Popular Post Concorde Posted September 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2019 I started collecting in 1985. Friend of mine in my dorm in college asked if I wanted to go to the comic book store. One of the first books I bought was X-Men 201 or 202...something like that. One thing lead to another and I ended up with the full run 1-350 or something around there. But it was issues 94-141 that I was focused on completing in the early days. What run did you first complete?? KirbyJack, Bryan65, Ken Aldred and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The initial idea, back in 1988, was to attempt a Fantastic Four run. The comics I spurned during that phase would make you cringe. Then I ran into the early issues of Conan dirt cheap. I loved Conan, so add that run. And then I found a Marvel Spotlight 3. Oh, yeah! Werewolf By Night! Added. It stayed those three until I made the big "Key" leap. I parted with $75 to buy a Tales To Astonish 27. I figured I already had the hardest one, so why not complete the series? The floodgates opened. Literally any old comic was fair game, but mostly Marvel. So, short story long, The first title I completed was Journey Into Mystery/Thor. #107 was the last one I found, and I did quite the in-store happy dance. Arak Zantara and shiverbones 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 52 minutes ago, KirbyJack said: So, short story long, The first title I completed was Journey Into Mystery/Thor. #107 was the last one I found, and I did quite the in-store happy dance. I went for JIM/Thor as well...but figured there was always time to get 83. Nope. But I have all but ~5 issues from 84-200. That is a great run....and they were dirt cheap for so long in the 90s when I was putting the run together. I did complete FF 1-100. My #1 literally has a band-aid on the back cover sealing a rip. But hey...it's complete and it's in the collection! KirbyJack and shiverbones 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Concorde said: My #1 literally has a band-aid on the back cover sealing a rip. But hey...it's complete and it's in the collection! That’s a new one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hulk 2-6, TTA 59-101, IH 102-474 for me. Completed in the early 00s. Never had a Hulk 1 though. Now I have ASM 1-400 with the exception of 129. Always missing just one issue... shiverbones 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hmmm, first was probably house of mystery 174-321 i was close on asm 1-300, but never had 2 or 10 now... nothing, but closing in on that hom run again Concorde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan65 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Uncanny X-Men & Fantastic Four runs were what I was mainly interested in back in the early/mid 80's. And also the New Teen Titans. Sadly, I sold off those runs many years ago, but...over the past several years I have amassed (again) a very high grade (mostly NM) run of FF #141-354 plus Annuals and other related tie-ins for that time period. My main focus on recollecting the FF were the Byrne issues and those are all in solid NM and I now have 2 sets of FF #209-221, 232-293...actually 3 sets total with #'s 250-293. i decided not to collect any further back from #141 as it is too costly in high grades...& so sad because I used to own so many key Kirby issues back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sauce Dog Posted September 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) From grade 7 until the end of high school in the 90's I focused on my favorite character, Iron Man. Was able to complete the first three volumes of his book then (often picking up what I could in low grade just to have a copy) as well as most of his Tales of Suspense issues (Snagged #39 off ebay for $100). The last issue I actually bought for that entire run turned out to be #55, and only because I thought I already owned it (and it turned out I did, but that copy was misfiled with other books). At the same time my best friend did the same for Spider-Man. edit: more details, the first Iron Man comic I remember reading was #200 which a kid brought to school in maybe grade 2, but it wasn't until I read #253 at a friends house that I decided to keep reading, and then fell in love with the Armor Wars 2 story line (but would be another few years until I would try to collect all Iron Man issues, which would take years due to my small allowance and only pick up once I got my first job - Tales of Suspense #39 was one of my first major purchases then, after spending my first pay check at a local VHS store on movies of course). Technically though the first 'run' I completed could be the small 3 issue series from DC "The Psycho" - now THAT series made me love all comics. Edited September 30, 2019 by Sauce Dog Concorde, Arak Zantara, KirbyJack and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_highgrade Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 My first complete run was MTU 1-150. Then X-Men 1-331 or so. Concorde, KirbyJack and Xenosmilus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenosmilus Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, mr_highgrade said: My first complete run was MTU 1-150. Then X-Men 1-331 or so. Are you one of the lucky ones that have the MTU #1 CGC9.8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury Man Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Black Goliath #1-5 I was exhausted. KirbyJack and BlowUpTheMoon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcronin Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Moon Knight Volume 1 #1 - #38 Was a devout follower after that run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_highgrade Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Xenosmilus said: Are you one of the lucky ones that have the MTU #1 CGC9.8? I wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icp004 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 First: Micronauts Second: Rom Third: Star Wars I still have the Micronauts and Rom sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Back in the late 70s or early 80s I completed X-Men 94-up. That was the first run I needed to seek out back issues for. Then I started collecting every New X-Men appearance and related characters. Then Marvel over-saturated the new issue market with . So I stopped. And they've been sitting bagged and boarded for just about 40 years. Obiously, I bought plenty of other comics. But, new X-Men was the first time I decided to be a completest. Bryan65 and Concorde 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) Amazing Spider-Man 1-441...plus variants...then going after the 30 and 35 cent variants and beyond... My favorite comic is Amazing Spider-Man 6 because the Lizard is my favorite character. That was probably my first sub-100 issue. Oh, yeah...I opted for ASM 1 over AF 15 because it was 2/3 of the price then and had so much more story...and then AF 15 took off and I never got one...could've had a 2.0 for $1500... Edited October 1, 2019 by PeterPark Concorde 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Contest of champions and wolverine mini. I set simple goals. Bought them off the rack. Read the bejesus out of them. icp004 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 What If? Vol 1 or the Bronze Phantom Stranger series. Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 11:31 PM, Concorde said: I started collecting in 1985. Friend of mine in my dorm in college asked if I wanted to go to the comic book store. One of the first books I bought was X-Men 201 or 202...something like that. One thing lead to another and I ended up with the full run 1-350 or something around there. But it was issues 94-141 that I was focused on completing in the early days. What run did you first complete?? I'm in the same boat. I read one of the Brood issues and started collecting X-Men. Ended up putting together a complete set of 144 - 200 and enjoyed reading them all over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 hour ago, 1Cool said: I'm in the same boat. I read one of the Brood issues and started collecting X-Men. Ended up putting together a complete set of 144 - 200 and enjoyed reading them all over and over again. I had never really actively read the X-Men and saw this cover: And was hooked. Probably bought every issue over the next 2 years, even got a subscription! Then video games, sports, and being a teenager kicked in and I sort of lost interest in comics for almost 10 years. If there had not been a shop on the way home when I was in law school I might have never gotten back into it. I might have anyway though as my younger brother was collecting a little when I moved home back from college and I was reading his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
