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Post by dlw66 on Sept 20, 2006 9:19:16 GMT -5
When do you buy these? That is, are you like me and --
A) don't buy Ultimate Spider-Man or Teen Titans monthly, but buy the trade paperbacks when they are available
B) will spend the extra money for a collection of a story that was especially beloved, ie Kingdom Come, Marvels...
What are your buying habits?
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Post by Yellowjacket on Sept 21, 2006 8:49:23 GMT -5
I generally dislike TPBs. I´ve grown up buying/reading books (that is booklets) and I may be nostalgic but that´s the way I want to read my comics. That´s the way they are concepted (after all, what sense makes a clivehanger after, say, issue #3 when you only have to turn over  ) and written (thank God, to-date) and I still enjoy waiting to buy the new "number" every month.  But sometimes I do buy TPBs, I´d call it: in special cases. For example the first four Avengers Essentials (mainly for comparison reasons, from #102 on I`ve got the books), I´ll buy the Operation: Galactic Storm TPBs (that way I don´t need to buy the Non-Avengers books) and I buy occasionally German TPBs with stories I will not buy the US books. Hardcovers are another matter. I don´t generally dislike them like TPBs but so far I bought only German Masterworks editions. |
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 21, 2006 9:12:42 GMT -5
The cliffhanger issue is a great point. Just not there in the collected format.
Key cliffhanger moment: Perhaps my all-time favorite page is the end of Kingdom Come #3 where Captain Marvel has arrived and attacked Superman. The wait for #4 was horrible!! But, in the collected editions, as you said, the reader has but to turn a page and see the conclusion of the battle.
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Post by Tana Nile on Sept 21, 2006 16:31:49 GMT -5
I have often used TPB and Marvel Masterworks to fill gaps, especially of the more expensive older issues. My Avengers collection starts with issue 31, so I used the MMs to fill in the first 30 books, which I doubt I'll ever have the money to buy. I also bought the TPB of the Kree-Skrull War, as those books were the first Avengers I ever read and have gotten absolutely trashed by me re-reading them so often.
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 21, 2006 17:22:40 GMT -5
I'm actually one who hates the waiting in between issues, so I like TPBs, especially if they have extra pages (like Kingdom Come) or interviews / behind the scenes (like "Under Siege").
Normal original comics are too thin for my taste.
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 26, 2006 12:07:05 GMT -5
After all of the above comments, I'll ask this question then: when you read older material, do you go to the individual issues, or if you have a trade or some alternate format, do you go to it?
Assuming I have my laptop near, I much prefer the DVD-ROM of the Avengers or the FF to trudging down to my basement comics room, finding the right box, taking the book out of the bag (careful -- watch that tape!!), etc. It's just easier...
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Post by thew40 on Sept 26, 2006 12:28:54 GMT -5
I'm currently getting "Ultimate Spider-Man" in trade format, as well as the "Countdown to Infinite Crisis" stories.
I plan (once I get enough money) on getting a hold of "Young Avengers" and "Runaways" in trade format as well.
I like hardcovers, I think they're spiffy, but I'll only buy them if I care greatly about the story (as was the case with Grant Morrison's "New X-Men" and "Earth X"). According to one of guys at my LCS, the hardcovers are usually the same price as two trades, which is about right size-wise.
~W~
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 27, 2006 7:32:15 GMT -5
As prices continue to escalate on the monthly books and as the secondary market for newer comics remains somewhat stagnant, I may purchase more tpb's. I don't buy with investing in mind anymore (didn't the 90's teach us all that lesson??) -- only with enjoyment. And isn't that how the hobby should be?
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Post by steed on Sept 27, 2006 11:41:20 GMT -5
It difficult for me today to buy any of these overpriced mini series knowwing that for whatever reason I could miss an issue. It's better to just wait until the whole series gets published in a TPB at the same price of the individual issues combined. That way, when I want to read the story, I have it all in one book.
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 27, 2006 13:20:20 GMT -5
Original comics are way too thin, it's easy to damage them. I usually pick up the tpb or the thicker italian comics. DVD is easier, but I get tired after reading 3 or 4 issues at night.
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Post by henrypym on Sept 30, 2006 17:28:37 GMT -5
I really like TPB's especially when they contain all the other titles and have it all in order. I also like them for reading old back issues. The DVD ROM is nice, but I like having a book that I can hold in my hands and lie in bed reading.
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Post by Tana Nile on Oct 1, 2006 12:35:17 GMT -5
The DVD ROM is nice, but I like having a book that I can hold in my hands and lie in bed reading. Agreed!! |
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Post by Tana Nile on Oct 1, 2006 21:13:47 GMT -5
I was thinking about picking up the Earth's Mightiest Heroes HB, but I was wondering if any of you had read that miniseries and if you could recommend it. It deals with a period of Avengers history that I think could be very interesting, although I don't really like Scott Kollins art.
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Post by sharkar on Oct 2, 2006 18:42:52 GMT -5
Tananile, I wholeheartedly recommend the Earth's Mightiest Heroes HC. I have it and as you probably know, it deals with the early days of the group leading up to Avengers #16 when Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Wanda joined. I especially liked the characterizations of those three (Tony Stark's assessment of Wanda and Pietro: "optimism and skepticism.")
Like you, I'm not crazy about Kolins' art, but if you are interested in this particular period, the book is well worth reading and owning.
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Post by Tana Nile on Oct 2, 2006 21:21:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments Sharkar! I think I will pick it up this Wednesday.
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Post by sharkar on Oct 3, 2006 16:26:15 GMT -5
I think you will enjoy it. Also, in November, the first issue of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes Two" will be published. There's a separate thread for this, also in the General section. The events in "EMH 2" occur just after Avengers #58 (vol. 1), when the Vision joined. I usually wait to buy the TPBs or HCs, but in this case I may buy the actual issues, since it covers my favorite Avengers period, the 60s!
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Post by Tana Nile on Oct 7, 2006 19:29:03 GMT -5
I think you will enjoy it. Also, in November, the first issue of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes Two" will be published. There's a separate thread for this, also in the General section. The events in "EMH 2" occur just after Avengers #58 (vol. 1), when the Vision joined. I usually wait to buy the TPBs or HCs, but in this case I may buy the actual issues, since it covers my favorite Avengers period, the 60s! Thank you for recommending it! I bought it and read it this week and had a blast. Made me go back to my Marvel Masterworks to compare the EMH scenes to their source material. I thought the characters were handled very well. I loved the scene where Thor shows Asgard to a skeptical Iron Man. It blew his mind! |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Oct 7, 2006 22:08:00 GMT -5
Yes, I think it's perhaps the winner of the award for best written mini & for correct characterization coming from the House of Ideas in recent years... (Then again, in the CORRECT characterization department it hardly had any competition to speak of...). Joe Casey really nailed each of the early Avengers' personalities and thus forever earning a place in the list of my favorite writers. I loved that scene as well, tananile, but mainly for what happened right AFTER Thor shows Asgard to Shellhead & before he takes off: that is, when Thor gives him counsel & moral support, and says: "Do not allow thyself to become mired in such political concerns. Our endeavors are beyond their pettiness. The Avengers is a concept much larger than any one member... you or I included. That is our legacy." And, a moment later: " I can see in thine eyes that are still uncertain. And so I will tell you what I told our fellow avenger, in his time of need... 'Tis about faith. The stronger yours is... the more others will share in thy dreams." And there, in just 3 panels, Casey became, for me, one of the best comic writers I've known & certainly my favorite Avengers writer... In those 3 panels -alone- he accomplished more ***d**n true Avengers characterization than Bendis has acomplished in... how many freakin' issues so far... |
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Post by Doctor Bong on Oct 7, 2006 22:17:21 GMT -5
And it's kinda sad, don't you think, guys...? How those words didn't come back to Shellhead when he decided to let himself be "mired in such political concerns"... in the wake of CW. How to explain such unexcusable memory lapse...?
Oh, I know...!!! There can be only one explanation: one of them is an impostor: either Casey's IM or Bendis'.... Three guesses which one...?
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) and written (thank God, to-date) and I still enjoy waiting to buy the new "number" every month. 
