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Post by berkley on Apr 7, 2021 17:21:56 GMT -5
Acquired in 1991, back when comics were affordable... Cerebus #145. Still Melmoth. Still slow. But not for very long anymore. Conan the barbarian #245 : Conan, Red Sonja and Zula vs an old vampire. I wasn't a fan of Gary Hartle's Conan, but Roy Thomas sure kept me returning! Give Me Liberty #4. I really enjoyed that cynical view of the near future, and shudder at how prescient it was in many aspects. Recent political events were like a prequel to this series. Hellblazer #42. John Constantine making a fool of the devil? Even as he's dying of cancer? That book was cranking it up to eleven! (Also the first appearance of Kit Ryan). Legion of Superheroes #19. They blew up the moon. No dream, no imaginary story, no putting it back together again. The great 5YL science-fiction novel continues! (It hadn't yet gotten to the point where it was depressing as heck). Marvel Comics Presents #77-78-79, with Barry Windsor-Smith's origin of Wolverine. Love the art, but the story not so much. Hate the organic claws. Sandman #27. Season of Mists remains a classic. Silver Surfer #50, bought only out of nostalgia for Thanos and Warlock. To this day, I think it was a bad idea to bring them back. Oh, sure, the big purple guy made billions for Marvel, but as far as storytelling goes, the conclusion of the original Thanos/Mar-vell/Warlock saga was just fine. Also, I'm not sure the Silver Surfer and Thanos are a good fit... sure, both of them have been up and down the power scale, but I always figured the Surfer to be way, way more powerful than the mad Titan. Swamp Thing #108, in which mushrooms come from space. Twilight #2. My favourite comic of the era, for all that I was unfamiliar with the source material. X-Men #277. Have I said how much I loved Jim Lee's art back then? I have? Good. X-Factor #67. Any attempt at redeeming Cyclops after the character assassination he went through for the near-entirety of this title is a welcome thing. Nice art by Whilce Portacio.
I remember thinking of trying Give Me Liberty at the time but for some reason never took the plunge, not sure why. Perhaps I wasn't completely convinced Miller could write this kind of story, or perhaps it was the "An American Dream" subtitle that made it lose some of its attraction for me. I might have to go back and give it a try sometime.
Haven't read the 80s-90s Silver Surfer series at all yet, so I hadn't realised that tis was where Thanos and Warlock were brought back. Was this also the beginning of Starlin's transformation of Thanos from villain to anti-hero?
Don't think I've heard of Twilight before - what was it all about?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 7, 2021 19:57:02 GMT -5
Acquired in 1991, back when comics were affordable... Cerebus #145. Still Melmoth. Still slow. But not for very long anymore. Conan the barbarian #245 : Conan, Red Sonja and Zula vs an old vampire. I wasn't a fan of Gary Hartle's Conan, but Roy Thomas sure kept me returning! Give Me Liberty #4. I really enjoyed that cynical view of the near future, and shudder at how prescient it was in many aspects. Recent political events were like a prequel to this series. Hellblazer #42. John Constantine making a fool of the devil? Even as he's dying of cancer? That book was cranking it up to eleven! (Also the first appearance of Kit Ryan). Legion of Superheroes #19. They blew up the moon. No dream, no imaginary story, no putting it back together again. The great 5YL science-fiction novel continues! (It hadn't yet gotten to the point where it was depressing as heck). Marvel Comics Presents #77-78-79, with Barry Windsor-Smith's origin of Wolverine. Love the art, but the story not so much. Hate the organic claws. Sandman #27. Season of Mists remains a classic. Silver Surfer #50, bought only out of nostalgia for Thanos and Warlock. To this day, I think it was a bad idea to bring them back. Oh, sure, the big purple guy made billions for Marvel, but as far as storytelling goes, the conclusion of the original Thanos/Mar-vell/Warlock saga was just fine. Also, I'm not sure the Silver Surfer and Thanos are a good fit... sure, both of them have been up and down the power scale, but I always figured the Surfer to be way, way more powerful than the mad Titan. Swamp Thing #108, in which mushrooms come from space. Twilight #2. My favourite comic of the era, for all that I was unfamiliar with the source material. X-Men #277. Have I said how much I loved Jim Lee's art back then? I have? Good. X-Factor #67. Any attempt at redeeming Cyclops after the character assassination he went through for the near-entirety of this title is a welcome thing. Nice art by Whilce Portacio.
I remember thinking of trying Give Me Liberty at the time but for some reason never took the plunge, not sure why. Perhaps I wasn't completely convinced Miller could write this kind of story, or perhaps it was the "An American Dream" subtitle that made it lose some of its attraction for me. I might have to go back and give it a try sometime.
Haven't read the 80s-90s Silver Surfer series at all yet, so I hadn't realised that tis was where Thanos and Warlock were brought back. Was this also the beginning of Starlin's transformation of Thanos from villain to anti-hero?
Don't think I've heard of Twilight before - what was it all about?
I think Thanos went the anti-hero way a little later, after a few Infinity Crossovers (which I didn't follow after George Perez's departure). In SS Thanos was mostly the same guy he had been during the Magus saga. Give me Liberty was a cynical, tongue-in-cheek action series slash social commentary evoking the tone of Miller's Robocop film. Its main character was pretty interesting, and the book was blessed by not having some kind of feel-good Deus ex machina to make things all better at the end. The crappy world remained a crappy world. The comparison to Watchmen is a little facile since it's mostly due to Gibbons drawing both books, but not entirely inappropriate insofar as both are set in a slightly dystopian version of today. I ought to re-read it; it's been a long time. Twilight is one of those miniseries that DC put out at the time, usually reinventing characters (Books of Magic, Adam Strange, Longbow Hunters...) It featured DC's space heroes (some of them pretty obscure to this reader) and was, like Give me Liberty, pretty cynical. It was written by a Howard Chaykin seemingky having a lot of fun and gorgeously drawn by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. The ending is pretty depressing, but most of the characters are pretty cool. (They all talk like Chaykin characters, but that's a plus in my book). |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 1, 2021 20:08:23 GMT -5
                         The Impact Age has begun! Didn't last long; but, it had begun. I first saw the preview for this in the Diamond Previews catalog (my shop used Capital and their Advance; but, another shop I visited had Previews) and liked the designs and was excited for this. I liked this first issue and the take on the Shield, though it felt like they recycled the beginning of DC's Captain Atom, right down to being framed by the person in charge of the project. However, here, it was Joe Higgins father and the writer had him busted from lieutenant to sergeant, which can't happen. An officer is commissioned and serves at the leisure of the president. An enlisted man signs an enlistment contract for a certain length of service. They are two different statuses and an officer cannot be reduced in rank lower than O1, which for the Army is a 2nd LT. I even wrote a letter to DC about that. Didn't get published, of course. For the most part, I liked the Impact Line, though I skipped Black Hood and was lukewarm to Jaguar. Shield, the Fly and The Comet were all great and The WEB was pretty cool, while Tom Artis was drawing it. Didn't care for it as much when he was taken off the book because he had trouble with deadlines. Never did read the revamp of the whole thing, before the line was axed. Infinity Gauntlet had Perez, but it really felt like it was just a redraft of the previous Thanos epic, from Warlock. Was not happy that Perez didn't finish it, though Ron Lim did okay. At least his skills had improved from his earlier Malibu stuff. Back then, his women were stick figures with watermelon breasts. By that point, they were more rounded figures, with watermelon breasts. I had given up on Guardians of the Galaxy (I think, I don't remember exactly at what issue I dumped it, but, it was not long after the mutant story). I was also either done with Classic X-Men or soon would be, as it was caught up to where I had a complete run of X-Men issues. I dropped X-Men with #175 and never came back; so, at most, I read Classic X-Men to that point. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 2, 2021 10:13:57 GMT -5
Animal Man #37
Avengers #334
Black Panther: Panther's Prey #3
Captain America #387 & 388
Challengers of the Unknown #5
Deathlok #1
Detective Comics #631 & 632
Doom Patrol #45
Hawk and Dove #25
Hawkworld #13
Hellblazer #43
Incredible Hulk #383
Iron Man #270
Justice League America Annual #5
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #25
Olympians #1
Quasar #24
Sandman #28
Sgt. Rock #14
Shade, the Changing Man #13
Twilight #3
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 3, 2021 10:20:00 GMT -5
Comics bought in May 1991 :
Cerebus #146... Melmoth was a rather short story arc, but it felt like forever.
Conan #246. Roy Thomas goes back to his original plan as far as adaptations of the original REH prose stories go: the ones that had previously been seen in Savage Sword of Conan would be re-adapted whenever the chronologically-told storyline of the colour comic would catch up. Here, we have reached the point where the events from Black Colossus (SSoC #2) are supposed to happen, and so the table is set for a new adaptation. Unfortunately, Roy also decides to shoe-horn Red Sonja and Zula in the story (they had been off screen the first time around, believe it or not!), which to me is a bad case of continuity overdose. Make-believe universes are always made that much smaller when the same people are always present for the big events, when everybody is connected to everybody, and when incestuous storytelling predominates. Plus, this storytelling choice left a lot less space to explore the original characters from Black Colossus (like Princess Yasmela, who is little more than a damsel in distress here).
Hellblazer #43. Garth Ennis continues to make this book his own; no little feat considering that Jamie Delano had done a very good job over the course of its first few years.
Infinity Gauntlet #1. Bought it out of nostalgia for Warlock and the gang, but try as I might I couldn't get excited about this series. Yes, it had a Jim Starlin story and George perez art... the chefs are definitely not to blame, but the dish itself is an overly familiar one. I wish Warlock, Gamora, Thanos and Pip had stayed dead, honestly. (The only Warlock reincarnation that I really enjoyed was the one from Annihilation: conquest and the Guardians of the Galaxy title that followed it, but alas that one got offed pretty quickly too).
Legion of Super-heroes #20. We finally learn what happened at Venado Bay, a particularly traumatic event in the life of several of our characters. That's another one I would have left well enough alone; Venado Bay was more interesting as a war story everyone refers to than as as a war story we can witness.
Marvel Comics Presents #80-81. Bought for Windsor-Smith's art and the origin of Wolverine's adamantium skeleton. I preferred the art to the story.
S.H.I.E.L.D. #25. Sure, it's a retread of old stuff... but it's competent, and I like Guice's artwork on this series.
Sandman #28. What to say? This comic was a wonder.
Swamp Thing #109. This one was not.
X-Men #278. We take an unfortunate break from Jim Lee's art, but at least the issue is drawn by Paul Smith, a favourite X-Men alumnus.
X-Factor #68. I like Whilce Portacio's art, but the initial X-Factor concept is just so bad...
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Post by SJNeal on May 10, 2021 21:20:04 GMT -5
Adventures of Superman #480
Flash #52
Green Lantern #14
Justice League America Annual #5
Star Trek: TNG #21
Star Trek: Modala Imperative #1
Superman #57
Superman: Man of Steel #1
Wonder Woman #56
Avengers #334
Avengers West Coast #72
Dr. Strange: Sorcerer Supreme #31
Infinity Gauntlet #1 (My Marvel Universe knowledge was still pretty limited, but IG drew me in completely, despite being confusing as hell. It made me want to know who all these characters were and what their story was.)
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Post by shaxper on May 10, 2021 21:32:23 GMT -5
Infinity Gauntlet #1 (My Marvel Universe knowledge was still pretty limited, but IG drew me in completely, despite being confusing as hell. It made me want to know who all these characters were and what their story was.) Definitely one of the weirder starts for a major company-wide event in that we were already in the final act by the time of issue #1. Thanos had already won, and most of us had no idea what had happened! |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 11, 2021 12:46:41 GMT -5
May 1991
Alpha Flight Special #1This I got for Her. I didn't get this at the time it came out. I discovered Her from Claremont doing FF when they started the title over in 96 I think. Plus I like the Jackson Guise covers.
Batman: Full Circle #1Another one bought after it's initial release. I went through a spell of buying lots of Batman one-shot/prestige format books. Mostly for Elseworlds but I was buying pretty much anything. I imagine it wasn't very impressive, as the only thing I can remember is the nice Alan Davis art.
Deathlok #1 I thought that this was an entirely new character. His look intrigued me, as I was sure if this was going to be a bad based on his appreance. You know, literally judging a book by it's cover. I for the most part enjoyed following the title till it's end. Though I do think I am missing a handful of issues.
Ghost Rider #15 [Variant] One of my favorite books from the 90's I liked Danny Ketch as the Ghost Rider. The stories and art for the most part stayed at least steady with a lot of high points. (I mean who doesn't want to see X-Men and Ghost Rider fight the Brood with Salvador Larocca art?)
Infinity Gauntlet #1 I bought this in 1994 after having read the Baxter reprints of Warlock. Easily the best Starlin cosmic story with "Infinity" in the title. (As there are many more by now.) I know I am in the minority but I think reading the prelude issues in Silver Surfer with Ron Lim art I would have much preferred he do the entire Infinity Gauntlet. Not that George Perez art was bad by any means, just a personal preference. Jim Starlin does great cosmic writing, and Ron Lim does great cosmic visuals.
Marvel Comics Presents #80, #81I don't remember much about Weapon X other than the amazing art. Maybe should go back and try it out again.
New Warriors #13I don't remember this particular issue, but the first 50 issues of this title was good to great. It seemed it dropped off drastically when Fabian Nicieza left the title. The art wasn't Mark Bagley after around #30 or so, and that made it suffer. I don't remember them really having a steady artist after he left.
Punisher:P.O.V. #1 Jim Starlin AND Bernie Wrightson on Punisher!! shutupandtakemymoneymeme.jpg Bernie as always on point with his art. And this one the story was just what his talents are for. A grotesque monster is loose and on the rampage. And then there's vampires and vampire hunters. Along with the Kingpin somewhere in there if I remember right. Honestly it reminded me a lot of the Hooky GN they both did with Spider-man and a similar creature.
Sensational She-Hulk #29 I bought almost the entirety of this series from one shop back around 2002. My wife was in the hospital and I knew I'd need something to occupy my mind so I went to a local shop and found about 40 of the 50 something issue title. This is one particularly humorous story where Louis Simonson pokes fun at comics, guest star etiquette and breaking the fourth wall.
Silver Surfer #51 This is an Infinity Gauntlet tie that has something to do with Galactus preparing to confront Thanos. But that's about all I remember.
Spider-Man #12 I know it's not a popular opinion here but I actually liked McFarlane on Spidey. His strong suit was art over story, but I still enjoyed the stories he did, like you would a popcorn flick or some camp movie. Spiderman teams up with Wolverine to find Wendigo whose is suspected to be the killer they have been looking for. But Wolverine figures out something otherwise and now they have to save Wendigo.
Wolverine #41, 42 This was a Morlock story with Cable and Sabertooth in it. I mostly bought these (or kept buying the title, however you want to say it) for Mark Silvewtri's art. Thought it was well suited for Wolverine's title. But I don't remember much of the story.
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Post by badwolf on May 11, 2021 13:15:32 GMT -5
I bought:
Animal Man #35
Cages #2
Doom Patrol #44
Elementals #16-17
Hellblazer #41
Horobi Part 2 #7
Knights of Pendragon #11
Sandman #26
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 11, 2021 14:15:37 GMT -5
Punisher:P.O.V. #1 Jim Starlin AND Bernie Wrightson on Punisher!! shutupandtakemymoneymeme.jpg Bernie as always on point with his art. And this one the story was just what his talents are for. A grotesque monster is loose and on the rampage. And then there's vampires and vampire hunters. Along with the Kingpin somewhere in there if I remember right. Honestly it reminded me a lot of the Hooky GN they both did with Spider-man and a similar creature. Wasn't Hooky by Wrightson and Susan Putney? |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 11, 2021 15:35:10 GMT -5
Punisher:P.O.V. #1 Jim Starlin AND Bernie Wrightson on Punisher!! shutupandtakemymoneymeme.jpg Bernie as always on point with his art. And this one the story was just what his talents are for. A grotesque monster is loose and on the rampage. And then there's vampires and vampire hunters. Along with the Kingpin somewhere in there if I remember right. Honestly it reminded me a lot of the Hooky GN they both did with Spider-man and a similar creature. Wasn't Hooky by Wrightson and Susan Putney? You are correct. I don't know why I was thinking it was Starlin. It's at that part of the day where it's too late for more coffee and too early for wine.  |
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 11, 2021 16:05:32 GMT -5
I bought: Animal Man #45 Cages #2 Doom Patrol #44 Elementals #16-17 Hellblazer #41 Horobi Part 2 #7 Knights of Pendragon #11 Sandman #26 Animal Man #45 was cover dated March 1992. |
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Post by badwolf on May 11, 2021 17:19:31 GMT -5
I bought: Animal Man #45 Cages #2 Doom Patrol #44 Elementals #16-17 Hellblazer #41 Horobi Part 2 #7 Knights of Pendragon #11 Sandman #26 Animal Man #45 was cover dated March 1992. Did I look up the wrong year? I got these from mycomicshop. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 12, 2021 11:38:11 GMT -5
Animal Man #45 was cover dated March 1992. Did I look up the wrong year? I got these from mycomicshop. Perhaps you meant Animal Man #35, which would have had a May 1991 cover date, but would probably have shipped a couple of months before that? The other items on your list seem to have May 1991 cover dates. If you want comics published in May 1991, the Newsstand feature on Mike's Amazing World is worth a look. |
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Post by badwolf on May 12, 2021 11:48:12 GMT -5
Just a typo I guess. Fixed.
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