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Post by The Captain on Dec 20, 2014 19:37:24 GMT -5
Captain America #113
Why this one? Because it's awesome.
I don't have a story about this book and why it is on my list. Stan Lee wrote it, Jim Steranko did the art, and I just enjoy every single delicious panel of the entire issue. |
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Post by Action Ace on Dec 20, 2014 19:58:52 GMT -5
CLASSIC COMICS CHRISTMAS #5
FLASH #0
"Flashing Back"
On Sale August 16, 1994 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Mike Weiringo Inked by Jose Marzan Edited by Brian Augustyn Cover by Mike Weiringo Mark Waid is my all time favorite super hero writer. I get the feeling every time he writes a story that he wrote the story just for me. If I took the stack of all my favorite comics of all time and separated them by author, his stack would dwarf the rest. This one is a particular favorite. In it, Wally is trying to make his way home through the time stream after the events of Zero Hour and witnesses various parts of his life. In previous issues Wally had talked about a relative that visited him as a kid and gave him a pep talk and hope. Of course, it turns out that the relative was the adult Wally West. Young Wally gets hope that his dreams will come true and Adult Wally feels good enough to complete the journey home. Young Wally has more than a bit of Mark Waid in him, and so do I and so do many other comic readers I imagine. CBR ran a Greatest Mark Waid Comics Ever feature a few years ago and asked the author to pick his choice. It was Flash #0. up next... my favorite Alan Moore issue
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2014 20:18:24 GMT -5
12 days of Classic Christmas #5
Avengers # 59
Roy Thomas
John Buscema
George Klein
1969
In comics , Couples are supposed to stay together. Lois lane is supposed to end up with Clark Kent. Reed and Susan are destined to be married. Since the beginning, heroes have had their designated love interests and they are part of the story. Along came Avengers # 59. I was a fan of the original Avengers and , to this day, the original team ( Thor, Iron man, Captain America, Wasp and Giant man) are “my” dream team. I was shocked when someone called Yellowjacket claims to kill Hank Pym and is accepted by Janet Van Dyne. Yeah , I now know it was a hoax perpetrated by a mentally unstable mind but that last page just floored my young mind. I thought Janet Was such a tramp for betraying Hank. Cmon, Janet, At least put up a fight.   Mind Blown. 
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Post by Confessor on Dec 20, 2014 20:35:28 GMT -5
#5 - Star Wars #31 (January 1980)  A couple of days ago when I chose Batman: The Killing Joke as my number 7 pick on day six, I told the story of how I had traveled up to London alone at age 15, to a tiny comic book shop called Paradise Alley to buy the book. I also mentioned that, while I was there, I picked up a couple of other Marvel comics. This issue was one of them. It's no secret around these parts that I'm a huge fan of Marvel's old Star Wars comic, which I've been "reading" since before I was old enough to properly read. But I was enjoying the series as UK black & white reprints. Among the rare wonders I found in Paradise Alley, while looking for The Killing Joke, were quite a few American issues of the Star Wars comic. I was really excited to have these very rare comics in front of me for sale (remember, this was pre-internet and such items were very rare and difficult to obtain, at least in my experience). Here were copies of some of my favourite comic stories ever, but instead of being in the usual black & white that I was accustomed to, these were in colour! These were the real deal! I wanted to buy them all, of course, but my funds were limited and so, I picked out a mere two issues, frustrated at not being able to afford more. The two issues I chose were #31 and #32, which told a two-part tale that saw Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca returning to the desert planet of Tatooine, a good three years before such a thing happened in the movies. I've gone with issue #31 instead of #32 as today's pick partly because it has a better cover. There was something utterly fascinating about the "Return to Tatooine!" story arc, seeing Luke going back home, after everything that had happened to him since he left. I also got a kick out of seeing Han and Chewie back in the Mos Eisley cantina too. So, you might ask, is this issue one of the best of the series? No, not really. Although it's certainly not a bad issue. The reason for me picking it today is that it was, along with the follow-up issue, the first proper U.S. edition of my joint-favourite series that I ever owned. By the mid-1990s I had managed to complete a collection of the entire U.S. Marvel run, but this issue will always be special to me for being the first American Star Wars comic that I owned.
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Post by Confessor on Dec 20, 2014 20:56:50 GMT -5
Stumbling back to 1989 where a junior high DubipR got his mind blown and scared of a comic.... Number 5ARKHAM ASYLUM: A SERIOUS HOUSE ON SERIOUS EARTH This was so amazing to see at the age of 14... it was creepy, dark and so fascinating to read. I was 18 when I read this for the first time in 1991 and, yeah, "creepy", "dark" and "fascinating" are exactly the words i would use to describe it. A fantastic read. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 20, 2014 21:00:10 GMT -5
I love the dewback on that cover! They're seriously one of my favorite Star Wars creatures, and although I know a lot of people hate the added effects in the Special Editions I loved seeing all those dinosaur like creatures in Mos Eisley make it to the screen.
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Post by metarog on Dec 20, 2014 21:06:39 GMT -5
5. Avengers #177 Marvel
This issue is both intriguing and a bit confusing… it features a slew of heroes pitted against Korvac who they believe has some world dominating scheme brewing. There is a massive battle with most of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy ultimately getting killed. The remaining heroes mount a last ditch attack on Korvac but is actually killed by the hesitant look on the face of his significant other Carina? Korvac’s death then upsets Carina so that she kills everybody else except Thor and then let’s herself get killed by his hammer. Moondragon later finds out that Korvac actually saved all the heroes with the last of his power. She also now knows that Korvac really had a benevolent plan for the world that now cannot come to pass. So several things went through my mind after reading the issue… chief among them was trying to figure out if Korvac was really going to do good or if this was a step in a bigger end game? Did the Avengers and GOTG jump the gun here and just assume Korvac was villainous based on his reputation? I think the writer is leading us to conclude that the Avengers/GOTG grossly misjudged the situation and ended up being the losers here. I could go on and on here but all the doubts I had about what was going on made this particular issue very memorable. Although I haven’t read it in some time now it was a story I kept thinking about and going over in my mind when it came out. It had a lot of action but a lot of thought and cleverness went into it as well. It is one of my favorites for showing me that you sometimes have to look deeper into situations before making final judgments-judgments that may lead to tragic consequences.
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2014 21:17:10 GMT -5
No story today. This comic speaks for itself: 5. Astro City #1/2 Without any hyperbole, I honestly believe that every fan of superhero comics needs to own a copy of this. If I had actually read a copy of the comic, this would easily have made my Top Five. Sigh. Cei-U! Hoist on me own petard! Kurt i might send you a copy of it. I thought it was just okay. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2014 21:20:32 GMT -5
 Daredevil #181 Apr 1982 “Last Hand” Frank Miller Klaus Janson If in 1986 Alan Moore changed the way comics were created, the innovation previous to that came in 1982 with Frank Miller and Daredevil, but only in a way a writer/artist could innovate. (And it could be argued a year later that Howard Chaykin seriously tweaked the form again with American Flagg.) We saw flashes of what was to come as Miller penciled a handful Roger McKenzie scripts . . .  . . . but it was only when he was free to tell darker tales that the storytelling changed. And not just in the art. While villains had been killed before, once one became a part of the supporting cast--and a love interest, as well--it was unheard of. The battle that followed, which ended in the death of Electra, caught me completely by surprise. I can honestly say it had been years since I reread a comic multiple times in the same sitting. And the first time in adulthood.  I never really bought how easily Bullseye beat Elektra. |
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Post by coke & comics on Dec 20, 2014 21:24:15 GMT -5
5. Avengers #177 Marvel
This issue is both intriguing and a bit confusing… it features a slew of heroes pitted against Korvac who they believe has some world dominating scheme brewing. There is a massive battle with most of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy ultimately getting killed. The remaining heroes mount a last ditch attack on Korvac but is actually killed by the hesitant look on the face of his significant other Carina? Korvac’s death then upsets Carina so that she kills everybody else except Thor and then let’s herself get killed by his hammer. Moondragon later finds out that Korvac actually saved all the heroes with the last of his power. She also now knows that Korvac really had a benevolent plan for the world that now cannot come to pass. So several things went through my mind after reading the issue… chief among them was trying to figure out if Korvac was really going to do good or if this was a step in a bigger end game? Did the Avengers and GOTG jump the gun here and just assume Korvac was villainous based on his reputation? I think the writer is leading us to conclude that the Avengers/GOTG grossly misjudged the situation and ended up being the losers here. I could go on and on here but all the doubts I had about what was going on made this particular issue very memorable. Although I haven’t read it in some time now it was a story I kept thinking about and going over in my mind when it came out. It had a lot of action but a lot of thought and cleverness went into it as well. It is one of my favorites for showing me that you sometimes have to look deeper into situations before making final judgments-judgments that may lead to tragic consequences. I love that story and the ambiguous ending. I think whether he was evil or not is meant to he unclear. I think of him as akin to a revolutionary, seeking to upset the existing balance of power. History usually decides which revolutionaries were heroes and which were villains. Was Korvac a George Washington or a Robesierre? We may never know. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 20, 2014 21:28:50 GMT -5
I have the story in trade, 'bone, but thanks for the offer.
Cei-U!
Signed by Busiek and Anderson, no less!
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 20, 2014 21:37:26 GMT -5
I have the story in trade, 'bone, but thanks for the offer. Cei-U! Signed by Busiek and Anderson, no less! I sent away for the Wizard Edition and Bought the reprint in a con. All of the Astro city comics are fun to read. |
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 20, 2014 21:50:12 GMT -5
Let me just say that I actually know Smokey. Well...kind of. My sister-in-law is a press liaison for the Department of the Interior. When they moved to D. C. my brother, who had been retired, took a job answering kids letters to Smokey. My big brother gets to ghost-write for Smokey the Bear. That's brilliant. What a hell of a job. PS. I also have a copy of that Four Color with Smokey. I found it in a dollar bin, lonely and unwanted, several years back. I knew it from Kurt's elevation of it from out obscurity on the previous go round of this exercise those many years ago. |
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 20, 2014 21:55:40 GMT -5
5. Avengers #177 Marvel
This issue is both intriguing and a bit confusing… it features a slew of heroes pitted against Korvac who they believe has some world dominating scheme brewing. There is a massive battle with most of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy ultimately getting killed. The remaining heroes mount a last ditch attack on Korvac but is actually killed by the hesitant look on the face of his significant other Carina? Korvac’s death then upsets Carina so that she kills everybody else except Thor and then let’s herself get killed by his hammer. Moondragon later finds out that Korvac actually saved all the heroes with the last of his power. She also now knows that Korvac really had a benevolent plan for the world that now cannot come to pass. So several things went through my mind after reading the issue… chief among them was trying to figure out if Korvac was really going to do good or if this was a step in a bigger end game? Did the Avengers and GOTG jump the gun here and just assume Korvac was villainous based on his reputation? I think the writer is leading us to conclude that the Avengers/GOTG grossly misjudged the situation and ended up being the losers here. I could go on and on here but all the doubts I had about what was going on made this particular issue very memorable. Although I haven’t read it in some time now it was a story I kept thinking about and going over in my mind when it came out. It had a lot of action but a lot of thought and cleverness went into it as well. It is one of my favorites for showing me that you sometimes have to look deeper into situations before making final judgments-judgments that may lead to tragic consequences. That's an issue I'll never forget either. I distinctly recall, as a naive kid after reading that comic, thinking that it was going to be the last ever Avengers comic. Marvel just went crazy and killed all their heroes. Even if they got up again they would never be the same because well... a moment ago they were all dead. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 21:57:26 GMT -5
Day 8 brings us pick #5 Some of the titles on my list are clearly there for personal reasons rather than any, shall we say, intrinsic value of the books themselves. Today's choice qualifies both ways. New Gods #7"The Pact" DC Feb 1971 Creator - Jack Kirby  It's been said that Jack Kirby helped create the Marvel Universe, then went on to reshape DC's. Certainly his Fourth World saga has been a major part of DC's universe since he introduced us to Darkseid, Apokolips and the rest. I remember the excitement when Kirby hit DC in the seventies, all these new characters, a broad epic going on. But at the very beginning, he wanted to hit the ground running, dropping us into the on-going struggle between Apokolips and New Genesis, leaving a lot of the backstory to unfold as we went. That's where this issue comes in. 'The Pact' set the plot of Orion vs. Darkseid aside for an issue, and took us back to show us how and why the conflict all started. We saw the first war between the New Gods, how it ended, and how that ending held the seeds for the current conflict. We saw a weary warrior find a new path, in a scene out of a Biblical epic.  We learned the origin of Highfather. We learned the secret origins of Orion and Mister Miracle, and we could never see those characters the same way again. We got a tale of terrible war, and a terrible price for peace. A tale of hope and betrayal, triumph and tragedy. I had a friend who'd bought the first issues of the New Gods, then dropped it. The day after I read 'The Pact' for the first 3 or 4 times, I couldn't wait to collar him and tell him all about it. And I guess my excitement for this book was contagious, since he went out and bought a copy. I don't know if readers who come to this book late, who already know all the revelations here, can appreciate just how big a deal it was. This book blew my mind. |
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