My Valiant Story from Wisconsin

nectarsis · Post by **nectarsis** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:38 pm

My Valiant Story actually starts as a young child. My comic addiction formed when I happened across my dads collection he had stored in a grape box :

I was awed by silver age Thor, Fantastic Four, etc.... and of course my lifelong addiction to the X-Men. As the comic bug continued to grow my grandparents found a stash of comics that were my dad, and uncles when they were young.....mostly Disney comics, but then I find some Gold Key Turok, and Magnus Robot Fighter issues.

When I saw that Valiant had rebooted Magnus, and latter Turok I was HOOKED. I nabbed anything Valiant I could find.afford. I remember begging an older guy I knew daily on the bus to buy his Magnus #0 lol.

I stay into comics pretty hardcore until about the early/mid 90's...and taper off. Growing up sucks lol.

Finally after a LONG hiatus (newest comic I had was a Battlestar Galactica series from 98) I jumped back into the much missed world of comics in January of this year. I sarted going to a local (small) comic show that's usually every 2-3 months.... and lo and behold the person that runs it has dozens and dozens of long boxes of comics for 50 for $20, etc. My collection is reborn (withadditional help from Ebay, and ComicBookRealm.com users). Sadly with all these new outlets, and how prolific/popular Valiant was bitd) finding issues in my area was rather daunting. Rare issues/small runs do show up, but usually pretty beat up, or vastly overpriced.

Fast forward to a few months ago, during a move I find out aabout a toy/comic/game store in Sheboygan and decide to dump off a bunch of old toys just taking up space. Long drive latter I have $ AND store credit....what to get? I go thru their pretty impressive series of long boxes....and take a chance. !!!! DO my eyes deceive me??? A run of Magnus Robot Fighter 1-25....with cards intact!!! I did overpay for a couple issues, but when you factor in shipping for online buying I did alright....and the Valiant love (and my childhood) is REBORN!!!

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:15 pm

Welcome to the board

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:33 pm

Welcome

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:22 pm

Welcome to the boards. It's fun here. You should avoid the Canadians at all costs. They are evil!

MarkRoseHFX · Post by **MarkRoseHFX** » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:13 pm

Welcome to the board

lorddunlow wrote:Welcome to the boards. It's fun here. You should avoid the Canadians at all costs. They are evil!

One of the days dunlow, BANG! ZOOM! to the moon!

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:37 am

Welcome!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:07 am

Welcome to the board.

myron · Post by **myron** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:40 am

welcome fellow badger!

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:49 pm

Welcome to the Board!

Go Buckeyes!

mkb28

nectarsis · Post by **nectarsis** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:01 am

Thanks for the welcome everyone

kevinbastos · Post by **kevinbastos** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:18 am

Welcome. Remember dunlow = jmatt.

nscc · Post by **nscc** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 2:26 pm

welcome to the forums. Lots of good people here

MarkRoseHFX · Post by **MarkRoseHFX** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 3:30 pm

nscc wrote:welcome to the forums. Lots of good people here

We DO have good people, and lorddunlow too

obijuan · Post by **obijuan** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:11 am

Welcome to the boards.

bobby97801 · Post by **bobby97801** » Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:27 pm

Welcome

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:59 am

Welcome!!!

-Brian

BloodShot · Post by **BloodShot** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:00 am

Welcome aboard

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And Merry Christmas

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Peter · Post by **Peter** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 5:47 pm

Welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay

Aram · Post by **Aram** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:41 pm

Welcome! Don't offer any cheese to the whiners.. they wouldn't know what to do with it.

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:17 am

Great story, welcome aboard!

(I'm not in the mood to stoop & respond to Dunlows anti-Canadian level right now. Sorry if I'm dissapointing anyone.

)

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:25 am

grendeljd wrote:Great story, welcome aboard!

(I'm not in the mood to stoop & respond to Dunlows anti-Canadian level right now. Sorry if I'm dissapointing anyone. )

I think that's the first apology I have received from a Canadian. It's alright. I'll let this slide. You might just be okay, fellow Josh.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:41 pm

Welcome!

Man Of The Atom · Post by **Man Of The Atom** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:21 pm

Welcome to the boards and cool story. Post regularly.

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