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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 5, 2023 13:30:23 GMT -5
If you decide to take tartanphantom 's suggestion, then I would recommend going to either the Digital Comic Museum or Comic Book Plus; both sites have pretty much everything you'll find at the link he provided, except they're both far better organized, i.e., they're broken down by publisher, which each separate series listed alphabetically and stored in separate, easy-to-consult folders, etc.
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 5, 2023 14:17:24 GMT -5
If you decide to take tartanphantom 's suggestion, then I would recommend going to either the Digital Comic Museum or Comic Book Plus; both sites have pretty much everything you'll find at the link he provided, except they're both far better organized, i.e., they're broken down by publisher, which each separate series listed alphabetically and stored in separate, easy-to-consult folders, etc.
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
I’ve read from that digital site and found most of the books crap. Sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2023 14:19:23 GMT -5
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
I’ve read from that digital site and found most of the books crap. Sorry. Yes but you like Youngblood, so your taste is suspect -M
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 5, 2023 14:30:03 GMT -5
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
Yeah, I've found that to be the case as well, although to be honest, I've always found the searching for stuff on the Archive a bit challenging. Generally it's easier to just google whatever you're looking for and add "archive.org" to your search terms.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 5, 2023 14:54:08 GMT -5
Comic Book Plus was an absolutely vital resource when I was writing my book. Without that site, my coverage of Fawcett, Quality, the Pines group, Fiction House, Ace, ME, and so many others would've been minimal at best.
Cei-U! I summon the awesome online library!
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Post by james on Jun 8, 2023 11:45:20 GMT -5
So therer is a 4 way tie with Avengers 164-166, Doomsday Clock, FF 208-218 and Iron Man 113-128 So I guess the only answer is to read each title
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Post by james on Jun 8, 2023 16:40:23 GMT -5
After I looked at results again I was surprised that Kravens Last Hunt only got 2 votes and Doomsday clock got 3. I really expected Kraven’s Last Hunt to win out over Doomsday Clock
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Post by berkley on Jun 8, 2023 21:02:42 GMT -5
What's Doomsday Clock, BTW? All I get when I search for it is that Watchmen prequel thing.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 8, 2023 21:36:59 GMT -5
What's Doomsday Clock, BTW? All I get when I search for it is that Watchmen prequel thing. Yup, pretty much....unless we are talking some kind of arc title that I have never heard of, which is possible.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2023 22:30:14 GMT -5
Doomsday Clock is Geoff Johns Watchmen sequel integrating it into the DCU. To be honest, I am not sure why anyone would vote to read it once, let along reread it, but maybe folks are cruel and just want to torture James? -M full disclosure, I tried reading it, and couldn't finish issue #1.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 9, 2023 9:47:20 GMT -5
I voted for the FF run. Wolfman and Byrne produce a classic Galactus story that introduces Terrax the Tamer with the Four trying to prevent dying from old age.. The battle between Galactus and the Sphinx is epic.
I remember it as a bit of an anticlimax with Galactus winning easily but it's been a lot of years so maybe I should try it again.
You might be right that the final result was a blowout but that’s the first time I think, that Galactus physically fight’s someone. It’s cool just for that.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 9, 2023 9:48:56 GMT -5
What's Doomsday Clock, BTW? All I get when I search for it is that Watchmen prequel thing. Yup, pretty much....unless we are talking some kind of arc title that I have never heard of, which is possible. It’s a book that came out maybe 2 years back. Johns writes it and Gary Frank does the artwork. I bought them all last year and have yet to read it.
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Post by james on Jun 9, 2023 18:37:04 GMT -5
Yup, pretty much....unless we are talking some kind of arc title that I have never heard of, which is possible. It’s a book that came out maybe 2 years back. Johns writes it and Gary Frank does the artwork. I bought them all last year and have yet to read it. Like it , probably more for the art. But as I started thinking about it there are two other classic runs I read almost yearly that could have easily replaced DOOMSDAY CLOCK A. Avengers Siege on Avengers Mansion B. X-men 125-128 In hindsight not sure what I was thinking
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Post by berkley on Jun 9, 2023 18:51:20 GMT -5
If you decide to take tartanphantom 's suggestion, then I would recommend going to either the Digital Comic Museum or Comic Book Plus; both sites have pretty much everything you'll find at the link he provided, except they're both far better organized, i.e., they're broken down by publisher, which each separate series listed alphabetically and stored in separate, easy-to-consult folders, etc.
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
When searching for movies I often find it's more efficient to use duckduckgo (or your favourite equivalent) and search for the title of the movie plus archive.org, rather than going to archive.org and using their own search function.
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Post by berkley on Jun 9, 2023 19:05:33 GMT -5
Excellent point. Those sites are indeed better organized. Ever since Internet Archive changed their search algorithms and interface a few years back, it's often difficult to find exactly what you want.
I’ve read from that digital site and found most of the books crap. Sorry.
There's only a small fraction of it that appeals to me - but then that's the same with most things. I think if you look around there's a good chance you'll find something. Fir me, they have Simon & Kirby's Black magic, which I've always wanted to read. And the other night I came across something with artwok by Murphy Anderson while scanning through titles at random.
Many thanks to Tartanphantom and EdoBosnar for the suggestions. I've looked at a few old comics online in the past but this reminds me to make more use of these resources.
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