{"id":866,"date":"2018-04-25T14:13:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T21:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vmcampos.com\/blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2018-04-29T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T21:24:57","slug":"comic-haul-april-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmcampos.com\/blog\/comic-haul-april-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Haul April 25, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time around I got a classic comic from eBay, a few alternate covers, and a\u00a0Retailer Incentive<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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The Death of Superman<\/em> storyline was in all the mainstream media headlines back in 1992. I picked up\u00a0Superman: The Man of Steel<\/em> #18, which features the full debut of Doomsday, the one who killed Superman. I never had the issue back in the day, so I picked one up on eBay. It was the Newsstand “variant,” so that’s cool. I love the cover. It’s an\u00a0epic<\/em> punch from Doomsday (not completely revealed, yet), shattering the comic’s logo!<\/p>\n

I’ve enjoyed reading\u00a0Spider-Gwen, but I missed a few issues when my local shop closed down (R.I.P. Rising Sun Comics<\/a>). So at another shop I picked up\u00a0Spider-Gwen<\/em> #24. When I bought it, I didn’t notice it was a 2nd printing edition, so I’ll have to get a 1st printing some day.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite sub-genres of comics to collect is the Repeating Digit Comic. That’s why I picked up\u00a0The Punisher\u00a0<\/em>#222.<\/p>\n

I started my comic book reading life in 1987, with\u00a0Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> #293 (actually,\u00a0Web of Spider-Man\u00a0<\/em>#31 [actually,\u00a0Amazing Spider-Man\u00a0<\/em>#266]), and it’s quite interesting to see the book at issue $800! I picked up #798. Red Goblin!<\/p>\n

Thanos is hot, and it’s cool that Marvel published a couple of\u00a0True Believers<\/em>\u00a0reprints of The Mad Titan: Iron Man #55 and Avengers #125. For only one dollar, how can you pass that up?<\/p>\n

Archie Comics has really embraced the WTH Crossover (witness\u00a0Archie Meets the Punisher<\/em>,\u00a0Archie Meets Glee,<\/em> and more), so it’s really fun to see another one. I picked up issues 4, 5, and 6 of\u00a0Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of high-number comics,\u00a0Action Comics<\/em> #1000 is out! I picked up #999 when it debuted, but this time I went back and picked up #998. Very nice variant cover. Sort of a pensive Superman.<\/p>\n

Pulling out my hipster card, I used to enjoy Artgerm<\/a>‘s images before you did. ? In this haul I picked up\u00a0Supergirl<\/em> #20, his last work on that series.<\/p>\n

Speaking of amazing art, I bought the Mercado subscription variant cover of Rocko’s Modern Life<\/em> #1 for cover price! eBay shows the book is to be had for a pretty petty. I’m happy about this pickup. Plus, the art is astounding.<\/p>\n

Another book that I’m very happy I picked up was the 1:100 Retailer Incentive variant of the new\u00a0Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> comic from IDW. One shop was selling it for $99.99, but at the shop I visited, it was a lot less. Score! I also picked up #2.<\/p>\n

All in all, a great haul! What did you get for New Comic Book day? Let me know in the Comments.<\/p>\n

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