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Dave Toxik
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:50 pm |
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Mr. Eh?
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Here are some things I miss reading in comics:
1 - Letters pages. Some still have them, which gives me hope. 2 - "The end... for now!" 3 - Footnotes, such as "* See Avengers # 198 to see what Wonder Man means - ed." 4 - Bullpen Bulletins and the monthly checklist with story summary. 5 - "Thank you and good afternoon."
How about you folks?
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Fraxon!
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:51 pm |
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:53 pm |
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Bigger and Better!
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Flash Facts Cap's Hobby Hints Direct Currents Full page house ads that showed the covers to all of the books shipping over the next couple of weeks.
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Dave Toxik
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:54 pm |
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Mr. Eh?
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Yes, yes and yes to all those!
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(T)Eddy
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:58 pm |
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Hold yourself together, (T)Eddy----it's only IMWAN
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:14 pm |
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Bigger and Better!
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Beachy
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:44 pm |
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I miss the ads for buying back issues of comic books.
I miss the ads for onion gum, X-Ray specs, and glow-in-the-dark skeletons —the stuff that filled a page with twenty items or more in tiny boxes.
Also, the foot locker that held over 100 army men, tanks, ships, or Roman Soldiers.
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:18 am |
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Hugh
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:19 am |
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Niatpac Levram!!!!!!
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[Thumbs] people, [thumbs]
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:21 am |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:23 am |
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Mr. IMWANKO
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TS Garp
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:23 am |
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Manchester City Fan
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I was probably overly influenced by the Become a Drafter ads in the 70's comics.
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RobertSwanderson
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:25 am |
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Bigger and Better!
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I had the Roman Soldiers and the footlocker full of army men.
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TS Garp
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:27 am |
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Manchester City Fan
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Did anybody ever order the 7 foot Frankenstein? I wanted one of those. I used to order all the back issue catalogs from people.
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:49 am |
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Those are all great. When I was a kiddo I would read the Mile High Comics ads and dream of having various comics, in those days before Trade Paperbacks. Remember all the Hero's World ads? I went to one...and met spider-man! I'll post it while I visit the home folks if I can find it.
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Ross
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:11 am |
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Not in Continuity
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Speech Balloons On Covers.
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Stephane Garrelie
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:32 am |
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luelyron
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:50 am |
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General Sage
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Ross wrote: Speech Balloons On Covers. Meant to put that! +1 Marvel Team-Up #107 (by Jim Shooter and Herb Trimpe, I think) advertised 163 panels, on the cover, along with lots of other copy---and that included room for 2 splash pages! Spider-man and She-Hulk versus the Man-Killer! Remember how the endings were usually downbeat and/or shocking? That one was intriguing. And had goils. (O'Neil/Adams relevance haters, steer clear! But at eight, I found it a masterpiece.) I'm not the only one who went through his school day and what-not thinking in word balloons, now was I?
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luelyron
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:59 am |
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Any LaSalle graduates here on IMWAN? LOL Look who's smiling now.
Or did an insult make a man out of you, Mac?
I included a burritos ad featuring Teaseberry and Shahlihli the Faeries versus the Four Armed Men. One version advertised Valentine's, the local family Mexican restaurant that carried a basket of my home made indie comics, and the other, the cupcake store on my block, where i was trying to get a book in (they were still too new and busy). The Search for Complete Disappearland! is the book.
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:14 am |
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I miss the newsprint. I liked that about comics, that they were printed on newspaper.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:56 pm |
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(T)Eddy wrote: Thought balloons? Something I certainly miss. They're such a powerful tool, essentially unique to the medium of comics. I can understand not wanting to overuse it, but there's no reason they should have been all but phased out. If we're talking about ad nostalgia, I loved the old Gandalf Products Company ads than ran in Gold Key comics. They had some groovy stuff!
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Dave Toxik
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Post subject: Thing I miss reading in comics Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:01 pm |
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Mr. Eh?
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I'd also like to know who won the various contests posted on the covers during the late 70s and early 80s.
Who starred in Superman 2? Who was featured in a comic?
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