Which "legendary" comics do you own?

Cafe Society
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I was wandering around Polite Dissent, and noticed that they do a lot of discussion about comic books.

I’m reading Wikipedia now about “legendary” story arcs, writer runs (particularly those by Alan Moore and Chris Claremont) and individual issues ('What do you get for the Man who has Everything?).

I was wondering what “famous” comics you currently own.

For me, I have:
The Dark Knight (#1, first printing, and trade paperback)
Watchmen (first print issues, all 12.)
Flash Vol. 2 (up to issue ~20, with the first annual.)
Macross #1.
The Jack Kirby run of Captain America, in “Essential” TPB.
The entire run of the Amazing Spider Man on CD.
The Chris Claremont run on X-Men, in Essential TPB.
Usagi Yojimbo #1.
Lone Wolf and Cub #2, first printing.
Justice League (International) run up to ~20, but I missed out on the misprinted cover on #3.

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I have the KISS MARVEL COMIC #1, printed with KISS-blood ink.

(I know it’s not really what you had in mind, but the comic does qualify as legendary…)

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Killing Joke, I believe it’s the first printing. I found it at a swap meet.

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Fantastic Four, the first 150 issues or so, except for a few near the beginning (I have #1)

Most of the first 50 issues of Spiderman (I had Amazing Fantasy #15, but my father gave it away)

Most of the first 50 issues of Avengers

The first 100 issues of Conan

The first few DC issues of Tarzan (Joe Kubert!)

The original run of Silver Surfer

Batman “A Death in the Family”

Alan Moore’s final issue of Superman

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I’ve got some old newspapers with Barney Google and Mr. Hoople and Smokey Stover from the 50’s

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Oo, I forgot I had the Killing Joke too.

Also, I have the entire collected run of Calvin and hobbs…in Korean.

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The Death of Superman back when it came out as one volume.

And also I found the first Doonesbury treasury from like 1974-76 or so in a thrift store for like 4 bucks.
That’s pretty much it.

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Depends on what you mean by “legendary,” but I have the entire first run of the original Len Wein-Bernie Wrightson-Nestor Redondo Swamp Thing.

I have all of the Howard the Duck except for issue 1 (though I have a reprint of that).

I also have all of the first two or three years of American Flagg!.

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  1. The first run of Metamorphosis Odyssey in Epic magazine.
  2. Miller’s run of Daredevil.
  3. Busiek and Ross Marvels mini series.
  4. Moore’s Marvelman/Miracleman .

And lots of others…

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I have almost all of Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge comics from about 1950 - 1965. Now, those were Art.

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The Dark Knight Returns - 1st printing of all four original issues

Sin City - first run issues for each series and short-story collections, except for the first series (now known as The Hard Goodbye)
I don’t know how legendary the rest of these are…

First-run issues of every chapter of the Knightfall story that spanned several Batman-related titles.

The Long Dark Halloween

300 - original issues

Complete first run of Preacher.

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DC Comics Presents #26, featuring the New Teen Titans.
The Amazing Spider-Man #252, first appearnace of the black costume
Superman Annual #10, “For the Man Who Has Everything”

Nothing particularly timeless.

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Cerebus Animation portfolio and a nice 12" statue. Most of the early issues but there’s a few gaps.
Dark Knight first print.
TMNT first issue (the original b&w series). Unfortunately, I believe it’s a second printing. :frowning:
Death of Superman.
The Byrne/Clairemont run on X-Men and the Neal Adams issues as well.
Killing Joke

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Legendary’s in the eye of the beholder…

I have over 10,000 books - depending on your threshold for Legendary, I might have hundreds of those.

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Every Legion of Super-Heroes comic from Adventure #300 on.

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With comics from 1982 - 2008; I might have some. Last estimate was 30K comics.

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I have many Silver Age DC comics. As I posted recently, last week’s “Big Bang Theory” featured the “Flash of Two Worlds” issue which I have. Lots of the “Earth 2” story intros of that era.

I also had the first “New Look” Batman but it disappeared.

The first issues of “Metal Men”, is that legendary? Early “Hawkman” and “Atom”. Etc.

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Had all these - nit: spelling = Claremont. Had most of original X-men before issue 93, too… - sold for an amplifier when I was 18. Got $60 for GS X-Men #1. sigh

  • Have Spiderman #121 - Gwen dies and #135 first intro of Punisher. Can’t find 'em (NOT my fault - my wife rearranged the attc)

  • Had a bunch of other great stuff. All Iron Fist issues including Marvel Premiere intro; Luke Cage; a variety of cool Marvel stuff - oy, all sold

  • Watchmen - special edition leather-bound by Graffiti press with extra back pages providing origins of the series and prelim drawings - still have.

  • Batman: Year 1

From the 1940’s I have a hardcover version of a newspaper comic created by Crockett Johnson, of Harold and the Purple Crayon fame. It’s this book- very fun if you know the strip…

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Dark Knight first print
Watchmen first print
First Wolverine mini-series (Frank Miller)
Byrne/Claremont X-Men Run
Death of Superman
LOSH Death of Superboy (don’t know if it’s legendary, but it took me about 3 years to find one)
The Killing Joke
Sin City first series
Marvel Secret Wars #8 (first Spider-Man black costume)
Crisis On Infinite Earths first run (legendary? some biggies bite the dust in it)

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Legendary-ness may vary, but I have:

Frank Miller’s entire run on Daredevil (including the complete Elektra arc)
Frank Miller’s Wolverine mini-series
The complete series of The Shadow by Kyle Baker (13 issues, I think)
Preacher - complete series
Lots of early Justice League of America, including the first several JSA-JLA crossovers

That’s all that springs to mind at the moment. I also have loads and loads of pure crap.