A guy in his mid-40's getting back into comics.

I collected from 1983 - 1993. After a 20 year hiatus I am reliving the past and enjoying the present. My Comic Book History: Part 1: It's Been A While Part 2: Hooked Part 3: Buy All the Comics Part 4: Too Many Titles Part 5: The End of Comics

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The Warlord #67, March 1983

Cover by Mike Grell

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Epic Illustrated, #33, December 1985

Cover by Phil Hale

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Marvel Fanfare #15

July 1984

Marvel Comics

Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith & Jack Sparling

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Vigilante #1

November 1983

DC Comics

Cover by Keith Pollard

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The Flash #217

September 1972

DC

Cover by Nick Cardy

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Adventurers #0

January 1986

Aircel Publishing

Cover by Peter Hsu

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Tales of the Zombie #1

August 1973

Cover by Boris Vallejo

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(via Vector doodle of PS4 Spiderman (by Lazare Gvimradze) : Spiderman)

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(via Batman by Alex Maleev : DCcomics)

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Left: First page of Dan Slott’s first issue of Amazing Spider-Man.

Right: Last page of Nick Spencer’s first issue of Amazing Spider-Man.

GET REKT SLOTT!

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Please please please please please.

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I'm not sure why I have such fond memories of this series, I haven't read an issue since the late 80's or early 90's. But, I'm a sucker for it. Once I finish up Remender's Cap run from a couple years ago I think I'll dive into the Elementals.

Elementals Vol. 1 #1, January 1984

Publisher: Comico

Penciler & Writer: Bill Willingham

Inkers: Bill Anderson, Keith Wilson, Jeff Dee, Rich Rankin, Sam De La Rosa

Letterer: Keith Wilson

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Finally reading Brubaker's Cap run and enjoying it immensely. Except... I can't stand Steve Epting's Red Skull. The rest of the art is fine, but the Skull is just, well, not good. Captain America Vol. 5 #38, July 2008 - Ed Brubaker, writer - Steve Epting, penciler - Mike Perkins & Steve Epting, inkers - Frank D'Armata, colorist

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Thanos explains his motivations. (And appears to have the face of a bull on his chest.) I wish they had more of this explanation in the Infinity War movie as it would have furthered the motive of that Thanos, but what can you do.

The Surfer plays a large part in the build up to The Infinity Gauntlet. Starting around Vol. 3 #34 running to #38, then the (important) Thanos Quest mini-series which show how Thanos gathered the soul/infinity gems. From there Surfer Vol. 3 #40 - 50 continue the road to Infinity Gauntlet. This set has been a fun read so far. Better than the earlier Thanos stuff.

The Silver Sufer Vol. 3 #44, December 1990

Jim Starlin, Writer

Ron Lim, Penciler

Tom Christopher, Inker

Tim Vincent, Colorist

Brad K. Joyce, Letterer

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Marvel house ad for the Moon Knight Special Edition Limited Series (1983) that reprinted in color the classic stories by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz that had previously only been printed in Marvel’s black and white magazines.

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1980 - Anatomy of a Cover - Moon Knight #2 by Bill Sienkiewicz

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Bill's da-bomb.

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S'up Thanos?

Oh, nuthin'. Chillin' with the skrulls, as you do.

Thanos is big here, but not quite his beefy stature we see now. Nor the color, he's a bit on the gray side here.

Captain Marvel Vol. 1 #26, May 1973

Script: Mike Friedrich

Plot & Art: Jim Starlin

Inks: Dave Cockrum

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After seeing Avengers: Infinity War I decided to dig into Thanos' past, starting with his first appearance. Not much to him at this point, just a broad overview of his origin as told by Drax the Destroyer. I'm curious to see where he turns into the big-baddie that he's known as today.

The Invincible Iron Man #55, Feb. 1973

Plot, Pencils and Character Conceptions: Jim Starlin

Scripter: Mike Frdiedrich

Inker: Mike Esposito