Originally Posted by Nitelife (Post 706031)

Same here. Honestly vulture shoulda had his own release in the sandman wave just no baf part.....kinda like star-munch from titus wave.

Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd (Post 706040)

Having Vulture in-hand and out of box I don't know that they could've fit his wings into a regular release box at the size they're at. They could've made them smaller though I guess.

Originally Posted by jwyss234 (Post 706033)

I've been reading comics for a few years but I tend to jump around since I mostly read TPB's. One thing you should know going in is that not every story is worth reading. Sometimes writers just don't do a good job so their story never goes anywhere. Because of this, I wouldn't try reading every issue. Also consider the format of the comics and what works for you. There are a few vocal naysayers on here but digital comics are very convenient and, if you're patient and wait for sales, you can buy single issues for $0.99 and TPBs for $5-10. Comic shops don't do sales unless they are trying to clear out old stock, which isn't very often. You will also loose money reselling any single issues and TPBs you don't want, assuming you can find someone who wants to buy them. If you're dead set on buying physical comics, then buy TPBs. Almost everything on Amazon goes down in price eventually so wait for books to go below the MSRP before you buy. TPBs can also be stored very easily on you shelf. But I would not recommend single issues from a comic shop. They're difficult to store because you need a box to hold them and you'll loose more money reselling them than TPBs.

Before we can make any recommendations, what character's are you interested in? With a username like Weapon X, I would assume that you are interested in X-Men. If so, start with the Chris Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men. How you acquire them is up to you, but give Claremont's run a shot at least till John Byrne takes over as the artist. Byrne's issues are some of my favorites and he's a really good artist.

Originally Posted by Nitelife (Post 706046)

Nthe could have stacked em in top of one another under the figure tray maybe...at an angle if need be? Either way it would been nice. I really dread getting another ultimate spidertween

Originally Posted by Nitelife (Post 706046)

They could have stacked em in top of one another under the figure tray maybe...at an angle if need be? Either way it woulda been nice. I really dread getting another ultimate spidertween

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 706049)

...Moon Knight...

How I acquire them is a good question. I know very little about how to get old comics. Not familiar with digital at all.

Don't they sometimes compile famous comics into a graphic novel? Like, I think Hush was originally comics, wasn't it?

Also, is a trade paperback a specific type of phyiscal comic?

Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd (Post 706060)

For Moon Knight volume 7 issues 1 through 6 are a pretty great read if you already know the character decently, there is no refresher but each issue is its own story so there's no running plot you need to be familiar with. Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey did some great work there. The rest of volume 7 is also really good but I know that I've seen issues 1-6 collected into one TPB and it's an excellent taste to see if you wanna go the rest of the way. If you're already a giant Moon Knight fan like me then volume 8 by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood is a very interesting and trippy read. However you need to know your stuff going in as there is no hand-holding here and it takes full use of the schizophrenic angle.

Going digital is probably the easiest way to get the old stuff since you can quickly search it up if they have it. Now if you don't like reading digital then there are usually TPB collections of these older iconic stories but they kind of need to be iconic or well loved to even get a TPB, otherwise you just have to find an omnibus which has the content you want.

A trade paper back (TPB) is when a company collectively releases multiple issues into one book typically making an entire story available at once for easy reading (as opposed to having to find all separate issues). Technically they are not graphic novels but they do tend to read like them since it's one whole story. TPBs can range from anywhere like 3 to 10 issues or even more (though more than 10 usually is just a collected volume). Batman: Hush is technically not a graphic novel (except that it's an illustrated story) it is a TPB collection of separate issues which were all a part of the Hush story. Many collected stories are often later mislabeled as graphic novels because more people will be familiar with the TPB over the stack of separate issues. It's not entirely wrong to call them that but they weren't released as one super long comic and usually "graphic novel" means that it's released as one long story at once to begin with.

Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd (Post 706060)

That seems almost possible, though the wings would maybe be just too thick to stack over each other and still leave room for the figure without him being pressed up against the bubble. Of course then there would be no BAF part and the helmet head could fit into a corner. If they had done it that way it would probably still have been a store exclusive like the MCU Falcon.

For Moon Knight volume 7 issues 1 through 6 are a pretty great read if you already know the character decently, there is no refresher but each issue is its own story so there's no running plot you need to be familiar with. Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey did some great work there. The rest of volume 7 is also really good but I know that I've seen issues 1-6 collected into one TPB and it's an excellent taste to see if you wanna go the rest of the way. If you're already a giant Moon Knight fan like me then volume 8 by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood is a very interesting and trippy read. However you need to know your stuff going in as there is no hand-holding here and it takes full use of the schizophrenic angle.

Going digital is probably the easiest way to get the old stuff since you can quickly search it up if they have it. Now if you don't like reading digital then there are usually TPB collections of these older iconic stories but they kind of need to be iconic or well loved to even get a TPB, otherwise you just have to find an omnibus which has the content you want.

A trade paper back (TPB) is when a company collectively releases multiple issues into one book typically making an entire story available at once for easy reading (as opposed to having to find all separate issues). Technically they are not graphic novels but they do tend to read like them since it's one whole story. TPBs can range from anywhere like 3 to 10 issues or even more (though more than 10 usually is just a collected volume). Batman: Hush is technically not a graphic novel (except that it's an illustrated story) it is a TPB collection of separate issues which were all a part of the Hush story. Many collected stories are often later mislabeled as graphic novels because more people will be familiar with the TPB over the stack of separate issues. It's not entirely wrong to call them that but they weren't released as one super long comic and usually "graphic novel" means that it's released as one long story at once to begin with.

Originally Posted by donmeca2020 (Post 706077)

If you recall the Phil urich hobgoblin they could have easily placed the wings behind the figure as a BAF piece. Maybe the wings might have to had been a tad smaller. Not sure....

Originally Posted by Boy Blunder (Post 706076)

Ross stores have been stocking the Giant Man Civil War wave, so if anyone missed out, you can snag them there for $7. Grabbed a Red Guardian despite no intention of owning the figure originally. Only seen him and Civil War Cap thus far, but the rest may be lurking.

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 706085)

Some of the figures from the Homecoming wave are back on Amazon...not Tombstone, Moon Knight or Beetle of course, just Spider-man and Vulture.

But while searching I came across THIS.

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Legend...ASDBBQZAD5A1JM

MCU Loki with Hulkbuster figure??? And there was an entire line of MCU with HB parts. How did I miss this? I mean, I don't need it, I'm just a bit WTF..when did this happen?

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 706085)

Some of the figures from the Homecoming wave are back on Amazon...not Tombstone, Moon Knight or Beetle of course, just Spider-man and Vulture.

But while searching I came across THIS.

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Legend...ASDBBQZAD5A1JM

MCU Loki with Hulkbuster figure??? And there was an entire line of MCU with HB parts. How did I miss this? I mean, I don't need it, I'm just a bit WTF..when did this happen?

Originally Posted by Captain Nash (Post 706085)

Some of the figures from the Homecoming wave are back on Amazon...not Tombstone, Moon Knight or Beetle of course, just Spider-man and Vulture.

But while searching I came across THIS.

https://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Legend...ASDBBQZAD5A1JM

MCU Loki with Hulkbuster figure??? And there was an entire line of MCU with HB parts. How did I miss this? I mean, I don't need it, I'm just a bit WTF..when did this happen?

Originally Posted by Boy Blunder (Post 706076)

Ross stores have been stocking the Giant Man Civil War wave, so if anyone missed out, you can snag them there for $7.

Originally Posted by Tomax (Post 706091)

ive noticed on the boards that people get figures from Ross and Gamestops, here in Miami that doesnt exist. you go to ross and its just clothes and in Gamestop, they might have acouple of pops but thats it.

Originally Posted by Universe (Post 706092)

Go into Broward, there are tons of black panthers and nick fury, cap, most of the giantman baf wave.

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 706049)

As for what characters I'm interested in, X-Men and Wolverine (dislike Old Man Logan intensely though). I also like Batman (a lot), Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Spiderman. Maybe Black Panther and Iron Man, but not sure.

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 706061)

Okay cool, then yeah TPBs are definitely what I prefer.

Also, where do you get digital comics? Online or at a comic shop?

I may have to start somewhere else with Moon Knight, I am just now getting into the character, I know very little about him. It would be nice to start at his origin.

Thanks for all your help.

Originally Posted by jwyss234 (Post 706094)

For X-Men, there is the Claremont run (1970s-1990s) that I previously mentioned. For more modern X-Men comics, you could try Grant Morrison's New X-Men (the first couple TPBs at least) and Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men. Not sure what to tell you about Wolverine as I don't really read his solo comics.

Spiderman can be a little tougher when looking at the older issues. Older comics from the 1960s can be hard to read (boring, weird, lame, disproven science, etc.) so you may want to read a couple of issues before purchasing anything. Spiderman's early issues are better than some but they're still from the 1960s. You may want to look for origin stories for your favorite villains. Same applies to the 70s and 80s. I haven't read anything from the 90s so I'll leave that to someone else. I wish I could recommend something from when Peter and MJ were married but Marvel was trying to split them up in the early 2000s, even before the One More Day storyline which I've heard was pretty bad. Post One More Day, I would start with the story Big Time, where Peter gets a job working for Horizon Labs. It was written by Dan Scott who has been writing Spiderman for the past few years and he's done a great job.



You can get digital comics from either Comixology, Amazon, or Marvel Unlimited. Amazon actually owns Comixology but I think the Comixology app and website are much more user friendly. Comixology runs sales every week. Marvel sales are on Mondays and Friday but they may go through the week or the weekend if a MCU movie or Netflix series is about to come out. Starting on Tuesdays they'll pick a different publisher and run that sale through the week.

Marvel Unlimited is a streaming service where you can read as many comics as you want each month. You can pay $10 a month or $70 a year. They also have an Unlimited Plus subscription where you get extras like an exclusive Marvel Legends figure.

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 706095)

Exclusive Marvel Legends figure? What figures have they done in the past that were exclusives?

Originally Posted by Weapon X (Post 706095)

Exclusive Marvel Legends figure? What figures have they done in the past that were exclusives?

Originally Posted by Universe (Post 706092)

Go into Broward, there are tons of black panthers and nick fury, cap, most of the giantman baf wave.