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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 2, 2020 15:02:41 GMT -5
I've recently read some of what I'll call "retro comics". That is, comics written at a much later day, which are meant to evoke an earlier age. These comics are written, and often, drawn, in the style of a bygone era.
Examples of what I'm talking about which I've read are:
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine, which came out in 2001, and was written to take place immediately after Fantastic Four #100. It was written in the style of Stan Lee, and drawn in the style of Jack Kirby (or at least they tried, God bless 'em).
DC's Silver Age event from 2000. This was a series of 11 interrelated comics that came out with titles like Silver Age: Justice League of America and Silver Age: Flash. The stories were all part of an overarching story. They were basically drawn in Silver Age style, and the stories were also written in more or less Silver Age innocence, some Mark Millar innuendo in one issue aside.
The DC Retroactive series from 2011. DC had a bunch of these for their bigger titles for three different decades. For instance, there was a DC Retroactive: Batman - The '70s, DC Retroactive: Batman - The '80s, and DC Retroactive: Batman - The '80s.
I found most of these comics to be reasonably enjoyable, and in some cases a lot of fun. So, my question is, are there any more retro comics out there worth reading?
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 2, 2020 15:23:50 GMT -5
Image's 1963 series was fun.
I haven't read it, but people seem seem to like Batman '66.
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 2, 2020 15:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 2, 2020 15:34:22 GMT -5
Some good suggestions, folks! And I should have remembered to mentione that Avengers 1-1/2 myself. It was pretty good!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 15:35:02 GMT -5
Untold Tales of Spider-Man by Kurt Busiek.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 2, 2020 15:35:36 GMT -5
Scooby Doo Team-Up feels pretty retro to me. And it's a hoot.
See also, Atomic Robo.
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Post by MDG on Nov 2, 2020 16:46:50 GMT -5
Image's 1963 series was fun. I haven't read it, but people seem seem to like Batman '66. 1963 was probably the closest in really capturing the feeling.
Batman '66 was OK, but I was expecting it to be closer to the format of the show: initial crime, call in Batman and Robin, fight, cliffhanger, escape, resolution.
Not a comic, but a few years ago (OK, 13 years ago), artist Pete Von Sholly did a couple of issues of a 60s-type monster magazine:
I haven't read any, but there's a current magazine called The Creeps that pretty explicitly copies the look of Goodwin-era Warren B&W books (and uses some Warren creators)
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 2, 2020 16:51:24 GMT -5
1963 came the closest of any attempt to "go home again."
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Post by profh0011 on Nov 2, 2020 17:02:08 GMT -5
Gary Carlson's BIG BANG COMICS have consistently been retro and tons of fun. He's been doing this off and on for a long time now, and is still at it, with a wide variety of creators.
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Post by berkley on Nov 2, 2020 17:22:23 GMT -5
I'm not generally a fan of this kind of thing: too often they come across to me as patronising and shallow, rather than the tributes they are meant or claimed to be. I'm sure there are exceptions, but on the whole it isn't something that attracts me, based on the examples I've seen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 17:57:15 GMT -5
I recommend the following, although if you're not the type to get an anthology book for a single story therein (sometimes just a handful of pages), then most of these won't apply:
Issue 1 of Marvel's Shadows And Light had a nice piece of retro fluff in the shape of an Iron man story drawn by Ditko (and written by Stern, I think).
Issue 2 of Shadows And Light has another bit of retro fluff, this time starring Spidey, and never you mind the continuity slight.
The Marvel Monster Group: Devil Dinosaur (plus the Hulk) one-shot by Eric Powell.
Spider-Man King-Size Summer Special 2008 - The lead story "Un-Enchanted Evening" by Tobin and Coover is just what you're looking for.
Spider-Man Family 3. Spidey and The FF in the silver age. IIRC, it's meant to be their first meeting.
Allred's issue of Solo has a cute retro Hourman story.
DCU Infinite Holiday Special - the Superman/Batman story
Morrison's Thunderworld one-shot was fairly retro, but did have a few modern-style winks at the inherent silliness.
The Amalgam Spider-Boy books.
Gotham Nights 21 had a retro B&W Batgirl backup by DeCarlo.
The first issue of the Hulk Smash Avengers was retro but just OK. I wouldn't recommend it as strongly as the rest of the stories I listed.
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 2, 2020 18:09:58 GMT -5
Marvels and 1963 is what got me interested in older comics to begin with, so they'll always hold a special place in my heart
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 2, 2020 18:35:25 GMT -5
I consider the Alan Moore version of Supreme to be retro , especially the flashback sequences.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 2, 2020 18:43:02 GMT -5
I generally like these kinds of retro-style comics that the OP is talking about. Two of my favourites are Kurt Buseik's Untold Tales of Spider-Man or Dan Slott's Spider-Man/Human Torch mini-series.
But I really couldn't get to grips with 1963, despite being a big Alan Moore fan. It just felt...I dunno, too self-conscious or something. And I'm not sure the stories featured in it were actually that good.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 2, 2020 18:46:42 GMT -5
Marvels and 1963 is what got me interested in older comics to begin with, so they'll always hold a special place in my heart Marvels really isn't done in a retro style though. It has a retro setting, but neither the artwork nor the scripting is done in a Sixties way.
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