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John Byrne
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| Posted: 05 October 2026 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | 1
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I wish I could have told 17-year-old me that one day I would own a page from it…••• Makes me think of the page of original art from STRANGE TALES ANNUAL 2 that hangs in my studio. Many’s the time I’ve joked about the reaction of my 13 year old self if I could somehow visit him to tell him he would someday own a page from that issue. I’m sure that with a confused look on his face he’d hold up the newly purchased comic: “But I own all of it! Paid a quarter for it!”
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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 05 October 2026 at 3:58pm | IP Logged | 2
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Oh, I think about that even moreso regarding my AVENGERS ANNUAL #14 page. I couldn't even afford the comic itself, because it was outside of my allowance for the usual monthly buys - so I had to read a classmate's copy in 8th grade math class.
Plus, I was especially heartened to find out fairly recently that the Hercules panel on that page was used in his OHOTMUDE entry!
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 05 October 2026 at 4:44pm | IP Logged | 3
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Zounds!
One of my all-time favorite pages. So jealous
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Vinny Valenti
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At the risk of going off-topic, I've been reading online that Hercules is Gay now*. That one panel would put the lie to that!
*I could see him being Bi, I suppose - given his long life, we've only seen a sliver of it in the comics. Kinda like the stars of WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - they tended to lean one way sexually for most of their lives, but they were matter-of-fact about going the other way at times. No big deal was made about it, though.
Bringing things a bit more on-topic, he's also had a romance with Snowbird relatively recently.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 05 October 2026 at 5:32pm
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Vinny Valenti
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Brian, you'll be pleased to see that I made an effort to keep JB's liner notes from being obscured by the matting, went with a rear-matte instead.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 05 October 2026 at 5:37pm
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 05 October 2026 at 8:02pm | IP Logged | 6
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JB - I apologise for my crap spelling. I will proofread from now on.
I have two issues - the autocorrect and an iPad whose keyboard appears to
be dying.
Neither are an excuse and I will do better.
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 06 October 2026 at 12:40am | IP Logged | 7
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That’s awesome, Vinny.
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Shaun Barry
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Hobby Lobby, a couple months back... Hulkcoasters!
And just tonight, at a local Kohl's t-shirt section... seemingly a combo of JB Galactus and possibly Paul Ryan FF?
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Vinny Valenti
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I'm not sure that's a JB Galactus, something feels off about it - as if the image is composed of multiple JB Galactus shots and pieced the body parts together.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 08 October 2026 at 1:51pm | IP Logged | 10
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Nothing there is mine.
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 08 October 2026 at 2:52pm | IP Logged | 11
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Think Ben is Jon Bogdanove? Everyone else could be Paul Ryan.
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