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For anyone that wants to check what they really have in their collection and total up your value with the greatest ease, I have just started entering my collection into this online database that tracks your collection and gives updated values. It costs 45 a year to be a member but when you have as much as I have it's worth it so I don't have to list them and look up their values myself. This is the second best thing I have ever done with my collection(The first was putting them all in 4 drawer legal sized filing cabinets). So far I am up to 10 grand in value and I haven't even scratched the surface.
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[quote name='cag1000']For anyone that wants to check what they really have in their collection and total up your value with the greatest ease, I have just started entering my collection into this online database that tracks your collection and gives updated values. It costs 45 a year to be a member but when you have as much as I have it's worth it so I don't have to list them and look up their values myself. This is the second best thing I have ever done with my collection(The first was putting them all in 4 drawer legal sized filing cabinets). So far I am up to 10 grand in value and I haven't even scratched the surface.
www.comicspriceguide.com[/QUOTE]

Do you have a lot of Golden Age and Silver Age?
 
I have alot of everything and have some secret places to buy good condition silver age for outrageously cheap prices. I even have some from the 1930's and would love to find a good place to buy Victorian era comis(late 1800's to 1920's).The majority of my collection is 70's-present. But I concentrate on Key books that will always hold their value.
 
[quote name='cag1000']I have alot of everything and have some secret places to buy good condition silver age for outrageously cheap prices. I even have some from the 1930's and would love to find a good place to buy Victorian era comis(late 1800's to 1920's).The majority of my collection is 70's-present. But I concentrate on Key books that will always hold their value.[/QUOTE]

What's your single most valuable comic?

Nigel, any word on the unholy trinity (All-Star Batman and Robin, Superman/Batman or Daredevil: Father)?
 
Found this interesting article on Morrison's "Batman & Son" story arc.

It deals with folding Batman's son back into continuity. For those of you who don't know: In the 80's (yes, I am that old) a GN was released called Batman: Son of the Demon. Batman joins Ra's Al Ghul and marries Talia, a rift forms between Ra's and Batman and Talia sides with her father. She gives birth to a child (but fakes its death) and gives it up for adoption to spare it from being fought over by Ra's and Bruce.

Here is the link: http://comics.ign.com/articles/688/688716p1.html
 
[quote name='Dante Devil']Found this interesting article on Morrison's "Batman & Son" story arc.

It deals with folding Batman's son back into continuity. For those of you who don't know: In the 80's (yes, I am that old) a GN was released called Batman: Son of the Demon. Batman joins Ra's Al Ghul and marries Talia, a rift forms between Ra's and Batman and Talia sides with her father. She gives birth to a child (but fakes its death) and gives it up for adoption to spare it from being fought over by Ra's and Bruce.

Here is the link: http://comics.ign.com/articles/688/688716p1.html[/QUOTE]

Its becoming more and more apparent that the DC universe is going to be completely different after IC is over.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']Its becoming more and more apparent that the DC universe is going to be completely different after IC is over.[/QUOTE]

Not completely. There will be a LOT of change, but a quite a bit of familiarity. This is a fresh start for them, but they arn't tossing everything away.
 
[quote name='SpottedNigel']Not completely. There will be a LOT of change, but a quite a bit of familiarity. This is a fresh start for them, but they arn't tossing everything away.[/QUOTE]

But the question is, will they be already positioning themselves for another crisis 20 years down the road?
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']But the question is, will they be already positioning themselves for another crisis 20 years down the road?[/QUOTE]

Don't think so. I think what they are doing involves the entire universe being cyclical in nature, which make everything before and after this Crisis in continuity.
 
[quote name='SpottedNigel']Don't think so. I think what they are doing involves the entire universe being cyclical in nature, which make everything before and after this Crisis in continuity.[/QUOTE]


We'll see. To look at it from a casual DC fan's point of view, this One Year Later thing could end up really interesting or monumentally cheesy and gimmicky. Unlike most marvel fanboys though, I'm going in with an open mind.
 
Supposedly I have heard that Frank Miller will be doing a mini or one shot showing Batman taking on Osama Bin Laden. This will get alot of main stream news.

And my most valuable I don't think I have gotten to yet in my collection. I have some early Amazing spidermans that I think will be up there in value when I hit that section. I have only gotten through a couple drawers so far and it looks like my most valuable is an early Action Comics(not sure the #would have to look) but it was worth almost 500. Was like 490 or something. But I have alot of comics that $100-300 books. I'll post my total collection value when I finnally enter them all. Hopefully in a couple weeks.
 
Franks been working on that for a while now. He makes a good point though...Superman and Captain America beat the shit out of Nazi's, why hasnt anyone gone after the Taliban?
 
Does anyone think that DC community of heroes will be more "chummy"? Will Batman and Superman be like, "Nice save, old chum."

I've looked at Marvel's Civil War (has me hooked) and I wonder if they are going the "can't trust my fellow heroes" route that DC took after Crisis?

Look at the solicitation for C W #1:

The landscape of the Marvel U is changing and it's time to decide: whose side are you on? A conflict has been brewing in the Marvel Universe for over a year, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother--and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships, and families begin to fall apart.

Maybe I'm all wrong, just want to get your opinions.
 
[quote name='Dante Devil']Does anyone think that DC community of heroes will be more "chummy"? Will Batman and Superman be like, "Nice save, old chum."

I've looked at Marvel's Civil War (has me hooked) and I wonder if they are going the "can't trust my fellow heroes" route that DC took after Crisis?

Look at the solicitation for C W #1:

The landscape of the Marvel U is changing and it's time to decide: whose side are you on? A conflict has been brewing in the Marvel Universe for over a year, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother--and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships, and families begin to fall apart.

Maybe I'm all wrong, just want to get your opinions.[/QUOTE]

You could make an argument that they are following in DC's steps by having the hero v. hero storyline but on the same hand, as the solicitation says, it has been brewing for a while. I'd say at least since Prof. X kept Magneto alive in secret (both times) would definetly cause some problems because both times it ended up coming back and effin them in the A.

Also, it sounds like the hero v. hero thing with Marvel may end in one of the heroes actually killing another hero.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']You could make an argument that they are following in DC's steps by having the hero v. hero storyline but on the same hand, as the solicitation says, it has been brewing for a while. I'd say at least since Prof. X kept Magneto alive in secret (both times) would definetly cause some problems because both times it ended up coming back and effin them in the A.

Also, it sounds like the hero v. hero thing with Marvel may end in one of the heroes actually killing another hero.[/QUOTE]

Interesting, hero killing hero isn't really new, but whom do you think would commit such a crime? For it to have any impact, it would have to be a hero above reproach. Spider-man? Captain America? Human Torch? Invisible Woman? It has to be one of these heroes (there are others). It can't be someone like Wolverine or Daredevil.

Question to you fellow comic readers. What are you looking forward to more?

a. one year later
b. civil war
c. 52
d. annilhilation
 
[quote name='Dante Devil']Interesting, hero killing hero isn't really new, but whom do you think would commit such a crime? For it to have any impact, it would have to be a hero above reproach. Spider-man? Captain America? Human Torch? Invisible Woman? It has to be one of these heroes (there are others). It can't be someone like Wolverine or Daredevil.

Question to you fellow comic readers. What are you looking forward to more?

a. one year later
b. civil war
c. 52
d. annilhilation[/QUOTE]

B
A
C (too much to keep track of, and too expensive, which means I'll probably end up picking it up anyway)
D (only cause I have to list it but it looks lame)

I could see Iron Man, Luke Cage, Sentry, Bruce Banner (NOT as Hulk, he's gonna be pissed when he gets back from Planet Hulk), or Nick Fury (!) as all being possible candidates to kill either on purpose or inadvertantly. I think you discount Wolverine too easily, sure he's known as a killer in the Marvel U but usually the people he kills aren't even questionably good. That having been said, I don't think it will be 2 top-teir heroes. Who know really?

What I do know is that Marvel is doing an excellent job of keeping it mysterious and that's what I like. Granted that may change but they haven't even really led on about how this whole Civil War breaks out.
 
When does the Marvel Civil War start?

This will probably be the main thing that gets me back into reading comics... it looks and sounds completely awesome.
 
I'm starting to get sick of Marvel and DC hopping from "mega-crossover event" to "mega-crossover event".

I'm fairly ok with the idea of 52, since it would be silly for DC to try any other major continuity shifting events before they at least end it.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']I'm starting to get sick of Marvel and DC hopping from "mega-crossover event" to "mega-crossover event".

I'm fairly ok with the idea of 52, since it would be silly for DC to try any other major continuity shifting events before they at least end it.[/QUOTE]

I prefer it to 2-3 issue storylines which go nowhere and just get to feel like a chore. At least now it feels like every storyline and issue is part of the bigger picture.

Not only that but its doing an excellent job of drawing in new customers which is ALWAYS good for the industry as a whole.
 
Marvel has been annoying my customers with thier events lately. Spider-man was a flop along with HoM...flop in the sense that they sold OK (not great) but people weren't actually happy reading them. I actually have to "fight" with people to get them interested in Civil War, and the only way I can is by saying it's Mark Millar's baby, not another Bendis production (though he helped).

As for DC, I see 52 and 1 year later as lessons learned from The Death of Superman. The build up was enormous for that event.... and then dropped off the face of the Earth. Now, they can have thier major event (IC), skip over everyone repeating "can you believe what just happened!?" in all thier titles (1YL), and then tell the stories in that missing year (52).
Sounds good to me
 
Batman. Anyone who's read for a while think they can guess one year later. More specifically where will Bruce be and what will he be doing. That and the overall direction of Wolverine are my two burning questions in the coming months.
 
[quote name='SpottedNigel']Marvel has been annoying my customers with thier events lately. Spider-man was a flop along with HoM...flop in the sense that they sold OK (not great) but people weren't actually happy reading them. I actually have to "fight" with people to get them interested in Civil War, and the only way I can is by saying it's Mark Millar's baby, not another Bendis production (though he helped).

As for DC, I see 52 and 1 year later as lessons learned from The Death of Superman. The build up was enormous for that event.... and then dropped off the face of the Earth. Now, they can have thier major event (IC), skip over everyone repeating "can you believe what just happened!?" in all thier titles (1YL), and then tell the stories in that missing year (52).
Sounds good to me[/QUOTE]

My biggest complaint with Spider-man The Other was that it was too drawn out. It was a story that realistically could have been told in about half as many issues. That and the fact that the Spectacular Spider-man story where he first got his organic webshooters kind of stole the "transformation" thunder that was at the heart of The Other storyline. Seeing Spider-man actually kill someone on purpose was pretty damn cool though.

As far as House of M, I loved it. Some of the scenes from it will stick with me for a long time. Spider-man finding out Gwen Stacy is really dead despite him having a kid with her in the alternate universe, Emma Frost saying "we're gonna kill him, and his kids", and that one scene where Magneto froze the Sentinel in midair just before the melee on Genosha started. Those were definetly some of my favorite scenes and the reason why I absolutely loved HoM.
 
Your dead on with The Other.
HoM I'll just leave alone. I didnt like it overall, but it did have some neat scenes and set the stage for the Marvel U to go back to the original state of very few mutants
 
Well. HoM did a lot that was interesting. It have Wolverine his memories back. It like you said got rid of the problem of too many mutants. I'm not sure but was, Marvel Girl, Carol Danvers brought back as a result of it? I thought she was killed and her powers obsorbed by Rogue.

But ya, the house of M wasn't interesting too much in itself. It is everything that's happening as a result of it thats interesting.
 
So I rented Ultimate Avengers today and I'm about 45 minutes into it. I think I may have built it up too much in my mind because its not all the spectacular. Don't get me wrong, its one of the better animated movies I've ever seen but it has almost nothing in common with the comic. The opening intro is almost exactly the same but after that its nothing like the story from the comic. I'm also disappointed that Ultimate Iron Man looks almost nothing like the comic book version. It really feels more like an X-men story rather than the Avengers. Oh well, like I said, still worth seeing but if your looking for a direct adaptation of the comic (like I was) you'll be disappointed.
 
[quote name='WeaponX2099']So who likes Alpha Flight?[/QUOTE]

They could have at least shown SOMETHING happening, not just the before and after...

"He's just that bad ass!" we get it... argh
 
[quote name='WeaponX2099']So who likes Alpha Flight?[/QUOTE]

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And its questions like that that lead to New Avengers #16.

Story meeting:
"So we wanna show how badass this new villian is."
"We need to kill off someone"
"Are we authorized for that, I thought only Bendis had execution rights"
"Well let's get out the pre-authorized freebies list"
"Falcon?
"nah."
"Jarvis?"
"Ultimates already did it."
"Dr. Strange?"
We can't, he's all big in the Civil War."
"Oh wait, what's this? Alpha Flight?"
"Who were they again?"
"Some team we made to appease the Canadians"
"Oh yeah, but didn't they die already?"
"Nope"
"They're done"
 
Can't wait till the new Astonishing X-Men comes out tomorrow. Though I won't be able to get it till later this week.
 
[quote name='karsh']Can't wait till the new Astonishing X-Men comes out tomorrow. Though I won't be able to get it till later this week.[/QUOTE]

I just hope the book stays on time.
 
Just finished watching Ultimate Avengers and man was I dissapointed. I understood that Marvel was going for a more "mature" tone with this series but wow did they tame down everything about the Miller/Hitch series I love so much. Everything just felt so censored and calm. I also wasn't happy about the art style which felt very minimalistic with a style akin to that of 80's cartoon series. This really hurts the movie for me because I love Hitch's detailed art and this movie doesn't really preserve any of that style.

And then there's the length; There's only about 60 minutes of actual movie here and I dislike that Marvel wants to sell these direct-to-dvds as if they were complete features when, in the case of this one, it really felt like half of a complete story.

I didn't think it was all bad - there were some decent action sequences and you can't escape the undeniable "cool" factor just from seeing marvel characters back in animation but the flaws really detract from the experience from me.
 
Just read Astonishing...starts right where it left off, full of backstory on Emma, and a last page that will make you actually say "Ooooh" out loud. Nice.
 
I'm probably going to buy Ultimate Avengers but not right now. Remember that they have more then one coming out. I think it's like straight to dvd's. And frankly I never go into movies/shows with expectations. Has anyone anywhere regularly been pleased when they do that. Just take it at face value. I for one can count on one hand how many times i've been pleased with something i was really hyped about.
 
Catwoman - ...Black mask...wow
Batman - Takes place after Gotham Knights from last week, but NO mention of Hush.
Legion - They're having too much fun in this book
Wizard - Nice rundown of pre-IC related books with the creators
Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk - :)
 
[quote name='SpottedNigel']Catwoman - ...Black mask...wow
[/QUOTE]

That's not what I wanted to hear when I'm trying to curb my comic spending.
 
Supergirl - It does feel a bit sped up, but it finishes up the story nicely
Green Lantern flip through - Batman + Ring = Pretty damn cool chest plate
 
Catwoman, yes, a great tale. Batman was excellent as well. The ending was very gut wrenching and how Batman explained that it took all of his being not to kill the Joker was a real testement of his character. He just doesn't pick and choose his moral code.

Didn't pick up Ultimate Wolverine and Hulk. Kind of wishing I have. Need to get me a WIZARD.

Spotted Nigel, I am so surprised that many of the titles you read are the same ones I pick up.
 
Ok, I've spent the last 4 days trying to figure out how Batman 650 doesn't contradict IC #4 and Nightwing #119. In both of those Batman and Nightwing talk right after Bludhaven is destroyed but in Batman #650 we see that Batman was busy with Red Hood and Joker right after Bludhaven was destroyed, which culminates in that nasty looking explosion. Any ideas on how these 3 fit together because it seems to me that it was poor coordination between these lines.
 
[quote name='Dante Devil']Catwoman, yes, a great tale. Batman was excellent as well. The ending was very gut wrenching and how Batman explained that it took all of his being not to kill the Joker was a real testement of his character. He just doesn't pick and choose his moral code.

Didn't pick up Ultimate Wolverine and Hulk. Kind of wishing I have. Need to get me a WIZARD.

Spotted Nigel, I am so surprised that many of the titles you read are the same ones I pick up.[/quote]

I read almost everything that comes out, so its bound to happen.

On another note, my head will probably explode mid-day Tuesday
 
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