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Post by MDG on Jan 18, 2017 6:50:24 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Jan 18, 2017 7:25:12 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 18, 2017 8:13:10 GMT -5
Single issue...check. Self-contained story...well there are a few. Detective Comics #500 is one of my go-to's...though pretty much any comic written by Alan Brennert will be there.  In addition to the bona-fide classic of To Kill a Legend by Brennert and Giordano you have a really fun Slam Bradley tale that brings in almost all the Detectives who ever appeared in Detective comics; a text story with amazing spot illos by Walt Simonson; an Elongated Man story with fabulous art by J.L.Garcia-Lopez and some other decent stories.  I honestly didn't realize that Solo #5 was within the purview of the classics now. I honestly consider this to be Darwyn Cooke's magnum opus. He did the entire book, writing, art, lettering and colors. And it is absolutely phenomenal. This was another one I thought about, as well as the comic that it reminds me of - The Brave and the Bold #200: the last issue of the Brave & the Bold, featuring a team-up with the Batmen of earth 1 and earth 2! Plus the preview issue of Batman and the Outsiders! Remember those preview issue inserts (most notably the ones for the New Teen Titans and The All-Star Squadron) that DC had in several of their comics from the early 80's? Talk about getting bang for your buck, how about two comics for the price of one!!  |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 18, 2017 8:15:58 GMT -5
Great choice, and my memory is being jogged by seeing all of these wonderful covers. Yours reminded me of another great LOSH Annual, with a nice little mystery in "Who Shot Laurel Kent?"  |
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Post by DubipR on Jan 18, 2017 10:03:20 GMT -5
Going with Batman, one of the better and very underrated Mike Barr stories. Batman versus the Anti-Batman. Michael Golden artwork, flawless.  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 18, 2017 10:42:15 GMT -5
This is my tie/#2 spot. Such a great story. Funny how they both have Mignola work, yet at the time of reading each the first time, I was not a fan of Mignola's work. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 18, 2017 10:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 18:44:18 GMT -5
I haven't read a Legion comic since the 90s. What made this book a winner? |
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Post by zilch on Jan 18, 2017 18:48:28 GMT -5
This is my favorite book of all time... and for only 50 cents (and i've gone through three copies!!!) |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 18, 2017 19:02:33 GMT -5
This is my favorite book of all time... and for only 50 cents (and i've gone through three copies!!!) Yeah, it is. I read jez's original post too quickly, though. She was looking for a self-contained issue/ one story. But this was just too good to be true anyway. As were most of the rest of the 100-pagers. It was like taking a walk past a newsstand in 1942. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 18, 2017 20:41:59 GMT -5
This is my tie/#2 spot. Such a great story. Funny how they both have Mignola work, yet at the time of reading each the first time, I was not a fan of Mignola's work. I became a fan of Mignola with his work in Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment which also came out in 1989 I believe. I'd seen his stuff on the Hulk before this, but it wasn't until I saw his art done justice that I really became a fan. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 18, 2017 21:30:02 GMT -5
This is my tie/#2 spot. Such a great story. Funny how they both have Mignola work, yet at the time of reading each the first time, I was not a fan of Mignola's work. I became a fan of Mignola with his work in Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom: Triumph and Torment which also came out in 1989 I believe. I'd seen his stuff on the Hulk before this, but it wasn't until I saw his art done justice that I really became a fan. I think mine appreciation of his art was going outside the going formula of art for comics in the 90's (when I started) and seeing his work in things like Aliens or Hellboy that weren't strict superhero comics to see where his art really shined. In fact Gotham By Gaslight was probably my first Mignola exposure as a recommendation to me. I like a lot of the covers he did on Hulk at time. By the time I started reading before David's run it was what attracted me to buy them. Though I'm not sure Hulk fits his style outside of the more dark or macabre covers. |
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Post by DubipR on Jan 18, 2017 21:30:38 GMT -5
You can't go wrong with Sergio Aragones  |
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Post by comicsandwho on Jan 19, 2017 0:12:16 GMT -5
Another is Justice League of America #200. A-list characters (for the most part) with A-list art from some of the best artists at the time. Slightly let down by the fact that, while every other member past and present made an appearance, they forgot to include Hawkgirl. At that time, Hawkman had a series in 'World's Finest', in which Hawkgirl was 'lost in space' for a long spell. They decided to acknowledge this in the following issue of 'Justice League'. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 19, 2017 3:03:37 GMT -5
Slightly let down by the fact that, while every other member past and present made an appearance, they forgot to include Hawkgirl. At that time, Hawkman had a series in 'World's Finest', in which Hawkgirl was 'lost in space' for a long spell. They decided to acknowledge this in the following issue of 'Justice League'. I would simply have included her, with a footnote to the effect that this issue took place before her enforced absence. Leaving one member out just seemed slightly off, to me. |
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