Comic Book Talk (2 Viewers)

[Eeyore]

Yeah. That's a very tight window unless the seller really wants to get rid of it. Hoping you can score it.

Never even got an acknowledgement.

I have a bid on avengers #4 now. I've never used heritage auctions before. It looks like I'll be the lead bid until Sunday and it'll go live while I'm at work and I'll be out bid.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

I am in the market for comics from the 60s and 70s time period. Outside of eBay, where is a good place to shop for these things?

 

[bonnjer]

I am in the market for comics from the 60s and 70s time period. Outside of eBay, where is a good place to shop for these things?

Check out mycomicshop.com and see if they've got anything you're looking for.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I agree with most of these. I got sucked into the variant cover craze with foil and holograms
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The 90s often gets a bad rap for comic books, even though there were some classic comic books launched during that time period. Marvel got a refresh the company desperately needed, while DC learned to adapt to a world that asked for darker heroes without actually making most of their heroes any darker.

But the reputation the 1990s have for comic books is still somewhat warranted. There are elements from that era of comics that made things worse as a whole, like the comic book collapse thanks to the speculator boom. Fortunately, many of those tropes are gone, and hopefully stand no chance of making any kind of return to modern comic books.

Every Important Comic Had A Gimmick Cover​

Publishers in the 90s did everything to generate interest in comics... besides making people actually want to read the comics. That's not to say the books were bad, just that the marketing didn't focus on how good the stories were. Instead, everything was a #1 or a Collector's Item.

Many of those comics had kind of fancy cover gimmick, so people knew just how "important" a comic was without even opening it up. These days there's a ton of variant covers, so this didn't entirely go away, but getting rid of those ugly Chromium covers was for the best. Especially considering marketing like this was a large part of how the industry collapsed.

90s Characters Were Obsessed With Guns And Knives​

Throughout much of comic book history, guns were rarely seen as something that made anything better. But with The Punisher's increasing popularity and a growing gun culture in America, suddenly the comics had to deal with a ton of characters built around weapons.

Gone were the creative weapons and devices characters used in place of guns. As things like the Comics Code Authority eased up, the combat creativity in comics felt like it vanished in favor of weapons people could easily find in real life............

The 90s Had Edgy Names That Sound Ridiculous Now​

Superman and Batman aren't the most original names for characters, but they still sound iconic compared to the many character's names from the 90s. Everything had some variation of "gun," "blade," "war," "blood," or some other violent verb or noun. The vast amount of characters using this trope made the whole concept feel repetitive and unoriginal.

The initial idea was to convey how tough these characters were, which made sense at the time. Thirty years later, it's hard not to think of these characters as generic, with little helping them stand out from one another. As plain as the name "Iron Man" is, Tony Stark isn't a copy of anyone else, he's the one people copy.............

Everyone Wore Armor Instead Of Their Normal Costumes​

In the same vein as everyone thinking guns were the best weapons, in the 90s everyone needed to wear armor. Batman's replacement Jean Paul Valley decided the Batman suit wasn't good enough for him and replaced it with a menacing suit of armor. Several other characters followed suit and suddenly found their way into wearing armor even when they didn't need it.

The worst of these had to be Catwoman, who wore a special suit of armor for two issues to help her deal with a technologically advanced enemy who hated her. Even though it was short-lived, the armor took away from what made Catwoman unique just to fill a popular request from the era..............

10 90s Comics Tropes We're Glad Are Gone

 

[Eeyore]

I feel like I just opened a large box that is marked "fragile."

 

[Sun Wukong]

I feel like I just opened a large box that is marked "fragile."

Awesome.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I feel like I just opened a large box that is marked "fragile."

Looks awesome

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Since we're doing old slabs, here's mine from about a month ago...

 

[Eeyore]

Looks awesome

Bucket list item.

I just want one WWII era Timely Comics Captain America book and I'll consider my collection complete as long as I stay current.

 

[bonnjer]

I feel like I just opened a large box that is marked "fragile."

Did you buy it graded or got it graded yourself?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Bucket list item.

I just want one WWII era Timely Comics Captain America book and I'll consider my collection complete as long as I stay current.

Yeah. I have a few as well. That 1st Batgirl was one of them.

 

[Eeyore]

Since we're doing old slabs, here's mine from about a month ago...

Very nice!

I didn't want a slab. Every time I bid on a raw book I lose. I think that I won this one because some kid cut out the mail in section of an ad. I just wanted a complete copy of the book. At least this is less likely to suffer further damage.

 

[Eeyore]

Did you buy it graded or got it graded yourself?

Graded. I don't know if I'd slab a book other than something from the Golden Age.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Very nice!

I didn't want a slab. Every time I bid on a raw book I lose. I think that I won this one because some kid cut out the mail in section of an ad. I just wanted a complete copy of the book. At least this is less likely to suffer further damage.

I bought mine raw, but wanted it slabbed to keep in as preserved as possible. But at least I was able to touch the pages before shipping it off.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I just want one WWII era Timely Comics Captain America book and I'll consider my collection complete as long as I stay current.

That's kinda how I feel about Batman collection. Since Katrina, I've been able to get it pretty complete. Staying current (and not counting oddity issues here and there) I have every issue from #350 to present. Using legacy counting, Batman is closing in on issue #900. Eventually I'll turn my attention to Detective Comics.