kosten07 Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) I love grabbing trade paperbacks both old and new with great stories. I will list some great ones here that are outside of the obvious choices like The Killing Joke or Watchmen (but by no means all of them, probably forgotten plenty!) Modern: The Immortal Hulk <-- holy crap this is good Batman Superman: The Supergirl from Krypton <-- the artwork and story are great, Supergirl never drawn more beautifully Godzilla: Rulers of Earth <-- a great read that my kids loved Kingdom Come <-- Not a huge Mark Waid fan but this is a must read, Alex Ross is amazing The Incredible Herc <-- actually part of the Incredible Hulk comics, my avatar is from this series and its fantastic Past: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill <-- Simonson's Thor art is fantastic, and this was when it was rare to find someone worthy who could wield Thor's hammer Alien Legion <-- some of Chuck Dixon's finest work Groo the Wanderer <-- great fun, and your kids will love it Dreadstar <-- Jim Starlin, just recently rebooted on Kickstarter, great independent IP The Savage Sword of Conan <-- the OG series that went to magazine format to bypass the Comic Authority to show blood and boobs This is just off the top of my head, I have around 18 full length and 10 magazine size boxes, and far too many are stacked up that I need to organize and box. I would love to hear about some ones I may have missed or your favorites! Edited June 19, 2020 by kosten07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justicebeliever Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Watchmen <- Great story and visuals by Alan Moore League of Extraordinary Gentlemen <- Imagine all victorian fiction shared the same universe. Also by Alan Moore Crisis on Infinite Earths <- Most epic and for years, most long reaching comic event Golden Age <- Great Riff on the DC Golden Age of Superheroes New Frontier <- Great Riff on the DC Silver Age Man of Steel <- John Byrne's rebirth of Superman, post-crisis The Death of Superman <- Sure, an event for event's sake. But a good one. Batman: Year One <- Frank Miller's great take on Batman Batman: The Long Halloween <- Another great take on Batman's early years Edited June 19, 2020 by justicebeliever "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr Global Handle: @JusticeBeliever ... Home servers on Live: Guardian ... Playing on: Everlasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosten07 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 Hmm seems not a lot of people visit this subforum. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraclea Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I have an abiding fondness for the old Marvel phonebook style collections of classic Avengers and the like. Black and white, but it makes it easier to study the art. The Walmart DC Giant books are maybe the only good things come out of DC in the past decade. The Garcia-Lopez Superman collection is also worth your time. QVÆ TAM FERA IMMANISQVE NATVRA TB ~ Amazon Army: AMAZON-963 | TB ~ Crowned Heads: CH-10012 | EX ~ The Holy Office: HOLY-1610 | EV ~ Firemullet Groupies: FM-5401 | IN ~ Sparta: SPARTA-3759 | RE ~ S.P.Q.R. - SPQR-5010 Spread My Legions - #207 | Lawyers of Ghastly Horror - #581 | Jerk Hackers! - #16299 | Ecloga Prima - #25362 | Deth Kick Champions! - #25818 | Heaven and Hell - #26231 | The Legion of Super Skulls - #27660 | Cathedral of Mild Discomfort - #38872 | The Birch Conspiracy! - #39291 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Dare Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I guess all of these would fall under the heading "old" by now: Astro City by Kurt Busiek Atomic Robo by Scott Wegener Empowered by Adam Warren The Golden Age by James Robinson and Paul Smith Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill Love and Capes by Thom Zahler Mage by Matt Wagner The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday PS238 by Aaron Williams Top Ten by Alan Moore, illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashington Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) Nextwave: Agents of Hate by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen (ALL TIME FAVORITE) Hellboy by Mike Mignola Crow by James O'Barr Bone by Jeff Smith Judge Dredd by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra The Life and Times of Scooge Mc Duck by Don Rosa Spirou & Fantasio by André Franquin Asterix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Swamp Thing by Len Wein (But have the Alan Moore run) Batman: Hush by Joseph Loeb and Jim Lee Batman Year one by Frank Miller Crisis on Infitite Earths By Marv Wolfman and George Perez The Golden Age by James Robinson and Paul Smith Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke Top Ten by Alan Moore, illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon (Last 5 are copy pasted from Ulysses, cause i own the same comics but was too lazy to write.) Edited August 6, 2020 by Ashington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coin Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I'm all about the DC stuff as I'm still wokring my way through Marvel from the 80's but most of my list is pretty obvious stuff, tbh Batman: Hush Dark Knight Returns All Star Superman Crisis on Infinite Earths Watchmen Batman: Killing Joke (Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet!) Titans: Judas Contract I also love the vast majority of Elseworld stuff like Red Son, The Nail, Gotham By Gaslight etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebornRose Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 To add to some of the great choices above: Stormwatch by Warren Ellis-Peak 90's Ellis storytelling,, he turned Image's JLA wannabe series into a the precursor for the Authority. Supreme by Alan Moore and Rick Vietch-Another Brit rebooting an Image title (well Liefeld title, anyway). Moore retooled a bland Superman rip-off into the ultimate homage story. The whole thing spans two volumes , and was meant to continue, but never did. It somehow manages to be a love letter to all eras of Superman and its own tale at the same time. Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips-Almost anything by this duo is fantastic, but this tale of superpowered espionage and intrigue is hard to beat. Punisher Max-Garth Ennis- Garth Ennis loves to tell war stories, and that's what he does with this series. Usagi Yojimbo-Stan Sakai-This series is fantastic, if you haven't read it you should. If you have you should re-read it! The Manhattan Projects- Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pittara-Alternate history of a post-WW II super science hi-jinks. The Forever People and Mr. Miracle-Jack Kirby-These two series serve to build much of the background and characters who take part in the conflict that was presented in Kirby's main New Gods storyline. The number of ideas and concepts that he packs into these series is astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamboat Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 10:49 PM, RebornRed said: Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Seconding this. If you have the chance to grab the Sleeper Omnibus, do so. Fantastic comic. A lot of good ones and some of my own favourites mentioned in here already, but another: 1 @Hissatsuman, you can mainly find me on Everlasting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ukase Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 When I would go downrange (when I was in the service) we would have an awful lot of down time. I liked to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Destroyer_(novel_series). The dialogue by Chiun used to crack me up. They went a little off track some time after issue 100..but I'm thinking it was because the co-authors stopped working together. Maybe one of them died, I forget, it's been a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locsmith Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 So many good memories listed here, really takes me back! I'll toss in two more: Grendel - Matt Wagner (the first two volumes - after those it kind of went off a bit) - I have a wearable full head Grendel mask somewhere around here GrimJack - Jon Ostrander et al (the whole run and the special edition Demon Knight) - I actually have a silver demon star a friend found for me at Ren-Fair (Yes, I bought a lot of weird stuff in the 80's)😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberWoLfman Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 6/19/2020 at 9:36 AM, kosten07 said: I love grabbing trade paperbacks both old and new with great stories. I will list some great ones here that are outside of the obvious choices like The Killing Joke or Watchmen (but by no means all of them, probably forgotten plenty!) Modern: The Immortal Hulk <-- holy crap this is good Batman Superman: The Supergirl from Krypton <-- the artwork and story are great, Supergirl never drawn more beautifully Godzilla: Rulers of Earth <-- a great read that my kids loved Kingdom Come <-- Not a huge Mark Waid fan but this is a must read, Alex Ross is amazing The Incredible Herc <-- actually part of the Incredible Hulk comics, my avatar is from this series and its fantastic Past: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill <-- Simonson's Thor art is fantastic, and this was when it was rare to find someone worthy who could wield Thor's hammer Alien Legion <-- some of Chuck Dixon's finest work Groo the Wanderer <-- great fun, and your kids will love it Dreadstar <-- Jim Starlin, just recently rebooted on Kickstarter, great independent IP The Savage Sword of Conan <-- the OG series that went to magazine format to bypass the Comic Authority to show blood and boobs This is just off the top of my head, I have around 18 full length and 10 magazine size boxes, and far too many are stacked up that I need to organize and box. I would love to hear about some ones I may have missed or your favorites! Ah! For a moment, I thought you had meant paperback books (for those interested, my favourites are primarily authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and Larry Niven with occasional readings of lesser-known authors such as Wilson Tucker and Murray Leinster, who wrote the short story "A Logic Named Joe" about networked personal computers and what people would do with them back in the 1940s), but, it seems you meant those which are focused on comic books. Hmm . . . Although it might be a trifle dated, some of the pulps might fit the bill, but, could be too obscure for most people. So, I'll say the Conan the Barbarian series a scant few decades back, which were in black and white. Others would be Kull and The Spider (think of a hybrid Batman and the Punisher but more violent). 💡City of Heroes Homecoming Server Tips for New Players 👍 (Includes details on the LFG queueing trick!) 🚀 TP Hubs for each shard: 😁 Excelsior shard TP hub with sorted zones and NPCs for your use: /macroimage archetypeicon_peacebringer SG_TP_RaDiCaL_(Tech_Theme) enter_base_from_passcode RADICAL-7910 # # # Torchbearer shard TP hub with sorted zones and NPCs for your use: /macroimage originicon_magic SG_TP_AllOurBase_(Arcane_Theme) enter_base_from_passcode ALLOURBASE-7287 # # # Reunion shard TP hub with sorted zones and NPCs for your use: /macroimage originicon_magic SG_TP_Introverts_(Arcane_Theme) enter_base_from_passcode INTROVERTS-3357 # # # Everlasting (the unofficial RP shard, and, yes, the base is MEANT to be a little 'over-the-top' LOL) TP hub with sorted zones and NPCs for your use: /macroimage originicon_magic SG_TP_SHADOWS_(Arcane_Theme) enter_base_from_passcode SHADOWS-10030 # # # Indomitable shard with NPCs right at the entrance and the teleports just down the hallway and to the left (follow the arrows): /macroimage archetypeicon_peacebringer SG_TP_ToTaLLY_RaD_(Tech_Theme) enter_base_from_passcode RAD-5896 👽 Some of my characters in City of Heroes 🐺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltor Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Dreadstar Also The Metamorphosis Odyssey by Starlin that introduced Dreadstar The Green Lantern: REBIRTH and subsequent collections of the spectrum war, blackest night, brightest day Death/Return of Superman: an event but one that was overall well planned. Any Judge Dredd Armor Wars: the TPB that collects the tale told by Dave in Bob in their second Iron Man run of Tony's tech being stolen Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, Immortal Hulk any TPB of the original Ghost Rider: Carter Slade, now called Phantom Rider Kind of turned away from Batman these days If only Marvel could print TPB's of ROM Spaceknight, but they lost the rights and IDW has it now. 25 alts with all the badges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I've a few trade paperbacks I've not looked at in years, but one that I never owned stands clear in my mind over 30 years later. That would be Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. My family was on vacation, and were given the use of a friend's house while they were away. On the coffee table I found The Dark Knight Returns, and I couldn't put it down. Up until that moment, most everything I'd seen regarding Batman was from the campy era, mostly the old Adam West show and Superfriends, but there were a few other animated series as well, and some comics clearly directed at kids, too. I'd known the original Batman was darker than Adam West's version, but I'd never experienced it. The Dark Knight Returns unleashed the possibilities, and the general public's understanding of Batman shifted a year or two later when the first Michael Keaton film was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougGraves Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 6/19/2020 at 6:36 AM, kosten07 said: Alien Legion <-- some of Chuck Dixon's finest work I read Alien Legion in the original comics. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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