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Any fans of Comics Magazines like Heavy Metal, Vampirella, Savage Sword of Conan?

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  • Nostalgiabuff
    Muddling through
    • Oct 4, 2008
    • 11290

    #16
    I liked the original Elfquest mag that was in black and white. but honestly, loved the Marvel run in color more

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    • Makernaut
      Persistent Member
      • Jul 22, 2015
      • 1546

      #17
      I dug around a little more at Archive.org and found collections of

      The Rook
      https://archive.org/details/magazine...=the+rook&sin=

      and The Spirit Magazine
      https://archive.org/details/warrenpu...+magazine&sin=

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      • samurainoir
        Eloquent Member
        • Dec 26, 2006
        • 18758

        #18
        Rook and Vampirella.



        Corben!

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        • Hedji
          Citizen of Gotham
          • Nov 17, 2012
          • 7246

          #19
          I think I want to BE Rook.

          Weird that we live in an age where we can literally put ANY vision on screen, but there's so much pulpy paperback cover imagery and sci fi art that gets ignored by Hollywood art departments.

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          • Makernaut
            Persistent Member
            • Jul 22, 2015
            • 1546

            #20
            This morning at a Comics Shop, I found a Marvel True Believers Conan $1 comic that is a reprint of the story "The Secret of Skull River" from Savage Tales #5. It's not large format, but it is of course Black and White. I think this particular reprint was just released this year.
            Last edited by Makernaut; Feb 9, '19, 6:11 PM.

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            • MRP
              Persistent Member
              • Jul 19, 2016
              • 2037

              #21
              Marvel released a host of Conan True Believer issues (2 per week) to coincide with the release of the new Conan titles starting in January and running through this past week. I think there were 10-12 Conan True Believer issues overall, and the one you mention was indeed one of them. At a buck each, I couldn't resist picking them all up even though I had all the original issues they reprinted.

              -M
              "Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding." -Plato

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              • Makernaut
                Persistent Member
                • Jul 22, 2015
                • 1546

                #22
                Originally posted by MRP
                Marvel released a host of Conan True Believer issues (2 per week) to coincide with the release of the new Conan titles starting in January and running through this past week. I think there were 10-12 Conan True Believer issues overall, and the one you mention was indeed one of them. At a buck each, I couldn't resist picking them all up even though I had all the original issues they reprinted.

                -M
                I found 9 of them yesterday, across three Conan titles and one reprint of a "What If?'. I have a pretty good run of original "Conan the Barbarian" from when I was a kid and filling in the blanks as an adult, but I've certainly never had a #1 and #4!

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                • samurainoir
                  Eloquent Member
                  • Dec 26, 2006
                  • 18758

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Hedji
                  I think I want to BE Rook.

                  Weird that we live in an age where we can literally put ANY vision on screen, but there's so much pulpy paperback cover imagery and sci fi art that gets ignored by Hollywood art departments.
                  Given how awesome and fun the concept of "Time Travelling Sci-Fi Cowboy" is, I'm always astonished that the revivals NEVER embrace the pulpy visual iconography.



                  the 90's version is no less ridiculous looking than a cowboy.





                  the latest version. A leather jacket is just so generic in this day and age.

                  Last edited by samurainoir; Feb 10, '19, 6:50 PM.
                  My store in the MEGO MALL!

                  BUY THE CAPTAIN CANUCK ACTION FIGURE HERE!

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                  • Hedji
                    Citizen of Gotham
                    • Nov 17, 2012
                    • 7246

                    #24
                    Oh wow, not even close.

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                    • samurainoir
                      Eloquent Member
                      • Dec 26, 2006
                      • 18758

                      #25
                      Also Awesome. The Time Machine is a Giant Chess Piece! It's the whole reason why the character is called "The Rook". Lean into that like Doctor Who leans into his Police Call Box. Otherwise what sets The Rook apart? Time Travelling Leather Jacket Guy doesn't stand out at all if he doesn't have any associated iconography.

                      My store in the MEGO MALL!

                      BUY THE CAPTAIN CANUCK ACTION FIGURE HERE!

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                      • Hedji
                        Citizen of Gotham
                        • Nov 17, 2012
                        • 7246

                        #26
                        I love everything about that. Comic book storytelling has changed so much since then.

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                        • cjefferys
                          Duke of Gloat
                          • Apr 23, 2006
                          • 10180

                          #27
                          Man, I loved all those Marvel mags, and the Warren stuff too. Oh, and Heavy Metal. As a kid they seemed expensive, but the "subversiveness" made the extra money worth it!

                          First issue of Cauldron was great, looking forward to issue number two!

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                          • knight errant00
                            8 Inch Action Figure
                            • Nov 15, 2005
                            • 1766

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Hedji
                            Comic book storytelling has changed so much since then.
                            By that you mean now it's all sitcom dialogue punctuated by heavy-handed violence or sex on mostly pin-up looking pages instead of actual storytelling?

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                            • Megotastrophe
                              Permanent Member
                              • Jun 29, 2018
                              • 2695

                              #29
                              The Rook...Han Solo and Dr. Who and a dash of Roland the Gunslinger.

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                              • Makernaut
                                Persistent Member
                                • Jul 22, 2015
                                • 1546

                                #30
                                ^ and on the cover of The Rook Archives Volume One that samurainoir posted in post #23, he looks a heck of a lot like Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry.

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