A television show about a movie star superhero could be really meta. I could get into that if itās done well!
There goes my hope for that Wonder Man & Beast buddy cop film.
All that bad Wanda/Vision spec going to pay off.
Wonder if they are going to cast Nathan Fillion since they already have those cut gotg2 posters
Iām curious about that as well Alana.
Iām so stupid excited for this already, and I know I shouldnāt be. I canāt help myself though, Wondy is one of my top four characters. Iām also oddly excited to see what you all think is āgoodā spec on this one.
We did have the Grim Reaper helmet silhouette in the credits of one of the Wanda/Vision episodes so Avengers #52 is a solid cheap pick up
Alright, Iām bored, so Iām going to list what I think are some key Wondy books that I can easily recall.
Of course, Avengers Vol 1 #9 for his first appearance.
Marvel Premiere #55, first solo story.
Avengers vol 1 # 151 first resurrection, #253 first sleeveless costume appearance (glasses, gold arm bands)
Avengers vol 3# 3 First Ion version appearance, #12 costume change (short sleeve)
West Coast Avengers #25 First appearance of the sleeveless costume (no glasses, red arm bands, longest worn costume)
Avengers West Coast #65, first date with Wanda (is this how they are going to bring her back to her senses?)
Avengers Vol 4 #2, first appearance of most recent costume.
As far as his solo title, Iād say the keys are #1 (has a poster insert to be complete), #3 first appearance of his āsidekickā Spider (whoās story is still in limbo after they cancelled the book), #4 first appearance of Splice. #25 first appearance of his āpouchā costume. #26, 27, 28, 29: all low print run books, specially the last two. Even working at a comic shop when those came out, I struggled to find copies. We didnāt get the ones we ordered.
Fun fact: the last four issues of his solo series were supposed to be an entirely different story according to the listings in Advance comics at the time. Iām guessing they changed it because they knew they were going to cancel the title. Iām assuming there has to be pieces of original art or the like for these issues hidden away somewhere out there.
The only other key I can think of that I canāt recall the issue it occurs in is when he and Ms. Marvel started dating.
What do you all think? Anything else you can toss in here?
Three more that came to mind that could possibly be relevant are:
Champions Vol 1 #5, the first appearance of Rampage.
Invaders #37, 1st cameo appearance of Lady Lotus.
Guardians of the galaxy vol 1 #17, first appearance of Hollywood (Simon Williams Earth-691).
Wonder man 10 and 11 first Angkor and first Crazy Eight. Wonder Man 4 first Splice.
Marvel Premiere #55 seems to be slowly disappearing. I had a hard time scoring an affordable copy, but managed to snag a pair for $40. Look for mislabeled auctions for āWonder Man #55ā.
Or look for ālotsā that include 55
Iāve found some good comics in big olā lots listed on Mercari or Poshmark of all places. Folks just have a chunk of comics and take a pic of the group with some little nuggets of gold mixed in among junk issues.
Just because Iām dedicated to seeing this thread through, I came across another ārarerā issue of interest. Apparently there is a JC Penny reprint of Wonder Man issue 2. Itās got the 30th anniversary Spider-Man in the UPC box, where the normal version has some text. I donāt have info on why this exists, but after crawling over Ebay, I only found two copies on there (and I snagged one).
Wonder how they will do his origin as his origin story is almost identical to Justin Hammers in Iron Man 2.
Its officialā¦now