{"id":2283,"date":"2013-03-08T17:27:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2013-03-08T17:38:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:38:19","slug":"2283","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2013\/03\/08\/2283\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Uncanny Un-Collectibles 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Fall 2010, twenty-eight of my friends and I compiled the\u00a0Uncanny Un-Collectibles: Missing Comic Book Trades<\/a>, a list\u00a0of 52 comic series that deserved to be collected. In April 2012, I revisited<\/a> the six part bitchfest to see if any of our wishes had been granted. I reported that six of the titles had been collected:\u00a0Sugar and Spike<\/a><\/em>, the Murphy Anderson and Neal Adams Earth-2 1960s Spectre<\/a> stories,\u00a0All-Star Squadron<\/em><\/a>, Levitz\/Giffen Legion of Super-Heroes<\/a>,\u00a0Flex Mentallo<\/em><\/a>, and Chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what’s changed in the year since.<\/p>\n

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Showcase Presents Rip Hunter, Time Master Vol. 1<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n

Collects SHOWCASE #20, 21, 25 and 26 and RIP HUNTER: TIME MASTER #1-15
\nPublished July 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lewis Shiner wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The comic that my father forbade me to read because of the way it distorted history. The early issues — before the team started wearing spandex — featured incredibly cool stories in which aliens turned out to be meddling in most of the important events in human history. The art was fun at worst, and at best, when Joe Kubert was at the helm, it was fabulous.<\/p>\n

This would be a good candidate for the current\u00a0<\/span>Showcase Presents<\/i>\u00a0black and white titles from DC.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Showcase Presents Sea Devils Vol. 1<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h1>\n

Collects\u00a0SHOWCASE #27-29 and SEA DEVILS #1-16
\nPublished May 23, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lewis Shiner wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It remains utterly baffling to me why DC has not devoted one of their Archive Editions to the Sea Devils. While the stories were, of course, ridiculous, they were no more so than those in\u00a0Strange Adventures<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0Green Lantern<\/i>\u00a0or any of the other DC comics of the day. And the art was staggeringly beautiful, Russ Heath at his finest — King Neptune riding a giant seahorse, the Octopus Man with a monstrous octopus on an anchor-chain leash — and the wonderful colors, with everything blue-shifted (the team’s red wetsuits are purple underwater, etc.). This needs to be reprinted in full color on good paper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Pretty pathetic especially when compared to last year’s new collections.<\/p>\n

Come on publishers, get on the ball and collect these excellent comics!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Fall 2010, twenty-eight of my friends and I compiled the\u00a0Uncanny Un-Collectibles: Missing Comic Book Trades, a list\u00a0of 52 comic series that deserved to be collected. In April 2012, I revisited the six part bitchfest to see if any of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n