Comic Book Collectors

Congratulations to our winner Ryan Harrison!

Epic Games has quite a few comic book and toy collectors. While Cliff Bleszinki’s toys and action figures have been seen before, there are quite a few others that have pretty impressive collections as well. To celebrate Comic-Con week, we asked some of the guys here about their comic book collections.

We asked:

How long have you been collecting?
What is your most prized comic book?
Which comic book series is your favorite?
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?

We are giving away a complete set of Gears of War comic books to one lucky person. Tell us about your comic book collection in the comments below. We will choose a winner at random this Friday, from the comments. Good luck!

Senior Programmer Eric Newman:

I’ve been collecting since I was a kid, starting with Amazing Spider-man.

Not a single book, but my collection of Excalibur’s entire original run.

Chew – it’s a very funny off-the-wall series, with pictures of readers’ cats in the letters column.

Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) is the best, his work got me back into comics over the past few years.

I started reading Walking Dead at Issue #5 and loved it. I wanted to buy 1-4 but couldn’t find them in stores. Being lazy, I bought the trade paperback instead of hunting copies down online. I checked recently and it now costs around $1,000 for those four comics. Doh!

Senior Environment Artist Kevin Johnstone:

I’ve been collecting (intentionally) since 1982, though I’d been reading them for a couple of years. I was always looking at the bright flashy covers when waiting in stores with my parents, they always seemed like the most interesting thing in each store.

Probably the first issue of Secret Wars as it was the first series I collected all the way through, it introduced me to all the Marvel characters and the challenge of the Beyonder was a pretty cool idea for a 9yr old to read. Another year and I will have had that comic for 30 years, I like that I can reread them or just look at the cover and get flashback to when I first read them or where I bought them.

Maybe the Sandman or Hellboy or the Invisibles . I like that they jump around all kinds of mythology, fairytales, occult, and classic literature, there’s a ton of stuff in there that point to other good things to read. There’s a great depth to these stories and they hold up well when re-read over the years as I mature, as my worldview changes so does my appreciation for another facet of the writing.

Although I was drawn in by the flashy colors, it was the stories that kept me reading. I’ve followed a handful of great writers since I realized there was someone writing the comics I liked more. People like Moore, Gaiman, Morrison, Miller, Millar, Carey, Ellis, Ennis, Busiek have kept me entertained since I was a teenager. I think that comics, more than any other medium is responsible for a large part of my imagination, those stories still provide inspiration for me.

Lead Level Designer Jim Brown:

I don’t really collect, but I do read, mostly off suggestions from people here in the office. I read comics voraciously as a kid (I used to trace the art and re-write my own stories!), and have payed attention off and on ever since.

Selfishly, I would say the Gears stuff, just because I’m so connected to it.

The Walking Dead. It’s been a continual reference point for years now, and I get rabid waiting for the new ones to come out. I love that it’s not about super heroes, or magic powers, it’s just about people. Real(istic) people. Yes, there are zombies (and I’m a sucker for that), but with The Walking Dead that’s always been a wrapper, and the good stuff is the characters. The art is great, the writing is unbeatable.

Engine Tester Terry Gilland (Terry owns the collection to the left.)

I’ve been a fan of comics since I was little, but only in the last couple of years have I started collecting. I started going to the comic shop with a couple of people from work, and my wallet has thanked them ever since.

I don’t think I could pick one, but I have some old Deadpool that are definitely favorites. I really like the Lady Mechanika series, too. I have multiple covers for each one and keep them in a notebook one of the guys here gave me.

Which comic book series is your favorite?

The X-Men have always been a favorite. I still remember walking into the local comic shop when I was little and seeing this picture of Wolverine. I was all “Coooooool” and it’s been him and the X-Men ever since. I didn’t know how bad it was until the movies started coming out and I’m that guy leaning over to my friends going “Oh that’s [enter obscure character name here] and they do this and this and this.” Then I get the looks.

I’m just a huge fan of the style and the talent it takes. It’s just great to see so much told in limited space. You can get so much story from just one panel. I think it translates well into the game design world, where you have to be aware of time and space, so you try and tell so much in a single moment or try to tell a story with just the design of the level surrounding the characters. I love spending time designing levels on the side, just as a hobby, and I have the best reference material surrounding me in these books.

President Mike Capps:

I’ve been collecting since age 7. I mostly collected Uncanny X-Men, and I have all the secret wars and all the secret wars tie-ins. I’d say my most prized is Uncanny X-Men 17, which isn’t a particularly important issue, but it’s one my dad gave me as a birthday present many years ago.

And of course, my prized collectible (and prized piece of art, period) is the original art for the Gears #9 that Jim Lee did for me. It’s absolutely insane that for my first comic issue I ever wrote, I had the most famous cover artist in the world provide the art… and even more insane that he gave me the original for my birthday and it’s now sitting on my wall.

Game Tester Alex Conner:

I’ve always read comics either while in the shop or at a friend’s house but I started really collecting about 7 years ago. A lot of my collection is fairly newer stuff but I do have some older issues that were given to me or I found.

My most prized is probably a collection of issues and is still fairly new. The Batman Hush storyline is something that I can read over and over. I also have a few single issues that have covers that I adore and they are prized to me just because of that J.

I’m a big DC Comics fan and I absolutely love Batman. So if I’m being honest then my favorite series is Batman in any of his incarnations. It doesn’t really matter what writer takes the helm the character is so good that the stories are always interesting. Of course there are some writers that have done better than others but Batman is a constant awesome in the Comic Book world. For me he also has some of the best stories. A story arc can last for 10 issues or 1 and I’m still sucked in till the very end. The current incarnation, after DC’s new 52, is the first series to have a big story line with multiple tie in issues. And Batman has a lot of family to tie story lines into haha.

I am also a big fan of The Walking Dead. I own all of books digitally simply because that is how I choose to read them. In fact they were the first thing I purchased after buying an iPad haha. The story that is being told is really, really good and you never really know what is going to happen either. The biggest thing about reading through the series that no matter how much you get invested in a character or like a character they aren’t going to live forever J. Anyone and everyone is fair game when it comes to “being written out” and unlike other publishers, if you die in The Walking Dead there is no coming back.

I both collect hard copies and digital issues of comics. I don’t do multiples though. I only buy certain digital comics, mostly ones that I couldn’t get otherwise or don’t feel the need to buy the hard copies. In fact the only non-DC comics that I own are digital haha.

Until recently I wasn’t completely sure how many books I owned. I purchase a software program to help me sort them all and calm my comic OCD J. The program lets you find multiple issues and add them to your “collection” at one time. There is a large database that it pulls from which is updated every Wednesday. You get the cover of the book, the issue number, writers and artists, a short description and a list of the characters in the issue. It is so detailed that you can find the exact version of the issue that you have (variant cover, # of print, hard cover or trade paperback, etc.). Then there is an iPad accompanying App that I use with it. You can export your entire collection to the iPad app so that at a glance you can scroll through all of them and look at all of the information listed above or view a large version of the cover to show a friend and “go see I told you this cover was awesome!”. You also have a “Wish List” where you can add comics you are looking for or missing then export that to your iPad or print it out, which makes it very easy to go to the comic shop and go “This is what I’m looking for”. If that wasn’t enough features the program will also calculate how much your collection is worth based on cover price of the issues. So it’s not accurate for what a particular issue is worth but at least you can see how much you have spent haha.

My collection will go with me everywhere and I hope to pass it on to my kids one day so they can read through, what will then be old issues, and go see Batman.

Tags: comic books, Comic Con, comics, gears of war, Mike Capps

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Anthony P. Martini

all my comics are from the early 90′s (xmen, spiderman, youngblood) with the exception of a few 80′s (wolverine #2 which is my prized comic) My favorite series would have to be lethal vengeance, Venoms own series. I would really like to get into reading them again, and GOW would be a perfect way to start.
Robert

I’d love to have all the GGears Of War comics. I used to collect Power Rangers comics and then slowly moved onto to comics like Deadpool, Superman, Batman, and a lot of the Justice League stuff. My most recent years have been spent collecting some of the earlier issues of the walking dead.
N Mcadam

I don’t have any comic books. I occasionally read some of the free ones on the marvel website to add some background to characters from the latest films but generally I watched the TV series’ on the television before school when I was younger. A set of Gears comics sounds amazing and I would enjoy reading them.
http://twitter.com/karlcramer Karl Cramer

I have the Gears of War comics in digital form from Comixology. I sold off my comics collection years ago, except for some sentimental value issues and things I never expect to get reprinted, like ROM Spaceknight. I’m all in with digital comics now.
Pauliethebird1

i had a simpsons comic.
http://twitter.com/bobwar91 Il BoB

How long have you been collecting? since 2006
What is your most prized comic book?Gears of war
Which comic book series is your favorite?Gears series
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?I collect all about the gears
Alessio DeCrisantis

Names Alessio, Im 24 and ever since i was 13 or so, ive been obsessed with Gore and 80′s style Horror. I love Spawn, The Darkness, and SpiderMan. Im especially fond of Dark Graphic novels of Batman and wolverine. Additionally, I FUCKING LOVE GEARS OF WAR!!!
Anthony

Wow these comics are great
Gingybum

my comic collection started because of Gears !!!!!
http://twitter.com/Olli_____ Olli

How long have you been collecting? 2 years

What is your most prized comic book? uh hmm..dont know
Which comic book series is your favorite? The complete Metal Gear Solid series
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?I`m not really a fan of the usual superhero-comics, i`more into Alien,Predator or some underground comic stuff. I buy what i like and thats cool.Actually i`m doing the same with actionfigures and videogames…it looks nice?i buy it.^^
Jay Vazquez

As much collecting I’m doing at the moment would be GoW novels and accessorys but in general on the comic side DC universe, spawn, Satura, witchblade are my passion. I love how reading storys of fantasy, end of world-ish Kaos is entertaining and satisfying so hopefully I could add the gears to my endless GOW collection.
G Shauna

I just started collecting comic books roughly a year ago, but ever since I can’t keep my hands off of them. The nostalgia and history are what mainly drew me to the vintage comic books (and the compelling storylines to the newer generation of graphic novels). Being a broke University student, most of my collection is found at garage sales (lame I know) and second hand book shops, but no one can quite describe the feeling of gently placing a Silver Age comic book inside of a new sleeve and adding it to my collection after a riveting half hour of studying every single speech bubble and every intricate detail in every pannel I can.

So far I have the complete series of Amory Wars, a riveting sci fi based on the songs of Coheed and Cambria, graphic novels such as Last Mortal and Alan Moores Future Shock Series, along with 68 vintage comic books (ranging from early 1970′s Superman and his pal Jimmy Olsen finds to Captain America Gems to 1990′s X men and X Force saga)

My most cherished comic is a 1971 Green Lantern beauty that was the first comic I was able to purchase, and fell in love with.

Gears has been my favorite game series since Gears 1 came out and Having the graphic novels to add to my collection would be both amazing and distracting (I would probably read them in lieu of classwork)
Jsegarra20

I started to get them when they first came out, they are a great read for fans, I would go with my boys to midtown comic & get them, I’m missing a couple of the as is my friend! I would totally hook him up if I win!
Marcorodriguez94

I’m 17 years old and have randomly collected comics my whole life but I have officially collected starting around 3 years ago. I mainly collect batman and green lantern comics, especially Blackest Night and Brightest Day. I have two prized comics, the first being the Batman Prodigal graphic novel which took me over a year to find because it is fairly rare. The other is the Blackest Night #0 the alternate C cover that is only in pencil, no color. My favorite series is Blackest Night because it is so gory. Additionally, I am also a huge Marvel fan I jist don’t have the comics. But DC is number 1 in my heart.
Andrew

Ive been collecting comics for quit some time, I mostly collect Transformers, Ironman, Spiderman, Deadpool and of course Gears of War comics, i have both the graphic novels, i always try to find the comics individually but my comic shops never get any of them in so i have to buy the graphic novels or but digital copies.
Tfar

Where to begin! Lots of 80′s and 90′s alot I inherited from older family members when they decided they were too cool for comics. Mostly batman daredevil preacher johan hex hellboy astro city darkness spawn anything by frank miller mark Millar or alan moore and of course the x-men. From what I’ve seen of the art and characters in the gears comics id love to add them to my collection.
Phillyoreilly

The first comic book i ever owned was a reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15 (first spiderman), i got it when i was 2…..I’m 22 now and that comic is framed on my wall, since then my collection has grown with the likes of Batman, Superman, Hulk and Walking Dead…..just to name a slight few……
cheezmo619

II never collected anything until the 1st time I went to San Diego comic con in 2009. After that I began to collect the figures, almost all of the gears comics, gears shirts (missing beta tester), gears controllers, and custom made gears ammo boxes. Oh can’t forget the gears posters. I will be trying to add more to my collection this Saturday any extra stuff will go on my youtube ch Odysseus619
Rachel Forster

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Keith Aguiar

I’ve been collecting comics since and video games since I was 8 years old. My collection is up to 62 long boxes of comics. I keep buying all Marvel, DC, and some other brands every week. I have statues, 4 stand up arcades, and a very large game collection. I would love to send photos if it was possible. I have some of the rarest titles including Avengers 1, Incredible Hulk 181, and many more rare books. I have a large Gears of War collection also.
Sarahmcneill

I only have one comic book right now and it is the one I got from gow3, as far as I am concerned gears of war comics are the only ones worth having :-)
Ashton Barter

I was a big anime freak so I spent my early middle school days hunting down manga and copies of Dragonball. Then video games took over my life…
Cheiftj

Iv’e benn collecting for a while. When i was younger i was a kid who looked forward to going to th comic book shop, instead of the mall. My most prized comic is one callef “GANGSTERS CANT WIN” its from the early 50′s i found it in a building i was demoing. I also have a decent collection of gear figures and a few comics not as many as id like but the state im in’s store is kind of a joke and doesnt carry all books all the time.
Justin

My collection contains a bit of everything from marvel to dc to sci fi horror! My most prized is an original series (1-9) of the punisher! And a very early wolverine/deadpool comic! I’m a huge fan of gears and this would be the icing on the cake for my collection
http://twitter.com/InternetMonkey_ usaokay

As a comic book and video game fan since 6, I’ve been collecting a wide array of comics based upon video games. Currently I own Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Call of Duty MW2: Ghost, and Starcraft: Ghost; as just to name a few.

I have read some Gears of War comics, but haven’t gotten the chance to include those in my collection. As a fan of the Gears series, I was excited when I heard about Barrick becoming a playable character. I’ve always enjoyed video game comics where it adds onto the story or has a similar feeling to its based game. Street Fighter, Phoenix Wright and Mass Effect have done these to near-perfection. Mass Effect’s comics were referenced in their games (ex. Redemption’s events was mentioned in Lair of the Shadow Broker).

My most prized collectibles are my two autographed Penny Arcade comics, signed by Gabe & Tycho themselves. Penny Arcade’s geeky humor based upon two gaming friends or other video games have always made me crack a smile. Now Penny Arcade’s comics are sitting in front of me, for anyone daring enough to enter my room to see.
Tony Callaham

I have been collecting off and on since I was about 14. I was really into comics about 5 years ago but still have all of my comics as a child.My most prized comic book is The Blair Witch Project signed variant glow in the dark cover edition. I have never opened it to read, but I enjoy having it in my collection.
My favorite series has to be Robin III: Cry of the Huntress. This was one of my first full collections I started and I still go back and read these to this day.
I do not own any Gears comics but I am a huge fan of the game series and music. It would be awesome to have these comics to add to my collection. Thanks!
Zebra

I was never aloud comic books as a child but once I reached around 13 I developed independance and started my collection. My favourites are “The Amazing Spiderman”, and the “Uncanny X-Men”. I favour spiderman above others for his admirable wit.
Cowboycav13

I love Gears Of War I am the biggest fan i would like to win it to my sick brother
Ashe_Darkthorne

My earliest comic is X-men number 6 with the Sub Mariner. I have always been a huge X-men fan and have an almost complete run of the original series. I have a full The Crow collection from all the incarnations. Now I collect for both my kids and what few titles I get for myself. Alot of the stuff that I cannot afford physical copies of I get digitally. I would love to have the Gears of War collection because I missed out seeing them in my local shop no matter how many times I asked them to carry them in store.
Jeff Curley

I’m 20 years old and I’ve been an avid collector of Marvel and video game-based comic series for a couple years now. I’ve recently gotten into the Gears series and become a huge fan! Game franchises that delve into multimedia (comics, novels, etc.) have always been my passion and I aspire to work for a game company one day that has its hands in multiple industries. My personal favorite series would have to be the Deus Ex miniseries. Beautiful artistic style and the story ties directly into the game’s narrative very well. The most prized comic in my collection would have to be StarCraft #0, the prequel issue to their miniseries that came in the Collector’s Edition of StarCraft II. Not particularly rare, but still one of my most prized collector’s items
Jaden

I’ve never had any comic books before, but I would definitely read and take care of these!
Clevelandcd8910

I’ve been collecting off and on since the early 80′s, I can’t move my collection by myself it’s so heavy! My most prized comics are Avengers #4, Giant sized Xmen #1 and Amazing Spiderman #300 the first apperance of Venom. The first 2 were handed down to me by my grandfather who started my love of comics
Herick Lavorato

I love to read, despite not having a large number of comics, but I have great books that have a thematic interesting (like the so-called “Battle of the Apocalypse”, the Brazilian writer Eduardo Spohr, and the two books based on Assassin’s Creed written by the author Bowden Oliver).

I would love to win the comics Gears of War, because I’m a big fan of the series, and somehow I am also a collector of everything related to Lancers and Locusts (I have the 3 games, shirts, keychains, and I’m thinking about getting a tattoo related to the game).

Well that’s it friends at Epic, I hope to be chosen. I can only thank the great adventures we had, and the fun of playing Gears with my friends and eating pizza.
http://twitter.com/OhDamnDustin Dustin

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http://twitter.com/RetroLords Retro Lords

My comic collection is pretty small compared to some I have seen, but its quality that counts. I have early Amazing Spider-man stuff (I collect from #1 – #50), loads of Batman and your general sort of collectors bits and bobs but I must say I read Tank Girl over and over…although I have some expensive comics, I haven’t framed those. I have framed the signed by Alan Martin & Rufus Dayglo, Tank Girl:Skidmarks #1 … it means more to me than the money because I was there + Rufus was kind enough to sketch Tanky for me Its much more to have a story than it is to just buy it off the internet in my opinion.
http://www.facebook.com/skaidon Adam Roberts

My collection of comics is very limited. Atomic Robo, The Littlest Zombie and The Last Zombie really make up my physical collection.
Daniel Delgado

I been in to art since I was 5….comics I love to read not just that but taking my sweet time checking out the art work and details…and how they make u wants read more and the end of the comic…I love gears a really big fan..I played All m ode games l..oved them all I love gears two so much I spent there years playing execution and till this day am six around the world…the real gamers we still play
and keep track of the original top 100…since the leaderboards got hack some stops playing but not me a true gears fan…I go by I wickedtrex I…..I would be so great if I won them comics…..by the way am a airbrushing pro I love art
Matthew Baker

Sadly, my ex-wife sold my comic book collection during our divorce way back in 1999, and I haven’t bought any comics since then. I was a single dad for a while and couldn’t afford them; I’m married now to a wonderful woman and we have a great marriage. As such, I’m looking to get back into collecting.

Prior to that, I collected for about 10 years, off and on. I tried to snatch up every first issue I could, even if I was only partially interested in the series. For some reason, I didn’t like jumping into the middle of a series.

My most prized comic book was from the Grendel series, but I can’t recall which number it was. I just remember that I foamed at the mouth when I read it.

As for favorite series, I would have to say it was a toss-up between Grendel and G.I. Joe (yeah, I’m old-school!). I would LOVE to check out the GoW series, though, because I love the games.

Thanks!
Cody W.

My comic collection is a few deadpool comics and a crow comic
Zach Monti

I have only just recently gotten into comics. I actually collect graphic novels rather than individual comics there selves. I was actually just thinking of buying Gears of War vol.1 and 2 so these would be a welcomed edition. I’d have to say that based off my collection my favorite series is Judge Dredd, but my favorite comic (graphic novel) is The Dark Knight Returns.
Nickdahmes

Love Gears, Love Comics!
http://arcade.pure0wnage.com/ Donnie

i dont have a comic collection. but i have a gears of war one =)
Alfonso Mireles

I started collecting when I was around 12 years old. Started with Scarlet Spider series, however I quickly started collecting Wolverine-related comics. Started right after Wolverine #75 (did not got that one until later) where he is without adamantium. The series interested me so much I collected it for a couple of years

The series I like the most is Weapon X 1-4 (Age of Apocalypse) and in general the AoA series of comics are amazing. But my prized comic is Wolverine #1 that I found in one my travels. I do collect some other series such as Punisher, Sin City, among others. I would love to have GoW since I am a big fan of the games.
Evil_Skrimsli

I have a pretty big collection of Comics I’ve been collecting since I was a small fry, I have mostly X-Men and Spider-man, but I have a wide variety of others including one comic series that is pretty old it’s called Groo the Wanderer, it’s made by Marvel and I hav most the series. I have a Marvel Masterworks hardback book that is X-men Nos. 1-10 and it is signed by Stan Lee. Gears of War is probably my all-time favorite game and having the entire collection of comics would probably make my collection complete and I could die happy!!! My Favorite series would have to be Anything Spider-man, but especially the newest Venom series by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Danny Miki, and John Rauch.
goggledgirl

I’m a huge fan of The Walking Dead. I was hooked last year and since then have acquired volumes one through seven of the hardcover books. I also am a sucker for Spawn, and have been collecting Spawn comics since my friend introduced me to the series in high school. Comics are a link to old friends for me, something we have in common and collect and experience together.
Ryan Miller

I have been collecting comic books since I was 8 years old, I’ve been in love with the stories and characters for as long as I can remember. My incredible hulk collection is my favorite as well as planet hulk. My favorite comic book is world war hulk: xmen #3, juggernaut and incredible hulk, what could be better than that? Oh yeah, GEARS OF WAR! I’ve yet to lay my hands on the gears comics sadly, my FAVORITE game series of all time! the storyline of the games, the strong emotions from the characters. These gears comics I’m sure would be a crown jewl in my collection! And I turn 18 tomorrow! So please, from a longtime hardcore fan! I’d love those books!
Matthew Anderson

I have ALL of the Gears comics on my iPad, bitch! Late at night I stare into the soft glow of my tablet, and exploding Grubs.
Xbox ThreeSixty

How long have you been collecting? While i read comics for almost as long as I could read, I started collecting at about 10 years old. And i introduced my own kids to comics at a very young age. I think some of the tamer books are great learning tools for teaching kids to read, there’s lots of pictures to tell the story and words they can practice their reading skills. It’s also fun to have a kid on your lap and read with them, young kids like all the colors and if you do voices for characters they get a kick out of that too.

What is your most prized comic book? I have many of the key silver age books in my collection. Since i’ve always been a Punisher fan, Amazing Spiderman 129 is the one I prize most. But I have so many, it’s like asking me to pick which child is my fav.

Which comic book series is your favorite? I really enjoyed the Ultimate Spider-Man story line in the past, but more recently Walking Dead has my attention.

Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection? I really enjoyed collecting comics over the decades but wonder what the future holds for comics. Published media seems to be on the extinction list so i’m curious if the new generations of comic nerds will keep the printed books alive or if collecting comics will become a thing of the past in favor of digital distribution.

Also i’m a HUGE gears fan, i’ve been collecting the Neca figs, I have both the lancers, posters, even went out and found the metal COG tag that was part of a pre-launch Gears 2 promotion, i went out looking for three different ones and found one on my third attempt, that’s probably my prized Gears item besides the Golden lancer Marcus fig from neca and my Dom that i have signed by the actor. I also ahve read all the books, but I haven’t been able to read the comics because I Live out in the stix and there aren’t any comic shops within 100 miles…. I’d love to read, own and enjoy the Gears comic series.
Bapdawg

I read and collected GiJoe, Transformers, Lobo and Punisher comics as a kid/teen. All of which didn’t get saved by my parents when I joined the army back in 98. I have bought a few here and there over the past few years but being a single dad has slowed down my ability to splurge on everything. I do have all of the gears books and one of the graphic novels. Always a good read, am on the second read through. Would love to have the comic collection to add to the books, posters, games and toys though! Can’t wait for judgment!
http://twitter.com/EV0L0NE GEARS FREAK

I starting collecting comic books when I was 9 years old. My father had is own auto repair shop and one day a customer couldn’t pay for his repairs so he gave my father two boxes of comic books. So I was sitting in my room playing with my toys and my dad slams down these two massive boxes of comic books, my eyes lit up with joy.. I ran over there and started looking at every comic book, there were the original Spider-Man gold, silver, platinum and black & white covers and I even have some old Walt Disney comics in the boxes. So right away I knew these were something special and have been collecting everyday ever since.

It has been 20 years of collecting and I don’t think I would have ever got into comic books if it wasn’t for my Father. I don’t have any of the Gears of War comic books and it would be an awesome addition to my collection…
G. López

I’ve been collecting comics since I was 13 years old and since then my love for comic books have growth a lot. I dont know which one is my most prized comic book, and my favorite series are Spawn and Batman. I haven´t get the chance to read the Gears of War comics so this can be a great opportunitty, right?
I collect comics from Marvel, Image and Dc so its dificult to keep the track of everything, I’m doing my best of having the most intresting stories of those comic books companies. I hope I can add Gears of War comics to my collection pretty soon.
Baldboykev

used to collect all kinds of comics but now just tmnt. had to make a choice between comics or videogames since i was easily spending $200 a month on comics. not to mention being unable to read them once i joined the military and deployed. so pick me an old skool north carolinian
http://twitter.com/Coorsy101 Corey Dwyer

I never collected comics as a kid, in fact the gears of war comic books were the first ive ever purchased. I personally collect anything gears of war, and i must say, i have a pretty gnarly collection . Ive been working on completing my gears comic set, so this is a perfect opportunity. I like keeping them all bagged and boarded and i buy the collection issues to actually read.

I did briefly get in to collecting xmen comics. Mainly the xmen classics, and the x-factors. But ive since stopped as my gears of war collecting is plenty enough for me!
Carlos Ramos

I’m not going to lie, I haven’t been collecting my comics my whole life. Believe me, I always wanted but living with my dad and I his beliefs on how they were a “waste of money” it was nearly impossible. Now that I’m out of their, comics is one of the many thing I have been buying. Now I don’t have the biggest collection but it’s on it’s way, plus I have been buying a few for my iPod, so I got a some digital ones as well. So to sum up, I’m still new to the world of comics and this will be an excellent collection to boost me up, plus it’s with Gears of War, and that would be so AWESOME!!
Ryan Q.

I just got into collecting comics recently. The Walkind Dead is to blame. Got the first compendium. Waiting for the 2nd to come out and own. But this didn’t stop me from getting all the covers for issue# 100! Except that damn cover exclusive to comic-con which I can’t get too! Why Kirkman?
http://twitter.com/juanjoman juanjo

i’ve been collecting since ’94my most prized comic series has to be the Death of Superman and a crossover Superman/ThundercatsAmazing Spiderman and The Dark KnightI’m trying to have the best of every Series not only Marvel and DC but here in Mexico it’s very hard to get some of the comics that are sold in the US… i’ll have to keep trying a little harder… hope to get all the GOW series
Tchouka53

http://freresdarmes.leforum.eu/index.php
i love comics gears
TAUfanatic

I have loved comics for a long time since I was a child. My collection started with my dad and his comics. He has a bunch of spider man, fantastic four, X-men, X-factor, Captain America, G.I. Joe and other various marvel comics.

I have to say I don’t have a single prized comic book. Its hard for me to pick out an individual book seeing as how every comic I’ve read is important to its series and is in fact worth reading.

My favorite series is a three way tie. I have to choose between Deadpool, Marvel Secret Wars, and Kick-Ass… Simply said, I liked them all. Deadpool is fun and amusing. Secret Wars has ALL of Marvel’s Heroes and Villains, whats not to love? And Kick-Ass is just over the top and still manages to be very serious, I love it!

my personal collection isn’t very big, only because I would love to read more comics and issues from the time my dad was growing up because it really sucks to read X_Factor 56 and 58 and not have 57. If there was a comic book store where I live, I would probably be in there for that fresh comic smell at least once a week so I can purchase some more Deadpool (only once a week since I cherish that smell and if I went every day I’d get used to it and never smell it again)
http://twitter.com/garrettyu Tall Dood?

I got some Simpsons, Garfield, and Marvel comics!
Tjhermanek

I started collecting comics when I was around 9-10 so about 30 years ago, my family was always traveling so everywhere we stopped i’d get another comic, after high school I was crazy into it collecting over 150 title a month (my local comic shop loved me), when I was 24 I sold 80% of my collection (this was back in the late 90′s) it was roughly 18 large comic-boxes all comics were bagged and boarded and the guy who bought them was using them as stock for a comic book store he was opening, and I took the $4500 and put it as a down payment on my first house, the only comics I miss from that sell was my Batman run that was over 400 books long with no gaps included the famed “Robin dies” books and others. but at the time I was a huge Wolverine fan and still have and maintain my run. my most favorite books I have are the first prints (no remakes) of both Wolverine vs. Hulk and Wolverine vs. Spiderman.
Charles Wasleski

My love of comics started on long road trips with my dad. He would buy a stack of old comics at a Swap-n-Shop, then give them to me and my brother at rest stops between sightseeing. Mostly Archie, Richie Rich, Looney Tunes. I still have lots of those still.
I started really collecting when I was 16. I started getting my own money and that’s what I bought.
Just Marvel and DC. But a lot of them.
I continued after marriage and our first child. But after our second child, the prices of comics was reaching $3 each. I couldn’t afford my “addiction” anymore.
I was collecting about 50 titles each month. That does not include the various One-Shots, alternate covers, Annual issues, collections, or limited series that popped up almost every month.
I now only pick up comics when I see or hear about something big happening.
My kids read the old comics I got on those road trips.
My oldest now wants to go to the comic book store almost weekly.
I am in trouble.

How long have you been collecting?
I collected for over 17yrs.

What is your most prized comic book?
I have a four part series “Batman: The Cult” Where batman gets hooked on drugs.Which comic book series is your favorite?
“Uncanny X-Men”Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?
They are being stored at my father’s house since our second child was born.
Too many for my house. 12000 books.
shadow

simplemente los necesito para completar mi coleccion de objetos gears of war
Shadow Filth

Esto es necesario para formar parte de un gears, esto junto los personajes, los juegos, la carcasa de la xbox, los mandos, las tazas… harian una buena vitrina importante.
Gearsfan127

How long have you been collecting? – Like 5 years ago.
What is your most prized comic book? – Gears of War
Which comic book series is your favorite? – Dirty Little Secrets Series
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection? – I love it
Cam Hebert

I’ve only just recently got into comics. My friends brought me to the comic store in our area and seeing all the cool art and stories got me hooked, plus i am a fan of superheroes and video games. All the stories interested me but i started out reading the walking dead. I hope to get more comics because they are great collector items and i thoroughly enjoy reading them. Epic Games for life!
BM0v0

i always liked comics, just never had the time to collect, but i think the gears of war comic books are a good way to start for me!
Cmarseglia

I started reading comics when I was 6 years old but started collecting comics 3 years ago and now have over 100 comics consisting of DC, marvel, dark horse, and image. I also have a couple of trade paperbacks and graphic novels and plan on growing my collection even more.
pyr0lyZer

I have no comics, unfortunately…therefore being selected to win would be a great way to start a collection
Skylineblade95

I’m used to reading comic books online (although I’ve just started) as I am unable to get hard copies of actual comics. My favorite series has to be the Avenger series (inspired by the movie) ; with that aside I also read manga such a Naruto, One Piece and Dragon Ball. I’ve played all the main GOW games and I’ve found the story to be quite epic. These comic books are bound to be EVEN more epic than the games, so it would be quite interesting to see a different take on the GOW world.
Cristianlibra

I like reading comics but never collected them and would sure like start specially with my favorite game ever gears of war
Iamdeath09

How long have you been collecting?
i was 10 years old but lost alot of them and started back collecting 3 years ago
What is your most prized comic book?gears of war number 12, had to go to 3 diffrent comic shops just to find it at a flea market in alabama.
Which comic book series is your favorite?
i love all of the gears of war series and tank girl but really any comic is my favorite i enjoy reading all of them.
Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?
i have a great collection of comics some i have not heard of when i was growing up but i enjoy them all the same.
http://profile.yahoo.com/2NXNBW5J3A4NI6JIAD6HJFB4VU Vicente

I actually dont have any comics. Dont have any gears comics or books. I love the games but between school, my wife and kids and expenses I can afford them. I have to save in advance for games in general. Gears is my favorite game. I play only gears whenever i have anytime, these books would be awesome and cherished. Wish me luck.
Achilles

GOW comic story and art are awesome!
xIIWBIIxTELEOS

This comics are awsome, i read comics, i like comics, i have comics, i have a lot of old comics (the amazing spiderman, x,men, and others) i want this comics because the comics rules, gears of war rules, and if gears looks awsome in the tv, they will be so awsome in a comic, and the comics are greats, so, this comic have the epic of gears of war and the awsome of a comic, and i want this comic (like the other people) because it will look awsome next to my gears of war collection.
Danielarvizu

I only recently started collecting comic books and I have got to say that GEARS OF WAR are by far the best ones I have read so far!!! GO GEARS!!!!!
http://twitter.com/Shedaisy49272 Sheila

I started collecting comics a little over a year ago. I wish I would have started a long time ago. My most prized book has to be my sealed copy of Dave Stevens The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition. My favorite series has to be The Walking Dead. It was actually my search for the Gears comics that made me step foot into a comic book store in the first place. I haven’t completed the collection but I was introduced to so many more amazing series. I’ve always loved Batman as well. I’m also a sucker for variant covers!!
http://twitter.com/BachoBanchou Ivan Armendariz

I’ve gotta say that I love the big cross-over stories, most recently Avengers vs. X-Men. Don’t get me wrong I like individual hero’s doing what they do best, but there’s something about big mash-ups I enjoy so much.

Gears isn’t only the story of one hero, but an entire squad of soldiers. What’s not to like?! I have read most of these at a friends house but I would like to own them for myself. It would definitely trump any birthday present burger I’m bound to get later this month.
Westender

Love comics and collected them for years. Got away from it a while back when the “real world” got me so busy. Looks like i should start collecting again.
http://profile.yahoo.com/UJBFS5LNMJSYMUKK55C4MKR7NY Joshua P

When I was younger I would collect Spawn comic books and when I got a little older just got over Spawn. Still a big fan of comic books and pretty much love every comic book based movie with a few exceptions ie: Green Lantern, Dare Devil, Elecktra and basically justy the bad movies lol. I have every Gears of War book and just found out recently that there are many comics that I didnt even know existed. I have been trying to find all of them online and am coming up short. Please pick me lol
Tomthefreak

Love comics. love Gears, what could be better than this?
Dhaliwal23

I have no comic book collection unfortunately but winning this would be a great opportunity to start one!
http://twitter.com/rharrison1990 Ryan Harrison

I love comics and actually only recently found out about the gears of war comics! These would be perfect to add to my little collection, I’m a huge fan of Gears, art and comics
Taxicab133

i am a fan of comic books and graphic novels alike, GEARS
Liquidicegaming

I have a huge collection of The Amazing Spiderman comics and also Gears ones. Unfortunately I am missing a lot of the issues that Wildstorm produced and can’t find them anywhere
Powderttoastman1

I’ve always been quite the nerd so I guess I’ve always liked comics. I still have the 2nd comic I ever bought, the first one I traded to a friend for a GI Joe. I really like Image comics and Wildstorm has caught my eye a few times I guess. espesically with the Gears series, but deep down inside I’m a huge Marvel fan, at the Denver comiccon this year I got my first signed comic Wolverine Vs Spiderman by Jason Aaron. I hope to see some of the team or even the voiceover charecters and have them sign my Gears comics, hopefully next year!
- Powdertoastman1
  
  Its supposed to be Powdertoastman1, no double T’s
Jaglajason

I have no comic book collection but these whould be a good start to one
Ashe_Darkthorne

All of my comics have been with me since my older step-brother would give me his Incredible Hulk and Conan and whatever else he bought to teach himself to read. I am 38 and every free comic book day I get the kids every free comic released. My prize possession is a near complete run of Uncanny X-Men with issue 4 being my oldest. I still collect X-Men and certain marvel as well as Ghostbusters and The Crow. I plan on both my kids to inherit my collection. As for Gears I had totally missed out on the Gears comics due to my being the only person who wanted it in my shop and they did not bother to get them in. I wish I could read them. Always wanted to.
http://twitter.com/SpartanTT117 Tim Heidner

I just recently started collecting the Gears of War series. So I don’t have many, yet. I also plan on collecting some of the other games series comics. I have to say that they have changed since I was a kid.
Curt

I’m a big gears of war fan I started collecting gears of war stuff when the first gears game came out. I would love to add the gears of war comics to my collection and as you can seen in this vid http://youtu.be/WyNQ4a4VlUQ I have a large collection of gears of war stuff. not only do I collect GOW stuff but I do have a small collection of comics to. Hope you enjoy the vid.
http://profile.yahoo.com/J2DLVA6HLG2MJ3YJUINLFQ433A Neo928

i love free comic book day! have a ton of them on my ipod but ive been looking for gears and havent read any yet i want them so bad!
http://twitter.com/Bigjohn9397 John Wetmore

I’ve been collecting for about 5 years now. Me and my gf’s brother going comic-book browsing once-in-awhile. I have around 20 comics ranging from Batman to Obama vs The Army of Darkness. My most prized comic are my Gears of War Vol. 1. I’ve read it around 20 times (gross understatement).
Spyke2084

Loved comics all my life. Mostly DC other than Spawn. Been a gearhead since GoW 1 dropped, huge fan of the series, and I would love to win these comics. Nice of you guys to do this giveaway !
Legendx66

I have a large collection of marvel comics from varying years. A large amount of amazing spiderman as well
Neysha13

I always like comics.i always buy a comics of and old neighbor lives in my street when i have 12 years old.he sell a diferent comics of diferent series and i love the animation,the art and the stories.but the best part is when the super heroes always try to resolve everything and they always.inclusive i love my figures of xmen,pepsi cards,and my others collections.
Neysha13

But me best collection is of gears of war and game consoles
Scott Johnson

I need these it is hard to get around here
KatieB

I’ve been casually collecting for a few years now and have a fairly modest collection. I absolutely love looking at the art and I hope to publish my own comics one day! I’m on a mission to collect every Gears of War comic there is! I also enjoy Iron Man and Venom.
TearyGryphon63

started maybe a year ago, don’t have that many though. Most prized would be Ghost issue 6. favorite series would have to be Ghost. It got me into collecting.
Agent 88

Ive been collecting comic stuff for as long as i can remember. Basically i started when i first got toys, comic characters ruled my room with iron painted fists. When i was old enough i moved on to collecting comic based movies, but of course that could never quench my thirst for their adventures. Soon enough i started collecting the comics themselves, and when that wasnt enough i started creating my own characters and stories (none are published yet, but i hope to change that soon). Around two decades of collecting, and lots of cash supplied by whomever was thoughtful enough, has gotten me enough comics to fill two large dresser drawers. Among the lot of them are the big two, Marvel and DC, and a couple of the smaller independent companies as well.
I only wish i could truly pick a favorite anything when it comes to comics. I guess i can bring it down to a few though. Batman, The Avengers (around the original team), Axe Cop, and Deadpool. Well… then there’s my guys (but of course i like those).
I dont have a prized comic…yet, but im working on it. The closest things are my copy of The Watchmen (the comic book and the ultimate directors cut DVD).
Thanks so much for making gears, and for all of our enjoyment of said game series. I look forward to the upcoming game that will complete my newly lacking Gears of war collection (very happily i might add).
http://profile.yahoo.com/U4VISZDIRXWDL23LISWGC6WY74 Bryan

I have been collecting for about 19 years now I’d say. I started with old Batman comics and have been collecting ever since. As for my most prized comic.. could be Uncanny X-men #77 or #266 (First appearance of my favorite character, Gambit). Obviously my favorite series is the Uncanny X-men, or just any x-men comics in general. I started getting into that one at a young age and been with it ever since. My collection now is easily several hundred comics, still getting Uncanny X-men and some graphic novels here and there.
legend x

gears comic are the best……..
Belcher_18_05

Don’t own a comic collection but would LOVE these!
Starwolf1001

I’ve been reading and collecting comics since 1982, it all started with G.I. Joe #3 and Swam Thing #5 fun times. Been playing Gears of War since 2007, Gears of War #1 was the reason I chose between a PS3 or Xbox 360. Looking back at it all I don’t regret any of it.
itachi_doppleganger

I started collecting comics with marvel comics like the amazing spider-man, fantastic 4, and x-men. Continued the collection with pokemon and dragonball z. Had to get the Gears of War comic from gamestop since that was a must. Ill keep collecting comics for as long as i live since there are so many other titles i started collecting and I need to finish getting all of the comics.
http://twitter.com/EpicBugz Angel Gomez

I started collecting them when i got my first issue for the GoW2 GS promotion:)
Nazgul24

Since i was a kid, i went with my father to some old book shops, where you can buy packs of olds comics very cheap. When i say old comics i talk about old comics in 1980′s, so you can imagine… Mandrake, Firsts issues of Brugueraś Spiderman and The FF, Mytex the Migthy, Tim Kelly (and the eye of Zoltek) , Shazam, DC heoes, and much more… i barely keep a tear remebering that!.

From that till present day, i keep collecting many comics, like Ghost Rider, Spawn, and more. Now i keep reading Kirkmanś Invencible, The Walking Dead, AIDP (Abe Sapiens and other teammates of Hellboy adventures), and of course, the Dark Tower series based on the Masterpiece of Stephen King…

The Gears collection will be a good add to my shells…
http://profile.yahoo.com/N4FBL67FGEZ3UZZTR4DK24IRHE Henri

COMICS ARE my very best books to read i have tons of comics of old stuff but GEARS OF WAR wow i would like that thx
Travis

Reading since I was about 6, favorite series probably between batman or x-men, most prized comic…. archie vs the punisher! Haha jk not sure maybe my collection of year one batman by frank miller. Id love to read and add the gears books to my collection.
mamitaya

Buenas tardes, yo comencé con una colección que me dejo mi hermana eran los susys, algo muy romántico, después comencé con los archis, tom y jerry, y spiderman, superman de los cuales tengo algunos números, y en la actualidad esta Batman, spiderman me gustaria tener su comic, en virtud de que mi hijo de 12 años le gusta su juego gears of war y me hace jugarlo se que es violento para su edad, pero a el le gusta y trato de orientarlo, es entretenido y he aprendido a matar locus y a hacerme fans de este juego, siempre he tenido el gusto por guardar cosas en el transcurso de mi vida, para asi enseñárselas a mis hijos y espero que esta sea una de ellas.
Jski1508

I just started reading comics love them looking to start a collection this would be a good start
Jpatrick9196

I haven’t been collecting for long, only about 3 years. Right now, my most prized comic is either the Barack Obama edition of Spiderman or the special edition of the New Avengers:Illuminati #1
Thomaskenney47121

Ive always liked comic books, lovedthe walking dead, i have never read a gears of war comic because i didnt know about them until last year. I am a huge fan of gears of war and i would love to have the comics. I would love to have these comics.
Csanabria84

I have almost 675 comics (about 3 long boxes) I have been collecting steadily for over 4 years now. I started as a kid with the x-men and spider-man but have moved into spawn. I have 3 Gears of War comics and I enjoy them. Gears is a huge family event in my house me and my wife have matching C.O.G tags. I love all things Gears and comics so getting a full set of gears comics would be a huge milestone for my video game and comic collection thanks for the 3 great games and I can’t wait for the new Gears game next year Keep up the good work guys.
Dragyn

I enjoy reading comic books, I can never find them in order though, so i always end up with either just the first two or three issues of a comic or i end up with issues 1, 3 and 5, GAAHHH! I haven’t been collecting long, my favourite series would probably be Thor by Marvel, my most prized comic would probably be the Gears of War issue 1, i found it at Supanova a few years ago withh issue 2, and now i need the rest!!!
Eurpapi

My extensive comic book collection consists of the comic that was given out at midnight at BestBuy. Would love to get the whole collection though.
Vexta

1- How long have you been collecting?
2-What is your most prized comic book?
3- Which comic book series is your favorite?
4- Is there anything else you’d like to share about your collection?

Since the 90′s, unfortunately I only have really old Transformers comics from back then, I never got fully into DC until 2005.
2- Batman, Under the Hood. I just love it so much. I’ve read it more times than I can count (No, seriously). It’s amazing, I suggest it to anybody who hasn’t read it, buy the graphic novel!
3 – The Walking Dead without a shadow of a doubt. It’s excellent.
4 – Just how much I love my comics
Gustavo Mattioni

I’m from Brazil, and here have only one of this comics :/
Neph

The strangest part of my comic collection consists of a hundred or so Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics I used to get as a child. I’ve got of course the first two gears compilations, and a lot of work from Slave Labor Graphics, including Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee, Lenore, Nightmares and Fairytales, and several others.

Otherwise, Batman for the win. Lanterns, too.
Tobin Lopes

I have been collecting since 1984. It began with Spidey’s switch to the black costume and continues today. I have at least 40 boxes for a collection of more than 20k in books.

I was mostly superheroes until I read Sandman in 1990 and then the floodgates opened.

My most prized book is the first appearance of Matt Wagner’s Grendel and every single appearance of Grendel since.

My favorite current series is hard to nail down. It could be Walking Dead, maybe Fables, or even Saga. But let’s go with Before Watchmen.

I will always read comics. Collecting is simply a consequence. The form is an art and can deliver powerful stories on every topic and human condition.

Long live Gears.

-tpl
Zywiecjared

Hello I need gears of war comic book 9 variant cover if you have one or know where I can get one please text me asap zywiecjared@yahoo.com
aaron

I like them but sadly I don’t have any
XFaTal ReApEr

I have no comics, but these seem like they would sell for a good price.
lokiwolf

hi ive got a gears of war volume 2 signed by the design team how much would that be worth?

Posted by Flak Jul 12, 2012 Last Updated Jul 16, 2012

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