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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2021 15:43:39 GMT -5
Enigma (Pete Milligan and Duncan Fegredo) For my money, it's Milligan's best work. Iron Man: The Iron Age (Busiek) DCU Legacies (Len Wein) The DC universe through the decades I second codystarbuck 's Grendel Tales by Darko Macan and Edvin Biukovic, but I can only remember there being one: Devils And Deaths.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 23, 2021 15:54:34 GMT -5
(...) I second codystarbuck 's Grendel Tales by Darko Macan and Edvin Biukovic, but I can only remember there being one: Devils And Deaths. There was a four-part follow-up, Devil's Choices, published a year after the first one.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Dec 23, 2021 17:14:17 GMT -5
Bozz Chronicles : Someone here recommended this to me at some point... great stuff. A bit of a mystery, and alot of 80s. Bozz Chronicles wasn't a miniseries but an ongoing title that ceased because David Michelinie had irreconcilable differences with an editor, possibly Daniel Chichester or Margaret Clark. Actual miniseries from Epic, such as Black Dragon, Crash Ryan, or Elektra: Assassin said they were limited series on the cover.
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Post by badwolf on Dec 23, 2021 20:33:52 GMT -5
Elektra: Assassin is one of my all-time favorite comics period.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2021 11:24:26 GMT -5
Earth X - Loved the concept, the visuals, and Alex Ross' hand in influencing the story to be based on the "classic" era characters but in a dytopian future. I'll use that word "character" a couple more times - they really had the characterizations down and I could believe my beloved characters from the 60's, 70's, and to an extent early 80's were represented here.
Avengers Forever - Another late 90's series like Earth X that gave me hope for great storytelling. Busiek weaved a great tale here with a diverse Avengers team picked out of different points in time (including a nice twist with two Hank Pyms at VERY different stages of personality). And as a huge Kang fan, I felt like it was the ultimate culmination of all Kang stories that had come previously.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2021 12:13:00 GMT -5
the one that I go back to over and over and over. . and unless I missed it? haven't seen it mentioned: " Magik" - Storm and Illyana it introduced SO many concepts and characters that are still cannon today. . and I have read/reread this mini dozens of times, and still love it every time.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Dec 24, 2021 12:21:43 GMT -5
The ones that immediately come to mind... Twilight, by José Luis García Lopez and Howard Chaykin. Sort of bleak, but a fascinating reinterpretation of many of DC's future space heroes. The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Brian Talbot's dense and mind-bending exploration into a parallel history, worthy of a Jerry Cornelius tale! I love Twilight but I consider it the Earth-3 version of these characters. I'm glad it never became canon. I haven't kept up with all the Arkwright stories but they're of very high quality. Elektra: Assassin is one of my all-time favorite comics period.
Absolutely! It's my favorite piece by Sienkiewicz and my favorite by Miller and every comic fan ought to own a copy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2021 12:25:21 GMT -5
the one that I go back to over and over and over. . and unless I missed it? haven't seen it mentioned: " Magik" - Storm and Illyana it introduced SO many concepts and characters that are still cannon today. . and I have read/reread this mini dozens of times, and still love it every time. I can't believe I forgot this one, excellent choice! I'm the same, love re-reading this one. This thread keeps putting more content on my reading list!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2021 12:32:48 GMT -5
Elektra: Assassin is one of my all-time favorite comics period. There was a period when I could not get enough Bill Sienkiewicz, one of the first artists that really broke me out of my traditional "Bronze Age superhero" tastes. Couple that with Frank Miller being in top form at this point, this really was a killer series. Same creative team for the Daredevil Love and War graphic novel I loved as well.
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 25, 2021 10:20:20 GMT -5
Earth X - Loved the concept, the visuals, and Alex Ross' hand in influencing the story to be based on the "classic" era characters but in a dytopian future. I'll use that word "character" a couple more times - they really had the characterizations down and I could believe my beloved characters from the 60's, 70's, and to an extent early 80's were represented here. Avengers Forever - Another late 90's series like Earth X that gave me hope for great storytelling. Busiek weaved a great tale here with a diverse Avengers team picked out of different points in time (including a nice twist with two Hank Pyms at VERY different stages of personality). And as a huge Kang fan, I felt like it was the ultimate culmination of all Kang stories that had come previously. Good choices. I will have to check out Earth X.
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Post by foxley on Dec 25, 2021 10:32:13 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot to mention Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, where Mike Grell completely redefined the character.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2021 10:56:50 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot to mention Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, where Mike Grell completely redefined the character. Read that for the first time recently, Hachette are doing a fortnightly DC HEROES & VILLAINS COLLECTION, that was a recent issue. Quite brutal in parts, I felt.
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Post by dbutler69 on Dec 25, 2021 11:35:46 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot to mention Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters, where Mike Grell completely redefined the character. Good call!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 25, 2021 11:41:30 GMT -5
Bozz Chronicles : Someone here recommended this to me at some point... great stuff. A bit of a mystery, and alot of 80s. Bozz Chronicles wasn't a miniseries but an ongoing title that ceased because David Michelinie had irreconcilable differences with an editor, possibly Daniel Chichester or Margaret Clark. Actual miniseries from Epic, such as Black Dragon, Crash Ryan, or Elektra: Assassin said they were limited series on the cover. really? I thought it DID say on the cover.... but I guess not. (I just checked to confirm). Avengers Forever is also a great choice! Best retcon in history (to fix the worst one)
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Post by Trevor on Jan 4, 2022 19:56:48 GMT -5
Just like the title says. How do you rank 'em? Here are mine: 3. Marvel Superhero Contest of Champions (1982) I just loved this when it comed out. I loved the internation flavor of the book, with all of those new (if stereotypical) heroes, plus I also really loved the Olympic feel of the book, but since this was a repurposed Olympic special made for the 1980 Summer Olympics, that's not surprising. Did you see that an oversized hardcover is coming?
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