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md62
05-21-2010, 01:35 PM
30's - The "pulp" era. I love Doc Savage, The Shadow & Tarzan from that era.

40's - For me DC dominated this decade. I love the raw energy of the early Golden Age stuff. I enjoyed ALL their superhero stuff. Marvel only had Namor (really like Everett's work), Torch & Cap. Fawcett had The Marvel Family & Quality had Plastic Man (Jack Cole was a genius) & The Blackhawks.

50's - I liked the later stuff with the westerns & science fiction from DC. I wasn't crazy about Marvel's monster themed books.

60's - loved it all. DC's updates of The Flash, GL, Hawkman, The Atom & the JLA. Marvel exploded with so many great heroes & ideas. I liked Charlton's Action Hero line by Steve Ditko. I also loved a lot of the war comics from that decade. Gil Kane was awesome with work on GL & Atom.

70's - IMO this decade was the Marvel Age more than the 60's. Marvel started experimenting with the weirder stuff like Ghost Rider & Dracula. DC had the Bob Haney/Jim Aparo Brave & Bold. Joe Kubert became one of my favorite artists with his work on Tarzan & Sgt Rock.

80's - this decade was all over the place for me. I loved both DC & Marvel from this time but First Comics really grabbed my attention with Nexus, American Flagg!, Grimjack, etc.

90's - loved early Valiant stuff. Some of the Malibu Ultraverse stuff was good but the quality fell off rapidly. DC & Marvel only had a few bright spots like The Flash & Capt America that I liked.

dupersuper
05-22-2010, 12:25 AM
30s and 40s-I apreciate the historic significance of these books, especially Action #1

50s-ditto, plus the silver age was kinda' fun (then)

60s-ditto, Marvel got kinda' fun

70s-books I can seriously read. Preachy stuff like GL/GA, odd but readable

80s-the 1st decade I can really get into; Moore, Morrison, Gaiman, Man of Steel, Batman Year 1, Perez WW, Teen Titans, Crisis, JLI, etc.

90s-more Moore, Gaiman, etc., plus Waid, JLA, Kingdom Come, triangle era Supes, etc.

00s-as a Superman fan; very uneven

now-I find myself getting into indies more...I can only take so much rape, cannibalism and dead children trying to follow Supes in the current DCU.

Iangould
05-22-2010, 07:00 AM
50's - has to be EC.