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 GaryUK |
New books from Blissetts UK, The Avengers |
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Posts: 3391 (04/19/07 6:03 PM) |
Recently received new books from Blissetts, three volumes of the Avengers, and Omega the Unknown.....
      Currently with Blissett are 5 volumes of the Avengers, Avengers Forever, Galactic Storm (2 volumes), Vision Quest, and Under Siege. |
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Hut4 |
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Posts: 319 (04/19/07 9:45 PM) Bronze Age |
Hey Gary,
HOT STUFF!! Beautiful books, thanks for shareing. 
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kevin75 |
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Posts: 2197 (04/19/07 10:54 PM) |
gary those look great! i had thought of doing a simple little avengers symbols on my spines as well.
what issues do you have in the avengers books? "you think just because a guy reads comics, he can't start some s#_+?"
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davidbstewart |
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Posts: 2039 (04/20/07 8:49 AM) |
I really like that framing detail (don't know what else to call it) that they put on the cover. Nice books, Gary!
How close are you to completing the EC books? -DBS
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1407graymalkin |
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Posts: 102 (04/20/07 10:54 AM) |
Wow, those turned out nicely. I particularly like the Avengers (A) on the spine. If I could go back in time and start my binding jobs over again, I'd definitely do the appropriate logos on the spines for my X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers, etc. books.
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GaryUK |
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Posts: 3391 (04/20/07 12:00 PM) |
Hi guys,
Thanks for the nice comments. I quite like the look of these myself, and will be binding as many Avengers books as I can. Quote: AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED Vol.1 (18 issues) Iron Man 84 89 Spectacular Spider-Man 15 20 Thor 80 85 AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED Vol.2 (17 issues) Captain America 29 32 Captain America and the Falcon 5 7 Fantastic Four 517 519 Avengers 500 503 Avengers Finale 1 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004 What If? Featuring Avengers Disassembled AVENGERS KORVAC SAGA Vol.1 (16 issues) Avengers 167, 168, 170 177 What If? (vol.1) 32 Thor Annual 6 Fantastic Four Annual 24 (main story) Thor Annual 16 (main story) Silver Surfer Annual 4 (main story) Guardians of the Galaxy Annual 1 (main story) Quote: Very close! I've just had 2 volumes of Haunt of Fear binded and on their way to me, which leaves 2 volumes each of 'New Direction' and 'Vault' to bind. I recently won the remaining 'Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad' magazines I needed on eBay, so those would complete my EC library! Quote: My plan is to do something similar to my X-Men and Fantastic Four collections, with the 'x in a circle' for the X-Men, and a '4 in a circle' for the Fantastic Four. By the way, anybody wanting to bind books through Blissett will be able to use these dies I've had created. |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (04/20/07 3:56 PM) |
Hi Gary,
Can I ask how much Blissets charged for those dies? I've got some books with them right now and I plan to give them some more soon. If I get some dies made, you would be welcome to use them also. |
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GaryUK |
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Posts: 3391 (04/21/07 10:39 AM) |
Hi Marathon,
Welcome to the boards! I haven't received the bill for them yet, but the prices varies according to size. I'm told the die for the cover would be about 50.00 or so. What are you having binded at Blissett at the moment, and what are your future plans? |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (04/22/07 6:55 AM) |
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the welcome! Blissets are working on: The Shadow - Helfer/Baker - 1 Vol. The Question - O'Neil/Cowan - 2 Vols. The next package will be: Shade, The Changing Man - Milligan - 3 Vols. Top 10 - Moore - 1 Vol. Jonah Hex - Lansdale/Truman - 1 Vol Firearm - James Robinson - 1 Vol. In the future: Suicide Squad and then I'll have to look through my collection for ideas. |
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Hut4 |
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Posts: 319 (04/22/07 9:12 AM) Bronze Age |
Hey Marathon,
The Lansdale/Truman Jonah Hex was one of the first projects I had bound. I'm sure you'll enjoy your as much as I enjoy mine! With some luck, this picture will show up. s135.photobucket.com/albu...h=imgAnch3 BTW, don't know if your up on this, Lansdale & Truman also did a four issue mini series of The Lone Ranger & Tonto from Topps Comics. I've included this in the same book with Jonah Hex. s135.photobucket.com/albu...h=imgAnch4 Happy Binding & Enjoy! |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (04/22/07 9:29 AM) |
Hi Hut4,
That Jonah Hex book looks really nice, and the good thing about that series of minis, was that the first 2 mini-series had no ads. When did the Lone Ranger series come out? and how many issues were there? |
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Hut4 |
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Posts: 319 (04/22/07 9:46 AM) Bronze Age |
Hey Marathon,
The Lone Ranger & Tonto was a four issue mini series. Firts issue dated August 1994. Binding it aling with the JH issues worked out well. The three Vertigo Hex series came to 13 issues, so with LR&T it filled out to 17. Makes for a nice book. The spine on my book has no mention of LR&T. I figure the day will come I might wonder what became of it. Then I'll be reading my Hex volume & there it will be. Kinda like a nice surprise! |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (05/15/07 3:54 PM) |
My first books from Blissetts are done. One is being re-done due to an indent on the front cover, something heavy must have been pressing down on it. However, here are pics of the other 2.
farm1.static.flickr.com/1...c1.jpg?v=0 farm1.static.flickr.com/2...d6.jpg?v=0 farm1.static.flickr.com/2...67.jpg?v=0 farm1.static.flickr.com/2...f5.jpg?v=0 farm1.static.flickr.com/1...d9.jpg?v=0 farm1.static.flickr.com/1...89.jpg?v=0 Also, Gary, they showed me your latest Avengers books while I was there, as an example of other work. They're looking very nice. |
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jhalbright |
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Posts: 5281 (05/15/07 5:50 PM) Golden Age |
HEY !!!
That's funny that the day you get your Shadow volume, I got mine back too. (Mine was at LBC, and pictures will be on my thread). BTW, I added in the tpb, so it's got the Chaykin story as well. To (mis)quote John Denver...
"Thank God I'm a DC boy". |
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GaryUK |
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Posts: 3391 (05/16/07 11:47 AM) |
Really cool, Marathon. Looks like another good job by Blissett's.
Quote: Oh wow, so it looks like they are nearly ready. Thanks, and if you ever want to use the Avengers dies anytime, feel free to do so. |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (05/17/07 3:45 PM) |
I just noticed that my Question Vol. 2 book has the intended last comic (Question Quarterly #5) bound at the beginning of the book. Aarrgh.
Since I'm still new at this, does anyone know what my options are? I assume it can be re-done, but will I be charged? I'm very sure I listed them in the right order at the outset. |
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GaryUK |
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Posts: 3391 (05/17/07 5:52 PM) |
One of my books had a similar mistake, so I gave it to Charles Dunn the rep, he took it back to the bindery and got it rebooked at no cost.
Just take your book back to Blissett's and point out the mistake they made, they should be able to rebook it at no cost since it seems to be their mistake, but check with them just in case. |
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DavidSpofforth |
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Posts: 2075 (05/27/07 5:39 AM) Golden Age |
Hi Gary
I saw your Avengers Forever volume at Blissetts a couple of weeks ago. It looked great. And yes, I've had the occasional misplaced issue in a volume as well. They've always fixed it for free though. David |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (07/09/07 4:24 PM) |
Well, I can finally reply to this thread since I have now got my latest batch back, and the mistake in the Question Vol. 2 binding has been fixed.
Also my next set of books were done, they were listed higher up in this thread, and so far, at first look everything is in order. Obviously the binding itself is excellent. I'll try to post pics when I can. |
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Hut4 |
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Posts: 319 (07/15/07 12:24 PM) Bronze Age |
Gary,
Thought I'd hijack this thread to ask a question about another of your bound collections. Rom, Spaceknight. What color bukram is this? Do you have a number for it? Thanks, Greg > Anyone wondering, these Rom collections are pictured in the *Book Binder directory* Stickie < |
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Marathon |
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Posts: 11 (07/24/07 2:53 PM) |
Here's the books I mentioned earlier in the thread.
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