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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 19:04:13 GMT -5
Batman: Year One & Daredevil: Born Again.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 4, 2017 20:57:30 GMT -5
Batman: Year One & Daredevil: Born Again. Sorry, MJ. You have to pick one. That's the point of the thread. You've really painted yourself into a corner with those two, so I don't envy you. It's a bit a of a "Sophie's Choice." Nevertheless. . .  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:06:31 GMT -5
Batman: Year One & Daredevil: Born Again. Sorry, MJ. You have to pick one. That's the point of the thread. You've really painted yourself into a corner with those two, so I don't envy you. It's a bit a of a "Sophie's Choice." Nevertheless. . . OK. I would pick Daredevil because of the emotional impact & the Batman story was basically a re-telling of his origin. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 4, 2017 21:13:56 GMT -5
Sorry, MJ. You have to pick one. That's the point of the thread. You've really painted yourself into a corner with those two, so I don't envy you. It's a bit a of a "Sophie's Choice." Nevertheless. . . OK. I would pick Daredevil because of the emotional impact & the Batman story was basically a re-telling of his origin. There's a good lad. I know it wasn't easy, and Year One is no slouch; however: "There is no corpse. There is no corpse. There is no corpse." is tough to beat. |
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Post by coinkadink on Mar 5, 2017 22:54:58 GMT -5
The second Galactus trilogy by John Byrne from his FF run. I wore those issues out. I've read them over and over. I had him sign those copies years ago and they are the gems of my collection. If ever someone wanted to make the perfect FF movie this would be it. If Marvel got the rights to FF all the cameo characters could be there as well. What a masterpiece. I love the original but Byrne's story is my favorite.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 6, 2017 17:13:27 GMT -5
The Tarim war from Conan the barbarian #19-26 for me.
Barry Smith was at the top of his game, the mag was still fresh and brimming with new ideas, Roy Thomas was obviously having a ball mixing history, fantasy and Howardian continuity, and the scope of the storyline was nothing less than operatic. After this, there never was an ambitious ruler to compete with Yezdigerd, a fallen friend to compare to Fafnir, a potential love interest to compare to Red Sonja, or as delightfully a twist as the revelation of the Tarim's identity.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 6, 2017 17:29:32 GMT -5
This is a modern comic, but Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster is probably my favorite comic book story. A fantastic pulp hero adventure story (that ties into both the wider Hellboy universe and previous Lobster Johnson stories in interesting ways), and the art is superb. Another reason why I like this comic so much is because it was one of the first books I ever read that was published by Dark Horse, and that led me to discover both the Hellboy Universe and Usagi Yojimbo, which are now my two favorite worlds in comics.
I picked up #2 and #3 in the series at a comic book store in March 2014 (they didn't have #1) after reading the description of #5 in Previews ("The Lobster engages in a firefight with a madman in a biplane on top of a zeppelin"!), which is the best description of a comic book I've ever read.
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 6, 2017 18:52:00 GMT -5
The Tarim war from Conan the barbarian #19-26 for me. Barry Smith was at the top of his game, the mag was still fresh and brimming with new ideas, Roy Thomas was obviously having a ball mixing history, fantasy and Howardian continuity, and the scope of the storyline was nothing less than operatic. After this, there never was an ambitious ruler to compete with Yezdigerd, a fallen friend to compare to Fafnir, a potential love interest to compare to Red Sonja, or as delightfully a twist as the revelation of the Tarim's identity. I was in love with barry Smith's art from Conan#1, but those later issues just blew me away!  And he hadn't even done Red nails yet, which could be the greatest thing ever. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Mar 6, 2017 18:56:02 GMT -5
For the longest time it used to be Dredd's "The Day The Law Died", but Percy's "Emerald Outlaw" for Green Arrow Rebirth is making me reconsider
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 6, 2017 19:41:26 GMT -5
Two short but brilliant series. Dave Steven's Rocketeer and Mark Schultz's Xenozoic Tales. Two of the best drawn comics ever.
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