What are your collectors items? I have these, although they're not in mint condition;


AVENGERS #8(first Kang)

SPIDER-MAN #50(first Kingpin. Raimi used elements from this issue in S2)

HULK #181(first Wolverine)

IRON MAN #55(first Thanos & Drax the Destroyer)

SPIDER-MAN #121 & 122(death of Gwen Stacy)

SPIDER-MAN #129(first Punisher)

DAREDEVIL #131(first Bullseye)

i use to collect comic books moslty spiderman and spiderwoman!

but i outgrew it then..it was japanese magna..now i collect art books..

you have some great ones ... i actually was just thinking about selling or gettin rid of my collection (most of em )

i collected in the 85-90 period mostly i think .... you mentioned some comics there that i remember (but do not own ...) .... i think the one that jumps out for me is Am Spiderman 300 (but that is not anywhere like what u have there ) ... some of the X-men ... i think i have like 160-320 or somethin .... and then some older fantastic four (which arent worth much as collector items tho (not talkin number one or anything !!! )... i really like comics but i dont have the time for them .... when i do think of selling them - then i realize how many people get them "graded" and i think --- hey i should do that (they are bagged and boxed now ) ... but then ... i see someone who has soooo many more collector types like u mention --- and i just let them sit !!!

I sold my comic book collection in 1986 for a pitiful amount, so I could buy more Prince records.

i salvaged a bunch of my old comics over the summer, though i don't know that i have anything great. i have the first issue of amazing spiderman where he has the black costume, and i have alpha flight #1 autographed by john byrne, and i have the john byrne superman #1 and a bunch of sienkiewicz new mutants issues...stuff that probably isn't valuable but that i really liked as a kid.

SnidelyWhiplash said:

I wish I'd done a better job taking take of my collection back in the 70s. But I was just a kid - WTF did I know?

Anx--- your collection sounds like mine ... my era ... (minus the autograph) ...

i loved the Alpha Flight series .... when it started ... til episode what was it ... like 29 ...

SnidelyWhiplash said:

i liked it up until 'box' was introduced...that big dumb robot thing. even then i kept reading it until john byrne left, cuz i was such a byrne freak when i was a kid.

box??? wow u are harsh ... wasnt that some kid who was without limbs or something ... it was kinda like his robotic arms .... and legs ... man ... u are harsh ... on the disabled even !

SnidelyWhiplash said:

oh, that's right. but the robot was dumb looking. wasn't it pink and green or something?

uPtoWnNY said:

I guess mine would be Giant Size X-Men #1 and X-Men #94 (first and second appearance of the second X-Men team). I also have every issue after that up to the latest one. I'm not really into going back and finding the earlier issues from the 60s anymore--except for if I win lotto or something. Right now I'm content with just reading the 60s issues in hardcover form now that they have all been reprinted in the Marvel Masterworks series.

I'll have to sort through my collection when I get home from work.

I don't like to play favorites, so there are no particular issues that I value more than others. Although, I am partial to the initial run of Ironman. I remember buying issue #100 as a youngster and have been working backwards ever since to find issues 1-99.

I started reading/collecting in 1975, as an 8 year old. Today, I have just about 40 long boxes in the house that drive the wife crazy

I have the first 100 issues of Star Wars, and some Spiderman.

sadly i've always wanted to collect comic books but i'd have to say my best one is Wolverine #6.

sextonseven said:

I have X-Men #94-#101. I don't have it in front of me, but I think #101 was the first appearance of Jean Grey as Phoenix.

I also have the giant-size Spider-man vs. Superman book DC & Marvel did back in the mid-70s.
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uPtoWnNY said:

i had that too! i was just thinking about how much i miss those giant size comics. i had a ghost rider one and a star wars one and a captain america bicentennial one...man, i loved those big ol' comics.

Anx said:

DC published a few oversize Justice League books recently, but they aren't the same.

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sextonseven said:

nah, there's just something to the seventies-ness of those old marvel giant sized comics...the inking that looks like it was done with a paint roller, the primary colors, the old skool art (kirby, romita sr., etc.) - the binding, the page texture, the smell of the ink...those things are like a nostalgia sensory overload for me.

Anx said:

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. Two of the oversize JLA books were by Alex Ross and looked BEAUTIFUL. Too beautiful to inspire any sort of nostalgia for the old tabloid-size comics.

sextonseven said:

oh, i've seen those sitting around. i thought they were just portfolios or something. they're actual comics?

Anx said:

Yep.

This is the best one: http://www.amazon.com/JLA...1563899116

This oversize one is pretty good, but some people didn't like the story: http://www.amazon.com/JLA...F8&s=books

jerseykrs said:

speak for yourself, ya geekwad fanboy comic bitch.*































*though don't tell anyone i ordered a golden age metamorpho action figure this afternoon.

Anx said:

I have a Mego Spider-Man.

jerseykrs said:

oh man, i was a mego WHORE when i was a kid. i had 'em all except for the female ones, because my mom didn't think it would work to my advantage to play with girl action figures.

i guess i showed her.


and i STILL want my freakin' mego batgirl.

Anx said:

You're fucking KILLING me dude!!!

uPtoWnNY said:

That's gotta be worth a LOT!

I remember that being a collector's item like 20 years ago, no?

2the9s said:

I'm sure one in mint condition would run $200.00+.

I came across some more old books;

THE CAT(before she became Tigra) - #1-4

LUKE CAGE, HERO for HIRE #17(fights Iron Man, switches name to Power Man).

SPIDER-MAN #123(first battle with Luke Cage)

DEFENDERS #4(first Valkrye)

SPIDER-MAN #136-137(first Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin)


I have so much sh!t from the 70s, it's not even funny. I was heavy into Marvel back then. In addition to the main titles, I bought Man-Thing, Sub-Mariner, Master of Kung-Fu, Ghost Rider, Werewolf by Night, Marvel Team-Up, Howard the Duck, etc. I didn't get into DC until the mid-80s when they revamped their universe. John Byrne's 6-issue MAN of STEEL & Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT RETURNS are a MUST for serious comic-book fans.

uPtoWnNY said:

Multiply that by 5 and you are in the ballpark. Wolverine is insanely popular.