Fine, I'll do it myshelf edition.Thread question: What's the most expeneive comic book you ever bought, and would you buy it again?As always:>post shelves>post recent purchases>discuss upcoming releases>talk about what you're currently readingDon't know where to buy? Try these:https://www.amazon.com/https://www.bookdepository.com(worldwide shipping)http://www.booksetc.co.uk/(EU)http://cheap-comics.com(EU)https://www.instocktrades.com/US (worldwide shipping)https://www.dcbservice.com/https://www.mycomicshop.comUS(worldwide shipping)http://www.speedyhen.com(UK)https://www.tfaw.com(worldwide shipping)[best deal websites for comics]https://bookoutlet.com/browse/products/comicshttps://www.cheapestbookprice.com/[your local comic shop here]List of things out next week:http://www.comiclist.com/index.phpUpcoming Omnibus/Hardcovers:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/305597[want to read comics but not buy?]https://readcomiconline.li/https://getcomics.info/
>>150678109Damn, look at the bend in that shelf.
>>150678167One day I will build a proper shelf made of real wood plates and reinforcing metal bars rather than glue and wood shavings, but I'm a cheap and lazy bastard, so it's Ikea for the time being.
>>150678109Well it's been a while since the latest /shelf/ so I've got a ton of new stuff.THIS IS YOUR REMINDER TO BUY WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS BOOKS TO SUPPORT A CREATOR WHO DESERVES ITAlso: looking all the stuff I got in September makes me so glad to be a comic fan in this day and age. Sandman Mystery Theatre FINALLY fully collected, a third hardcover of Ashita no Joe, a second thick volume of Legend of Kamui, a big fucking book collecting all of WML's Journey... I just really love comics and there's so much good stuff available now.
>>150678445How's the quality of Homunculus? Is it censored at all?
>>150678480Quality's just fine. No censorship that I could tell. Some nice pairs of tits attached to some very unofortunate faces lol
>>150678109>most expensive comicProbably an issue of Kirby era Thor. Recent pick upsI really enjoyed Ran Like Hammers. SMT is great, of course. Batman Beyond is okay. DC compendiums smell funny.
>>150678445>>150678694
I moved sadly and my place is smaller than it used to be so I won't be able to shelf it up for a while. I still hope to have the library of my dreams one day>>150678167You should have seen mine before I moved
>>150678109>What's the most expeneive comic book you ever bought, and would you buy it again?I think it was a Cerebus phonebook for the first 20 issues and apparently those are rare now
Haven’t bought too much as of late, sorry /shelf/
>>150679003I just gave one of those to Goodwill kek
>>150679218Times must be tough down under, mate. Bagge and Corben is a neat variety though
the upper shelf is in bulgarian
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>>150679585The foreign alphabet I can't read really drives home how iconic Watchmen's lettering is that I can recognize the book instantly
>>150679784it's my most expensive comic because it's a limited edition release
>>150679218Barely Human felt more like an artbook, which is kinda cool but not really what I expected from Ryan.
>>150678109I don't remember what I paid for 3 hard-to-find Tintin books (Land of the Soviets, The Congo, and Alph Art). But I do remember that they were a lot more expensive than any of the others in the series. I had a better paying job then. I probably would not buy them now.
>>150679218Oh shit, I (>>150678694) got Rowlf as well. It's been quite some time since I've been in one of these threads.
>>150678445>THIS IS YOUR REMINDER TO BUY WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS BOOKS TO SUPPORT A CREATOR WHO DESERVES ITI really hope DC puts out a vol 2 for his Flash run soon.
Haven't really bought much lately. I did find the Undertaker tpb from Chaos Comics pretty cheap and I'm very happy about that.
I've been getting back into collecting floppies. Recently picked up about 50-60 Avengers books from my LCS. Nothing fancy in there but I like having more of a collection again.
Made a thread last night for this but I'll ask again here. How do you guys store your shit?
so we're all slaves and paypigs to the instocktrades new releases list aren't we
>>150679598>03 Daredevilma nigga
>>150681199Also Cheap Graphic novels.
>>150679585KURWA 5ATMAN
>>150680813I have an old trunk of some sort, a long box, a magazine sized box for issues of savage sword and one of those plastic boxes from the picture.
>>150679218I also ordered some Corben (the creepy collection) but it hasn't arrived yet. Love that Rowlf cover, it's simultaneously so trashy and proficent. But tell me about Johnny, why does he dilate his asshole with a rainbow?
>>150680813I only have a couple floppies and I just squeeze them in my 'messy shelf' wherever's space, like so.I get a big mixed box of them every couple years and then give them away as negotiation material whenever I cycle out omnibuses through craigslist. It's almost impossible to sell floppies even as complete sets, nobody wants them. Not sure why, they're very convenient for reading. I guess it's probably exactly the storage issue, you can't identify them by spine so you need to remember where which book is.
>>150678109just talked about moomins with someone today and that I never managed to get into even though I wanted to (as in, never had the time to commit).>Der Schwindlerwhat's that about?
>>150681813>It's almost impossible to sell floppies even as complete setsA few years ago I unloaded a bunch I didn't want anymore as trick or treats
>>150681199I was half and half- but I've been waiting for the Corben and SMT for years.
>>150678445god I gotta get back into Witch Hat Atelier (even if I just read it online), the artstyle is so comfy and the story seemed really good too
>>150684190I haven't been reading along, just waiting forever for volume 14 to come out. Let me check....>March 17 2026WHAT
The only big thing I got my eye on the moment is Superman Triangle Years 2 next week.
No new stuff recently so I'll post the last two hauls.
>>150685011Starman's good shit
>>150685011>>150685031And I got it for like $15 too!
>>150685043New Frontier should be on every shelf
>>150685043phone book makes for a great home defense weapon tooWhatever your opinion of the James Gunn DCU is, these DC Finest books are genius. Collecting stuff that's never been collected before.I hope they collect 60s Batman next
>>150678109Almost full, I'm happy with what I've got.
>>150680813I have a lot of shortboxes, like 17 or 18
>>150685091Nah, it's not that good.
>>150685193Never thought I'd see Weapons of Mass Diplomacy in /shelf/. Very cool.
>>150686385Also meant for >>150685031
>>150680813I don't own any floppies but my dad has a collection of MAD (and the occasinal Cracked) in old shoe boxes :D
>>150684280Please understand the author is busy making the cooking spin-off
>>150689687Is there even anything to it?
>>150690146I don't know, there's no way I'm reading a cooking spin-off lol
Absolutely pitiful collections ITT. Are you all poor? Pic is just one corner of my wall. ONE. CORNER.
>>150690265I bow to you sir
>>150690265>stealing images from RedditSad
>>150690265Give it to me straight, doc. Is Invincible worth it?
>>150690355It's a bit up its own ass if you ask me
>>150690355It is perfectly alright stuff and scratches a certain itch
>>150690355worth it for the art alone.the writing is a sin wave of good and terrible
>>150690265Sir, we are Europeans.If the backcover says $75 we pay €100 which is $120. Meanwhile, you have to be in the top 10% of earners just to reach the average US income of 75k. We are fucked.
>>150690752Don't forget paying nearly 40% income tax and 25% VAT
Only recent pick up is the first Slaine definitive edition.
>>150678109Today I bought 3 floppies for 3 bucks in a flehamarket:one green lantern morriosn issue and part 3 and part 5 of world of new krypton (braniac issues)
>>150691281A nice upgrade from the other early Slaine hardcovers I have.
>>150691281>>150691289And how does one go about storing a book like this on their shelf?
>>150691361It's not that big. Fits on a Kallax fine. This set, on the other hand, does not. I have it on a separate little bookcase just for oversized books.
>>150686912It was a storytime a few years back that got me to get it. Found a used copy for $3 on amazon.
>>150691281Cool
Haven't been buying too many new books but I've been bulk ordering custom omnis lately.
>>150690265>all that shit taste
>>150692508Damn, that Legion stuff sure does look nice...
>>150678109>>150678445>>150685043>>150685193
>>150692988It's an absolute pleasure to add books into my collection that I read fan translations of 15 years ago
>>150692508Where do you get the from? Or even just custom dust jackets? There are some Omnis I have with covers/spines that I loathe, but I have no clue where to order some custom ones from.
>>150692919It was a labor of love. LOSH is one of the most neglected series from DC, and I simply got tired of waiting for them to make official omnis.>>150693420You can find people willing to make custom covers all over the internet but Etsy, Instagram, and eBay are good starts. Custom omnis are a bit harder to find amd really depends on what you're looking to do. Traditional book binders have been fulfilling comic collectors requests for years, so they have tons of experience but they will require you to provide all of the comics and any/all designs. Hobbyists and independent book binders can be found on eBay, fan sites, Instagram, etc. Some work with converting floppies while others prefer to print from digital sources. Some of the more inventive ones will design covers and layouts themselves. It can get a little pricey depending on what you're after but it's worth it to make omnis that fulfill a particular niche.
>>150693980Damn, another guy taking pictures on a sickly green surface... the plague is spreading...
>>150678109I find it extremely fucking weird that there are people who consider themselves "comic fans" or "collectors" and whose collection fits on a single tiny shelf like in OP. My collection is in two apartments in two separate cities and spans a five-digit number of titles. I couldn't photograph it even if I tried cause it literally doesn't fit in either one of my apartments physically, it has to be split in both.
>>150694531I always thought of "collectors" as being people who hunt key issues and keep them in plastic. I'm just a comic reader personally
>>150694531who cares thothat stuff could fit on a tablet the size of a notebook
>>150694531I find it weird that people buy comics but never take them out of the packaging to read. In my eyes, a comic you can't real is worthless and if I had a comic that was worth $300, I would sell it to buy $300 worth of other comics.
>>150680813Word of advice for anyone considering the double-sized version of this. Don’t waste your money. It’s impossibly heavy when full.
i'm looking to get a power girl, wonder woman and spider-girl comicfor coomer reasons, yes
>>150693153There are some books that still only exist as fan translations and I'm looking into finding someone who is willing to illegally print and bind the scanslations.
>>150694560>I always thought of "collectors" as being people who hunt key issues and keep them in plastic.There's two kinds of collectors that aggravatingly are referred to by the same word. There's the kind that sees comics (or whatever else they're collecting) as primarily a way to extract wealth from other people. They're the ones buying graded and slabbed bullshit to sit in a vault, never to be read by anyone, possibly sold later to a bigger moron. They should be called something else in my opinion, scalpers maybe. Or "investors" if you want to be polite.Then there's the actual collectors. Actual collectors buy comics because they love comics. They have no motive beyond a desire to possess the thing they love, permanently. They never think about the resale prices of anything because they never sell anything. They are black holes that suck comics in and never let anything out, until it's pried from their cold, dead fingers. These are the real deal.
>>150694670Power Girl: Power Trip is the tpb you are looking for, possibly
>>150678109>most expensive comicI think I paid €250 for the Metabarons box a couple of years back
>>150692508LONG LIVE THE LEGION!
>>150695346Appreciate the love, here's the covers if you were interested.
>>150695781Nice.
>>150695781Can you post the back covers too?
>>150695930Sure, just give me a minute. Here's the sleeves and inner art in the meantime.
>>150695954ah those are slick, I only got into Legion somewhat recently but those are just really nice
Any shelfbros with a Marvel Premier Collection book? What is your opinion on them
>>150695954Here's the backs... had to crop the picture to fit 4chan limitations.
>>150696024Amd here's a closeup for better clarity
>>150696043>>150696024super cool
I'll contribute my stuff. My DC shelves, for starters
>>150696109Marvel shelves
>>150696126Spillover shelves
>>150696138And my /a/ collection if anyone cares for it
>>150696162And finally my trinket/figures shelf
Think I paid $30 for a Sam n Max on the Moon comic long ago. Got lucky and have bought a few comics that ended up worth something, versus buying them expensive, though I don't know what their true value is versus what I see on Ebay.
>>150696109might be the first time I've seen Heroes in Crisis on a shelf
>>150696281I thought you were kidding... wow, never even seen one outside of a comic shop. I read it for free on /co/ and still felt ripped off, can't imagine actually buying it.
>>150696099Thanks, pal. Here's a few Marvel customs (if only because I don't like to post in a /shelf/ thread without a picture). Don't ask about the Hobgoblin omnis.
>>150696373>Stern AvengersThere's the good stuff.
>>150696393Easy top 3 Avengers runs of all time.
>>150696597if I could only take three Avengers runs to me on an island it would Stern, Busiek and Lee/Kirby
>>150680813multiple ways
Most controversial /shelf/ opinion?
>>150696845Really? Never cared for Kirby/Lee Avengers. It just felt like the duo had run out of steam by the time they got to Avengers. Roy Thomas is where the title takes shape for me, and I suspect the themes and characters that most fans adore came from Thomas and not Kirby/Lee.For me it's Top 5:1. Busiek 2. Stern3. Thomas4. Englehart5. ShooterHonorable mention: Byrne on WCA.
>>150697189To be fair the third spot was REALLY hard to choose. But Lee/Kirby is really fresh on my mind. I really like Englehart, Thomas and Shooter as well and if you asked me this question the next time we make this thread I may give you a different answer.
>>150697000Ditko is overrated. He's really really good but the praise has become worship. It's out of hand. Spider-Man was improved after he left but I'll give him Dr. Strange.
>>150697000Bone is just ok
>>150697212That's fair... and Kirby/Lee is a respectable answer in my fanboy brain regardless. It's not Bendis or Hickman at least.
>>150697250>It's not Bendis or Hickman at least.Anytime someone praises those runs it makes my tinnitus flare up.
>>150697000san lee is liar and a thief who betrayed his coworkers to make his own life comfortable.
>>150697274Exactly. It's like... what did you like about it? Was it when they killed a bunch of characters off in a cheap manner? Or when they added a bunch of characters with no history on the team and wrote everyone like a quippy teenager? I guess I'll bump with another custom series that relates to Avengers. This was a fever dream of a project, where I attempted to hit the highlights of both Avengers and JLA culminating in the classic Perez crossover.
>>150697552That's not controversial at all. Half of /co/ believes it and the other half just have the reactionary knee jerk defense of lee. The truth is honestly nuance, working relationships, business and breakdowns.
>>150697570Tried my best to capture most of the contents...
>>150697599And the spine art>>150697552Controversial? Maybe 20 years ago. Honestly, at this point the hate for Lee is overblown.
>>150697570>Exactly. It's like... what did you like about it?I wouldn't even really mind so much if they didn't always treat it like one of the greatest runs ever. I can understand a guilty pleasure or two. I actually have a weird fondness for a lot of the 90s Avengers. The leather jacket era into before the crossing but I won't pretend it's not what it is.>>150697617>>150697599Very nice books btw
most recent stuff of the last 3 months or so>>150697552not surprising when you check his early life section
>>150697216>Spider-Man was improved after [Ditko] leftI think the exact opposite.
>>150697953How's PKJ supes. I've been eyeing the compendium version. Busiek is good and I hear good things about the Jurgens. I haven't read a lot of post new 52.
>>150697997it's... different compared to the usual Superman stuff but pretty good.
>>150697985Yeah, that's why I acknowledge my opinion is controversial. I've heard the pro-Ditko rhetoric for a decades.I disagree. Ditko made Peter a bit too antisocial, a bit too argumentative. He was kind of a grump. After Ditko left successive writers expanded his supporting cast, added friends, finally dropped the Betty romance for some people his own age, and even had him grow as a man and forgive his former antagonists like Flash Thompson. He graduated high school, and then college. He moved out of his Aunt's house, moved to the city and became so much more than he was under Ditko's pen.
>>150697617>>150697552I think Lee is more important for the creation and success of Marvel's history than his critics want to admit. Especially the Ditko stuff.
>>150698344Self-correction: Peter graduated high school under Ditko's tenure.
>>150697000I think propping up mediocre comics has greatly harmed the comics medium.
>>150698374Pretty much. Stan Lee's direct contribution to each title is debatable but his most important function was more as an ambassador or carnival-barker to the general public. He was the public face of Marvel, and he got kids and young adults to read the books. He hyped up the books and his dialog, while corny as hell, served as a bombastic and easily digestible entry for young people getting into comics.Kirby was shy. Ditko was a recluse. Somebody had to advertise and Stan Lee was "The Man." Did he "write" any stunning stories? Not really... or, at least, not that anyone can reasonably verify. He contributed to Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four to some degree at least. Personally, I never felt like the earliest of the Silver Age titles were particularly well written, so if they were all Kirby or all Ditko... well that's not high praise. It wasn't until Roy Thomas, Steranko, Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Steve Gerber, and Gerry Conway arrived that writing really took off. After that it reached even higher peaks with Roger Stern, Mantlo, Byrne, Simonson, Michelinie, Miller, Gruenwald, DeMatteis, and Claremont.
>>150696109Poor Little Luthor
>>150698519Marvel Silver Age felt a bit more modern but it was still very silver age.
>>150697000Almost any manga fight scene mogs almost any cape fight scene into oblivion.Cape action scenes consist of increasing numbers of characters throwing poses for the camera. If manga action is MMA, then cape action is WWE. Even worse, despite the entire genre building on the premise of superpowers there seem to be no series outside of super niche stuff like Über where powers are used tactically and characters apply abilities like rational adults instead of mental retards. 99% of cape fight scenes are resolved through plot contrivance or some basic rock-paper-scissor powermatching. There are some comics like Sin City and The Goon that capture old-school cinema brawling pretty well, but these again are on the fringes of what can be considered cape.
>>150698681Caring for all those figurines just seems like a dusting nightmare.
Some Book-Off finds
>>150681813Based goon collection
>>150699008Manga fight scenes are all decompressed garbage, typically without any backgrounds and then spread across half a year with side characters standing around describing what we already saw.
>>150697000I like comics.
>>150700334This is /shelf/, we all like comics.
>>150700409>All those sealed omnibuses
just won this for $39not sure if that's good value
>>150697997It's different. The main issue when it was coming out was that everyone was expecting a War World arc, not the whole run. This resulted in a lot of people complaining that they were still on War World and wondering when the next arc would start.
I have a convention coming up soon and I was thinking of getting a book drawn in by one of the following:>Klaus Janson>Michael Cho>Dave Johnson>Jae Lee>Denys CowanI'm inclined to get Question Vol 2 drawn in with Lady Shiva, since I have the first volume drawn in. Of the others, which would you guys recommend?
>>150700558I'm glad you noticed.
>>150700944I really want to pick up more Absolutes. I have a few and they're probably one of my favorite "fancy" formats to read. Nice hard cover, good blown up art work, not too heavy and you even get a little ribbon. Omnibus should seriously have a ribbon, how much does it honestly cost to add a length of fabric.
>>150696281>>150696332Gotta take the bad with the good. Shows you what *not* to do, if nothing else.>>150698681>CAPED>>150699165Oh like you wouldn't believe, but it makes for a nice routine to keep things zen for me.Guess I forgot my /v/ armory, so here it be
>>150701447It's probably my favorite prestige format, and it's odd that Marvel hasn't tried to rip it off. The new Marvel Archive Edition books are a neat concept but no protective sleeve... seems like they just went wider. Picked up the Secret Wars one, not sold on Symbiote Saga, and it's nice but didn't knock my socks off. Feels like Marvel Masterworks were killed off to make room for the new format and it's not a valid replacement.
>>150678109TQSingle issue: French Variant of Superman Batman #7 graded at 9.8 (pic related)Collected Edition: The Invisibles Omnibus.I would buy both again in a heartbeat.
>>150701541Holy reddit, Batm->Helmet of FateYou're alright, anon.
>>150678109Grow up.
>>150699669They look and read a million times better than cape fights. They're actually exciting despite being static drawings. The entire point is the effect, and Japan knows this. You're going on about page count and backgrounds. That shit doesn't matter in the end result.
>>150700409>>150700944For a shelf that overlaps so much with my collections there's a startling lack of DC archive editions here.>>150699008>If manga action is MMA, then cape action is WWEWhat if I think MMA is dogshit garbage?
>>150702010I like both and dislike east vs west bait.
>>150701758>Feels like Marvel Masterworks were killed off tI am not happy about that. I don't have a huge amount I admit but that line is one of the oldest ongoing (till then) types of trades. I can't imagine having following it for years hoping to get a whole run like that and then BAM one day decades later they're like LOL NO.
>>150702082>DC ArchivesI missed the boat on those for the most part. When they first came out I had no money, then during the majority of their heyday, I was overseas. By the time I came back the Archives were dead, but I collected a few series: LOSH, Hawkman, Plastic Man, among others.Masterworks were my jam though, and Marvel was smart enough to keep them going for ages. Until, like >>150702281 said *BAM*I'm in the process of moving my shelves around but... I have every Masterwork except for like West Coast Avengers (The Omnis were fine). Really hoping they revisit this mistake.
>>150697552I love how people act like Stan Lee is Bob Kane and ignore Bob Kane to shit on Stan Lee instead.
>>150699345I've got one more of those big hardcovers from Will Eisner I've been eyeing, thanks for reminding me I ought to buy the New York collection>>150700937Klaus Janson or Jae Lee, those are cool artists
>>150702084I also like both, but it has to be said. The guy I replied to is being stubborn. I want comics to be good, not pretend they're doing everything right.
>>150702782Stan Actually did more for any creative to that point.
>>150702804What books by Jae Lee would you recommend picking up? I haven't read much of his work, but I do like his art style.
>>150702961Well I've got the John Byrne Sub-Mariner omnibus and Jae Lee takes over the art duties on that, crazy shift
Looks like Marvel jacked up the prices of their Epics again, new volumes are $55-$60 MSRP now
>>150703102Even if you can still get them cheaper online it's getting retarded. I only need just a few more to complete the lines I care about but I worry DC might follow suit with their finests sooner rather than later.
>>150702082>What if I think MMA is dogshit garbage?Then you don't like fights.
>>150697997I loved it. Good story, good vibes, Amazing art. It's not what you'd expect from a Superman story, but Clark feels undeniably Superman.Sometimes it feels like there's something missing between issues as it jumps forward in time when you're not expecting it, but it's not a big problem.The compendium is missing some stuff that I feel should have been included (the omnibus doesn't have this problem), both preceding and following it. There are some slim trades that cover those gaps (photos included), but that's just an additional expense. It's not completely necessary, but you do feel their absence.
Hyped for Triangle Era Omnibus vol 2
>>150702082>What if I think MMA is dogshit garbage?Then you prefer stageshows/theater to sports, which is fine.
>>150702961Seven Sons.
Bump
>>150701976Its just a damn shame the PLA has since shrunken slightly so it's juuuuuust to small to fit my monstrous cranium. Was wanting to make it the centerpiece of a cosplay idea of mine
>>150697953cool stuff
>>150701541>>150701976You're both reddit.
Today's arrivals.Thank you ebay guy for properly cushioning the package. I swear random ebay sellers make Jeff Bezos look like a fucking amateur.
Big recommend for Petit, no pun intended.Not sure if it got an English release.
>>150706456The fuck does that even mean anymore?
Just picked up all of Scalped by Jason Aaron today.What am I in for.
Was John's Avengers any good? I do like Johns on other things but I worry this is getting too close to Bendis.
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