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Post by sabongero on Jul 5, 2016 21:18:56 GMT -5
Basically, there are lots of "your favorite stories, etc." around the internet. Let's list our favorite era of comic book titles and its writers here.
Let me start with two and I'll add more. Please feel free to add many of yours as well.
Roger Stern's lengthy Avengers era is one of my favorites. The "Under Siege" storyline is by far one of my favorites in any comic book series.
The era of Walter Simonson's extended Thor run is also one of my favorite. It revitalized that flagging franchise, and opened up a whole new love for that franchise and introduced a key character in Beta Ray Bill.
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Post by berkley on Jul 5, 2016 21:52:28 GMT -5
If we're going strictly by the writer alone some are very simple and straightforward:
Master of Kung Fu, for example, would be the Doug Moench era. If we include the artist, then I'd narrow that one down to the Moench/Gulacy, closely followed by the Moench/Day era.
Avengers: the Englehart era, closely followed by the Roy Thomas run.
Fantastic Four: Kirby/Lee
Thor: Kirby/Lee
and so on
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Post by batlaw on Jul 5, 2016 23:49:23 GMT -5
The obvious...
Jla- Morrison
Cap- Bubaker
Gl- johns.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 0:08:40 GMT -5
The obvious... Jla- Morrison Cap- Bubaker Gl- johns. Maybe obvious for you, but 2 of those three are among my least favorite runs... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 0:14:27 GMT -5
So...
Dr. Strange...Ditko & Lee
Captain Marvel...Starlin
Nick Fury....Steranko
Wonder Woman...Perez
Conan...Busiek
Avengers...Shooter (1st run)
Flash...Waid
Spider-Man-Ditko & Lee
Green Arrow-Grell
New Teen Titans-Wolfman/Perez
Black Panther-Priest
Daredevil-Miller
Spectre-Ostrander
Aquaman-David
-M
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Post by Warmonger on Jul 6, 2016 1:05:24 GMT -5
Moore's Swamp Thing
Thomas & J. Buscema's Conan
Ennis' Punisher MAX
Moench & Gulacy's Master of Kung Fu
Moench & Sienkiewicz' Moon Knight
Gerber's Man-Thing
Miller's Daredevil
Englehart's Avengers
Wein & S. Buscema's Incredible Hulk
Claremont & Byrne/Cockrum's X-Men
O'Neil & Adams' Batman
Moench/Aparo & Moench/Jones Batman
Simonson's Thor
Ennis' Hitman
Gerber's Howard the Duck
Baron's Punisher
Gerber's Defenders
Starlin's Dreadstar
Starlin's Warlock
Kirby's Kamandi
Michelinie & Layton's Iron Man
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 6, 2016 1:53:59 GMT -5
I'll limit to comic books that have had multiple creative teams work on them over the years, comics that actually have eras. (Otherwise Usagi and Astro City go right near the top, but the "era" of Usagi I love is his entire 30+ year history)
Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Warlock by Jim Starlin
Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont
Avengers by Roy Thomas and John Buscema
Daredevil by Frank Miller and David Mazuchelli
Dr. Strange by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
And then I could kind of go on about Avengers and Spider-Man for a while...
Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and John Romita
Avengers by Roger Stern and John Buscema
Avengers by Steve Englehart
Avengers by Kurt Busiek
Spectacular Spider-Man by J.M. Demateiss and Sal Buscema
Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley
Avengers by David Michelinie
Peter Parker: Spider-Man by Paul Jenkins and Mark Buckingham
Avengers by Bob Harras and Steve Epting
And etcetera etcetera on Avengers and Spider-Man
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 6, 2016 3:17:23 GMT -5
The Jim Shooter era of Valiant. It gave us a great set of characters that continues to this day, and some really fresh ideas along with outstanding work from Barry Windsor-Smith as well.  The best crossover storyline ever, IMO, came out of that as well : Unity.  Valiant had ups and downs later but those initial few years were magic, probably akin to the Marvel Age in the 60's.  Valiant was still pretty new then, and Shooter and company offered an 18 part crossover that cut through all 8 Valiant ongoings titles for 2 months with 2 bookend issues.  Thought I'd throw this in as most posters focus on DC & Marvel, which is fine, but these deserve a shout out. |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 6, 2016 8:46:45 GMT -5
in no particular order as i rack my tired old brain in thinking:
Doug Moench: Master of Kung Fu for Marvel and for DC his Batman run.
Jim Starlin: Captain Marvel and Warlock and Dreadstar.
Steve Englehart: Avengers.
Paul Levitz: Legion of Super-Heroes
George Perez: Wonder Woman
Marv Wolfman: Tomb of Dracula and Teen Titans
Chris Claremont: X-Men
Mike Baron: Nexus and Badger
Roy Thomas: Conan, All-Star Squadron, Avengers
Jack Kirby: New Gods, Demon, Mister Miracle, Eternals, Machine Man, Devil Dinosaur
Steve Ditko: Dr. Strange
Will Eisner: the Spirit
Don McGregor: Killraven
Roger Stern: Spider-Man
Stan Lee: Spider-Man during the early Romita year's and with Kirby for Fantastic Four
Steve Gerber: Howard the Duck and Man-Thing
Mike Grell: Warlord and Green Arrow
David Michelini: Iron Man and Defenders
Frank Miller: Daredevil
Bob Haney: Brave and the Bold
Gerry Conway: Spider-Man
And just to read any of their various Marvel/Dc comics i could pick up anything written by Wolfman, Wein, Conway, Starlin, Chaykin, Moench, and Englehart as i knew their writing and stories would always entertain.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 6, 2016 9:09:45 GMT -5
Captain America : Englehart first, Stern second, Brubaker third.
Conan : Thomas (first era)
Daredevil : Miller, with Nocenti a close second and Bendis a close third
Fantastic Four : Byrne. (Yes, I know, it's kind of heretical); Lee and Kirby
Hellblazer : Garth Ennis, with Eddie Campbell a close second and Paul Jenkins a close third
Legion of super-heroes : Giffen and the Bierbaums, closely followed by Abnett and Lanning
Shang-Chi : Moench, although I did love the short Englehart period.
She-Hulk : Dan Slott
Thor : Simonson
X-Men : Chris Claremont, up to issue 210 or thereabout
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 6, 2016 11:47:26 GMT -5
I'm reading one of the favorites eras right now: Englehart on Captain America. I just finished getting the last issue needed to complete the run and am finally able to read through it in its entirety.
Other runs:
I can't decide on Avengers between Englehart and Busiek. Kurt gets some extra points for rescuing the Avengers from the "Reborn" era.
Levitz on Legion of Super-Heroes. Long run of many classic stories.
Claremont/Byrne on New X-Men
Byrne on Alpha Flight
Claremont on Excalibur
Wolfman/Perez on New Teen Titans
Gerber on Howard the Duck & Defenders & Omega
There's more, but that's a start.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 6, 2016 13:35:44 GMT -5
Levitz's Legion of Super-Heroes
Claremont/Bryne X-Men
Roy Thomas Avengers
Englehart Avengers
Jim Shooter Avengers
Roger Stern Avengers
Moench/Gulacy Master of Kung Fu
Byrne's Alpha Flight
Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
Denny O'Neal's Batman
Englehart's Captain America
Lee/Kirby's Thor
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Post by Confessor on Jul 6, 2016 19:16:18 GMT -5
Off of the top of my head, some of my favourite runs based on the writer alone would be...
Stan Lee & Steve Ditko on Amazing Spider-Man
David Michelinie on Star Wars
Jo Duffy on Star Wars
Will Eisner on The Spirit
Doug Murray on The 'Nam
Frank Hampson on Dan Dare
Joe R. Lansdale on Jonah Hex
Stan Lee & Steve Ditko on Dr. Strange
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Post by berkley on Jul 6, 2016 19:33:52 GMT -5
Doctor Strange is a tough one, because there are two distinct eras I find impossible to rank at any position below #1: the Ditko/Lee and the Englehart. And there are isolated issues outside those two that I rate as all-time favourites, such as the Thomas/Palmer/Adkins Doctor Strange #171; and then there's the fact that Gene Colan's first run on the title, with Roy Thomas, probably informs my visual image of the character as much as the Ditko and Brunner versions.
Another favourite character, the Black Panther, presents a different problem: I'm not sure there has yet been a defining run for me. Different elements of different versions have sort of melded together to create my ideal Panther, but that ideal exists more as a potential than as a character in any actual comic book I could point to. But I suppose I would have to go with Don MacGregor's and Bill Graham's Panther's Rage as the top solo series, in spite of the reservations I have about some aspects of that excellent story.
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Post by String on Jul 6, 2016 20:35:32 GMT -5
Off of the top of my head, some of my favourite runs based on the writer alone would be... Stan Lee & Steve Ditko on Amazing Spider-ManDavid Michelinie on Star WarsJo Duffy on Star WarsWill Eisner on The SpiritDoug Murray on The 'NamFrank Hampson on Dan DareJoe R. Lansdale on Jonah HexStan Lee & Steve Ditko on Dr. StrangeYou know, I've been recently thinking that I haven't re-read any of The 'Nam in quite awhile. If we're going solely by writers, these spring immediately to mind: Claremont on X-Men Bryne on FF Simonson on Thor and FF Miller on DD Stern on Avengers, Spider-Man and Dr. Strange Conway on Spider-Man Michilenie on Iron Man Busiek on Avengers and Iron Man Wolfman on New Teen Titans Waid on Flash Levitz on Legion of Superheroes Lee on FF, Spider-Man, Thor Ordway on Power of Shazam Abnett/Lanning on Legion of Superheroes Johns on Teen Titans Lobdell/Nicieza on X-Men Mackie on Ghost Rider Dixon on Robin, Airboy, Alien Legion |
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