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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 5, 2024 14:23:07 GMT -5
This is your chance to showcase a book form your collection that belongs on the top shelf-it can be a rare book, a key book, a valuable book, a book with a great cover, a book with a story you adore, but a book that you just love for whatever reason and want to share with the community. Here's my pick for this week... Star Spangled War Stories #126 featuring the classic story "You Can't Pin a Medal on a Gorilla" and that stellar character Sgt. Gorilla with awesome art and cover by Joe Kubert. This was one of the first DC war books I sought out and bought at a convention several ears ago because I absolutely had to read this story...  -M So I don't repeat myself and have a quick reference, my previous entries: 3/1/24 Son of Sinbad 3/8/24 Brave & Bold #35 3/15/24 Piracy #1 3/22/24 Conan the Barbarian #1 3/29/24 Hawk #9 |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 5, 2024 14:39:20 GMT -5
So for this week's selection, I wanted to do one of the Green Lantern comics that I've probably read the most in my meager collection, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #2  What I like about this book is that it's a good mix of action, comedy, and somber tales that are incredibly well written. If I had to pick a favorite, it'd probably be a toss up between "The Lonely Man" by Gerard Jones (about a man who's lost his lust for life after his pregnant wife passes on and has a mysterious vision of his wife calling on him to save a distant world) or "The Trouble With Yellow" by Doug Moench (a story told by another Green Lanten about a bunch of bottom dwelling insects who get a headstrong insect Green Lantern who gets into mischief) |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 5, 2024 14:51:21 GMT -5
So for this week's selection, I wanted to do one of the Green Lantern comics that I've probably read the most in my meager collection, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #2 What I like about this book is that it's a good mix of action, comedy, and somber tales that are incredibly well written. If I had to pick a favorite, it'd probably be a toss up between "The Lonely Man" by Gerard Jones (about a man who's lost his lust for life after his pregnant wife passes on and has a mysterious vision of his wife calling on him to save a distant world) or "The Trouble With Yellow" by Doug Moench (a story told by another Green Lanten about a bunch of bottom dwelling insects who get a headstrong insect Green Lantern who gets into mischief) Hey MDG, am I remembering correctly that you and your writing partner had a story in on of these GL Quarterly issues? If so, which issue? -M |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 5, 2024 16:02:06 GMT -5
This week I'm going to highlight Chandler: Red Tide by Jim Steranko:  It's the fourth in the Fiction Illustrated series launched, and largely written, by Byron Preiss in the mid-1970s (I have all five), but this little labor of love by Steranko is my favorite. It's an illustrated hard-boiled fiction story, very much an homage to the work of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, that's very stylishly illustrated and laid out:  |
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Post by tonebone on Apr 5, 2024 16:26:02 GMT -5
I came across this graphic novel back in 1983 in my local Barnes and Noble... I had loved the Elfquest books by the same publisher, and this GN was one of the first "adult" comics I was exposed to. It was closer to "hard Sci Fi" than the typical science-fantasy of the day, and it really opened up a new world to me. As a bonus it has some really grownup phrases like "Eat boot, jack-off!" The whole thing seems inspired by Star Wars, Starlin, Perez, Romita, etc., It has an engaging story and a lot of action.  |
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 5, 2024 16:32:50 GMT -5
This week I'm going to highlight Chandler: Red Tide by Jim Steranko: It's the fourth in the Fiction Illustrated series launched, and largely written, by Byron Preiss in the mid-1970s (I have all five), but this little labor of love by Steranko is my favorite. It's an illustrated hard-boiled fiction story, very much an homage to the work of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, that's very stylishly illustrated and laid out: As much as I enjoy discovering new things in threads like these, I also enjoy seeing things I own and like show up, and this is one of those. -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 5, 2024 20:34:05 GMT -5
I won't say this was my first encounter with the Earth 1 , Earth 2 Dc heroes, but this book was a favorite of me and my brother when it came out. The Neal Adams cover , and the conflict that highlights the two Robins made this book stand out. I remember drawing comics with the two teams , blatantly ripping off the plot . Hey , I was 10.  |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 6, 2024 6:17:06 GMT -5
One of my favourite trades, and one I’ll read again so as to prepare myself for the second volume:   |
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 6, 2024 8:45:34 GMT -5
One of my favourite trades, and one I’ll read again so as to prepare myself for the second volume: I'm a big fan of Lemire (have been since I started reading Bloodshot Reborn), really need to read Black Hammer at some point. But there's so many books in the series now that it's kind of confusing |
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Post by MDG on Apr 6, 2024 9:43:38 GMT -5
So for this week's selection, I wanted to do one of the Green Lantern comics that I've probably read the most in my meager collection, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #2 What I like about this book is that it's a good mix of action, comedy, and somber tales that are incredibly well written. If I had to pick a favorite, it'd probably be a toss up between "The Lonely Man" by Gerard Jones (about a man who's lost his lust for life after his pregnant wife passes on and has a mysterious vision of his wife calling on him to save a distant world) or "The Trouble With Yellow" by Doug Moench (a story told by another Green Lanten about a bunch of bottom dwelling insects who get a headstrong insect Green Lantern who gets into mischief) Hey MDG , am I remembering correctly that you and your writing partner had a story in on of these GL Quarterly issues? If so, which issue? -M Yeah, we did the G'Nort story in GLQ #3. For this top shelf Friday, a bit of an oddity. This Vaughn Bode book is in the format of daily strip art, about 7" x 22", printed on board. I bought it around '74 and don't think I've seen another copy after that convention.   I don't quite remember the plot, though it's more restrained than a lot of Bode (no tits or guts). |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 6, 2024 13:49:51 GMT -5
One of my favourite trades, and one I’ll read again so as to prepare myself for the second volume: I'm a big fan of Lemire (have been since I started reading Bloodshot Reborn), really need to read Black Hammer at some point. But there's so many books in the series now that it's kind of confusing You must. It's soooo good. Honestly you just read them in the order they came out. |
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Post by Rags on Apr 6, 2024 22:41:34 GMT -5
The very first X-Men I bought when I was in my early teens. Something I never really thought I'd do after ignoring X-Books throughout the 90s, simply because they were overflowing in every longbox, they were everywhere like confetti and I didn't know where to start.
Then, my freshly minted new dealer (he just turned 18, got his credit card) fell out with his old dealer and decided he was going to start his own comic store. This was one of the first books he picked up from the Another Universe catalogue....and I decided to be his very first customer and bought it, simply because I liked the cover artwork and it still gets interested stares when we get an extra copy in (it was limited to 5000 copies). We've been partners in comic crime ever since...I get everything from him at cost price  |
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Post by tonebone on Apr 8, 2024 9:52:28 GMT -5
I won't say this was my first encounter with the Earth 1 , Earth 2 Dc heroes, but this book was a favorite of me and my brother when it came out. The Neal Adams cover , and the conflict that highlights the two Robins made this book stand out. I remember drawing comics with the two teams , blatantly ripping off the plot . Hey , I was 10. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Flash wasn't really dead.  |
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Post by DubipR on Apr 9, 2024 7:37:24 GMT -5
Sorry folks. A little late to the party as I've been busy with life. My suggestion is a great and fun read that is The Nocturnals by Dan Brereton. I've showcased The Nocturnals a long time back when we had the Halloween Classic Comics lists. These 2 hardcovers collect Dan's mini-series, one-shots and lots of other goodies of his comic. Things that go bump in the night bump back! A mix of classic monsters, noir films and some Lovecraft thrown in there. Beautifully painted and highly recommended.  |
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Post by Marv-El on Apr 9, 2024 17:08:45 GMT -5
I came across this graphic novel back in 1983 in my local Barnes and Noble... I had loved the Elfquest books by the same publisher, and this GN was one of the first "adult" comics I was exposed to. It was closer to "hard Sci Fi" than the typical science-fantasy of the day, and it really opened up a new world to me. As a bonus it has some really grownup phrases like "Eat boot, jack-off!" The whole thing seems inspired by Star Wars, Starlin, Perez, Romita, etc., It has an engaging story and a lot of action. I liked Starblaze Graphics. I have all three of their trades collecting Mage The Hero Discovered and all three of their Robotech Art books. However I've never heard of this book so while looking up info about it I was surprised to see that a publisher called Dover Publications released a new edition of this GN back in 2017 (with an updated intro by Claremont no less)  |
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