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May 13 14 1:24 AM
Batmite wrote:Lots of great ideas. Yes to reprinting the remaining Kirby/Ditko material from the various anthology lines, ditto for more Sub-Mariner, and Venus vol. 2 will happen, it is just a matter of when.
Without trying to sound maudlin, "when" is crucially important to some of us. I'll be 60 in a few months and I know I'm not the oldest on these boards. I can't assume that I have ten more years of Masterworks collecting; at some point I'm going to have to start selling them off. I don't want to die and leave my wife with 400 Masterworks and Archives to liquidate. But even with ten more years, a single volume per year does me no real good.
There's roughly 40 Golden Age volumes remaining, which would mean four per year to complete in a decade, assuming that I even live that long. Considering that we haven't seen a Golden Age volume in quite awhile, how likely do you think that we'll suddenly start seeing 4 (or more) per year?
When the Masterworks were in high gear a few short years ago, I thought that having the entire Timely superhero output in hardcover was doable. Now, sadly, it's just a pipe dream.
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droid714 wrote:Batmite wrote:Lots of great ideas. Yes to reprinting the remaining Kirby/Ditko material from the various anthology lines, ditto for more Sub-Mariner, and Venus vol. 2 will happen, it is just a matter of when. Without trying to sound maudlin, "when" is crucially important to some of us. I'll be 60 in a few months and I know I'm not the oldest on these boards. I can't assume that I have ten more years of Masterworks collecting; at some point I'm going to have to start selling them off. I don't want to die and leave my wife with 400 Masterworks and Archives to liquidate. But even with ten more years, a single volume per year does me no real good. There's roughly 40 Golden Age volumes remaining, which would mean four per year to complete in a decade, assuming that I even live that long. Considering that we haven't seen a Golden Age volume in quite awhile, how likely do you think that we'll suddenly start seeing 4 (or more) per year?When the Masterworks were in high gear a few short years ago, I thought that having the entire Timely superhero output in hardcover was doable. Now, sadly, it's just a pipe dream.
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May 13 14 12:50 PM
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droid714 wrote:I don't want to...leave my wife with 400 Masterworks and Archives to liquidate.
I don't want to...leave my wife with 400 Masterworks and Archives to liquidate.
I don't think she's looking forward to that either!
On the plus side, we might be able to get those cheap if she just wants to get the hell rid of 'em.
"Oh that droid and his heavy-ass comic books in my linen closet!"
May 13 14 4:24 PM
hey droid, want to say I'm sorry for my insensitive comment. I think you're going to last much longer than I will, so if I sound blasé about the very idea of turning the final page, it's because I too am aware of the thousands of stories I'll never get to see. I totally relate and I feel your pain.
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VisualFiction wrote: hey droid, want to say I'm sorry for my insensitive comment. I think you're going to last much longer than I will, so if I sound blasé about the very idea of turning the final page, it's because I too am aware of the thousands of stories I'll never get to see. I totally relate and I feel your pain.
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FF51bestever wrote:As I have said before, Marvel could start with reprinting their pre-1959 Ditko material in one package. It would make a nice small TPB and it's Ditko for heaven's sake!!!
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Aug 9 14 8:29 AM
Ferjo Byroy wrote:FF51bestever wrote:As I have said before, Marvel could start with reprinting their pre-1959 Ditko material in one package. It would make a nice small TPB and it's Ditko for heaven's sake!!! Didn't dc just blow out their Ditko archives in the clearance sale?
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