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Post by urrutiap on Mar 3, 2017 21:30:24 GMT -5
I have a personal favorite short story arc from Superman.
Crisis at Hand. It deals with spousal abuse.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Mar 3, 2017 22:01:48 GMT -5
Hmm this is a tough question but as a Spider-Man fan, I would have to go with Kraven's Last Hunt. It is just a gorgeously drawn and written story, with ties to classic lit that I appreciate.
Next to that, I have a great fondness for Simonson's Thor run. Just great fun and was really my first in depth exposure to Thor.
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Post by james on Mar 3, 2017 22:41:06 GMT -5
All time favorite storyline is Avengers 164-166. With FF 242-244 a close second.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Mar 3, 2017 23:37:35 GMT -5
Daredevil: Born Again. Full stop.
Over the course of his long association with Daredevil, Frank Miller has, like the betrayal of a close friend, left a lasting impression. When he returned to the character after a multi-year absence and at the top of his game, the results were explosive.
Born Again sees a creator returning not to coast on his laurels, but rather to burn everything down in the most insidiously methodical way imaginable. And then to force the character, on his own merits alone, to EARN his way back. #turkngrotto
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 0:26:48 GMT -5
Frank Miller's Batman Year One Story
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Mar 4, 2017 1:30:32 GMT -5
Captain America 153-156, the return of the 1950s Cap and Bucky( Booooooo! ).
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Post by berkley on Mar 4, 2017 3:00:38 GMT -5
Too many to mention them all at once, but the first MoKF Fu Manchu story by Moench and Gulacy is one of the first that springs to mind: technically it runs from MoKF #45 to 50 or something like that, but it actually extends much further back as a long-running sub-plot. It's a sign of its power that I only came in near the very end (#49) and didn't get to read the whole thing until managing to assemble all the back issues years later, but I still thought it was one of the best multi-issue comic book epics I'd ever come across.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 4, 2017 12:11:46 GMT -5
I did a whole review thread... classiccomics.org/thread/3892/manhunter-goodwin-simonson-review-thread...which pretty much covers why I think it's the single greatest adventure comic story and sums up why it's my favorite comic storyline period. It's classic pulp adventure, by a master of the form, combined with a young artist who was stretching his boundaries and experimenting. It's also just a damn good story, with a beginning, middle and end. For the most part, it doesn't go into superhero territory, as far as powers (apart from the healing ability). The story would have been at home in the pulp era, a James Bond movie, or the superhero comic in which it appeared (Detective Comics). The characters are mature, the fights have meaning, there is detective work, there are real emotions. It used 8 pages better than most series used 8 issues (especially these days). It's a lesson in visual storytelling. It's epic and it's personal. It even shares the stage with Batman and the new character upstages him. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 12:20:26 GMT -5
I don't know if I can truly choose between Batman: Year One and the Dark Knight Returns.
They are about the only comics I tend to read on a yearly basis.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 4, 2017 13:36:11 GMT -5
All time favorite storyline is Avengers 164-166. With FF 242-244 a close second. To me FF 242-244 is Byrnes finest hour on the book. |
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 4, 2017 14:15:58 GMT -5
The Master Planner Saga from Amazing Spider-Man #31-33.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 14:31:36 GMT -5
The Master Planner Saga from Amazing Spider-Man #31-33. That was great! |
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Post by nitramyeldud on Mar 4, 2017 15:07:41 GMT -5
Zenith
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Post by starscape on Mar 4, 2017 16:48:44 GMT -5
Ghost Rider 72-73. Ol'Flame-Head versus the Circus of Crime. It's not much of a battle but it's really the first time Ghost Rider becomes the true Spirit of Vengeance, rather than a super-hero. The entity that will become known as Zarathos breaks free of being just a weird-looking Johnny Blaze into a demon that positively revels in punishment.
Astonishingly good and massively under-rated.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 18:56:49 GMT -5
The Master Planner Saga from Amazing Spider-Man #31-33. That was great! Of all the Marvel Comics that I read - this one The Master Planner Saga was the Cream of the Crop and it's was a masterpiece of storytelling and art. |
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