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Post by shaxper on Jun 22, 2019 23:18:39 GMT -5
Pssst...Make sure to check out the Advance Warning Thread before jumping in with your selection! Absolutely everyone is welcome to participate once you've read-up on the event.7. Juggernaut vs. Greymalkin Laneby Jack Kirby and Stan Lee X-Men #12 (July 1965) One thing Stan and Jack did best was deal us real people in superhero costumes, who often approached life (and had life approach them) in ways a little more realistic than had been previously portrayed on the comic book page. Enter Juggernaut, a terrifyingly powerful nemesis the idea of which even leaves Professor Xavier trembling. So, while the Juggernaut spends 26 pages assaulting Greymalkin Lane and combating its defenses, the X-men...don't show. They sit the battle out, cringing inside Xavier's office and awaiting the inevitable, as Kirby turns on the terrifying awe. In any other comic book prior to this moment, the heroes would have run out to fight without a moment's hesitation. But here, having them tremble in abject horror as the mansion's automated systems do the fighting (and losing) for them, it left an awesome impression that no follow-up second part could have ever possibly lived up to. Truly, the Juggernaut has never been done as well as in these 26 pages, where we couldn't even catch a clear sight of him.  
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 0:03:51 GMT -5
Conan vs. The Frost Giants by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord (Conan #2, 2004) Cary Nord's Conan fights were vicious, brutal and compelling. Several stand out, but Conan's battle with the Frost Giants was (pardon the pun) head and shoulders above many of the others...    -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 3:37:17 GMT -5
7. Thor VS Juggernaut from The Mighty Thor #411 (1989)Talk about the irresistible force meeting the immovable object! Mjolnir has no effect on Juggy:  When a guy can stop Mjolnir in its tracks, be afraid. Be very afraid. Mjolnir aside, the two guys got engaged in very brutal fisticuffs:  I can't find too many high-quality panels. But I can state that this was a "no holds barred" scrap. These guys threw everything they had at each other. Thor was no pushover (of course), but this tale scarily reminded me of how invulnerable Juggy is. And how victories against him are Pyrrhic victories at best. He's not unstoppable, but he's near-unstoppable.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 23, 2019 5:08:44 GMT -5
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Post by rberman on Jun 23, 2019 8:40:20 GMT -5
7. Daredevil vs Sub-Mariner (Daredevil #7, Stan Lee/Wally Wood, 1965): Anti-hero beats hero. The Atlantean general Krang goads Namor into trying to reclaim the surface world. First Namor unsuccessfully engages the services of lawyer Matt Murdock to sue humanity for reparations. Then Namor thinks he can get his day in court by trashing New York City. Daredevil and Namor have their first fracas, which Namor handily wins but then saves DD from drowning. That fight is great, but there's more to come. Namor’s court appearance goes as poorly as you’d think, and soon he’s rampaging again upon news that Krang is staging a coup back in Atlantis. This leads to a second lengthy fight in which DD pulls some clever tricks, like holding on to Namor’s winged ankles so he can’t fly away, but the outcome is exactly as it should be: The much stronger Namor creams poor Daredevil. If you’re looking for a single issue to showcase the combination of strength, nobility, and headstrong foolishness that characterizes the Sub-Mariner, this is the one. 
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 23, 2019 8:41:40 GMT -5
Number 7 is Grendel (Hunter Rose) vs Argent, from Devil by the Deed. Argent is a cursed Algonquin indian, trapped in a werewolf form. Hunter Rose is a genius master criminal who has outwitted the police at every turn, murdered and intimidated the criminal world and been a law unto himself. Both are outmaneuvered by a little girl, who puts them on a collision course, on a rooftop. What followed was an impressionistic ballet of violence...  The fight is final for one and crippling for the other. |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 23, 2019 10:34:12 GMT -5
Number 7 is Grendel (Hunter Rose) vs Argent, from Devil by the Deed. Argent is a cursed Algonquin indian, trapped in a werewolf form. Hunter Rose is a genius master criminal who has outwitted the police at every turn, murdered and intimidated the criminal world and been a law unto himself. Both are outmaneuvered by a little girl, who puts them on a collision course, on a rooftop. What followed was an impressionistic ballet of violence... The fight is final for one and crippling for the other. Great choice! A different version of this battle made my honorable mentions. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 23, 2019 11:12:41 GMT -5
7. Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Warlord vs. the Seattle underworldGreen Arrow #28 On a rare trip to the surface world, Travis Morgan - aka The Warlord - stops by Seattle, where he is repeatedly attacked by people who mistake him for Green Arrow due to the fact that they look almost exactly alike. Ollie and Travis have a sit down to talk about this, when suddenly half the crooks in Seattle show up. After having just all gotten their asses kicked by Warlord, they are hellbent on finishing off Green Arrow once and for all - again, the whole mistaken identity thing. This results in a massive shootout complete with rocket launchers and arrows. In the end, though, it's Warlord who wins the day in an unlikely joust between a man with a sword and an angry car.  
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 23, 2019 14:45:27 GMT -5
7. HULK VS. EVERYBODYThe Incredible Hulk #139 - "Many Foes Has the Hulk!"Written by Roy ThomasArt by Herb Trimpe and Sam GraingerThe Hulk fights everybody in this one! But not really. The Leader kicks up a plan to make the Hulk think he is fighting all his enemies, one by one. This non-stop array of adversaries will eventually give the Hulk a heart attack! So he convinces the trusting fools at the base - Ross and Talbot - that they should give him access to their technology and then he will destroy the Hulk for them. Ross gets permission from President Richard Nixon and the base is turned over to the Leader and he uses the tech at hand to give the Hulk hallucinations, and so the Hulk fights them one by one - the Sandman, the Mandarin, Iron Man, the Rhino, the Missing Link, the Abomination, the Sub-Mariner - until eventually even the mighty Hulk finds himself breathing hard and his chest is pounding. And I forgot to mention that Betty Ross was turned to glass in the previous issue (she gave a blood transfusion to the Sandman … but that's a whole other story!) and she is at a hospital on the base and as the Hulk and the fighting gets closer and closer, the shaking ground creates a danger that her fragile form will be shaken to bits and she will die! Oh no! But fortunately Jim Wilson sneaks on to the base and saves the day and the hallucinations stop and the Hulk just leaves and Betty is shaken to pieces and the Leader ends up in a comatose state. Roy Thomas wrote his Hulk masterpiece with this one and Sam Grainger competes more than admirably with all the other great inkers that worked with Herb Trimpe on his long and impressive run on the Hulk.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 23, 2019 15:14:37 GMT -5
# 7. Superman/Batman # 4 (2004) by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness & Dexter Vines  President Luthor (still one of the best ideas ever) blames a huge speeding kryptonite asteroid headed towards Earth on Superman and Batman. The JSA send Shazam and Hawkman to stop them. Despite the weak premise of the story, it gives us Superman vs Hawkman and this really memorable moment for my man, Hawkman.
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Post by brianf on Jun 23, 2019 16:07:20 GMT -5
#7 Marvel Premiere #46
David Anthony Kraft & George PerezMan-Wolf vs Tyrk A favorite run of comics since I was a kid, I'm stoked the 70's Man-Wolf is getting collected this year    |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 23, 2019 16:25:46 GMT -5
# 7. Superman/Batman # 4 (2004) by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness & Dexter Vines
Squeaking in just in time is my own pick featuring Hawkman.... Hawkman Versus Terrorists Kyle Baker Wednesday Comics Hawkman has always been a favorite of mine based purely on visuals...I mean just look at him he's a guy with a cool mask and amazing, majestic wings. Ever since I was a kid that visual just grabbed me even if the stories he was in weren't always that great. And while there were a lot of Hawkman battles rendered beautifully by Joe Kubert that I considered I ultimately went with this scene from Wednesday Comics(It was 2009 so it counts!) by Kyle Baker because I think he just captured that feeling of the joy of flight the best.  On Top of that though is the charm he brought to Hawkman, the way he smiles at the little kid in the plane who notices him and motions him to be quiet and then the thumbs up signal he gives when the kid buckles his seat belt are just neat touches that make for a really cinimatic scene.  And then of course is the fact that birds aid him in entering the plane! Just an awesome scene all around. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 23, 2019 17:23:45 GMT -5
7. Thor VS Juggernaut from The Mighty Thor #411 (1989)Talk about the irresistible force meeting the immovable object! Mjolnir has no effect on Juggy: When a guy can stop Mjolnir in its tracks, be afraid. Be very afraid. Mjolnir aside, the two guys got engaged in very brutal fisticuffs: I can't find too many high-quality panels. But I can state that this was a "no holds barred" scrap. These guys threw everything they had at each other. Thor was no pushover (of course), but this tale scarily reminded me of how invulnerable Juggy is. And how victories against him are Pyrrhic victories at best. He's not unstoppable, but he's near-unstoppable. [ I’m ashamed to say that I have this but have never read it.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 23, 2019 17:40:07 GMT -5
Green Lantern #49 Hal Jordan Vs. the Green Lantern Corps Ron Marz/Fred Haynes   I know it's not the majority opinion, but really enjoyed how well Hal's descent into madness (and eventual redemption) was handled, and this fight is the epitome of that madness... Hal tearing through his friends because he knows it's not for real.. once he gets enough power he's going to 'make everything right' Classic stuff. Plus, that cover! |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 23, 2019 22:42:59 GMT -5
It may not be popular but I’m with you. I loved Hal as Parallax and if people had been following, it didn’t just come out of nowhere. Hal had been on a rough path for a while; yeah he snapped, but I could understand where he was coming from, that’s why he made such a good villain / anti-hero.
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