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Post by peterh on Oct 30, 2006 20:51:34 GMT
I can't remember if we had one of these before but let's have one anyway. What's your all time favorite run on a comic book. Mine is: Giffens run on Justice League (with a bit of help from good fellows such as DeMatties/Maguire/Hughes/Sears and others)  |
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Post by Venom65437 on Oct 30, 2006 21:45:43 GMT
Chris Claremont's first run on Uncanny X-Men. Gets no better my friend. |
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Post by Gray Lensman on Oct 30, 2006 22:27:44 GMT
Claremont's 54-issue run on the New Mutants. Good concept, great characters, lots of twists and turns and character growth. This is how you create and develop a new series. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Oct 30, 2006 22:34:57 GMT
I can't say I have a single all time favourite, but these are all pretty cool:
Chris Claremont on New Mutants
Mark Gruenwald on Captain America
Garth Ennis on Hitman
Alan Grant on Lobo
And the way things are going, Grant Morrison on AS Supes...
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Post by sps1000 on Oct 31, 2006 0:45:44 GMT
Fabian Niceaza on Gambit
Alan Davis on Excalibur
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Post by brett on Oct 31, 2006 13:15:46 GMT
Is it too early to say Seven Soldiers?
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Post by TheScreamMan on Oct 31, 2006 22:59:36 GMT
Chuck Dixon on Robin 1-99.
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Post by hector on Oct 31, 2006 23:55:33 GMT
Is it too early to say Seven Soldiers? No, but what the guys seem to be referencing here are runs with established characters (with the exception of Hitman) So far, SS is a creation only from Grant Morrison's mind. His runs on NXM or Animal Man would apply, for example. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Nov 1, 2006 4:51:47 GMT
Not really, Hec. Claremont invented most if not all of the New Mutants, a huge favourite of both Steve & myself. Those are all established characters now, but certainly weren't then...
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Post by Gray Lensman on Nov 1, 2006 5:02:31 GMT
Technically, Claremont did create all the New Mutants, yes. The only one he didn't was Illyana, who Len Wein introduced as a walk-on in Giant-Sized X-Men #1. (Although I still technically consider Magik a Claremont creation; CC took a stock character and added depth, background, and complexity until she became an entirely different character from the one Wein envisioned.) Karma was created by Claremont in an issue of Marvel Team-Up. The rest were all created by CC either in the NM Graphic Novel or in the pages of NM. Just thought I'd clarify. In any case, I don't think it need be a run on previously existing characters, although it can be. |
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Post by hector on Nov 1, 2006 7:05:39 GMT
Not really, Hec. Claremont invented most if not all of the New Mutants, a huge favourite of both Steve & myself. Those are all established characters now, but certainly weren't then... That's why I said, regarding SS, "So far". Anyway, mine: Runner ups, in no particular order: (possibly) Geoff Johns's Green Lantern: It's still early to tell, and GL is a "It will come out whenever I feel like" schedule, but there is no denying Johns has pretty much undone all the damage Denny O'Neil made to the character when he turned him into a brainless strawman for Green Arrow. Johns' Jordan is fearless and arrogant, those being both his greatest assets and biggest faults. Frank Miller's Daredevil (Born Again): There are maybe two, perhaps three, truly great series ever published by Marvel. This is one of them. Perfect, tight, brilliant storytelling by Frank Miller at his very best. How the mighty has fallen. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing: This series is only responsible, for, I don't know, EVERY SMART COMIC PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES. Without this run, we wouldn't had Vertigo, and everything that followed. It's possibly the smartest, most complex run on any established character ever. Reading "The Anatomy Lesson" you actually are transported to the past hearing comics grow a brain. Grant Morrison's Animal Man: Every now and then someone says that Grant Morrison hates superheroes. Something I rate as slightly less stupid than saying the Earth is flat. This series is one of the many that proves just how wrong that is. Love for the heroes, their worlds, their continuity and their metafiction permeates every single page of the series. The final issue is a masterpiece. Mark Waid's Flash: Wally West was a jerk, then a boring, full of self-doubt dullard. We would have seen Barry come back if it weren't for what Mark Waid brought to the title. The relatable, likable, fun individual that the Marvel heroes could be if they stop their endless whining. Wally loved being a superhero and it showed. It also had the best romance in comics ever. Alan Moore's Supreme: That Moore again? He must be somewhat good. Or brilliant. That's the only way to turn a worthless Liefeld "creation" (and boy is that word devaluated when used about Liefeld) into a wonderful homage of the Mort Weisenger Superman. Layers upon layers of metafictional complexity and heartfelt love catapultes this to being almost my favorite, if it weren't for... Favorite: Grant Morrison's JLA: I love the Justice League of America. It's my favorite superhero group ever. I've read it all. From the full of ingenuity and imagination early issues by Gardner Fox, the iconic Satellite Era to the dark JL Detroit and "BWAHAHA" eras to the even worse Dan Vado and Gerard Jones issues. Grant Morrison's era top them all. Big, heroic, larger than life characters. Spot on minimalist characterization and clever plotting and dialogue. This is exactly what superheroe comics should be. |
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Post by sps1000 on Nov 1, 2006 13:20:30 GMT
I also love Morrison's JLA run for one reason and one reason only: He made me care about Superman as a character, and he actually *gasp* used Superman's electric powers effectively. Don't know if the regular writers tried the things Morrison tried in his JLA.
Saying that unfortunately I cannot say I like All Star Superman because I hate the silver age and it's 60's cheese and though Morrison's characterization is top notch I cannot get past the cheesiness.
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Post by SilvaShado on Nov 17, 2006 7:55:08 GMT
I'm pretty limited when it comes to creators doing a run on a comic since most of what I read are indies by their original creators.
But I really enjoyed Catwoman by Brubaker. I really wish Willingham had been better with Robin, but he's better at doing his own material.
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Post by philster on Nov 22, 2006 3:45:36 GMT
Interestingly enough I didn't really like Grant Morrison's JLA as much as I did the "BWAHAHA" era. But perhaps I just liked the comedy aspect more than "serious stories" that I knew wouldn't amount to anything except minor injuries for these iconic characters. I also liked Geoff Johns' JSA stories more. My favorite would have to be Chris Claremont's early X-Men. That's the one series I've been getting back issues on for the last few years, either at my old local comic shop or on e-bay, and the more I read, the more I really appreciate his writing and characterization on X-Men. It's the only comic collection I'm extremely interested in completing. I haven't read New Mutants yet, but from all accounts and from the little I've read ( ie. what Craig sent Steve, couldn't resist  ) I'd also like to get issues of that series as well. Kinda tough though. And I'm also a big fan of Frank Miller's Daredevil work as well. |
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) I'd also like to get issues of that series as well. Kinda tough though.