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Yep, years before anyone knew who Peter Jackson was, Eclipse Comics published a beautiful three issue (squarebound “prestige format”) adaptation in 1989, by Chuck Dixon and David Wenzel… More info / resources: David Wenzel’s official site is here, and we highly recommend it… …and if you’re looking for back issues of the original series, definitely inquire at your local . . . → Read More: The Hobbit Macross #1 from 1985. Issue #2 onward was titled Robotech: The Macross Saga. As I’ve mentioned in some previous posts, I started “all in” collecting comics in 1986, which was not only a huge year for both DC and Marvel, but also pretty much the height of the Independent Black & White Boom. Was . . . → Read More: (Robotech) Macross #1 Delta Tenn #1, from 1987. Believe it or not, pretty sure I bought this off the rack NOT at my comic shop, but at a local stationary store! Shows you how during the Black & White indie boom of the mid ’80s, even stuff like this found its way into “civilian” stores. What caught my eye about . . . → Read More: Delta Tenn An excerpt from a letter published in the October 1989 edition of Overstreet’s Price Update, which we’ve had a past blog on: “…I feel some impartial office or ‘council on grading’ needs to be established. I know if I’m buying a $500 or $1000 or whatever book, I wouldn’t mind at . . . → Read More: Thoughts on CGC “slabbed” Copper Age Comics… Dark Horse ad for their second Aliens mini-series, which we talked about on a previous blog… . . . → Read More: Aliens (Color Series) House Ad, 1989 . . . → Read More: Ribit! House Ad, 1988 Okay, 1989. Five years or so before the internet age really came in, about seven years before Harry Knowles started AintItCoolNews.com, and about fifteen to twenty years before social media was in all of our lives… …how the hell did we hear news about comic book movie / TV adaptations, back then? Well, . . . → Read More: Fantasy Film Report, October 1989 The, ahem, “thrust” of the piece was that comics aren’t for . . . → Read More: PM Magazine Comic Book News Story, 1989 |
  
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