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Posted: 18 July 2018 at 8:33pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Huh?
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Rebecca Jansen
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Posted: 18 July 2018 at 8:49pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Er, um... face front fearless one?
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Posted: 18 July 2018 at 9:01pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

JB: Huh?

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Another way to repackage and sell older material, I guess?
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Shane Matlock
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At a dollar a pop Marvel is supposedly losing money on the True Believers reprints, but they reprint some wonderful comics that come out close to the time they are about to put out a new number one of that character/team. I would've liked to have seem more Byrne FF in their choices for the Fantastic Four reprints, but I am happy with the story they picked. Fantastic Four #232 is a great FF comic. Definitely can't go wrong with the FF #48 Coming of Galactus reprint or FF #5 either.

I do find myself wondering how a potentially new reader after reading some of these issues, how the new Fantastic Four #1 volume whatever is going to compare. It's like, hey, read some of the best Fantastic Four stories ever for a dollar and now pay 8 dollars for this 5 minute read. 

Here's an article with the issues they are reprinting:

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/04/marvel-celebrates-ret urn-fantastic-four-true-believers-titles/

Edit: I probably would've picked 236 over 232 if there had been one Byrne story, but I know why it was picked since most of these reprints feature historic firsts, in this case the first issue written and drawn by JB of his legendary run.

Also just noticed that I overlooked 209 which does have Byrne art at least. I definitely would've picked an issue actually written by JB over that one, like my all time favorite Fantastic Four issue, #243, although it is his first time drawing the comic which is historical.


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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 7:56am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

I wonder how the sales are going.

And it is pretty nice to get some stories from the different eras of the FF served up this way. Absent buying collections--which aren't on the shelves these days in any case--you have to buy digital copies of the books or find a buddy with a really good collection if you want to read them.
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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:57am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

#209 also has Nova and Xandar!  Yay for me.
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I liked FF #220-221, but that's two issues, and #236 might've also been too long for their format. Two-In-One #50 would be a good single issue choice though. I've bought some of those reprints that were packaged with the dolls (oops, action figures)... Avengers #6 & 87 and X-Men #5. Having a 'True Believers' banner at the top puts me off of those, but if they colored that John Buscema Phoenix one-off story I might try and get at least that one, maybe get the Wolverine Hulk reprint as I'll never afford that original!
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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 11:53am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Rebecca, I didn't even think about 236 being over-sized. I was just trying to think of one of the best one issue FF stories, but, yeah, if these are produced at a loss I doubt they are going to go with an extra long issue.
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Manuel Soler
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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

I did buy the True Believers with the Phoenix story from Bizarre Adventures and I found the colors strange. Perhaps it was because I was used to read the b&w version or maybe the problem was that the story was pencilled to be non-colored.
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Lars Sandmark
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Rebecca,there actually is a full-colour True Believers reprint of the John Buscema Phoenix story.

Manuel beat me to it!



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there is also a true believers  JB return of Jean Grey, FF286.

I love em at my store. I get about 5 and sell 3 to regulars and put the other 2 in the dollar box. Great books for all ages for the most part so I recommend them to moms! 
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Posted: 21 July 2018 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

The latest issue of the Previews catalogue solicits True Believers reprints to celebrate the Marvel Knights imprint anniversary.

Of note is Power Man #48 by JB.

I'm also getting Marvel Premiere #15 (first Iron Fist), Daredevil #1. Amazing Spider-Man #129, Avengers #144, and Luke Cage Hero For Hire #1.
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