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RE: The Punisher #218 - A Quick Look Inside
Cool, I'll have to check to see if my old Punisher comics have went up in value. I've been saving them example Spider-Man 129, Punisher 1 and Punisher War Journal 1. I grew up collecting and reading comics and loved it. But, for a while a lot of people collected them because they thought they would go up in value and wouldn't even read them because they were afraid to take them out of the bag. It wasn't good for building real customer loyalty. Not sure if that is still the case. I have saved my old comics but haven't read any lately. I have a few young children now and have been waiting for them to start reading to get them interested in comics.
Go get that Spider-Man #129 graded asap. Gerry Conway I think is still out and about, would definitely be cool to get that one signed and put on the wall. I think the current comic business is fairly hardcore readers, the days of the holofoil diecut hologram 3d are for the most part gone. Variant covers are fairly all the rage, and graded comic books are for the people who don't read their comics imo.
On the topic kind of, you may enjoy this Steemit post https://steemit.com/comics/@modernzorker/michael-s-long-box-the-history-of-variant-covers-part-one (as well as a video in the comments)
I feel like I can express myself better here. I didn't want to say anything on that post about covers, but I own several of those alternate covers. I tend to look at comics differently than @modernzorker too. I am an artist, always have been. I learned to draw primarily by looking at great comic book covers. The reason I bought Youngblood #1 was because I was studying Liefeld's work. I was not super impressed with it but it was such a rage, I had to know more.
This is the same reason I have every single X-Men #1 vol. 2 cover.
Call it a gimick, and say I don't understand comic books. IDC. Jim Lee was THE MAN back when X-Men #1 vol. 2 came out. And furthermore, each and every one of those covers is the freakin' BOMB YO! They are spectacular works of art that each deserve their own cover.
Not to mention what I learned from those covers by mimicking them and taking inspiration from them for many years after their release.
Crypto Collectibles shall always be a safe space for those dirty geeky secrets (see comments from this post, no 90s artist hate here). Not only do I have every X-Men #1 cover, but whenever I see the gatefold edition out in the wild, I buy it no joke (I have I think 6 just in the personal collection, I don't go looking for them, but when they are in front of me I usually buy). I got the Cyclops/Wolvie cover of the four signed by Lee and had all four framed on my bedroom wall for a while. Hell, here is a set of 1 through 11 for sale, that was my personal triplicate set I had to realize I need to stop holding on to lol and added to store stock. Not only was Lee amazing, but that specific run, so good.
When those X-Men #1's came out though, it at no time ever felt like a gimmick, it felt like a treat to be able to have all those four pieces of art just on one book. I echo your sentiment on those covers and their inspiration, they didn't make me pick up a pencil necessarily, but Lee and I got to give credit to Scott Williams too, they both definitely gave a goal to shoot for as to what drawings could be.
Edit: Random commentary on Liefeld, as I find more older material of his and see it, I find his early work was more Todd McFarlane influenced than his later very confident "Liefeld" style he has now. That in between growth and popularity though, X-Force to Youngblood transition. Never my favorite artist, but I bought up his books like mad too. New Mutants #98 owners had that issue never because of Deadpool back then, they bought it because it was just another Liefeld book.