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Going to put up a review of their annual, just came out - all about Hammer films. The Italian Horrors book is excellent, a curse because I have ended up buying many blurays based on the films mentioned.

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Yes, but I don't want to do that ... I am not doing flip through videos, this is a discussion / review of the book. Most books are easy to handle, this one is an exception

No idea, haven't got the originals to be able to compare so perhaps. I think it is the full set. If you know the page count of the full set then it may match this volume.

I have always loved his work, many different sets of stories over the years and Little Nemo is pretty amazing.

I show lots of the pages, as many as I think I should show. It is not a flip through or preview but a discussion / review of the book

@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews I see, your videos are about you

It is a brilliant book and the magazine was always my favourite read, haven't picked it up in a while (is it still going ? can't say I have seen it in my local WHS). I used to also pick up Starlog but Starburst was easily my favourite

Likewise, pity it isn't easy to find them - though I suspect ebay but most are US ones. I have a few old ones such as the 1963 Kennedy, Moonlanding etc

As I showed loads of pages of the interior, I give up answering comments.

Yes, an impressive book ! Looking forward to the next release as well.

Yes, but not interested in doing that

They are, especially the ones that came out in the 70s. Certain they were A4 and white and full of listings and covers etc and picked up tons of them, sadly, they ended up in the bin monthly and I guess others did the same

Yes, a decent haul - got a lot of the titles that I wanted to add to. Glad you liked the video

A band I have seen a few times as well, love heavy metal music. I have yet to see the film though, watching a horror movie that I bought a few weeks back.

thank you for your thoughts and also the mention in Infinity. I still don't show that much, not one for that - I get a lot of complaints but that is just the way I do my videos. I agree, a Hulk 181 means nothing to me if it is slabbed or if it is in a NM state that makes me worry that the slightest crease will reduce it by 100 quid or so. If it was a tatty and torn 181, would be happy for it as with many others I have such as Tales of suspense 40 or Strange Tales 101, love reading them and they fall apart more and more with each read. It is disappointing that the whole thing is based around a first appearance or a prototype or first work by an artist etc and then it has to be a 9.8 etc, not for me in the slightest. I would also go for the 1000+ tatty ones as well, that is how I have always bought my comics. They are to be read to pieces. I also agree, none of them are worthless. I have no problems with the speculators though, that has been the case probably since day 1 but as long as you can still find the occasional gems in the very rough state, I am happy. I don't think my collection is worth much at all, but they are all special to me. I am also happy just to read them in epics or other forms Intend to keep the channel going, no plans to stop. May change the format over time, I love blurays so there are times I often put those in or I will cover other things like ebay etc (I have my other channels and they are mix of things as well)

It's great to know there are kindred spirits out there! Anyway Andrew, I have some good news/bad news for you. You know those Ka-Zar comics you wish Marvel would reprint? Well, they already did... They bought them out in three volumes as part of their "Marvel Masterworks" series, with a fourth one due to come out early next year according to Amazon! Trouble is, you would have to sell a raw Hulk 181 to be able to afford them! I don't know why, but they are very pricey indeed. If I win a decent amount on the lottery this weekend I will treat you to them, otherwise you will probably have to raid the old piggy bank I'm afraid. It's one of those times when you have to ask yourself if you really need something or not. On a separate subject, seeing that Past Perfect Conan special reminded me to ask if you ever saw/bought the three Roy Thomas "Barbarian Life" books he bought out a few years back? If you haven't seen them I fully recommend that you give them a try. I know you like Roy Thomas's work, well these books have him going into detail about his first 115 issue run on Conan the Barbarian (and a few others). I'm sure that these books will be right up your alley and they are easily found on Amazon for (as you would say) "A very affordable price"! Hope this has been of some help to you. Looking forward to your next video.🤘

Thanks for the info about the book The Vincent Price show vanished into obscurity but I fondly remember it, more than Fanny Craddock. Not sure if they have ever bought out a bluray of the Galloping Gourmet but I remember those as well. The next comic mart is in February. The pulp fairs I think maybe next in December 2025 but perhaps more info about that on Facebook. Always wanted to go to one and always missed it because of work or choir or whatever. GOSH is my favourite comic shop, dead centre of Soho. Forbidden Planet is, of course, the big one but it is ok, it has some new competition with a manga / anime building recently opened next door. Used to be lots of stores but most are out of town, such as my favourite in Brighton. The one in Camden is shutting soon and the other central ones are long gone.

Thank you for your reply and London comic shop info:)

Hi Andrew, I did manage to go to GOSH comics. I do see what you mean, it is an excellent shop. I picked up 3 Conan comics and the first Red Sonia, which I was pleased with:)

Yes, great to meet you. I was pleased with the comics picked up this time. Headed back close to 4 and picked up the Spidey comic, was pondering it all the time while wandering around Oxford St.

@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews Yep, I left a few behind I now regret not picking up.

I am quite certain a lot picked it up and put it back, I did earlier. I have wanted it for a while but realised it was 50% off, so it was time to buy it. A tatty issue but fine for me. I will print off a cover for it (perhaps)

Yes, I have one of the MMW but that is that, I have always generally gone for the epics or omnis. I have a number of the Kulls and all of the Astonishing but I am getting most of the Ka-Zar set afterwards. Still trying to get all the Red Sonja and Creatures on the Loose and so on. Years ago, probably had the whole runs of them ... I love the Savage Tales ones, got all of those in either omnis or actual issues. Often aim to complete the series but often there are some expensive single issues such as in 2001 etc making that hard to complete

Yes, Ka-Zar the Savage, if that is the same one. A set of comics that came out a lot later than the Astonishing ones They have yet, unless it was a sneaked in release, to release a collection of the X-Men / Daredevil / Spidey / Astonishing / Lord of the Hidden Jungle set of omnis or epics. They have released a few marvel masterworks but generally I don't collect those.

No, I had a look at it and some good stories, some I didn't particularly want. I have a lot of DC finest on order at the moment so slowing down on omnis

thank you, it was a good comic mart

I think I am the same with many of my subs, too many videos coming out and I suppose they can only shows so many. Personally I wish YT would be more like the Netflix approach and declutter the page and just show tons and tons of the thumbnails only so I would be able to see more thumbnails per page or so

I don't think I saw Empire that often. I did see Star Wars about 10 times on release, I think that is the record for me for any film. It was reasonably priced to pop down to see a film at the cinema in the 70s. Now I would just re-watch it on bluray or 4K

thank you, glad you enjoyed the videos

Yes, I have picked up many reasonably priced Quality Comics such as Hit comics etc. Certainly a lot more affordable than any Timely title.

thank you

Yes, probably not a book for everyone but I still thought an impressive book and one I am glad to have picked up, and a Xmas present of the book would have been good as well. I must have got the Calendars that way as well, though perhaps I bought them in Dark They Were ?

Got a lot of things related to comics and SF etc for Xmas. Last week picked up a couple of old price guides, got a few of things - no real use but they are fascinating to look at and a snapshot of the prices back in the 70s (well, in the states anyway). I generally don't buy the calendars now but the backlight (blacklight ?) one looked great and also I love the Vallejo one. Probably never use it as a calendar as I just use my phone. I was also very careful about the comics purchased but I would often pick up 20+ comics a month easily with my pocket money, got most of the comics available in my local shops.

I have read a few over the years

I would have hoped for a few of those also, the Saint surely ? Still, great to see.

thank you

that is good, glad the video was of use !

Yes, I always liked Elke Sommer as well, she was in some very enjoyable films.

I do as well, I am watching one at the moment and they are slow ... weirdly it was not featured in the book (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, actually quite watchable but I love Jane Austen and Zombies). The fast zombies in Dawn Of the Dead remake, just way too fast. We would not have a chance and much the same in other films with fast ones (Train to Busan etc)

There were a lot of great covers in the UK mags, I would love to see a proper book collection of all the best UK marvels, certainly the ones that never matched any S ones. I really like the UK mags, they are a bigger size than the US ones and also in B&W, the line work is often excellent

I have. few of them, that is why I went for the collection - love them

I have two of them so far, won't get them all as I have some in other formats but overall I have been impressed. Only one minor issue for me and that will be mentioned in the review is that the paper has a tendency to wave and the cover has a slight curl, never see this on the Marvel ones.

certainly is

I still love Harvey comics ... but I loved that Marvel Treasury, that was just amazing to a 12 year old kid and I re-read that mag to death

possible ...

No idea, probably a mix, they are all different - you can find many examples of their work on google images. I agree, most of the books are out of print but that happens nearly as soon as they are released.

I guess that material doesn't exist or is in private hands who have yet to share it. A pity but that is the way it is. I like the set of original pages in this book, I would love to see the Medusa one as well as, of course, any Ditko

No, obviously not ... I think you can see I am not one for showing all of the book

@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews Understand. Maybe you can show just a little bit more? It would help me know if I want to get it or not.

I like those sort of clippings books / mags as well, haven't seen any new releases of late though - I hope they continue with the series at some point.

Yes, that is also a great benefit with collections like the omnis and epics, all the other material that is often forgotten about or rarely reprinted. I will be buying many of the DC finests, other than ones where I have the omnis and I suspect I will never see a plastic man omni any day soon. I have a number of them pre-ordered, will be adding to that as announcements are released

It is an excellent book, better than the vol 1 marvel masterwork (but that is still an enjoyable book as well)

Hope you get a copy easily enough, being a UK based book - Greetings from the UK !

I already have it and I love it! ​@@AndrewBuckleBookReviews