Defiant1

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10/17/2020 Topic: Star Wars Comics Defiant1	I would like to see it buried, but it's not a dying property.
10/18/2020 Topic: Star Wars Comics Defiant1	Taskmaster wrote: Defiant1 wrote: I would like to see it buried, but it's not a dying property. No I just it Funny that all the "Legends" stuff is brushed away and NOW that Kathleen Kennedy and her agenda are on the outs NOW Disney wants to admit that legends was "Canon" Funny... edited by Taskmaster on 10/17/2020 I think Disney has seen the value that Marvel's decades of story ideas brings to the table and they see they can exploit the same with Dark Horses' stories.
10/19/2020 Topic: Amazing Spider-Man 300 On Fire Defiant1	If I sold comics online, I'd already have parted with his comic. It means absolutely nothing to me! I'm not a fan of McFarlane's art. I think the cover is boring and terrible. I'm not a fan of Venom. I made no effort to get the book. I got mine cheap in a bulk purchase when a comic book store was going out of business.
10/20/2020 Topic: Amazing Spider-Man 300 On Fire Defiant1	BasementComics wrote: Defiant1 wrote: If I sold comics online, I'd already have parted with his comic. It means absolutely nothing to me! I'm not a fan of McFarlane's art. I think the cover is boring and terrible. I'm not a fan of Venom. I made no effort to get the book. I got mine cheap in a bulk purchase when a comic book store was going out of business. Defiant, do you have a copy you're willing to part with? Donald I'm definitely willing to part with my copy, but I do not sell online. edited by Defiant1 on 10/20/2020
10/20/2020 Topic: Amazing Spider-Man 300 On Fire Defiant1	rustyauger wrote: BasementComics wrote: Defiant1 wrote: If I sold comics online, I'd already have parted with his comic. It means absolutely nothing to me! I'm not a fan of McFarlane's art. I think the cover is boring and terrible. I'm not a fan of Venom. I made no effort to get the book. I got mine cheap in a bulk purchase when a comic book store was going out of business. Defiant, do you have a copy you're willing to part with? Donald Seeing as how it means absolutely nothing to him, he is not a fan of McFarlane's art, the cover is boring and terrible, he is not a fan of Venom, he made no effort to get the book, and got it in a bulk purchase, he will probably pay you to take it off his hands. lol edited by rustyauger on 10/20/2020 I didn't amass thousands of comics by giving them away or losing money on my purchases. I don't always ask top dollar for what I own, but I do capitalize on others' willingness to pay more than I would.
10/26/2020 Topic: Amazing Spider-Man 300 On Fire Defiant1	rgtichy wrote: Wait. Are there comics that Defiant1 actually likes? I'm not sure I have read any forum post that suggested such a thing. 😃 I like more significant comics in my collection... like Amazing Fantasy #15.
11/2/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection Defiant1	I have X-Men # 1-350 with some duplicates including two #1's. I sound like a broken record, but I lost interest in owning runs after acquiring Amazing Fantasy #15. I started wanting more keys and less of the common issues. I own too many comics as it is.
11/3/2020 Topic: Longest Comic Run in Your Collection Defiant1	pthomas2010 wrote: Defiant1 wrote: I have X-Men # 1-350 with some duplicates including two #1's. I sound like a broken record, but I lost interest in owning runs after acquiring Amazing Fantasy #15. I started wanting more keys and less of the common issues. I own too many comics as it is. ===================================================================================================== I bought a house with enough room to store however many comics it takes for me to decide I'm done. I love my big expensive keys, but I like working on runs between my mega dollar purchases. I don't really collect anything passionately besides comics, and I decided when I started collecting again in 2010 that i would build my collection by following whatever whims i felt while shopping. So far it's lead to a collection of over 43,000 comics, a bunch of complete and almost complete runs, and still a 35-page want list. Still much cheaper than my second passion, muscle cars. Another aspect of collecting is that I've been looking at the same Silver and Bronze age covers on dealer displays for 30-50 years. I've read reprints of many Spiderman & Hulk stories. There are some series I want to collect, but it's not what most people would think. I want runs of the pre-hero Marvel monster comics. I have 75% of Tales to Astonish #1-101. To me, comics are overpriced for what I'm willing to spend these days, so owning them or not is no big deal. I'd like runs of the Charlton Adult humor titles like Cartoon Carnival or 150 New Cartoons. Those are things I rarely ever see and I get a thrill to find one. VG or better and I'm happy. Some Amazing Spiderman comic in 100's or 200's means very little to me, it's more work to sell if I get old. I have tons of space. I just don't want anymore volume. I've got comics I haven't even looked at in 25 years. I don't need more comics to sit around ignored.
11/7/2020 Topic: Amazing Spider-Man 300 On Fire Defiant1	The message board kicked into an error state when I gave my actual reply to that. Had the board accepted my chosen reply, I would be banned and you would be free of my opinions. Unfortunately, the software for the site still wants me around. Defiant1
11/7/2020 Topic: Rampaging Hulk/ The Hulk magazine questions Defiant1	The color issues have some very early Moon Knight stories in them. They are definitely worth buying. Defiant1
11/15/2020 Topic: X-Men reprints for years, Why? Defiant1	Also not mentioned... While sales figures had warranted cancellation, Neal Adams worked on the title starting at #56. The sales had actually increased at the time of cancellation. There was a lag time on sales results, so Marvel did not actually see the increase in sales until after it had gone into reprints.
11/19/2020 Topic: X-Men reprints for years, Why? Defiant1	quinnspuddinjoker wrote: See, info I’d probably wouldn’t of seen if googled! Thanks. Neal has discussed his run on the series in podcasts.
11/23/2020 Topic: Toploaders Defiant1	BasementComics wrote: I use them quite often for my more expensive books however I've also started using Mylite 2 and Full backs also. The Mylites will be a less expensive option (my comic stores sells them to me at $0.50 vs $0.15 for a regular back & board). Amazon, Ebay or if you plan to buy in bulk, check out egerber.com as that will get you even a better deal.) Mylite 2's are the best option with an acid free backing board. I've got comics that I put in some thinner Mylites back in 1980 and they look and smell like they did the day they were purchased. For long term storage, steer clear of polypropylene bags of any kind and definitely not polyethylene (which are rare these days). Many manufacturer's lie and generically call their bags Mylar or "Archival". They do it more out of ignorance than malice. You are safe with Mylite 2's, but they cost a little more. They also make any book look better for resale or flipping.
11/23/2020 Topic: Blondie One-Shot? 1973 Defiant1	I list that tile as "King Reading Library" on my website. http://charltoncomics.herobo.com/King_Reading_Library/King_Reading_Library.html I made a cover gallery page for the title last year. edited by Defiant1 on 11/23/2020
11/23/2020 Topic: Ultraverse Checklist Defiant1	I'm not a fan of Ultraverse, but many years ago some collectors on my message board compiled a pretty comprehensive checklist. One of my board members spread lies about me, encouraged Ultraverse fans to join my board, and attempted to convert my message board over to an Ultraverse theme. It really annoyed me even though I didn't mind compiling the information for them and sharing it to other collectors. My intent over 15 years ago was to make a cover gallery for collectors and post it online. I have finally done it. I believe this to be one of the most complete listings of what is know to exist. It is not listing all the signed comics that exist. It is not listing all of the newsstand version that exists, but I do believe it to be listing more than any other website. Aesthetically, I haven't nailed down the color scheme I want, so apologies on the weird color combinations I use. http://comicchecklists.coolpage.biz/Ultraverse/Ultraverse_Checklist.html This list includes promo flyers and odd things like "Sales to Astonish" http://comicchecklists.coolpage.biz/Ultraverse/Sales_to_Astonish/Malibu_Flipbook_Sales_to_Astonish.html and the "Marvel 1994 Annual Report" where the characters have a cameo. http://comicchecklists.coolpage.biz/Ultraverse/Marvel_Annual_Report/Marvel_Annual_Report.html Defiant1
11/24/2020 Topic: Blondie One-Shot? 1973 Defiant1	Ronbatman wrote: I've added some search terms into the listing so it's easier to find. It would be good to know what the indicia says so that I can change it, if necessary. R Here is the indicia to R-04, the next in the series. Not much help.
11/26/2020 Topic: Happy Thanksgiving Defiant1	Best wishes to all. Stay safe and protect those loved ones who are high risk. I'm thankful for some time off from work. The overtime I'm working this year has been taking it's toll on me.
12/9/2020 Topic: Marvel VS DC! Defiant1	fdaz89 wrote: Defiant1, while I agree with many of your points, I do not agree 100% with your conclusion that all modern comics suck. While much of it can be considered drivel, there are many high quality books still being put out. I started collected near the start of the Bronze age, with one of my first purchases being Star Wars No.1. I was big into Marvel, mainly Spider-Man, but they were all great back then; Hulk, Avengers, Nova, Ms. Marvel, FF, Jim Starlin's Captain Marvel and Warlock runs and so on. It's a different landscape these days and I'm fine with that. While I still enjoy Spider-Man, the non-superhero stuff companies like Image, Aftershock, Dynamite, etc. are publishing are much more fulfilling. They may not be great investments, but I'm reading what I enjoy, which is what its supposed to be about. Here lies the primary difference. I have skimmed over modern comics and I find none of it to be entertaining. I could list hundreds of shortcomings by breaking down inadequacies at every stage of the process. I'm honestly glad people enjoy the product. It would be a lot of wasted time and effort if someone didn't. I do arrogantly believe that if I enjoyed the product, there would be a LARGE number of consumers who would also enjoy the comics. I believe comics would be selling better. If comics were selling better, the cost to produce each unit would be cheaper and the publishers could drop the price to something more reasonable. Lower price point for their product would increase the odds that even more consumers would be willing to allocate their disposable income on buying the product. I'm a quality inspector for a living. I inspect the parts that our suppliers deliver. I have a reputation for being picky and finding flaws that other don't see. Some of those flaws relate to safety. Lives can depend upon whether I find something wrong with a product. The chances that I'm going to find a flaw, an inadequacy, a shortcoming, and NOT say something is almost zero. I even point out my own flaws and tell people they aren't acceptable. What people fail to see is that by observing the flaws or shortcomings of a product, it also reveals opportunities to improve the product and make it better for everyone... to make it more popular... and as a byproduct make it more affordable. I have a reputation online for being negative, but that's because I see the potential for greatness being wasted and mired in a quicksand of mediocrity. A mediocrity that is killing the industry. One of the longest surviving comic shops in my areas closed very recently. The pandemic killed it. If their cash flow was better... if their back issue selection was better... if their product was better, I believe they could have survived a few months of lost sales. That is not the perspective of a negative person. People online can believe what they want to believe, but anyone who knows me in person has the complete opposite opinion.
12/9/2020 Topic: Marvel Value Stamps and Spidey Stamps Defiant1	Do you know what issues they start in? I think al the issues I own are low numbers.
12/10/2020 Topic: Marvel VS DC! Defiant1	fdaz89 wrote: Defiant1, I agree with you 100% (about your assessment of the comics industry, not about you being a negative person). Having corporations like Disney own so much of it doesn't help. One thing I noticed is that all the ads are missing in comics, reading the ads added to the appeal of comics for me in my youth. Ad revenue would (or should) lower the price of comics, but so would going back to newsprint. Making superstars out of people who couldn't tell a story (like Rob Liefeld), I think negatively affected the hobby. I think the speculation market doesn't help, either. All the things that provide a barrier to new people from picking up the collecting bug should be examined and eliminated where possible. In the 90's a lot of the comics switched to higher quality paper because the advertisers wanted their ads to look good and the cheap paper wouldn't reproduce the colors and details they wanted to use. Advertisers quit buying ads in comics. There wasn't enough bang for the buck. I agree they should at least try to sell ads. Speculation helps the publishers immensely because it allows them to print more. If they can print more, the cost to print each comic comes down. Most of what you are paying for when you buy a comic is the production costs and setup costs for printing. If you print a million copies of something, the cost per unit is pocket change. If you print 100 of something, it costs paper money. Think of it like this. If I pay an artist $100 to produce one page of art and make 5 photocopies. I'd have to sell the 5 copies for about $20.02 each to break even on production costs. I haven't even paid myself a dime. That's just to break even on what i paid the artist and what I paid for the paper. If I print 10,000 photocopies of that art I only need to sell them all for 3 cents each to break even. The catch is, i have to sell all 10,000. As volume increases, the publisher makes more profit on each comic sold. That's why they produce all the variant covers. If they can sell a significantly larger number of interior pages just by swapping out a cover, it helps them break even on production costs faster. The problem is, it runs off "collectors" over time because they can't keep up. They don't get a sense of satisfaction by owning 5 versions of the same comic. It dissuades customer loyalty. Defiant1