Any Comics Collectors?

[MadKalnod]

Given all the gloom and bad vibes in the current news, I thought it was time for a distraction. I think we should talk about something we love to wash away the foul taste of all the recent talk about hate and violence. Thus, in the immortal words of the Tick's sidekick: "Ahem. Hello, I'm Arthur and this is my diversion."

I was wondering if there were any fellow fans of comic books on the forum, and if so what they collected. I literally tingle with anticipation of new releases every Wednesday. Here's what's bagged & boarded in my longboxes, according to publisher. Asterisks mark particular favorites:

Abiogenesis Press
Strangehaven (Drama/Horror/Mystery)

Amaze Ink/Slave Labor Graphics
Highway 13 (Comedy/Horror)

Avatar Press
Bad World (Conspiracy Theory/Dark Comedy/Horror)
Dark Blue (Horror/Science Fiction)
Strange Kiss (Horror)
Stranger Kisses (Horror)
Strange Killings (Horror)

Black Bull Entertainment
Just A Pilgrim (Dark Comedy/Post-Apocalypse Science Fiction)
Shadow Reavers (Horror)

CrossGen Comics*
CrossGen Chronicles (Anthology)
Crux (Science Fiction)
The First (Fantasy/Intrigue/Science Fiction)
Meridian (Drama/Fantasy)*
Mystic (Fantasy)*
The Negation (Science Fiction)*
The Path (Fantasy)
Ruse (Mystery)*
Scion (Fantasy/Science Fiction)*
Sigil (Science Fiction)
Sojourn (Fantasy)*

Dark Horse Comics
The Dirty Pair (Anime/Comedy/Science Fiction)
Gunsmith Cats (Anime/Action)
Spyboy (Action/Comedy)
Star Wars
Star Wars Tales
Assorted Star Wars mini-series and one-shots

DC Comics
Batman: The Gotham Adventures*
Batman Beyond
Assorted Batman mini-series and one-shots
Justice League Adventures
Superman Adventures

DC/Helix (Defunct Imprint, all titles cancelled)
The Black Lamb (Horror/Science Fiction)
Bloody Mary (Dark Comedy/Post-Apocalypse Science Fiction)
Brainbanx (Science Fiction)
Dead Corps(e) (Science Fiction)
Gemini Blood (Science Fiction)
Time Breakers (Science Fiction)*
Vermillion (Dark Fantasy/Science Fiction)*

DC/WildStorm
The Authority (Dark Comedy/Superheroes)*
The Establishment (Superheroes)
FarScape (Science Fiction)
The Monarchy (Superheroes)
Planetary (Conspiracy Theory/Superheroes)*
Assorted Star Trek mini-series and one-shots
Steampunk (Dark Fantasy)

DC/WildStorm/America’s Best Comics
Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset (Mystery/Superheroes)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Fantasy/Science Fiction)*
Promethea (Fantasy/Superheroes)*
Tom Strong (Superheroes)
Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales (Superheroes)
Tomorrow Stories (Comedy/Superheroes)
Top Ten (Police Drama/Superheroes)*

DC/Vertigo
100 Bullets (Conspiracy Theory/Crime Drama)
Codename: Knockout (Action/Comedy)
Hellblazer (Horror/Mystery)
The Invisibles (Conspiracy Theory/Science Fiction)**
Preacher (Dark Comedy/Drama/Fantasy)**
Transmetropolitan (Dark Comedy/Science Fiction)**

Dork Storm Press
Dork Tower (Comedy)*
Nodwick (Comedy/Fantasy)
PvP (Comedy)

Image
Area 52 (Comedy/Science Fiction)
Aria (Fantasy)
@thena Inc. (Conspiracy Theory/Science Fiction)
No Honor (Fantasy)
Powers (Police Drama/Superheroes)
The Red Star (Fantasy/Military Science Fiction)
Tellos (Fantasy)

Image/DreamWave Productions
Dark Minds (Crime Drama/Horror/Science Fiction)
Warlands (Fantasy)
Warlands: Banished Knights (Fantasy)
Warlands: Age of Ice (Fantasy)

Image/Top Cow/Joe’s Comics
Midnight Nation (Dark Fantasy/Drama/Horror)**
Rising Stars (Drama/Superheroes)**

Kenzer & Company
Dungeons & Dragons: In The Shadow of Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons: Tempest’s Gate
Everknights (formerly Hackmasters of Everknight) (Comedy/Fantasy)
Knights of the Dinner Table (Comedy)
Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated (Comedy/Fantasy)
Tony DiGerolamo’s Travelers (Comedy/Fantasy)*

Marvel Comics
Bloodstone (Comedy/Horror)
Nightside (Horror/Mystery)
Spaceknights (Science Fiction)
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up
Ultimate Spider-Man**
Ultimate X-Men**
The Ultimates

Oni Press
Clerks: The Comic Book (Comedy)
Jay and Silent Bob: Chasing Dogma (Comedy)
The Nocturnals (Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction)

South Jersey Rebellion Productions
Tony DiGerolamo’s The Fix* (Comedy/Paranormal)

Studio Foglio
Girl Genius* (Comedy/Fantasy)
What’s New! with Phil & Dixie (Comedy)


I also used to get a number of licensed Sci-Fi titles before they were cancelled, notably:
Babylon 5 (DC)
Doctor Who (Marvel)
Star Trek (DC)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (DC)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Malibu, then Marvel)
Star Trek: Voyager (Marvel)
Star Trek Unlimited (Marvel)
Star Trek: The Early Voyages (Captain Pike's Crew, Marvel)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Marvel)
The X-Files (Topps)

 

[qjakal]

Time gone by..

20 years ago, it was a mania/addiction. I broke it and delivered thousands of comics to local hospitals...but i do still miss them, especially my Legion Of SuperHeroes...sigh.. Q

 

[Shem the Penman]

I've been collecting comics (well, accumulating comics would be a better term) since I was about five, so I've got more than I know what to do with at this point.

I've had to cut back on the comics I collect a bit lately, but I'm still following a fairly wide variety of comics, to yer mainstream superhero miscellany to stuff like Thieves and Kings, The Adventures of Barry Ween: Boy Genius, Akiko, Stray Bullets, and so on and so forth.

 

[Ovda]

Modern Mythology

I'm a huge comic book freak. I collect from Marvel: Wolverine, X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spiderman, Daredevil.
DC Comics: The Flash, JLA, Justice League, The Green Lantern, and The Green Arrow. My all-time favorite is The Green Lantern. I collect posters, busts, figures, etc.

 

[Myriads]

I sell them for a living, managing a comic store. Been doing it for a decade and and change. I tend to like just about everything... The longer one does it the wider your tastes get.

Myriads

 

[Oddjob0226]

You Nerds!

Actually, I don't collect much anymore, but I still have all my X-Men from years past, including the pinnacle of my collection: Giant Size X-Men #1 signed in person by Stan Lee!

Also have a small collection of Spiderman, Batman & Star Wars comics. All the Watchmen. They are nearly worthless, but I was a sucker for Moon Knight, Dazzler and She-Hulk... of course I have as much of Saudelli's 'The Blonde' as I can get! And that manga issue of The Punisher... the tickling one....

But the best read I've had in a long time was The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen! AMAZING!! And I actually went out and bought the classic books from which the characters came - a comic that gets people to read classic books, how often does that happen? Also am into Dark Knight 2, but I don't like it as much as the 1st one....

 

[General Zod]

I usually read Green Lantern,JLA and Superman Ever since the War of the worlds crossover this past summer I just wonder when they are gonna reveal what the real General Zod looks like In the crossover he was in a red containment suit