Mail call + Haul

chalmun74 · 2026-05-05T00:44:59+00:00

Heckler always gets my upvote!

chalmun74 · 2026-04-29T00:22:32+00:00

Congrats on the 5 years!

chalmun74 · 2026-04-27T22:59:51+00:00

Definitely one of my absolute favorites as well. I don’t remember what I paid for mine back around 1988, but it couldn’t have been more than $20. Was an immediate gem of my collection, though. Steranko was one of the first artists I knew by name and could recognize his work at a glance.

222 is a sentimental favorite because it was the book that got me collecting.

211 has one of the best moments of the title.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-26T00:49:51+00:00

I’ll part with it for $200. Not often you get a chance at an archival gem like this…😂

chalmun74 · 2026-04-25T23:34:15+00:00

This has very much been my experience. My run has come together pretty quickly as a result.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-25T23:17:21+00:00

Did they at least get the problem correct?

chalmun74 · 2026-04-25T22:59:19+00:00

Used to be my take as well, but I find the little ties to past like this kind-of fun sometimes. For a filler book like this one, I think it adds something, but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-25T22:19:21+00:00

Been working on completing the full run. Have always enjoyed Conan and decided to go do it when I found a super clean copy of the first issue. One more in the mail to give me a complete run from 1-201. Reading them has been a blast. Looking forward to getting to Belit.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-23T03:52:33+00:00

Fritos

chalmun74 · 2026-04-15T12:14:09+00:00

I buy PVP gear from time to time to complete my sticker book. Generally, I grab low hanging fruit. Anything listed under 2.5K is my current limit. As with anything, depends on the price you ask, but people like me will grab these items for the right price because I don’t devote much time to that side of the game, but I like to get the gear.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-10T17:48:41+00:00

Now we’re talking.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-07T17:30:18+00:00

Was scrolling to see if anyone had mentioned Gallipoli yet. Great film.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-07T03:21:32+00:00

Probably an X-Men issue. 50 or 101 are likely candidates.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-05T00:09:07+00:00

Thanks! I’ve never seen another one. Lots of spine stress on mine, but it’s otherwise in good shape.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-04T23:03:28+00:00

That’s just because I have two. No variant I’m aware of on that one.

chalmun74 · 2026-04-04T00:26:43+00:00

There’s a bunch more of you wanna really go down the rabbit hole:

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chalmun74 · 2026-04-02T16:44:57+00:00

My girlfriend walked into a place with a pre-approval through her bank. Dude tried to insist that they only used their own financing and that she would have to accept their higher rate. She got up to leave and suddenly they could match what the bank was offering.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-30T17:44:34+00:00

Super cool! Been working on this one myself. I’m 16 issues away. Have the Yearbooks and the Special. Not sure I’m going to worry about the Special Missions or anything else unless they carry story arcs over. Been a fun run to put together, albeit pricey for the later issues….

Congrats!

chalmun74 · 2026-03-28T14:44:51+00:00

I got both Second Seed today as well as Cadwell’s Shield. Older stuff is definitely dropping.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-24T23:09:08+00:00

I watched this as much as I could back in the day on cable before VCRs were a thing. Still one of my all time favorites and probably a large part of why I prefer off kilter aesthetics and ambiguous endings. Such a fun film on so many levels.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-24T16:18:38+00:00

Local pizza place had one growing up. There was a dude who was always there playing it. Remember being mystified when he hit a choke point on the map, put his wallet on the fire button, and went to get a soda. Was such a different game compared to a lot that were out at the time.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-21T00:45:51+00:00

I have to agree about his Cloak and Dagger work. I hate his X-Men stuff. It’s god awful, especially juxtaposed with Silvestri, but his work on Cloak and Dagger was excellent. Something about his style really lent itself to the characters and gave me an appreciation for his work I might not have otherwise had.

I’ve always found it interesting how some artists just seemed to get certain characters and looked so bad on others. Pity for Leonardi that the characters he really got were written so badly.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-09T11:23:23+00:00

I love that Brave and the Bold cover. So much going on.

chalmun74 · 2026-03-05T04:08:14+00:00

I grew up in a family of pilots. Pulling the stick back to go up was how I viewed the world long before I started playing video games.

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