Back in September, I shared my first 4 comics of the collection. I added a couple during my blogging hiatus but this collection took a bit of a back seat until recently. I decided to do some searching and quickly found this Captain America comic on eBay at what I thought was a solid price:
In this issue the Captain partners with The Falcon and I enjoy this artwork quite a bit. Captain America looks to be in a pretty perilous situation but I suspect as I dive into this comic he will find his way out.
The shipping was a little pricey so I decided to see if this seller had any other of my needs at a good price and I was pleasantly surprised:
I can't say I am knowledgeable about the Inhumans but the Black Widow is quite familiar. I am looking forward to her movie which I believe will be an origin story. The cover makes it seem like there may be two different stories going on, I guess I will find out soon.
I kept looking and found another:
This is a comic I am not familiar with, Creatures on the Loose!. The Skull of Silence sounds like a formidable opponent. This was the priciest comic of the lot but it was half of the price listed on this sleeve.
The luck continued as I searched the inventory:
Sgt. Fury sounds familiar but I don't know anything about His Howling Commandos. One cool thing about this new collection is learning about new characters.
I was able to identify one more comic from this seller and it is a very familiar subject:
I am a big fan of the Fantastic Four. I seem to remember a TV show with them when I was a kid and recall reading a couple of their comics. I suspect this adventure against Megaman will be the first one I dive into.
This collection will end up running 22 comics deep and I feel pretty fortunate to have tracked down 5 from the best seller. This purchase gets me over the half way point with 12 of the comics. I set up some eBay saved searches to see if I can knock off some more. I have already made a list of the DC comics from my birth month. It is a much more diverse list of comics and longer at 47 comics. I think I will focus on the Marvels for the time being then decide if I want to expand the collection.
Any of you have collections outside of the world of sports?
I collect the comics from my birth month as well. Although... I'm focusing on just a handful of the Marvel characters I'm familiar with. Right now I just own Iron Man and the Avengers, but one day I hope to own eight other issues. I've already purchased a bunch of nice glass frames and hope to one day display them in my office.
ReplyDeleteI collect more non-sport things than anything, including comic books. Although technically speaking, I consider myself more of an old comic reader than a collector.
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