What MARVEL Comics Led You To Collect Bowen?

[HoldyourfireAl]

Obviously, all most all of us are Marvel Comics fans. Buying these comics ultimately led you to becoming a Bowen Designs collector. I'd like to share what Marvel Comics & other Marvel things shaped my Bowen collector mentality. I hope all of you will share pics as well. That means you too, Mr. Bowen!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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This was my first comic! My Dad bought it off the rack in 1974 at 7-11 for me. Subsequently, I would bug the crap out of him for sporadic issues of Marvel Double Feature, featuring Captain America & Iron Man. As you can see, this issue features The Super Adaptoid!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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This is the book that changed my life forever! This is perhaps the 1st Marvel Trade-Paperback! I used to sit in Walden Books in the mall & read this over & over again as a lil' kid!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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The follow-up to "Origins!"

[ca35]

I just purchased Bowen statues on my own. No "comic(s) led me to this branch of collecting.

[HoldyourfireAl]

I just purchased Bowen statues on my own. No "comic(s) led me to this branch of collecting.

Really??? You were never a comic book fan?

[HoldyourfireAl]

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Later on Marvel continued the "Origins" series.

[HoldyourfireAl]

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The early-mid 70s brought sporadic issues, such as these to my house, which I, of course, devoured!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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One of my 1st non-comic Marvel exposures was The Amazing Spider-Man 60s cartoon, which I caught in reruns on UHF in the 70s!

[patrickwm68]

I can't really say any of them lead me this way. I just remember being very impressed after seeing the original Hulk MB in Previews so I ordered it and the rest is history.

[HoldyourfireAl]

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My 1st Marvel "statues???" These were plastic Marvel figures by MARX, which were produced in the 60s in various, solid colors. They RULE!

[boobhound]

As I have said a few times, I bought Vision for a friend of mine. Got it home and started looking at it an I was hooked!!! Went an bought all the previous ones and ones coming out. I have recently had to sell alot, for financial reasons. But, already plan on rebuying them later. I mean come on, I got the ONLY BOWENDESIGNS LOGO TATTOO!!!!!!

Make mine Bowen.

[HoldyourfireAl]

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Another Spider-Man exposure was this record with great art by Romita Sr.

[HoldyourfireAl]

As I have said a few times, I bought Vision for a friend of mine. Got it home and started looking at it an I was hooked!!! Went an bought all the previous ones and ones coming out. I have recently had to sell alot, for financial reasons. But, already plan on rebuying them later. I mean come on, I got the ONLY BOWENDESIGNS TATTOO LOGO!!!!!!

Make mine Bowen.

So...no comic books?

[HoldyourfireAl]

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Believe it or not, this may be the only Spider-Man comic I owned as a kid!

[patrickwm68]

I think it's safe to say a good portion of us were action figure collectors and graduated to statues and busts.

[HoldyourfireAl]

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I never had any Deathlok comics as a kid, until he appeared in Mike Zeck's Captain America, but this image haunted & fascinated me whenever I saw the Value Stamp or in Stan Lee's Bullpen Bulletins!

[boobhound]

So...no comic books?

Oh, yeah I collected comics. But, they didn't move me to Bowen. My very first comic was DC Detective Comics with Paul Kirk Manhunter. My second was #112? Uncanny X-Men.

[HoldyourfireAl]

I think it's safe to say a good portion of us were action figure collectors and graduated to statues and busts.

I was too! Here are my action figures! I think I loved these more than comic books!

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[HoldyourfireAl]

Oh, yeah I collected comics. But, they didn't move me to Bowen. My very first comic was DC Detective Comics with Paul Kirk Manhunter. My second was #112? Uncanny X-Men.

But your love of these characters that Randy has made into statues originally came from comics, right?

[boobhound]

Oh, yeah!!!! MEGO's!! I had so many of them!!! Wish I had them right now!!!! Cha Ching!!!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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These sporadic Avengers issues that my parents bought me were great as they had LOTS of different characters in them, including my favs---Cap & Iron Man!

[boobhound]

But your love of these characters that Randy has made into statues originally came from comics, right?

Oh exactly!!!! MAN-APE that I have been forever campaigning for and has now paid off??? From Jungle Tales, Black Panther was going up against him. I still remember the old wooden floors and smell from the bookstore where I bought them. Each time Randy sculpts one from my childhood it takes me back!!!

[HoldyourfireAl]

More sporadic issues of Cap & Iron Man were obtained...

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[HoldyourfireAl]

Oh exactly!!!! MAN-APE that I have been forever campaigning for and has now paid off??? From Jungle Tales, Black Panther was going up against him. I still remember the old wooden floors and smell from the bookstore where I bought them. Each time Randy sculpts one from my childhood it takes me back!!!


Me too! Bowen Designs DEFINITELY returns me to my childhood memories!

[HoldyourfireAl]

Another HUGE exposure in the 70s were the live-action Marvel TV movies!

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[boobhound]

Me too! Bowen Designs DEFINITELY returns me to my childhood memories!

I even made up a Mastercard commercial.

Vision bust $50.00

All previous busts before Vision, $4300.00

Having all your childhood comicbook characters in resin busts? Priceless

[HoldyourfireAl]

The Incredible Hulk TV movie led me to this issue....

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I was in freakin' love! The Incredible Hulk quickly became my favorite super hero! I had to track down all his current appearances! That TV movie garnered a lot of interest in the Hulk & the Marvel marketing boys put him in every title they could!....

The big crossover with my 1st "love"... Cap!

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then there was the 3 part Iron Man arc! Thanks to The Incredible Hulk TV movie, I was sucked into buying Hulk, Cap, and Iron Man every month for most of my life! Who says marketing doesn't work? Hulk was the "Wolverine" or "Venom" before they became Marvel's sales gimmick! I was introduced to so many of my future & on the horizon Bowens through the Hulk comic book!

[HoldyourfireAl]

I even made up a Mastercard commercial.

Vision bust $50.00

All previous busts before Vision, $4300.00

Having all your childhood comicbook characters in resin busts? Priceless

Ha!

[HoldyourfireAl]

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[HoldyourfireAl]

The following licensed Marvels also got me hooked! One can only hope that Randy gets to produce these one day!

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[hawkeyethearcher]

noe. it was dc comics taht made me want statues. legion of super heroes always had statues of there members in there clubhoue and i wanted that more then anything

[HoldyourfireAl]

The Hulk TV show was a hit & led Marvel to create this magazine...

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...which in turn introduced me to...

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[HoldyourfireAl]

noe. it was dc comics taht made me want statues. legion of super heroes always had statues of there members in there clubhoue and i wanted that more then anything


Cool! I remember thumbing through Legion as a kid in the now defunct CLOVER stores. I loved Wildstar!

[HoldyourfireAl]

So many of the characters I love that Bowen has & is producing were introduced to me through the Hulk of past & present. I still remember one Christmas when my Dad got me this...

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A back-issue! I didn't even know comic book stores existed! Boy, was Dad in trouble! Every Saturday I BEGGED him to take me to the now-defunct Eldorado Comics on Westfield Ave in Pennsauken, NJ to get 1 or 2 old Sal Buscema Hulks! Dad was very strict on my spending money on comics! I was only allowed to buy 3 monthlies & had to save my allowance for back issues.

[HoldyourfireAl]

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This trade paper back introduced my to (then) old-school Hulk!

[HoldyourfireAl]

I forgot to mention another character I enjoyed through sporadic issues...

Daredevil!

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[HoldyourfireAl]

Well, that's my early comic collecting history that ultimately led to the passion for Bowen Designs. Some other time, I'll share where I first encountered particular characters that have been made or are being made by Bowen!

[HoldyourfireAl]

Now that I'm taking a breather, let's see other folks early Marvel experiences!!!! Post pics!

[Grumpy]

When I was a kid growing up in Myrtle Beach, SC, I fell in love with comics and comic book heroes. Because I didn't have alot of money I figured my best bet was to buy the comics that had the most heroes. I ended up buying Avengers from Marvel and Justice League from DC. I can't believe in hindsight that I actually purchased Avengers #1 off the rack along with many, many other early issues - sadly, they all disappeared when I enlisted in the Air Force during the Viet Nam war. My favorite heroes were Captain America and Hawkeye so, over time, I pretty much quit buying DC comics.

I moved away from comics when I went into the military and only recently started reading them again but when I walked past a comic store here in Calgary and saw the original Thor statue I just had to have it and the rest is history. I guess it was just karma that Bowen Designs was the first statue I bought. Now I hardly buy anything else.

[scottman]

Pretty much all of 'em.:CapA::thor::spidey::hulk::IronFist::cyclops:

[HoldyourfireAl]

When I was a kid growing up in Myrtle Beach, SC, I fell in love with comics and comic book heroes. Because I didn't have alot of money I figured my best bet was to buy the comics that had the most heroes. I ended up buying Avengers from Marvel and Justice League from DC. I can't believe in hindsight that I actually purchased Avengers #1 off the rack along with many, many other early issues - sadly, they all disappeared when I enlisted in the Air Force during the Viet Nam war. My favorite heroes were Captain America and Hawkeye so, over time, I pretty much quit buying DC comics.

I moved away from comics when I went into the military and only recently started reading them again but when I walked past a comic store here in Calgary and saw the original Thor statue I just had to have it and the rest is history. I guess it was just karma that Bowen Designs was the first statue I bought. Now I hardly buy anything else.


Thanks for serving in Nam!

[marvelboi77]

All of them.

[SD Rum]

I was always a Marvel comic fan my whole life & after seeing Randy's take on some of my favorite super heroes & villains, I was hooked!!

BD IMO has the best representation of the Marvel Universe characters from 2-D to 3-D.

[HoldyourfireAl]

I was always a Marvel comic fan my whole life & after seeing Randy's take on some of my favorite super heroes & villains, I was hooked!!

BD IMO has the best representation of the Marvel Universe characters from 2-D to 3-D.

What were your 1st Marvel comics?

[HoldyourfireAl]

Another obscure one that Randy could make a killer FS of...

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[SD Rum]

What were your 1st Marvel comics?

Honestly I don't remember....probably some Avenger titles in the 80's. I started collecting comics seriously while I was in middle school. I pretty much grabbed anything that had Marvel on it.

I stopped collecting in the early 90's but started getting back into some titles lately like Captain America, Daredevil & the Thunderbolts.

I primarily focus on Bowen statues & bust so comics are on the backburner.

[SD Rum]

Another obscure one that Randy could make a killer FS of...

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Golem would make a cool BD piece.

Another reason why I like BD so much because they are giving some love to the obscure heroes & villains in phase 4.

[HoldyourfireAl]

No one else? C'mon folks! Let's hear your history with Marvel!

[Tigershark]

Maybe I misunderstood the question...............


I loved comics from a VERY early age.

Seeing the Man-Thing bust was like being hit by a bolt of lighting. Seriuosly!!

It's been a LOVE of Bowen Designs scince.

Oh..................actually the WOLVERINE Christmas onrinament...by Creative Liscence????? Could have the company name wrong.

At the time I had NO idea whom sculpted it.

Found out about a year ago.

So...it's BD take on Marvel stuff that hooked me.

[Bandy Rowen]

i never thought i would have statues of comic book super heroes........comics are responsible for all my statue purchases prety much.

[HoldyourfireAl]

Maybe I misunderstood the question...............


I loved comics from a VERY early age.

Seeing the Man-Thing bust was like being hit by a bolt of lighting. Seriuosly!!

It's been a LOVE of Bowen Designs scince.

Oh..................actually the WOLVERINE Christmas onrinament...by Creative Liscence????? Could have the company name wrong.

At the time I had NO idea whom sculpted it.

Found out about a year ago.

So...it's BD take on Marvel stuff that hooked me.

What was your first Marvel comic? Post a pic!

[sambofred]

My first Marvel comic? Wow - Power Pack. Read it at a grocery store news stand decades ago.

Then it was the McFarlane Spiderman #1.......and thats how I got back into comics full swing!

[Achiever]

One of my first comics I bought was Web of Spiderman #1. This is still one of the best Spidey covers ever, IMO. I'd love to have this in 3D.

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[Googam]

As a kid the first Marvel I remember reading was Fantastic Four #78. The first comic I actually bought to collect was Fantastic Four #154.I bought pretty much every Marvel from 1974 through about 1985...

:foom:

[boobhound]

Here was the original:

membership to Bowendesigns: $25.00
collecting all 3 phases of mini busts: $5000.00
having all your childhood heroes and villians within your reach: priceless

[AdamWarlock87]

I got into comics late I think I was 21 at the time and my mom went to a yard sale and bought a bunch of comics for me marvel and dc but I had always been into the cartoons so I kind of new a lot of characters. Then one day my cousin introduced me to secret wars and onslaught and I was just blown away with the stories and started surfing ebay to find comics and came across a bowen statue so I started looking into online stores where I found what I was looking for my first bowen statue.
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