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Thanks for the explanation of the All Star Squadron. I used to pick up old issues of the All Star Squadron from the 80s in the bargain bins in the early 90s. I enjoyed them, but I was confused about where these characters had come from and what the continuity was. The Blackmark comic also looks interesting
Steve, it’s great to see you and Frieda again, it made my Saturday so much happier! It wasn’t the same without you! Also, Black Snow seems like a harrowing but very is important read..
Well of course I appreciate that, but there are PLENTY of great BookTubers who have terrific channels even though they have the misfortune not to be ME!
Whenever I stir out of doors, I'll likewise be using the #39 (unless I re-install Lyft on my phone) -- but at least once I'll be trying the elaborate series of free shuttle buses the T has set up, just because it's historic! I don't want to look back and say "Yes, this unprecedented thing happened in Boston and I completely ignored it"
Another who was big in his day, but is unknown now is Harold Robbins. My dad had several of his books. Nowhere to be seen now and in this case I think justly so ;-)
Not sure if it's the same Olmsted but Frederick Law Olmsted designed multiple parks and nature reserves in my area of NY I also live on a street named after him. Random fact for the day Steve
I need zero justification for buying books. I may not have any more room in my house for them, but that doesn't stop me. Also, so glad to see your young face again!
Dork that I am, I liked Young All-Stars even more than All-Star Squadron - particularly, of course, Arn Munro. I very much doubt there'll ever be a collected edition of those issues!
Marvel's version were called 'Essential' Spider-Man, Fantastic four, hulk etc. I collected all the spider-man ones back when I was a teen and loved them. Black and white makes it easy appreciate the artwork.
@@saintdonoghue Oddly enough they're all pretty expensive nowadays. I guess 'cause they're out of print. I think I've seen the Tomb of Dracula ones are very expensive! :)
Yes, the Essential Collections! I had a bunch of them, until I realized that I really did miss the WHOLE experience, color and all. The best possible whole experience (don't tell Michael K Vaughan I said this!) is those enormous hardcover omnibus editions, where you not only get color but even the original house-ads and letters pages - Every time a new one of those appears, I'm SO tempted!
@@saintdonoghue I have a number of the big hardcover Omnis and yes they are amazing. I really love the Epics too though. That's a nice readable format... I have a couple of the Essentials of Savage Sword of Conan and one of Tomb of Dracula. The B&W presentation is pretty good for those (especially SSoC of course) but I like having the color if that's how the comics were originally published.
Well hello! Haven’t even watched your video yet, I’ve missed you and the Bean. It’s been withdrawals for our 28 year old, sexy influencer gone missing 😉 I just finished Quartershare as my entree into sci-fi, and catching up on your Star Trek videos… Now to see what you scored at the Brattle. ~ Mary
I am surprised that you found the All-Star Squadron in a Showcase edition. Just a couple years ago, I finished filling out my collection of the complete run of All-Star Squadron by purchasing back issues. There were some good stories in that series.
Every time I'm tempted to go looking around on eBay or some such place for individual back issues, I think about the super-heavy longboxes I've lugged from house to house - that usually helps control the urge!
Oh no, it's definitely worth it - but you didn't read it the first time, when it was the talk of the reading world in the US? Never saw the TV mini-series?
Finding a free, perfect-sized bookcase on the sidewalk does seem to be the Universe's way of saying Go to The Brattle. For the human vote, there's a lot of messages here below (including mine) cheering you on.
Letters published! Well, yes ... that's the most I could possibly have had published, right? Unless I stooped to writing under a pseudonym, but who does that in this day and age?
In this video, you said that when Marvel started publishing the Essential collections, no other reprint volumes had been offered by Marvel. That isn’t true. At that point, they had already been publishing the hardcover Marvel Masterworks books for several years, and those were in color. But they were twice the price, for half as much material.
Hah! No, no - it wasn't "the Old Gay Men's Press"! It was the Gay Men's Press, which I called "old" because I think it's no longer around! Sorry about that! "The Old Gay Man's Press" would indeed be pretty niche marketing!
