Popular Post Shadow Posted October 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 4, 2019 Very happy to find a beautiful, reasonably priced copy of MTU #1. Big thanks to Superworld! In the process, also got MTU #95. Only 28 issues to go to complete my MTU run. (Yes, I'm a completionist…) Good thing is all expensive issues are now in hand. I trace my interest in MTU back to a Treasury Size Spiderman from the late 70's. The X-Men crossover (#4) reprinted in spiked my curiousity. But that was about it. I only bought a few issues back in the day. It was only when I started collecting again in 1994 that I focused a bit more by buying #4. Dabbled a bit and then won the Greggy Mystery Box which added almost 50 issues! And, there we have it. Excelsior! MGsimba77, AJD, Artboy99 and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icculus308win Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Congratulations🤘 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGsimba77 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Nice little haul there! Yeah MTU was Ross Andru's thing. If I'm not mistaken MTU 1 is the second time he penciled spiderman. Big difference from MSH 14! Do you have MTU 3 & 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cat Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Nice stuff, man! Always a great feeling to fill in a grail slot. Nothing like it. Grats on getting it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 (edited) I was always a fan of team-up themed titles, mainly because they were one-off stories most of the time. Edited October 4, 2019 by Jaylam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 10 hours ago, MGsimba77 said: Nice little haul there! Yeah MTU was Ross Andru's thing. If I'm not mistaken MTU 1 is the second time he penciled spiderman. Big difference from MSH 14! Do you have MTU 3 & 20? I've got #3. #20 is one of the 28 left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 41 minutes ago, Jaylam said: I was always a fan of team-up themed titles, mainly because they were one-off stories most of the time. I have a similar dispensation... Most of my biggest collections involve "team-ups/groups". In order for me: JLA, X-Men, Brave & The Bold, Avengers, Worlds Finest... My largest outlier is Conan. On a side note, I like your avatar. I've seen Yes three times: 1984, 1991 Reunion Concert, 2000 with surround sound. Sadly, the loss of Chris Squire stopped the band in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Readcomix Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 A beautiful MTU#1 is a challenging thing! Congrats; what a great run to read and enjoy. Will Marvel Two-in-One be next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Shadow said: I have a similar dispensation... Most of my biggest collections involve "team-ups/groups". In order for me: JLA, X-Men, Brave & The Bold, Avengers, Worlds Finest... My largest outlier is Conan. On a side note, I like your avatar. I've seen Yes three times: 1984, 1991 Reunion Concert, 2000 with surround sound. Sadly, the loss of Chris Squire stopped the band in my opinion. I have a real fondness for Silver Age "the Brave and the Bold" with the Batman team-ups, especially the ones with Neal Adams art. This one is one of my favorites and was a grail for me for a long time to find in 9.4 or above. I saw Yes live twice, once in 1975 and then again in 1979. An incredible assembly of talented musicians that I have learned to appreciate more and more as time has gone on. I just love the sound of Chris Squire's bass, his style really made their music stand out to me. No one could make that bass Rickenbacker talk like he could. Ken Aldred, Brian48 and The Lions Den 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Jaylam said: No one could make that bass Rickenbacker talk like he could. You've seen Geddy Lee do Roundabout, right? Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Readcomix said: A beautiful MTU#1 is a challenging thing! Congrats; what a great run to read and enjoy. Will Marvel Two-in-One be next? Slowly. Thanks to Greggy's Mystery Box and some easy purchases, I'm about 1/3 through on that one. Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Jaylam said: I have a real fondness for Silver Age "the Brave and the Bold" with the Batman team-ups, especially the ones with Neal Adams art. This one is one of my favorites and was a grail for me for a long time to find in 9.4 or above. I saw Yes live twice, once in 1975 and then again in 1979. An incredible assembly of talented musicians that I have learned to appreciate more and more as time has gone on. I just love the sound of Chris Squire's bass, his style really made their music stand out to me. No one could make that bass Rickenbacker talk like he could. Nice! Mine is only a VF8.0. I'm the same with Adams B&B's. I think I need only 1 more of those Adams ones. I'm working on wrapping up the early 100's so I'll have the final 100 issues. My Grail is in B&B as well. I got #28 5 years ago from Bob Storms. Jaylam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian48 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Jaylam said: I have a real fondness for Silver Age "the Brave and the Bold" with the Batman team-ups, especially the ones with Neal Adams art. This one is one of my favorites and was a grail for me for a long time to find in 9.4 or above. I saw Yes live twice, once in 1975 and then again in 1979. An incredible assembly of talented musicians that I have learned to appreciate more and more as time has gone on. I just love the sound of Chris Squire's bass, his style really made their music stand out to me. No one could make that bass Rickenbacker talk like he could. Beautiful copy. Although this book came out when most of DC was still in the SA, I've always viewed this book as early BA. The story is very mature for the age (won the award for best single story that year) and art is very modern. Everything about it smacks of BA and not silly stuff of the SA. In fact, most of the Adams BB were like that up to the point when he joined Oneil on the Tec title. Very underappreciated book in my opinion. One of my favorites. I've got about 3-4 raw copies in addition to my slabbed one. Shadow, Larryw7 and Jaylam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: You've seen Geddy Lee do Roundabout, right? Reveal hidden contents Yes, er, um, affirmative, I have. Very well done and great of Geddy to fill in. Another one of the greats. If I remember correctly, didn't Steve Howe play the bass on Owner of a Lonely Heart in that performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Readcomix said: A beautiful MTU#1 is a challenging thing! Congrats; what a great run to read and enjoy. Will Marvel Two-in-One be next? I was eyeing a really fine looking MTU #4 CGC 9.4 to use my ebay bucks on, but lo and behold it's been sold. Just my luck, rats and double rats! Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackenzie999 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said: You've seen Geddy Lee do Roundabout, right? Hide contents That was awesome, thank you! BlowUpTheMoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Shepherd Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Way to go! I like the cover for MTU #1, love the picture frame era Marvels. Shadow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...