I Received a Surprise Comic Collection from the Across the Country! What was in it?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- My sister decided to surprise me for my birthday by buying a collection of 130 comic books on Facebook with little comic knowledge to go on… oh, and she bought it on the other side of the country!
See how she delivered the collection to me, and exactly what comics were in there, as I go through them for the first time in this video!
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - Getting the Collection
07:43 - 80s Cartoons, Movies, and Miscellaneous
14:25 - Western Comics
15:47 - War Comics
18:45 - Marvel Comics
22:15 - DC Comics
26:43 - Phoenix the Untold Story
28:39 - Iron Fist
29:10 - First Bloodsport
29:44 - Vault of Evil
30:04 - Swamp Thing
30:26 - Man Thing 1
31:09 - Ms. Marvel 1
32:36 - Booster Gold 1
34:15 - Final Thoughts
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You have an Omega Level sister...on par with that Dark Phoenix Saga...next time she should make more than a hand cameo in the video. Thanks for the Irish Twin content.
Haha, the original plan was she was going to be in this video with me but we just ran out of time. Maybe next time!
CONGRATULATIONS! $80 for about $200-$300 worth of FANTASTIC books. Right on!
Defenders of the earth was a pretty cool cartoon.
A couple things that I noticed as you went over the books: one you had a lot of 80s new stand versions. Some of those are worth quite a bit of money. Two you had a lot of the marvel star logo books, those Starbucks, or geared towards children and got beat up, and because of that they have a lot of value. I have an entire short box full of the Starbucks from Chuck Norris to care Bears to Muppet babies to ThunderCats etc.. It may be worthwhile to try to get complete sets and sell them. Either way your sister gave you a beautiful gift. I think you need to take her out to dinner.
Your sister is an absolute angel for buying that collection for you. You obviously are painfully aware. Great video.
This was your best find. Nice varied collection. Those star comics could be valuable because of the rarity. I know the strawberry shortcake went for $50-$100 to people that collect the toy.
What a great sister. And that's what I call a collection with a lot of variety.
Blade Runner is definitely one of the greatest SF movies ever made. It's so good that it was one of the texts students in the English Extension course studied for their final exams here in New South Wales, Australia (one of my favourite texts to teach too). And yes, 2001: A Space Odyssey was also a text I taught.
Any 10 cent Dells will only increase in value.
The first 12 issues of The 'Nam have beautiful Michael Golden art.
Man From Atlantis is based on a 1970s tv series.
The original Ka-Zar is from the Golden Age pulps, Marvel began using him in the 1960s and eventually introduced the Hidden Land (like Burroughs' Pellucidar at the centre of the Earth) with dinosaurs and Neanderthals and such.
I am a HUGE Ambush Bug fan - think of a drier, more sarcastic version of Marvel's Impossible Man and you start approaching what Ambush Bug is like. Very funny and innovative, and the stories often mocked the comics industry and DC itself.
I just wanted to say that you and your videos are one of the reasons why I got back into comic book collecting after 6 years! I used to collect comics when I was in my early teens and now that I am a young adult I just got back into collecting again. So big big thank you for reviving my love for comic books after all that time. Keep up the great content ! Greetings from Germany !! :)
Wow that makes me feel great! I’m very happy to have played even a small part in rekindling your love of comic books. That is one of the great things about this hobby, it can connect people from other places (and other continents) with a shared love for great art, characters, and storytelling that makes us all feel like kids again. Thanks for the great comment!
I really like these off-beat comics! It’s a nice change from the standard superhero.
Robo Hunter is a British comic character in the 2000AD comic, if you haven’t heard of it check it out, great sci fi book. Looks like the British comic Eagle must have had a US imprint and released a few 2000AD characters I think Eagle and 2000AD must have been owned by the same publisher. Really enjoying you videos in the UK! Btw Defenders of the Earth had a great intro 😂
Night Force was a cool series with Gene Colan artwork!
You have a wonderful sister!! ❤️ I will be in the minority, but my favorite comic would be the Sledehammer #1. I loved that quirky little comedy!
Yes Yes Yes on Sergeant Rock!
WOW! You have a lot of keys in that stack of books of yours. Right on right on right on!
Fun to see siblings get along in support of a comic book hobby!!!
You have an amazing sister there. Great haul for just $80 bucks.
New life goals = getting a suitcase of comics. Haha!
Bruce Campbell just released a 6 issue of Sgt Rock vs The Army Of The Dead. Really good series. What an awesome gift from your sister! Some really cool issues in that set.
Great job Mike’s sister! Great collection. Love Ms Marvel #1 and that booster gold is always a great key.
I just let her know you said so!
@@lunchmoneycomics I anticipate her response to be “who?”
@@AlextheComicHoarder she’ll look you up, she’s pretty into comics right now, you’ll probably get a new sub!
@@lunchmoneycomics let’s go!!! Thanks brother. Family subs count and are a big deal!
Booster Gold used to be a dollar bin book. Speculators have made it rise over the last decade or so.
Hi Mike,
what a great video and an even greater story behind it.
It is so great that your family supports your hobby. I am so lucky that my wife understands my passion for comics and does not make fun of it. I get comic books from my wife every opportunity she gets (birthday, anniversay, christmas or the soon to be easter hollydays). What your sister did was absolutely great. Buying you a great lot of books and bringing them to your home.
You got the kind of sister every boy wishes for.
Mike, I've been looking for that Phoenix issue in the wild for a long time, I've never come across it. Good find. Awesome story. Actually been re-reading Classic X-Men for the extra content and new art they put in. Love those "behind the scenes" mini stories Claremont wrote for that title. I'm surprised Marvel hasn't done that since....I'd read a "Classic Avengers." 🤔
Yeah seriously, those mini stories were the best part, great insight from those who worked in these books!
I guess you are a couple of your younger than me, so that explains how you never saw Sledge Hammer. That show was awesome. Kind of in the vein of Police Squad. So many amazing books here! Sgt. Rock is a really great series, and G.I. Combat was a cool war anthology book. You definitely have to read The Haunted Tank. Boris Karloff,old horror books, The Dark Crystal, Blade Runner...so many cool books. I wouldn't know where to start. You have an awesome sister, sir!
I will always buy those strange movie and TV first issue. Don’t know why, but I love them.
Looks like a great spec lot! For that price you paid and the condition for most of the books in the set it looks like you did well. You never know what number 1 book will get hot in the future. Finding gems in the wild is not as easy as it used to be. Tell your sister “We’ll done!” Hunting must be in the family!😂
What a fun, weird and random collection. Give your sister a big hug, everytime you meet.
I always do!
If you like war comics that feature airplanes, you might want to check out Aces High. (The EC comic from the mid 50s, not the restarant from the Wild Cards books.) This was part of EC's New Direction, comics that could get the Comics Code seal of approval. It only lasted 5 issues, with each issue featuring a cover drawn by George Evans. The original have some book value, but there are reprints.
The Smurfs are comic book characters. The Hanna Barbara show adapted from the Franco-Belgian comics. They first appeared in Johan and Peewitt in 1958, they got their own series in 1959. The tv series are from the start of the 80's.
New Smurfs comics are still made by Studios Peyo. Peyo was the creator of the Smurfs.
Shade the Changing Man…drawn by Ditko and brought back in the Vertigo line.
The old Star Comics can be valuable.
Care bears #1 500-1,000 high grade
Strawberry shortcake -20.00
Smurfs- 125.00 I'm a 9.6
I recently bought and read OMAC issue one. The woman in the box is a Build-A-Friend robot. It is much like Blade Runner in regards to cyborgs, clones, etc. It was an interesting read.
I did flip it open to see what was up, yeah robots… still super weird lol
Kirby was ahead of the pack! So much of his OMAC (which Byrne followed through with) predicted iPods and stuff
As a kid growing up here on the West Coast California by the Oregon border in the Redwoods I have had many of copies of those Smokey the bear books. From early 70s on up different copies. And it is still a good read for children and adults alike.
Atlas and omac is Kirby greatness. I’ve been trying to get an omac 1 for awhile so your lucky with that. And the shade the changing man is only 8 issues and it’s written and drawn by DITKO. AND ITS AWESOME.
Nice books, and that was an awesome thing for your sister to do.
Great little collection mike nice to have a sister helping you out finding books 👍
The OMEC and Koala cover are definitely two of the weirdest covers I have ever seen lol! Really awesome of your sister and great cliff notes on a lot of books. Gotta be happy when you can pick up any Man-Thing books. Dark Crystal and Labryinth were on constant rotation at my house as a kid, such amazing movies especially for their time! Awesome stuff per usual Mike!
First issues used to be a big thing for collectors, so the collection makes sense for someone collecting back in the day. Probably pulled most of these from the dollar bin.
You are correct about Atlas and OMAC, Cool 70s Kirby.
Great video, looks of comics I've never seen.
There was a recent interview with Jim Shooter on the "Bronze and Modern Gods" channel. He tells the Dark Phoenix story how he remembers it, well worth a listen. 😊
Cool loot!
Man of Atlantis was a TV show featuring Patrick Duffy as the main character.
That was very nice of your sister to send them with her across country ended up getting a great collection congrats
JP is going to be upset, he’s trying to get that booster gold Comic up!
Dude!!! So much awesome! Really love those A-Team books! Been a fan of that show since I was a kid! 🙌🏻
What fun! Loved seeing the some of the older cartoon comics. A little something for everyone.
Loved the haunted tank. My fave war comic growing up.
Wow - what a great story and a fantastic pick up! It looks like a box straight out of my collection - I love gimmick comics and giveaways! Great job sis!!
Sgt.rock is what got me into comics joe kubert was the man. Every con I go to there is always one person looking for any title of star comics. War comics were the only thing DC kicked marvels but in.
As a 70's and 80's kid , this is a very nostalgic collection. You should read The Nam'. It was my favorite war book from the 80's. The art and story is incredible and was written by a Vietnam vet. Do you do trades? I'm really interested in one of your Smurf #1's and your Conan comics.
That was a steal for 80 bucks 👍☕ that man thing issue was clean
I find the cartoon comics very interesting and I absolutely love the Dark Crystal comics. I liked the original movie and the Netflix series
Bro you killed that haul for sure, good job.
Great episode! You have a wonderful sister and that was an amazing deal for $80. Very nice of you give some extra cash for those books! Those Marvel Star Comics are very interesting - they're pretty tough to locate in nice shape, and although there aren't as many collectors for those, they do command a premium compared to other Marvel books of that time because they are so tough. Another commenter mentioned that a lot of those books are newsstand versions (you can tell by the barcode at the bottom left corner). They can also command a premium, but usually only for key books. Run filler issues won't command much more. Enemy Ace is also a favouirte character of mine, and I actually created a tribute video for the character on my own youtube channel (if I can shamelessly plug it here). Keep up the great work!
Dark Crystal was a mainstay in my family for YEARS and I've tried to pass it on to my kids, but they aren't into it! LOL. That would be my favorite of what you picked up though. And your sister's a sweetheart for doing that. I'm just north of Seattle so... not too far from her!
That’s funny! Luckily my kids enjoyed it though it was definitely scarier to them than I remembered it!
This is a great video!! Having a sister like that is amazing!! LMC going cross country lol!
Heck yeah good haul! The Smurfs was my jam I first watched it as a kid in Germany in German!
OMAC was a wild series!
Someone was specking hard on Smurfs 1 😂. I love the eighties books and odd ball books in general. I have Captain Planet #1 and Chip and Dale #1.
I agree with you about Boris Karloff (Charlton). I received some issues of that and one issue in particular still haunts me 50 years later..
Those Doom Partrol books are the REBIRTH of the Doom Patrol in the Bronze Age. I just bought a Silver Age Omnibus. I had to learn what is what. Old books were 12 cents and may have gone to 15 cents. They literally KILLED the group off to end the book. A short revival was attempeted for THREE ISSUES, all 20 cents and I guess the book didn't take off again, so it was forgotten about until those Bronze Age books. I think the title "Doom Patrol" is cooler than the actual early characters who seem to be "dumb" after reading four issues. The girl can become gigantic or small. One person has a black phantom living inside of them. Another character is only a human brain, in a robot body. The early stuff seemed pretty dumb. The group has their own Professor Xavier sort of wheel chair bound person. I think these "mutants" inspired Marvel to create the X Men. I also bought the first two X Men Omnibuses. I have literally only read ONE old X-Men book with Sunfire in it. I liked it though.
I pity the fool who don’t like that A-Team book.
The dark crystal!!! Awesome comic!!!
Good afternoon Michael
What a wonderful eclectic collection, what a great video, I watched it a couple of times to catch all the comics.
Blade runner, what a great comic to have, based on the novel by Philip K Dick, a very very influential Science Fiction writer, never given his due, but I am sure admired greatly by many of the Silver/Bronze and copper age creators. Much as Ray Bradbury influenced the silver age!
I first saw 2001 a Space Odyssey just after its release in a little theatre in my little M.O.N town here in Oz. And it was fantastic!
Jack Kirby features well in your collection. He had many great little series, and I am sure he was a Philip K Dick fan.
The defenders of the Earth, was a hot little book back early millennium, many because of the Phantom. A character most Australians born before the millennium would recognise.
So enough blather. Keep up the great work
The Goldkeyfourcolorkidunda!
Thanks for the great comment! You’re right, Kirby was very well represented in this collection, and it was great for me because I wasn’t familiar with a lot of his DC characters. You learn so much more getting these “box of chocolate” collections than just collecting what you are used to. Great gift from the sis!
I also had all the Defenders toys! The Phantom Flash Gordon! 80's galore! hahaa
Defenders of the Earth was actually quite a popular cartoon in the 80's starring quite a few pulp comic characters teaming up, like The Phantom and Flash Gordon. My fave comics are the movie tie-in ones Blade Runner and Dark Crystal but obviously the stand out has to be Ms Marvel #1. My most recent best find was Spider-Woman #20 with first meeting with Spidey.
One of my favourite podcasts, The Weekly Planet, now uses the “defenders of the earth” audio clip from the opening in their own intro now.
Sgt rock was an awesome comic. And if I remember correctly the losers was a Kirby book.
great to see Prez 1 which was a great comic - recently revived with a female lead - one of my favourite dis of recent years. Night force another great series
That is brilliant quirky collection to receive! Love all the movie stuff. Let out a OOOH! when the Blade Runner issue popped up in your opening vid clip. Such a cool get, and you got TWO! As is the 2001 no 1. Think they both have a bit of value as they never can be collected / reprinted because of rights issues. Bizarrely I had just finished reading THE NAM issue 1 five minutes before clicking on this video. It's really strong with amazing art by Michael Golden. And that Further Adventures of Indy is drawn by your fav, John Byrne. OMAC no 1!! I'm not really a Jack Kirby fan but that is very cool culty issue. So many random cool issues in here, I'd be very happy to find: Phoenix Untold Story; the first appearance of Bloodsport, one the harder to find, more expensive issues of JB's Superman run, nice! Such a great and surprising haul for 80bucks.
Seriously, what a great wacky collection, it was like a giant box of chocolates going through them!
I loved The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones! Just added the series to my wish list.
Loved seeing the 80s books. I loved Indiana Jones. Also loved the Charlton and Whitman horror. Totally takes me back to my childhood. 😊
Great finds and incredible comics 👍🔥👍❤ Love the video LMC 👍❤👍 Big Ups from the rainforest in Australia mate 🤘🔥🤘
Since I am now becoming old, (60), I can offer this up. There used to be an outdoor play called "The Cross and the Sword", which was held down in St Augustine, FL. All I remember is a lonely road in St Augustine, oak trees and an outdoor theater. It was near the ocean. I remember sand dunes and probably some torches. For a very young boy it was scary, intimidating. I have so little memory of it that it is like a dream. I think, without looking it up, that it must have had something to do with Spanish explorers and Christianity. Maybe Native Americans were involved too. This would have been in the late 60's or the early 70's. Back then Florida was still very undeveloped. Since then the world has added about 4 BILLION people. So there are ONLY about twice as many people now on the planet. No big deal, right? And life is so much better now. We can click a mouse and get food delivered, comic books, all kinds of stuff. What sucks is that to have a growing economy we must CONTINUE to make MORE people. To stop making people leads to leaner economics, fewer jobs, less money for the billionaire who literally want to bring the US population up to around a billion to raise the GDP, or Gross Domestic Product. Immigration has LITTLE to do with compassion for the brown folks coming in. It is about economic servitude or cheap labor. Why move a company to Mexico. Move mexico to the US. Keep the wages LOW for every American worker.
Really nice haul, especially those war comics which I'm a big fan of. The 'Nam is an extremely underrated series which I would love see fully collected someday. The concept initially is to tell stories in the Vietnam War in sequential order, so between each issue a month passes in story time. This concept was eventually abandoned a few years into it, but was still interesting to read. Issue 15 is one of my all-time favorite single comics.
I agree, the art in the Nam is really extraordinary!
I am I for the Superman books and Booster Gold. After reading a some more modern takes on the Booster Gold character, I have been trying to find an inexpensive quality book for years, but he’s been the subject of speculation for more than a decade now. I think he used to be in the $2 bins.
That's a great lot of comics. Congrats! Also, that Rawhide Kid #1 has a John Byrne cover. I recently bought one for that very reason.
Ooh, gutsy. You said that she put it in the overhead bin? But the footage of the suitcase being opened shows a bag tag on the handle, indicating that (gulp) it might have been checked(!). Glad it reached you safely!! 😊
And yes, I watched Sledge Hammer as a kid, and I loved it. It was a screwball comedy based on the "tough guy" cop movies back then, and it totally meshed with my childhood sense of humor.
I just confirmed with her… you are right! I never confirmed with her before but the original intent was that she’s fly with it under her seat but they ended up having to check it due to weight! Great observation skills!
Sgt Rock was THE MAN. He was with Easy Company. Great, Great, Great. The Best of the war heros. He started in Our Army at War. He did crossovers with Batman. I have a Batman and Sgt Rock book. I think Sgt Rock was shot on the cover. I think it was in The Brave and The Bold. The think the artist was named Kubrik.
EDIT: Joe Kubert
artist Joe Kubert
Sgt. Franklin John Rock and his Easy Company became a mainstay of DC's popular war comics. Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, Sgt. Rock was soldier of almost preternatural ability and grit, battling Nazis across Europe and Northern Africa during World War II.
Kubert was a GREAT artist. GREAT!!!! I ordered two dvds of (scanned) "Our Army At War" and "Sgt Rock" books. It got lost in the mail from the UK. The dvds are bootleg you know. You can buy lots of dvds, flash drives or even digital downloads of books that are not yet "public domain" but they say they are. Somehow they sell this stuff. Me, I'd go to jail if I tried to do that.
You will love Haunted Tank, I just scored the first appearance from the late 60's. The Tank Commander sees and takes advice from a confederate General that rides a horse. :)
The Shades are Steve Ditko which makes them cool. a bit of value in grade, but not sought after.
Sledgehammer lol I have that, it was a 2 book run...I’m still on the hunt for #2
Defenders of the earth was the team whit flash Gordon, the fantom , lothar, Mandrake a awsome team like space avengers :) in Sweden they were a Big deal :)
Wow! This is a great haul for $80!
Great video. I owned a comic store for yrs and never got a Smurf #1. If you sell, please let me buy a copy. Looked for years. Lol
😂 what a coincidence, I have that RadioShack electronics comic book too LOL
I am a huge sucker for a cartoon comics adaptation. I have all of them in my pc, all in high grade condition.
Blade runner is my favorite film of all time. I regret not getting the first issue when i found it a my lcs. 😔
I just picked up the Phoenix The Untold Story last week. Love the wraparound cover and the content inside. I had it as a kid and it was part of my collection stolen by some neighborhood kids back in the day.
The same thing happened to me on my Booster Gold number one. I won it on a giveaway and the next day they announced it LOL
my manthing!! I have a cross and switchblade too!!! Up in Canada!
If you watch the series Stargirl, I think either late in the first season or early in the second season, they did a wide shot of the “Main Street” and on the theater marquee was The Haunted Tank. I think it’s tied in with Sgt Rock and The Losers. The Losers have one issue that is part of the 1985 Crisis that I keep trying to find (digitally). Just found your channel and sub’d. I only purchase digital comics due to money and space but I love watching comic book finds. Great channel. Love your enthusiasm and excitement when you make those special finds.
Thanks so much for subbing and for the great comment!
Nice Pick up! That Master of Kung Fu is a near miss too #17 was his first ongoing title issue 😊
Love The A Team!!!
Great video. Your sister must be awesome. I recently acquired that Dark Crystal.. the Man from Atlantis is 80' s TV series. Starring Patrick Duffy. I also just acquired issues 2, 3 and 4.
I had to check the comments to see if anyone else remembered the Duffy series. Lol Very short lived! Duffy went on Carson poking fun at the series… I remember him holding up a still and him saying how he would shade in the webbing between his fingers because he apparently had a ton of publicity photos from the failed series.
The Sgt Rock vs The Army of the Dead miniseries just ended. Check it out!
Great books you got. What a great sister getting you all those books. I do have to disagree with you on one thing: yes, the James Gunn The Suicide Squad is the better movie, but I'm a fan of the first Suicide Squad movie & holds a special place in my heart.
Tarzan must have been public domain since both Marvel and DC used him and probably didn't make too much money off of the character.
At this point I am not even sure if Prince Namor is a villian or a hero. In the Golden age Human Torch volume that I read, Namor was a hero back in the day fighting Nazis. He was resurrected in early Fantastic Four books too. Literally brought into the Silver Age. The "new" human torch, (REALLY), burns a beard off of Namor's face and pulls his hat off, like the hat taken off of Spock on Star Trek and there's those damned pointy ears. There is a LOT of borrowing of ideas, rebirths of characters. Plastic Man and Mr Fantastic. Superman and Captain Marvel. The Swamp Thing and The Man Thing. Two Tarzans. It's a LOT to try to keep up with.
The movie 2001:A Space Odyssey was just too artsy fartsy for me! Blade Runner tells a more "down to earth" sci-fi story!!
The last issues were worth the wait! My favorite was the Silver Age Superman! Your channel is one of my favorites! I saw other channels doing their top 5-comics so cool!🎉
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed!
I am also here for the Silver Supes. I also like the Booster Gold after watching some animated series content.
Smurfs #1 ! Nice vibes in this video and excellent score!
you got a great sister!
Those Smurf #1 FMV as of February 2024 is $150 for a 9.6!
Haha mine weren’t that nice but still very cool