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Post by sabongero on Aug 15, 2020 16:53:06 GMT -5
Okay folks. I've seen a worst somewhere here back a few years ago. How about something positive. What are your favorite limited series that you have come across, whether it's 4-issue, 6-issue, 10-issue, 12-issue, etc. issues.
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Post by sabongero on Aug 15, 2020 16:56:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 17:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:05:30 GMT -5
I remember liking this series very much when it came out. Byrne never looked better than when inked by Karl Kessel. I'm almost afraid to read it again and lose the magic.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 15, 2020 18:08:08 GMT -5
 Guns of the Dragon (1998, 5 issues), which featured Enemy Ace teamed up with Bat Lash, and Biff Bradley (brother of Slam), on Dinosaur Island (fromthe War That Time Forgot), with Vandal Savage, a young Miss fear and Chop-Chop (both of Blackhawk fame and both homaging Terry and the Pirates). Just pulpy goodness from Tim Truman, who knows how to do that kind of thing. Where Monsters Dwell (2015, 5 issues) with the Phantom Eagle (following on Howard Chaykin's revamp of the character) for similar reasons. Any Hellboy mini from Mignola. Garry Gianni's Monstermen JSA: The Liberty Files Notice a trend here? JSA: The Golden Age Grendel Tales minis, from Dark Horse (take your pick) Sky Wolf, from the Eclipse Airboy series....  He goes treasure hunting in Indochina and ends up at Dien Bien Phu. The first Predator mini, from Dark Horse...  Watchmen Giver Me Liberty Marshal Law (take your pick there, too) Terminal City  and its direct sequel, Aerial Graffiti and meta-sequel Electropolis (which were all tied to Mister X) Jezebel Jade, from Comico's Jonny Quest  The Spider  Tim Truman modernizing the character. M, from Eclipse and Jon J Muth, adapting Fritz Lang  Mr Monster: Origins  Shadow: In the Coils of the Leviathan  Crash Ryan  Damage Control (I & II) The Thing (Dan Slott) Spider-Man and the Human Torch: I'm With Stupid Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty Justice Society Returns (a mosaic event, with the All-Star Comics bookends, and individual chapters reusing the names of classic Golden Age comics)  |
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Post by brutalis on Aug 15, 2020 18:12:18 GMT -5
Off the top of my head in remembering those that really meant more to me and I HAD TO HAVE...
No particular order than to separate into DC and Marvel.
Green Arrow the Long Bow Hinters
Hawk world
Sword of the Atom
Nathaniel Dusk
Kingdom Come
New Frontier
Atlantis Chronicles
Camelot 3000
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Marvels
Blaze of Glory
Sunset Riders
Hercules, Prince of Power
Infinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade
1602
Secret Wars
Annihilation
Annihilation Conquest
Darkwing Duck
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:17:49 GMT -5
I very much enjoyed this 3 issue mini chronicling Batman's history wrapped around a mystery. Of note was, I believe , this was John Byrnes first DC work and a kind of audition to walk away from Marvel. My understanding is Marvel signed him to an exclusive after the first issue. Aparo did the last 2 issues. I still have this mini and have to dig it out some day.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 18:23:21 GMT -5
I love THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE BATMAN. Such a great story, perhaps even underrated.
There was a Twitter spat a few years ago (social media is anti-social media, if you ask me) about whether the mini-series was canonical or not. From what I read, a few said it wasn’t, but those who seemed the most knowledgeable said it was canon. I’ve certainly never read anything to suggest it was apocryphal.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:25:16 GMT -5
This Thor Miniseries by Garth Ennis and Glen Fabry was shocking in its graphic violence as you would expect from Ennis. Thor gets owned like I never seen in any book before. Really something worth reading.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:27:22 GMT -5
I love THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE BATMAN. Such a great story, perhaps even underrated. There was a Twitter spat a few years ago (social media is anti-social media, if you ask me) about whether the mini-series was canonical or not. From what I read, a few said it wasn’t, but those who seemed the most knowledgeable said it was canon. I’ve certainly never read anything to suggest it was apocryphal. It was canon where they tried to tie everything that ever happened to Batman over the years in order to make sense. It was a Roy Thomaseque story. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:33:08 GMT -5
Off the top of my head in remembering those that really meant more to me and I HAD TO HAVE... No particular order than to separate into DC and Marvel. Green Arrow the Long Bow Hinters Hawk world Sword of the AtomNathaniel Dusk Kingdom Come New Frontier Atlantis Chronicles Camelot 3000 Crisis on Infinite EarthsMarvels Blaze of Glory Sunset Riders Hercules, Prince of PowerInfinity Gauntlet/War/Crusade 1602 Secret WarsAnnihilation Annihilation Conquest Darkwing Duck It's not a popular opinion but I really enjoyed the first Secret Wars mini. Hercules Prince of Power was really fun , the second one also. Crisis is historically important but it's weakened because they changed the universe so many times afterwards. The only thing I remember about Sword of the Atom was that his wife was caught banging another man in a car in front of his home. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 15, 2020 18:42:21 GMT -5
I enjoyed this mini very much. Whenever Adams does work that he doesn't write, it is a quality project. I feel the same about when Byrne does just the art for a book.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2020 23:37:34 GMT -5
There are so many, so let's do this somewhat alphabetically... Adam Strange (8 issue limited series circa 2004)  the arc is known as Planet Heist (as is the trade collection), and the plot revolves around Adam trying to return to Rand to find it missing... Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (12 issue maxi series circa 1983)  great little fantasy/super-hero epic The Atlantis Chronicles (7 issue mini circa 1990)  fantasy epic history of DC's Atlantis (at that time) Anything Goes (6 issue mini circa 1986)    anthology title with lots of great content by some legendary creators, done as a fund raiser Amazing High Adventure (5 issue mini series circa 1984)   another anthology series with lots of great content, all adventure stories Abraham Stone (2 issue mini, prestige format, circa 1995 from Epic collecting material previously released)   Joe Kubert, 'nuff said so that's the A's... -M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2020 0:06:11 GMT -5
a few B's for consideration... Batman Black and White (4 issue mini circa 1996)  and 6 issue mini circa 2012  anthology series with short Batman stories by various creative teams in b&w, lots of great stuff Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (4 issue mini circa 1986)  Miller's classic future take on Batman Bug: Adventures of a Forager (6 issue mini circa 2017)  Mike Allred channeling his inner Kirby Black Beetle (4 issue mini circa 2012)  Francavilla doing pulp noir adventure Book of Ballads and Sagas (4 issue series circa 1996)   Charles Vess and friends adapting classic ballads and sagas into comic form, amazing stuff Book of Night (3 issue series circa 1987)  more Vess, collecting short pieces by Vess from various previous publications Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (4 issues circa 2013)  Chaykin does Buck Rogers, need I say more... 'Breed (6 issue mini-series circa 1994, 'Breed II (6 issue mini series circa 1995) and 'Breed III (7 issue mini-series circa 2011)   Starlin's story about a demon half-breed Vietnam vet in an epic struggle against a demonic invasion of our world that eventually brings in many of his creator-owned characters (Dreadstar, Wyrd, etc.) in the final arc Black Dragon (6 issues circa 1985)  Claremont/Bolton epic fantasy... and that wraps up B... -M |
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Post by sabongero on Aug 16, 2020 3:31:43 GMT -5
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