Discuss Your Comic Purchases

[StarBrand]

I just purchased a few books from mycomicshop via eBay. I bought the following books. They were all listed as VF or NM, most being NM, and all were 1.10 except two that were a bit more. I decided to buy runs of 4 to start out, as that should be enough issues to decide if I'll continue. I'm pretty sure I'll continue buying runs of all these titles beginning where I started, with the jury being out on Guardians Of The Galaxy more than any of them.
So, all 16 books cost 23.85 including shipping, slightly under 1.50 per book. I may stick with doing purchases like this mostly over new books, as I know what I'm getting, and I like Marvel back then more than I like them now.

Captain America 307-310 (Begin Gruenwald's lengthy run)
Fantastic Four 376-379 (Just seemed like a good place to start)
Guardians Of The Galaxy 1-4 (1990 series)
Quasar 1-4 (1989 series)

[400yrs]

I may have alot of that Marvel 90s stuff similar to what you bought. In fact, I may have listed it long ago in a sales thread here. I'd certainly do better than that price shipped. If there are certain runs that interest you, shoot me a list.

[400yrs]

Latest purchases I've made:


This weekend, I went to a few stores and bought the following for cover:

Walking Dead 27, Special Ed 1
Chew 13
Detective 871, 873
Invincible 14
And some other books I'm not remembering

A month or so ago, I bought the following runs on the CGC boards for $1 each shipped or $50
- Faker 1-6
- X-Men First Class 1-8
- Transhuman 1-4
- The Twelve 0-8
- Wanted 1-6
- Joe the Barbarian 1-8
- Whiteout Melt 1-4

[Elveen]

Latest purchases I've made:


This weekend, I went to a few stores and bought the following for cover:

Walking Dead 27, Special Ed 1
Chew 13
Detective 871, 873
Invincible 14
And some other books I'm not remembering

A month or so ago, I bought the following runs on the CGC boards for $1 each shipped or $50
- Faker 1-6
- X-Men First Class 1-8
- Transhuman 1-4
- The Twelve 0-8
- Wanted 1-6
- Joe the Barbarian 1-8
- Whiteout Melt 1-4

Nice. If you can get books like that at cover, you need to go to a few more stores. Cool books.

[Doorman]

I may have alot of that Marvel 90s stuff similar to what you bought. In fact, I may have listed it long ago in a sales thread here. I'd certainly do better than that price shipped. If there are certain runs that interest you, shoot me a list.

Same here! I've got a lot of books like that in my atomicavenue store. most of 'em are at 96 cents and you can qualify for free shipping, too!

[vikingspawn]

I got into collecting more Hellboy books recently. I just picked up Hellboy the Fury #1 and the latest Spawn today. I'll dig out my old early Hellboy mini-series too and cover appearances I knew I collected years back.

I think I want to get the whole universe of books now (BPRD, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Abe Sapien)

[Jersen]

Just purchased the following this week:

From Amazon:
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier
DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore

From MyComicShop.com:
Batman 711-713
Justice League of America 55, 57-60
Legion of Super-Heroes 14-16
Madman New Giant Sized Super Ginchy Special
Rasl 11
Glamourpuss 19-20
Doctor Solar 7
Mighty Samson 3
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century - 1969
Spider-Man 9-10, 14, 21

Really just wanting to finish up the current DC stuff I've been following along with the other things I've been keeping up with, plus filling in some Spider-Man gaps

I've also got the 1st and 2nd months of the DC relaunch coming as well.

[Brother J]

I may have alot of that Marvel 90s stuff similar to what you bought. In fact, I may have listed it long ago in a sales thread here. I'd certainly do better than that price shipped. If there are certain runs that interest you, shoot me a list.

Same here! I've got a lot of books like that in my atomicavenue store. most of 'em are at 96 cents and you can qualify for free shipping, too!

Yeah, good stuff, glad I finally took the time to get an order out with you. Here's what I just picked up from Doorman with free shipping:


American Splendor: Windfall #2 B&W VF to NM 1 $3.99
Dark Horse Presents #17 Spume, Muzzi & Woim, Roachmill VF to NM 1 $0.96
Ghost #36 Final issue VF to NM 1 $2.50
Jonny Quest (Comico) #22 VF to NM 1 $0.99
Jonny Quest (Comico) #23 VF to NM 1 $0.99
Jonny Quest (Comico) #26 VF to NM 1 $0.99
Nexus (Vol. 2) #49 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $0.96
Nexus (Vol. 2) #52 VF to NM 1 $1.25
Nexus (Vol. 2) #53 VF to NM 1$1.25
Nexus (Vol. 2) #60 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $0.96
Nexus (Vol. 2) #66 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $2.50
Nexus (Vol. 2) #67 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $1.25
Nexus (Vol. 2) #68 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $2.50
Nexus (Vol. 2) #69 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $2.50
Nexus (Vol. 2) #70 Judah The Hammer VF to NM 1 $1.50
Primer #6 1st Appearance of Evangeline FN 1 $1.99
The Realm (Vol. 1) #15 B&W VF to NM 1 $0.96
The Realm (Vol. 1) #16 B&W VF to NM 1 $0.96
Stickboy (Starhead) #6 B&W VF to NM 1 $1.96
Thundermace #4 VF to NM 1 $1.96
Thundermace #5 VF to NM 1 $0.96

The Jonny Quest issues complete my set, and the American Splendor book has been on my want list for a while, so especially glad to knock those off. Thanks, Doorman!

[dbngaa]

I'll second the endorsement for Doorman's Atomic Avenue store - bought quite a few Defiant, Broadway and Acclaim books from him. The other sellers on the site have been hit or miss, but nothing but positive things to say about Doorman.

[Doorman]

Thanks, guys!

[Chiclo]

I stopped by Hastings yesterday. It seems like the ones around here that carry comics never have any good comics but the last few times I have been by, they have had a lot of interesting used trades for around the cover price of a new comic. I picked up some stuff that I would not normally pick up yesterday just because it was so crazy cheap.

The big three books I picked up were:

The Essential Silver Surfer v1 $2.99
Essential Thor v1 $2.99
Showcase Presents Superman 1 $1.99

I also picked up a handful of other trades:

Tom Judge: the Rapture (Top Cow) v1 $3.99
Judgement Day $3.49 (the one from Awesome Comics, Moore writing Liefeld)
Revved $1.99 (some Image book, looked interesting)
Superman in the Seventies $3.99
Hulk Visionaries Peter David volumes 1 and 2 $3.99 (each)
Fantastic Four Flesh & Stone $2.49
The Punisher: River of Blood $2.99
Marvel Team Up: Freedom Ring $3.49

My total with a little bit of candy and tax was $42.62. It says I saved $156.04. I could have just saved $42 and not bought any of it. Anyway, I have some reading ahead of me.

[Brother J]

I stopped by Hastings yesterday. It seems like the ones around here that carry comics never have any good comics but the last few times I have been by, they have had a lot of interesting used trades for around the cover price of a new comic. I picked up some stuff that I would not normally pick up yesterday just because it was so crazy cheap.

The big three books I picked up were:

The Essential Silver Surfer v1 $2.99
Essential Thor v1 $2.99
Showcase Presents Superman 1 $1.99

I also picked up a handful of other trades:

Tom Judge: the Rapture (Top Cow) v1 $3.99
Judgement Day $3.49 (the one from Awesome Comics, Moore writing Liefeld)
Revved $1.99 (some Image book, looked interesting)
Superman in the Seventies $3.99
Hulk Visionaries Peter David volumes 1 and 2 $3.99 (each)
Fantastic Four Flesh & Stone $2.49
The Punisher: River of Blood $2.99
Marvel Team Up: Freedom Ring $3.49

My total with a little bit of candy and tax was $42.62. It says I saved $156.04. I could have just saved $42 and not bought any of it. Anyway, I have some reading ahead of me.

Heck of a good deal on the Essential and Showcase volumes, I love those. I guess a lot of people aren't crazy about them because of the cheap paper and being in black and white, but the cheapskate in me enjoys getting a ton of reading for a cheap price.

[Doorman]

I stopped by Hastings yesterday. It seems like the ones around here that carry comics never have any good comics but the last few times I have been by, they have had a lot of interesting used trades for around the cover price of a new comic. I picked up some stuff that I would not normally pick up yesterday just because it was so crazy cheap.

The big three books I picked up were:

The Essential Silver Surfer v1 $2.99
Essential Thor v1 $2.99
Showcase Presents Superman 1 $1.99

I also picked up a handful of other trades:

Tom Judge: the Rapture (Top Cow) v1 $3.99
Judgement Day $3.49 (the one from Awesome Comics, Moore writing Liefeld)
Revved $1.99 (some Image book, looked interesting)
Superman in the Seventies $3.99
Hulk Visionaries Peter David volumes 1 and 2 $3.99 (each)
Fantastic Four Flesh & Stone $2.49
The Punisher: River of Blood $2.99
Marvel Team Up: Freedom Ring $3.49

My total with a little bit of candy and tax was $42.62. It says I saved $156.04. I could have just saved $42 and not bought any of it. Anyway, I have some reading ahead of me.

Not too shabby! That Judgment Day TPB, alone, is a $10 book.

[StarBrand]

I just purchased a few books from mycomicshop via eBay. I bought the following books. They were all listed as VF or NM, most being NM, and all were 1.10 except two that were a bit more. I decided to buy runs of 4 to start out, as that should be enough issues to decide if I'll continue. I'm pretty sure I'll continue buying runs of all these titles beginning where I started, with the jury being out on Guardians Of The Galaxy more than any of them.
So, all 16 books cost 23.85 including shipping, slightly under 1.50 per book. I may stick with doing purchases like this mostly over new books, as I know what I'm getting, and I like Marvel back then more than I like them now.

Captain America 307-310 (Begin Gruenwald's lengthy run)
Fantastic Four 376-379 (Just seemed like a good place to start)
Guardians Of The Galaxy 1-4 (1990 series)
Quasar 1-4 (1989 series)

I added one comic to this purchase, then paid. I bought Reid Fleming, The World's Toughest Milkman #1. With a name like that, I had to try it.

[Elveen]

Just purchased the following this week:

From Amazon:
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

You will dig this. The end is kinda out there, but I dug it.

[superman-prime]

nice thats a hard find as well

[Jersen]

Just purchased the following this week:

From Amazon:
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

You will dig this. The end is kinda out there, but I dug it.

I'm apparently on a bit of an Alan Moore kick right now, if you've seen some of my other posts lately. Now that I have all the LXG stuff through the current 1969 release, I may just make that my next big reading project. Hell, I may go really all in now that I have a Kindle and download all the original literary material!

[hulk181man]

My latest purchase was a batch of trades from the SciFi Book Club (sfbc.com). It's one of those deals, buy 6 books for a penny get 4 more within a couple years etc.

My initial 6 = Locke & Key HC's Volumes 1 through 4. Also picked up Simpsons/Futurama HC trade with Simpsons 1 reprint and a D&D hardcover (X-Mas gift for a bud).

After those 6 I had to buy 4 more. With these I added TPB Volumes 2 through 5 of Sandman. Sad to admit I never read past volume 1 and I've had these on my radar for years -- finally getting to them...One of these volumes was specially priced at a deep discount, so I still have one book left to fulfill my commitment after which I'll cancel membership.

Total price of all 10 HC/TPB's shipped = $60. The selection isn't the greatest but if they have trades you want it's an economical way to score good reads

[vikingspawn]

Picked up some Spawns from 166-199 for 2 bux a piece at a store sale today.

Angel & Faith #1

The Goon #32 variant & #35

And this Bettie Page Comics which features a Dave Stevens cover:

[superman-prime]

old hot comics but good pick up i think

civil war Turner sketch covers 1 - 7 24 bucks and super solder 1 SDCC edition for a buck

[StarBrand]

My affection for the FF was really rekindled when I read issues 376-379, and Sunday I purchased issues 371-375 and 380-393 from mycomicshop for around 25.00 including shipping. I decided not only to pick up issues following 379, but also to begin working my way backward as well.
They shipped today. I'm really looking forward to reading them.
Some of the highlights of this run are Wolverine clawing the Thing's face and the Thing consequently donning a steel mask, and The Torch accidentally burning down a university, or at least significantly damaging it during a fight and going on trial for doing so.

[Elveen]

I just bought Top 10 49ers TPB. I really liked the first 2 Top 10 arcs (they are in my keep box). I've wanted to get this TPB for a while, but I am just so cheap I could not pull the trigger. Well I just I found it for 50% and I could not pass it up.

[400yrs]

Superboy 1-11 for $17 shipped.

DC solicited the TPB this month. It only covers the first 6 issues and is $25. I wanted it in a collected format, but that price is ridiculous for half the run and in softcover too. What the hell is up with that pricing?

[ian_house]

went a bit nuts on this weeks comics:

Black Panther: The Man without Fear #523
Daredevil #3
The New Avengers #16 - Daredevil features so thought I'd give it a shot (thanks to whoever pointed this out in another thread)
Ultimate Spider-Man #1

And after enjoying a few of last weeks new 52 I thought I'd try most of this weeks:
Batman & Robin #1
Batwoman #1
Demon Knights #1
Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1
Green Lantern #1
Mister Terrific #1
Red Lanterns #1
Suicide Squad #1

[Lightning Strike]

Just bought Ex Machina tpbs 1-8 & 10 off Ebay for $43 shipped, which I thought was a great deal. I then bought vol. 9 for $11.99 to have the whole set. I really liked this comic when it first came out up until about issue #20 or so, then lost interest. Don't know why, so I decided to buy it and read it again.