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X-O posted:There was one Top 10 I recently scanned that had like seven of the top 10 books being Lady Death, Shi, Vampirella, and someone else I can't remember. It had to be Dawn, right? I was more of a Hero Illustrated guy while that was a thing, but I read Wizard regularly nevertheless. It was where I was introduced to the art of customizing action figures. I remember trying to turn a ToyBiz Silver Surfer into the all-white Vision by basically dunking it in Testors enamel and cutting up a Hanes undershirt for the cape, lol.
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Soonmot posted:that entire top ten is Marvel. I was reading DC primarily during that time period. I was a big fan of Superboy and GL with Kyle, but I don’t know if they would be considered good by a majority of fans.
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I never got into Wizard, though I followed it's trad games cousin InQuest for a while. That said, I did get the Wizard JLA special issue and must have read it 100 times. Oh man, that JLA special! I was so excited for Morrison’s JLA and spent hours pouring over that issue. If I’m remembering right, Morrison said they had big plans for including Shazam/Captain Marvel on the team, but that never came to pass. I might have been the only person in the world other than Morrison who was excited about Zauriel, lol.
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Insane to think that Wizard actually pre-dates Image Comics.
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Jun 9, 2022 17:32
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Seeing that news item about Adventure Comics’ The Bat made me very curious about it. The first issue even says on the cover: “One of the original sources that inspired BATMAN!” There was only one issue, wonder why…
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Jun 10, 2022 21:29
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The existence of Northern Exposure trading cards tells you everything about how insane the collectibles market was in the 90s.
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Jun 14, 2022 17:53
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The only money I’ve ever made from colllecting comics came from Ultimate Spider-Man and The Walking Dead. I bought them because I love Spider-Man and zombie movies. Any comics I ever bought as “investments” turned out to be worthless. I remember holding on to my copy of Marvel’s Masters of the Universe #1 in a plastic shopping bag under my bed because the cover said “COLLECTOR’S ITEM!”
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Jun 15, 2022 19:24
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Every time I see a group shot of the Leather Jacket Avengers, I always mistake Herc's weird puffy collar for enormous dreadlocks.
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Jun 23, 2022 17:22
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Oh wow, the ashcan fad was another thing that felt like it was driven entirely by Wizard. I remember Marvel got in on it but I don’t think DC ever did. What a strange time. Edit: VVV You’re right, I conflated the two in my head. Splint Chesthair fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Jul 12, 2022 |
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Jul 12, 2022 16:57
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X-O posted:I saw the letter a few issues ago and looked up that book on Wikipedia. It's completely insane to me reading the wiki entry that this was a book by Peter David and George Perez. I thought Perez was semi-notorious for drawing a lot of bondage-themed commissions?
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Jul 25, 2022 16:34
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“PERG.” Boy, there’s a title that just draws you in.
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Those Casting Call articles are like 90% “here’s a wrestler/football player with kinda the same haircut” but Larry Drake as Doc Ock would have been rad.
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