Tell the group what you like to read & collect, new comics and back issues. Here’s mine:
New Comics:
I buy/read 100 different comics series each month. 30-35 of those are Marvel/DC with the balance being “indies” from Image, Dark Horse, BOOM!, IDW, and lots of other smaller publishers.
Back Issues:
I’m working on completing Marvel superhero books from the beginning to somewhere in the early 2000s.
I only have a few to go:
FF #4, Hulk #1 & 2, JiM #83, ToS #39, TTA #27
I’m also filling in DC back to the beginning of the Silver Age. I need quite a bit more than Marvel, but I’m within a couple hundred.
I also love finding indie/creator-owned/underground comics I don’t have from the 70s/80s/90s
I’m an easy touch for almost anything I don’t have or have never seen.
Wow, 100 different comics series each month!!!? That sounds heavenly (and expensive lol)
For me, I’m enjoying reading random Marvel issues with the Marvel Unlimited digital subscription.
In terms of collecting, I am currently collecting Spawn and Something is Killing the Children. Only need 6 more issues to complete my entire Spawn series collection and need about 12 more issues to complete the SIKTC series. I’m having a blast but my wallet is aching a bit haha
Right place, right time for me. When I was younger & not making a lot comics were MUCH cheaper.
Now I make a good salary so spending a couple hundred $ a month isn’t a problem (though i do get 35% discount off cover price).
I don’t read/collect comics. However, I do read/collect manga.
But what I really use the Comic app for is my collection of magazines. I find Comic works best because it works well with serial publications (vs. Books). I have to manually enter all my stuff, and don’t sync anything with core, but that’s what I do.
I only got back into comics close to 2 years ago after a decades long absence. Didn’t jump right in on new titles, but I right now, here’s what I am reading: MARVEL
I’m really digging the Energon Universe stuff from Image right now, and the Beneath the Trees is properly twisted, which is not usually my jam, but I’m digging it.
DD and Iron Man are testing me, and I may drop them soon. ASM is out of loyalty, period, because it has been frustrating so far.
After that, I’m trying to complete some Bronze & Copper Age runs this year…all Marvel.
I’m collecting spawn too. I’ve got about 75 of the issues along with all of the scorched issues and some king spawn and gunslinger spawn mixed in. I know I’ve got a long way to go but I’ll get them all eventually.
I’m a lifetime Spider-Man fan too…it has run hot & Cold over the years, and in a downswing for me too, i was not a fan of the “MJ marries some random dude” storyline, and the Rek-Rap character sets my teeth on edge, but I’m sure there are other fans who love him.
I agree with you that Beneath the trees is pretty awesome.
I love Stokoe too!
Collecting UK comic series is fun and a bit challenging in the US, you don’t see them very often.
I have a few different UK series but nothing approaching a complete run.
I mostly collect & read old Superman, Batman, Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spawn, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, Wolverine, Witchblade, The Darkness, Gen13, Transformers, & more. Haven’t purchased many newer comics in a while, save for the Batman/Spawn issues, the few recent DC anniversaries (Death & Return of Superman) & a handful of variants I’ve liked. I mostly stick to backissues at the moment.
What do you consider “old” for Superman, Batman, or Spider-Man? You name a bunch of 80s/90s stuff. So im wondering if all your vsck issues are that era or if there’s a variation by series.
Seems like that might vary by person.
I don’t do Golden Age much. So my old Superman/Batman are late 50s and early 60s.
My wife reads a lot of manga so we started using the CLZ Comics app just do she could have a convenient way to find out what volumes of every series she has (we had a problem with buying duplicate copies before)
I LOVE Knights of the Dinner Table!
I’ve been reading them since they were in Shadis magazine and have every issue of the comic.
I got these a number of years ago:
For a Modern age series, Spawn can get quite pricey already… especially some of the first 100. But you can find the issues easier then lets say some silver or golden age…
Hi there,
thought I jump in as well on this conversation . I collect around 20+ years now and the titles change a bit as well does the budget, but some I got stuck with
My current monthly pull and collect list:
Action Comics
Amazing Spider-Man (even so i really dislike Jr. Jr. Art)
