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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 13:08:47 GMT -5
In keeping with the tradition we enjoy when looking back 30 and 40 years ago, what were you reading 10 years ago this month? Titles on Sale July 2005This was right before I (briefly) returned to reading new comics between 2005 and 2011, largely on the DC side. Still, there are a few here that I picked up off the shelves, in back issue bins, or via trades when I started reading again three or four months after this. All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #1 Authority:Revolution #10 Batman #642 Chronicles of Conan Vol. 8 TPB Day of Vengeance #4 DC Special:The Return of Donna Troy #2 Detective Comics #808 Green Lantern #3 Rann/Thanagar War #3 Seven Soldiers:Guardian #3 Seven Soldiers:Zatanna #3 Ultimate Iron Man #3 Wonder Woman #219 Wonder Woman #219 [Variant] (it was impossible to get the first printing of this one at the time, as that was the big issue where WW killed Maxwell Lord)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 13:22:03 GMT -5
I didn't read much Comics back then, but using the list that you've provided here ... I read faithfully these books/hard covers/etc below.
JLA #116 JLA:Classified #10 JSA:Classified #1 Justice League Unlimited #11 - That's was so cool Marvel Masterworks X-Men, the Series. Plastic Man #17 Rann/Thanagar War #3 Space Ghost TPB World's Greatest Super-Heroes HC
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2015 13:28:49 GMT -5
I'm thinking I'll wait until the 40 years thread gets here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 13:30:42 GMT -5
What I bought at the time...
Conan 18 Essential Killraven tpb House of M 4 (god forgive me) Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere 2 New Avengers 9 (again god forgive me) Seven Soldiers Zatanna 3 Spellbinders 5
I had a bigger pull list than that at the time, but it seems some of the books I was getting at the time didn't ship in July. I have gotten a few more books form that month since then, but I was at the start of transitioning from floppies to trade waiting on a lot of stuff (like Fables, Lucifer, Y the Last Man, etc.) which affected what I bought at the time.
-M
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 13:43:24 GMT -5
House of M 4 (god forgive me) Ha! But not the Manhattan Guardian?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 13:55:45 GMT -5
House of M 4 (god forgive me) Ha! But not the Manhattan Guardian? I wasn't that impressed with Seven Soldiers overall (this was about when Morrison was falling from grace for me as I have detailed before), I bought all the #1s but only the Sook art and the character of Zatanna kept me buying the Zee book, I dropped the rest. -M
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Post by paulie on Jul 1, 2015 13:58:07 GMT -5
What I bought at the time... Conan 18 Essential Killraven tpb House of M 4 (god forgive me) Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere 2 New Avengers 9 (again god forgive me) Seven Soldiers Zatanna 3 Spellbinders 5 I had a bigger pull list than that at the time, but it seems some of the books I was getting at the time didn't ship in July. I have gotten a few more books form that month since then, but I was at the start of transitioning from floppies to trade waiting on a lot of stuff (like Fables, Lucifer, Y the Last Man, etc.) which affected what I bought at the time. -M I know that I am going to receive some sort of karmic payback for buying three years worth of Bendis' Avengers during 2009-2011. And I deserve it...
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 13:58:11 GMT -5
Ha! But not the Manhattan Guardian? I wasn't that impressed with Seven Soldiers overall (this was about when Morrison was falling from grace for me as I have detailed before), I bought all the #1s but only the Sook art and the character of Zatanna kept me buying the Zee book, I dropped the rest. -M Seven Soldiers was the storyline that made me decide that Morrison was a hack. I was obsessed with the series based upon all the building mystery and sense of a larger underlying concept as of yet to be revealed. Then we got to the ending, and no lose ends actually tied up in any shape or form; none of what was hinted at or implied actually ended up taking shape. I suddenly realized that this was the same crap Morrison had been peddling for years, and that I was sick of it.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 1, 2015 14:08:45 GMT -5
DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy #2 Defenders #1 Hawkman #42 House of M #3 & 4 JLA #116 JSA #75 JSA Classified #1 New Avengers #9 Nightwing #110 Omac Project #4 Rann/Thanagar War #3 Young Avengers #6
I sort of regret the New Avengers and definitely the House of M also.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 14:50:48 GMT -5
I remember my friend had this whole complex theory for how House of M would pan out, beginning with the "M" standing for "Mephisto". Needless to say, his idea was better than Marvel's.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 1, 2015 14:58:59 GMT -5
I remember my friend had this whole complex theory for how House of M would pan out, beginning with the "M" standing for "Mephisto". Needless to say, his idea was better than Marvel's. It would almost have to have been.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jul 1, 2015 15:37:08 GMT -5
I wasn't that impressed with Seven Soldiers overall (this was about when Morrison was falling from grace for me as I have detailed before), I bought all the #1s but only the Sook art and the character of Zatanna kept me buying the Zee book, I dropped the rest. -M Seven Soldiers was the storyline that made me decide that Morrison was a hack. I was obsessed with the series based upon all the building mystery and sense of a larger underlying concept as of yet to be revealed. Then we got to the ending, and no lose ends actually tied up in any shape or form; none of what was hinted at or implied actually ended up taking shape. I suddenly realized that this was the same crap Morrison had been peddling for years, and that I was sick of it. Man, I loved Seven Soldiers - I thought all the individual minis were good to very, very good. You could tell Morrison (and Tomasai, the editor) both researched and really enjoyed comics history, and some of them had some really smart stuff to say about gender rolls in mass media and poison nostalgia (in a Kim Deitch-y way) among lots of other stuff. And (again, the editor mostly) did a spectacular job of matching artists to subject matter. To me, how well the fictional reality hangs together is a lot less interesting/important than how the creator perceives/relates to the real world - and I consider Morrison the greatest mainstream comic writer of the last 20 years - he's a bright guy who uses mainstream comics to talk about the world around him in interesting ways. Still, I completely agree with you about the ending - but it was such a beautiful book that I barely cared.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 19:06:14 GMT -5
I consider Morrison the greatest mainstream comic writer of the last 20 years I can talk politics with Republicans, theology with fundamentalists, and civil rights with bigots, but I absolutely do not know how to proceed with this conversation...
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 1, 2015 19:14:32 GMT -5
Preach on, Shax! I remember getting really excited about Seven Soliders, and reading a few of the books, and going...'Huh??''
As to the topic at hand.. comics I definitely remember:
House of M (not sure exactly which, but a few) Fables Lucifer Young Avengers Ultimate Iron Man Ultimate Spiderman (maybe... this was around when I dropped it) Stardust Kid Villains United Rann-Thanagar War New X-Men: Hellions New Warriors
Probably a few more... this was at the tail end of having a pull list at the store
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 1, 2015 19:24:53 GMT -5
I can't believe some of these are 10 years old...I suddenly feel ancient.
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