Haven't had a shelf thread in eons so let's start a new one
>shelfnigga those are cardboard boxesi do enjoy a good saggy shelf tough
>>156186220There's a Perfect Blue Manga adaptation?
>>156187103no theyre the novels the movie was "inspired" from
Anyone know if the Veitch Swap Thing run worth picking up?
>>156187112if youre talking about a recent collected book im sure someone here was saying it has updated coloring and looks very off
I'm going to pick up Warlord Omnibus 2 and some DC Finests later this week.
It's been announced that the next X-Men Elsewhen collection drops summer 2027. Kind of shocked that they aren't rushing the stuff out.
>>156187168I was gonna pick up volume 1 but I really don't much like the digital coloring
>>156187112Make a new thread about it.
>>156187225you are whats wrong with this board.
>>156187225>>156187197The Veitch trades aren't recolored, >>156187197 is confusing it with the Moore run which was recolored for the absolute edition
Is the Delano Captain Britain run worth reading?
I hope the thread will live 'til Saturday.
>>156187136I’m planning on taking the DC Finest route for Warlord since the first one is apparently the exact same contents as the first omni. Currently on the fence about doing the same with Suicide Squad though. As it stands, the first two Finests combined have about 150 pages more than the first omni. Hoping that means the whole series can be covered in 5 volumes instead of 6.
Recent order, been trying to get all of Ewing, Gillen and Spurrier’s Krakoa books, after managing to find the complete HC collection of Hellions rotting away in the corner of a gaming/hobby shop. The Thor book is a collection of all of Oeming’s Thor stuff, including Blood Oath and Beta Ray Bill Stormbreaker. Also been hunting down the individual volumes of Stray Bullets, since having the Uber Alles Edition going into volume 6 would bother me too much.
>>156186175I may finish Chainsaw Man in december, with the last few volumes, also i'm thinking of getting Johnny THM and Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
I grabbed the AMS omni 1 a while ago and recently saw a good deal on volume 3. I already have the Spider-Man No More epic collection so now I'm waiting for either the Epic Collection for 53-67 to be available for a reasonable price or for Marvel to reprint the Volume 2 omnibus.It's so stupid that Lee + Ditko/Romita is not evergreen.
Enjoying this quite a bit. Seeing Segar discover and develop the characters and his style is really edifying.
Haven't been able to buy my bookshelf in half a year because options keep getting unlisted or raised in price wherever I look. Waiting to get my Finests out of storage to get them organized
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>>156186175At least you have boxes, I have mine on the floor.
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>>156189779The rest. I don't have a lot. Throughout the years I sold a lot of comics after reading them, a good chunk of my childhood comics are in Argentina, and I 100% rely on what I can find on the second hand market.
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Haven't bought a whole lot until yesterday when I got all of the movies for $5. Trying not to spend too much with the holidays coming up but I think I did okay.
>>156187112I found it pretty crap.
>>156186175Did you glue dr fate, there?
I like Hulk.
>>156190300Note: The Indie Comics Words Only book isn't a comic, it's a bunch of prose stories written by comic book people.
>>156189771How many men does Olive have in rotation?
>>156186175I bought a lot of books last Sunday in monthly fleahmarket:I got 10 uncanny avengers floppies for 5$Then :witch doctor tpbultimatpes tpb 2death of wolverineand few more tpbs for 17$also 2 months ago I got first two bigp 100 bullets TPB for 5$, each tpb are 270 pages each.
>>156190128Whooo, this is how I find out there's finally an affordable Appleseed collection!
>>156190947Yeah, I eagerly anticipated it and it's really sweet. There's a supplemental volume coming soon, then a collection of random works.
>>156190300I don't. I've tried.
>>156191318What do you like, anon?
>>156191338A lot of stuff.
>>156186175goyslop consoomer threadtry getting a job, bozos
>>156191597How do you think we afford all this shit? Comics are expensive
>>156191597Use actual words next time, you retarded dipshit faggot ass bitch
Gimme a sec I'll post mine>>156191597Retard
>>156189052>Stray Bulletsstill a spit in the face that the last volume of sunshine and roses is not collected, notm buying any sunshine nd roses until they either release volume 5 or publish killers and all of S&R in one compendium volume
>>156191597How do you think people afford comics, anon? Stop seething about your shitty life and get yourself a decent well paying job, if seeing others buy stuff for themselves makes you comment like this.
>>156192424My dads using the tablet that I use to show my stuff so this will do. First 13 Cage issues + some Stern Hulk
>>156192582Need to buy the Deadman Finest later
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>>156192627Kek, the back of that Deadman book makes it look like he's got a green afro
>>156192662Great, now I'll never unsee it.
The, /shelf/, the!
>>156190613Post pics, fren.
>>156192582I'm just wondering, how old are you?I've been in this hell since 2012.I bought 1 book last month, I'll post it tomorrow.
>>156187112It's good but mostly slice of life stuff until the end with the time travel arc.Still wish they would have tossed in Hellblazer #1-2, since they included #3-12 for filler purposes, making their omission a huge deal
>>156194267I'm 24, but Ive been starting to read comics like 2 years ago, so most of the stuff that I have is pre-crisis stuff, did some posts here reviewing a lot of silver age titles. I'm taking a break now to read some Indie stuff and when the new year starts I'll start the DC Bronze age, which im excited as fuck. Since I have some free time now, I visited last month this store that sells used books and I took some pics. I'm planning on going back there this saturday so if the thread survives I'll post more stuff.
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>checked the archives to see that i last posted in a /shelf/ thread back in May damn it's been a minute /shelf/ these are my pick up from the past couple of months with Sin City being the most recent i started nursing school not too long ago so i've been getting more expensive medical books as of lately>>156194724>>156194720>>156194710>portuguese brazilian?
>>156195565Yeah
>>156194724>VINGADORESSounds sexual.
>>156186175The cardboard will prematurely yellow the paper in your books, anon. Get proper shelves.
>>156194720Managed to get this full set of Sin City for $10 per book a few weeks back. Never read any of it, but I’ve enjoyed everything Frank Miller I’ve ever read. Would love to have an easily accessible, non-$100 version of Martha Washington to buy
>>156196647>Sin City for $10 per bookNice score, anon. I splurged on the library editions a couple of years ago when they were released. Do not regret.Unlike Death or Glory. That book is shit. Do regret.
Just got two new bookshelves and it's glorious. I can fit so many books, can't wait.
i had enough free time this week to go through the stuff i got at SDCC three months ago.Seeing everything out like this made me realize i forgot to buy some other stuff i had been meaning to get, mostly art books by various artist whose booths i had visited the year before.
I recenty spent "some" money on comics and manga during the last prime sale thing, this is pretty much it for my yearly comic spending I thinkI'm running dangerously low on shelf space and space for shelfs, but I think I can still fit another thin lanky bookshelf more and stack another 3x3 KALLAX on top of my existing 2x4 KALLAX I have laid horizontally inside my room
>>156197691That's a lot of books, nice. Have a favorite?
>>156197691>Busiek Avengers
shelf
>>156198495Either the Punisher Armory books, because it's something i never finished reading since i was in high school in the 90s or the Shirow Masamune art book from his art exhibit from last year.I used to get way more trades before, but a lot of the $5/half off trade booths disappeared by 2016 at SDCC. The previous years were great. pic is 2015.>>156198566it's also something i never finished reading. I have three of the hardcover collected books, so i might as well finish it with the omnibus.ANOTHER book i bought to finish off a "series" is Squee. i bought JTHM way back in the 00s and kept forgetting to get the sequel until i saw that Slave Labor Graphics had a booth again after like a decade after disappaering from SDCC a decade ago. They used to have a medium sized booth right near to Marvel and DC for decades, but this year they reappeared as a tiny table in the small press area.So this year, i actually completed quite a few series, unlike previous years.
>>156192457I’m holding out hope for the last volume eventually, but still being able to have all of them up to that point is good enough for me. I didn’t even know who David Lapham was a few months ago, but I started reading the 90s Valiant comics from the ground up, and really liked Harbinger, and the art in particular. It was after this page that I finally looked up the artist, and learned how big of a name he was. I have a soft spot for writer-artists as well.>>156197179Very jealous, especially of the page sizes! I think most of the softcover Sin City releases are smaller than a typical trade, which is a bit disappointing. I’m sort of veering away from big deluxe releases these days, for the sake of budget and shelf space, though I do have a good chunk of DC Absolutes, and all of Allred’s Mad Man Library Editions. But when I’ve been at my LCS lately, seeing just what is getting those big deluxe, hardcover treatments these days kind of blows my mind. I think every single Millarverse miniseries has a Library Edition now, $50 for an oversized book with only 6 issues at the cheapest. I can understand it for more notable series, but is anyone seriously buying all these?
Some dollar bin pick ups 1/2
>>1562004402/2 And yeah, saw that Turok from a mile away and just had to have it. Gold Key era Turok is just some comfy ass reading for me. I'm hoping that with Kirkman getting the license, we'll see some collections of the older material at some point
>>156187792I didn't like it. It's definitely not as good as Moore's run. I only read it in preparation for Excalibur, which I hope isn't a piece of shit.
>>156200449Good stuff anon.
>>156200823You can hope, but...
I have a used Incal deluxe edition coming in the mail tomorrow, first time I've double dipped on a book I like. The standard edition just prints everything way too small, the other Jodorowsky books I've read didn't have this problem.
Give it to me straight, /shelf/. Can this absolute edition copy of V for Vendetta be saved?
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>>156201477not the wor- >>156201494oof
>>156201477>>156201494You can't post gore on a blue board, mate
>>156201515>>156201514In hindsight, I see why it was so cheap. First time I read it, it was fine up until the very end. I think touching and moving it got all of the old glue to give out. Can't return it and it's not worth selling, so it's either repair or trash.
>>156199469Yeah budget book sellers don't seem to be a thing anymore. It stinks. Of course right when I get into western comics do all hardcovers shift to be sold online only, with conventions and shops sticking to single issue format at $5 a pop.
>>156190128What's in the Akira Toriyama book?
>>156201477My condolences.It's best that you let it go.
books
Any 2027 releases you're looking forward to?
>>156203954Great Darkness SagaFall of the Mutants The One Piece volumes with the God Valley flashback arcLonely Place of DyingX-Men Elsewhen v2
>>156203954For sure the hardcover editions of Tezuka's phoenix. I've wanted to read that manga for years. The Alan Moore Swamp thing omnibus set looks nice too.
>>156203954Cass Cain omnibus and Flash Messner Loebs 2 are among the big ones. I forget a lot of what's coming off hand.
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>>156204382>Swamp Thing Omnibuswill It have the og colors or the recolor?
>>156197984I finally got all my new books in order and shelved, finally finished my BPRD collection and almost finished my Calvin n Hobbes collection and also lots of mangaKind of a shame that ultimate X-Men just ended but I think it's gonna continue in some form?
>>156204655Bought that what it is book because I've heard it skilled all around, really appreciate how the author thought about every element of the book to make it like a whole artifact kinda deal and not just a boring printed bookAlso not sure if it's worth it to buy those witchfinder books and secret histories of Hellboy to complete my hellboyverse collection
>>156204685More manga crap and The Luther Stride collection, been looking forward for that for a while
>>156203954Jose Luis Garcia Lopez's Artist Edition.
>>156204704Also fuck my ass, those idiots at kodansha only ever made 5 of these omnibussies for last order and they left 4 volumes uncollected the fucking cocksuckers, fortunately some kanzenban editions were published in Spanish a few years ago so I'll just fill in with that, but I should have investigated this before buying lmao
>>156204591OG colors plus #16-19, which set up the Moore run
Bought this last month.I was also tempted to buy Darwyn Cooke's Absolute Edition but then I saw this video..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4AJnli1Ok
>>156205032>>156205058based bronze age enjoyer. i already have the 2 absolutes of neal adam's batman with the third on its away, although it has been delayed like 3 times already
>>156186175I've been looking forward to /shelf/ since I finally cleaned and reorganized my stuff last month.I hadn't really bought books in years when I suddenly realized something: I actually kind of hate omnis and library editions. They're the books on my shelves I'm least likely to have actually read. DC gave a good argument with DC Finest and compendiums, too, and now I'm convinced. So I've been in the process of swapping bigger editions for smaller, and usually making some money to buy new stuff. The Hellboy boxset and the two short stories omnies were like $90, and I'll clear somewhere around $300 for my libraries since In Hell is still sealed. Should be the same story for The Goon, which I'll replace with the paperbacks for now and then swap those out as the new hardcovers release.I wish the height of my money to spend wasn't during COVID, when printing fucking sucked. There's been stuff coming out that never would have seemed possible back then.
>>156205606Nice Conans. I really wish I bought more of the Dark Horse epics when they were coming out. I ended up just buying the floppy issues because it was cheaper. I know I can't blame Marvel for this one due to rights issues but Crom's breath.
>>156203954Second Lobo Compendium and the Amethyst Omnibus for me.
>>156205705I was hoping for stuff like this to get a finest instead. I'm honestly getting kind of sick of omnibuses. They're big and expensive for no reason other than to mark up the price when a finest is so much more pleasant to red.
>>156205606>>156187136>>156188995I was so excited to see this getting a Finest release. Even if the paper is lighter, the omni is just a little too thick for me to be happy with paying for. They'll also be like a third of the price, which is appreciated.I always had some strong opinions on page count, but I'm realized I sound like an obsessive miser when it comes to this stuff now.>>156189779Obviously not good for the books in the long run, but it's kind of charming. I like the feeling of a cluttered bookstore, within reason. It also feels whimsical and reminds me of childhood to not treat every possession like it's treasure.>>156205660From what I've seen, Titan hasn't announced plans for the Dark Horse stuff, either. Kind of gay. Speaking of, I'd like to get their boxsets for their series but haven't pulled the trigger yet. It makes me feel stupid when I already have a lot of Conan to still read on my shelves.>>156205705I hope this ends up in Finest. I got the Showcase Presents on a whim some years ago and was happy to see it getting an omni release.
>>156205790>Speaking of, I'd like to get their boxsets for their series but haven't pulled the trigger yet. It makes me feel stupid when I already have a lot of Conan to still read on my shelves.Well for what it matters, I've been getting the trades as they've came out and have enjoyed the run immensely. Easily my favorite current comic. I'm actually a bit jealous of the box.
>>156205768Assuming you’re >>156205606 , I’ve been coming to the same conclusion. I have way too many omnibuses, but in many cases it’s just for the sake of availability. It seems like every run collected in out-of-print TPBs has at least one book being sold for some insane price, making the omni a cheaper option. They aren’t too bad to read, until they reach 1000+ pages. But the most comfortable read imo is ~500, meaning Epic Collections, DC Finests and Dark Horse paperback omnibuses are perfect. Just decided on taking the DC Finest route for Ostrander’s Suicide Squad, Grell’s Warlord and Triangle Era Superman. Contemplating trading in my re-colored Simonson Thor Omni for the original colored Epic Collections as well.
>>156205201I thought there will be only 2 books.Will you post pics oft he 2nd Vol./ does it collects the Ra's al Ghul Saga?
>>156206010I am not he, but I get your point. I picked up a few omnis because the epic was way over priced. It was like 70-80 for some of the Michelinie ASM epics when I got both omnis for that each. Usually I'll collect whatever comes out first. I'm three Triangle Era supermans deep plus Exile and Brainiac so I'll keep that going but the trouble is it's too hard to predict what's going to get announced as an Epic/Finest and what's going to be an Omni.
>>156203954DC Finest Romance Stories, I need some in my life.
>>156205790>>156197691>>156204685>Squee>JTHMHoly nostalgia. I considered replacing my Squee but I kind of like having my beat up copy from teenage years. I have the hardcover JTHM but it's shitty glued binding so I'll probably get the trade instead.Which leads me to a tangent: fuck DC for making "deluxe editions" either glued or sewn binding seemingly at random. One of my Sandmans is glued, as is Death, yet the rest are glued. My Long Halloween books are sewn. The six copies of Dark Knight Returns I saw at a local shop? All glued. I guess they gotta balance that competency in recent years with a little retarded.>>156204704Luther Strode was the first time I missed a hardcover and sulked I'd have to "settle" for paperback. I should have learned the lesson and gotten to my current headspace all those years ago. Still haven't bought it. I finally should.>>156206010>>156206046There are dozens of us!The Simonson Thor Epic is already out of print. Marvel is so fucking retarded. I understand they have way, way more books to juggle in print than DC does since they just started Finest, but it's baffling to have that stuff unavailable. Then they had the nuts to raise the price? Sometimes $55 when DC's equivalent is $40. With the usual discounts, I'll gladly (and have, all of them) at $23 or so.I'm starting to sound like a shill. Pay me, DC.
Konichiwa.>>156206154>yet the rest are sewn*>I'll gladly buy them blind (and have, all of them)*I'm stupid.I've been having fun buying books again, but almost all of it has been DC stuff. If the money was there I'd diversify, especially into more manga. The deluxe editions Dark Horse has been doing are great. And I've been very happy to see other publishers like Kodansha catching on. Someone slap them for the stupid shit they're about to do with Blackjack if it doesn't end up with actual re-prints of the Vertical releases, though.
>>156206154>The Simonson Thor Epic is already out of print. Marvel is so fucking retarded.Well piss. Glad I grabbed that when I did. Can't even count on epics to stay in stock for more than a few months anymore.
>>156201477Scrape off as much glue as you can and apply acid-free PVA to re-attach it.This sort of separation is fairly common in comics (because we get traaaash), don't worry.
>>156205032I have that same absolute, I love it.
>>156206329 >>156201477 Once you glue it, clamp it tightly (pressure spread evenly across the entire book with boards). Wipe off excess.That glue is so far gone it'll actually be easy. It's practically falling off, and that'll make it easier. The signatures (bundles of pages) are seen together and still look great. This is a dream repair.
>>156206355Excess glue is defined as what squeezes out when you apply the clamp pressure. There's no such thing as too much glue unless it interferes with pages. Good luck.
>>156206329>>156206355Yeah, that was my guess for how to do it. When I'm done putting on the glue, what's the best way to clamp it down? Should the binding be on the bottom, so gravity helps push the pages into the glue? I can do the repair right now.
not a lot
>>156206388In this case, you let gravity push the textblock down into the glue, you can really apply pressure down on that angle. The clamps are on the front and back covers to keep it vertical, aligned, and keep it as snug as possible. It dries faster, but I like to leave it for a day (dried glue =/= cured glue).If that's not clear, you can find guides on YouTube. The videos I point people to are about the "Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morale's Omnibus" since the glue failed on basically every copy, so lots of guides popped up. I taught myself years back on some Star Wars omnis and have bought books with failed bindings ever since.
>>156206024>I thought there will be only 2 booksAt least in my country its 3>Will you post pics oft he 2nd Vol./ does it collects the Ra's al Ghul Saga?Im about to go sleep so I'll post it tomorrow if the thread survives. Vol 3 has the Ras issues, vol 2 is 2 brave and the bold issues and a bunch of Detective Comics ones.
Some of my thicker omnibuses are starting to sag. It's still readable and fine but it's really noticeable.
>>156207378Yeah, it's because they're all built like shit. You could put some paper or card underneath, or look into the bookbinding practice of making a "shoe". That'll give it support and look more professional.
>>156206685It must have taken me about an hour to do, but nearly all of the old glue is out. Real hard to do on bigass absolutes, since tweezers can only reach so far.
>>156207806yummy
>>156207661I wonder if comic book boards would be good to use. I mean they're acid free, and should be easy to cut to width.
>>156207868I heard people use foam rubber to sort of support the pages from the bottom
>>156207806Honestly, most people can't get much of the glue out at all and just settle for roughing up the edges to give the fresh glue something to hold onto. As annoying as that was, you'll get a very nice finish with what you've done.
>>156203954Seconding >>156204382for Tezuka's Phoenix, absolutely hyped. Also looking forward to a bunch of omnis (Jonah Hex, Suicide Squad 3, Cassandra Cain Batgirl) and any new volumes for whatever manga I'm reading (One Piece, Billy Bat, JoJo, Ashita no Joe, Legend of Kamui, REAL, Kaiji if Denpa finally gets its shit together I've been waiting for volume 6 for like two years at this point like holy shit), the new releases for Concrete (I already have the old tpbs but I can gift those to my nephew) and Marvel Creator Collection no. 3 because it continues the Barry Windsor-Smith stuff
>>156208578That's what I'm hoping for. It was almost as annoying getting the glue in. Most effective thing I found was to tilt the book on its side, pour glue down the eye so it could travel down, then use a long stick to spread it. There ended up being just a couple little bits of the old glue I couldn't get out, so the page blocks will still be a little uneven. Not a big deal, this book is beat to hell and back anyway by whoever owned it before. I just want to read it again without it breaking into pieces.Hopefully this thread lives another couple of days, I'd love to post the results once the glue is solidly cured.
>>156204655>dat beckare they reprinting it or is it something old?
>>156208386That too, when the pages have a bit more space out from the cover edges. I should check out the hobby lobby soon see what I can find (acid free, of course)
>>156208955NTA but there's a new release!
>>156201477>>156201494this just makes me feel sad
>>156201494these aren't cheap books either
>>156208955it's a spanish edition currently printing the kanzenban editions, they're pretty neatcurrently has 16 volumes out, still need to catch upIt's published by an imprint called "distrito manga", googling it brings up penguin books so maybe they'll release an english edition later
>>156206224Love to see taiyo Matsumoto! Number 5 and ping pong invigorated me. What is the ID on the cat eye book and the one to the left of it with a Z? Cats of the louvre?
>>156209363Here’s some le quirky books. Who else sharing the alt and underground love
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>>156209363>>156209391Matsumoto's Takemitsu Zamurai is also getting an English release get hype
>>156204946>plus #16-19Fucking hell. I rolled my eyes so hard at this I glimpsed into the past.
>>156204946I was eyeing the Compact Anatomy Lesson
>>156186175I just came from near comicbook convention>>156194233No photos from previous day.Even better, photo from today:all these stuff 27$ (pic related), I spent 20$ and my brother 17$a few hardcovers and mostly tpb/softcoversEvery book was either 2$ hardcover and softcovers, floppies were either 1€ or 0.50€concretelegion of superherosrobin year one hardcovercivil war x-menaquman and the others new52x-men emperor vulcansupermanseveral batman stuffbrave and the bold by perez and waidcatwoman by bubrakersome hulk and x-men floppies from the 90s
>>156209363>>156209391>>156209399Cats of the Louvre, and next to it is Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.Nice stuff! You're making me feel even more guilty for focusing on DC so much.>>156209419Matsumoto and samurai? Instant buy. Thanks for the heads up.
>>156210535>Kurosagi Corpse Delivery ServiceSixth omnibus coming soon (TM)
>>156206404Glad to see Deadman is being enjoyed.
>>156204685All stuff in this pic is great.
>>156204775Good taste anon!
Got Uncanny X-Men omnibus 6 and Spectre by Ostrander & Mandrakde omnibus 2 coming in the mail next week by God I'm financially irresponsible
>>156188995I don't think I ever pre-ordered something so hard as I did with the Warlord finest desu
>>156208653>the new releases for ConcreteOh shit I'll have to look into that.
>>156210936Gotham by Gaslight sequels aren't.
>>156211157>I'm financially irresponsibleIt's such a roller coaster of joy then pain. I spent my entire month's book budget not even the first week of november.
>>156209419Hell yes.
>>156212234Once you start theres no going back, I could already have bought my GPU at this point but I spent so much on books I barely game anymore
>>156212620I could've bought even more books, but I had to set aside money for a new mattress.At least I can read the books without a sore back afterward, does that count as more reading?
Incal deluxe came in today, damn this thing is nice. It's about the same size as a DC absolute edition, maybe a millimeter bigger. It has a similar hard cloth texture as the Calvin and Hobbes hardcover box set, or Fantastic Four full circle expanded edition.
>>156212686And a quick page comparison. This is going to make reading the somewhat small text so much easier. As far as I can tell the printing quality and colors are more or less identical. The only real difference I can see is the Deluxe edition has nicer paper stock, which can make colors pop a little bit more. I really just wanted this for the larger format, some of the panels in the Incal can be small so it's nice not having to wear glasses to read it.
>>156206303It's even more frustrating when then first Simonson Thor epic had the best god damn mapping yet of a Simonson Thor collection, collecting the entire Surtur saga in one volume.
>>156209476The compact version of the Anatomy Lesson pretty much is 1:1 the first Saga trade complete with the same production era that trade had in terms of missing text on the last page of #24.
>>156206303Probably because it doesn't have the shitty ass digital coloring that was in the omni?Had to believe Simonson actually approved that shit himself
>>156212777well that's unfortunate
>>156212904It happens. Brian Bolland prefers Killing Joke be colored with the most dogshit digital bland grey and brown airbrush over the beautiful psychadelic watercolors of the original.
>>156212686I always wanted to read Incal.
>>156213239Brian Bolland is right.
>>156213654right out of his mind
>>156213239A lot of artists go funny when they get old.>>156213654No.
>>156213748Whenever I hear someone say a creative "prefers" a newer version of something what I actually here is, they "prefer getting a check and not picking a fight with their boss so they get more checks."
>>156213760In some cases that could be true but I've seen Bolland talk about this recolor and it's all coming from him unfortunately
It's finally a proper /shelf/ thread now
>>156213572Do it, it's one of my favorite comics. It's a great mix of adventure, mysticism, and black comedy.
>>156213654No way, the OG colors are perfect. Batman being this stark, blood red in the original makes him look right out of the fires of hell. He's supossed to be yet another layer of trauma in the Joker's mental breakdown. It's a great picture for how the Joker developed his Batman fetish. The recolor just makes him a lame-ass peach gradient. Not scary at all.
my local library has an amazing graphic novel collection. the issue is, their policy is a "lost" book is only a 12 dollar fee, doesn't matter what book. why the hell do they tempt me with Simon Hanselmann's collection of work?I only "lost" one book, but that was a text book that's been way out of print.
>>156214070The og colors are a hack job.
>>156213880>Recolors, they could be anywhere.
>>156214145Bolland...
About 8 more hours I can check on that V for Vendetta copy, and see if the glue worked.
>>156215839seven hours
>>156216501Damn, you're keeping track? Guess anything to keep a shelf thread bumped these days
My west coast avengers books. I had to get a bit more creative in order to fill some gaps because.... marvel. But even here there are huge chunks were I just have to live with it. That bottom left book is pretty neat. It's part of some UK line and I was able to find it for cheap. Don't get too set in in one type of trade dress is my advice.
Titan Conan in trade paper back. It's been good. I'm almost tempted to switch to monthly floppies for it but it's just so so much cheaper to trade wait.
And Savage Sword, which is a little more hit and miss but generally more good.
>>156216771The average floppy costing $5 is insane. Especially with how little dialogue most modern comics have, I can read an issue in 6 minutes.
>>156216936Yeah, I paid like 10 bucks each for those trades, a bit more for Savage Sword and while I do like the books that's just a lot of money. Plus, while they're not as bad as other books in this regard they're also very clearly written for the trade. Savage Sword is full of stand alones but it's just more economic all around to get the trades.
>>156209399Metabarons is insane, I love it.
LIVE
>>156206754In America we're still waiting for volume 2.
>>156212712Are the margins around the art different sizes? I can't tell if my eyes are playing tricks on me.
>>156216757That Ultimate Marvel Graphic Novels line is wild. It's the only way some stories have ever been collected, and the only way to get some in hardcover. >>156216780How's the paper feel in the Savage Sword trades? I've been getting the singles, and I love that it genuinely feels like newsprint. >>156214070The colors are a mixed bag for me. There's a small handful of changes Holland made that I appreciated, but the more trippy OG colors did a lot more overall. Some scenes are basically only good if they have the colors to set the mood, and Holland's choices removed them from many scenes.
>>156218828Shouldn't it be? The top copy is several inches larger.
>>156218870>That Ultimate Marvel Graphic Novels line is wild. It's the only way some stories have ever been collected, and the only way to get some in hardcover.It's pretty neat. I wouldn't be opposed to picking up a few more really. >How's the paper feel in the Savage Sword trades? It's... Interesting. I'm not an expert on paper goods so take this with some grain of salt, but they're a step up from a kind of news print but it's also not glossy. Almost feels like a kind of card stock. It's really clean looking.
>>156216643In about another hour, I can open it up and see
>>156215839>>156201477Alright, moment of truth. Here's what the book looks like right before being opened.
>>156220298fingers crossed
>>156220298And here's the result. Bottom side
>>156220321Aaaaaaaand top side
>>156220321>>156220341Hey, that's alright. Good job. I got a few books of my own that aren't so bad but could probably stand a touching up.
>>156220341So only a little bit of a missing spot on the top seam, but hey it didn't explode on me when I opened it. How strong this glue actually is long term is hard to say, I am so damn scared of actually touching this thing. I do actually want to read the book again, I just saw the movie for November 5th and got mad at all of the retarded changes I noticed, so I need to read this again to better know what to get mad about.
>>156220395It should be okay. So long as most of the book is together it will last you fine. Worst case you have to retouch it up a few years down the road.
>>156216780That top right cover, hehe.
>>156216771frozen faith is sooo good, and I enjoyed the ablaze version too.
>>156221601Sailor Steve Costigan, sir. >>156221605It was a nice spin on Frost Giant's Daughter. The Ablaze series is also a really fun line. They're putting out new ones now too, which is nice. Xuthal of the Dusk at present and later A Witch Shall be Born. Surprised they haven't gotten to The Tower of the Elephant yet.
>>156201477>>156220321So what kind of glue did the yoriginally use to make it all white like that?also, i know elmers glue is PVA glue, but i can't imagine using that on books since it's not flexible.
>>156220341Turns out nice.I might do that too if I have a free time.
>>156218167FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!
>>156217528Man, they had a fucking hardcover copy at my LCS when I went a couple of weeks ago and it was TEMPTING AS SHITI've lost count how many times I've re-read it
>>156222997You better get it, it's getting real expensive on ebay since Humanoids kicked the bucket.
>>156216757Those avenger roster were so good.
>>156223361IDK, I'm not really interested in Omnis anymore. Got two (man-thing and Howard) and they're too big and cumbersome
>>156223895Metabarons is nowhere near the size of an omnibus
>>156223361Thanks Mark Waid!
>>156212686Someone was try to buy the incal for less than 30 bucks in local comic convention, I listened that to some comicbook store guy, but in the end the buyer didn't buy it because it thought it was expensive it was an old edtion from the early 2000s
>>156224597If it was the edition with the (dare I say it?) recolors then 30 bucks is too much
>>156223895Metabarons is just a large hardcover book. It's not like a giant Sandman omnibus or anything like that.
>>156222147Not him but they just sell book glue if you search for that
>>156205032Looks amazing.
>>156223361i knew i was out of reading comics, but i had no idea that humanoids was gone
>>156227220shelf
>>156213880It's a reasonable complaint.
>>156227220Yeah, they went kaput early last year. I had an Incal hardcover box set I paid for they had to cancel.
How do you guys get rid of comics? I have some cape trades I might sell or donate, but I also have comix I don't think anyone would want.
>>156187197I don't think it's too bad for modern digital coloring. Would I prefer it look like a comic published in 1982 or a Baxter paper stock comic from that era? Sure, but it's not too bad for what it is. It doesn't look like the over-rendered or overly dark slop Marvel was doing in the 00's and 10's at least.
>>156229187Do you have a lcs nearby that buys collections?
>>156229187I gave a bunch to my nephews.
>>156229187>buy comic >read it >like it >keep Itor>dont like It>go to used bookstore and trade It for something else
>>156229928It's not the usual issue with old material where it's colors that were selected for a different paperstock, it's a colorist who's just shit at their job. The colours looks bad, they could have made it look any way they wanted, and they botched it. Paperstock wouldn't change that.
>>156229187Depends where you are and the shops/stores around you. I try sell on FB groups first. If I know they won't want it, or there's no bites, I'll move onto my LCS or used bookstores. They have different clientele, so plan what you're offloading, and understand you're getting very little. LCS is better when possible, especially if you have a pre-existing relationship. I also buy used and trade a lot, so getting little in return is fine, because I also paid very little.
>>156229187Bonfire.
>>156229187I sold a few things on ebay. It was a pain and I think I got screwed thanks to ebay cuts.
>>156229187try facebook, one time my grandmother called to me say she had a present and told me to go pick up like 5 collected books, the dude had BOXES and literally covered his entire dining room with single issues. youll probably be able to sell anything
>>156232822That sounds amazing.
>>156232822your grandmother called you to pick up 5 collected books and now she's dude with boxes worth of comics that covered a dining table? wat?
>>156234486Clearly his grandmother had arranged for him to go pick up his stuff from elsewhere, anon
>>156229928You marveldrones will just defend anything as long as it has the Marvel logo on it, huh?
>>156209444why
Goodbye, /shelf/When next we meet, I'll have more omnis
>>156236099same, I'll finish buying the rest of my DC Finest collection that I need at the end of the year
>>156236599I had a job interview today and depending on how well that goes I'm going to go absolutely ham on the rest of the DC Finests
>>156236099Good riddance.
>>156237025Not today shelf. Not today.
>>156238380And not tomorrow neither, nyahahaha
>>156239209and the day after?
>>156239900we'll see
Ten thousand painful deaths to /shelf/.
>>156233396It does doesn't it?
>>156240943Got pictures of the haul?
>>156229187Give to public library.
>>156241160Comix have nudity and weird sex.
>>156229187You don't happen to have Omaha the cat dancer in the mix, would you?
Thank you all for the suggestions.>>156242136I had it, but it turned out to be a furry comic, so I burned it.
Page fucking 10!
>>156241976Send them to me.
>>156241151nah sorry but 3 of the ones i chose are the collected books from the DC magazine thing.you can see them in the secopnd shelf that was posted
umm got more of those shelves anons?
>>156243865Nice bait
>>156187238You killed /shelf/ and the comics side of /co/ by cowering and asking all your questions here. YOU are what's wrong with this board.
>>156244698Crazy innit?
>>156186175Recent haul.
>>156246726
>>156246736
>>156246745Fair warning: be very careful when reading the Puma Blues, or this >>156201477>>156201494will happen.
>>156246726>>156246736>>156246745I see you're trying to reawaken your inner tween girlI recommend you buy the Scary Godmother Compendium, really neat book
>>156246745shame on you for steling that Harriet the onion book from your local school library
>>156246802Almost all of this was found at Goodwill.
>>156246864That's what they all say
>>156246794Yup. Haha. I plan to.
>>156246802Needed to get the book to go with my Pop.
>>156246726A lovely haul~
>>156246726>>156246736Bandette is cute
>>156247005Kys yourself
>>156246745Those blacksad, enjoy that anon, those books are really good.Holy molly and beneath the trees.
I know they're busy because of the sales, but it's been days and Western was picked almost immediately and the other two should be perfectly available books. I hope it isn't so over.I already had a partial order sent out the other day because one of the books wasn't currently in stock so I'm emotionally fragile.
>>156250564I like IST but they can be really slow to ship.
>>156246736Anarky is underrated.
>>156246726>Jo I don't like that nickname
>>156254000I don't like you
>>156250564Dumb dc slave.
>>156250564Does IST participate in Black Friday Sale?
>>156254867CGN usually has something
Might as well bump with an attempt at more conversation. These are my most recent buys.I've never read Iron Fist, but I like bronze age and kung fu shit. I'll gladly take a blind buy I can seemingly break even on if I don't like.I also never read Doctor Strange, but I like magic shit. I'm disappointed so far, but I didn't read much of this volume proper. I grabbed the first volume from the library, and thought it was straight up bad, which left a bad taste in my mouth. Poor writing and hundreds of pages of nine panels and rarely a background to be seen. I'll try this one sometime soon, but I don't have high hopes before the Gene Colan art.Mushi-shi and Kurosagi are both great and some of my favorite stuff, being paranormal detective stories.>>156251796I don't mind the speed, but when it only gets partially picked for multiple days I worry I'm going to have to go elsewhere and I despise paying for shipping.>>156254861Kind of! At least between the Big Two. I've never really read anything from Marvel that held my attention. I'd argue I'm more of a genre-fictionfag. I'm a sucker for westerns, war, and horror.>>156254867Yes. It's currently ongoing with rotating weekly deals on certain publishers. They send out a newsletter with the details. It's DC right now, Dark Horse starting Wednesday, and then I don't know. The actual week of BF it's all the discounts at once.
>>156254861Maybe if marvel actually kept their shit in stock I'd get more of their books
>>156255049> DC Week SaleTime to get The Spectre and The Phantom Stranger.Thanks.
I tell you the sales just what they used to be. I remember a time when I got multiple Conan omnibuses for like 50 odd bucks a pop.
>>156255049>I'm disappointed so farI didn't like it either. Heads up though, Iron Fist was worse. If you wanted Kung fu shit you should've gotten Shang Chi (which is ok overall, starts weak).
>>156255224Iron Fist really started to shine more when they put him with Luke Cage. I liked a stronger Colleen Wing focus but the book just got better with Heroes for Hire.
>>156255267Disagree because I don't like Luke Cage one bit.
>>156255295That's nice. You're wrong.
I've also never read Superman, but I might buy this blind. I've enjoyed most of the post-Crisis books they've put out lately -- Green Arrow is great, Batman is pretty good (though the actual Crisis tie-ins were a very dull start for Batreading), and I love JLI. I won't be keeping my Green Lantern and JLA volumes, but I'm glad I read them at least since they lead into JLI.>>156255178Well the average sale price was 48% on almost every publisher. I'm surprised we even get there with weekly deals these days. Everything is so fucked.>>156255224>>156255267It's so fucking over. I remember almost getting the Shang Chi omnis back when they were releasing, but my money was totally tied up in Conan for omni blind buys. I'll abide a mediocre story if the art is at least decent, and I did flip through this and it seemed okay.They also had the Power Man and Iron Fist Hardball epic, but I only felt I should get one or the other and this seemed a safer bet. I'll read this ASAP and maybe head back for the other one soon.
>>156255321Don't act like a twat.
>>156255352>I've also never read Superman, but I might buy this blindThat's a good place to start. It's where I became a big Superman reader and I've collected the older hardcover editions into the triangle omnibuses.
>>156255352>Everything is so fucked.In the next couple years I won't be surprised to see an omni break 200 bucks.
>>156255352Byrne is a shitty writer.
So finally a price on Marvel's bricks. 60 bucks, which will probably go down to 35-40 at the usual places. AF15, 1-38 plus 2 annuals. Not a bad amount of content. I'm not complaining but marvel finally doing something not retarded is surprising. Not a fan of the design but eh. Hopefully the build quality is decent.
>>156257431I already bought the 4 Mighty Masterworks Spider-man volumes they published, I think there was a 5th one that they almost released and even got an Amazon listing but never came out, or at least I never saw it actually availableAnyways those 4 volumes cover the exact same issues, except maybe missing annual #3, if they release a second bric I'll probably buy it but really I preferred these small volumes
>>156257431Why does the cover layout give me "generic comic book" vibes so hard?I'm hoping they do ones of Kirby Thor and Cap at some point
>>156257575I'm still kind of upset that they completely abandoned the Mighty Masterworks line. It was such a great way to collect a lot of the older Marvel stuff at a reasonable price, especially considering a lot of that content in Epics were completely out of print at that point
>>156257661Yeah, I'm really not loving the covers and spines of these things. Marvel has always been kind of shit at picking out their covers and while that's far from the worst actual image the whole title and font choice is frankly baffling. >I already bought the 4 Mighty Masterworks Spider-man volumes I have a lot of this ever in epic or omnibus format so there's nothing that really jumps out to me that I need to grab early on but I'm hoping they do something that catches my eye. I could go for a Hulk volume certainly.
Check it out boys, I'm making homemade page supports. You can do it for cheap, and it'll be a long term and safe way to prevent page sag on omnis. Don't worry about flipping your books upside down periodically to rotate gravity damage, stop the damage from happenning in the firdt place.
>>156257742All you need are acid-free comic book boards, scissors, and acid-free double sided tape. I bought a 100 pack of boards at my LCS for $20, and the double sided tape at hobby lobby for about $6. Find a nice general te.plate size to cut out of scissors, and just cut a bunch of strips. Then, when you're got enough cut tape about 5 strips together to make a bundle. You can adjust the size as needed, my Fourth world absolutes need bigger strips than say, my Usagi Yojimbo special edition.
>>156257678>It was such a great way to collect a lot of the older Marvel stuff at a reasonable price,It is actually an interesting point, I think. The bricks probably won't be too bad price wise once you factor in markdowns but even then it's a question of what really is the most comfortable price. The MMW and DC compacts are roughly 10-15 so when you stack up however many volumes it ends up being the same as a brick or compendium, but it's also a matter of actually having more money at once. A younger reader probably isn't going to want to save their money to get the one book down the road so having a more IMMEDIATELY cheaper alternative really did make more sense. I didn't have too many myself but they made nice little impulse gifts I could get the kids. Comics really need to go back to more impulse pricing.
>>156257779The once you've got a bundle, stuff it under the pages and voila. No more saggy paper or torn bindings! It's a little easier for books with slipcases, but it can work on loose books as well. My far side hardcovers have bad sag because the paper is so heavy and huge. If only I'd done this sooner. It'd be great if publishers would just make boots as part of the slipcases, but what can you expect? If you got a couple of hours free I'd recommend this immensely. Save yourself the worry of a potentially rare and expensive book falling apart from just sitting on your shelf.
>>156257824>>156257779>>156257742Nice project. I might have to do some up. A few of these omnis aren't looking as pristine. >UsagiFuck yeah, aibo
>>156257795It used to be the same for the Essentials line too. I actually held off buying the first two Captain America Epic Collections because the first two Essentials had much more content (though B&W obviously) and were more reasonably pricedIt's actually kind of insane how much some of the Thor Essentials go for
>>156257431Fuck that shit. Should have followed the Essential mapping and been Amazing #1-43. The Ditko run ends with such a wet turd of a giant nothing burger, that if they want this shit to sell, they need to stick in the first five Romita issues which have the Green Goblin unmasking and Mary Jane's debut so as to gh e the book a proper god damn ending and make people buy v2
>>156257431Weird, it's similar content to the ASM Omnibus Vol. 1, but it's missing the FF Annual, and Strange Tales Annual. It's weird that they'd bother changing much internally when it'd be cheaper and easier to just copy it over (and Marvel is incredibly cheap; the way the cut corners and re-use shit is genuinely impressive). I have to assume it was a choice made to try and keep the book stronger. Even so, that sort of care is very out of character for Marvel. They're not really notable cuts, so I respect the decision to leave material out. I hate that they're called 'Bricks'. That's fan-term shit, you don't use it as an official name. Likely a marketing choice since nobody else would do something so stupid. Heaven forbid they use the term 'Compendium' like other publishers and stop adding additional fucking friction for customers and understanding terms. I hope this doesn't impact Epic Collections. I've already got most except some early stuff, so I'd rather this didn't cannibalize the line. The price is the same shit as the DC Compendiums, which is alright, except Marvel has dogshit trade dress. Genuinely, some cunt doesn't deserve their job. This isn't onboarding material at this price. Marvel needs to cut the shit and meet the market like DC did; digest/manga sized material with acceptable and pleasant matte paper. They need to realise that they can't cut corners/costs endlessly by trying to force every product line to use the same paperstock when it's not appropriate - fuck your bulk details, retards.Be simple. Digest/DC Compact sized books printed every 3 months (at the latest). Pack in a bunch of modern material and let readers follow along. Start with the JMS run (since it's popular and everything from there is already digitized), and just keep going. You can do it with other heavy hitters, too. Marvel doesn't have the backlog of standalone stories that DC does, so the ongoing model is their best choice.TL;DR: Marvel is still being retarded.
>>156189779Get your shit off the floor. Your place could get flooded from a leak or something
>>156258278>I hate that they're called 'Bricks'. That's fan-term shit, you don't use it as an official name. Likely a marketing choice since nobody else would do something so stupid. Heaven forbid they use the term 'Compendium' like other publishers and stop adding additional fucking friction for customers and understanding terms.Yeah, I'm not really sure that'd have been the term I'd gone with. It's like calling a computer a toaster. Even if done playfully it's not exactly respectful. I get they'd want to avoid "compendium" because that's what DC uses but there are better terms. Archives, treasury, off the top of my head I like HISTORICAL EDITION but that depends where they plan to take it. >I hope this doesn't impact Epic Collections. I've already got most except some early stuff, so I'd rather this didn't cannibalize the line. I've more or less collected everything I want barring some things stuck in reprint hell so I'm in a similar boat but I'm not expecting a lot out of marvel.The big show will how long they manage to keep these things on the shelves.
>>156257925God I wish the post-fantagraphic comics would get reprinted. Even the paperback issues of Usagi Saga are retarded expensive. And the Hardcovers? Forget they exist. They don't exist.
>>156258453I swear Saga 9 was in stock for all of a minute before getting lost to history. What annoys me is that we are seeing some reprints of stuff but it's all colorized. I want my black and white.
>>156255957Cool!>>156256622Oh boy I sure am not having very good luck picking books today!!I'll probably slap it in to round out an order some time. I grabbed and will try reading Kryptonite Nevermore from the library too, but it's so early it still reads very silver age with the little taste I had and I'm not a big fan of silver age (outside of horror anthology trash which I am very lenient with for some reason).>>156257740Man, these look like shit. I hate wide spines with no imagery on them. But after the omni changes, I don't expect anything better from them.>>156257742Oh no we're doing this againWe used to have a guy who did this with cardboard some time back. I did it too, but I ended up tossing the ones I made when I reorganized recently. They really don't seem necessary to me unless you're buying these 1500 page monsters. Famous last words.In any case, godspeed autist.
>>156258672Byrne is good. People like bitch about him cutting stuff that was all ordered to at an editorial level.
>>156258450Honestly, I say I worry about the epic collections, but I expect the bricks would die before them.Marvel's bean counters have a preference for the safe over the smart. They'd prefer a minimum print run (typically around 3,000) of Epics that will never reach a wider audience but is guaranteed to sell out due to scarcity, over a new line of titles that has a strong chance (but not 100%) of exploding and greatly expanding readership.They'd sooner play it safe into bankruptcy than take a non-risk. Fucking imbeciles.
>>156258754Well what worries me about the bricks is that marvel has had, in the past recent memory, multiple new books that they never commit too. The killed MMW, Marvel Premier doesn't seem like it was a huge success, they just put out some BND compact thing so who know what they'll do with that and they even killed the old Masterworks line, at least officially. I can't help but feel like they'll rush out a handful of bricks, sell out, and then go back to what they were doing before, short run omnis and not reprinting epics.
>>156258728Byrne is a sperg who's obsessed with specific ideas for no good reason, and don't matter to literally anyone except for him. "Superman is AMERICAN, but he's an alien, so actually he was in a birthing matrix so he was actually totally born AMERICAN." Nobody would have even thought to question it, you'd fucking spastic. There are times where his specific ideas don't interfere and he makes good stories (his time on X-Men, FF, Man of Steel, etc.), and there's times where he just shits the fucking bed, and he was famous enough to make others tolerate it for longer than they should. His Avengers was the worst for this, but his Spider-Man was unsalvagable dogshit.We won't bother bringing up Byrne being weird about his stories involving underage girls and older men. "THE CHILD WAS FORCED UPON ME, I SHALL VALIANTLY TAKE AND DICK IT DOWN."
>>156258836>Byrne is a sperg who's obsessed with specific ideas for no good reason, and don't matter to literally anyone except for him.So he's a comic writer. Good for him. >A whole other mess of bullshit. Oh fuck off back to whatever cesspit you're regurgitating from.
>>156258860>so he's a comic writerHe's noteworthy for the odd stuff. He reworked it so Superman was born in America. He reworked Spider-Man to make Osborn and Sandman cousins because they had the same idea. It's rarely harmful, but it's easy to see. It normally impacts nothing. Normally. >REEEEEEEEEEEEECalm down faggot, I didn't say he diddled kids or some shit. However, it's weird, and present many times in stuff he's written or co-plotted on (like in FF, Superman, X-Men, etc).Byrne is far more hit than miss, but his hits came mostly in his earlier work. Unlike a lot of writers and artists from the period and now, most of his work is actually memorable and worth reading. I've got plenty of his stuff on my shelf (including shit where I've called him a weird cunt).
>>156258475Not nearly enough people used that Stan Sakai AMA to ask for reprints. I know it's largely a publisher thing, but still.
>>156259429I can't imagine he'd be opposed to getting more copies in rotation.
>>156259011>He reworked Spider-Man to make Osborn and Sandman cousins because they had the same ideaYou mean because they had the same hair?
>>156258453>>156258475I started buying those a few years ago when they first starting going out of print, and I got 1-3, 5-6, and 9 by scrounging sites and local stores. I picked up 4 when the reprint came, but now you're telling me my retarded ass forgot and missed the rest AGAIN?
>>156259581I wasn't even aware there were any reprints.
>>156258728>Byrne is goodHell fucking no.
>>156260016If not Byrne then whomst could possibly be?
I need a few more Captain America epics and I think I'm done.
>>156260460done with just captain america?
>>156260460Which ones do you have?
