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Post by sammiecassell on Apr 19, 2015 22:33:01 GMT -5
I wonder whatever happened to all those spinner racks. used to see them all over and now they're pretty much gone. I think my first comic was some random Transformers or GI Joe (my brother grabbed an issue of Batman that I still have in my collection) that I pulled off a spinner because I needed something to read for a long car trip. I see at least one spinner rack in most of the stores around here. There's one at an antique mall around here that I've been trying to buy for years. The guy has all his books on it and won't sell
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Post by wylietimes on Apr 26, 2015 13:54:44 GMT -5
Do you all remember when toy stores like Toys R Us had those heavy plastics 25 packs of comics back I'm the day. I used to sink entire allowances down on that.
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Post by sammiecassell on May 11, 2015 23:48:10 GMT -5
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Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 5:44:46 GMT -5
I did seem to purge every 5-6 years although I did go through a 11year period of solid collecting and ended up with a room with just piles of books during an obsessive 80's/90's X-men back catalogue effort. I then read a interview with Stan lee where he said comics are for reading and this struck a cord with when I looked at the mass of books in my collection I knew would never be re-reads or formed any part of a collection - its the £1 stacks found at sales or newsagents which could have anything in them, I was buying anything comic related at that time.
Think it took me 2 months to gain the courage mainly just due to it seeming such an epic task but eventually I sorted through them and kept those arcs near & dear to me but felt better for the effort. I remember advertising them in the local newspaper and someone coming round and telling me how he was going to bag'n'board them and they would be well looked after, I felt a real sense of relief that they were going to someone who was a collector.
With eBay taking off I then started separate piles 'keepers' and 'sellers', and for awhile that was my way of managing things. Recently I have friends and children who I know love specific characters and I pass hard copies to them but have really embraced the digital option.
I tend to get my monthlies digital now & love being able to get them the same day in the UK as they come out in the US and also from smaller publishers. I still do the trades but tend to get those old school, if I like I keep - if not quite my thing I pass to my daughter [teen'anger!] and if she throws it back to me again it goes out to my local network.
Having searched for years pre 90s then in the UK the bottom falling out post-Image it is awesome to have so much access via so many means.
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Post by sammiecassell on May 12, 2015 7:41:22 GMT -5
Yes, the late 80s-early 90s stuff will never be worth anything (other than a couple of, what will be "key" issues, and a couple of independents I.e. TMNT). I also pass duplicates of books out, especially to kids (I keep a short box in my car just for that). & I pass my Trades off to my kid and friends. I don't hate the digital thing like some purists but I tell everyone I'm preparing for Waterworld where paper is the most valuable commodity lol. Too each their own
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Post by BatFonz on May 12, 2015 10:08:07 GMT -5
Yes if I want to depress myself I look at some of my 'personally prized' comics on eBay and see that I can get them for a £1. I even bought replacement copies of those stories I loved so much but can't seem to bring myself to throw my tattered originals away.
I do find myself doubling up on digital monthlies and trades where I love the monthlies so much I buy hard copies so I own the physical book - when waterworld happens I shall have all my essentials.
Digital works for me when I am travelling as I bought a 128GB SD Card for my tablet and including it's internal memory I have 144GB which I have allocated 99.999998% to comics - I love being able to pull from my collection when I am stuck in a hotel or waiting in an airport.
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Post by sammiecassell on Jun 8, 2015 10:28:58 GMT -5
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Post by sammiecassell on Jul 16, 2015 21:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by wamphari on Jul 17, 2015 12:25:44 GMT -5
I'm very slowly putting together a full Avengers run (not even close to there yet) so far the prize of my collection is a dinged up copy of Avengers #4 (who doesn't love them some cap?)
On the topic of display, I have actually build several shelves and a book case for my trades and individual issues. If you have access to the tools it really is the way to go. Price will be equivalent to something you'd buy at Walmart, but with ten times the quality and you can build to unique specifications you might have.
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Post by elendan on Nov 27, 2015 7:27:29 GMT -5
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