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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 28, 2016 10:40:45 GMT -5
My Avengers run started on issue 88 and I stopped reading for a while on around 135.
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Post by zilch on Aug 28, 2016 18:32:26 GMT -5
First off... don't read this thread before you give your list... your brain will cramp up!
In no particular order...
Tomahawk (the whole run... there's hit and miss individual stories, but something in every issue is still top notch, even in the early Sixties when it became "Blackhawks in 1776", there were still a lot of good, fun and goofy stories and then late when the format changed again to star his son in the early West)
Justice League of America #100-114 (Wein/Dillin) (I could have filled the whole five slots with JLA runs, but trying to be fair here... this run means more to me than the terrific Fox/Sekowsky issues or Englehart/Dillin or Conway/Dillin-Perez because this is HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE!)
Avengers #35-104 (Roy Thomas' run remains to be topped... Busiek is very good, but still not quite making it for me)
Kamandi #1-20 (best part of the run for me)
Sandman (Gaiman et al; i almost like the single issue stories better than the long epics, but still a magnificent story)
Runners up include:
All-Star Comics #35-57 and #58-74
Those Annoying Post Brothers
Astro City
Fantastic Four thru #66
Amazing Spider-Man (Gerry Conway and Ross Andru)
X-Men by Thomas and Roth and Thomas and Adams
Brave and the Bold (Haney and Aparo)
Hop Harrigan (Jon L. Blummer)
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 28, 2016 20:38:30 GMT -5
Good to hear from you again zilch
Some very interesting picks
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 28, 2016 22:37:42 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 28, 2016 22:55:31 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 29, 2016 9:26:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2016 9:31:24 GMT -5
I just love these covers ... Man, it's like opening up a time capsule of the glorious covers of the past.
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 29, 2016 9:50:44 GMT -5
Thanks !
That's why I like putting them up.
Comics are words and pictures, so why not show some pictures ?
Worth 1,000 words and all that...
Yeah, they really do bring back memories. Haven't read them in years but I want to again.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 29, 2016 10:31:41 GMT -5
Avengers 21 to 104
X-Men 94 to 170
Captain Marvel 1-62
Nexus
Badger
Honorable Mention:
Starlin Warlock
Mantlo Micronauts
Hama G.I. Joe
Moench Master of Kung Fu
Tomb of Dracula
Justice League Dillin years
Avengers 105 to 200
Truman Grimjack
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Post by Tom Corsi on Aug 29, 2016 11:24:05 GMT -5
Knocked this out very quickly, so tough to choose... In no particular order, but probably starting with :
Chris Claremont - Uncanny X-Men
Neil Gaiman - Sandman
Warren Ellis & John Cassaday - Planetary
Garth Ennis - Punisher
Alan Moore - Tom Strong
Claremont's X-Men is an epic. Sandman is undeniably superb. Planetary, with it's metatextual quilt-making, is just right up my alley, and beautifully crafted. Punisher under Ellis is one of the most visceral experiences in comics. And Tom Strong is a master class in superhero world-building from Alan Moore.
So many great runs, it's hard to choose just five - for me, the first two I listed are unquestionable - but the exclusion that pains me the most is definitely Grant Morrison's Animal Man.
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Post by String on Aug 29, 2016 16:32:54 GMT -5
Hm, these are the 5 runs that I come back to read inevitably at some point every year.
In no order:
Uncanny X-Men by Claremont & Bryne
Thor by Walt Simonson
Iron Man by Michelinie & Layton
Flash by Waid, Wieringo, & Larocque
New Teen Titans by Wolfman & Perez
Honorable mentions are many but some are:
Uncanny X-Men by Claremont & Paul Smith
Fantastic Four by Bryne
Avengers by Busiek & Perez
Daredevil by O'Neill & Mazz
Iron Man by O'Neill & Luke McDonnell
Thor by Lee & Kirby
Excalibur by Claremont & Davis
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 29, 2016 17:20:52 GMT -5
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Post by String on Aug 29, 2016 21:33:33 GMT -5
The Proteus story arc in #127-128 was so trippy. I love the Dark Phoenix Saga and have different copies of it in various trades (still have Marvel's first trade of it from the mid-80s, one of their first ventures into that new format at that time and really, my first exposure to the team of Claremont/Byrne). Recently, I've decided to finish acquiring the actual issues of the Saga, needing only #129, #135 and a better grade copy of #134. #129 is proving to be a tad more aggravating than first thought since it's the first issue of the arc as well as the first appearance of both Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost. |
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 31, 2016 21:20:50 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 31, 2016 21:50:18 GMT -5
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