80's COMIC BOOK COLLECTION! - Happy Console Gamer

[@Joombajuice]

Man, you truly are a hidden gem of KZbin. I say that because I'm shocked that I haven't discovered your channel until now. Thank you...seriously thank you for these great videos. Keep it up brother!

[@KREATIVEassassin]

I just wanted to say I love this video. Seeing the joy on your face as you go through these boxes and your enthusiasm about the different books was really sweet and made me feel happy. You have so many memories of picking up these issues, and that's really something special. I'm jealous you met Todd McFarlane! He was always a favorite of mine when I got into comics in the early 90s.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

hey thank you!! and Todd McFarlane is a greattt guy!

[@Skullash007]

I bought a box of old comics from my aunt's boyfriend at the time for like 5 bucks. Had all the transformers original run. I was so happy. Just this past year and I rebagged them and added boards.

[@tonk82]

Legend has it... that the Lost Ark is inside Johnny's closet too.

[@Obscur888]

I have thousands of comics at home, started collecting at 13, I'm 40 now and still collecting :)

[@sebastiantravis9406]

Please!...tell me you are still collecting Comics as of 2021?!

[@Obscur888]

@@sebastiantravis9406 Yes but not monthly as i was younger i sometimes will buy people collections or get some in garage sell but most of the time i go for TPB or online for really old stuff

[@sebastiantravis9406]

Wow that was a quick reply, thanks mate. Personally for me since space is an issue, I got rid of all other Physical Clutter EXCEPT Comics/Mangas Tpbs or HCs or Omnis or Boxsets etc. I may buy Game Disks but not to collect & only for few select modern games. Otherwise my entire home is basically a sea of Bookshelves filled with tons of Comic Tomes that may run out of space eventually lmao. I also Read Comics Digitally on Tablet for super long series with too many volumes & for portability when going on a long road trip (I may still bring a suitcase full of Comic Volumes tho HAHA).

[@LukeBeAJedi]

I was browsing through my old subs and saw HCG and oh man the nostalgia, I used to watch your videos all the time but then I stopped having the time, but I'm back now! Great to see you're still at it Johnny. I've got a lot of videos to catch up on. I still remember my first video of yours I watched, the Dead Space review. You had that sick Xenomorph statue on the desk.

[@MarioUcomics]

I love the simple coloring of the older comics. in the 80's and 70's the inking was so strong that you didn't need so many flashy photoshop colors. 80's was also the era comics got darker.

[@bryonmiller4326]

Wow Spiderman 300. That comic had value back in the 90s. I traded the neighbor kid a bag of Doritos for his Amazing Spiderman 300 comic because it was a Todd McFarlane and I loved the artwork... Good times :)

[@giancarlobonilla5357]

Bryon Miller for real! What kind of doritos and when exactly?

[@bryonmiller4326]

Cool ranch in the blue bag, sometime in the early 90s.

[@robertt9342]

So the comic had the value of a bag of Doritos?

[@TheCompletionist]

This is actually a really great video with some excellent stories thrown in for good measure. I'm not much of a comic book collector, but its nice to see some of the comics that were released during the 1980's because since I was such a huge 80's cartoon fan it was nice to see what kind of stories regardless if they came from a tv show or toy made the transition into comic book form.

[@VGMusicExplorers]

I always feel like I can actually feel your nostalgia through the screen. It's amazing! :p

[@TheDeluxeEdition]

Great to finally see somebody shared the same enthusiasm/passion of going to the comic store in the 80s! Having grown up in Australia, our New Comic Book Day was Friday which meant Saturday morning getting up really early to go into the city to get my weekly new releases Even though I adapted to New Comic Book Wednesday fairly easily when I moved here, I do still miss the ritual of starting the weekend with new Comics. I even still remember some weeks where my brown paper bag was chock full of comics it ripped.

[@pierrech22]

This channel have everything we need to survive.

[@LeZemyr]

Do more comics videos!

[@LikeMothsToAFlame]

Agreed. Four years is way too long.

[@sebastiantravis9406]

Hard Agree! Video Games are great and all BUT Comic Books/Mangas/Eurocomics etc will always be my first nerdy hobby discovery and strongest love up to this day. Felt super high reading M/X-Rated Explicit Comics that I could buy myself without parental guidance lmao & reading them freely both in school & public!

[@ValentinoLimon]

I remember, and still have a lot of that stuff :). The 80's were a great time for comics!

[@LazloVSON]

Italian guy here, born in '92. I got into comics 'cause my uncle (he's probably your age) was a huge comic book collector in that period, so I stepped into his McFarlane's Marvel and Image books when I was really young, I could barely read! But I was amazed by him and he was definetly what draws me into comics. I still follow something (Image for the most, but since I got less time I'm slowly quitting) but Todd McFarlane was a huge deal for me and I was really happy to hear your story with him at the convention. I really wish I will meet him someday and I hope not to panic like you did eheheh! It would be nice even just to thank him for the inspiration he still is and for the fun it was reading his stuff when I was a tiny little kid. He was like my standard when I should've read Mikey Mouse (like Italian kids did/do) and even if I'm changed and read something I like most, the first Spawn run and his Spider-Man stories will always be my first love. Thanks again for sharing that moment, like right now i know how nice he could have been if it was me... the kid (I still am) just envy you a lot for that memory! :)

[@TheSecondIDare]

I really enjoyed that. I'd forgotten how much I love looking at retro comic books. I'll have to dig out my collection...

[@type2red]

Love this channel, i too was a huge comic book fan and would visit comic books shops when i was in my teens and younger.

[@frankievelasco1738]

Started the show with a banger story. That's fantastic, Todd McFarlane is my idol too. Stan Lee let Todd stick around at a signing aswell, now he's paying it forward. :)

[@BigLeo7205]

Thanks for sharing your collection! I've been collecting all the Epic comics series I can find the last few years. So much great stuff in there

[@PercyPumpkinheart]

That's a great story about Todd McFarlane. While I never followed his work too closely, I always respected him as an artist, particularly the stand he took with the other Marvel artists who founded Image.

[@atarigobot5592]

Great video!!! It was great to spend some time with you hearing your stories and actually seeing some true nostalgic joy in a comic video.

[@metalman3093]

This is definitely one of my favorite videos! I'd love to see more comic videos if you have any more series you want to talk about

[@metalman3093]

Haha, 8 months after I've made this comment and I'm still rewatching this video!

[@sebastiantravis9406]

Comic Books are def my fav nerdy hobby of all time. I too wished he would actually collect Comics and talk about them on the side to keep a little break between the video games.

[@arcadeutopia3035]

Dude you're channel is the source. Honestly no matter how stressed I am , after watching an episode I am back on top 😂

[@sexymuthafuxxxa]

This is the best video game/everything channel on KZbin. You're collection looks like mine would if I had kept every single thing I ever had growing up. It's very organic and eclectic.

[@1366613matt]

What a trip down memory lane. so many fucking awesom comic books johnny. thanks for stoppin by dirtflix on friday. hope you join us on there one day.

[@_mytopfive]

Awesome collection! I have some of the same books. Got really into comic collecting about 10 years ago. More into videogames again now, but I love comics too.

[@aftacomics5865]

That was a great story about Todd McFarlene. I love to hear stories about artist and writers who take the time to talk to young readers without charging them $50 for an autograph!

[@ThePieface667]

The best comic epic brought out was the first print of Akira.

[@Norcoo]

I have no idea how I ever missed this video. Would love to see more Comic Book videos ^^

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Awesome memories, Johnny! I was also a huge comic book collector back then, and created my own universe along with a couple of friends ;) Thanks for sharing!

[@Fujiboy99]

Awesome, great to see you talking about comics. More Please!

[@milolink6993]

"I used to marvel at his work" pun intended?

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

Your enthusiasm is so damn contagious.

[@BlaizeV]

This was such a joy to watch and also a gold mine of obscure comics to check out

[@TheCreteDog]

I loved collecting comics in the 80's and have three boxes stored away. Bagged and on boards! 😛

[@paradox5672]

i enjoyed this, you should do more comic videos.

[@khiriskandarshah1691]

im from malaysia..i love your channel

[@nightrunner9962]

I swear this guy is me, lol. Keep it up Johnny - you make great videos.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

I swear I was you! :D

[@StephanieLærkeAndersen]

I'm 42, and as a kid I was into horror comics. In the UK we had a comic called Scream which was bloody excellent. Tragically it only ran for 12 issues before it was banned!You can buy a full set of these on eBay for thousands of pounds! My girlfriend and I love these nostalgic videos that you do, and we can both relate to a lot of the stuff you talk about, which is great.

[@jonathanchau5087]

Todd McFarland and Jim lee two of marvels best artists love their art

[@carnagekasady4743]

I'm a modern day collector. Geoff Johns is my favorite comic book writer.

[@tabbarsg]

Man ur awesome, always delightful to listen to your stories:)

[@trytobefairhistorybuff9063]

Anyone who can create and maintain a collection like this needs to be admired.

[@krono5el]

this is like reliving my childhood, thanks for this. these vids are awesome!

[@JAC3DG33K]

My childhood as well in those boxes. I still remember going to the local convenience store to pick up my comics while my dad picks up his beer. I loved Cerebus and his cameos in the Mirage Studios Ninja Turtles comics which I managed some how to get since I was 9, even though my parents would have thought over wise if they knew it was nothing like the 80s cartoon. I love Transformers, yet always had soft spot for Gobots as underdogs and they have even appeared in newer Transformers comics, even though mostl for comic relief. Still have fingers cross for rumors of Cykill coming back as a Zartan like character. On of my favorite 80s/90s memories from DC has to be the Legion character that could pull his own arm off. I remember starting to read New Mutants when Cable was introduced and it became X-Force. Robotix actually became a mini series that ran during a separate cartoon on Saturdays/Sundays. There is even the entire series lurking on KZbin combined and edited into a 2 hour movie. I could go on and on about how much I loved the stuff from this era. Liked, shared, and favored.

[@absentiambient]

Love the daily uploads! This is how you entertain audience

[@t-dotzfinest]

Dope username, One Love from Toronto.

[@stephenbianchi7141]

"do you know Frank Miller?" At that moment Todd became a fan of HCG. Legendary.

[@awesomeguy5679]

I wonder if Johnny is going to make another comic book video? That would be awesome!

[@ravagingwolverine]

Cool episode and some neat books in there. Even cooler that you got to pick up those things when new. Loved the MacFarlane story. I just sold my Amazing Spider-Man 300 to a friend of mine a month ago. You made a good point about trying to collect now. When I got into comics, it was hard to know where to start. I think that would be really hard to get started now as well.

[@itsmemnmxd3701]

I am really trying to pick up all the Star Wars movie comics

[@NefariousDreary]

Awesome episode. I was never a big comic collector but I love Sonic, Spawn, and I'm getting into Tank Girl comics.

[@meccorr]

Great episode. I love those old covers

[@AlexRodriguez-cg1rj]

This seems like the nicest guy on KZbin. Watching this with my kids, and I don't even mind the F-bombs. I want him to come over and talk comics over beers.

[@LukeDodge916]

That's a great Todd McFarlane story. I love the guy, his work really helped me to fall in love with comics. I'm so glad to see him kind of getting back in the industry again. His FB videos are fun.

[@Mattaisu]

Nice! Thank you for introducing your collection. It's really cool to see all these comics which I had never heard of. Being from France and a kid of the 90s, we did have a few American comics on sale here but not that much. I think think the reason is that Europe already had a big comic book market of itself. One of my favorite French comics must be The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Moebius. The story is wild and inspired many of today's sci-fi movies. The original storyboard and artwork was supposed to be used for a Dune movie which would have preceded Star Wars and Lynch's Dune. Only to be canceled... I totally recommend it! Have you read some European comics per chance? Anyways thanks for the cool videos, I always enjoy them^___^

[@Tupiaz]

I love going seeing your videos where you go through your old stuff. Very interesting hearing the old stories. A minor detail, Void Indigo was not baned. It got negative press and was meat with criticism (not only from groups outside of comics but from comics critics as well and from distributors as well). The second issue got a smaller print run and was then dropped by the editor in chief at Epic comics Archie Goodwin. If you want to get into american comic books again I would suggest TPB. Many comics both new and old are released in trades. You can get a lot of Batman and Daredevil stories from the 80s, 90s (from 2000s and onwards everything is almost collected in trades even though not everything is in print anymore). It is easier to read and is easily stored on the shelf.

[@rbust]

I was labeled as a "fan boy" because I bought super hero comics in the 70's.Then got mad respect when I started to collect underground comix.I love them all.

[@GreenSmog17]

i remember collecting comics in the 90s, i was a kid then, and batman spiderman and the beano i loved lol

[@skabcat242]

I used to be hardcore into collecting comics back in the 90s. I still read/collect now but not as much. That is awesome you have two copies of amazing spiderman 300. That's the first appearance of Venom.

[@VagaBohn]

How the hell did I not know there was a comic book episode? I’m so excited for the ad to end to watch this.

[@popfuntoplay]

You are definitely my age lol I went through the same history of comics. Groo was my favorite.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

:D

[@rodrodriguez3334]

Groo was awesome! I still have several issues and the humor still holds up to this day. :)

[@Carpediem8110101]

Void indigo? Too satanic Johnny., too satanic.

[@Greentunic84]

haha

[@jacobprayer8656]

Too. You want the word "too".

[@NefariousDreary]

Jacob Prayer Well there's a coma and a period so they could have meant either "Too" or "too".

[@ednardom.toledo9947]

the on your show i the passion you clearly transmit, Jhonny! Keep up the good work! Make an episode on the new transformers game, or some of the great video games based on comic books you've played!

[@TriforceRich]

Johnny, a lot of these older comics are being collected into large books (omnibus). Check them out! Don't forget about your love of comics.

[@ladyvenompunk6178]

It's scary how much our comic book proclivities aligned.

[@SplatterTrigger]

Wow that brought back some wonderful memories!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

You remember some of those?

[@l0chris]

put both of those amazing Spiderman 300 in Mylar bags and boards right now!!!!! one of those book in NM condition is worth $300+!

[@HerosTheme]

Nobody going to talk about that Time Spirit cover's questionable similarity to Avatar?

[@BigLbo]

man me and my brother had most of that stuff too. that machine man series had great art from Barry Windsor Smith, especially the final issue. i'd like to see more of the indy stuff you have from that time, i loved a lot of those indy black and white comics from the late 80's.

[@cityengland7553]

I started collecting comics about a year back but I remember my dad telling me he used to read the who's who story

[@pierrech22]

Yes i remember Sectaurs! I had that big 8 eyed spider toy. I use to creep my sisters with it.

[@905silver]

lol i feel you

[@santiagopacheco504]

Do you have manga? I would love to see a collection

[@dgmsstuff]

Amazing episode, you need to do more comic book ones! I used to be a collector too, before the prices went up like crazy haha and then videogames :)

[@punnanyjoe]

love the episode . big in collecting comics myself . some epic

[@kristianalvalle3808]

Wow cool collection would love to see a review on them !!

[@andrewt8582]

Holy shit your collection is so awesome! I just started collecting again, after selling my whole collection i regretted that a few years later.

[@mrMICKEYSOX]

If possible you should make some more comic book videos and/or reviews

[@KeyKiller74]

Holy cow ! your comic book collection is Awesome !! I pretty much have the same books as you :) I liked your Todd McFarlane store, I too have 2 copies of ASM #300 please try to use better bags & boards for some of your comics like that Dark Knight #1 its worth some money now. I love Cerebus Dave Sim is a great writer & artist I'm glad I still own my #1 comic of his :) Thank for sharing your collection with us :) now I want to go back & look at my old comics & relive my child hood memories :)

[@Relaps75]

awesome collection Johnny.😊 oh btw whats up with the lords of thunder podcast????

[@Playongo]

Dude, you need some backer boards for those comics!

[@shinmusashi44]

Robotix had a cartoon, but it was released only as a pilot movie. Didn't get picked up. But the cool thing is it has all the VAs from Transformers and GI Joe.

[@TomServo420]

The Secret Wars was my favorite graphic novel ever! Iunno I was born in '91 but I still got some of that glorious 80's spew!

[@michellesanctuary9089]

that very rare special issue shown there (marvel graphic novel) [ Iron-Man versus Machine Man ] made by illustrator and artist Barry Windsor-Smith in mid 80's is my favorite.

[@eddsnake]

Great episode Johnny. I must have had a couple of years' worth of the Transformers UK comics stacked up at home in our attic in the late '80s, then one day we got a very fat Irish lady to come and clean the house. She threw away ALL of my Transformers comics... I don't think I've read a comic book since!

[@xretroman]

Very cool Todd story. I think I heard part of this story before. Weird sense of dejavu. Also I had machine man. Forgot about that one. Remember those d&d adds on the back cover.

[@alexkidd401]

When is Johnny going to do a Stranger Things review? That show was made for him!

[@RCrider185]

That show came out of nowhere, I think it's the cover art on Netflix, looks like an old show turns people off from checking it out. Love that show so addictive

[@hpl138]

+NetConsole well at least they played with expectations on the jock character having more depth than you might expect and the kids needed to act like kids cause they were kids. Fair enough if you didn't like it though. I enjoyed it for what it was I guess.

[@urbanasupernova562]

It was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of it. There's always gonna be "that" guy ;p

[@hpl138]

NetConsole I meant that in most movies/shows of that type the Steve Harrington character would have been portrayed as pure evil but they actually gave him a bit of depth. I'll leave it at that as I don't want to spoil for anyone. The kid stuff didn't feel forced to me. I don't think it was some sort of masterpiece or anything, I just enjoyed it. I didn't have super high expectations going into it as a lot of people did so maybe that helped. Again if you didn't care for it that's fair enough. I found it flawed but fun I guess.

[@ThomasWilliams848403]

+UrbanaSupernovA yes me to👍👌

[@biohybrid_396]

Awesome collection!

[@googleboughtmee]

I don't care about comics at all but I'll sit and listen to you talk about just about anything at this point

[@mediaglitch]

Mcfarlain spidermans, I got his whole amazing spider-man run.Remember when you had to find his hidden spider on every cover? That Todd story is amazing! Machine Man I havent seen those in years! I remember all those Electras covers I never bought any of them. Never heard of "Void indigo". yes I remember "Cerebus" Never heard of "Alien Legend" . At least you got the first and second printing of the "Killing Joke" . lol "Groo" man I haven't thought about that in years. I have a old episode where I interview Mark Texeira who did that cool run of Ghost Rider, (the glow in the dark cover) Its a good time.

[@segagenesis1989]

Hehehe! Johnny, Pharmasave still exists! XD And yes! You could pick up a comic book in a pharmacy or your local 7-Eleven/convenience store without any problem! Major chains like Zellers, K-mart, Krezge and the numerous flea markets also carried an assortment of comics too. Before Dollarama or Dollar Tree, there was Bi-Way and the Bargain Shop! And sometimes you could find comics there too! Good times!

[@MarioUcomics]

Todd was also nice to me when he signed my drawing of Spawn and violator a few years back at New York comic Con after I was on line for a video game promotion but they had not let him sign my drawing.

[@supermario2084]

I was half expecting HCG to mention Xenozoic Tales. Xenozoic Tales is amazing!

[@ElBribri]

The Shatter one with pixel art looks and most be amazing

[@PhillipCummingsUSA]

DUDE that machine man book is awesome.

[@zwallyzool1974]

my inner comic nerd wants to buy you bags and boards. lol

[@emorris0204]

Awesome collection dude \m/

[@devinparkerjacobs226]

Very jealous of the two #300's. I'm getting a whole sleeve tattoo of Todd Mcfarlene's art work down my arm, such a big fan.

[@robertt9342]

Thanks for sharing. The convenience store was a good entry point for kids. I don't think it would work the same now though. As for catching up because 20+ years past, it's not really necessary. Just look at some of your collection, you have titles that you must have started reading 20+ years after they started, and went ok for you.

[@dunkaroo1364]

OMG! Transformers #1! Im a huge Transformers fan along with comics fan but i need that #1! I have a few of the G1 comics but not the first! Cool video! I'll definitely check out Void Indigo! Awesome collection!

[@rhodesy761uk]

in the uk you could get comics with your daily news paper posted