I worked in Hong Kong for a year a couple years ago, It was the first time I've ever worked abroad, and the first real time I ever lived abroad.
I was uber lonely, separated from my bf, my dogs, and my friends ... not to mention I was depressed to be working frickin ALL THE TIME ... and I made some fun friends to go out with but, HK didn't have a lot to do when it came to my interests ... live music, museums, .... COMIC BOOKS ...
There were supposed to be a couple CBSs but I could never find them ... (months later when I did, the one I found was just a novelty shop)
One day I was going through the magazine rack at the fancy grocery store as I probably was buying some salami and cheese to sooth my comic book pangs ....
and I muther frickin SAW .... THIS!!!!
Hell yeah.
great art = check dystopian future = check the return of MY Legion/(FAVORITE)/original (it's been soooo long) = CHECK!!!
*sigh* It was almost as if Superman was flying through my hazy loneliness to say .... "Here's some old friends!"
I think I got these issues a couple months behind the curve but, I got them ALL, and they were so perfectly good .... they were almost enough to get me through my comic book famine.
It wouldn't be such a great story if the few comic books I was able to get during that year weren't so .... AMAZING.
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Recently, while at a comic book sale, I bought mint copies to keep in their plastic bags forever. And even more recently while visiting my mom, I found some of the VARIENT COVERS (who knew there were beautiful varient covers TOO ) .... at the only good comic store in the area where she lives.
From: Ninja Land | Registered: Nov 2004
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In the mid-90s, I was following very little DC because I hated what they did to Superman, Batman, and Hal Jordan. And Batman: Shadow of the Bat had gone into a quality spiral when Norm Breyfogle left after the first arc. Alan Grant is one of my favorite writers, but I've always felt that his Batman run, while his best-known and most lucrative run, was not his best-quality work.
Fast forward to 2010. I'm browsing in a used bookstore and they have a small selection of used comics. And I found this:
Grant & Kitson? The L.E.G.I.O.N. team supreme reunited? Gimme!
Now, the story wasn't that good, neither Grant nor Kitson delivering one hundred percent, but there's a very special kind of tingle that one feels when they see one of their favorite creative team's names on a book. So, just for delivering that tingle, this one is special to me.
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I was all about Shadow of the Bat when I was a kid. From Zasszz to the Catman / Calendar Man/ Killer Moth team up to the Ugly American. That's when I began to associate "Alan Grant" with "must read". I remember that issue too Fanfie--by then the magic was kind of gone but I was still totally dedicated to the series!
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Thanks to Alan Grant, even Lobo's solo ongoing had its moments!
"The Fragnificent Seven" -- come on, what's not to love?
Kind of a funny story about that book -- Keith Giffen got pissed off at Alan Grant for agreeing to write the Lobo solo ongoing, and Alan's defense was, "Well, DC's gonna do it with or without me, so why should I let them turn some crap writer on him?"
This was an issue I always wanted to get. Ultra Boy being my favorite character from the "Adventure Era" Legionnaires. I remember saving up a bit of money to take to a convention, this was in the mid 90's sometime, and I knew this issue wasn't going to be cheap. Anyway, I trekked to the local comic con, which happened to have a Mr. Curt Swan as a guest that year, and began my search.
Long story short, I found several copies for a variety of prices. Some above what I was willing to pay, and the others were pretty shabby copies. I had gotten several books signed by Mr Swan, and was pretty happy with other things I had found that day. I had a little money left and was getting ready to leave when I decided to check out one last vendor.
Searching through the books, I realized he had some very reasonable prices...and then I came upon the issue. Superboy *98, and it was in really good condition...not mint by any stretch of the imagination, but a nice relatively clean copy.
I checked my pocket...I had $10 left. I turned the book over slowly, dreading what I was going to see on the price tag that he had affixed to the back of the book.
I left the convention that day with a signed copy of Superboy #98, and three dollars still in my pocket.
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