July 30-day Challenge: Superheroes!!

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Damn it SC, I have to watch that glorious film now!

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That is a FANTASTIC gif! I have to save that to my phone for use in group chats!

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Day 30 -- Most Underappreciated Superhero




I have a lot of D list heroes that are near and dear to my heart, that I've collected the stories of. A really hard question. I'm going to go with The Peacemaker, one of DC's acquisitions that Dick Giordano helped snag back in the early 1980s. I always felt like Peacemaker never got the shot he deserved. He was quickly turned into an anti-hero and then almost a villain. Kind of a shame. The character had a lot to offer and the fans and DC never really got behind him to give him a chance.

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I miss the challenge already

How about

-- Day 31 --- How Many Comics Do You Own? [Guess or exact if you know it]

I just noticed the other day I have 22 long boxes not including trades or my short box of Conan. They're not all full, but I doubt any of them have under 120 and many are bursting. So, I must have well over 3,000 (probably closing on 4,000).

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I have the Sinestro Corps War two part trade, Flash Rebirth, Watchmen, some Villains Month one shots, the flash of two worlds reprint from DC Subscription box and All Star Batman

And Vol 2 of Geoff Johns' Flash Omnibus

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-- Day 31 --- How Many Comics Do You Own? [Guess or exact if you know it]

7 long boxes and countless trades.

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Day 30 - Most Underappreciated Superhero

Moon Knight

Day 31 --- How Many Comics Do You Own?

12-15 Short boxes of comics.

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Day 30 - Most Underappreciated Superhero

Martian Manhunter. As powerful as he is, he ALWAYS plays second fiddle to other characters, usually the ones with the "S" logo. I wonder why a Tower of Babel-type story hasn't been written featuring J'onn J'onzz. With his power set, he could easily take down the league from within, but instead, they repeatedly give that glory to Batman.

Day 31 - How Many Comics Do You Own? [Guess or exact if you know it]

2 long boxes and 9 short boxes.

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Well, I'm "winning" the long box war, but I'm pretty sure Dave has more than me.

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At my peak, until this year, I had 9-10,000 comics. I got rid of all of my Marvel and anything that had no sentimental or financial value to me.

I'm now at 27 longboxes, the lowest I'd been in about 15 years. Most of them are very tight, with about 200 comics each, every one with bags and boards (I was always consistent with bagging and boarding over the years, thank God), so I probably have over 5,000 comics left.


I only have 4 longboxes reserved for a-z filing. All the other longboxes are my favorites segregated into their own boxes in the remaining 23. 3 longboxes for The Flash, 2 longboxes for Swamp Thing, 7 for Green Lantern, and so on, with Hellblazer, Spectre Green Arrow, Hawkman, Aquaman, JSA, and Doom Patrol.

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^^^ Glad you chimed in. I was looking excessive in front of all these light weights, but you are excessiver.



I haven't had the heart to get rid of even comics I don't like so I have something like 3 Marvel boxes, but I put them up top (the hardest spot to reach) because I hardly ever add anything to them.

Besides the above, I have 2 or 3 boxes of trades (yes I box my trades because my bookshelves are full of books and movies).

I too bag and board everything. I used to only bag the important stuff, but one day (probably 15 years ago) I decided to buy bags and boards in bulk and do all the naked books. Now, new books get immediately bagged/boarded when I get home and sealed when I'm done reading them.

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That's the GL side of the room, with the 7 longboxes. Not likely to ever need an 8th at this point sadly.

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I too bag and board everything. I used to only bag the important stuff, but one day (probably 15 years ago) I decided to buy bags and boards in bulk and do all the naked books. Now, new books get immediately bagged/boarded when I get home and sealed when I'm done reading them.

Kind of calming isn't it? I never feel like I'm done until they are bagged, boarded and filed away. You must have been happy once you were finally caught up I imagine.

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Kind of calming isn't it? I never feel like I'm done until they are bagged, boarded and filed away. You must have been happy once you were finally caught up I imagine.

Yeah. It was probably about then I made the master list of Green Lantern (the only comics I catalogue) too.