Maybe it was a particular story arc? Or one of the creators, be it the writer, the artist, the inker or even in some cases, the colorist. But whatever the reason what are your most valued comics you have in your personal collection?
For me it is my collection of the late '60s - '70s comics drawn by NEAL ADAMS!
I have tons of comics be from the 'Bronze age' til the modern ones, but those classic Neal Adams ones are special to me.
Neal Adams is my favorite comic book artist and the work he did for DC and Marvel in in his prime have influenced comic book artists up til this day. When I was a kid in the 70s, I got first hand his work on Batman and the X-men comics and the classic tabloid size Superman vs Muhammad Ali went it was first published in the late '70s. I also had the DC/Marvel crossover: 'Superman vs Spiderman' tabloid comic, not knowing he drawn the Superman images of the book until much later.
Later as a teen, when I had a little more money and did more research on all that he had done, I went and got back issue to all the other classic stuff he had done including Green Lantern/Green arrow, Deadman, Avengers and brief but awesome Conan work. I was obsessed with finding any and all the work he had done.
However when I became and adult and decided to "grow up" and stop reading comics, I sold off all my comic collection including the ones drawn by Neal Adams. However, as I got much older, I came to my senses and realize that I love the genre too much and particularly the artwork, that I want to own my much loved comic that I had as a kid again. So for the past decade or so I have been re-building my collection of the comics I had when I was growing up, particularly the ones drawn by Neal Adams.
I'm still in the process of attaining all those great Neal Adams comics (they are pretty expenses nowadys) during that period as an artist, but this is what I have so far...
This is my collection of his
BATMAN work. I'm still just a few shy of some key issues to having a complete set.
This is from his work on DEADMAN in Strange Tales (which continue as a backup in Aquaman) also
The SPECTRE, one issue he did
The Phantom Stanger and some back up stories in various comics.
This is probably my most prize collection of all of my favorite collection. And that is Neal Adams run on
GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW! I'm really proud that I got these in Good to Very Good condition. The Flash issues are there because the GL/GA stories concluded as Back up features after the Green Lantern title was first cancelled.
Here is what I got on his work for the X
-MEN, Avengers, Thor and
Conan. Also included two of his his own independent comic,
MS. Mystic, for Pacific comic in the early ‘80s, two anthology books, and of course original print of SUPERMAN
vs MUHAMMAD ALI!
Lastly, these are not from comics but they are high quality prints of paintings he did for the cover of the
Tarzan paperback books that came out in the mid '70s, that were in three portfolio packages. These are absolutely beautiful!
Those are my favorite from my personal collection, what are yours?