I Scored a Big Key Issue at this Amazing Shop! Plus: the History of Comic Book SWAMP CREATURES!

[@comicspa]

When you have a back story just as interesting as the story in the book itself you can’t help but be interested in it. My all time favorite artist though for the ManThing was Mike Ploog. Great upload Mike!

[@glennlittle124]

Love it when you give a history lesson on the books you get! Awesome deals on some very nice books!

[@Moncomics]

Well, this video spoke to me. Congrats on all the great pickups but also, welcome to the ST1 club. You know me, I’m a Ted guy all the way but we should definitely celebrate all swamp creatures.

[@BrokeBoyComics]

Love the swamp themed video! I’m definitely a Swamp Thing fan but Man Thing is also a cool character and his vol 1 run looks fun to collect!

[@bookfreakcomics]

Great show Mike, 2 of my favourite characters you are making me decide between.....WEEEELLLLL to talk you with big names I would have to say that SwampThing tips the scales of my favourite swamp monster and that is for ONE reason - Bernie Wrightson, 'nuff said.

[@billyrod1980]

I learned a lot in this video. Brandon will be proud of all the Man-Thing love.

[@Andrew-tn1mf]

Big fan of both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing. Very different characters once you get past their origins and the fact they're both swamp monsters. Love to see your passion for this corner of comic history! And great pick up!

[@O_G_HELLBOY]

I know that you are a huge swamp monster fan but I wasn't sure if you were aware of this. The first swamp monster was a creature called the Heap that appeared in Air Fighters Comics #3 in 1942 and was part of the cast of Airboy!

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@O_G_HELLBOY yep, I actually referenced the Heap in the video

[@charliedogg7683]

Savage Tales #1 has been on my To Buy list for literally decades. Not only does it have Man-Thing's debut with lovely Gray Morrow art, it also features the first story of the Femizons (Thundra's race), a Barry Windsor-Smith Conan reprint and the only appearance of one of Marvel's most obscure characters, Black Brother. Excellent history of Man-Thing and the other swamp creatures, Mike. Great price for Savage Tales #1.

[@DTours]

That Savage Tales cover looked very familiar. Instantly I thought of the National Lampoon’s Vacation poster. Then I looked it up and the same artist who did the cover also created the poster.. Boris Vallejo . Very cool..

[@alancarr7718]

Good afternoon Mike A great show, Well I have learnt a heck of a lot today. I had never heard the Len Wein Gerry Conway connection before. It is very plausible that there would be a competion to create the best Swamp Creature, you could imagine the Beer and Pizza thinkfest! Cheers Al TheGoldkeyfourcolorkidownunda

[@dansxmencomics]

Oh, Killer! Love the Savage Tales. Great addition there.

[@wolverado1322]

Was only a casual fan of both, but a big fan of history and origins, so appreciate the story behind the books.

[@bigglesworth8846]

Hey Mike, great video. I have been a Gray Morrow fan since I was a young boy and he is at times forgotten. Interestingly enough, I spent the last couple of months completing my Man-Thing and Ka-Zar collections, i.e. all the Silver, Bronze and Copper issues in their continuity. Loved the history lesson..well done.

[@purpleavenger1243]

Greatest comic videos on KZbin, I love the knowledge bomb on the 70s swamp creatures 👍🏼

[@toddcunningham524]

Mike-thanks so much for the history lesson. I knew of these characters but didn’t know anything about them.

[@aidanumpherson]

That Savage Tales #1 is my grail. Such an awesome book

[@dbulls33]

Wow! Neat pick ups man! Congrats!

[@JonathanNg4]

I am always impressed with your comic book knowledge. I loved the history lesson. Years ago, I picked up a copy of Savage Tales #1 thinking it was Frazetta art only to be disappointed that it wasn't. but very happy with a 1st app of Man-Thing!

[@thecomiccollectorcoach]

Maaaan, that's an incredible deal!! I love Man-thing, and that ST #1 is now at the top of my 'Gotta have it' list. It's also worth mentioning that Monsters Unleashed #3 (also a magazine format) has the complete reprinting of Man-thing's first appearance in ST #1. Monster's Unleashed is also usually quite a bit cheaper than Savage Tales, in case anyone wants to read it. Great video, Mike!

[@glennlittle124]

I bought a lot from them at the comic show in Greenfiled this past spring! Great people and awesome deals! Hope to make a trip there soon!

[@macorourke2222]

Totally awesomeness Brother Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎👍❤️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯

[@dalemoyers8881]

Thank you for enlightening us with your knowledge of the history and crossover of man thing. I am currently collecting the astonishing tales run. I have the first one through 20 which is all featuring Kezar. I will probably complete the rest of the run at some point. I would definitely love to have that number one issue of savage tales for the first true appearance of man thing. I feel you definitely got an awesome deal on those books Keep up the great work!!! 😎

[@ComicsCurated]

I knew the story of Len Wein and Jerry Conway being roommates but the extra details are great for my random comic book knowledge! Thanks!

[@mikepratt6481]

I love how organized the back issues are!!

[@ImNotPumpkin_]

I love invincible! I'm glad you found a good superhero story.

[@thomasermmarino6788]

Great price , one of my new favorite characters Ted "Manny" Manthing

[@earlmarrero3721]

Thanks for sharing

[@donaldmiller9648]

Didn't realize Astonishing Tales #12 history...sure I still have that copy. Sold my Savage Tales #1 years ago. Those magazine books were hard to store..didnt have plastic bags nor boxes for them. Interesting that Skywald Comics also jumped in and released a double sized comic reprint of Heap in September 1971..

[@RandyRice-h3m]

Always loved these characters as a kid. Cool little history lesson on them . Felt like I was in a skit of whose on first😂

[@lanceowings9421]

Love your content

[@RonDale-jy8et]

This video on Swamp Creatures was cool!! The Monster Marvels never get enough love in my opinion...!! Always loved the crossovers Werewolf and Drac (TOD 18/ WW 15 and Drac and FRankenstein FrANK 7-9. Cool memories... Also loved TALES OF THE ZOMBIE by Gerber and Pablo Marcos.... Great stuff...!

[@josephbarbera9220]

Nice pickups for a 1st app of an iconic character from the Bronze Age.

[@shortboxbernie]

great store, i was there last weekend when visiting my son at college.. nice pickup

[@feridradoncic2237]

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[@micpar2]

WOW! Great deal! I was ten years old when Savage Tales #1 hit the stands. I forgot all that history/ DC/Marvel connections with our Swampy heroes. Have you ever seen the 1981 Swamp thing movie? It's very cheesy but was pretty good for a g rated monster movie in 81. Loved Ted AKA the Man-Thing in the MCU Man-Thing appearance in the WWbN short film. They really made him cool in that. Ironically yes the Bermuda Triangle actually cover the southeastern part of the Florida Swamp land too. A few passenger jets crashed there like twenty years apart 1972 and in 1992 a few hundred yards apart. Ghosts have been seen and heard there on tape. Saying their trapped in limbo there. Like a Twilight Zone time warp. I was on the ship the Iwo Jima I in spring of 86. In a terrible storm felt like this huge ship was being pounded on by King Kong.

[@robsteiskal8791]

Great background history, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@rwc3500]

I recall back in my youth (mid 70's) Savage Tales was always desirable / difficult to find - great pick-up!

[@Bob-l5m6j]

Hey buddy love each time I watch your videos really good finds i did message you on what not free comic book day on the 3rd may next year honestly you should come to the MCM comic con aswell in london I'm from the UK and I honestly love watching your videos bud

[@xeno1121]

Great addition to your collection

[@Mcgee202]

Invincible is awesome. I need about 7 issues to complete the run! It’s a great read as well.

[@sov_collector]

Super jelly but congrats! Now you just need an Astonishing Tales 13 to round out the early stuff. Pick up and read Fear 10-20. It's such a great story.

[@themrp4424]

Another aspect of the 1971 Swamp creature story was the the grandaddy of them, the Heap had a revival by the publisher Skywald in 1971, a regular color comics coming out a couple months after Swampy and Man-Thing debuted (Sept '71 cover date) but an origin story in Skywald's B&B magazine Psycho #2 cover dated March 1971. This was a new iteration of the old Hillman character from the Golden Age, but with some big differences. The color comic reprinted the story from Psycho #2 in color and added some GA reprints of old Heap stories. The art on the story in Psycho was by Marvel and DC veterans Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. They're all great books (my Savage Tales 1 is in much worse shape than yours, but I got it for only $10 about 8 years ago. I don't have the Psycho issue, but I have the Heap color issue. I had the House of Secrets issue in one of the old Silver Age classics reprint editions they put out int he 90s, but recently picked up a facsimile edition. Of them, Swamp Thing is my favorite, and I first got into the character in the 80s, when DC did the Baxter reprint series Roots of the Swamp Thing reprinting the Wein/Wrightson run, 2 issue per reprint issue. I then dipped into the main series just as Alan Moore was leaving and Rick Veitch was taking over, but went back and got all the Moore issues and the pre-Moore issues that had Phantom Stranger back-ups during the late 80s and early 90s. Great stuff. I like Man-Thing as well, but I haven't read a s much, mostly the stuff that appeared in Fear before he got his own self-titled series, and that stuff reunited Conway and Morrow on this first issue, coming out just a month or so after the Astonishing Tales issue.

[@feridradoncic2237]

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[@tiggreth]

I literally in the last week just added House of Secrets 92 and Savage Tales 1 to my collection.

[@robroszk]

I collect Swamp Thing 1 and Fear 10 ALL DAY LONG. Have several copies of this Brunner gem. Wrightson did a nice Hulk cover with swamp thing too. Do not have a savage tales though.

[@Gambitxx66]

This was such a cool video, thank you.

[@kristopherparker6871]

I love the swamp creatures. I have all the wein and wrightson swamp thing issues. I see a house of secrets 92 in your future. You have all the other books other than that one it looks like.

[@Mjb2110]

I'm trying to collect Swamp Thing. I don't think i'll ever own House Of Secrets #92 but it's good to have something to aim for.

[@Defvoid7]

Now you need to find an astonishing tales 13, first cover….. cool vid

[@feridradoncic2237]

Today is national Sundae day 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@terryhrach9450]

Huge fan of invincible I’ll grab them as often as possible just bought a 9.8 , 1st print #1 for a hefty price tag but I needed it bad 🤦🏻‍♂️🙆🏻‍♂️

[@earlyapriladam]

Lunchtime with LMC! What a treat! Adam from Chicago here; bass player for Eddy and The Arsons (check us out!)...huge fan of your channel! Thanks for doing what you do! I got back into comics about a year and a half ago after quite a long hiatus, but now that I'm back I always look forward to your videos! The stories you tell and the backgrounds behind the books you buy are fascinating and I like how you get the family involved as well! I'll never forget my dad taking me to my LCS to pre-order the black bag Superman #75...those are the kinda moments we never forget. Keep up the great content, have a great day, and stay awesome!

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@earlyapriladam thanks so much, and I’ll check out your band!

[@kelleygranby8893]

Hello Mike, Just wondering if you have any ways of getting stickers off of comics. I love watching your videos and you are very down to earth. Keep it up!! Dave

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@kelleygranby8893 I’ve heard you can use a blow drier on low heat to melt the glue, but I’ve never tried it before. Too afraid of damaging the book further

[@Heroes_for_Hire_Comic_Club]

I agree you I love man thing and swamp thing

[@monsterphile]

At the peak of my collecting while seeking out the odd and unusual, I never managed to get a Savage Tales #1, probably because I was a condition snob.

[@ronnielava3784]

Have you done a video yet on how to to sell your personal comics, and best places to sell to? Times are tough, and I'm sure it'd help a lot of collectors like me (I just had to get hernia surgery from lifting longboxes, and owe the hospital thousands of dollars, but don't want to get ripped off or taken advantage of)

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@ronnielava3784 I don’t often sell books, only cheap $1 books at flea markets a few times a year, and maybe a comic show once a year. So I’m probably not the best person to ask, but I prefer selling in person rather than online. I’m lucky in that I have a ton of in-person options

[@annmarieblanc6363]

In the lower right hand corner behind you, is that a copy of the #1 Eastman and Laird TMNT? I have one, do you know how much it is worth? I love Conan! That's my favorite, Frank Frazetta is my artist god! You are very knowledgeable! I also think it's cool you're getting your son interested in comic books! Regards, Andy, Annmarie's husband.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@annmarieblanc6363 yes it is! I posted a video about it around a month ago, it’s a 3rd print but it is signed by both Eastman and Laird!

[@annmarieblanc6363]

@lunchmoneycomics Very cool that you got a signed copy! I bought mine at collectors comics, Wantagh, Long Island, New York. It is a first edition and I was told by the owner that this was going to be a valuable book in the Future! SHE WASN'T KIDDING! Plus I got a lot of the other early Eastman and Laird TMNT books! She told me the story that they actually printed ONLY like 3,000 copies! I think they both worked at Marvel then went out on their own and came up with TMNT! AND THE REST IS HISTORY! BTW, I like, REALLY LIKE the name of your site! Lunch money comics..........VERY CLEVER!! Respect, Andy, Annmarie's husband.

[@BrandonWallace_Cherish]

Have you seen the trend of collectors cracking their CGC slabs with their fingers so they can read the comics inside it? And for protection they just put them in a top loader. And yes, there is a rising perspective that non slabbed books look better. Angelo of The Comics Den YT has been cracking slabs when he buys keys for his PC. He cracked the slabs of the first appearance of Hellboy, Spawn and Banshee with his bare hands.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@BrandonWallace_Cherish I have seen that, yes. The vast majority of my books are not slabbed and my favorite ones I put in top loaders for display. I definitely prefer them that way

[@Comiccomplter55]

Better not let MON comics see those he'll want them

[@bwprimal1]

Awesome video cause well Manthing. Only issue I have is how can you not mention the heap more. The og swamp monster thing after all (1942). Loved the video. .

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@bwprimal1 yeah I did mention him, but I was mostly focused on the 70s here. Maybe I’ll get to talk about him more if I get HoS 92

[@jamesfoley2413]

Never was a fan of the swamp creatures... being from Florida probably adds to that. Invincible though, what a great series.

[@bnchile1]

you think the roommates were sitting across from each other comparing notes.... I mean it would be a much easier thing storyline wise and they both get paid from their different companies. I wouldn't claim to see similarities either if I was one of them.

[@Rhavas]

Cool video! But let's discuss something more critical. Did you pronounce the Dragon Queen 'Tie-a-mat'? I've always pronounced it 'Tee-a-mat." Thanks for the history behind the swamp creatures. I don't collect or read either but I always liked JSA Dark so probably Swamp Thing.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@Rhavas I’ve heard it pronounced both ways. I pronounce “drawer” as “draw” and “hot” as “hut”… accents and all that.

[@Rhavas]

@lunchmoneycomics Certainly not saying you're wrong, I always find it interesting when I hear people pronounce something that seems so clear to me but obviously is not.

[@feridradoncic2237]

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[@Comiccomplter55]

Dude u need to do a recap at the end of the year of all you're sucess in 2024

[@oaklandfan5262]

The East Coast is way better for collecting and collectors than the West Coast, the West is way overpriced, overvalued and is a desert wasteland of high price worn out hyped up fire starters.. I order the majority of my comics online to add to my previous collection that I had as a kid, getting back into collecting I would rather dig and hunt down comics than get them online.. Thanks for posting great videos that are insightful and informative

[@markok4086]

Luncie...have you researched all the great Frazetta Conan art? As all comic history is comprised of artist ripping off each other it is no surprise how often Frazetta is swiped. Covers like your Savage Tales make me a little angry because its very inferior F's and given too much credit. Good review of swampy creatures!

[@lunchmoneycomics]

@@markok4086 yeah I like Frazetta’s style a lot, but I don’t collect a lot of Conan era/high fantasy so I don’t have much. You are right, this cover is absolutely a Frazetta ripoff and I think a lot of people just assume it’s him

[@traybee115]

I love how he called you Lunchie.

[@unknowncustomizer4276]

Been shopping at that store for over 40 years between all of Tim's locations. I have never gotten a deal or discount on anything. Must be nice to kiss ass

[@thewalruswasjason101]

Just to help ya out, it’s pronounced “ Tee-a-mat”, not “Tie-a-mat”