Dark Shadows : The best of Gold Key

[palitoy]

I heart Dark Shadows comix, so i nearly spit out my beverage when I found this on Amazon.




Amazon.com: Dark Shadows: The Best of the Original Gold Key Series (9781613450161): D.J. Arneson, Arnold Drake, Joe Certa: Books

I must have missed a meeting. I ordered it immediately, anybody have it already? Is it any good?

[ctc]

Neat!

I'm kinda surprised at how many of the old Gold Key books have been clollected. Granted, they're usually the tie-ins; Dark Shadows, Star Trek, Battle of the Planets.... if only they'd collect Mighty Samson.

But at any rate; it's nice to see that GK hasn't been forgotten.

Don C.

[johnnystorm]

I have a number of the old Gold Key comics...Joe Certa was never my favorite artist. Too bland. Anyone reading the new Dynamite series- not bad so far, glad they left it in the '70s era. I liked the Moonstone crossover with Kolchack too.

Neat!

I'm kinda surprised at how many of the old Gold Key books have been clollected. Granted, they're usually the tie-ins; Dark Shadows, Star Trek, Battle of the Planets.... if only they'd collect Mighty Samson.

But at any rate; it's nice to see that GK hasn't been forgotten.

Don C.

Done!

Amazon.com: Mighty Samson Archives Volume 1 (Dark Horse Archives) (9781595825797): Otto Binder, Frank Thorne, Jack Sparling: Books

[palitoy]

Done!

Amazon.com: Mighty Samson Archives Volume 1 (Dark Horse Archives) (9781595825797): Otto Binder, Frank Thorne, Jack Sparling: Books

Another meeting I have missed, I even bought Darkhorse's "Magnus Robot Fighter" TPB with the sole hope that Samson was next.

Lucky for me, my son thinks "Magnus" is a highbrow reading.

[palitoy]

DS comics (and gold key in general) were forever remind me of my "first" comic store called Morgan Self Ltd. It was one half of a used bookstore (which sadly just closed) the walls were lined with "old" comics like Dark Shadows and Lost in Space.

[samurainoir]

As always, dynamite is squeezing every possibility out of this license.

[samurainoir]

DARK SHADOWS #1 barnabas collins, TV COMIC, 1969, VAMPIRE, AWESOME!!! | eBay


DARK SHADOWS #1 CGC 9.4 HIGHEST GRADED w/ Poster Photo Cover Gold Key 1969 Movie | eBay

[cjefferys]

Man, I haven't read Gold Key Dark Shadows comics since I was a kid. Wonder how they hold up?

[The Toyroom]

Anyone reading the new Dynamite series- not bad so far, glad they left it in the '70s era.

I like Dynamite's series. It has a Gold Key feel to me so far...

[megoscott]

Were any of you Dark Shadows nerds geeked about the mention on last week's Mad Men?

[The Toyroom]

Were any of you Dark Shadows nerds geeked about the mention on last week's Mad Men?

Yes! In fact the episode was titled "Dark Shadows".

[ctc]

Neat!

Looks like they did Dr Spektor too!

Dunno 'bout anyone else, but I was real glad Valliant didn't bring back Spektor or Samson in the 90's.

Don C.

[palitoy]

Neat!

Looks like they did Dr Spektor too!

Dunno 'bout anyone else, but I was real glad Valliant didn't bring back Spektor or Samson in the 90's.

Don C.

I can't say the same, while I didn't read Magnus or Solar, I thought they looked pretty well done and worked well to raise the profile of the characters.

Turok I didn't like but hell, people knew who Turok was!

[mego73]

There are books collecting the Irwin Allen TV series Gold Key comics, Dark Shadows (not just best of) and, of course Star Trek,

[ctc]

>I thought they looked pretty well done and worked well to raise the profile of the characters.

Well.... I think this is where I differ from most of hardcore fandom. I see myself as the audience, and as such have no personal investment in any “franchise.” I don’t read out of loyalty, obligation, inertia.... I read ‘cos I like the stuff. To that end I don’t see the need for proliferation of what I like, except to facilitate more reading. A lot of time when something is brought back it’s done with an eye for a modern audience.... which is fine, but almost everything is a product of it’s era, and modernizing invariably changes it’s character; making it into something different.

....which isn’t to say it HAS to happen like that: Magnus was pretty close to the original comic in scope and idea.... but more often than not you get something askance. (Turok, with more than a dash of Jurassic Park.) An X-Filed Spektor would have made me cry, as would a more gritty Samson.

Don C.