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ActionAndy
04-17-2009, 12:12 PM
Any comic readers here? Graphic novels count too. I read mainly Invincible as far as superheroes are concerned. I also like a lot of old school Conan, as well as the Dark Horse revival. So what are some of your favorite comics and graphic novels?

md4958
04-17-2009, 12:15 PM
Spidey
Wolverine
Xmen

Mostly Marvel stuff... Ive got thousands in my basement boarded, bagged and boxed

Starscream
04-17-2009, 12:16 PM
I was big in to all the Batman titles from 91-00. Made it through Knightfall/Knightsend/ to No Man's Land and Hush.
Loved The Watchmen.
V for Vendetta.
Ambush Bug
Justice League (when Giffen did it) Guy Gardner, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Maxwell Lord lineup.
Spawn (1st 50+ issues)
Superman

I was very big into comics at one point, but after having kids, I can't afford 'em anymore. I still buy the occasional Graphic Novel/TPB whenever possible. I like catching up on the old stuff now through Marvel's Essential line and DC's Showcase line.

Starscream
04-17-2009, 12:16 PM
Mostly DCstuff... Ive got thousands in my basement boarded, bagged and boxed

:tpd:

dunng
04-17-2009, 12:17 PM
Punisher only... :ss

jledou
04-17-2009, 12:23 PM
Just picked up a copy of the Watchmen yesterday. I have heard mixed reviews of the movie but good reviews of the novel.

Starscream
04-17-2009, 12:24 PM
Just picked up a copy of the Watchmen yesterday. I have heard mixed reviews of the movie but good reviews of the novel.

Movie is good, the graphic novel is great.

md4958
04-17-2009, 12:29 PM
Movie is good, the graphic novel is great.

TRicker loaned me the GN and I couldnt get through 20 pages before I lost interest.

I should probably give it another shot, but ill catch the movie

jledou
04-17-2009, 12:39 PM
Movie is good, the graphic novel is great.

Good to hear. I am going to read through the graphic novel and then check out the movie!

TRicker
04-17-2009, 12:41 PM
NERD REPORTING for duty.Love oldschool JLA from the 80's, blue beetle rocks. Now Alex Ross is my hero, love his artwork. Also huge thor fan

Starscream
04-17-2009, 12:41 PM
blue beetle rocks.

Sucks he's dead now.

newcigarz
04-17-2009, 12:43 PM
As a kid I read a lot of martial arts comics, Master of Kung Fu, Iron Fist, etc.
These days I read mostly indie works. Check out Locke & Key by Joe Hill.

http://www.comixconnection.com/uploaded_images/locke_01_cvr-754796.jpg

In case you are not familiar with him, he has a famous father - Stephen King.

Starscream
04-17-2009, 12:45 PM
Good to hear. I am going to read through the graphic novel and then check out the movie!

Movie is better if you read the novel first. Follows panel by panel.

ActionAndy
04-17-2009, 01:12 PM
Punisher only... :ss

I loved Punisher when it was Ennis/Dillon. Welcome Back Frank was a good run.

TRicker
04-17-2009, 01:17 PM
Sucks he's dead now.

I might have cries a little that day!!!

Starscream
04-17-2009, 01:40 PM
I loved Punisher when it was Ennis/Dillon. Welcome Back Frank was a good run.

Ennis and Dillon did a great job with Preacher too.:tu

michael88n
04-17-2009, 01:45 PM
Back in the 80s I had the Watchmen Series, Akira, The Elementals, Astro Boy, Maus, Maus II.. Mostly independent comics. Only a few DC and Marvel series. I don't have any freaking clue where they are now. When I left for the military I thought they were in my parents basement. Not there now... My sisters are pleading not-guilty. Damn.

Cheers,
Michael

yitlin
04-17-2009, 01:47 PM
Spidey fan here although not as much now that they've gone and screwed with his continuity with the Brand New Day arc crap.

P.S. glad to see someone else enjoyed Ambush Bug!

kugie
04-17-2009, 02:25 PM
Spawn 1-20
Gen 13
Wetworks
Conan
Spidey

I like to read the history of the Marvel universe.

Starscream
04-17-2009, 02:26 PM
Wetworks


:tpd:
I liked the first Stormwatch run too.

newcigarz
04-17-2009, 02:44 PM
Spawn 1-20


The early McFarlane stuff is great.

Starscream
04-17-2009, 04:06 PM
The early McFarlane stuff is great.

Except that crappy issue when he killed off Spawn and brought him back just to show Marvel that he had full creative control over his character. That issue was very early in the run (issue 9 or 10?).

foomanto
04-17-2009, 05:02 PM
its been awhile since i bought any but do so on occasion. big marvel fan just ezer to connect to the characters for me. dc is good for the big stores they do about once a year.
liked all the early image stuff. like mostly the x titles, spidey, ghost rider, o hell i like them all i cant pick just one. got lots of boxes full of bagged and boarded comics been collecting for almost 30 years now.

Starchild
04-17-2009, 09:33 PM
I used to be in to a lot of Marvel stuff growing up. X-men, X-factor, Wolverine, Spiderman, Punisher, etc.

Later on I got into stuff like Grendel, Usagi yo Jimbo, Milk and Cheese.

Haven't bought a book in years.

SmokinAFuente
04-18-2009, 06:58 PM
I read just about anything. But I'm a die-hart Valiant fan! I'll never forget my first copy of Bloodshot #6.

foomanto
04-27-2009, 08:04 PM
what do you guys think about the dark reign story line in marvel comics.

Starscream
04-27-2009, 08:25 PM
what do you guys think about the dark reign story line in marvel comics.

I'm not up to date w/ my reading anymore. Wish I had the time and money for it.

macpappy
04-28-2009, 05:45 AM
I miss the good comic books from back in the 1960s. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Ironman, etc. I also enjoyed the WWII based comics featuring Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury. I can't remember the name of the comics but there was also the one about the Sherman Tank "haunted" by the ghost of J.E.B. Stuart.

Starscream
04-28-2009, 06:34 AM
Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury both kicked ass! Easy company and the Howling Commandoes were awesome! But then they had to go and ruin sgt. Fury and make him an agent.

Starscream
04-28-2009, 08:35 PM
Is Captain America still dead?

rennD
04-28-2009, 08:36 PM
Used to be an avid Batman reader. These days I just buy collectible items and watch the movies.

Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is my all time favorite read.

Starscream
04-28-2009, 08:43 PM
Used to be an avid Batman reader. These days I just buy collectible items and watch the movies.

Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is my all time favorite read.

:tpd:

Skywalker
04-28-2009, 09:08 PM
Spidey
Wolverine
Xmen

Mostly Marvel stuff... Ive got thousands in my basement boarded, bagged and boxed

:tpd: 'cept mine are in my attic!!!

ActionAndy
04-28-2009, 09:25 PM
I miss the good comic books from back in the 1960s. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Ironman, etc. I also enjoyed the WWII based comics featuring Sgt. Rock and Sgt. Fury. I can't remember the name of the comics but there was also the one about the Sherman Tank "haunted" by the ghost of J.E.B. Stuart.

Picke one of the Sgt. Rock hardcovers last year, it's pretty cool. Not your typical comic stuff.

MedicCook
04-28-2009, 09:27 PM
Free comic book day is almost here.

May 2nd.

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

ActionAndy
04-28-2009, 09:29 PM
Free comic book day is almost here.

May 2nd.

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

Rad, thanks for the reminder. There's a comic book store like a block from my apartment that i still haven't been to...Keep spending my money on stogies.

MedicCook
04-28-2009, 10:34 PM
Rad, thanks for the reminder. There's a comic book store like a block from my apartment that i still haven't been to...Keep spending my money on stogies.

That is how I know about it. I drove by it Monday and they have a huge banner outside the shop.

foomanto
04-29-2009, 07:46 PM
Is Captain America still dead?

Yes the original is still dead but Bucky isn't he is the one filling Cap's shoes now.

Starscream
04-29-2009, 08:12 PM
Yes the original is still dead but Bucky isn't he is the one filling Cap's shoes now.

That sounds dumber than Jason Todd coming back from the grave. But if it makes money, then have at it. Anybody know the year that Bucky died (not continuity year, but the actual year that they wrote him off)?

foomanto
04-30-2009, 08:11 PM
That sounds dumber than Jason Todd coming back from the grave. But if it makes money, then have at it. Anybody know the year that Bucky died (not continuity year, but the actual year that they wrote him off)?

i think dc did that in the crisis they had last year or the year before. they had another that just ended but i know nothing about the story on that one.

Starscream
05-01-2009, 02:38 PM
i think dc did that in the crisis they had last year or the year before. they had another that just ended but i know nothing about the story on that one.

Jason Todd kinda came back in "Hush" by Loeb and Lee, but I think that it was actually Clayface. I did hear that he came back in one of the Crisis storylines.

e-man67
05-01-2009, 02:45 PM
Daredevil use to be my favorite back in the day...especially when Frank Miller got involved. Bullseye was my fav villan.

foomanto
05-01-2009, 04:51 PM
free comic book day tomorrow

The Poet
09-19-2013, 03:03 PM
I dug this old thread out of the deep to ask if anybody out there is getting . . . or trying to get anyway . . . the 3-D Villain covers from DC this month. I myself have managed to snag about half of them, and off the shelf without a hold or reserve at my local shop.

They are seriously cool, and are selling on e-Bay already for multiple times the cover price.

The Poet
09-28-2013, 12:46 PM
I dug this old thread out of the deep to ask if anybody out there is getting . . . or trying to get anyway . . . the 3-D Villain covers from DC this month. I myself have managed to snag about half of them, and off the shelf without a hold or reserve at my local shop.

They are seriously cool, and are selling on e-Bay already for multiple times the cover price.


I guess not. Plus, it's over, and it's too late now. But this is what I'm talking about.


http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=48097