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Post by The Captain on Jul 4, 2016 9:00:41 GMT -5
Mine is the transition period between Silver and Bronze Ages up until about 1985 or so. Most of the Silver Age is too simplistic in terms of storytelling for my liking, and a good deal of what has come after the mid-80s has been content produced with the sole intent of selling comics. With that said, there were many quality comics produced in the Silver Age that I can enjoy, and there have been a good number of post-1985 books that I like, but for me, it doesn't get any better than Miller-era Daredevil, Englehart Captain America, Wolfman and Colan's amazing Tomb of Dracula work, the first 115 issues of Conan, Claremont/Byrne X-Men, Moench/Sienkiewicz on Moon Knight, and the like. I would say I'm the same. I would add Moench's first run on Batman, Bill Mantlo's Micronauts and Rom, early 2000 AD, pretty much all Alan Moore's early British work (plus Swamp Thing and Watchmen) and anything Steve Gerber ever went near to that list, too, as well as JM DeMatteis on Defenders and a lot of early eighties independents like DNAgents. Oh, man. I completely forgot about MoKF and Defenders, both of which were also great not to mention Howard the Duck and Man-Thing under Gerber as well as the first 12 issues of Micronauts which were also amazing. So much good stuff during that era, it's easy to forget about quality books just due to sheer volume. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2016 9:04:49 GMT -5
DC & Marvel from 1966-1986.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 4, 2016 12:37:24 GMT -5
My first would be DC 1980-2000.
The second would be the Direct Market indies of the same period.
What about Marvel ?
I know plenty but not as much as others, though I think I can more than hold my own on DC and am pretty knowledgeable on the Indies.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 4, 2016 21:05:01 GMT -5
For me, mainly the bronze age through the first several years post Crisis. The creativity was off the charts.
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Post by berkley on Jul 5, 2016 2:34:32 GMT -5
It's a sport in which two competing gangs of men armed with clubs do not hit each other and in which the world series are open to only one country (plus one team from its northern neighbour). It's played on a diamond and is sort of like cricket with a masked man playing the role of the wickets. Also, a tobacco-chewing guy wearing a leather glove tries not to get his balls hit with a stick by a man standing over a plate. Hot-dogs are eaten. I'm not explaining it well, am I? If we ever make a Jamie Award for best individual post, I'm choosing this. It's so good that I think RR should keep going and write descriptions of other sports. |
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 5, 2016 10:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 5, 2016 10:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 5, 2016 10:52:07 GMT -5
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 5, 2016 10:53:33 GMT -5
So, whatever wheelhouse stuff like that's in.
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Post by String on Jul 5, 2016 11:02:42 GMT -5
Mine is the 80s overall for both Marvel and DC.
Marvel - Say what you will about Shooter's methods but I think he brought about quality and memorable runs on most, if not all of Marvel's line of books at the time. Miller on DD, Simonson on Thor, Bryne on FF, Stern on Avengers and Spider-Man, Claremont on X-Men and related books, Michilenie and Layton on Iron Man (even O'Neil and McDonnell on the same), the rise of the miniseries, the Epic imprint was the first real sign of creator-owned titles at the Big Two. It was the period where I really started to follow and love comics.
DC - I've said it elsewhere but Crisis and it's aftermath was when I started to seriously pay attention to DC. The reboots offered good opportunities to begin following the majority of the big characters.
Second choice would be the latter part of the Bronze Age, especially Marvel. The quality of stories from the X-Men to the Avengers to Spider-Man along with the high level of art still makes for some excellent reading as well as the offbeat characters and titles that, sadly, I think wouldn't make it in today's market.
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Post by Bronze Age Brian on Jul 5, 2016 11:50:52 GMT -5
1A: Obscure comics, Independents etc.
1B: Bronze Age Marvel
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2016 13:33:40 GMT -5
I'd probably say DCs from just before the Go-Go Checks era through to the Bronze Age as 1A. 1B would be first-generation undergrounds
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Post by zilch on Jul 6, 2016 16:37:37 GMT -5
First up, DC and related companies 1935-1986. Doing a lot of reading for indexing purposes and really like the anthology titles and the secondary characters (Hop Harrigan, Scribbly especially).
Marvel-wise, probably most comfortable with anything pre-Secret Wars. After that, i lost interest.
And Tomahawk, the National/DC series. Nearly the complete run (with a few Star-Spangled Comics and World's Finest Comics thrown in)!
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Post by SJNeal on Jul 6, 2016 23:54:56 GMT -5
Maybe it's because I'm English and don't follow baseball, but... It's a sport in which two competing gangs of men armed with clubs do not hit each other and in which the world series are open to only one country (plus one team from its northern neighbour). It's played on a diamond and is sort of like cricket with a masked man playing the role of the wickets. Also, a tobacco-chewing guy wearing a leather glove tries not to get his balls hit with a stick by a man standing over a plate. Hot-dogs are eaten. I'm not explaining it well, am I? That makes as much sense as any other explanation I've heard... |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 7, 2016 9:37:37 GMT -5
Bronze Age DC genre books. Romance, War, Western, Horror, Fantasy, etc.
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