But listen I had to do it, there are far too many books out there now and some seriously bad advice is being dished out by the authors, so I had to step in and give my honest opinion on which books aspiring pick up artists should be reading.

Now I’m going to throw a few clangers in there so, I’m sure a few people are going to have their say. So without wasting any more time, here’s what I feel a pick up artists book collection should look like, in no particular order!

The Ultimate Collection line collects entire runs of one title, or related titles by one creator.

The Complete Epic line collects large crossovers spanning several titles.

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This is my ultimate pick up artist book collection, which I feel every PUA needs to read at some point.

It also inspired a similar partwork line from DC Comics and Eaglemoss Collections, the DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection and one featuring Star Trek comics from the sixties up until modern comics called Star Trek: The Graphic Novel Collection.

In February 2016, it was announced that the collection would be re-released with alternative numbering.

The first English-language issue was published in December 2011 priced at £2.99 (R29.95 in SA, .95 in AU) issue 2 was £6.99 (R79.95 in SA, .95 in AU) and from issue 3 onwards it was its normal price of £9.99 (R109.95 in SA, .95 in AU).

The series proved so successful for publisher Hachette Partworks that they launched a second series of 100 fortnightly graphic novel hardbacks entitled Marvel's Mightiest Heroes Graphic Novel Collection and a third (non-Marvel) series of 80 fortnightly graphic novel hardbacks entitled Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection and a fourth series of 80 fortnightly graphic novel hardbacks called Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection (featuring Generation One strips from Marvel US and UK, Dreamwave and IDW).