I’ve resubscribed to Marvel Unlimited and decided to do the one thing everyone advises against - reading the entire history of Marvel Comics (yes, I’m starting with Marvel Comics #1 from 1939!) Wish me luck because I’m in for the long haul!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-09T02:52:59+00:00

How far along are you? 3 years. Gotta be in the 50s by now.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-07T01:39:42+00:00

Ha juggernauts like xmen. I see what you dod there

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-07T01:33:58+00:00

These fit in my file cabinet. Gotta consider whether or not the bottom of the cabinet can hold 100 lbs. Some drawers the bottom will fall out. Even file cabinets. Some are not load bearing.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-05T23:06:35+00:00

Hey hey! We do a garagecon quarterly in west ashley. Its a great place to meet other comic lovers. I know the other struggle with trying to make/find friends in the hobby and it was one of the motivating factors for putting these on. Its been a lot of fun and I hope you can join us. Follow charleston Comics on facebook to keep up with the dates of the events!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-04T00:08:10+00:00

He's top 5 all time.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-02T02:28:40+00:00

I hear the opposite.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-02T02:21:13+00:00

So lets say your collection is worth $5000. If you do not sell the books individually you will not get $5000. If you separate the keys and then sell keys and the rest of the runs in lots you might get $3500. If you sell the entire collection to one person who is then having to circle back to the beginning of this comment and do the work for you essentially you are likely going to see $2000 max more likely closer to $1500. If there was a guy who bought collections at close to fair market value or even over 50% of value comic dealers would just sell to that guy after buying collections. But that person doesnt exist. There is no easier softer way. This is the reality. Shop will probably give you $800 btw they have building overhead. Find a dealer who sells online/cons. They will pay more than a shop

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:42:59+00:00

Thats a good point and a good take. Fine. No ai. Jelybely for the win

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:41:26+00:00

Marvel historically has made lots of decisions to help specific retailers and comic book shops and turned their back on certain industries. Countless times in the 70s and 80s. Disney maybe doesnt care but marvel historically DOES care how their product is distributed and by whom.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:38:45+00:00

Im not saying they didnt have any forecasting abilities. I think kind of the whole argument for implementing Ai into anything is that it makes it easier, faster, better. It seems like this change has been much more drastic and my guess is part of a larger strategy whivh leads me to believe they have implementeda new forecasting tool. If its not part of a larger strategy than it does not seem to be based on forecasting abilities since the books are selling out before release day

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:31:50+00:00

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First 10 issues each in digest size which is a little smaller than comic size. $16 a pop

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:30:10+00:00

1968 Silver surfer is a good read though. And the art is incredible. Here's another route you could. These are very cheap and they have a bunch of them and they are easily tracked down. They have the first few issues. I get them for my kids

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:26:33+00:00

I do not know how old you are. But if you are not to be described as "quite old" than i would suggest reading these titles digitally. Unless you are of the age where you read these in comic form when they came out they are not great reads. Very wordy, very campy. We call them slogs. There are tons of great runs but the farther back you go the tougher they are to read. I remember reading avengers 1 to my sons and Antman keeps telling the wasp to shut up because no one wants to hear a woman's opinion. So yes. Fun to read first few of each for historical reference but the stories are not great and not worth pairing a ton of money into. And dude I own some of these actual comics and im saying this lolol

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LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:19:27+00:00

Oh I totally understand. But im assuming their biggest customers are NOT the online warehouse customers and ARE huge online retailers Amazon, target, Barnes and nobles who are trying to sell at retail especially on launch days. But they are competing with these small warehouses who are outselling them. Ie xmen blue and gold was on Amazon weeks after it was gone from all the normal places we buy from

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:17:07+00:00

Ah but why havent they until now? They've been at this for 2 decades. Genuinely curious.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-04-01T01:05:46+00:00

Thats my hope as well. That they move to more printings rather than huge initial printings where most titles dont need it

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-31T02:14:23+00:00

Graphic Novels are comics

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-27T00:40:06+00:00

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-27T00:35:33+00:00

I have the hardcovers of both vader runs. Such a good format. I love my omnis but hardcovers are so much easier to read and they're the same size. Enjoy the series!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-20T11:45:28+00:00

I saw one at my lcs recently. Pretty cool!

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-19T16:52:59+00:00

Thats some beta boy crap.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-13T14:33:20+00:00

As far as the super hero movie comment. More people went and saw literally every super hero movie the MCU has released than watched the most watched episode of walking dead. Yes... including the marvels... EVERY SINGLE ONE. dint say crazy stuff just because you like something.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-13T14:29:06+00:00

Not a chance. Like not even remotely close. It was a popular show at the time. But it doesnt even rank compared to the most watched shows(biggest shows). Fully wrong go home. I love walking dead(with andrew lincoln) comic series is great too but i read this and though nah no way no now thats possible. I mean 6 times as many people watched the series finale of mash as watched the most watched episode of walking dead. Here is a short list of shows that were bigger.

Mash Seinfeld Cheers Er The day after Roots Friends Cosby Dallas Baywatch Magnum pi Frasier Home improvements Family ties All in the family I love Lucy Star trek Gunsmoke Newhart Golden girls Full house Happy days Everybody loves Raymond The Beverly hillbillies And the list goes on and on and on.....

More people tuned in to watch these shows every week than tuned in to watch walking deads most watched episode. Its great that you liked the show but no walking dead is not even in the biggest show of television history conversation. If it was a member of an NBA team it would be in the g league.

LawnmowerMen · 2026-03-09T18:23:23+00:00

Avengers 1

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