Big score........

[anarky]

Curiously, #3 is the only issue of Omega Men I own.

[Tom Foolery]

Curiously, #3 is the only issue of Omega Men I own.

He doesn’t resemble what we think of as ‘Lobo’ in that at all. I was trying to find a list of his appearances in chronological order to see if the transformation was gradual, or if Giffen just took a little used c-lister and abruptly reinvented him. Like, was Lobo a popular character, or did Giffen just make him popular?

EDIT. He wallowed for for a few years as a forgettable villain before Giffen reimagined him in Justice League International as a bounty hunter in 1988. He then became a regular fixture in L.E.G.I.O.N. before getting his own books. He was meant as an indictment of The Punisher, but that backfired because fans loved his absurd excessism.

[anarky]

I don't have most of the appearances in between, but Giffen did originally create Lobo. Not sure if what he became was always in Giffen's mind or what, though.

[Tom Foolery]

While looking at issues I’m missing on cbrealm, I’ll occasionally click on the ebay link to see if the prices cbrealm has listed jives with what the books are actually selling for. I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter. I found an ebay guy offering 30 and 31 for $15 together so I bought them. Which just leaves issue 40 for a complete run of that series.

I also found a full run of Far Sector, the GL series featuring Jo Mullein. All 12 issues for $36, which is basically cover price. They haven’t arrived yet though.

[Diabolical]

I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter.

sounds like a couple of hidden gems.

[Tom Foolery]

I’m missing three issues from the Nu52 Justice League run. 30 and 31 are the first appearance of Jessica Cruz as the newest Green Lantern, and 40 is the first appearance of Grail, Darkseid’s daughter.

sounds like a couple of hidden gems.

Maybe. But I knew they more expensive books. I paid more than I normally would for them, just not what they’re ‘worth’. I feel like a lot of recent DC books get pumped up by speculators when the character’s “impact” in the comics doesn’t warrant/justify the value increase of the book. Like, what has Punchline done that make her first appearances worth more? Same with Grail. I didn’t even know she existed until I was looking at why 40 is more expensive.

[Tom Foolery]

Another Mall show today. Only found 33 books for $36. Some were $2, but they were offset by finding others that were 15 for $10, so I just lumped it all together and paid just slightly over $1 apiece.
Here’s what I got.

Bombshells 7-9, 13, 14 and Bombshells:United 5-7, 14. Still missing about a dozen issues from each series.
Deadpool Family. Oneshot from 2011.
Deadpool:Merc with a Mouth 1. This entire mini series is fairly expensive, so I was surprised to find this for $2. The cover isn’t pristine, but it’s not egregiously beat up either.
GIJoe 1. The die-cut Variant cover of the Skybound series n
Grendel Tales:Devil May Care 1-6. I only needed three of these, but the guy has them bundled as a set, so I just bought the set.
Guardians of the Galaxy 4, 5, 17, 19. From the DisneyXD animated tie-in comic. I don’t have these on my list, so I’ll have to figure out how many issues there were and how many are left.
I Am Groot 2. Still need 1 and 3.
Hellblazer 79.
Justice League America 1. Hawaii variant cover. 23 to go.
Marvel Super Heroes 14* This wasn’t expressly numbered issue 14. It was ‘Summer 1993’ but it was the last issue I needed for a full run. FINISHED!
Paper Girls 7, 12.
Star Wars:Storms of Crait oneshot.
Star Wars:Bounty Hunters 13.
Truth & Justice 3.

Since I didn’t spend that much, I was gonna try and find some higher end books I’ve been missing, but I just didn’t feel like it.

There’s an Alan show in April, then FCBD in May, and then another Mall show in June.

[Tom Foolery]

Because I have adhd and couldn’t possibly, reasonably be expected to wait until the 25th of April in two weeks to search for back issues at Alan’s show. I went to two different LCS and dropped $40 on $2 at each shop. Thats 40 books for $80 for you math aficionados out there.

The first shop, Have Fun Collectibles.

Aquaman 1. The last issue I was missing from the Rebirth run. I already had a 2nd print or a variant of it, but had it marked as still needing the main cover. Also, most of the last half of the series I have are the variant covers. But otherwise, FINISHED.

Batman 434, 435. The 2nd and 3rd chapters of John Byrne and Jim Aparo’s ‘Many Deaths of the Batman’ arc. Which were the first Batman issues I bought when I started collecting Batman back in ‘89. I already have them, obviously, but wanted to reread it. The first chapter has only a single word balloon in it with two words; “Get out.” so I can safely skip the first chapter and get the gist of the arc.

All Star Batman 1. The main cover of the Rebirth title. Finished the series.
FCBD The Boys:Herogasm 1. Since I doubt I’ll find a regular copy of this HTF issue for cheap, at least I can read the rest of the series now.
Injustice:Ground Zero 1-3, 5. Most of a miniseries I didn’t know existed. It’s the “origin” of the universe. In other words, the events leading up to the first issue of the original series and game.
KnightTerrors:Zatanna 1.
Marvel Milestone Edition:Avengers 1. Reprint of the first Avengers. (Duh)
MME:Tales of Suspense 39. Reprint of the first Iron Man.
MME:Iron Man 55. Reprint of the first Thanos.
Rocketeer Adventure Magazine 2. From the original Comico series. Damn. Gorgeous cover.
Silver Age Classics:Adventure Comics 247. Reprint of the first Legion of SuperHeroes.
SAC:Brave and Bold 28. Reprint of the first Justice League of America.
SAC:Green Lantern 76. Reprint of the classic GL/GA hard travelin’ heroes team up by O’Neil and Adams.
SAC:Showcase 4. Reprint of the first Flash.
Witchblade 166.
Tales of the Witchblade 7. I was missing three issues. This one turned out to be signed with a COA, but that’s not why I bought it. Just need issues 1 and 9 now.

The second shop, In This Issue comics

Blue Beetle 8, 9. The two issues I was missing from the series I just read last week. Finished.
Capt Marvel:Dark Tempest 5. The issue I was missing from the series I read last month. Finished.
Cyborg 5. The issue I was missing from the Dawn of DC mini. Finished.
Dark Knights of Steel 9. Still need issue 5.
DC’s Lex and the City. Giant $10 anthology oneshot.
DC’s Legion of Bloom. Another $10 oneshot.
DC’s I Know What You Did Last Crisis. Another $10 oneshot.
DC’s Kal-El fornia Love. Another $10 oneshot.
Action Comics 1055, 1061. I’m only missing seven from this ‘gap’ in my Action run.
Superman 6, 7, 9, 13, 16. Only three more issues from the current run to find.
Wonder Woman 1. From the current run. I had the variant cover.
Yondu 5. Finished the mini.

That should tide me over for a couple weeks until the next show.

[Tom Foolery]

DC’s Lex and the City. Giant $10 anthology oneshot.
DC’s Legion of Bloom. Another $10 oneshot.
DC’s I Know What You Did Last Crisis. Another $10 oneshot.
DC’s Kal-El fornia Love. Another $10 oneshot.

I started looking to see how many of these $10 oneshots they’ve put out over the years. Turns out there’s been quite a few. The DC Fandom wiki had a category for them, with 62 listed. But many of those were older 80-page Giants from the late 90s/early 2000s.
This new ‘series’ started in 2018 and they put out 4-5(or more) a year, usually themed around a holiday like Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc. The wiki list didn’t have several of the ones I had purchased, so I had to go into a year-by-year list of oneshots DC publishes. I started in 2018 and worked my way forward. I could immediately disregard certain oneshots that I knew were event tie-ins, or Fascimile reprints, or YA themed books. But the rest, I’d click on to verify if it was a $10 anthology that met my criteria and wrote them all down. Then I deleted the ones I have from my list. I’ve found about a dozen in $1 and $2 boxes over the years, but there’s still 20 more on my list. And who knows if it’s a complete list, but it’s a solid starting point.

There were also many regular oneshots I didn’t have on my list, so I added those as I came across them. If I’m not regularly collecting an ongoing, I’m not paying attention if they release a Flash or Green Lantern oneshot occasionally. And they do. Often.

[Tom Foolery]

Today was Superman Day(or something) and they were giving freebies away at LCSs. I got three free issues, and found about 20 back issues in their $2 boxes. Here’s what I got.

Avengers 37. One of the two main covers I needed when I bought the Alex Ross timeless variants a few years ago. Still need 36.
Lazarus Planet:Revenge of the Gods 3. Finished the mini.
Unstoppable Doom Patrol 3. Just need issue 7 to finish the series.
Green Lantern 1. The main cover. Already had the variant.
Justice League Dark 1. From the ‘18 series.
Justice League vs LoSH 6. Finished the mini.
A half dozen Knight Terrors issues.
Son of Origins of Marvel Comics. $8 reprint collection of a bunch of early Marvel first issues.
Shazam 1. From the Dawn of DC series.
Advs of Superman:Jon Kent 3. Finished the series.
Task Force Z 9, 10. Finished the series.
Titans 1-3. From the current run.
Nubia/Justice League oneshot.

There’s a dealer show next week.

[Tom Foolery]

Dealer show! I haven’t filled up an entire long box at one of Alan’s shows in awhile. But he bought some LCS up in Minnesota’s entire overstock like three days ago, so it was entirely new inventory to go thru. I ended up with 268 books for $110. I can usually smash more into a box, but 99% of it was bagged/boarded, which takes up more space. Anyway, here’s what I got.

ABC A-Z:Tom Strong. One of three oneshots from America’s Best Comics from Alan Moore acting as a history/primer for the character. I have two of the three now.
Adventureman:Family Tree 1(variant) and 2. Still need the third issue from this mini.
Aquaman/Green Arrow:Deep Target 1-5. I only needed issue 1, but I read my notes wrong and got doubles of most of this 7 issue mini. But it’s finished.
Aquaman 2-5. Finished this mini also.
Arkham City: Order of the World 2, 4. Finished the mini, but the last two issues I have are variant covers.
Avengers:Mech Strike 2-4. Still need issue 5.
Since I was close to filling the box, I grabbed several main covers of the previous ongoing Batman run. I had purchased the Variant covers as they were coming out. Now I’m gonna have to sit down and make a list of every main cover I need again.
Batman/Superman 20. I need the variant cover, but I got the main cover just to fill the hole in my run.
I Am Batman 7, 8, 11. Only like three issues left to find.
Batman Beyond 13-16. From the Rebirth series.
Batman: The Knight 3, 5. Finished.
Batman/Santa:Silent Knight 1, 4.
Batman/Shadow 2, 4-6. Finished the mini.
Batman:Beyond the White Knight 7.
Much like Batman, I got several main covers of Detective since I was getting the Variants as they were coming out.
Black Adam 9, 10. Just need issue 11.
Black Hood 3. From a recent 5 issue mini. Still need the rest.
Black Lightning 2-5. Just need issue 6.
Black Manta 4. Finished the mini.
Black Terror 6, 10, 11, 13, 14. A Dynamite series that spin out of Project Superpowers. Missing like two issues now.
Blue and Gold 2, 5. Still need 7 and 8 from the Booster and Beetle team up series.
Blue Devil 7-9, 11, 12, 14. I don’t have any issues from this 80s DC series. Time to correct that.
Capt America Annual 1. The main cover of the Liefeld variant I for some reason bought.
Cave Carson has an Interstellar Eye 5. Finished the mini.
CyberForce 7, 11. Fished the 2011 series.
CyberForce 2-5, 8, 9, 11. Most of an 11 issue 2017 run.
CyberForce:Artifacts oneshot.
Cyborg 1, 20, 23. Finished the Rebirth series.
Dark Crisis:World w/o Green Arrow oneshot.
Dark Knights of Steel:All Winter 6. Finished the mini.
Darkness:Four Horsemen 3.
Darkness:Level 4, 5. Finished the mini.
DC vs Vampires:All Out War 6.
Earth-Prime 3.
EverAfter 7, 9-12. Only three more issue of this Fables spinoff.
All New Executive Assistant Iris 3, 5. Finished the mini.
Executive Assistant Iris 1-5. Completed the next min that I didn’t even have written down yet.
Franklin Richards:April Fool’s Day. Only two more oneshots to find.
Fear Itself:Black Widow oneshot. Finally. Only took like 16 years. Just missing two Deadpool issues to finish the entire FI event.
Flash 777, 779, 780, 782. Slowly filling in my Flash run.
Future State:Gotham 5, 12. Only need issue 18.
Green Arrow 29.
Green Lantern 1, 5. From the ‘22 series.
Green Lantern 16, 18, 20 variant covers, and 20, 22-25 main covers.
Green Lantern Corps 2, and 3, 5 variant covers.
Harley Quinn screws up the DCU 4. I accidentally got two copies.
Hawkman 20, 21, 28, 29 regular covers, and 18, 19, 22, 23 variant covers.
Hellblazer 139, 191.
Imperium 6.
Justice League:Atom Project 2 regular cover, and 5, 6 variants.
Metamorpho 4, 5 regular covers, and 1, 3-6 variants.
Metal Men 4, 12.
Marvel 2 in 1 2. Marvel Adventures reprint book.
Marvel Tales:Squadron Supreme. $8 reprint of their early appearances.
Marvel:Your Universe 5.
Norse Mythology 2, 3, 5. A Dark Horse series by Neil Gaiman and P Craig Russel. I grabbed them to fill out the box.
Nubia and the Amazons 1-5. Just need issue 6.
Outsiders 8. Still missing three issues.
Quantum and Woody 8, 9. From the 2017 run.
Several variant covers from IDW’s ROM series.
ROM/Micronauts 1-4. Still need issue 5.
Secret Service 6. The Mark Millar series that was adapted as Kingsmen movies.
Sentinels 1(var), 3-5. The series I dropped.
Seven Swords 1-4. Another mini I threw in the box to fill it out.
Shazam 2. From the ‘23 mini.
Shazam 4, 5, 7, 11-15. From the most recent ‘24 ongoing.
Star Wars Hyperspace Stories: Bad Batch Rogue Agents 1.
Supergirl:Woman of Tomorrow 3, 4. Surprised I found these in the cheap boxes. Still need 2, and 6 thru 8.
Action Comics 1038.
Superman 32. Variant cover from Bendis’ run. Finished that run. Unless I go back and hunt down the regular covers.
Superman 14, 15. From the current run. Just need issue 10.
Superman’78 4.
Adventures of Superman: Book of El 1, 2.
Teen Titans Academy 10. Just need issue 13.
Tom Strong 35. Finished the series.
Truth and Justice 1, 4-7. Finished this DC anthology series.
Über 8. Except for a oneshot, I finished this series. Too bad the creators never actually finished the storyline. Bummer.
Ultimate X-Men 7, 8, 13, 14. From the recently ended Marvel series that I dropped awhile ago.
Undiscovered Country. Several issues of an Image series I threw in the box.
Unity 11, 17, 19-24. Just need issue 25 to finish this Valiant series from 2015.
Warlock Special Edition 2.
Witchblade 142.
Wonder Girl:Trial of the Amazons 2. Both the regular and variant covers.
Wonder Woman 58 and the variant of 61.


Next week is FCBD, so plenty of shops will be having sales and deals.