ITT: Your Most Prized Possession

What’s the crown jewel of your comic book collection? Mine is first printing of the first issue of Astro City, easily my favourite cape comic

First printing of the original Crow series.

I only have trash in my collection.

That's uh, awkward. I bought the first 25 issues in a bundle at my LCS year or so back for 30 bucks.

My Crown Jewel is original art from The Vision #3.

Yeah Astro City isn't worth much except maybe an alt cover or two. Even those are like... 10 or so dollars.

However. Astro City is a fantastic comic, so if you prize it because you look at it, smile, and get some great memories of the series and go "nice" than you're doing this hobby right.

I have a first print of The New Batman Adventures Mad Love thats in great shape. Other than that, I haven't got jack in terms of value other than a first print New 52 Batman #1 and the first 2 issues of Watchmen. I mostly just buy trades and stories I like, not really dead set on obtaining a high value collection

I have two I guess.

The Hellboy story from Comic Buyers Guide 1070.

It's, I think, the second complete Hellboy story. It came out mid Seed of Destruction.

It's four pages. Essentially a piece of paper folded over and stabled to the center of a CBG issue. I think it goes for over a hundred or so now.

(Not my picture of my copy, but you get the idea. Mine is in storage and that sucks.)

>Wanted to go to last years Balitmore CC
>Super excited to hear Mike himself was going to be there
>He cancels
>Friends couldn't make the trip
>Didn't go
Well theres always this year

And again, not my picture but the Alt cover to Hellboy the Fury 3.

It was meant to be a one in ten or such, and Dark Horse sort of forgot to tell stores about it, so very few actually saw print. This just simply cost stupid money on ebay. But it was literally the only Hellboy or Hellverse or Mignola created book I didn't have, so I went for it.

Thanks to this I have every issue, every cover, every trade, every Dark Horse presents of everything Hellboy and Hellboy related.

My miracle man silver age #1, I know it's not worth too much but it's like owning a beautiful miscarried fetus.

He canceled going to NYCC when I was there once too. I brought the first issue of Seed with me too. I hear he has some social anxiety issues, which considering how overwhelming a con can be if you can just get lost on the floor, I can imagine how bad it is behind a desk all day.

So it sucks man. I feel your pain. But I don't exactly blame him.

As long as cycle 3 of BPRD goes off how they intend, the man will be cemented as a comics god.

My skeletor action figure ive had for over 7 years.

Oh, two non Hellboy books I won, I have a very good Copy of the first Star Sapphire appearance in Green Lantern.

Which is neat. After conquring Hellboy, I'm working my way back with Green Lantern. It's going pretty well. Every main line book from 1972 until now and about 30 silver age issues so far.

And finally the variant for Saga 1. I just like this art. It's got more of an epic space opera vibe to it. And I've been a BKV fan for years. People shit on him, but I still like what he does.

Pug Davis by Rebeca Sugar

Gay Comics (Maxx issue)

It's probably either a toss up of The Flex Mentallo trade that I got signed by Grant Morrison or my Blue Beetle #1 which is the first appearance of The Question.

You bastard I’ve been looking for pug Davis for so long

Multiversity #1 signed by Morrison or Batman and Robin V1 signed by Quietly

My copy of Kamandi #22, and my copies of most of Simonson's Fantastic Four run. I'm slowly working on finishing that run, then getting all of Englehart's issues. Maybe eventually, Claremont's run (as well as Fantastic Four vs. X-Men, because I love that mini).
My single issues aren't incredibly impressive, and as a high schooler, I got rid of a lot of them (including a near mint condition copy of X-Force #1 and some early Busiek Avengers issues) in trade for a shit ton of MtG cards around the time I was into that.

I have a signed copy of Hellboy: Darkness Calls #3 that I love. I also have the witzend Slipcase which is pretty hard to come by lately.

Graphitti Designs Earth X HC
Promethea 32 Posters and Cover Collection signed by Moore and Williams
The Extreme Studios 25th Anniversary book signed by Liefeld, Marat, Park, Fraga, etc.
Ralph Snart HC with sketch by Hansen
The issue of ALF with one of my letters in it

Has to be my copy of Flex Mentallo signed by both Morrison and Quitely.

Most valuable comic I own is probably Cavewoman #1. Also have Harbinger #1 from Valiant. Can't think offhand if I have anything else pushing $100 or more.

X-Men #1, and Hulk #181 (first appearance of Wolverine) both signed by Stan Lee.

Also, Showcase #22 (first appearance of Hal Jordan. And Green Lantern Green Arrow #76 signed by Neal Adams.

And my X-Men vol 2 #1 and all the accompanying comics that make the fold out cover. And Uncanny X-Men 282 (first appearance of Bishop).

>Also, Showcase #22 (first appearance of Hal Jordan. And Green Lantern Green Arrow #76 signed by Neal Adams.

hhhng

Anyway. Rough ballpark you can buy a car.

>so if you prize it because you look at it, smile, and get some great memories of the series and go "nice" than you're doing this hobby right.
Agree with this
Not OP but I love having Astro City in floppies too. Even today when I trade wait for most things I still buy the floppies and it makes me happy to have the whole series. The routinely great cover art helps things.

Completing a run or a series I like is a lot more fun than getting that one key issue or first app of a character I like or whatnot.

Yeah, I've listed a few high value books in this thread. Or at least sort of high. And I have all of those just because I love the comics themselves. The high value is actually more of an annoyance than a perk.

Just yesterday I went to the used bookstore and saw they had hardcover collections of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse. Ben Templesmith is one of my favorite artists so I decided to buy them, when I got home I opened them up and it turns out that two of them are signed and one has a drawing he did.

Catwoman #1 that I was planning on getting signed by Darwyn Cooke.

I never did, but it has sentimental value to me.

Why would anyone get rid of that?

I've got a ducked up copy of amazing spider-man 6 (first electro)

Web of Spider-Man 1 and JLA/Avengers 1

I have no idea, the store was selling it cheep too.

>black finger in photo
My fellow African American brethren.

Although, JTHM. Prior as a kid I always thought professionals made comics until I came across Vasquez's JTHM. It was kitsch and all, it was very influential on me in my formative yeara growing up.

I let a guy borrow this book in high school and he returned it to me the next day and it was all fucked up and the spine was starting to come off. How does anybody treat a book THAT rough.

my copy of Animal Man #1 signed by Grant Morrison

My condolensces, user. Skinny as I am I would've kicked the piss out of him.

Some people see literature be it comics or novels as invaluable and often treat it with neglect and carelessness.

I let my friend borrow that book back in high school, the he suddenly died in a car accident & I didn’t want to ask his family for the book back

im fucking jealous
is jla avengers rare bc i have all 4 of them

mines either this

or this

or this

>The high value is actually more of an annoyance than a perk.
It's so true, I get so annoyed at a high price sometimes. Like I wanted to start getting Preacher floppies but I put it off too long and after the show was announced the price of issue 1 shot up from like $5 to 100 or more. Speculators are trash

I’m surprised no one called OP a nigger. I genuinely think Sup Forums is the most tolerant board on the site

Pug Davis is impossible to find. I'm so jelly.

not my prized possession but it could have been and i'm so fucking pissed
I went to a dump one day and saw a star wars trilogy vhs special edition with the PLASTIC STILL FUCKING ON
IT HADNT BEEN OPENED IN ALL THIS TIME
THEY WERE SELLING IT FOR FIVE BUCKS AND I DIDN'T FUCKING BUY IT

I have 4 issues of the original Teen Titans run from the 1980s. The 4 issue mini series where they go camping and learn about the backstories of Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg. Bought them at a local comic book store's moving sale.

I once had a first print of The Killing Joke, the one with original coloring. Didn't know what it was, gave it to a friend, he sold it.

Either my copy of Don Hertzfeldt's The End of the World or my signed Bernie Wrightson Frankenstein print.

Also how does everyone handle Sup Forums's 4mb file size limit? Everytime I post a picture its always way too big.

Absolutely love them. And the fact that Gary is on it is what makes it my absolute favorite.

Nothing really pricy or that will have great value, other than sentimental, later would be ethier this Marvel Zombies the cover with little skull by Suydam or...

Quick Resize on paint.

...Or Journey into Mystery Complete Collection Vol 1 and 2 with Gillen's Loki here, my gf has 645 with Leah and Loki will ask her for a photo later. Plus my Lady Loki Statue, but there's no need for a bump right now.

I’ve got those too, love those issues

I got a signed copy of the trade paper back of THE SEED OF EVIL. I opened it up after I got it from the used bookstore and its got Mignola's signature right there.

I'm also collecting all the 2099 #1s because I love 2099.

My dude I think you mean Seed of Destruction.

I am a major Hellboy fan who'd love to get Mignola's signature and I believe a small case of the tism has been triggered in me over this.

Actually I was double-wrong. It's Wake the Devil. Just looked again.

Superman Annual: For the Man Who Has Everything

The League of Extraordinary Gentleman #1

Still sealed Mike Mignola's Bram Stoker's Dracula #1

A bunch of Moore Miracleman's and Swamp Things (like the Anniversary issue with Spectre, and Swamp Thing in Gotham)

Moon Knight #1

No idea if any are worth much but I love to have them

You know if this was a posted in Sup Forums it would have gone way diffrently

>Still sealed Mike Mignola's Bram Stoker's Dracula #1

I don't mean to be a bubble bursting dick, but I've seen this in random bullshit dollar boxes at cons, stores, etc etc. So I just can't see it being worth anything.

It is Mignola and therefor very cool though.

Wake was top quality stuff. It's when Mignola decided he could write and god damn it was great.

Oh I know, it's just neat. Mignola art and a favourite film of mine

I've actually been meaning to watch the film because I have the comic sitting around too.

But I've also been meaning to read the book. So. Lots of circular Dracula interest for me I guess.

You definitely should. It's a lot of fun. All in-camera effects make for a beautiful watch, and it's got a wild streak in it.

Between Oldman's costume and a very miscast Keanu Reeves it seems to have some awful 90s stuff going on in it. It seems like a mixed bag.

Some do find it more of a mixed bag than others. I find its particular brand of operatic sincere camp just delightful, that rewards multiple viewings

If it kind of works on its own, I think I'll like it. If it feels like a 90s producer calling the shots, I'll want to kill myself.

>If it feels like a 90s producer calling the shots
Oh no this is full on Francis Ford Coppola. He convinced a studio to shoot a film that could've been made in the 30s, but with his approach to colour and editing, that relishes in its characters and ideas. Keanu and Winona Ryder could seem like studio-mandated hires, but, like everyone, they really go for it.

Yeah they seemed like studio hires. Still, you're convincing me enough that I do need to go for it sooner than later.

It'll either be a stylistic novelty, or your absolute jam. Both pretty good

Yeah I think I'm in on this.

Back on the comic front. Didn't Topps do a few sequel minis? Without either Busiek or Mignola though.

I honestly was tempting to type something along the lines of "I gazed upon your eyes and knew you were my nigger" while posting my own picture.

But opted for "African American brethren" because OP seemed proud of his thread he made and I didn't want to upset him.

Yeah, Sup Forums is really tolerant of a board.

I have the full run of the Neil Gaiman Sandman, and Shade the Changing Man. The former has some issues wirth a bit.

Have a near complete Clairemont X-Men collection as well, some issues are worth a surprising amount.

The Frank Book (Hardcover 1st edition in excellent condition)

Got it signed by Jim Woodring and he sketched a Frank head in it and Pupshaw and Pushpaw

ASM 13, 121, and 122 signed by Stan Lee

Good taste

Amazing Screw On Head floppy. Original print. It's great.

Also good taste

You utter bastard. I've wanted the floppy copy of Sandman #19 for ages now.

Ouch.

Detective comics 73. (Second appearance of scarecrow/first cover)

Journey into mystery 85

Amazing Spider-Man 14

Low grade GSX 1

Would love to see your Showcase 22, great book.

not me but my uncle has a 50 year old tin tin porn booklet

An old school Tijuana Bible? Neat. And gross.

I got the second Library Edition signed by him at my first convention I ever attended before I fell deeply into Hellboy.

>Sandman
You lucky motherfucker. I have the entire run of Shade too; I'm actually reading through it right now.

Shade's great, but it is suggested that you stop after #50. Milligan wanted to end it there but DC told him that they would continue it without him (this was one year into Vertigo being an imprint, and DC didn't want to cancel one of their better-selling titles), so he continued it for 20 issues, but his heart wasn't really in it.
It's also never been completely collected into trades (only 19 issues), so those singles are actually something a little special (not worth a whole lot, but the only way to physically get it).

Yeah I've heard to stop there before, but I still plan on reading the whole thing

First printings of each book from The Dark Knight Returns. My Uncle bought them in 86 and gave them to me on my twelfth birthday in 2004, along with about 100 so other batman comics from the 70s and 80s. Its what got me into comic books.

That's fucking awesome. I read DKR around the same age as well and it helped me branch out to non-Marvel stuff. It definitely played a big role in my love for the medium.

Yeah I haven't taken them out in forever until this thread. I actually didn't realize I had them until a few years after I got them and had already bought a tpb of it. So I haven't actually read these particular issues. I know they aren't like near mint or anything like that but I am thinking about getting them framed as I just moved and it would be a neat way to display them as well as have some art on my bare walls.

That would be sweet. A used bookstore in my town has a couple issues of the original Kirby New Gods run that I've been tempted to buy and frame.

That would be great. Huge fan of early New Gods.

damn that asm 13 is nice

Probably either my The Vistor Print signed by Mignola and Robinson, or my Secret Wars #8

I have a misprint first print copy of The Maxx #3 with the cover of #4 on the back.

I really love my Galactus Marvel Legend BAF

My ASM #1 singed by Stan Lee.

The Giffen/Rogers run of Jaime Reyes' Blue Beetle (TPBs) and the complete Young Justice run.

>go to the movies with my sister when I was about 14 or 15
>want to see Thor: the Dark World
>says no and forces me to see some shitty movie where Cameron Diaz humps a car
>decides to buy me this special promotional bucket with Thor, Loki and Malekith on it for me when we order popcorn even though it's an extra $10
>tfw it's dented, getting rusty in the inside and has always smelled like stale old butter but I love it
>probably the last time my sister and I did something together and probably the last time we ever will have a day like that since a lot has happened in those past 5 years; I'm not a kid anymore, she had a kid, she has a bunch of mental issues now and there's generally a lot of bad blood between us and between most of my family and her

it's generally a bretty cool bucket regardless of all that too. Definitely my most prized Sup Forums possession. I just wish I'd kept it in better shape.

Some people just need to get rid of things. I found a hardcover copy of Punisher: Born signed by Thomas Jane at Strand a year or so ago.

>Ralph Snart HC with sketch by Hansen
thats rad

A possession with emotional value, nice one user.