar Dust® on Jul 12, 2017 13:51:33 GMT -8
The only complete subset I have is the 80s DC Legends. The one I'll work on next is the first Secret Wars. |
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Post by steveinthecity on Jul 12, 2017 15:14:05 GMT -8
I can't really think of too many favorite subsets but I do like the idea of collecting the DC Giants from that period. More recently (2010/11?) Was Daredevil's 'Shadowland' story arc that ran through 9 or 10 titles totalling 30 issues. I kind of enjoyed that storyline, but now I'd be hard pressed to figure out the exact reading order without looking it up(there was a checklist in some issues).
I think other subsets like birth month, Marvel regular series $ .25 Squarebounds, and even DC's Mad Magazine artist variants from a few years ago would make for a neat collection.
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Post by Ditch Fahrenheit on Jul 12, 2017 16:43:51 GMT -8
Fiddy's post about the 33 Bicentennial DCs reminded me of a goal I've had for a while, which is collecting the various publisher created subsets...most specifically, the "80 Page Giants" of the 60s and the 100 pagers of the 70s, the 80s "Legends" crossover, etc. My passion for these sets started with the various Batman subsets of the late 80's, which were an introduction to this device (and a handy way to get complete storylines without having to search the books!) Of course, in-story numbered sets...like Ten Nights of the Beast, Death in the Family, Maximum Carnage, Unity, etc., would be a part of this. And, even though many of these subsets aren't numbered...hardly any of Marvel crossovers, for example, are numbered (Fall of the Mutants, Secret Wars II, etc.)...they still mostly have banner/logo identification which tells you which story they're part of. There's something very appealing to me about X-Men #227 that #228 just doesn't have, for example. But I do especially have a fondness for the ones that are explicitly numbered. Yay OCD! Some are very challenging, most are not. The appeal to me for many of these is that they are cross-title. For example...I have little interest in a Jimmy Olsen run, but JO #104 is also G-38, so it's part of that set. I have a good number of the 80 page giants, but some of them are fairly difficult to find, mostly because they're so low cost. I've wanted to get a picture of all 89 books in one shot together at some point, but haven't gotten around to it. Any favorite publisher created subsets out there? That's probably the type of collecting that excites me the most. I can find pretty much anything that's valuable, and then it's just a question of whether I want to pay the price or not. Low cost/difficult to find means the search is on, and I like that. Brings back the old pre-internet collecting excitement.  |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Jul 13, 2017 12:22:59 GMT -8
Fiddy's post about the 33 Bicentennial DCs reminded me of a goal I've had for a while, which is collecting the various publisher created subsets...most specifically, the "80 Page Giants" of the 60s and the 100 pagers of the 70s, the 80s "Legends" crossover, etc. My passion for these sets started with the various Batman subsets of the late 80's, which were an introduction to this device (and a handy way to get complete storylines without having to search the books!) Of course, in-story numbered sets...like Ten Nights of the Beast, Death in the Family, Maximum Carnage, Unity, etc., would be a part of this. And, even though many of these subsets aren't numbered...hardly any of Marvel crossovers, for example, are numbered (Fall of the Mutants, Secret Wars II, etc.)...they still mostly have banner/logo identification which tells you which story they're part of. There's something very appealing to me about X-Men #227 that #228 just doesn't have, for example. But I do especially have a fondness for the ones that are explicitly numbered. Yay OCD! Some are very challenging, most are not. The appeal to me for many of these is that they are cross-title. For example...I have little interest in a Jimmy Olsen run, but JO #104 is also G-38, so it's part of that set. I have a good number of the 80 page giants, but some of them are fairly difficult to find, mostly because they're so low cost. I've wanted to get a picture of all 89 books in one shot together at some point, but haven't gotten around to it. Any favorite publisher created subsets out there? That's probably the type of collecting that excites me the most. I can find pretty much anything that's valuable, and then it's just a question of whether I want to pay the price or not. Low cost/difficult to find means the search is on, and I like that. Brings back the old pre-internet collecting excitement. :) Yeah, I've had the same problem when looking for specific books that nobody else cares about. It's not that they're rare, it's just that nobody wants to list them for sale because they aren't worth much. But they'll list some Marvel or DC dreck for .99/free ship. |
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Post by Bats on Jul 13, 2017 12:30:30 GMT -8
That's probably the type of collecting that excites me the most. I can find pretty much anything that's valuable, and then it's just a question of whether I want to pay the price or not. Low cost/difficult to find means the search is on, and I like that. Brings back the old pre-internet collecting excitement. Yeah, I've had the same problem when looking for specific books that nobody else cares about. It's not that they're rare, it's just that nobody wants to list them for sale because they aren't worth much. But they'll list some Marvel or DC dreck for .99/free ship. |
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Post by steveinthecity on Jul 13, 2017 12:55:16 GMT -8
That's probably the type of collecting that excites me the most. I can find pretty much anything that's valuable, and then it's just a question of whether I want to pay the price or not. Low cost/difficult to find means the search is on, and I like that. Brings back the old pre-internet collecting excitement. Yeah, I've had the same problem when looking for specific books that nobody else cares about. It's not that they're rare, it's just that nobody wants to list them for sale because they aren't worth much. But they'll list some Marvel or DC dreck for .99/free ship. Most of y'all probably know this, but Doug Sulipa in Canada is a good place to check for random stuff that doesn't necessarily have much value or collector interest. |
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Post by mrwoogieman on Jul 14, 2017 12:23:44 GMT -8
I buy the Maximum Carnage 14 part story every time I see them for a buck or under. The complete set is an easy seller on eBay. Same with the Maximum Clonage six parter. And the Planet of the Symbiotes five parter.
I also buy the three Spidey annuals that have a solo Venom story - Hero Killers is the lead three-part story. But no one seems to want this one so I have multiple sets and can't help but continue to add to them anyway.
One I just started looking out for is the 2011 three-part Identity Wars story that runs through ASM Annual 38, Deadpool Annual 1 and Hulks Annual 1.
Of course, I could just buy the collected editions but where's the fun in that??
If I were more organized, I might start trying to put more sets together such as X-Tinction Agenda or Atlantis Attacks or some of the other Marvel cross-over events. I can't see me extending that to the cross-over issues for the mega-events like Secret Wars or House of M or whatever, just too too many.
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Post by FiveZero on Jul 14, 2017 19:14:19 GMT -8
Fiddy's post about the 33 Bicentennial DCs reminded me of a goal I've had for a while, which is collecting the various publisher created subsets...most specifically, the "80 Page Giants" of the 60s and the 100 pagers of the 70s, the 80s "Legends" crossover, etc. My passion for these sets started with the various Batman subsets of the late 80's, which were an introduction to this device (and a handy way to get complete storylines without having to search the books!) Of course, in-story numbered sets...like Ten Nights of the Beast, Death in the Family, Maximum Carnage, Unity, etc., would be a part of this. And, even though many of these subsets aren't numbered...hardly any of Marvel crossovers, for example, are numbered (Fall of the Mutants, Secret Wars II, etc.)...they still mostly have banner/logo identification which tells you which story they're part of. There's something very appealing to me about X-Men #227 that #228 just doesn't have, for example. But I do especially have a fondness for the ones that are explicitly numbered. Yay OCD! Some are very challenging, most are not. The appeal to me for many of these is that they are cross-title. For example...I have little interest in a Jimmy Olsen run, but JO #104 is also G-38, so it's part of that set. I have a good number of the 80 page giants, but some of them are fairly difficult to find, mostly because they're so low cost. I've wanted to get a picture of all 89 books in one shot together at some point, but haven't gotten around to it. Any favorite publisher created subsets out there? That's probably the type of collecting that excites me the most. I can find pretty much anything that's valuable, and then it's just a question of whether I want to pay the price or not. Low cost/difficult to find means the search is on, and I like that. Brings back the old pre-internet collecting excitement. This was one of the best part of collecting comics back in the 80's. Going to stores and conventions looking for that obscure book. Took me years to find that Brother Power the Geek #1. I got many crazy looks from dealers who had never heard of that book. |
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Post by FiveZero on Jul 14, 2017 19:21:33 GMT -8
Fiddy's post about the 33 Bicentennial DCs reminded me of a goal I've had for a while, which is collecting the various publisher created subsets...most specifically, the "80 Page Giants" of the 60s and the 100 pagers of the 70s, the 80s "Legends" crossover, etc. My passion for these sets started with the various Batman subsets of the late 80's, which were an introduction to this device (and a handy way to get complete storylines without having to search the books!) Of course, in-story numbered sets...like Ten Nights of the Beast, Death in the Family, Maximum Carnage, Unity, etc., would be a part of this. And, even though many of these subsets aren't numbered...hardly any of Marvel crossovers, for example, are numbered (Fall of the Mutants, Secret Wars II, etc.)...they still mostly have banner/logo identification which tells you which story they're part of. There's something very appealing to me about X-Men #227 that #228 just doesn't have, for example. But I do especially have a fondness for the ones that are explicitly numbered. Yay OCD! Some are very challenging, most are not. The appeal to me for many of these is that they are cross-title. For example...I have little interest in a Jimmy Olsen run, but JO #104 is also G-38, so it's part of that set. I have a good number of the 80 page giants, but some of them are fairly difficult to find, mostly because they're so low cost. I've wanted to get a picture of all 89 books in one shot together at some point, but haven't gotten around to it. Any favorite publisher created subsets out there? I'm working on the Bicentennial issues. I've also thought about the 80 and 100 Page Giants but some of those books can get pretty expensive, especially the romance and horror titles. I've been going after the inexpensive sets now like the Blackest Nights and Brightest Day sets but they're not numbered. Marvel had some cool runs in the 90's in their X-Books. |
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Post by FiveZero on Oct 13, 2019 12:48:09 GMT -8
Over two years since I posted in this thread and I still haven't completed my DC Bicentennial Set. Maybe I'll finish it in 2020.
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