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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 4, 2020 9:36:07 GMT -5
I'm using my 2 week vacation to read some old favorites and some classic runs that I bought and haven't read yet. My goal is to read 6 issue runs of about 20 different series. Yesterday I read the classic Miracleman series from Alan Moore . It was the first 7 issues and it was Great. Issue # 6 has the most chilling storytelling device I ever read in a comic and it was just as crazy as when I read it the first time. Eclipse reprinted the stories from the British Warrior magazine. So the first 6 issues are reprinted and original content followed. It was a treat to see star artists draw the first 7 or so Covers. Jim Starlin does issue # 4 ( Looks like Thanos in the background) I also read the first 6 issues of the 1999 Birds of Prey series. Chuck Dixon, Greg Land and Drew Geraci produced great issues and fun action stories that highlights the Black Canary like she's never been spotlighted before. She' smart, sexy and the Bruce Lee of Dc. I will add that Greg Land is not at his tracing phase yet and , although you can see he uses reference materials for the art, it looks superb.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 4, 2020 13:46:09 GMT -5
Do you know if reproducible copies of those were ever located and included in a later collection? I'm thinking of grabbing the one you posted, unless there's been a more complete release since. There's this one:
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Post by Confessor on Oct 4, 2020 14:20:21 GMT -5
Yesterday I read the classic Miracleman series from Alan Moore . It was the first 7 issues and it was Great. Issue # 6 has the most chilling storytelling device I ever read in a comic and it was just as crazy as when I read it the first time. Eclipse reprinted the stories from the British Warrior magazine. So the first 6 issues are reprinted and original content followed. I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 4, 2020 14:34:33 GMT -5
Yesterday I read the classic Miracleman series from Alan Moore . It was the first 7 issues and it was Great. Issue # 6 has the most chilling storytelling device I ever read in a comic and it was just as crazy as when I read it the first time. Eclipse reprinted the stories from the British Warrior magazine. So the first 6 issues are reprinted and original content followed. I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud.Right??? I did say that. You must have my room bugged...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 14:35:25 GMT -5
I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud.Right??? I did say that. You must have my room bugged...Nah, it's the big green rabbit ears, it gives him super-hearing. -M
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 4, 2020 14:36:58 GMT -5
Right??? I did say that. You must have my room bugged...Nah, it's the big green rabbit ears, it gives him super-hearing. -M That's downright scary.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 4, 2020 15:22:58 GMT -5
Yesterday I read the classic Miracleman series from Alan Moore . It was the first 7 issues and it was Great. Issue # 6 has the most chilling storytelling device I ever read in a comic and it was just as crazy as when I read it the first time. Eclipse reprinted the stories from the British Warrior magazine. So the first 6 issues are reprinted and original content followed. I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud. I would replace The Killing Joke (which I really don't like much) with From Hell. And then I'd pretty well agree with you.
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Post by berkley on Oct 4, 2020 15:47:00 GMT -5
I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud. I would replace The Killing Joke (which I really don't like much) with From Hell. And then I'd pretty well agree with you. I remember being so blown away by the first few issues of Miracleman and of course Watchmen as well that it's almost hard to describe my feelings - it was almost like, "How can anything be this good?"
I haven't read the Killing Joke and quite possibly never will.
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 4, 2020 15:50:35 GMT -5
I liked Alan Moore's Swamp Thing a lot. I didn't realize Totleben had worked on Miracleman too.
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Post by Duragizer on Oct 4, 2020 15:57:33 GMT -5
24 Hour Comics (edited by Scott McCloud) Disappointing. I knew from the start I was getting something crude and unpolished, but I was still offset by how underwhelming the majority of the stories are; I only liked the first and last story. 5/10
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Post by String on Oct 4, 2020 16:17:19 GMT -5
Daredevil #196-200 by O'Neill, Hama, Janson, and William Johnson. O'Neill fashions a story wherein Bullseye receives an offer to heal his broken spine from Lord Dark Wind, the inventor of the adamantium bonding process. DD finds out about this and follows Bullseye to Japan to stop this but fails and ultimately confronts a newly healed Bullseye back in NY. Overall the characterization is good and while this arc represents Janson's last work on the title, I often forget how much I liked Johnson's art, this being his first on the title. The action sequences are well laid out and easy to follow and enjoy. However, what got me most about this arc is that there is one heck of a loose dangling plot thread from this. O'Neil introduces Yuriko, daughter of Lord Dark Wind. DD rescues her and she helps Matt track down Bullseye at her father's island compound. She is against her father's terrorist motives of restoring Japan back to it's imperial majesty/history, a cause that has cost her the lives of her two brothers and has ensnared her own love. The situation is resolved and DD leaves Yuriko in Japan. Now fast forward a few years to Alpha Flight #33 where Yuriko returns as Lady Deathstrike. In a complete 180, she now wants to restore her father's legacy by tracking down those who stole her father's adamantium bonding process. She starts by trying to track down Bullseye but soon runs across Wolverine. And it's case closed; Lady Deathstrike becomes a major X-villain and spends the following few decades trying to kill Wolverine. As far as I can tell, Lady Deathstrike still has yet to encounter Bullseye, in fact, I'm not even sure if it's mentioned anymore that Bullseye has adamantium laced onto his spine. Plus, she knows Matt is DD. She saw him both in and out of his costume and O'Neill lays out the heavy suggestion that they spent the night together before storming her father's compound. If I'm wrong about this lack of confrontation, please let me know. Otherwise, wow, what a plot thread to leave dangling for so many years.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 4, 2020 17:48:34 GMT -5
I love Marvelman (oh, alright...Miracleman then). Great, top flight Alan Moore, right up there with the likes of V for Vendetta, The Killing Joke, and Watchmen, although it actually comes in a close 4th to those three stories for me. Still, it's fantastic in its own right. The kind of comic writing that makes me say, "Holy shit, this is good!" out loud. I would replace The Killing Joke (which I really don't like much) with From Hell. And then I'd pretty well agree with you. Oh yeah, but I guess I was thinking of stuff that Moore wrote in the 80s. Otherwise, absolutely From Hell would be up there. In fact, depending on what day you asked me, I might say that From Hell is the best thing he's ever written. I liked Alan Moore's Swamp Thing a lot. I really need to read this at some point. I'm a big, big Alan Moore fan and this is a glaring omission in my comic collection.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 4, 2020 18:43:39 GMT -5
Got an itch for some Dredd, so I've been reading Case Files Volume 6. Seeing the aftermath of the Apocalypse War, even though the storyline did nothing for me, is interesting from a world building standpoint So far I've read -Meka-City (Prog 271-272) -League Of The Fatties (Prog 273-274) -Fungus (Prog 275-277) -The Game Show Show (Prog 278-279) -Gunge (Prog 280) -Destiny's Angels (Prog 281-288) -Rabid (Prog 289) -Blobs (Prog 290) Out of all of them, I probably liked Gunge, Fungus, and Blobs the most. Gunge sees the return of that lovable scamp Otto Sump seeking to capitalize on Mega-City 1's food shortage by selling people food that they wouldn't otherwise eat. While it feels like a mostly rehashed variation of Ugly Clinic from Progs 186 thru 188, it's still a fun read because of all the ludicrous stuff that Wagner came up with. Fungus a typical story of the week, but feels like it has more weight to it with the aftermath of the Apocalypse War. A hobo finds a bunch of radioactive mushrooms that cause him to grow spores that explode when he dies, infecting everyone around him and eventually a good portion of Mega-City 1 Blobs is another story of the week, mobsters are trying to find a way not to get caught so they come up with a facial reconstruction idea that'll make everyone look and sound the same. Obviously it's a big hassle for the Justice Department who soon find a way to stamp it out
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Post by earl on Oct 5, 2020 13:08:41 GMT -5
Fungus led to one of Brian Bolland's all time weird covers.
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Post by Batflunkie on Oct 5, 2020 13:55:53 GMT -5
Fungus led to one of Brian Bolland's all time weird covers. I've seen weirder. I recall one that Bolland did of a Civvie slowly loosing his body in blocky chunks. Can't recall the issue or prog number
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