Silver Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) I couldn’t agree more Eric. You’re right about 340-380. There are some stories I love prior to those numbers, but it just really got awesome starting with the Computo storyline. Is it also the first two parter? Edited August 2, 2018 by Silver 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Silver said: I have been looking for a upgrade of this issue forever. I’m at believe how awesome your copy is. Here's another #302 for ya! TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 8 hours ago, OtherEric said: I think they were miles and away some of the best storytelling DC had in the 60's. Shooter, and Bridwell, and even Siegel, who did the Computo 2-parter that I think kicks off the classic Adventure run of 340-380, wound up merging some of the still new Marvel sensibility to the classic DC style. Throw in Curt Swan as the primary artist, set the whole thing in the future so you have some freedom to actually change things, have Superboy as just a single member of a large group of heroes so he doesn't totally distort the stories completely around himself but can still play on the Superman mythos. Tell stories that take two whole issues at a point where 2 or 3 stories per issue was common, so they feel massive and epic. And you wind up with a run with classic story after classic story after classic story. I don't think anybody's even mentioned the LSV story in 371-372 yet, another favorite of mine; and we've listed a LOT of amazing stories from the run already. Not a lot I can say in response to this except OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Here's #303, very very tough to find in high grade. This is from the Toth collection. TheWatcher and KirbyJack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) Yet another one I would probably upgrade. Legion was one of the first sets I collected and I wasn’t as grade conscientious. I have some nice issues, but probably not a lot of 9.4s and not very many graded. Heres a early one, nice, but no 9.4.The famous Super-hombre issue Edited August 2, 2018 by Silver TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 36 minutes ago, Silver said: Yet another one I would probably upgrade. Legion was one of the first sets I collected and I wasn’t as grade conscientious. I have some nice issues, but probably not a lot of 9.4s and not very many graded. Heres a early one, nice, but no 9.4.The famous Super-hombre issue Muy bueno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, tth2 said: Here's #303, very very tough to find in high grade. This is from the Toth collection. One of my favorites in the early 300s. Really nice copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Great to see so many of these classic issues. A favorite single issue story must be #348. Back in 1967 I read this in school but never owned a copy. For some reason Adventure Comics in the middle to late #340s are hard to find in high grade and this issue is no exception. This tale sees the legionnaires being eliminated in turn by the mysterious Dr Regulus, who turns out to be responsible for one of their super powers. And he is not a happy man. This is a beautifully constructed story with tremendous artwork and an open ending. As a further interest, in this story Invisible Kid becomes leader of the Legion. Maybe not the easiest member to find to be totally suited to the role! TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) By 1964 DC had no qualms about promoting the LOSH in any of the Superman family titles. Even when the Legion did not actually appear. Lois Lane 47 has a Legion aura to it but they only appear in an imaginary aspect. Jimmy Olsen 77 sees Jimmy wearing a duplicate Colossal Boy costume presented to him on his honorary membership. But that is only the start of the story... Edited August 2, 2018 by steelcity TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Some member of the Legion appeared to have fairly happy lives while other found themselves intertwined with tragedy. Lightning Lad certainly had his share of woe, though he was not the only one. Adventure Comics 312 has a stunning cover rich in dark tones. And an equally dark story. Every Legion collector knows how difficult this book is. There is added interest in the cover at least in that it was redrawn for a giant issue in 1971, shown here by the Twin Cities copy. This act of cover duplication adds some importance to the image and though unusual to see, DC did publish books with cover recreations during the early 1970s. TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Silver said: I couldn’t agree more Eric. You’re right about 340-380. There are some stories I love prior to those numbers, but it just really got awesome starting with the Computo storyline. Is it also the first two parter? It's not, just off the top of my head there's the Dynamo Boy story in 330-331 and Starfinger in 335-336. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Joining the other 304s that've been posted TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Right before the 312 and just as hard to get, would so love a upgrade to a 9.2/4 if one ever came up, love this cover! TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 35 minutes ago, Silver said: Right before the 312 and just as hard to get, would so love a upgrade to a 9.2/4 if one ever came up, love this cover! Yep, have never been able to find a NM copy of this book. The raw White Mountain copy was auctioned off on eBay many many years ago, but the consignor refused to give a grade. He would only say it was the WM copy, as if that answered all questions, which unfortunately was the attitude back in the day of some dealers selling Mile Highs and White Mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 This issue also has a classic cover (for its time at least). Gotta love the 60's... TheWatcher and Unca Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Here's #305, also an issue not commonly seen in high grade, so not surprisingly, it's a Toth. My collection (not just Adventure) would've had so many more holes if not for the Toth collection. The scans really don't do justice how fresh the books look in person. TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rosland said: This issue also has a classic cover (for its time at least). Gotta love the 60's... Yeah, probably the most bizarre cover in the entire run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosland Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Love your Adventures, Tim! Any story on why you collected them in the first place? Edited February 26, 2019 by Rosland cleanup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) One of my favorite comics of all time. My first LSH story and first Teen Titans. Bought one of these off the rack at 7-11, this and a slurpee for 75 cents. I loved the Super Moby of Space story. I love that BB 54 story even more. The original covers had me salivating for original books. I was 11 years old, this book was my tipping point. Edited August 4, 2018 by Silver TheWatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Rosland said: Love your Adventures, Tim! Any story on why you collected them in the first place? Erik Thanks! I discovered the Legion during the Dave Cockrum-then-Mike Grell run, and just loved them. Then I got some Adventure back issues during the Jim Shooter era, which were such great stories (as others here have mentioned), and then just started collecting all of their appearances. When I found out later that Shooter was just a kid, literally, when he wrote those stories, I was blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
