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In my case longboxes = my spinner rack, but this sounds fun!
Okay, in the words of The Great One...AWAAAAAAY WE GOOOOOO!
1) FF #86 (Marvel, May 1969) -- I don& #39;t have many original Lee/Kirby comics, but I do have a hooffull of FFs from the # 80s through the early 100s. To see them for real is a wonderful thing, especially the covers: the paper stock with the colors of & #39;60s Marvels are just gorgeous.
2) ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE #104 (DC/National, April-May 1967) -- I& #39;ve always loved Bob Hope movies. This comic series, while a distant beast, is a very fun lost classic. They& #39;re still funny and I wish there would be a way they could be collected today.
3) X-MEN #13 (Marvel, September 1065). I& #39;ve got a small assortment of pre- #94 X-Men, and this is the earliest one I have. Lee and (layouts by) Kirby, baby! NOBODY CAN STOP THE JUGGERNAUT (except Professor X)!
4) ARCHIE MEETS THE PUNISHER (Archie/Marvel, August 1984) -- When we discuss the greatest intercompany crossovers this BETTER be on the best-of lists. I bought this when it first came out and I& #39;ve loved it since. Art by John Buscema and Stan Goldberg seamlessly melds two worlds!
5) WHO& #39;S WHO #1 (DC, March 1985) -- To the fairly new fan I was, this and Marvel& #39;s OHOTMU filled me in on both universes& #39; history and characters. I loved them so much I created similar elaborate handbooks for my own fanfic characters. (I still have those, too).
6) SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #41 (DC, March 2000) -- It doesn& #39;t often get spotlighted, but I think this single issue from the animated tie-in comics is ONE OF THE GREATEST SUPERMAN COMICS EVER. Its gimmick; each of the 22 pages in this book is an individual short story.
6.1) Each story also adds to the story as a whole to present a day in the life of Superman (and his universe). Different pencillers all work in the TAS style for each segment!
6.2) The last story is an absolutely on-target depiction of the world of Superman if I& #39;ve ever seen one. A really, REALLY great issue.
7) JANE WIEDLIN& #39;S LADY ROBOTIKA #1 (Image, July 2010) -- Has YOUR girlfriend ever started in her own comic book? (Nope.) This is a fun outer space adventure: Jane gets cyber-enhanced to fight an evil regime. Only two issues ever came out...and I have lost my copy of #2! NOOOOOO!
8) SUPERMAN v.3 #7 (DC, November 2016) -- BIG BULL! BIG BULL! BIG BULL! Really, that& #39;s the main reason I bought it, AND it& #39;s a good story about Clark, Lois, and Jon at the County Fair. First cover appearance of my Uncle Humungous! He& #39;s got a big big heart.
9) THE SANDMAN #6 (DC, December 1975) -- Jack Kirby& #39;s & #39;70s work at DC is so weird and wild and cosmic and crazy I just absolutely love it to pieces. Brute and Glob always crack me up, and I love that Neil Gaiman integrates this history into HIS Sandman!
More this evening! In the meantime, it& #39;s dinner.
10) COMICS BY MY PALS - One of the best parts about this new-fangled social media thingee is meeting cool, interesting people and becoming online friends with them! Since I& #39;ve met them many of them have gone on to produce some really cool comic books. Here& #39;s just a *few* of them.
11) BANANA SUNDAY #1 (Oni, July 2005) -- I& #39;ve been following @PaulTobin & @ColleenCoover& #39;s work for quite a while. I& #39;m always delighted at their stuff. I especially love BANDETTE but I don& #39;t have any floppies so here& #39;s an earlier, great fun mini. Colleen has drawn me, too!
