[Josh Z]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junkyard84

Little underwhelmed by the prints and posters but the actual book itself and the individual comics are impeccably done

All the tag-along stuff is just useless cheap junk, as far as I'm concerned.

[wedge1968]

I finally opened mine. How do you all intend to display/store these? The way the are in the box has the spines in the air, which means the pages are susceptible to gravity. I fear that they will eventually start pulling away from the spine. I am loath to have them standing traditionally on a shelf for the same reason. Does anyone have any thoughts regarding this?

I have not checked what I got against what was promised, but I think I got two of the same card.

[wmichben]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wedge1968

I have not checked what I got against what was promised, but I think I got two of the same card.

I think I recall seeing someone else say they got a duplicate item in their set. It may have been a card as well.

As for storage/display, I will probably stack mine in my reading nook in my bedroom. So nothing fancy but they will be easy for me to get to when I feel like reading them. That is a good point about how they are stored in the box with the spines up.

Mine are arriving today after a two-day delay from when they were originally supposed to be delivered. I don't think I will get much time over the next few days to look at them.

[xasonnex]

When stored spine-up in the box, there IS a thin foam pad for each volume in the bottom of the box that I think supports the pages from sagging. Or it may be to help keep them spaced. I'm at work and can't check.

[SquishyOH]

Was flipping through Compendium 1 and there seem to be a few pages missing from Issue #1.

They included the cut-away of the PIT and the MOBAT, but I clearly remember these pin-ups of Flash, Scarlett, Breaker, and Stalker.


My original #1 is in quite a sad state after 40+ years of reading and I don't think I still have all the pages (in fact it came without the cover in a gift bag). I could swear there was a similar pin-up for the HAL and VAMP at some point, but maybe not in #1.

Anyone know where this art is located within the Compendium? I checked Yearbook #1 at it is not there either. I thought they may have used these pages as filler between issues to get the 2-page spreads properly sequenced, but those blank pages are just generic stars.

[wmichben]

Mine just arrived and I just opened them up and I do see that foam in the bottom of the box. That should keep things look good! I guess I will keep mine in the box. Everything looks GREAT!

[AutoDecept]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SquishyOH

Was flipping through Compendium 1 and there seem to be a few pages missing from Issue #1.

They included the cut-away of the PIT and the MOBAT, but I clearly remember these pin-ups of Flash, Scarlett, Breaker, and Stalker.


My original #1 is in quite a sad state after 40+ years of reading and I don't think I still have all the pages (in fact it came without the cover in a gift bag). I could swear there was a similar pin-up for the HAL and VAMP at some point, but maybe not in #1.

Anyone know where this art is located within the Compendium? I checked Yearbook #1 at it is not there either. I thought they may have used these pages as filler between issues to get the 2-page spreads properly sequenced, but those blank pages are just generic stars.

Those pin-ups are in the book, and used as the divider pages between #2-5. Keep flipping past #1 and you should find them.

[Josh Z]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SquishyOH

Was flipping through Compendium 1 and there seem to be a few pages missing from Issue #1.

They included the cut-away of the PIT and the MOBAT, but I clearly remember these pin-ups of Flash, Scarlett, Breaker, and Stalker.


My original #1 is in quite a sad state after 40+ years of reading and I don't think I still have all the pages (in fact it came without the cover in a gift bag). I could swear there was a similar pin-up for the HAL and VAMP at some point, but maybe not in #1.

Anyone know where this art is located within the Compendium? I checked Yearbook #1 at it is not there either. I thought they may have used these pages as filler between issues to get the 2-page spreads properly sequenced, but those blank pages are just generic stars.

I've got my original Treasury Edition of #1 handy. Contents are as follows:

- Pinup profile of the HAL (printed on inside of front cover)
- "Operation Lady Doomsday" main story
- Mobile Strike Force Team fan club ad
- Diagram of the PIT (2 pages)
- "Hot Potato" backup story
- Mailaway Cobra Commander figure ad
- Pinups of Scarlett, Breaker, Flash, and Stalker (1 page each)
- Pinup profile of the VAMP (printed on inside of back cover)
- Pinup profile of the MOBAT (printed on outside of back cover)

Compendium Vol. 1 has:
- "Operation Lady Doomsday"
- Pinup profile of the HAL
- Diagram of the PIT (2 pages)
- "Hot Potato"

Those are followed by:
- Issue #2
- Pinup of Scarlett
- Issue #3
- Pinup of Breaker
- Issue #4
- Pinup of Flash
- Issue #5
- Pinup of Stalker
- Issue #6
- Pinup of VAMP
- Issue #7
- Pinup of MOBAT
- Issues #8-50


I don't see the ads for the fan club or CoCo figure in the Compendium, unless they're inserted at some random places I haven't come across yet, which I suppose is possible.

Vol. 2 ends with most of the contents of Yearbook #1 (aside from the reprint of "Operation Lady Doomsday") - *after* the other three Yearbooks. And Vol. 3 ends with some misc. character pinups originally printed in issue #152, the main story for which doesn't appear until much later in Vol. 4.

[Josh Z]

I've updated my review of the Compendium Set to notate the location of these pages.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1982-1994) – Skybound Comic Compendium Set Unboxing and Review – The Video File Blog

[Josh Z]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wedge1968

I finally opened mine. How do you all intend to display/store these? The way the are in the box has the spines in the air, which means the pages are susceptible to gravity. I fear that they will eventually start pulling away from the spine. I am loath to have them standing traditionally on a shelf for the same reason. Does anyone have any thoughts regarding this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xasonnex

When stored spine-up in the box, there IS a thin foam pad for each volume in the bottom of the box that I think supports the pages from sagging. Or it may be to help keep them spaced. I'm at work and can't check.

Wouldn't the pressure of the covers being closed and held in place next to one another prevent pages from sagging?

Quote:

Originally Posted by wmichben

I think I recall seeing someone else say they got a duplicate item in their set. It may have been a card as well.

I received a duplicate foil cover issue #21.