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Post by badwolf on Oct 18, 2019 8:52:16 GMT -5
For pre-Crisis, my favorite would be Conway-Dillin-Perez era.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Oct 18, 2019 9:03:02 GMT -5
JLI up to around issue 40 or so is one of my all-time favorite comic runs.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 9:32:33 GMT -5
JLI up to around issue 40 or so is one of my all-time favorite comic runs. Being dependent on UK reprints at the time, I am not sure if I got to issue 40. What happened after that and how did you feel about it? |
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 18, 2019 11:19:53 GMT -5
Very close between the JLI era and the Morrison run, but I went with the JLI era. It's just so much fun! Silly fun but still fun.
Overall, I like the Satellite Era the best. Especially maybe #111 through #195 or maybe though #224.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Oct 18, 2019 11:49:26 GMT -5
Being dependent on UK reprints at the time, I am not sure if I got to issue 40. What happened after that and how did you feel about it? I was just using that number off the top of my head...it introduced a silly (but still somewhat entertaining) character called General Glory around that time, and Dematteis/Giffen left the series not long afterwards.
That series was pure magical fun to me when I discovered it about a year after it had debuted...I credit it with me starting to like DC more than Marvel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 12:25:04 GMT -5
Ah, I must have bailed out before that time. I think maybe the last issue I read had G'nort and the JLI in space. JLI issues didn't reach my area back then, it was actually reprinted in a Superman title (the title reprinted Byrne/Ordway's Superman and JLI). The title eventually dropped the JLI reprints and just went with pure, unadulterated Superman. Incidentally, the UK Superman title began in 1988, initially reprinting Byrne's Man of Steel. Initially fortnightly, it became monthly with its 20th issue - and increased its page count. From issue 20 onwards, it reprinted Superman, post-Crisis Green Lantern, and JLI. This was the first issue to feature all 3 strips:  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 15:04:26 GMT -5
Very close between the JLI era and the Morrison run, but I went with the JLI era. It's just so much fun! Silly fun but still fun. Overall, I like the Satellite Era the best. Especially maybe #111 through #195 or maybe though #224. My problem with JLI it was too much fun and I had a hard time enjoying it. The Justice League International had Guy Gardner and he's not my favorite member at all and that alone kills my enjoyment. It was too much fun and I just can't cope with that. Sorry. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 0:27:51 GMT -5
Morrison's JLA, but the JLI era is also one of my favorite runs. I think that both runs were also of almost perfect lengths. Even as a fan of JLI, I don't now how many more issues I needed of super-hero sitcom month after month. And with Morrison, the non-stop pace of world-ending threat after world-ending threat eventually numbs you to world-ending threats. Plus, if you read his JLA from start to finish, his throw-away cool ideas start to seem like they come from a random cool idea generator. I'm fine with a smattering of the things, but after I hear enough of them, I start thinking "Yeah, there must be some cool stories to be told about this, but dang it, this is the seventh one with no follow-up. Thank you, Grant, for sparking my imagination, but *I'm* not the professional comics writer. Give me some follow-up!"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 5:41:13 GMT -5
When I first picked up a JLI issue (in the aforementioned UK reprint title), I was disappointed before reading it. Where was Superman? Wonder Woman? Flash? Hal Jordan's Green Lantern? These were original members. And where was Aquaman?
But after one issue, I was hooked. And PLEASED that the spotlight was being shone on superheroes of lesser renown. And we had Batman.
Someone told me that the editors had to fight hard to get Bats. He told me they were refused Supes, WW, Aquaman, Flash, and Hal Jordan. In retrospect, if that is true, I'm glad. It was great getting to know Mister Miracle, Guy Gardner, Blue Beetle, etc. Doctor Fate, who I do like, felt more like a reserve member, though. Other than the battle against the Gray Man, I don't recall him doing much else.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 6:41:49 GMT -5
One thing that took me by surprise in the JLA Morrison Era is the creation of Tomorrow Woman and that's was a nice change of pace for this reader to enjoy.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 10:27:31 GMT -5
I really wish that, in the 80s, we'd seen a Justice League/Defenders crossover. Wish DC and Marvel had done more crossovers. Actually, throw the Champions in there too!
The story could have been called "Championing and Defending Justice".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 10:34:38 GMT -5
I really wish that, in the 80s, we'd seen a Justice League/Defenders crossover. Wish DC and Marvel had done more crossovers. Actually, throw the Champions in there too! The story could have been called "Championing and Defending Justice". I wanted a Justice Society/Invaders team up... |
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 19, 2019 12:23:37 GMT -5
I really wish that, in the 80s, we'd seen a Justice League/Defenders crossover. Wish DC and Marvel had done more crossovers. Actually, throw the Champions in there too! The story could have been called "Championing and Defending Justice". I wanted a Justice Society/Invaders team up... Or an All-Star Squadron/Invaders team up. Of course Roy Thomas would have to write it. Heck, he could even throw in the Liberty Legion! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2019 12:55:34 GMT -5
I wanted a Justice Society/Invaders team up... Or an All-Star Squadron/Invaders team up. Of course Roy Thomas would have to write it. Heck, he could even throw in the Liberty Legion! Freedom Fighters. All Winners Squad. |
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Post by profh0011 on Oct 19, 2019 15:14:40 GMT -5
Or an All-Star Squadron/Invaders team up. Of course Roy Thomas would have to write it. Heck, he could even throw in the Liberty Legion! It was kind of shocking, given Roy Thomas' obsession with all things "Golden Age"... but sometime back, I got ahold of the very 1st "FEMFORCE" comic-- a "SPECIAL" set in WW2. And it struck me as being MORE fun than all the Roy Thomas WW2 comics I'd ever read!
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