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That's one of my favorite part about reading B...

2010-12-02T00:06:00.866-05:00

That's one of my favorite part about reading Bronze Age books are the ads. They truly do have a life of their own.

I have done a little more back issue hunting over the summer and now have issues #40-60, so I plan on doing some Defenders reading in the near future. Unfortunately, only a few of those are written by Steve Gerber, so I still have some collecting to do.

That's really funny, isn't it? Everything...

2010-11-30T10:09:11.731-05:00

That's really funny, isn't it? Everything's much funnier taken together; the ads are strangely enough part of the world of the single issues and set the mood in a way.
The one bit of wiggle room is that Moonie could've "drained it" without drinking it, but I never took it that way, especially in light of Jake's enthusiasm for beer earlier in the arc. Hope you've been able to read it! If you are really lucky, you have Steve Gerber Defenders...P.S. Superman was his--and my Dad's---favorite hero, too.

Hey Thelonius Nick- Thanks for stopping by and be...

2009-12-05T20:56:22.621-05:00

Hey Thelonius Nick-

Thanks for stopping by and being part of the conversation. I always like to hear about other people's reactions to the books that get picked for reviews. Like they say, every issue is somebody's first...and likewise, every issue has a story behind it with somebody out there.

I've given the thought once or twice about posting some numerical and analytical data about the books in my collection, but wasn't sure if anybody would really care. I guess you have answered that question for me, so keep you eyes open in the next week or so to the answers to your questions.

The only answer that I know of right off the top of my head is how many issues of my favorite character do I have. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone paying attention to the label cloud to the right that Superman is my favorite character. I've been actively collecting his back issues since the Death of Superman brought me into the Superman family of titles. Last count, I had about 1500 books of which Superman was either the title or starring character (not including team books like the JLA, et al), which was about 13% of my collection.

The other thing I noticed when looking over your questions, was that I've had my database going in one form or another since about 1987. In that time, I've never catalogued the publisher along with the title! You've given me one heckuva homework assignment to update my database, because now I'm curious as to what the publisher breakdown is, so thanks for that...I think.

Hey, I just discovered your site and I've been...

2009-12-04T14:57:29.891-05:00

Hey, I just discovered your site and I've been going through the archives--awesome idea. Fun to read your impression of some of the issues I own, and some of the ones I have yet to acquire!

Strangely, I just recently re-read the X-Men with the Brood that you reviewed (issue #232). The whole Brood storyline (I think it was 3 parts) ended up surprisingly strongly, as I didn't have good memories of the X-Men from this period.

I'd also forgotten about the issue of Dr. Strange (#26)--I think you've inspired me to go and dig it out!

Since the conceit of your site is that you're reviewing a random sampling of comics, I find myself wondering about your huge collection. You say you have the comics in a database, so it shouldn't be too hard to come up with some stats, I think.

For example,
-What percentage of your collection is Marvel? DC? Other?
-How many issues do you have with appearances by your favorite characters and teams?
What % of your collection is from the 1950s? 60s? 70s? 80s? 90s? 00s?
- other interesting tidbits

--Thelonious_Nick