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Post by rom on May 15, 2017 13:56:12 GMT -5
The last time I read the Star Trek series was when IDW put out the Omnibus of 4-18 in 2009. I liked the series fine, although I liked what came after at DC much, much more. I really wanted to get the IDW Omni reprinting #4-18 of the original Marvel ST series. However, I didn't do so because: -The "Motion Picture" movie adaptation wasn't included in here. Sure, it was included in another Omni with the other movie adaptations, but it would have been nice to see it here for the sake of completion. However, I still may have picked this Omni up if.... - The reproduction wasn't so poor. I remember paging through this at the store & being disappointed that this wasn't better. That being said, given that this hasn't been reprinted since this IDW Omni in 2009 - and since it doesn't look like it will be reprinted anytime soon....I may still pick this up, if I can find it & get it for a good price. |
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Post by brutalis on May 15, 2017 14:05:19 GMT -5
For a few pennies you can have all of the Star Trek movie related comics. Listed on Amazon.
Star Trek - Movie Comic Book Collection on CD-ROM
Price: $4.29
Git Corporation
Every Star Trek movie comic book ever published collected on one CD-ROM
• Also includes the first movie comic book series by Marvel
• All issues are complete, including advertisements
• Fully printable for reading off the screen
• 26 comic books total
Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Linux, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Or if you would rather have a Universe of FUN of in Star Trek comics: Listed on Amazon.
Star Trek: The Complete Comic Book Collection
CD-ROM Price: $19.99
GIT Corp
Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Intel, Mac OS 9 and below, Linux, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Includes all issues from 1967 - 2002, including every annual, all articles and advertisements--over 500 issues
• All content in printable, user-friendly PDF format
• Series include Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Issues from all publishers together on one disk for the first time
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Post by rom on May 15, 2017 18:21:04 GMT -5
I'm not into digital comics, but this is good to know in case I ever change my mind. I will admit that having a lot of HC's, Trades, and other Collected Editions around take up a lot of room.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 15, 2017 18:43:20 GMT -5
Huh. Hard to say.
The BEST Marvel stuff of the '80s came out of Epic - They reprinted the Moebius Library and Akira, which are generally considered more important than whatever anyone was doing on Spider-Man.
Still, I really have a thing for the Seinciwicz New Mutants - A lot of '80s Marvel just felt predictable, assembly-line, and derivative - and here was one dude going completely the other direction and moving comic art into pure abstraction.
And I will always love Team-Up books, and Two-In-One was surprisingly solid throughout most of the '80s. J. M. DeMatties (the only major '80s Marvel writer with any balls, IMO) had a sold run on Team-Up as well.
Back to Epic - I freakin' LOVE Coyote but it's been forever since I've read it. Definitely a contender.
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Post by berkley on May 15, 2017 18:53:05 GMT -5
I never thought about Coyote or things like that - I considered those independent comics, totally separate from Marvel's typical MU product.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 15, 2017 20:14:25 GMT -5
Based on what I have read, I would go
1) Daredevil- Miller's best work ever IMO
2) Thor- the best Thor stuff you will find story wise
3) ASM- Because I love Spider-Man and there were some strong moments in this era, even if the execution/consistency was lacking in the Hobgoblin storyline.
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Post by badwolf on May 16, 2017 9:26:00 GMT -5
And I will always love Team-Up books, and Two-In-One was surprisingly solid throughout most of the '80s. J. M. DeMatteis (the only major '80s Marvel writer with any balls, IMO) had a sold run on Team-Up as well. I recently picked up the two-part Mr. Fantastic story and it was great. Need to get more from that run. I am a fan of his Defenders too. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 16, 2017 9:43:33 GMT -5
And I will always love Team-Up books, and Two-In-One was surprisingly solid throughout most of the '80s. J. M. DeMatties (the only major '80s Marvel writer with any balls, IMO) had a sold run on Team-Up as well. I love team-up books, too, and Marvel Two-In-One was my favorite of the bunch. I think of it more as an 70's title, but they did have some good stuff in the early 80's, too. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 16, 2017 12:16:54 GMT -5
And I will always love Team-Up books, and Two-In-One was surprisingly solid throughout most of the '80s. J. M. DeMatteis (the only major '80s Marvel writer with any balls, IMO) had a sold run on Team-Up as well. I recently picked up the two-part Mr. Fantastic story and it was great. Need to get more from that run. I am a fan of his Defenders too. Love that stuff! Although the first couple issues of his team-up run are kind of dire. But everything after Kerry Gammil takes over as penciller in.... 119? I think? Is gold. |
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Post by badwolf on May 16, 2017 16:10:15 GMT -5
I recently picked up the two-part Mr. Fantastic story and it was great. Need to get more from that run. I am a fan of his Defenders too. Love that stuff! Although the first couple issues of his team-up run are kind of dire. But everything after Kerry Gammil takes over as penciller in.... 119? I think? Is gold. Oh yeah, the Tigra and Watcher issues were great too. The Devil-Slayer one was odd...hey, I just realized that there are two issues where one of the team-up partners is not who we think it is. |
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Post by String on May 17, 2017 10:01:09 GMT -5
I never thought about Coyote or things like that - I considered those independent comics, totally separate from Marvel's typical MU product. A good point, one Slam mentioned early on. While Epic did feature some mainstream MU work, the majority of it was creator-owned or based so that's why I didn't consider any of those titles for the list. But they did have some amazing work. Along with those titles already listed, I would add Moonshadow and Alien Legion as well. Then again, what do I know? I loved Steelgrip Starkey. (Oh yeah!) |
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Post by String on May 17, 2017 10:07:09 GMT -5
Why?  Well, only because if the title says "Marvel runs", I assume that that's runs of Marvel characters. Star Wars was published by Marvel, yes, but, I dunno, it's a licensed property and isn't part of the Marvel universe, so I don't tend to think if it as a "Marvel comic". Maybe that's just me though. I almost put G.I. Joe on the list. For me, the first 30 issues or so were fantastic. I see your point but based on Marvel's huge successes with all these licensed properties, it's hard to discount them which is why I really don't. |
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Post by String on May 17, 2017 10:17:49 GMT -5
I started this poll after reading comment(s) on another site about how some fans would defend to the death how Stern/RomitaJR's run on ASM is better than Bryne's FF or Simonson's Thor, a fairly bold comment I thought.
So I wanted to gauge the opinions here on the matter and I'm quite surprised by the results. The number of titles being praised that may not be considered among the most mainstream or highly recognized of Marvel's efforts (that is, in light of what is generally regarded as 'classic' during this period).
I'm very surprised by MOKF. Usually, when a title nears it's end, it's faltering or running on fumes as it tries not to fizzle out in the end. But based on the comments here, it seems that MOKF achieved the rare feat of being just as strong at it's end as it was during it's run. (Years ago, I acquired a huge chunk of the main run of the title but I still don't have the last 20 issues or so. Something I plan on rectifying soon).
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 17, 2017 10:31:51 GMT -5
I'm very surprised by MOKF. Usually, when a title nears it's end, it's faltering or running on fumes as it tries not to fizzle out in the end. But based on the comments here, it seems that MOKF achieved the rare feat of being just as strong at it's end as it was during it's run. In my humble opinion, it was better at the end than during most of its middle years. The two great eras in MoKF (in my eyes) are the Paul Gulacy ones near the start and the Gene Day ones near the end. Mike Zeck did a good job in between, and I think his work actually saved the book after it sort of lost direction following Gulacy's departure, but Gene Day really cranked up the energy -and that seemed to affect Doug Moench's writing as well. |
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Post by Snikts and Stones on May 17, 2017 11:03:11 GMT -5
I confess that anything I like from the 80's wasn't read in "real time" as I came on board in the early 90's. But through collections and back issue bin diving Stern on ASM, The Hobgoblin saga was a clinic on the slow burn, and UXM mutant massacre onward hold a place for me as it was a a major turning point for the team, the status quo being shaken up for years afterwards.
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