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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 14:47:02 GMT -5
I was working in a comic store (part time) when First started. I was blown away by the quality of their titles. American Flagg & Nexus are two of my favorites from the 80's.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 7, 2014 15:42:07 GMT -5
I've read just about every Nexus comic ever so that says it all. Enjoyed the early American Flaggs.Lone Wolf and Cub was good.Never tried Badger,Starslayer,Warp,Dynamo Joe,MARS,Jon Sable
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 15:57:09 GMT -5
Dynamo Joe is my favorite series from First, a rather underrated comic about giant robots ala Robotech. Fantastically colored with amazing art, I can't recommend it enough.  I'm also a fan of the Warp series, which was based off a forgotten 70's Broadway play. It's a strange series, but I enjoyed it. Broadway poster for Warp:  I still need to check out the Elric books at some point. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 15:59:08 GMT -5
I haven't really read a whole lot. Going through their Wiki now.
Off the top of my head I had their TMNT reprint books, the color reprint trades.
I have read an issue of Classics Illustrated
One issue of E Man (because of an Omaha appearance I think)
One issue of Evangeline (I thought it was awesome, forgot all about it until now, I'll have to hunt down more)
I didn't know Lone Wolf And Cub was published through First. I'm reading through that now, reprints though.
I have both Munden's Bar issues.
I have more that I haven't read yet, just been hoarding. I have some American Flagg!, some Elric, some Jon Sable. All unread so far though.
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Post by MDG on Jun 7, 2014 16:05:38 GMT -5
American Flagg! was the only one I followed faithfully, though I know people who are big fans of Jon Sable.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 7, 2014 16:07:31 GMT -5
Big First fan. I love Jon Sable, American Flagg, Nexus and Grimjack.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 7, 2014 16:23:51 GMT -5
Picked up a lot of Jon Sable a few years ago when my store got a lot of them for cheap and got the trades of Grimjack that recently came out.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 7, 2014 16:27:31 GMT -5
I have complete runs of Badger, Nexus and Dreadstar. All excellent series. Starslayer was a nice Mike Grell book too.
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Post by fanboystranger on Jun 7, 2014 17:18:37 GMT -5
In my opinion, from top to bottom, First Comics produced the strongest line of comics the industry has ever seen. Throughout the '80s, every book had a very high level of quality, even the books that were too ambitious for the technological limitations of the time like Shatter, which, if nothing else, was a worthy experiment. Quality ebbed when Mike Gold left, but from '82-'86, First was hitting on all cylinders, and they'd continue producing at a high level until the year when they folded.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 7, 2014 18:09:45 GMT -5
Jon Sable and Grimjack are favorites of mine. They had so many great titles. Dreadstar, American Flagg, Nexus. What Image is trying to do now is just a reflection of what First set up 30 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2014 18:18:34 GMT -5
Never read a single First Comic and don't own any either.
Same for Valiant.
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Post by Spike-X on Jun 7, 2014 19:09:37 GMT -5
Loved Nexus. Enjoyed Badger. Didn't really check out any of their other titles.
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 7, 2014 20:18:52 GMT -5
I've heard of most of their series, but the only one I've read is Nexus.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 7, 2014 20:24:44 GMT -5
Never read a single First Comic and don't own any either. Same for Valiant. Both companies were very good at the beginning. Worth a try and many of the First books are cheap to get. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 7, 2014 20:27:03 GMT -5
Loved Nexus. Enjoyed Badger. Didn't really check out any of their other titles. Badger was just awesome because the concept of an insane Hero was fresh. Dreadstar was Starlin Space opera goodness until he left the book. Nexus was okay. |
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