All of Scott Pilgrim. I identify with him.
Favorite Comic Book Story line or issue.
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I liked the Iron Man Armor Wars back in the late 1980s... the Avengers vs the HEEUGE Masters of Evil team from the late 1980s... Fantastic Four #112 and surrounding issues... the 6-issue arc of Spider Man/Death of Kraven in the late 1980s (is it clear what my era was?)
Some more:
Superman - Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Superman - Red Son
All-Star Superman
Uncle Sam (Alex Ross)
Avengers - The Kang Dynasty
Iron Man: Director of SHIELD - Haunted
Y: The Last Man - Safeword
Ex Machina - Smoke Smoke
Fables - The Ballad of Rodney and June
Daredevil - The Murdock Papers
Thunderbolts - Faith in Monsters
Thunderbolts - Caged Angels
Silver Surfer (Lee/Buscema)
Silver Surfer - Requiem
The Kents
Chronos
Vext
Superman - Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Superman - Red Son
All-Star Superman
Uncle Sam (Alex Ross)
Avengers - The Kang Dynasty
Iron Man: Director of SHIELD - Haunted
Y: The Last Man - Safeword
Ex Machina - Smoke Smoke
Fables - The Ballad of Rodney and June
Daredevil - The Murdock Papers
Thunderbolts - Faith in Monsters
Thunderbolts - Caged Angels
Silver Surfer (Lee/Buscema)
Silver Surfer - Requiem
The Kents
Chronos
Vext
Damn I forgot all about that one. That is a great mini series.
I'd like to add X-Men #150 I, Magneto. It is a great story. All the X-Men, Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty and Professor X battle Magneto. The ending of the story forces Magneto to take a long look at his life and pushes the character into a new direction. This issue could make a good movie.
1) Dreadstar - the "Z" mystery.
2) West Coast Avengers - Time has split in _____ (They go back in time)
3) Avengers - Celestial Madonna Saga
4) Quasar - Cosmos in Collision
5) Death of Captain Marvel
6) Captain America - The Superia Strategem
7) Thor - Walt Simonson's Ranarok
8) Daredevil - Frank Millar's Electra storyline.
9) Avengers - Jim Shooter's molecule man Story
10) X-men - Age of Apocalipse
2) West Coast Avengers - Time has split in _____ (They go back in time)
3) Avengers - Celestial Madonna Saga
4) Quasar - Cosmos in Collision
5) Death of Captain Marvel
6) Captain America - The Superia Strategem
7) Thor - Walt Simonson's Ranarok
8) Daredevil - Frank Millar's Electra storyline.
9) Avengers - Jim Shooter's molecule man Story
10) X-men - Age of Apocalipse
I remember that one fondly too.
I'd say my favourite story was the Bryne era FF "Trial of Reed Richards" over his role in saving Galactus.
The original Secret Wars series is another well loved set of issues from my childhood. I had to buy the TPB and it still holds up well even if the art/costumes are a bit dated
Well, it's jet powered, but not having a way to eat or pee in flight might make it a loooooong trip...
Oh, can I also add Tony Stark's alcoholism storyline from the old Iron Man comics?
My favorite story in all my decades of reading comics was Fantastic Four Annual #6, featuring the birth of Franklin Richards. The current administration could learn a lot. It didn't take twelve issues, with multiple tie-ins and spin-offs. It needn't need an invasion or a civil war or the corruption of heroic figures or the contrived shocking deaths of major characters. It wasn't steeped in overwrought darker and grittier posturing aimed at angst-ridden fifteen year olds. It was just a story about a man who would literally go beyond the end of the Earth to save the life of his unborn child, and his two friends who wouldn't let him do it alone. And it was infinitely better than anything you'll find on the shelves of the comic stores today.
On that note, "Hereafter" in Waid and Ringo's run was a great storyline for FF.
As for single issues, I really, really enjoyed ASM #574. A done in one issue about Flash's experiences in Iraq. It really hit close to home to me as I had talked to a veteran just days before the issue came out about his experiences and he was in the same type of squad (I forget the name of the vehicles off the top of my head) that he was. It tied in really well with Flash's history with Spider-man and was a touching tribute to our soldiers.
"The Death of Captain America" (Captain America #25-42): the Marvel epic of our time. Of course, the whole series is a big tapestry, as yet unfinished.
"Stoned"/"Counting Coup"/"The Bronze Doors" (Wonder Woman #206-213, 215-217): Diana vs. Medousa, Athena's coup, the journey to the Land of Dead and the showdown with counter-coup. It's probably the best Wonder Woman story ever published.
Fables: The Last Castle: A Prestige one-shot that leads up to the classic "March of the Wooden Soldiers" arc, this Fables' finest hour, telling the story of the last stand the good armies made to allow the remaining Fables to escape to our world. Introduces a huge cast of characters in a short space and makes you really care.
"Quiver" (Green Arrow #1-10): Oliver Queen returns, and Kevin Smith, after starting out on Daredevil, refines his storytelling to produce the best work he's ever done in the medium. For literal resurrection stories, this is probably the best.
"Sidekicks" (Young Avengers #1-6): Introduces a new cast of characters and juggles a lot of old stories expertly, with beautiful Jim Cheung art (before his incredible slowness turned me off him a bit; same with the writer).
"To Be In England In The Summertime" (Planetary #7): The team attends the funeral of "Jack Carter" in London, which turns into Ellis' piss-take on 80s British comics and Vertigo, and ends with a ranting Miracleman-analogue screaming about how "Jack Carter" made him into a perverse character and if he didn't like him he should have left him alone...and then Carter shoots him from the shadows, and tells him to move on.
"Stoned"/"Counting Coup"/"The Bronze Doors" (Wonder Woman #206-213, 215-217): Diana vs. Medousa, Athena's coup, the journey to the Land of Dead and the showdown with counter-coup. It's probably the best Wonder Woman story ever published.
Fables: The Last Castle: A Prestige one-shot that leads up to the classic "March of the Wooden Soldiers" arc, this Fables' finest hour, telling the story of the last stand the good armies made to allow the remaining Fables to escape to our world. Introduces a huge cast of characters in a short space and makes you really care.
"Quiver" (Green Arrow #1-10): Oliver Queen returns, and Kevin Smith, after starting out on Daredevil, refines his storytelling to produce the best work he's ever done in the medium. For literal resurrection stories, this is probably the best.
"Sidekicks" (Young Avengers #1-6): Introduces a new cast of characters and juggles a lot of old stories expertly, with beautiful Jim Cheung art (before his incredible slowness turned me off him a bit; same with the writer).
"To Be In England In The Summertime" (Planetary #7): The team attends the funeral of "Jack Carter" in London, which turns into Ellis' piss-take on 80s British comics and Vertigo, and ends with a ranting Miracleman-analogue screaming about how "Jack Carter" made him into a perverse character and if he didn't like him he should have left him alone...and then Carter shoots him from the shadows, and tells him to move on.
Only one mention of 'Age of Apocalypse'? That was my favorite.
That was FLASH #54 I belive I am not sure, but ya that was a great read! What is my Favorite story line? ALL of WATCHMEN, SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING ( Alan Moore run) And the GREATEST Alan Moore series you will never read. MIRACLEMAN. At first it's slow going, but by the end of issue #9 it really RAMPS up! Especialy issue's 14,15,16, I SWEAR you will never look at comics the same way after!
Especialy MM#15! it was Hellraiser before there was a hellraiser! the violence in that single issue is unmatched EVEN today! but my favorite issue from that run HAD to be MM#16 I don't want to say why right now, but trust me it's great!Far and away, my all time favorite is the original 4-issue series Kingdom Come. (The extra stuff in the TPB only detracts IMO.)
Even all the crap KC later spawned doesn't dull my appreciation for the original. What I still remember most about it was the way each issue ended with a megaton twist that could have equally served as the ending (2 slightly less so than 1 and 3). In fact, I originally thought I saw it promoted as a 3-issue series and was greatly surprised by how it all went down and "concluded" at the end of Issue 3.
At a very distant second, I recall liking the Age of Apocalypse a good deal, particularly since it brought back one of my favorite characters, Blink. I haven't read this since its original run though, so I'm not sure how well its held up.
And finally, a short distance behind second, would be the initial run on Exiles, up until the "Crystal Palace" was revealed. It sort of went downhill after that, but it was an amazing run until that point, with well written stories and a very solid core cast.
Even all the crap KC later spawned doesn't dull my appreciation for the original. What I still remember most about it was the way each issue ended with a megaton twist that could have equally served as the ending (2 slightly less so than 1 and 3). In fact, I originally thought I saw it promoted as a 3-issue series and was greatly surprised by how it all went down and "concluded" at the end of Issue 3.
At a very distant second, I recall liking the Age of Apocalypse a good deal, particularly since it brought back one of my favorite characters, Blink. I haven't read this since its original run though, so I'm not sure how well its held up.
And finally, a short distance behind second, would be the initial run on Exiles, up until the "Crystal Palace" was revealed. It sort of went downhill after that, but it was an amazing run until that point, with well written stories and a very solid core cast.
I hear ya. I'm totally an 80s Marvel guy too, although I do like quite a bit of the 70s stuff too. Probably becasue I started reading comics in the 80s and ended up buying a lot of back issues from the 70s to get myself up to speed.
Good call. I forgot how much I liked Quasar.
errr... about '87...
hold on...
http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/comics/maf/014/index.html
scroll down to the stories called 'Consequences' and 'Truth'.
the injuries Scarlett talks about were sustained in a raid on Cobra's London HQ, hidden in a Tastee Burger fast-food bar
Top Ten Season One.
I loved that. Waid is very good.
The Ambush Bug minis from the 80s.
The old Micronauts series, especially the first twelve Michael Golden classic issues dealing with the first defeat of Baron Karza.
The old Micronauts series, especially the first twelve Michael Golden classic issues dealing with the first defeat of Baron Karza.
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