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Chris Beckett
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Lifelong Mainer. Star Wars fan nearly as long. Also love comic books, book books, David Lynch, David Simon, David Milch . . . just all the Davids. Red Sox & Oilers fan (covering the coasts). Pinko liberal because "progress" is in progressive.
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Because at age 5 in 1977, seeing #StarWars on the big screen was a religious experience:

It’s #StarWarsSunday!
Share something Star Wars—toy, book, scene, character—from any era! This is a positive space & it’s all good!

This week: Kenner’s blaster rifle!
A vintage Star Wars blaster rifle from Kenner.
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Top Shelf Friday time 🎉

What's a comic in your collection that you think deserves to be on that top shelf? Whether its a key, rare, or just one you love ❤️

This week, Lone Wolf & Cub deluxe edition, vol. 1 by Koike & Kojima. Maybe my favorite all-time series.

#TopShelfFriday #comicbooks #comicsky
Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition volume 1, from Dark Horse Comics. An oversized hardcover, with a textured amber cover that has the title on the right, in a large font, with the creators – Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima – in a smaller font just above. On the left side, running about halfway down, is a tip-in plate with Japanese script (likely the title), an image of Itto Ogami & Daigor by Kojima, and a one, for the volume. Lovely!
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Damn! Fantastic pick! Love the signature! That run of X-Men annuals had a murderer's row of artists.
I went with something brand new this week, though it's an older story. The Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe edition, volume 1. This may be my favorite longform series in comics, so I had to get it.
Lone Wolf & Cub Deluxe Edition volume 1, from Dark Horse Comics. An oversized hardcover, with a textured amber cover that has the title on the right, in a large font, with the creators – Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima – in a smaller font just above. On the left side, running about halfway down, is a tip-in plate with Japanese script (likely the title), an image of Itto Ogami & Daigor by Kojima, and a one, for the volume. Lovely!
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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That new deluxe Lone Wolf & Cub is gorgeous. Can't wait to dive in for a re-read!

#comicsky
#LoneWolfandCub
@darkhorse.com
Three first issues/volumes of Lone Wolf & Cub. From left to right: the original Dark Horse volume 1 with a Frank Miller cover, the new deluxe hardcover volume 1 from Dark Horse, and issue 1 from First Comics with a cover by Frank Miller.
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Good morning!
It's #WolverineWednesday
Let's go, bub.
Wolverine, in a cowboy hat, blue jeans, and a torn uniform top (yellow & blue), stands with his back to us, head turned so one eye spies us, muscles bulging everywhere, with the "New X Men" logo above his head and a strange, collective city in the background. Art by Marc Silvestri.
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Because at age 5 in 1977, seeing #StarWars on the big screen was a religious experience:

It’s #StarWarsSunday!
Share something Star Wars—toy, book, scene, character—from any era! This is a positive space & it’s all good!

This week: the original Star Wars returns to theaters!
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A “badge” celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of the original theatrical release of Star Wars. Gold and black, it has a large 50 above the iconic Star Wars title, with an homage to Luke and Leia from the original movie poster inside the zero.
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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It’s #SienkiewiczSaturday.
Here’s hoping yours is Merry & Jolly!
Cover for SANTA MY LIFE AND TIMES, with a painting of Santa sitting at his desk, writing a list of good boys and girls, we can assume, by candlelight. Art by Bill Sienkiewicz.
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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More than happy to.
Tharg meets Harry Harrison page 1 from the 1980 2000AD sci-fi special. Tharg meets Harry Harrison page 2 from the 1980 2000AD sci-fi special. Tharg meets Harry Harrison page 3 from the 1980 2000AD sci-fi special.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Top Shelf Friday time 🎉

What's a comic in your collection that you think deserves to be on that top shelf? Whether its a key, rare, or just one you love ❤️

This week: the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special for 1980.
With Alan Moore & bonus Empire Strikes Back!

#TopShelfFriday #comicbooks #comicsky
Cover for the 1980 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, with an image of Judge Dredd, pointing a huge rifle at the ground as he points off at what we must assume is a wanted criminal. Art by Mike McMahon.
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Damn! That's amazing! Secret Wars was my introduction to the Marvel Universe -- issue 4, to be exact.

I'm going with something I shared early this week, the final unreprinted Alan Moore 2000AD story I needed to fill out my collection. The 1980 Sci-Fi Special. With bonus Empire Strikes Back pics!!!!
Cover for the 1980 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, with an image of Judge Dredd, pointing a huge rifle at the ground as he points off at what we must assume is a wanted criminal. Art by Mike McMahon. Page 1 of the Future Shocks tale, "A Holiday In Hell!" written by Alan Moore, with art by Dave Harwood. A two-page spread of photos from the "new" movie The Empire Strikes Back, including images of Leia & Chewie in the Falcon's cockpit, Boba Fett, Han Solo in the snowy landscape of the planet Hoth, and Darth Vader looking ominous.
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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And, to finish out the week, a couple of new posters I added to the collection. Now to get frames for them and throw them into the rotation.

#TheNam
#MichaelGolden
#InfinityGauntlet
#GeorgePérez
#comicsky
Two vintage comic shop posters for THE NAM and THE INFINITY GAUNTLET, with art by Michael Golden & George Pérez, respectively. A promotional poster for Marvel Comics' THE 'NAM, from the late 1980s. A black and white image of soldiers getting onto a Huey chopper, as bullets splatter the water around them, in a firefight during the Vietnam conflict. Art by Michael Golden. An oversized image of the cover for issue 1 of THE INFINITY GAUNTLET, with Thanos raising the gauntlet in front of him, fist closed, light from the gems cascading off to frame various images from that first issue, including characters such as Thor, Nick Fury, Spider-Man, and the Hulk, while Death and Mephisto are revealed over Thanos's shoulders. Tagline: The final battle begins in May. Art by George Pérez.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Another recent acquisition -- the final unreprinted Alan Moore story from 2000AD that I needed to fill out my collection. From the 1980 2000AD Sci-Fi Special.
With bonus Empire Strikes Back photo spread!!!!

#comicsky
#StarWars
#AlanMoore
#2000AD
Cover for the 1980 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, with an image of Judge Dredd, pointing a huge rifle at the ground as he points off at what we must assume is a wanted criminal. Art by Mike McMahon. Page 1 of the Future Shocks tale, "A Holiday In Hell!" written by Alan Moore, with art by Dave Harwood. A two-page spread of photos from the "new" movie The Empire Strikes Back, including images of Leia & Chewie in the Falcon's cockpit, Boba Fett, Han Solo in the snowy landscape of the planet Hoth, and Darth Vader looking ominous.
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A Happy #Thorsday to all! Verily!
A muscled Thor, swinging Mjolnir viciously, yells at the sky that he "...doth stand in defense of mankind once more!" Art by John Romita, Jr.
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Recent addition to the collection. Little-known work by my favorite superhero artist, George Pérez, illustrations for his brother, David's, memoir.

#GeorgePérez
#comicsky
The cover for David Pérez's memoir -- WOW! -- which includes illustrations by his brother, George, my favorite comic book arts. Tagline: "A South Bronx 'Memoirito' of boyhood and Catholic school" A young boy in a button up shirt (sleeves rolled up) and a tie (loosened) looks up to the sky, overlaid onto a silhouette of the New York skyline (we can assume the Bronx) with grey clouds receding up the cover to the stars above. Art by George Pérez. An illustration, almost entirely in shadow, of a Catholic priest tapping one foot ominously, while a spanking paddle peeks out from behind him. Art by George Pérez. An illustration of a young boy -- we must assume it is David -- dancing vigorously, with oversized musical notes surrounding him. Art by George Pérez. An illustration of a gigantically oversized boy -- again, we must assume it is David -- peering down angrily at a startled Catholic priest/teacher. Art by George Pérez.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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It’s dangerous to go one… take this.
Obi-Wan Kenobi hands Luke Skywalker the lightsaber that belonged to Luke’s father. From Star Wars (1977).
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Because at age 5 in 1977, seeing #StarWars on the big screen was a religious experience:

It’s #StarWarsSunday!
Share something Star Wars—toy, book, scene, character—from any era! This is a positive space & it’s all good!

This week: the Star Wars Minute podcast!

linktr.ee/starwarsminute
Star Wars Minute podcast art with Pete the Retailer as Han Solo and Alex Robinson as Chewie. Art by Alex Robinson.
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This was a particular favorite, but it got lost at some point. The “Hockey Mask of Death” story always stayed with me, and I eventually replaced it. Happy I did.
DC Blue Ribbon Digest: Strange Sports Stories. Uncle Sam is calling for the super villains, including Luthor and Joker, and the heroes, including Wonder Woman and Kid Flash, to “Play ball!” Art by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano. First page of “ Hockey Mask of Death.” A hockey player is racing toward the goal, on a sheet of ice ready to go over a waterfall, while a goalie with a skull mask (or maybe just his skull) stands in the way of him scoring. Art by John Rosenberger.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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It’s #SienkiewiczSaturday!
Celebrate!
Cover for Amazing High Adventure issue 1, from 1985. Two time crossed warriors battle— one in a metal helmet with armor and a narrow sword, one in a loincloth and a modified skull for a helmet with some type of club in his hand—only one will survive! Art by Bill Sienkiewicz.
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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While you organized I was taking out rusty staples and restapling some of my collection. Seems 90s-2000s b/w comics with bright white paper have that problem. At least in my collection, which I don’t bag & board (could be part of it). Something you might check.
Two stacks of comics, including Murder Me Dead and Dark Horse Presents, plus a staple remover and long arm stapler.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Top Shelf Friday time!

What's a comic in your collection that you think deserves to be on that top shelf? Whether its a key, rare, or just one you love ❤️

This week: in honor of Black Friday, SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM #10!
cc: @vinsonlovescomics.bsky.social

#comicsky
#TopShelfFriday
#comicbooks
Solar, Man of the Atom issue 10, from Valiant Comics. An all-black cover, SIGNED(!!) by Barry Windsor-Smith.
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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My wife made a cranberry pecan pie for today’s feast…because my mother only had time to make five pies, two turkeys + stuffing, two casseroles, four sides, two types of rolls, and cornbread, for the 29 people showing up.
#HappyThanksgiving
Homemade cranberry pecan pie, including homemade crust, baked by my wife. Yum!
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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What could go wrong?
Sitting around the dinner table on the Nostromo, from the movie ALIEN.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This is where I post from…🖤
A rebel soldier in a crow's nest scans the horizon at the rebel base on Yavin 4, from the film Star Wars.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Batman: The Cult is right up there, for me.
Batman: the Cult issue 1. We can only see part of Batman -- a foot, the ends of his cape, his hands -- as he reaches for a manhole cover, bloody footprints and handprints all around the area. (He's contaminating the crime scene!!!!!) Art by Berni Wrightson.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Drop some HEADWEAR 🪖🖤👒
Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, in Back to the Future, with some crazy, lit up headgear on.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM