OtherEric Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Realized I had a trio of books I hadn't shared that you don't see very often at all: Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OtherEric Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 This one is even signed; just not by Moore. I had Jose Luis Garcia Lopez sign the first page of his story (a reprint of Batman #353). He hadn't ever seen a copy: Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OtherEric Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 And the last of the trio with new text stories by Moore. I have the 1986 Batman & Superman Annuals as well, they have Morrison stories. In general, I think the trick on these is to find them at all; they're not necessarily bank breakers if you do: Jasonmorris1000000 and JTLarsen 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Wow! Those are so cool. I’ve never even heard of them before. Looks like I’ll have to add another eBay search to my list. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. JTLarsen 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OtherEric Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: Wow! Those are so cool. I’ve never even heard of them before. Looks like I’ll have to add another eBay search to my list. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. They're pretty obscure, and they're just text stories. But they're some of Moore's first work for DC, so they definitely deserve more attention than they get, I think. As far as I know they've never been reprinted. Edited June 13, 2020 by OtherEric Had timeline slightly wrong Link to post Share on other sites
Lazyboy Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, OtherEric said: They're pretty obscure, and they're just text stories. But they're Moore's first work for DC, so they definitely deserve more attention than they get, I think. As far as I know they've never been reprinted. Were they all published by London Editions Limited? Link to post Share on other sites
OtherEric Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Lazyboy said: Were they all published by London Editions Limited? Super Heroes Annual 1984 is London Editions Magazines on the spine and indicia. Batman Annual 1985 is London Editions Magazines on the spine and London Editions Limited in the indicia. Superman Annual 1985 is London Editions Magazines on the spine and London Editions Limited in the indicia. Also, small correction to myself above, where I said they were Moore's first work for DC: The Super Heroes annual came out in 1983, and probably predated Saga of the Swamp Thing 20. So definitely Moore's first stories starring Superman and Batman, rather than a small guest appearance. I'm pretty sure he wrote at least the first story before his work for DC US, but the latter two don't predate his earliest DC US work. I was getting confused with the Morrison stories in the 86 annuals, which are his first work for DC. Edited June 13, 2020 by OtherEric Lazyboy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Bart Allen Posted June 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) I already posted this in the Golden Age section already, but I managed to get my hands on Captain Marvel Jr #19 (UK Edition), which is the first appearance of Marvelman Jr (Young Marvelman) in text-form to which Moore would later expand on: Captain Marvel Jr #19 - L Miller 1950's - GD- - Pence Grade: GD-Grade Notes: Wear up spine. 50% split down spine from top corner in covers and first pair of pages. Looks like covers have been glued to the first and last page, though it's difficult to tell if this was done during production or later to keep the covers attached. Nice comic still. Pages: Cream to Off-White Notes: Edited July 9, 2020 by Bart Allen JTLarsen, Jasonmorris1000000, OtherEric and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Just got the results back for my set of From Hell’s I sent in last month. Not bad. A little over half got 9.8. When I get them back in the mail next week, I’ll post a few scans. Luckily none are signed by Johnny Depp. Legion of Goom 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Rich_Henn said: I meant to post in this thread yesterday but completely forgot. I have secured a private signing with Steve Bissette and John Totleben. Details of which can be found here. BuscemasAvengers 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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ADAMANTIUM Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jasonmorris1000000 said: thats pretty cool, I can't ever find high grade mags but congrats on that one for sure 👍 Jasonmorris1000000 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonmorris1000000 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 I had it pressed too, so a 9.4 is the best that can be squeezed out of it. It looks great in the new case. I was thinking of getting it signed by Bissette and Totleben, but I decided I love the cover the way it is. I sent Rich Henn these today instead. I know there is no guarantee they will stay 9.8 after they are signed and regraded. I hope this wasn’t a dumb move. At least there are a lot of 9.8’s of these issues in the census and can be replaced quickly. OtherEric, ADAMANTIUM, BuscemasAvengers and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chaykin Stevens Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 7:34 PM, OtherEric said: Also, small correction to myself above, where I said they were Moore's first work for DC: The Super Heroes annual came out in 1983, and probably predated Saga of the Swamp Thing 20. So definitely Moore's first stories starring Superman and Batman, rather than a small guest appearance. I'm pretty sure he wrote at least the first story before his work for DC US, but the latter two don't predate his earliest DC US work. I was getting confused with the Morrison stories in the 86 annuals, which are his first work for DC. London Editions was an imprint of Egmont UK, not of DC, so I wouldn't count Moore and Morrison's work for London as work for DC. Lazyboy and OtherEric 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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