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Post by berkley on Jan 20, 2015 11:00:52 GMT -5
Great artist alert! George Perez does Omac in # 61, Gray Morrow draws Madame Xanadu in # 65 and Joe Kubert gives us the Demon in # 66. In spite of the dislike I feel for Superman, I'm tempted to get those and some of the Starlin issues for the artwork. What did you think of #12, the Mister Miracle issue? |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 20, 2015 23:20:37 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for the Superman/Robin/Elongated Man issue...just so random. I also like when he teams up with The Metal Men for some reason. Oh yeah, that was a good one! (First issue I ever bought, too!) Curt Swan art, intangible villains, circuses... and the team-ups with more than one co-star always feel a little bit special too me. Berk: Despite the fairly stellar creative team - Englehart & Buckler - and the fact that I tend to like Mister Miracle regardless of who's writing him - Didn't do much for me. Certainly not up their with M.M.'s appearances in the Haney/Aparo Brave and the Bold. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 21, 2015 21:29:36 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for the Superman/Robin/Elongated Man issue...just so random. I also like when he teams up with The Metal Men for some reason. Oh yeah, that was a good one! (First issue I ever bought, too!) Curt Swan art, intangible villains, circuses... and the team-ups with more than one co-star always feel a little bit special too me. Berk: Despite the fairly stellar creative team - Englehart & Buckler - and the fact that I tend to like Mister Miracle regardless of who's writing him - Didn't do much for me. Certainly not up their with M.M.'s appearances in the Haney/Aparo Brave and the Bold. Looking up the Brave and the Bold last night I saw three Mister Miracle issues, 112, 118, & 128, I think they were. Are they all worth a look, would you say? I'm always sceptical about any New Gods appearances outside the Kirby books, but there have been a few decent ones here and there. I like what I've seen of Aparo's art, and these came well before the Bat-god era, so I'm hoping that aspect won't be too bad. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 22, 2015 0:02:08 GMT -5
Bronze Age Superman recommendations:
Action Comics 399 Superman is pulled into the future so that a classroom can study him alongside other historical figures - Lincoln, Custer, and Washington being the others. So as not to disrupt history, Superman has been plucked from a period in time moments before his death. With the future breaking down around him, Superman decides to do what he's always known we expect him to do - die saving our planet.
Action Comics 507-508 A beautiful story in which Pa Kent's death is erased from history. I can't go into details without spoiling the story, but Pa takes full advantage of the opportunity to play a proactive role in his son's life for perhaps the last time.
DC Comics Presents 50 My favorite issue of the series and I'd say one of the best Superman stories out there. Superman is split into his two separate identities and knowledge of the fact that he used to be Clark Kent is taken from him. What results is a Superman who grows colder towards humanity and a Clark Kent who, having lost the need to hide behind a mild mannered façade, takes charge of the situation.
DC Comics Presents 41 Superman teams up with the Joker. Art by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez.
Superman Annual 9 A Superman/Batman team-up penciled by Alex Toth. A really fun story with nice little character moments - Batman is left grousing at the end when Superman inadvertently exposes Batman's unusual penchant for practical jokes, for example - and one of those tales where the villain comes up with an unusual scheme so the good guys retaliate with an unusual plan to stop him.
World's Finest 271 Roy Thomas recaps the various origins Superman and Batman had been given throughout their history and ties them into a cohesive whole. There's a nice little plot to go along with all of this as well tying in with Superman's inability to recall a figure who ties in with one of their earliest adventures.
Superman 296-299 An amazing story already recommended elsewhere on here.
Superman 400 A true celebration in that the various stories contained within treat Superman as literally a legendary figure recalled by those who need him and/or love him most. Although his presence is felt throughout the comic, Superman himself is only glimpsed.
Superman 416 A great Luthor tale told from both a modern perspective and that of Superman aged 130.
Superman: Last Son of Krypton and Superman: Miracle Monday Written by Elliot Maggin in such detailed fashion that you'd think Superman actually once lived. The types of books you wish would go on forever. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 22, 2015 0:15:54 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that was a good one! (First issue I ever bought, too!) Curt Swan art, intangible villains, circuses... and the team-ups with more than one co-star always feel a little bit special too me. Berk: Despite the fairly stellar creative team - Englehart & Buckler - and the fact that I tend to like Mister Miracle regardless of who's writing him - Didn't do much for me. Certainly not up their with M.M.'s appearances in the Haney/Aparo Brave and the Bold. Looking up the Brave and the Bold last night I saw three Mister Miracle issues, 112, 118, & 128, I think they were. Are they all worth a look, would you say? I'm always sceptical about any New Gods appearances outside the Kirby books, but there have been a few decent ones here and there. I like what I've seen of Aparo's art, and these came well before the Bat-god era, so I'm hoping that aspect won't be too bad. Bob Haney is generally excused from continuity-or-paying-attention-to-anyone-else's-storylines but the Mister Miracle books ain't bad. Although I generally like Mister Miracle in every incarnation - He's not like Orion where it seems very few creators "get" him. And the Haney/Aparo Brave and the Bold is one of my all-time favorite superhero runs - Simply the best plotted run of superhero books ever, for my money. And Batman is at his least Bat-God-y, he's a fairly normal not-very-effective superhero who just wants desparately to help. And Jim Aparo gets to draw EVERYTHING - With a huge variety of settings, plots, even genres this series gives you a better range of Aparo's talent than any other. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Feb 8, 2015 20:22:03 GMT -5
Curious if Dixon's Nightwing from the mid 90's is worth the read. I have a guy locally that has the first ish plus #26-70 or so that he is looking to trade/sell and I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile read.
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Post by Pharozonk on Feb 8, 2015 20:23:03 GMT -5
Curious if Dixon's Nightwing from the mid 90's is worth the read. I have a guy locally that has the first ish plus #26-70 or so that he is looking to trade/sell and I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile read. I think the Dixon run is very solid throughout. The rest of the series ranges from mediocre(Wolfman) to plain bad(Grayson, Jones). |
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Post by fanboystranger on Feb 8, 2015 20:25:49 GMT -5
Curious if Dixon's Nightwing from the mid 90's is worth the read. I have a guy locally that has the first ish plus #26-70 or so that he is looking to trade/sell and I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile read. People seem to love that book, but I don't get it. Dixon turns in his usual solid job, but there's nothing really special about the series, in my opinion. It may be my general dislike for Scott McDaniel's art that's coloring my judgment. I guess it depends on how you feel about Scott's art more than anything else. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 9, 2015 0:03:47 GMT -5
Curious if Dixon's Nightwing from the mid 90's is worth the read. I have a guy locally that has the first ish plus #26-70 or so that he is looking to trade/sell and I was wondering if it would be a worthwhile read. I liked what I've read of it... nothing earth-shattering, but I recall it being a pretty solid read. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2015 4:58:03 GMT -5
I just stumbled across the fac tthat Dark Horse did an anthology series, Cheval Noir that featured a lot of Euro series in translation when I was looking into Druillet's Lone Sloane. Has anyone read any of these issues (it ran for 40+ issues I believe)? Opinons?Wwhat kind of stuff was presented? Are the translations good? Worth tracking down? Any particular issues that I should keep an eye out for?
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Post by badwolf on Mar 5, 2015 7:34:40 GMT -5
I just stumbled across the fac tthat Dark Horse did an anthology series, Cheval Noir that featured a lot of Euro series in translation when I was looking into Druillet's Lone Sloane. Has anyone read any of these issues (it ran for 40+ issues I believe)? Opinons?Wwhat kind of stuff was presented? Are the translations good? Worth tracking down? Any particular issues that I should keep an eye out for? -M I have a couple issues. I don't really remember why I bought those specifically, not that they don't have good material, but the stories are mostly serialized so it isn't much use to have a couple single installments. One of them has part of Jodorowsky & Moebius' "Madwoman of the Sacred Heart"...I think there was also some of Bolland's "Mr Mamoulian" in there as well. I wish I'd followed it more and if I had a chance to get a lot of them for a good price, I'd go for it. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Mar 5, 2015 9:46:29 GMT -5
I just stumbled across the fac tthat Dark Horse did an anthology series, Cheval Noir that featured a lot of Euro series in translation when I was looking into Druillet's Lone Sloane. Has anyone read any of these issues (it ran for 40+ issues I believe)? Opinons?Wwhat kind of stuff was presented? Are the translations good? Worth tracking down? Any particular issues that I should keep an eye out for? -M It's mostly known for Madwoman of the Sacred Heart, which is excellent but has also been reprinted in a variety of formats. |
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Post by badwolf on Mar 5, 2015 9:54:34 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, I probably got them for the covers (Yoshitaka Amano and Charles Vess).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2015 5:26:00 GMT -5
I have a small stack, haven't read a single one yet.
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Post by Cei-U! on Mar 18, 2015 9:48:07 GMT -5
I'm considering picking up either Busiek's original run of Thunderbolts or Ostrander's Heroes for Hire when I hit Emerald City later this month. What's the general consensus on these series? I'm a big fan of Kurt's Avengers run and of Ostrander's Suicide Squad and Spectre. Are these comparable in quality?
Cei-U!
I summon the information gap!
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