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6/9/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1
6/9/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1
6/9/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1	My friend who sold me his Treasury Comics collection told me that these were some of the hardest for him to find...
6/9/2017 Topic: Missing Malibu Title/Issue Defiant1	Original Big-Tel wrote: I used to have my own website titled "Big Tel's Web Page" many years ago. Yes - very silly website name! I used the site to list Marvel and Malibu variant covers and promotional/giveaway comics. After putting a lot of effort into it over a few years, work commitment and kids started taking over and I just didn't get the time to keep it updated. Eventually the site that was hosting it closed down, and I even lost my domain name (www.big-tel.com) because I never got round to renewing it. I still have all the files for the site though, and if I can ever be bothered, I may upload them all and get the site running again. Cheers Big Tel I know about your old site. Some Valiant Comic fans wanted to turn my messageboard into an Ultraverse messageboard. It annoyed me a little, because I'm not really a fan of the comics line. I created an Ultraverse category to segregate the conversation so It didn't dominate my "General Comics Discussion" category. . My checklist was a byproduct. I've shifted my focus from buying massive amounts of comics to becoming more of a comics historian. The information appealed to me, just not the creative content within the pages. I eventually shut down the category because it dominated everything. Your web page was repeatedly used as a reference for my board members. My checklist would not exist if not for you inspiring them to research the line and build upon what you already knew. As my members got annoyed with me and departed my messageboard, I encouraged them to take the info they'd collected and start their own site. One of my former board members did make a really nice Ultraverse blog and he's collected information on the promotional materials and such. You are a forefather of Ultraverse collecting. One of the elders.
6/12/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1	captnwilli wrote: I came across 11 unsold issues of the one with Howard the Duck and The Defenders all in NM or better condition. Surprisingly the most I could get on EBay was 8 or 9 dollars a piece for them. I wish I would have kept one for my pc. They're just so hard for me to store with the rest of my collection. I store them sideways with the spine up in a magazine box. Only a few items in my collection are too big for that. I have over 3 magazine boxes full.
6/15/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1	Robbie wrote: Defiant1 wrote: captnwilli wrote: I came across 11 unsold issues of the one with Howard the Duck and The Defenders all in NM or better condition. Surprisingly the most I could get on EBay was 8 or 9 dollars a piece for them. I wish I would have kept one for my pc. They're just so hard for me to store with the rest of my collection. I store them sideways with the spine up in a magazine box. Only a few items in my collection are too big for that. I have over 3 magazine boxes full. I have 2 comic short boxes that are a tiny bit longer than normal - they work If I buy any more I'll need to start a 3rd box and get some more treasury sized backer boards. I'm acquiring more and more oversized items that won't fit in any boxes have. The "Marvel Try-Out Book" was the first over-sized problem I had. It is just too tall. Then again my Kiss comic the size of poster has to be stood up in the back of my closet. Defiant1
6/15/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1	Robbie wrote: Defiant1 wrote: A low cost way to read something you'll never afford. Very true! Defiant1 edited by Defiant1 on 6/15/2017
6/15/2017 Topic: Dropping in value Defiant1	The collector's buying reading copies have thinned out. Publishers have been selling collected volumes where you don't need to buy the back issues. The whole back issue market has shifted to people buying extremely high grade. Certified grading services have a lot to do with that.
6/15/2017 Topic: Missing Malibu Title/Issue Defiant1	The site logged me out while I was typing. Sheesh! I can't fix my typos. Defiant1
6/15/2017 Topic: Missing Malibu Title/Issue Defiant1	This was my latest Ultraverse discovery in in my collection. A Retailer ad catalog... Sales to Astonish (April 1995) Front Cover: Sales to Astonish (April 1995) Flip book Back Cover: Depluto who runs the blog already had a post about it. Defiant1
6/18/2017 Topic: Legacy black and gold comic by Majestic Defiant1	jgoulding wrote: Good to know what ashcans are. I guess the name says it all. Burn after reading. LOL Thanks! The term "ashcan" now is tied to promotional comics. The original definition ties back to Trademark registration in the 1940's. Publishers would make covers for the title they wanted to register and put those covers over another comic's interior. They were used for the sole purpose of registering a new trademark and blocking the competition from using a title. Here was Fawcett trying to register "Flash Comics", but DC registered first. This is a true ashcan as it was originally defined.
6/18/2017 Topic: DC Dr. Fate 1990 Series Defiant1	Images quit loading for me at the cpg site. Is this it? http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/doctor-fate/ubv/ You have to spell out d-o-c-t-o-r and not abbreviate as "Dr," Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: The Punisher #1 Vol 1 1986 Marvel Defiant1	Leave off "The " and type "Punisher" by itself. Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: OUR Treasury Edition Collections Defiant1	Photobucket killed all my images in the early part of this thread. Here is my most recent purchase of an oversized comic... Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: Defiant1's Stuff Defiant1	Some more of my stuff... Back Cover Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: Defiant1's Stuff Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: Defiant1's Stuff Defiant1
7/5/2017 Topic: Defiant1's Stuff Defiant1	The Preview & regular version of this... The back cover of the second one... Defiant1
7/6/2017 Topic: Title Missing (Pop Parody Comics!) Defiant1	I'm sad to say that I own #1. It's a horrible comics.
7/8/2017 Topic: Jurassic Park #1 (1993) Amberchrome variant Defiant1	I don't remember what I paid for mine. I bought it over 10 years ago. Defiant1