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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 22, 2020 11:39:58 GMT -5
Bongo Comics (especially Radioactive Man if you're a Silver Age fan) I was looking at those awhile ago and trying to figure out what order they came out in, it's something where having a guide would help. In a similar vein there was Don Simpson's Megaton Man comics with that Silver Age vibe maxxed up to 11, or the originator... Gilbert Shelton's Wonder Warthog. Not Brrand Echh and DC's Inferior Five are also fun... plus C.C. Beck's three '60s issues of Fatman The Human Flying Saucer, and any of Wally Wood's Weed solo stories that ran in Dynamo (of the Thunder Agents)... and the '70s Joe Staton E-Man, and John Byrne's Rog 2000 which was a back-up in it. How does Marvel's later What The...?! stack up? I've been very tempted to investigate. Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham had back-ups of other characters, wish I could afford a set of those. Also Supergirl Adventures In the 8th Grade looked like it might be fun.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 22, 2020 12:21:05 GMT -5
Bongo Comics (especially Radioactive Man if you're a Silver Age fan) I was looking at those awhile ago and trying to figure out what order they came out in, it's something where having a guide would help. It was intentionally done that way in order to throw off collectors
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Post by jason on Apr 22, 2020 12:35:56 GMT -5
I found Justice League Europe (at least in the late 80s/early 90s) to be pretty fun too. Granted, there were some darker storylines and moments, but nothing to grim, at least the issues I read.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 22, 2020 13:39:12 GMT -5
Bongo Comics (especially Radioactive Man if you're a Silver Age fan) I was looking at those awhile ago and trying to figure out what order they came out in, it's something where having a guide would help. In a similar vein there was Don Simpson's Megaton Man comics with that Silver Age vibe maxxed up to 11, or the originator... Gilbert Shelton's Wonder Warthog. Not Brrand Echh and DC's Inferior Five are also fun... plus C.C. Beck's three '60s issues of Fatman The Human Flying Saucer, and any of Wally Wood's Weed solo stories that ran in Dynamo (of the Thunder Agents)... and the '70s Joe Staton E-Man, and John Byrne's Rog 2000 which was a back-up in it. How does Marvel's later What The...?! stack up? I've been very tempted to investigate. Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham had back-ups of other characters, wish I could afford a set of those. Also Supergirl Adventures In the 8th Grade looked like it might be fun. The numbers do progress, but as if it had been published since 1952. There is a mild continuity in the riginal mini; but, each issue is a satire of stories of that era: 1950s, 60s Marvel, 70s GL?GA, 80s, 90s Image. Later ones carry on the conceit. What The? is a little hit and miss; but, there are some good issues in there. Byrne parodies himself, with a Superman spoof, as Luthor pontificates on how Superman can't be Clark Kent, when he's right in front of him. Issue 19has a Doug Rice & Hilary Barta flip book of Dr Strange and Nick Fury, like in Strange Tales. Dr Strange is pretty good; but, Nick Fury is a brilliant send up of Steranko.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 22, 2020 14:00:02 GMT -5
Here's a guide for Radioactive Man: Ashcan, 1992: The original mini-series, from 1993: 1=#1, 2=#88, 3=#216, 4=#412, 5=#679, 6=1000 1995: 80 Pg Colossal #1 2001: 1=#100, 2=#222, 3=#136, 4=#4, 5=#575, 6=#106, 7=#7, 8=Movie Adaptation, 8th Edition, 9=#197 7-11 exclusive comic
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Post by DubipR on Apr 22, 2020 15:10:40 GMT -5
Lots of great comics listed. I'll list some that haven't been mentioned but are fun, action-y and good reads
- Bone - Castle Waiting - Akiko on the Planet Smoo - Usagi Yojimbo - Tiny Titans - The Amulet (great series) - Cleopatra in Space (another great all ages read) - The Flintstones (Mark Russell's 12 issue is so good!) - Snagglepuss (again, Russell nails it) - Ruff n' Ready (Chaykin writing a 50s era HB cartoon? Worth a read) - Hey Kids! Comics! (Chaykin's history of comics is spot on; taken from his personal experiences and stories he's collected) - DuckTales (the new series from Boom I think it is) - Xenozoic Tales - Batman: The Animated Adventures (the Parobeck era. They're in trades) - Madman - The Black Beetle (Francavilla pulp goodness) - The Thing: Idol of Millions - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck - Power Girl (Palmiotti & Conner 12 issue run)
And one international book I love... - Monsieur Jean (Dupuy & Beberian)
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Post by berkley on Apr 23, 2020 16:57:14 GMT -5
The early issues of Planetary are damn fun. I would like to have seen Ellis do an entire series with his pulp-hero analogues, minus the superhero stuff.
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Post by berkley on Apr 23, 2020 17:01:52 GMT -5
Love and Rockets was a lot of fun at times, but it was a mixture of fun with some ver serious material so it's hard to point to a specific collection.
Daniel Clowes's Lloyd Llewellyn is one of my top "fun" books of all time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 17:01:59 GMT -5
The early issues of Planetary are damn fun. I would like to have seen Ellis do an entire series with his pulp-hero analogues, minus the superhero stuff. If you ever come across a copy of Adventure: Tales of the Aeon Society tabletop rpg by White wolf, you might want to pick it up. It contains a short novella by Warren Ellis featuring a Doc Savage analogue character and other vignettes featuring pulp characters written by Ellis. I've never actually played the game, but I have a copy of it for the fiction in the rule book. -M
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Post by berkley on Apr 23, 2020 17:06:41 GMT -5
I would like to have seen Ellis do an entire series with his pulp-hero analogues, minus the superhero stuff. If you ever come across a copy of Adventure: Tales of the Aeon Society tabletop rpg by White wolf, you might want to pick it up. It contains a short novella by Warren Ellis featuring a Doc Savage analogue character and other vignettes featuring pulp characters written by Ellis. I've never actually played the game, but I have a copy of it for the fiction in the rule book. -M Interesting, I wonder if it will ever be collected somewere. Probably some rights issues will prevent that happening, I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 19:42:36 GMT -5
If you ever come across a copy of Adventure: Tales of the Aeon Society tabletop rpg by White wolf, you might want to pick it up. It contains a short novella by Warren Ellis featuring a Doc Savage analogue character and other vignettes featuring pulp characters written by Ellis. I've never actually played the game, but I have a copy of it for the fiction in the rule book. -M Interesting, I wonder if it will ever be collected somewere. Probably some rights issues will prevent that happening, I suppose. The first 5 pages of the novella are available as a free sample PDF at drivethrurpg, a site that sells gaming products via PDF sample herethough the book itself doesn't seem to be available there any longer. -M
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 29, 2020 3:54:46 GMT -5
I've read the first two issues of Bullwinkle and Rocky, the 1987 series from Star/Marvel, and it's actually pretty good. It does "feel" like the classic cartoon series to me.
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Post by chadwilliam on Apr 29, 2020 12:39:04 GMT -5
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Post by jason on May 27, 2020 8:20:22 GMT -5
Any love for Blue Devil?
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Post by dbutler69 on May 27, 2020 16:22:39 GMT -5
Thanks for reminding me. I do have a bunch of issues of that, and I'd read a few of them, and they were enjoyable, but I stopped reading them for some reason. I'll have to pick back up with it again.
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