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Post by jnight on Jun 16, 2006 17:47:46 GMT -5
I just won an Ebay auction for three Ninja magazines, one from 1985, 1986, 1987.
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Post by bayushigemma on Jun 16, 2006 21:42:27 GMT -5
I would love to check one of those out but the draw for me was those great covers that Ninja magazine had.
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Post by jnight on Jul 2, 2006 21:20:55 GMT -5
Here are the three covers of the Ninja magazines I recently won on Ebay, the third I have yet to receive.  The first is Ninja #8, August 1985, second #17 December 1986, and the third (still waiting for) is #21, June 1987. These mags are typical of the vintage. The subscription for these bad boys in 1986 was $23.95 year (9 issues) and $44.00 for two years (18 issues). That's pretty steep for '86 prices. I believe Ninja magazine lasted until 1992 or so. I know they had at least 50 issues before folding. They have some very good articles for the ninja aficionado. |
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Post by bayushigemma on Jul 2, 2006 21:45:10 GMT -5
Cool stuff I guess me seeing these will decide if I will buy alot of them?
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Post by valo777 on Jul 2, 2006 21:59:17 GMT -5
pretty awesome. i have never really owned any comics only graphic novels but they are basically the same thing. how is the art work and dialog?
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Post by jnight on Jul 2, 2006 22:02:35 GMT -5
pretty awesome. i have never really owned any comics only graphic novels but they are basically the same thing. how is the art work and dialog? These are specialty magazines, not comics. The artwork on the cover really is just to sell the mag, not related to the mag's content. The content is similar to that of other martial arts magazines like Black Belt and Inside Kung Fu. |
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Post by bayushigemma on Jul 3, 2006 22:56:39 GMT -5
Hey that 16 issue Ninja magazine lot finished at only 81 dollars, that is problaby an awesome deal for whoever won the auction.
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Post by Kunoichi on Jul 22, 2006 10:01:41 GMT -5
I never saw those magazines before, they look cool  |
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Post by jnight on Sept 7, 2006 22:13:35 GMT -5
Received this Ninja issue today from an Ebay purchase, #24, Oct. 1987 |
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Post by valo777 on Sept 7, 2006 22:33:00 GMT -5
pretty cool cover. is the poster inside cool?  and the striking chart would be interesting to see. |
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Post by jnight on Sept 7, 2006 22:37:36 GMT -5
pretty cool cover. is the poster inside cool? and the striking chart would be interesting to see. Yeah, the poster is inside with the striking chart on the back of the poster. I'm keeping the post inside the mag. |
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Post by bayushigemma on Sept 7, 2006 23:16:31 GMT -5
Cool cover a very powerful looking Ninja. I don't like the background fireworks but I guess they had to do that for an anniversay issue by it being issue 24 I take it's the 2nd year anniversary?
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Post by jnight on Sept 7, 2006 23:44:31 GMT -5
Cool cover a very powerful looking Ninja. I don't like the background fireworks but I guess they had to do that for an anniversay issue by it being issue 24 I take it's the 2nd year anniversary? The numbering of these is a little weird. I think early on it was 6 issues a year. By 1987, it was 12. There are 1984 issues so I would guess this is the thrid anniversary. I've tried to find later issues, wondering what they were like in the early 1990's. I know they were around until at least 1992, a #50 issue. I hardly ever see those on Ebay or anywhere else. I once saw a mag titled Ninja, dated in 1994, but the cover artwork was replaced by an actual photo. |
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Post by bayushigemma on Sept 7, 2006 23:50:35 GMT -5
Cool cover a very powerful looking Ninja. I don't like the background fireworks but I guess they had to do that for an anniversay issue by it being issue 24 I take it's the 2nd year anniversary? The numbering of these is a little weird. I think early on it was 6 issues a year. By 1987, it was 12. There are 1984 issues so I would guess this is the thrid anniversary. I've tried to find later issues, wondering what they were like in the early 1990's. I know they were around until at least 1992, a #50 issue. I hardly ever see those on Ebay or anywhere else. I once saw a mag titled Ninja, dated in 1994, but the cover artwork was replaced by an actual photo. I'm surprised the issue survived alittle in the 90's, I'm surprised a current martial arts magazine hasn't had a Ninja cover then again I've never really looked. |
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Post by jnight on Sept 8, 2006 0:00:27 GMT -5
The numbering of these is a little weird. I think early on it was 6 issues a year. By 1987, it was 12. There are 1984 issues so I would guess this is the thrid anniversary. I've tried to find later issues, wondering what they were like in the early 1990's. I know they were around until at least 1992, a #50 issue. I hardly ever see those on Ebay or anywhere else. I once saw a mag titled Ninja, dated in 1994, but the cover artwork was replaced by an actual photo. I'm surprised the issue survived alittle in the 90's, I'm surprised a current martial arts magazine hasn't had a Ninja cover then again I've never really looked. I've subscribed to Inside Kung Fu for many years and buy Black Belt magazine quite often. After about 1991, very few ninja articles have appeared. I too am surprised that Ninja lasted into the 1990's, the ninja fad had mainly ended by then. I really don't even remember Ninja on the newstands after about '89. Enter the Ninja has some issues for sale, www.entertheninja.com/ninja_store/magazines.shtml with a few issues up until 1991. |
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and the striking chart would be interesting to see.