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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'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 '60s Marvels are just gorgeous.
2) ADVENTURES OF BOB HOPE #104 (DC/National, April-May 1967) -- I've always loved Bob Hope movies. This comic series, while a distant beast, is a very fun lost classic. They're still funny and I wish there would be a way they could be collected today.
3) X-MEN #13 (Marvel, September 1065). I'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've loved it since. Art by John Buscema and Stan Goldberg seamlessly melds two worlds!
5) WHO'S WHO #1 (DC, March 1985) -- To the fairly new fan I was, this and Marvel's OHOTMU filled me in on both universes' 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'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've ever seen one. A really, REALLY great issue.
7) JANE WIEDLIN'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's the main reason I bought it, AND it's a good story about Clark, Lois, and Jon at the County Fair. First cover appearance of my Uncle Humungous! He's got a big big heart.
9) THE SANDMAN #6 (DC, December 1975) -- Jack Kirby's '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'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've met them many of them have gone on to produce some really cool comic books. Here's just a *few* of them.
11) BANANA SUNDAY #1 (Oni, July 2005) -- I've been following @PaulTobin & @ColleenCoover's work for quite a while. I'm always delighted at their stuff. I especially love BANDETTE but I don't have any floppies so here's an earlier, great fun mini. Colleen has drawn me, too!
12) THE SPIRIT #1 (Harvey, October 1966) -- Thanks to their Usual Circus of Freaks, I have only ever once in my life bought a Harvey comic book.
This is it.
Great Eisner reprints under a new '60s cover!
This is it.
Great Eisner reprints under a new '60s cover!
