What are the origins of your favorite comic book in your collection?
I have been a big X-Men fan since I was very small, and I have been ever-so-slowly collecting the Volume 1 Uncanny X-Men series (1963) since the late 1980's. I was surprised with a graded (6.5) copy of Uncanny X-Men #94 by my wife for my birthday a few years ago. I've always wanted a copy, but it's a fairly expensive book and one I never thought I would own.
In the issue, the original X-Men quit the team except Cyclops, and are replaced by Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Banshee while Sunfire returns to Japan. It's their first appearance in the Uncanny series and their second appearance outside of Giant Size X-Men #1.
I'm looking forward to an opportunity to get it signed, if Christ Clairmont does another CGC signing.
Fun fact about the issue from Wikipedia: There are no issues of Uncanny X-Men #94 that rate higher than a 9.8 on the Comic Guaranty LLC grading scale, so if you have an ungraded copy in pristine condition, you might have an extremely rare piece of comic book history.
So, How did you come across your favorite comic book in your collection? Was it a lucky find at a local comic book store or a treasured gift from a friend? Did you stumble upon it while exploring the crazy world of online auctions or conventions? I'm eager to hear the tales of how you obtained your cherished piece of comic book history.
The tough thing about these kinds of threads is to pinpoint the favorite in the first place.
I don't have anything expensive or in a state that might appeal to a collector. But I bought the first of my original (with the original coloring) collected volumes of The Sandman personally in London at a Borders (now defunct). Couldn't get that shit in Portugal! Couldn't get much of anything, really, only a narrow selection of translated BD (Asterix, Tintin, etc.) and even fewer mangas.
These days I believe there's more stuff, although I still order comics (not many) in english from abroad.
I agree, You sort of have to have a fondness for everything in your collection to even want to collect it.
I really like The Sandman as well. Neil Gaiman is an excellent writer. I have a copy of issue #1 in pretty good condition in my collection. Did you see the Netflix adaption of The Sandman? If so, Id be curious as to what you thought of it.
I'm from the US and I have never had the opportunity to travel abroad. It's sad to hear comics are so hard to get ahold of in some parts of the world.
If you're a comics enthusiast you're probably aware of the mind numbingly vast amount of comics that are available in French, created in France and Belgium. It makes me sad that I can only get my hands on a tiny amount of those too.
I quite liked The Sandman on Netflix! I thought most characters were excellent, Morpheus, Death, the Corinthian, Lucienne, Lucifer. I'm not so sure about Rose Walker and a couple others. Still, I'm glad they eventually managed to get renewed! Not even Lockwood & co. managed that with its (I would say) greater market appeal. But the ways of the Flix are inescrutable.
I am aware of some for sure like Tintin, Asterix, & XIII. Maybe a few others that escape me. What are your favorites?
If something is even slightly rare or in another market I can usually only obtain a copy on ebay.
I liked it too! I enjoyed most of the characters, but I also pictured Rose Walker differently. Death was a favorite. I really like how she was portrayed. I was really hoping it would get renewed as well. Now that it's renewed I'm worried they'll recast someone important like they did with The Witcher and Henry Cavill. Nexflix is incomprehensible sometimes for sure.
I meant to say I'm unable to engage with the medium because my french is extremely limited. I should have made a greater effort to maintain and develop it after school, so I can consume french language entertainment.
Wow, what a question. I love it! I agree with others who have said it’s hard to pinpoint a favorite, especially so if you are an old-school comic nerd with a large collection. I’m very fortunate to have some stuff I consider cool, but these are my favorites for the purposes of this post.
Avengers Annual #10 - It took me several years to track down an affordable (to a teen) copy. Probably my favorite for the time it took to track down, the importance of the story to the larger X-Men story and Marvel Universe (first appearance of Rogue, Carol Danvers gets her powers stolen and mind wiped), and for the Michael Golden art.
In the 80s, Comico put out some Gumby comic specials drawn by Arthur Adams. A few years back, I had the privilege of meeting and working with him and he’s just a lovely, kind, witty, and talented man. For me, he lived up to his gigantic reputation and he was gracious enough to sign a few of my books featuring his art or covers. When he signed the Gumby books, he mentioned how much he enjoyed working on them. I treasure that interaction and all the books he signed, but especially the Gumby Summer Fun and Winter Fun Specials.
I have three.
Marvel Team-Up #62 - Spiderman and Ms Marvel. It was my first comic, given to me by a friend because I loved the Spiderman cartoon. It was my introduction to carol and collecting comics.
The Uncanny X-Men #123 - when I first met my husband the big thing we bonded over was playing X-Men legends. MURDER WORLD! Became this inside joke. For our second anniversary he bought me that comic.
New Mutants 98 - it's iconic. First appearance of Deadpool. My old coworker got it for me for my birthday back before Deadpool mattered.