Foreign Valiant website - site updated 9/18

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:22 pm

Hi all,

I finished the first page in my foreign Valiant/Gold Key/Dell site. The website is in English, but features comics published in foreign languages.

This first page is for French Magnus comics. Right now my focus is on content rather than design. If anyone has the scans I am missing please let me know. Check it out and let me know what you think. Also, which title/language should I work on next?

http://st39.startlogic.com/~freenewi/ma ... us_fr.html

9/18 - I updated the Magnus page with new scans from magnusr (thanks!), and I added a new page for Solar in German:

http://st39.startlogic.com/~freenewi/so ... ar_ge.html

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

shadowmite · Post by **shadowmite** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:27 pm

Looking good. Are you going to add the Valiant versions too?

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:37 pm

thanks. I will add the Valiants as well. One batch at a time

kpaquett · Post by **kpaquett** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:01 pm

I have a couple of Dutch (I think) Doctor Solar issues. I'll scan 'em up for you if you want them.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:07 pm

Cool stuff!

shadowmite · Post by **shadowmite** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:17 pm

IMissValiant wrote:thanks. I will add the Valiants as well. One batch at a time

Cool. More people should do this type of thing. Its not fair on Greg to have to maintain the entire universe in all its forms. This way, its like outsourcing.

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:19 pm

thanks, greg. glad u approve. this is what I had planned my old site, turok.info, to be. remember that site?

kpaquett, please do send me those scans. I'd much appreciate them.

I've got over 100 scans of French, Italian, Spanish, and German books to keep adding.

-Kal

kpaquett · Post by **kpaquett** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:24 pm

Here they are:

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/ds1838.jpg

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/ds1834.jpg

Both have copyrights 1964 and 1967. They have black and white interiors on cheapy gray newsprint. All the dialog has been changed to Dutch(German?) language with a typewriter.

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/dsinside.jpg

I bought these on eBay, maybe 6-7 years ago, from an autioneer in the UK.

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:28 pm

thanks, I haven't seen these before

-Kal

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:54 am

Magnus L'anti-Robot... heh

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:34 am

Nice collection IMV.

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:11 pm

Thanks. These aren't all from my collection, but rather from scans that I have collected over a long period of time. I have several issues from most foreign valiant/gold key series, and I am trying to collect one complete series at a time.

Right now I am working on collecting the German Actionhelden series, which are 14 digests (like those archie double digests), and almost each digest has at least one issue each of magnus, turok, and dr. solar in it. I am only missing 2 or 3. I may consider selling/auctioning my duplicates at some point, if not at least to help get other people's collections started.

Anyway, anyone have ideas on a domain name for my site?

greg · Post by **greg** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:52 pm

IMissValiant wrote:Anyway, anyone have ideas on a domain name for my site?

foreigncomics.com is available...
It's kind of generic, but you could turn it into a comprehensive site beyond
Valiant, Gold Key, and Dell if you aren't careful.

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:39 pm

greg wrote:
IMissValiant wrote:Anyway, anyone have ideas on a domain name for my site?
foreigncomics.com is available...
It's kind of generic, but you could turn it into a comprehensive site beyond
Valiant, Gold Key, and Dell if you aren't careful.

great idea, greg. i bought the domain. hopefully over the weekend I can create another long page for the site.

-Kal

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:58 pm

please don't add these to the checklist...please don't *SQUEE* these to the checklist...

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:02 am

lol, I doubt he will. Collecting them all will be a challenge.

Redtrax · Post by **Redtrax** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:36 am

kpaquett wrote:Here they are:

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/ds1838.jpg

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/ds1834.jpg

Both have copyrights 1964 and 1967. They have black and white interiors on cheapy gray newsprint. All the dialog has been changed to Dutch(German?) language with a typewriter.

http://www.keithpaquette.com/mwd/dsinside.jpg

I bought these on eBay, maybe 6-7 years ago, from an autioneer in the UK.

All three examples are Dutch
I should know

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:47 pm

thanks for the confirmation. I'm switching between titles and languages to mix things up.

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:51 pm

Nice site!
I'll add a link to it from my website if you don't mind.
It's nice knowing these characters had/have an international audience.
DAN

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:53 pm

shadowmite wrote:
IMissValiant wrote:thanks. I will add the Valiants as well. One batch at a time
Cool. More people should do this type of thing. Its not fair on Greg to have to maintain the entire universe in all its forms. This way, its like outsourcing.

I agree!

DAN

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:12 pm

Thanks dan, that would be cool. Right now the pages are on temporary links. I should have my new domain, foreigncomics.com, up and running this week, so if you'd like, you can link to that when it's ready. I will try to get another 1 or 2 pages up tonight. My goal is to document the appearances all of the Valiant and Dell/Gold Key (Turok, Magnus, Solar) in foreign languages.

I have seen a few other similar sites, but none are a) in English, b) exclusive to these characters, c) feature all the cover scans and issues, and d) have more than one language's worth of comics.

I think realistically, most of these are collectable to the average user, though I think the Spanish Turoks will be the hardest, as there are just too many of them lol.

xoken · Post by **xoken** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:15 pm

Nice work

I can't wait until you start doing the Valiant verisons

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:29 pm

xoken wrote:Nice work

I can't wait until you start doing the Valiant verisons

They're on the to do list

Some of the Valiants have alternate covers so I'm looking into getting all those before I post em.

-Kal

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:30 pm

Do you have any of these Spanish Valiants?

SHADOWMAN #1:

LOGO:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 005798.jpg

SHADOWMAN #1-4:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 006941.jpg

SHADOWMAN #2:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 007071.jpg

X-O MANOWAR #1, #3-6:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 007267.jpg

NINJAK #1 (non-chromium):

NINJAK #1-6:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 007545.jpg

NINJAK #7:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 007745.jpg

NINJAK #8:
http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL826/44 ... 007864.jpg

IMissValiant · Post by **IMissValiant** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:40 pm

I didn't have all those, thanks. Those are all the Spanish versions, right? I have ordered the Ninjak ones, so I will scan all those covers once they arrive. Would you possibly be able to scan the covers of the others for me?

Thanks,
Kal