Comic Book General Thread

[abazaba]

In that case I guess it depends where you live and how easy it is to access a library with the comics you want to read in any language, at least digitally?

They do still have libraries where I live, even though I have not been to one in over 30 years or so. I doubt they have any comics though, but perhaps I should check. Even if only to see if they have any of the 'Marvel Masterworks' stuff.

 

[jian]

They do still have libraries where I live, even though I have not been to one in over 30 years or so. I doubt they have any comics though, but perhaps I should check. Even if only to see if they have any of the 'Marvel Masterworks' stuff.

This does seem very variable. I remember being shocked when we moved to New Zealand for a year (2019-20) how many more comics, both physical and digital, the Christchurch library had than the one we used back in the UK (Bicester/Oxfordshire). We're currently in Vancouver and the selection here is even more bounteous.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Thanks for the clarification. But although I am fully aware of 'The Phoenix Saga', I have never actually read it myself (I was never much of a fan of the X-Men in general), so I cannot make any direct comparisons to that. So I guess I should compare it to stuff from the 70's and 80's ?. I did read a lot of comics then, but (unfortunately ?) the most of it was translated and re-packaged stuff in my native language (sorry, non-native English speaking person here) so I've had a hard time trying to find the equivalent original English publications. From that era, I've read a lot of Hulk and Spider-Man, some Defenders, and a lot of what appears to have been 'Marvel Team-Up' stories from around then.

Yeah, even though elements of the Dark Phoenix Saga (which did come out in the late 70s, early 80s) are set up earlier in the book, the real meat of the arc takes place during issues 129-137, with 138 counting as an epilogue. So, almost 10 issues, with some recapping of the setup in those issues.

And if you've read Marvel Team-Up from that same period, you would have read quite a few of that creative team's (Claremont and Byrne) work as they had worked together on MTU prior to working together on X-Men.

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

They do still have libraries where I live, even though I have not been to one in over 30 years or so. I doubt they have any comics though, but perhaps I should check. Even if only to see if they have any of the 'Marvel Masterworks' stuff.

Libraries have wizards now.

 

[abazaba]

And if you've read Marvel Team-Up from that same period, you would have read quite a few of that creative team's (Claremont and Byrne) work as they had worked together on MTU prior to working together on X-Men.

Sounds plausible. I did some quick googling on that creative team (with assistance of my failing memory), and clearly remember reading at least these two Marvel Team-Up (1972) issues: #69 and #70. Although it were translated reprints of that, and put into a single volume. I enjoyed that a lot.

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #69 | Comic Issues | Marvel
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #70 | Comic Issues | Marvel

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I did some more browsing/searching, and at least these issues from the same creative team/series seem familiar too: issues 59, 60, 61, 62 and 68.

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #59 | Comic Issues | Marvel
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #60 | Comic Issues | Marvel
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #61 | Comic Issues | Marvel
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #62 | Comic Issues | Marvel
Marvel Team-Up (1972) #68 | Comic Issues | Marvel