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Veli Loponen
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 4:15pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

I've been pondering should I buy this. I have the Man of Steel in two
versions already, that is Man of Steel tpb and Finnish magazines. But I think
the amount of bonus material is the key factor here.
Last year Man of Steel came as a tpb in Finnish but I didn't buy it because I
already have Finnish magazines. But it's published twice in Finnish (in 1987
and 2025), which means Byrne is yet a quite big in here as well. We also got
a collection of JB's Fantastic Four stories (I think it's same as FF Visionaries
#2) and the Dark Phoenix Saga. Mostly these have also been published in
Finnish already (there was one or two stories in FF tpb that were firsts), but
apparently nostalgia sells and Byrne is the best.

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Brian Miller
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 4:35pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Yeah, the bonus material is what sold me. I’ve got the MOS hardbacks of
JB’s run and a year or two ago found a first print TPB that looked new right
out of the box that I bought for a song. So I didn’t really NEED this one.
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 5:42pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

I’ll admit I sometimes roll my eyes at people who buy multiple editions of the same work—then I remind myself how many copies I have of THE LORD OF THE RINGS!

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Dave B Stewart
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 6:40pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

Your eyes would roll all the way around if you knew how many editions of your FF I have. I even made a custom vol 0 of the John Byrne Visionaries FF before Marvel went back and made theirs...

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Brandon Carter
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 9:23pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

Thanks for the instocktrades heads up Brandon! It’s even cheaper there
than cheapgraphicnovels. I was able to talk her into it! Ordered!

And they had free shipping.

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You're welcome! If you place another order within 8 days, you'll get an extra 2% off loyalty bonus (which is how I saved a full 50% off on Absolute Man of Steel).

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Brandon Carter
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 9:26pm \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

I’ll admit I sometimes roll my eyes at people who buy multiple editions of the same work—then I remind myself how many copies I have of THE LORD OF THE RINGS!

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I would have a lot fewer multiple editions if the version i like best were offered first!

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 30 September 2026 at 11:23pm \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

More like Man of STEAL! (Throw tomatoes if you must, but I couldn't resist).

Thanks, Brandon!

Edited by Vinny Valenti on 30 September 2026 at 11:27pm

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