I thought I would give my two cents here. You already got the best from a major publisher, but there are some other fantastic comics that are really unknown because they’re not from major publishers.
The one that comes right to the top of my head is Colonia by Jeff Nicholson. It’s a fantastic comic (in multiple senses) but it’s self published about as often as Nicholson gets around to it. Try to find the trade paperback that collects the first five issues.
Another fun one is Clan Apis. I don’t know if anymore of those are being written though.
Other titles that spring to mind are Castle Waiting, Bone, and Usagi Yojimbo. They’re probably known to people who read comics regularly though.
Hm…It seems that there’s a theme to my recommendations. They’re all black-and-white family friendly fantasy/adventure comics. Oh well, I suppose I’m in some sort of a rut. But it’s a pretty good rut, especially if you’re bored with/never got into conventional superheros.
Daredevil vs. Wolverine: who has the better sense of 1) smell, 2) taste, 3) hear, and 4) touch?
Related question: does Wolverine have enhanced vision to correspond with his other enhanced senses?
Unrelated question: any theories about Ben Grimm’s sex life as The Thing? Did he have one? Was/is Alicia willing to forgo that aspect of their relationship? (Yes, inquiring minds will eventually take a stroll through the gutter.)
Cobra-La was never a part of the Marvel GI Joe series. Larry Hama, the one who wrote most of the entire run of Joe (and all of the file cards for the Hasbro toys, and was the model for Tunnel Rat) flat out told Hasbro he thought it was a stupid idea and he wouldn’t include them in the book. Oddly enough, they went with him, thank God.
Serpentor on the other hand was great! His entire existence in the comic was a fantastic arc. It led to the great Cobra Civil War on Cobra Island where Zartan got to show off his bad-ass archery skills.
When I stopped reading it was when Transformers Generation 2 became part of continuity (not the awful GI Joe/Transformers x-over) and no one thought it was very odd that giant robots from space were roaming around. I can suspend my disbelief only so much.
The new Image series is very well done. Blaylock has done a fine job of picking up where the Marvel continuity left off 7 years ago, with Larry Hama’s blessing. In fact, Hama is currently writing GI Joe: Frontline that fills in the gap between the Marvel and Image series. Also worth picking up.
Dark Shadows has a big cult following. These books are worth more than you’d think.
Looking at a Comic Book Price Guide from about three years ago I’d say a complete run of the Gold Key Dark Shadows would sell for approximatly $500 if it was in mint conditon. If you wanted to buy a set it would probably cost you about $1000 if you could even find all the issues. Not exactly enough to retire on but not bad either.
Here’s the question for you: what exactly is Dr. Doom a Doctor of? He was expelled from college before graduating, after all. And the origin stories (original Lee and Kirby, Kirby’s later version, Wolfman, or the Byrne thing that tried to resolve them all into a coherant process) don’t make any mention of additional schooling. On top of that the later versions of his origin don’t leave him any time to do so off screen as he’s found by a State U recruiter in Europe, goes to school, blows himself up, gets kicked out, and then runs off to Tibet to get further training in mysticism. You could say that he awarded himself a doctorate from the university of Latveria but he wasn’t king there for several years after his first appearance.
Actually, the machine, like many other silly fanboy Legion memories, re-appeared in the “TMK” Legion era. Specifically, in LSH (1989 series) # 41 and 50. Both times it was used by Matter-Eater Lad…another of those silly Legion fanboy things (although he was indeed a bona-fide Legionnaire) brought back at that time.
I’ll rlue daredeviil on this… I’m sure if I had the the marvel universe guide( thanks marvel, I wanted to know that northstar has the burning power of one thousand candles), whic uses “real” numbers. I remember DD being able to understand if a person is lying by their heart beat, could apparently smell blood from 1000 feet away or something.
Wolverine likely has a enhanced sense of sight… Although I can’t think of specific issues that indcate that.
Doctor Doom does not atually have a degree for any sort of medical career. He was going to be a doctor, but when the machine(or was it a spell) that he was using to get his mother’s soul back from Mephisto exploded he was expelled. It scarred his face only slightly; the real face burning would come when he put his still molten hot faceplate.
He never went back to get a real degree; although I’d imagined that he wouuld probably easily teach himself in any form of medical science.
HOLY… Can I come to the wedding? I’m, um, your long lost brother! Yea, thats it!
Seriously,. Eisner is one of the most influential comic creators ever. I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t actually read The Spirit, but I’ve heard enough from other pros to be in awe of him. The comic industry awards (the comic equivalent of the Oscars) are named after him, and that shows something…
Fenris Question 7) During the Legion’s battle with Darkseid (issues 290-294 or so of the original series) Element Lad turned something into gold kryptonite to rob the evil Superman clone of its powers and then Timber Wolf destroyed the clone (these were made of inorganic matter – don’t ask me, read the Legion books – so Timber Wolf didn’t violate the Legion’s code against killing).
LoN: I have read a fair amount of Spirits and they deserve their reputation. As much as I admire Gaiman and Moore, Eisner is still Da Man.
There have been two questions about the golden-age Batman that I feel I must address:
He was killed in Adventure#466, not 462 as stated.
His marriage to Selena (Catwoman) Kyle was portrayed in Superman Family#211, which was also significant because it’s also the only meeting of Clark (Superman) Kent and Harvey (Two-Face) Kent.
Probably because the writer didn’t write in what you want. You could of think of hundreds of different ways it could play out. But chances are it’s going to be batman versus spawn for half the book and then go after the villian. Pretty formulaic.
Hopefully not, it’ll be cool just to read an event like that.just to see how Superman would react to captain marvel(marvel comics version ofcourse) ad infinitium. I wish there would be a good croosover book, and this would be a good place to start.
Buzz? I’m sorry I don’t know what you mean…
hell yeah. i’d imagined it has to do with the way people percieve superman as a representation of america. it would be saying on a symbolic level that superman(or america) could get corrupted beyond the realm of returning to being a good guy.
But again, it would be interesting.
