Thundercats #1

 

I didn't think I was going to leave the house today. When possible, I don't. (There's PEOPle out there! *) But then I remembered that Thundercats #1 was due to be released today, and I was pretty sure that if I waited until Friday, when Joe and I usually go to The Great Escape, that it would be sold out. So I decided to make a  trip  out. Just to The Destination, though, as that is a mere 2.2 miles from my front door.

There were lots of copies available there. And so many different covers. In fact, when I got home and checked out the covers shown in the back of the book, there were about 150 different covers. ** How is that even possible? Some of these were quite expensive--$15. But I liked the "normal" cover (see above) just fine, so that's the one I picked up.

As I was waiting in line, the store owner was talking to another customer. When he saw that I had a Thundercats, he asked the other guy if he was going to buy it. The guy answered, "I don't know... that's a slippery slope." I was pretty puzzled by that response, and as my brain tried to ferret out the meaning, he beat me to the punch: "I'm afraid that I'd have to get every variant cover, and that would be expensive."

On the one hand, I couldn't help but think how weird and even pathetic that was. On the other hand, I knew that if I had the money, I would be exactly the same way. Comic book collecting and anal retentive behavior just go together like a horse and carriage.

ANYway...the comic book was pretty good. I don't know that I'll be around long, but when I visit my real comic book store this Friday, I'll probably put it on my list.

And now...for some reason I feel the need to dig up my dvd of Thundercats. 

Oh, by the way...that picture up top is not a download, not a scan. I took it with my phone camera. Given the way my hands shake, I'm pretty impressed with how it turned out. Just sayin', sir.

* I am 97% sure that that's a line from Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but Googling around hasn't allowed me to verify that, so I guess I'm going to have to rewatch the movie. The things we do for love.

** Seriously. You can see about 80 of them here: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/8349130/thundercats-1