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Title: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: den68 on December 05, 2005, 05:00:55 PM I walked out of a thrift shop today with over 60 nearly mint video game comics and I spent less than $10 bucks.
I got: Super Mario Bros. #'s 1-6 Adventures of Super MArio Bros. #'s 5-8 Super Mario Bros. Special #1 Captain N the GAme Master #'s 1-5 Nintendo Comics System #'s 3,5,7,8 The LEgend of Zelda #'s 2-5 Sonic the HEdgehog #'s 3-5, 7-9, 14, 15, 17, 36, 109, 114-116, 119-122, 125-127, 129-131, 133, 135, 137-145 I was a happy camper! Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Tynstar on December 05, 2005, 05:53:43 PM That is super sweet!!!!!! Awesome find!
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: bum-man on December 05, 2005, 06:47:56 PM Very nice. That's why I love the hunt, you never know what can show up on any given day.
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: CatchFiveBats on December 06, 2005, 02:32:00 AM I love the Sonic the Hedgehog comics. They're just so cheesy, you can't help but like them.
- Zac Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: captain_nintendo on December 06, 2005, 04:28:29 AM Cool.
Scott just gave me a book which had alot of those comic series printed in it. :D Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: den68 on December 06, 2005, 04:43:47 AM the Sonic ones look pretty cool. the issues i got span from 1993 to 2005. the variety of cover art is pretty wild. the early issues are pretty basic and they progressively get more unique art styles as different artists come and go.
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Speedy_NES on December 06, 2005, 09:06:34 AM Awesome find man!! Cheap price and a whole load all at once, doesn't get much better than that ;)
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Izret101 on December 06, 2005, 10:01:20 AM Very cool!
I really like game comics but i can only get them as cheap as .50$ a piece if and when i find them. I haven't been lucky enough to find any comic shops with a cheaper price for random comics. Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: den68 on December 06, 2005, 12:15:09 PM I got lucky. I've been meaning to stop at a comic book store to see if they had anything but have never gotten around to it. then I manage to stumble on to a whole boatload at one stop in a thrift and for 15 cents a pop.
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Lord Nepenthean on December 07, 2005, 11:34:27 AM Well now you can go to the comic shop and just fill in the holes in your collection for 50 cents each and you'll be golden. Be glad you waited on the comic shop. Congrats!
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: den68 on December 10, 2005, 12:34:46 PM I went back to the store I got the comics from and flipped through them again. It turns out I missed a few, which I now have.
The numbering sequence on the Nintendo comics is weird. I've got a few issues of Super MArio Bros. and Zelda that have the same cover and issue number but different stories inside. I checked the issue dates and they are both same volume number and same issue number but different years. For example, I've got SMB Vol.1, Issue #4, 1990 and SMB Vol.1, Issue #4, 1991. same cover, different story. weird. Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Izret101 on December 11, 2005, 07:43:46 PM The same cover is strange.
But i know some old comic / videogame mags who did the same thing. Every year retart their volume/issue numbering so they stayed below 12 for a couple years at least. I think Game Pro did this. Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: Pop Culture Portal on December 15, 2005, 06:06:01 PM A nice find :D, considering most thrift finds never seem to make it out of the back room before an employee buys them.
Title: Re: the Video Game Comic Book MOTHERLOAD!! Post by: den68 on December 23, 2005, 01:41:10 PM this place put out another HUGE load of comics again. not so many video game ones this time but I did get:
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. #2 Knuckles #'s 1 & 3 Princess Sally #'s 2 & 3 Sonic the Hedgehog #'s 0-3, 18, 23, 41-49, 51, 88-94, 102, 104, 105, 110-113 |