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June 19, 2011


FFF Results Post #259—Kindling

On Friday CR readers were asked to "Name The First Five Comics In Your Collection You Would Give Up For Any Reason." This is how they responded.

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Tom Spurgeon

1. Defenders #11
2. The King Is A Fink
3. Tip O'Neill's Tip Sheet
4. My second copy of Cable #53
5. The Comic Book Price Guide 1980, Robert Overstreet

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Robert Goodin

1. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 1
2. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 2
3. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 3
4. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 4
5. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 5

I actually never bought issue 6. I snapped the spell and my Marvel zombie days were numbered.

*****

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Justin J. Major

* Fifth copy of Best American Comics 2007
* Preacher: Gone To Texas tpb
* The Adventures of Big Boy No. 217 (1975)
* Megaton Man Meets The Uncategorizable X+Thems
* Third copy of The Watchmen tpb

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William Burns

* Greenberg the Vampire
* Marada the She-Wolf
* Mystic Volume One: Rite of Passage
* Vertigo: First Offenses
* Versus, Vol. 5

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Sean Kleefeld

1. Razor #2, Red Variant
2. Beach Party #1 (duplicate copy)
3. The Ren & Stimpy Show #24 (duplicate copy)
4. Youngblood #1, 2nd Printing
5. Jake Thrash #1 (duplicate copy)

*****

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Michael Grabowski

1. Lost Girls Books One & Two (1995 Kitchen Sink editions)
2. Ersatz Peach
3. Watchmen #1-12
4. In the Studio by Todd Hignite
5. Haunting memories of Sal Buscema-drawn faces. Scowling, always scowling, will they never stop scowling?

*****

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Tom Bondurant

1. Second copy of Justice League of America #149 (December 1977)
2. Howard The Duck #32 (January 1986)
3. L.A.W.: Living Assault Weapons #1 (September 1999)
4. Red Robin #1 (August 2009)
5. Justice #1 (October 2005)

*****

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Mark Coale

1. Flash Rebirth 1
2. Green Lantern Rebirth 1
3. JL Cry for Freedom 1
4. Strange Kiss 1
5. Infinite Crisis 1

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Max Fischer

1. Stitches by David Small
2. Old volumes of CoroCoro Comic
3. Beyblade
4. Gear by Doug TenNapel
5. Stitches by David Small

*****

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Scott Cederlund

1) Thundermace #1 (I'm pretty sure I've got a "fan" letter in issue #2)
2) Secret Wars II #1
3) Batman #618-- I still have no idea who Harold is nor do I really care.
4) X-Men #1-- Do I have to give up all 4 copies I have?
5) Avengers #300

*****

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Danny Ceballos

1. The Adventures of Kool-Aid Man #4
2. You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown
3. Young Lions
4. Classics Illustrated -- Crime & Punishment
5. Best American Comics of 2007

*****

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Matt Seneca

1. full set of Jeph Loeb's run on Superman/Batman
2. Kitchen Sink Terry and the Pirates collections
3. recolored Jim Steranko collections
4. post-1980s Heavy Metal issues that don't feature Paolo Serpieri art
5. early, embarrassing minicomics I made

*****

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Andrew Mansell

1. Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 "POP" Kitty Porn indeed
2. Midnighter #20 Ewwwwwwwww
3. Ultimates #8 -- There goes my childhood
4. (Goddamn) All Star Batman #1
5. Brat Pack GN -- Brrrrrrrr

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topic slightly altered from a suggestion by Eric Newsom; thanks, Eric

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