Best DC Comics from the 80s and 90s

[Blue_Beetle]

I was thinking more in terms of runs, not necessarily a single story like Batman: Year One or Watchmen.

What are some of the best runs of the 1980s and 1990s in DC Comics?

[the4thpip]

Levitz' Legion around the Great Darkness Saga, plus a year before and a couple of years after were pretty awesome.

In the 90s, if you count them as DC, almost all the Milestone books were stellar: Static, Blood Syndicate, Hardware, Icon, Shadow Cabinet, Kobalt, Deathwish, Heroes, Wise Son...

[Chicago Expat]

Y'know, one that I was recently reminded of when I found a couple issues in a bargain bin was "Thriller" by Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor von Eeden. It only went like 12 issues. I remember picking up the first couple issues back in the day when I was teenager and really taking to them. It was sort of a secret society thing, where the primary type of power was psychic, but it was more a secret agent save the world Invisibles type of thing. I never read how it ended (or if it was discontinued), but I'm in the process now of trying to find them all.

I read one of the two issues I found, and it has held up very well over time.

Here's some covers. The first two images are the issues I picked up...

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[ticklefist]

Y'know, one that I was recently reminded of when I found a couple issues in a bargain bin was "Thriller" by Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor von Eeden. It only went like 12 issues. I remember picking up the first couple issues back in the day when I was teenager and really taking to them. It was sort of a secret society thing, where the primary type of power was psychic, but it was more a secret agent save the world Invisibles type of thing. I never read how it ended (or if it was discontinued), but I'm in the process now of trying to find them all.

I read one of the two issues I found, and it has held up very well over time.

Here's some covers. The first two images are the issues I picked up...

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21387-3207-23848-1-thriller_medium.jpg http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21578-3207-24068-1-thriller_medium.jpghttp://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21165-3207-23601-1-thriller_medium.jpg

Good answer. I hope to see more like it. None of that "still relevant" and/or "groundbreaking achievement" crap. What was actually fun to read back then? Is it still fun to read now? That's what I wanna know.

[Chicago Expat]

I also really enjoyed Andy Helfer and Kyle Baker's run on The Shadow...

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Great scripting and art. Dark humor interspersed with silly light-hearted moments. Both cerebral and whimsical. I've always liked when Helfer and Baker team up.



Good answer. I hope to see more like it. None of that "still relevant" and/or "groundbreaking achievement" crap. What was actually fun to read back then? Is it still fun to read now? That's what I wanna know.

Hey, thanks.

And I agree with you about 'fun' being an element that sometimes can get forgotten when sizing a title up.

[Flamebird]

Both Legion of Superheroes and Teen Titans stole the show in the 80's.
Deservedly so, for the most part.
The two titles were also the first to get upgraded paper and color in what they called "baxter" format.
Seemed really cool at the time, now the colors look a bit garish on the slick paper compared to what we've grown accustomed to over the years.

By 1988, there was a little cross-over book called Invasion.
Not many people seem to recall it fondly; but it gave us one of the greatest books of the early 90's:
L.E.G.I.O.N. '89 (year changed yearly, duh. :wink: )
Had an incredible amount of talent in both writing and art and some of the best stories from any comics company at the time.
Issues 1- 50 read almost like one story; even though it was a lot of little ones; the build for the overall arc was what kept us coming back for more.

Jumping farther on is Starman; following the less than stellar(:tongue:) mini-series Zero Hour.

Tons of good stuff over the 2 decade period, but as a fan of teams; those are what usually stick out for me.
Honorable mentions have to go to a series called Black Condor; a complete re-imagination of the old Freedom Fighter character.
Ooh, also The Ray.
Forgot Infinity Incorporated, as well.
Geez I could do this for hours. . .:biggrin:

[yvahed]

New Teen Titans (Vol. 1 1-60 and Vol. 2 1-25 or so)

Justice League International / America (until #75)
Justice League Europe (until #50 or so)

Wonder Woman (Vol. 2 - the Perez years)

Batman and the Outsiders (first three years or so)

All Star Squadron (+Young All Stars and Infinity Inc.)

Legion of Super Heroes (Giffen reboot)

Legionnaires

Hawkworld

[mal-adjusted]

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[Flashpoint]

Y'know, one that I was recently reminded of when I found a couple issues in a bargain bin was "Thriller" by Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor von Eeden. It only went like 12 issues. I remember picking up the first couple issues back in the day when I was teenager and really taking to them. It was sort of a secret society thing, where the primary type of power was psychic, but it was more a secret agent save the world Invisibles type of thing. I never read how it ended (or if it was discontinued), but I'm in the process now of trying to find them all.

I read one of the two issues I found, and it has held up very well over time.

Here's some covers. The first two images are the issues I picked up...

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21387-3207-23848-1-thriller_medium.jpg http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21578-3207-24068-1-thriller_medium.jpghttp://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/21165-3207-23601-1-thriller_medium.jpg
Thanks for this post! I was a huge fan of Thriller. Fleming created strong characters and an engaging plot, but it was Trevor Von Eeden's artwork that sold this book. It was so underrated, it was criminal. The art was incredible! I was sad when this book got canned. It deserved better.

[Flashpoint]

New Teen Titans (Vol. 1 1-60 and Vol. 2 1-25 or so)

Justice League International / America (until #75)
Justice League Europe (until #50 or so)

Wonder Woman (Vol. 2 - the Perez years)

Batman and the Outsiders (first three years or so)

I've always been an Alan Davis fan, but few of his runs left a bigger impression on me than his run of Batman And The Outsiders...

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God, I loved that book! :)

[FanboyStranger]

Good answer. I hope to see more like it. None of that "still relevant" and/or "groundbreaking achievement" crap. What was actually fun to read back then? Is it still fun to read now? That's what I wanna know.

I actually picked up the first three issues from a $.50 bin a few months ago, and they held up quite well. VonEeden, in particular, turns in some great work.

The best of the '80s for me were:

Levitz/Giffen/Lightle Legion of Superheroes

Moore/Veitch/Bissette/Totleben Swamp Thing

O'Neil/Cowan The Question

Delano/various Hellblazer

Helfer/Sienkiewicz/Baker The Shadow

Morrison/Truog Animal Man

Morrison/Case dOOM pATROL

Gaiman/various Sandman

Ostrander/Yale/various Suicide Squad

Matt Wagner The Demon

Mishkin/Colon Blue Devil

Milligan/Ewins/Dillon Skreemer

Moore/Lloyd V for Vendetta

[Buried Alien]

I was always a fan of the 1980s edition of DC COMICS PRESENTS. Touring the DC Universe monthly with Superman was a great way to meet some lesser-known characters who didn't have their own titles and weren't members of any of the major active teams.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[FanboyStranger]

1990s, I'd go with (limiting it to only Vertigo books set in the DCU):

Milligan/Bachalo Shade, the Changing Man

Robinson/Smith The Golden Age

Robinson/Harris/Snejberg Starman

Giffen/Bierbaum Legion of Superheroes (5yr Gap)

Ostrander/Mandrake The Spectre

Wagner/Seagle/Davis Sandman Mystery Theatre

Priest/Porter/Johnson The Ray

Legends of the Dark Knight: Morrison/Janson Gothic, Matt Wagner Faces, Robinson/Sale Blades, JF Moore/Russell Hothouse, Bryan Talbot Masks

JF Moore/Guinan Chronos

Chaykin/Garcia-Lopez Twilight

Chaykin/JF Moore/Mignola Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution

Ennis/Simpson/Dillon Hellbllazer

Jenkins/Phillips Hellblazer

Ennis/McCrea Hitman

Peyer/Morales Hourman

Morrison/Porter JLA

Giffen/Grant/Kitson L.E.G.I.O.N. (technically starts in '89)

Waid/various The Flash

[FanboyStranger]

A few more I've thought of:

1980s

Wolfman/Colon Nightforce

Grell/Hannigan Green Arrow (especially Long Bow Hunters)

Tim Truman Hawkworld

DeMatteis/Giffen Dr Fate

1990s

DnA/Guice Resurrection Man

Johnson/Williams III Chase

Millar/Hester Swamp Thing

Gaiman/Bolton/Hampton/Vess/Johnson Books of Magic

Ney Reiber/Gross Books of Magic (especially when Peter Gross goes solo)

[FanboyStranger]

Thanks for this post! I was a huge fan of Thriller. Fleming created strong characters and an engaging plot, but it was Trevor Von Eeden's artwork that sold this book. It was so underrated, it was criminal. The art was incredible! I was sad when this book got canned. It deserved better.

It should have been canned when Robert Loren Fleming quit. Those later issues are terrible, especially when Von Eeden left. This was a case of a team putting everything they had into the book, and when they left, their replacements couldn't catch that lightning in a bottle.

[Blue_Beetle]

DeMatteis/Giffen Dr Fate

That's a book I'm looking for. Is it silly like JLI or no?

[Flashpoint]

It should have been canned when Robert Loren Fleming quit. Those later issues are terrible, especially when Von Eeden left. This was a case of a team putting everything they had into the book, and when they left, their replacements couldn't catch that lightning in a bottle.

Oh, duh. You're right; I'm wrong. Sorry. Yeah, it's been over 25 years since I read those issues and I totally forgot that. That's why the book went downhill, of course. Darn it. :frown:

[Flashpoint]

That's a book I'm looking for. Is it silly like JLI or no?

The mini-series that launched the ongoing book was pretty dead serious...

http://onceuponageek.com/images/87drfate_c.jpg

I've been trying to find DC's in-house ad for the DeMatteis/McManus ongoing which did, in fact, promise a more lighthearted romp, but honestly it was still a pretty serious book about life, love, destiny/fate and karma (with plenty of sorcery)...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ih57i6e8euk/TL4P98eupQI/AAAAAAAABFc/KGxoJcJwvKI/s1600/dr_fate_2.jpg

DC really played up the goofy-looking dog in the ads, but DeMatteis was still really into the Eastern mysticism elements in his writing. The book was sold as a bit off-kilter in its humor, but it definitely had a serious tone. This cover below is a good reflection of the book's actual content...
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The Dr. Fate back-ups by Keith Giffen that appeared in The Flash were incredible--like a DC version of Doctor Strange. And they have been collected in TPB previously. Absolutely not to be missed.
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[Ari Gold]

Resurrection Man

And from what I hear Chase.

[Flashpoint]

Never mind.

[Tekamthi]

Mark Waid's Flash - A historic run I will never grow tired of championing, from "The Return of Barry Allen" to "Terminal Velocity" to "Dead Heat" to "Chain Lightning."

Mark Waid's Impulse - Possibly better than his Flash.

Ron Marz's Green Lantern - I appreciated Hal Jordan at the time, but Kyle Rayner became my generation's GL, and it was to the expert handling of Kyle's formative development from Marz that made it possible.

Chuck Dixon's Robin - Tim Drake benefited a great deal from having a strong narrative thrust from the beginning, but Dixon took it to another level, and was the most interesting Batman material post-"Knightfall."

Dixon's Nightwing - Until that point best-known for being a Teen Titan, Dick Grayson graduated into his own man with Dixon and McDaniel's dynamic vision of his solo career.

Karl Kesel's Superboy - From Adventures of Superman to his own book, Superboy had an ideal creative team in Kesel and Tom Grummett, whose second, Kirby-inspired run was probably better.

Karl Kesel's Superboy and the Ravers - A series that was overlooked at the time, but was easily one of the best team books ever published.

Primal Force - One of the great books that had a cult following but still doesn't get the respect it's due.

[Shimarenda]

My personal choices:

Ostrander's The Spectre

Perez's Wonder Woman

[Ari Gold]

Peter David's Aquaman as well. Have read about half of it so far.

[SJNeal]

Primal Force - One of the great books that had a cult following but still doesn't get the respect it's due.

I get so excited whenever I see Primal Force mentioned!

Unfortunately it's not that often because, like you said, the poor book never got its due... :frown:

[FanboyStranger]

I get so excited whenever I see Primal Force mentioned!

Unfortunately it's not that often because, like you said, the poor book never got its due... :frown:
I thought it was a pretty good book. The premise was more interesting than the execution, in my opinion, mostly because the artist was all over the place. It did make Jack O'Lantern an interesting character, though.

Seagle's '90s masterpiece was House of Secrets. That book is completely overlooked.

[SJNeal]

Seagle's '90s masterpiece was House of Secrets. That book is completely overlooked.

Pretty much everything Seagle's ever done is overlooked, lol.

I swear, the guy has had more amazing titles get canceled than anyone else I can think of... :redface:

[Carter Hall]

Love this post! The 80s and 90s were a great time for DC, even though I thought that Marvel was a little better during same period. A few of my all time favorite runs are found during this time, including (80s first):

- John Ostrander/Tim Truman/Graham Nolan's Hawkworld run (the mini was great too)
- Ostrander's Suicide Squad
- Grell's Green Arrow
- Perez' Wonder Woman
- Byrne/Jurgens/Ordway Superman
- Grant/Breyfogle Batman
and All-Star Squadron and early issues of Infinity Inc by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway

90s:
- Jurgens/Ordway/Stern Superman
- Moench/Aparo/Dixon/Nolan Batman
- Ron Marz' Green Lantern
- John Byrne's Wonder Woman
- Mark Waid's Flash

Great stuff across the board, basically. I will say though, that I never got into a few other runs everyone pines about during this era, most notably Denny O'Neil's Question and Peter David's Aquaman (although I loved the Atlantis Chronicles). Still, post-Crisis DC was the best the company has ever been, IMHO.

[Carter Hall]

Oh, and how could I forget Legends of the Dark Knight, one of my favorite runs ever, and probably the best anthology book ever published!

[SJNeal]

John Byrne's Wonder Woman



No no no, this is supposed to be a BEST OF thread... :wink:

[FanboyStranger]

Pretty much everything Seagle's ever done is overlooked, lol.

I swear, the guy has had more amazing titles get canceled than anyone else I can think of... :redface:

That is very true, with the caveat that he's definitely best on titles he's developed by himself. When he takes on established books and characters, the work's not just at that same level. He's a lot like Pete Milligan in that.

[SJNeal]

^ ^ ^

Agreed. The one exception (imho) was his Alpha Flight. I loved what he was doing with that book, unfortunately the Rouleau's "art" on the latter half made my eyes bleed...

[dumbstruck]

I'm currently working on the 80's Firestorm series. Some great stuff there.

[kaleb2470]

There's some awesome stuff being posted here. Most of my favorite books came from the 80s and 90s. Has anyone suggested Young Justice yet? If the poster liked JLI he'll love young justice. I've been meaning to get into some LOS stories, whats L.E.G.I.O.N. like?

[deadboy80]

Teen titans in the 80s, The Flash series that started in the 80s with Wally was good all through the 90s as well. Detective comics in the early 90s was awesome. The Robin minis were good. The Spectre run in the 90s was bad-ass!!! The Man of Steel mini of the 80s was good. There was a lot of good stuff back then .

[FanboyStranger]

^ ^ ^

Agreed. The one exception (imho) was his Alpha Flight. I loved what he was doing with that book, unfortunately the Rouleau's "art" on the latter half made my eyes bleed...

My former opinion was the same as yours: I loved the first year or so of Alpha Flight until Rouleau came on, then I found it tough to read because the art was so busy. Recently, I reread those issues, and I found them far stronger than what I had previously though. I still think Rouleau was a poor choice as that storyline with Aurora, Modred the Mystic, and the Brass Bishop was quite dark, but I've softened a bit on it being nigh-unreadable. I wish I could step in a time machine and convince them to put have put Leo Manco on the book.

[FanboyStranger]

I've been meaning to get into some LOS stories, whats L.E.G.I.O.N. like?

As long as Kitson was on the book, L.E.G.I.O.N was quite good, especially Alan Grant's third year through issue 40. After Barry left (issue 50, I think?), the book was okay, but not up to the standards of the first few years, even with writers like Mark Waid and Tom Peyer.

[SJNeal]

My former opinion was the same as yours: I loved the first year or so of Alpha Flight until Rouleau came on, then I found it tough to read because the art was so busy. Recently, I reread those issues, and I found them far stronger than what I had previously though. I still think Rouleau was a poor choice as that storyline with Aurora, Modred the Mystic, and the Brass Bishop was quite dark, but I've softened a bit on it being nigh-unreadable. I wish I could step in a time machine and convince them to put have put Leo Manco on the book.

Or anyone else for that matter. The conspiracy theorist in me always thinks publishers sabotage my favorite books by putting crappy writers/artists on them... :cool:

But it's been a long time since I've revisited those issues. No doubt Seagle's writing holds up, but since my tastes have matured I might find Rouleau's chicken scratch tolerable now.

[Buried Alien]

Gerry Conway's early 1980s run on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA is a bit overlooked, I think.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[hondobrode]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061226173413/marvel_dc/images/thumb/7/7e/Action_Comics_584.jpg/333px-Action_Comics_584.jpg

John Byrne's action run

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Action Comics Weekly

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80's & 90's Action was awesome starting with Perez and wrapping the timeframe of the 90's with

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loved it all

[hondobrode]

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Loved the DC reprint digests

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esp as toward the end they focused on the Legion

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Adventures of Superman starting off strong with da Ordster and Wolfman

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wrapping up the 90's with Mark Millar, Steve Epting, Dennis Rodier and Phil Jiminez

[hondobrode]

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Love all E-2 and this was a very cool series

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don't

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forget

[hondobrode]

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the

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bug

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wild story

[Chicago Expat]

A few more I've thought of:

1980s

Wolfman/Colon Nightforce

I'm glad you mentioned that one. I've been seeing issues of that title lately in bargain bins, but have passed on them thus far. I vaguely remember reading the title as a teenager, but can't remember whether I liked it or not then. I'm definitely gonna pick some of those issues up now when I hit the stores this weekend.

Y'know, that Wolfman/Colon team always kinda put me off at first blush. I think I just don't like that fuzzy style of art on the face of things. But the thing is, I always come around on it and grow to like it quite a bit once I get acclimated to the style. For instance, one of my favorite DC titles from the 80s was another Colon project, teamed-up with Don MacGregor, a title called Nathaniel Dusk...

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Just a hard-boiled detective story set in the depression era. There were at least a couple story arcs, but I'm not sure that this went on long enough to be considered a "run". Something I'll have to look into.

[CaptCleghorn]

It should have been canned when Robert Loren Fleming quit. Those later issues are terrible, especially when Von Eeden left. This was a case of a team putting everything they had into the book, and when they left, their replacements couldn't catch that lightning in a bottle.

Based on the last few issues, they evidently couldn't have caught that lightning while pole dancing outside in a thunderstorm.

Seriously, those first 7-8 issues of Thriller were truly great.

But as a public service though, I repeat the warning about those last four issues.

[FirestormTheNuclearMan]

Gerry Conway Firestorm Volume 2. Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) first fighting the Terrorist Plastique amazing how he beat her. I think it's one of the best Stories in Firestorm History, and in Comic Books.

[maniacthw]

Ron Marz's Green Lantern run.

[hondobrode]

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100616193825/marvel_dc/images/thumb/c/cf/Amethyst_Vol_1_1.jpg/333px-Amethyst_Vol_1_1.jpg

Amethyst maxi-series

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Amy gets here own series

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Another mini

This is another character DC should look at bringing back.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070429154137/marvel_dc/images/thumb/a/a4/Animal_Man_1.jpg/333px-Animal_Man_1.jpg

Whoever woulda guessed that this character would ever have his own title, let alone be successful ?

[hondobrode]

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I really liked this mini and still love this costume

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http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060915175817/marvel_dc/images/thumb/d/d1/Batman_404.jpg/340px-Batman_404.jpg

the Year One arc

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great 4 issue mini by some of the best in the business

[Flashpoint]

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Amethyst maxi-series

>SNIP<

This is another character DC should look at bringing back.

The odds are better than they've ever been thanks to the Flashpoint mini, Secret Seven.

Trust me.

[hondobrode]

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Didn't expect to like this character and all and now he's one of my favorites. Hope DC brings him back soon. This first intro was the best.

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Truly memorable even 20 years later. Starlin and Wrightson.

[hondobrode]

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11 different creative teams. The same team starts and wraps up the series with issues # 1 & 12. The other 10 teams each have an issue to pick up the baton from the last issue's cliffhanger and set up the next issue's premise. Lotsa fun. Wish we could have more crazy gigs like this.

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[hondobrode]

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Detective # 598-600 "Blind Justice" with Denys Cowan art and story by Sam Hamm, who scripted an excellent draft for the first Batman movie.

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Really good 5 issue mini by J.M. DeMatties and Keith Giffen

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The entire Grant Morrison run of Doom Patrol # 19 - 63

[marriedguy]

Mark Waid's Flash - A historic run I will never grow tired of championing, from "The Return of Barry Allen" to "Terminal Velocity" to "Dead Heat" to "Chain Lightning."

Mark Waid's Impulse - Possibly better than his Flash.

Ron Marz's Green Lantern - I appreciated Hal Jordan at the time, but Kyle Rayner became my generation's GL, and it was to the expert handling of Kyle's formative development from Marz that made it possible.

Chuck Dixon's Robin - Tim Drake benefited a great deal from having a strong narrative thrust from the beginning, but Dixon took it to another level, and was the most interesting Batman material post-"Knightfall."

Dixon's Nightwing - Until that point best-known for being a Teen Titan, Dick Grayson graduated into his own man with Dixon and McDaniel's dynamic vision of his solo career.

Karl Kesel's Superboy - From Adventures of Superman to his own book, Superboy had an ideal creative team in Kesel and Tom Grummett, whose second, Kirby-inspired run was probably better.

Karl Kesel's Superboy and the Ravers - A series that was overlooked at the time, but was easily one of the best team books ever published.

Primal Force - One of the great books that had a cult following but still doesn't get the respect it's due.

Looks like our tastes are VERY similar!
I'd also throw in The Ray was a blast.
The Superman titles were great when they were overhauled.
It's the one of the few things Loeb has written that I enjoyed.

[hondobrode]

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Great memorable event with a great ending and GL saving the day wish his sacrifice.

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The entire 20 issues. I loved it.

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4 issue mini by James Robinson and Paul Smith. Can't wait to see what Robinson cooks up for us with his upcoming JSA.

[hondobrode]

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Emerald Twilight GL # 48 - 50 and # 51 the first appearance of Kyle Rayner

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This mini by Tim Truman is the best ever version of the Silver Age Hawkman.

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All star line up of talent with the heroes and Lex tackling world hunger.

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I'm in the minority, but I liked Hex in the future, Mad Max-style, but, I'm crazy about Jonah Hex.

[hondobrode]

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Right after the dished up Crisis on Infinite Earths, we were served this 2 issue history that put things into perspective. Once again, the wheel turns, but I still love this.

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One of the earliest DC crossover events, this 3 issue series was great. I had forgotten that Bill Mantlo had written it. That's probably a lot of the reason I like it so well. A lot of my favorite 70's & 80's Marvel comics he wrote. Giffen and a young McFarlane on art.

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The 90's wouldn't be the 90's without Morrison & Porter's JLA. Technically the last arc, World War III, dribbles over into 2000, but I'm still including the entire run # 1 - 41.

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Ok, after a fill-in issue, Waid tears into it with his Tower of Babel arc # 43 - 46. I've never looked at Batman the same since. Wow !

[hondobrode]

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Forget that this 3 issue mini is an Elseworlds. Davis and Farmer nail the JLA square between the eyes with one of the best JLA stories ever.

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Following the 80's & 90's guidelines, this is Jonah Hex # 32, the January 1980 issue. Keep following this run to #92, the final issue before relaunching as Hex in 1985.

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The first 5 issues are still in 1999. Robinson, Johns, Goyer, Sadowski, Bair. Great stuff.

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Justice League volume 2 by J.M. DeMatteis Keith Giffen and Kevin McGuire.

[Hawk_fan]

A few of the best...
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[Hawk_fan]

a few more...

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[Hawk_fan]

Firestorm completed the best JLofA rooster (Satellite Era)
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A great time to be a Hawkman /Katar Hol fan...
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A golden time for Golden Age heroes...
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A CRISIS like no other....
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[Hawk_fan]

I really enjoyed this series too...

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[Hawk_fan]

Best of the 90s...

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[marshal99]

80s

Batman 400
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Batman's rogues team up to take on batman and his allies with plenty of great artists and writers for this anniversary issue.

Wonder Woman 300
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Interesting issue featuring Diana's marriage to Steve Trevor. Diana also went through several what-if type scenarios involving her where she goes through several dream scenarios like what if Steve turned out to be a douchbag thief or how wonder woman and superman became a couple etc.
Earth-1 wonder woman also visited her earth-2 counterpart home and meets E2 steve trevor and their daughter , Lyta Trevor. (Later to become fury of infinity inc) and interestingly enough , the issue features the E1 sandman creeping on diana and after COIE , Hector Hall - the husband of Lyta , take over that role as the sandman for a while at least.

DC challenge 1-12
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A bit of a mess especially in the middle but it was an interesting look at how different each writer tends to think.

World's Finest 300
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The JLA & Outsiders team-up. Batman finally reconciled his difference with superman and the JLA after his fallout and resignation from the JLA.

[the4thpip]

I'm glad you mentioned that one. I've been seeing issues of that title lately in bargain bins, but have passed on them thus far. I vaguely remember reading the title as a teenager, but can't remember whether I liked it or not then. I'm definitely gonna pick some of those issues up now when I hit the stores this weekend.

Y'know, that Wolfman/Colon team always kinda put me off at first blush. I think I just don't like that fuzzy style of art on the face of things. But the thing is, I always come around on it and grow to like it quite a bit once I get acclimated to the style. For instance, one of my favorite DC titles from the 80s was another Colon project, teamed-up with Don MacGregor, a title called Nathaniel Dusk...

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Just a hard-boiled detective story set in the depression era. There were at least a couple story arcs, but I'm not sure that this went on long enough to be considered a "run". Something I'll have to look into.

All those books are not drawn by Ernie Colon, but by "Gentleman" Gene Colan.

[Blue_Beetle]

I'd like to get into the Starman run, but I have some questions.

How many issues were there?

Are they expensive?

Should I just go for the trades?

How many trades are there?

I know it's somehow connected with Zero Hour, but I plan on buying that anyway, no matter how many times I get "Don't buy Zero Hour!" replies :biggrin:

[the4thpip]

I'd like to get into the Starman run, but I have some questions.

How many issues were there?

Are they expensive?

Should I just go for the trades?

How many trades are there?

I know it's somehow connected with Zero Hour, but I plan on buying that anyway, no matter how many times I get "Don't buy Zero Hour!" replies :biggrin:
http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=list&title=82085945000&snumber=1

[marshal99]

Zero hour as a crossover itself was fairly average - not the worse , not the best , mainly used as a plot device to kill off and put the JSA into retirement.

Like i have said a few times before in other threads , it's some of the zero hour tie-in issues that were more interesting than the main crossover.
Some of the multiverse/other realities start seeping into the main DCU reality and you get superman meeting batmans from all the different eras - frank miller batman , bob kane batman , dick sprang batman , neal adams batman etc.
Or post-crisis superboy meeting his pre-crisis or similiar counterpart ..
Or batman and robin encounters the original golden age bumbling fat alfred.
Or batman encountering a reality where bruce wayne as a kid was killed instead of his parents.

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[Mr_Derp]

Alan Grant's run on Batman was awesome. Chuck Dixon breathed new life into Robin and Nightwing in the 90's. Mark Waid's run on the Flash had some of the most poetic, romantic and beautiful dialogue in comics and Garth Ennis' Hitman had the exact opposite in a good way haha

[Nomads1]

Great thread and a whole lot of fantastic comics here. My list is really big, and a lot of it has been included here (Suicide Squad, Batman and the Outsiders, All Star Squadron, L.E.G.I.O.N., Captain Atom, Justice League International, and so on...). Really bringing back the memories here.

Peace

[Glaucus]

80s

Batman 400
http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/07206180254.400.gif
Batman's rogues team up to take on batman and his allies with plenty of great artists and writers for this anniversary issue.

Wonder Woman 300
http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/96911632384.300.gif
Interesting issue featuring Diana's marriage to Steve Trevor. Diana also went through several what-if type scenarios involving her where she goes through several dream scenarios like what if Steve turned out to be a douchbag thief or how wonder woman and superman became a couple etc.
Earth-1 wonder woman also visited her earth-2 counterpart home and meets E2 steve trevor and their daughter , Lyta Trevor. (Later to become fury of infinity inc) and interestingly enough , the issue features the E1 sandman creeping on diana and after COIE , Hector Hall - the husband of Lyta , take over that role as the sandman for a while at least.

DC challenge 1-12
http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/22564943422.12.gif
A bit of a mess especially in the middle but it was an interesting look at how different each writer tends to think.

World's Finest 300
http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/large/97220661824.300.gif

The JLA & Outsiders team-up. Batman finally reconciled his difference with superman and the JLA after his fallout and resignation from the JLA.


I read that Batman issue #400.
Selina Kyle/Catwoman was one of his allies. She wasn't his enemy back then. She was still in the reformed, crime-fighting stage before Joker kidnapped and converted her to having a villain personality again with the cat-scan mind machine.

That was shortly before the retcon with new Catwoman origins in Batman: Year 1 series which started with issue #404.

[Zero Hunter]

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Another nod to L.E.G.I.O.N. here. That was just such a great series. Vril Dox II is still one of the best characters created in the last 30 years.

[Ghost of Mars]

I don't see it mentioned very often, but I still love Grant and Breyfogle's Detective Comics. That was the run that created Anarky and Mr. Zsasz. I dug Breyfogle's Art Deco style.

[deadboy80]

I don't see it mentioned very often, but I still love Grant and Breyfogle's Detective Comics. That was the run that created Anarky and Mr. Zsasz. I dug Breyfogle's Art Deco style.
YES!!! I total wish Breyfogle was at Dc. That would friggin rock!!!.

[Buried Alien]

YES!!! I total wish Breyfogle was at Dc. That would friggin rock!!!.

We saw some of Breyfogle's newer work recently in one of the RETROACTIVE specials issued during the summer. His style has changed a bit since his 1990s DC heyday...gotten lighter and more "cartoony" than it was previously.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Batfan71]

Great topic! Here's my 2 cents:

1980's:
Wolfman/Perez - New Teen Titans
Levitz/Giffen - Legion of Superheroes
Moore/Bissette/Vetch - Swamp Thing
Giffen/DeMattis/Various - Justice League
O' Neil/Cowan - The Question
W Barr/Davis - Detective Comics
Grell/Hannigan - Green Arrow
Byrne - Action Comics/Superman
Morrison/Various - Animal Man

1990's:
Moench/Jones - Batman
Ennis/Mcrea - Hitman
Morrison/Porter - JLA
Robinson/Various - Starman
Johns/Various - JSA
Waid/Various - The Flash
Ennis/Dillon - Preacher

[the4thpip]

We saw some of Breyfogle's newer work recently in one of the RETROACTIVE specials issued during the summer. His style has changed a bit since his 1990s DC heyday...gotten lighter and more "cartoony" than it was previously.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Probably because most of his recent work was for Archie.

[hondobrode]

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Justice League was always a great title. This arc, with the New Gods crossover, started great and was the end of an era with this being the last issue that Dick Dillin produced being his death. George Perez picked up from there and between him and Gerry Conway, JLA was magic with issues # 183-186, 192-197, and capping with the fantastic # 200 issue. It didn't hurt that # 193 also had the 16 page free insert with the first appearance of the All-Star Squadron.

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When this was being released I was curbing my comics purchases back a touch, but this series was too epic to pass up. I loved all the tie-ins too.

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Golden Age-style greatness with Kurt Busiek & Trina Robbins. Too bad we only got 4 issues.

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14 years after the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, Marv Wolfman returns with this one-shot retroactively fitting between # 4 and # 5 with art by Paul Ryan. Surprised this doesn't get more recognition.

[hondobrode]

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Classicly great issue with Jack Kirby inspiration and story by Mark Evanier and beautiful Steve Rude artwork.

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Similar in tone, Transilvane spans 2 issues by Randy Lofficer, Jose Ladronn and sporting another couple of beautiful covers by Steve Rude again.

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Spinning out of Invasion, this series makes perfect sense and had an all-star team that made this series ahead of its time. Alan Grant and Keith Giffen on story with Barry Kitson art. One of DC's best sci-fi series of all time. Vastly underrated.

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The Legion is probably my favorite team book ever, and this title was great, really feeling like teens in the future. Tom & Mary Bierbaum really nailed the core concept of the team and Chris Sprouse gives us one of the best visuals on the group ever.

[DonEMC]

No no no, this is supposed to be a BEST OF thread... :wink:

See, I LOVED Byrne's Wonder Woman. I thought it was the best take on the character maybe ever. Seriously.

[DonEMC]

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Emerald Twilight GL # 48 - 50 and # 51 the first appearance of Kyle Rayner

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This mini by Tim Truman is the best ever version of the Silver Age Hawkman.

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All star line up of talent with the heroes and Lex tackling world hunger.

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I'm in the minority, but I liked Hex in the future, Mad Max-style, but, I'm crazy about Jonah Hex.

I agree that Hex was great.

[DonEMC]

I actually loved Legends.
My favorites are:
1980s
The Flash by Cary Bates and Carmine Infantino
Suicide Squad by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, Karl Kesel, John K. Snyder and Geoff Isherwood
Red Tornado by Kurt Busiek and Carmine Infantino
Green Arrow by Mike W. Barr and Trevor Von Eeden
House of Mystery (I...Vampire) by JM Dematteis and Tom Sutton
Weird War Tales featuring the Creature Commandos
Sgt. Rock Specials
Fury of Firestorm by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick
Saga of the Swamp Thing by Marty Pasko and Tom Yeates
Doom Patrol by Paul Kupperberg and Steve Lightle
Mazing Man
Ambush Bug and Son of Ambush Bug
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, John Totleben and Rick Veitch
Hex by Michael Fleisher, Mark Texeira, Ron Wagner and Keith Giffen

1990s
Grosse Pointe
Flash by Mark Waid
Superboy by Kesel and Grummett
Robin by Dixon and Grummett
Aztek by Grant Morrison
JLA by Grant Morrison
Spectre by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake

[Chicago Expat]

All those books are not drawn by Ernie Colon, but by "Gentleman" Gene Colan.

I thought Gene did the art on both Nightforce and Nathaniel Dusk. Where did Ernie get mentioned?


I'd like to get into the Starman run, but I have some questions.

How many issues were there?

Are they expensive?

Should I just go for the trades?

How many trades are there?

I know it's somehow connected with Zero Hour, but I plan on buying that anyway, no matter how many times I get "Don't buy Zero Hour!" replies :biggrin:

I'm just now starting to get into Starman also. The trades look like the best deal, from what I've seen so far. Though I'm interested in Robinson's run on it mainly, so there might be a different approach to take for others.

I'm really happy with what I've read so far.

Cheers.

[the4thpip]

I thought Gene did the art on both Nightforce and Nathaniel Dusk. Where did Ernie get mentioned?



Cheers.

You and the other poster both spelled the name Colon, not Colan and did not mention first names, so I was being a bit of a smart-ass, as there is an artist named Colón from that period. You were clearly just disrespecting Gentleman Gene by spelling his name wrong, though. :wink:

[Selkirk]

Haven't seen ambush bug.These comics are just classics-subversive and sly...highly recommended :cool:.

they really should have given cheeks one of the new 52 titles :D.
edit from jonni dc :D -actually they were mentioned on page 3 of this thread

ambush bug 4 issue mini
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son of ambush bug 4 issue mini
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[Jeff Brady]

The Starman trades are incomplete; they do not reprint every story. Your best bet are the beautiful six volume omnibus set. Expensive (with the amazon discount, about $35 each), but worth it.

[hondobrode]

I agree that Hex was great.

Awesome ! It's highly unlikely, but I'd love to see someone touch on the character again, maybe in a Legion story somehow or a time anomaly.

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This, to me, is when the Legion really started on it's path to greatness. I Superboy connection to the current DCU is awesome, and putting Kal in a group of super powered teens helps to give him peers and knock him down a few pegs, but, he's still young Superman, the biggest, baddest there is. I could never shake that feeling when Superboy and Supergirl were there. I love em both in the Legion, but more on an irregular basis, like the Phantom Stranger used to pop in and out as needed here and there in the older issues of JLA. The characters started to feel more fully realized and less like part of a formula. The book gears up when Pat Broderick comes on, and then really kicks in when Giffen climbs aboard.

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Looks even better in Baxter format. Great great great.

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At the time, this first issue was very anti-climatic and the artwork was kind of abrasive. My first reading of this single issue wasn't positive and broken hearted I passed on subsequent issues. A couple years later I'm trading with a friend who also hated these issues but had up to the first 14 so I thought I'd give em a shake and read the first year's worth consequtively. Blown away is all I can say. When people talk about giving a title 1 or 2 issues to find it's way, this is the title that comes back to me. This title shook the Legion harder than it had ever been, but it was great. To this day, this is my favorite version and I honestly love them all. Don't be fooled into thinking after # 38 (the destruction of the earth) that the title nose dives. It does not. A different team comes on and it was still great IMO. Stuart Immonen and Jason Pearson also show some great art here.

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Classic single of the post-COIE Luthor

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Classic first mini. Over the top insanity. 90's comics wouldn't have been the same with little loveable Lobo.

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If you can't tell from the cover here, this literally is LOL funny.

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Superman finally gets a more serious, and coherent continuity post-COIE. Byrne does a good job relaunching the character.

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This series, including the preview in DC Comics Presents # 26, was awesome. There's a reason why this title gave the X-Men a run for their money in the 80's. Marv Wolfman and George Perez, both with distinguished runs at Marvel, really brought their A-game to DC and revitalized this franchise.

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Technically, this is the continuation of the New Teen Titans series as a new sister title, utilizing the previous New Teen Titans title, launches as a direct sales only title. The title didn't quite have the same sizzle after the 50th anniversary title IMO.

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This just got collected and is well worth the read. Wolfman at work again with his previous penciler from Marvel's esteemed Tomb of Dracula series. Hopefully DC relaunches this with the success of the Dark line.

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Forgot about the one-shot here that followed up Final Night

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One of the earliest mini series. I remember thinking they were stretching things a little stretching things from the 3 issue format to 4. Steve Gerber, Gene Colan and Tony DeZuniga

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Wonderful OGN that lead to a regular series of the same name with more from Jerry Ordway and Peter Krause. The Fawcett heroes done with great retro sensibilities. If you like the classic Marvel Family, this won't disappoint.

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This whole series is great. O'Neil builds a zen framework for his vigilante and it works quite well with Denys Cowan giving some Sienkiewicz-style artwork.

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Listed this separately to bring a little attention to it. Shortly after the regular series was cancelled, DC rolled this out. I guess they had the issues in inventory and I don't quite understand why they thought a quarterly would sell better, but this is every bit as good as the previous series.

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The sequel to L.E.G.I.O.N. Tom Peyer and Arnie Jorgensen take the reins. Not quite as good as the previous series, but still very good.

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4 issue graphic adaptation of the 4 different operas of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, based on Norse mythology. Gil Kane's artwork is extremely clean, appealing and effective here.

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Frank Miller's 6 issue series of a dishonored samurai, a ronin, killed defending his master from a demon and the two later met in the far sci-fi future.

[SJNeal]

See, I LOVED Byrne's Wonder Woman. I thought it was the best take on the character maybe ever. Seriously.

I wish there was a smilie of a sad face, hanging and shaking in dismay...


:wink:

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Everyone knows about Alan Moore's run on this title, and it's great of course, but I want to include the original preceding 20 issues here too. While not as legendary, with good work carrying on the original feel of the Wein / Wrightson issues written by Marty Pasko and art by Tom Yeates and then Stephen Bissette. Technically this is Saga of the Swamp Thing and with # 39 officially truncates back simply to Swamp Thing. The run ranges from legendary to good but it's all worth getting.

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The whole run and anything connected with it. Not as crazy about it as some, but it's certainly well crafted and solid.

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What is and isn't strictly in continuity as of today is debatable, but, this series from the 80's was great. Each issue re-examined classic origins by contemporary artists with an occasional work by Golden and Silver Age greats. Loved the entire run.

Wayne Boring, Jerry Ordway, Gil Kane, Jerry Bingham, George Tuska, Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers, Dick Giordano, Terry Austin, Ernie Colon, Michael Bair, Tom Mandrake, Tom Grindberg, Jim Aparo, Luke McDonnell, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Erik Larsen, Tony DeZuniga, Joe Orlando, Kevin Maguire, Michael T. Gilbert, Adam Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Keith Giffen, Murphy Anderson, Rick Leonardi, Gray Morrow, Ty Templeton, Rick Byrant, Greg Theakston, Rob Liefeld, Dwayne Turner, Sheldon Mayer, Eric Shanower, Don Heck, Alan Weiss, Irv Novick, Dan Jurgens, Ken Steacy, Mark Buckingham, Joe Staton, Mark D. Bright, Mike Parobeck, Kevin Nowlan, Tom Grummett, Paris Cullins, Trevor von Eeden, Dave Cockrum, Tim Truman, Curt Swan, Bernie Mireault, Chris Sprouse, Phil Foglio, Vince Giarrano, P. Craig Russell, Klaus Janson, Art Adams, Eduardo Barreto, Joe Rubinstein, Jose Marzan Jr, Terry Beatty, George Perez, John Byrne, Steve Lightle, Colleen Doran, Cully Hamner, Amanda Conner, Ethan Van Sciver, Joe Phillips, Matt Wagner, Sam Kieth, Pat Broderick, Mike Hoffman and more.

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Golden Age purists will be disturbed, but this modern version of the Shadow was a great 4 issue series by Howard Chaykin.

[dead_boy]

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At the time, this first issue was very anti-climatic and the artwork was kind of abrasive. My first reading of this single issue wasn't positive and broken hearted I passed on subsequent issues. A couple years later I'm trading with a friend who also hated these issues but had up to the first 14 so I thought I'd give em a shake and read the first year's worth consequtively. Blown away is all I can say. When people talk about giving a title 1 or 2 issues to find it's way, this is the title that comes back to me. This title shook the Legion harder than it had ever been, but it was great. To this day, this is my favorite version and I honestly love them all. Don't be fooled into thinking after # 38 (the destruction of the earth) that the title nose dives. It does not. A different team comes on and it was still great IMO. Stuart Immonen and Jason Pearson also show some great art here.


I can't remember just how old I was (little) but this series was actually one of the very first comics I was given as a kid. I didn't understand it for anything - i thought it was going to have Superman in it lol- but it completely blew my poor young mind away. I had no idea comics could be like that.

Then on re-reading a few years later and finding out what the Legion were like BEFORE this and how pure they were and what they had become.. man, to this day it is still one of my favourite runs in all of comics. The confrontation between Mon El and the Time Trapper - wow!

Everything about it was controversial at the time from the destroying or aging of the heroes to Giffen's artwork and caused a great deal of uproar. I effing loved it.

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Continues Chaykin's successful mini with this ongoing by Andy Helfer, Bill Sienkiewicz, and later on, Kyle Baker

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For those that prefer the Golden Age, or classic, version, DC later put out this excellent series by Gerard Jones & Eduardo Barreto, with Rod Whigham later on art.

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Start with this issue. Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett were both previously on this title and it was good. The title goes from good to fantastic with this Kirby-inspired run that uses Kirby's Jimmy Olson for reference. Ride this until the end of their run with # 79 being their final issue. Fun, crazy and great looking.

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[hondobrode]

I can't remember just how old I was (little) but this series was actually one of the very first comics I was given as a kid. I didn't understand it for anything - i thought it was going to have Superman in it lol- but it completely blew my poor young mind away. I had no idea comics could be like that.

Then on re-reading a few years later and finding out what the Legion were like BEFORE this and how pure they were and what they had become.. man, to this day it is still one of my favourite runs in all of comics. The confrontation between Mon El and the Time Trapper - wow!

Everything about it was controversial at the time from the destroying or aging of the heroes to Giffen's artwork and caused a great deal of uproar. I effing loved it.

Over the years I think this has kind of become infamous, and probably more in line with what fandom is used to now. Esp with the way Giffen's star continues to rise, and his loyalty to DC, I would think they'd reprint this.

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and the conclusion in

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Alan Moore, Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson with the last imaginary story and a send off to the pre-COIE Superman

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Superman, Batman and Lex Luthor by Elliot S! Maggin, Alex Toth & Terry Austin. 2nd story by Elliott S! Maggin & Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan

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This entire run from the 80's and 90's was good. Byrne, Stern, Ordway and Jurgens writing with art by Byrne, Kerry Gammill, Ordway, Ron Frenz and more

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Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove did a great job on this.

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Another title from DC in the 90's that was part of their interlocking continuing series of a weekly dose of Superman. Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Tom Grummett and Paul Ryan

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I'm only showing this one issue of the original Tangent Universe event, because there are 17 more. An alternate earth, Earth 9 after Infinite Crisis, with the Atom, Batman, Doom Patrol, Flash, Green Lantern, JLA, Joker, the Joker's Wild, Nightwing, Nightwing : Night Force, Power Girl, Sea Devils, Secret Six, the Superman, Tales of the Green Lantern, Trials of the Flash, Wonder Woman

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3 issue series by Chaykin & Brereton and a later one-shot : Thrillkiller '62

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Chaykin & Jose Luis Garcia Lopez doing a 3 issue mini deconstructing the classic DC sci-fi characters of the 60's

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Len Wein doesn't get enough credit for his Batman work. This 3 issue series written by Wein with art by Byrne and Aparo.

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Valor, or Mon-El as he was previously known, was sort of the future similar version of Superboy. You probably wouldn't expect this to be anything except a blatant rip-off, but this was a great series that got even better with time. I was crushed when Zero Hour approached and it ceased to exist.

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Alan Moore & David Lloyd's story of V, the masked vigilante anarchist. If you haven't seen the movie, please do. Highest recommendation



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Another Wolfman character spun off from the Titans franchise. Similar to the Punisher but slightly different. The series ends at # 50 and has stories by Marv Wolfman, Alan Moore, and Paul Kupperberg with art by Keith Pollard, Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Denys Cowan and Tod Smith

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Robinson and Tony Salmons, who needs to do more comic work, and a fantastic story of the original Golden Age cowboy

[the4thpip]

Both series in their own way:

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[PKO]

Does anyone else find the dialogue bubbles on covers to be a bit tacky?

[the4thpip]

Does anyone else find the dialogue bubbles on covers to be a bit tacky?

I grew up on covers with word balloons, so I found the so called "iconic covers" of heroes striking self-important poses a lot tackier.

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Moore, Gibbons, and one of the best limited series ever

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This series had a couple of different updates and follow up including a series dedicated specifically to the Legion of Super-Heroes. What's neat about this series is that it gives a nice background and concise history and gives visuals that were made specifically for this series either by artists famous for their renditions of that character, or another artist in an homage to a previous well known version.

Seriously, the artists on this series are like a who's who of the industry itself including, but not limited to

Art Adams
Alfredo Alcala
Sal Amendola
Brent Anderson
Murphy Anderson
Ross Andru
Jim Aparo
Vince Argondezzi
Chuck Austen
Chris Bachalo
Mark Badger
Kyle Baker
Eduardo Barreto
Mark Beachum
Howard Bender
Jerry Bingham
Simon Bisley
Stephen Bissette
Bret Blevins
Jon Bogdanove
Brian Bolland
John Bolton
Wayne Boring
Tim Bradstreet
Brett Breeding
Norm Breyfogle
Mark D. Bright
Pat Broderick
Rick Buckler
Rick Burchett
John Byrne
Richard Case
Travis Charest
Mike Chen
Dave Cockrum
Gene Colan
Paris Collins
Ernie Colon
Denys Cowan
Alan Davis
Dan Day
Stephen DeStefano
Jose Delbo
Tony DeZuniga
Steve Dillon
Steve Ditko
Mike Dringenberg
Kieron Dwyer
Steve Erwin
George Evans
Duncan Fegredo
Jim Fern
Phil Foglio
George Freeman
James W. Fry III
Dennis Fujitake
Kerry Gammill
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Jay Geldhof
Frank Giacoia
Vince Giarrano
Dave Gibbons
Joe Giella
Keith Giffen
Michael T. Gilbert
Dick Giordano
Sam Glanzman
Michael Golden
Mike Grell
Mark Gruenwald
Tom Grummett
Butch Guice
Paul Gulacy
Mike Gustovich
Craig Hamilton
Cully Hamner
Ed Hannigan
Irwin Hasen
Russ Heath
Don Heck
Fred Hembeck
Marc Hempel
Jamie Hernandez
Mike Hernandez
Jamie Hewlett
Marty Hodell
Adam Hughes
Stuart Immonen
Carmine Infantino
Geof Isherwood
Klaus Janson
Dennis Jensen
Paul Johnson
Kelley Jones
Dan Jurgens
Michael W. Kaluta
Gil Kane
Rafael Kayanan
Karl Kesel
Jack Kirby
Barry Kitson
Andy Kubert
Joe Kubert
Alan Kupperberg
Peter Laird
Greg Larocque
Mike Leeke
Steve Leialoha
Steve Lightle
Don Lomax
Kevin Maguire
Tom Mandrake
Pable Marcos
Esteban Maroto
Cynthia Martin
Shelly Mayer
Dave Mazzucchelli
Scott McCloud
Luke McDonnell
Todd McFarlane
Dave McKean
Mike McKone
Frank McLauglin
Bob McLeod
Shawn McManus
William Messner-Loebs
Mike Mignola
Al Milgrom
Jim Mooney
Jerome Moore
Rags Morales
Pete Morisi
Gray Morrow
Dean Motter
Brian Murray
Rudy Nebres
Graham Nolan
Kevin O'Neill
Bob Oksner
Jerry Ordway
Joe Orlando
Mike Parobeck
Bruce Patterson
Chuck Patton
Jason Pearson
Shea Anton Pensa
George Perez
Brandon Peterson
Wendy Pini
Carl Potts
Howie Post
Sandy Plunkett
Keith Pollard
George Pratt
Joe Quesada
Ron Randall
Trina Robbins
Marshall Rogers
Dave Ross
Steve Rude
Bernard Sachs
Tim Sale
Alex Saviuk
Kurt Schaffenberger
Bart Sears
Scott Shaw!
James Sherman
Bill Sienkiewicz
Walt Simonson
Howard Simpson
Paul Smith
Jack Sparling
Dan Spiegle
Chris Sprouse
Jim Starlin
Leonard Starr
Joe Staton
Brian Stelfreeze
Dave Stevens
Larry Stroman
Tom Sutton
Curt Swan
Ty Templeton
Mark Texeira
Greg Theakston
Art Thibert
Jill Thompson
Frank Thorne
John Totleben
Dwayne Turner
Valentino
Rick Veitch
Charless Vess
Al Vey
Trevor Von Eeden
Mike Vosburg
Matt Wagner
Chris Warner
Alan Weiss
Mark Wheatley
Bob Wiacek
Al Williamson
Bill Willingham
Ron Wilson
Stan Woch
Bill Wray
Mike Zeck

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[hondobrode]

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This and the next issue with a nice retro feel with the Composite Superman, a character I loved as a kid, written by Cary Burkett with old school art by George Tuska and Frank McLaughlin

[DonEMC]

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Moore, Gibbons, and one of the best limited series ever

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This series had a couple of different updates and follow up including a series dedicated specifically to the Legion of Super-Heroes. What's neat about this series is that it gives a nice background and concise history and gives visuals that were made specifically for this series either by artists famous for their renditions of that character, or another artist in an homage to a previous well known version.

Seriously, the artists on this series are like a who's who of the industry itself including, but not limited to

Art Adams
Alfredo Alcala
Sal Amendola
Brent Anderson
Murphy Anderson
Ross Andru
Jim Aparo
Vince Argondezzi
Chuck Austen
Chris Bachalo
Mark Badger
Kyle Baker
Eduardo Barreto
Mark Beachum
Howard Bender
Jerry Bingham
Simon Bisley
Stephen Bissette
Bret Blevins
Jon Bogdanove
Brian Bolland
John Bolton
Wayne Boring
Tim Bradstreet
Brett Breeding
Norm Breyfogle
Mark D. Bright
Pat Broderick
Rick Buckler
Rick Burchett
John Byrne
Richard Case
Travis Charest
Mike Chen
Dave Cockrum
Gene Colan
Paris Collins
Ernie Colon
Denys Cowan
Alan Davis
Dan Day
Stephen DeStefano
Jose Delbo
Tony DeZuniga
Steve Dillon
Steve Ditko
Mike Dringenberg
Kieron Dwyer
Steve Erwin
George Evans
Duncan Fegredo
Jim Fern
Phil Foglio
George Freeman
James W. Fry III
Dennis Fujitake
Kerry Gammill
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Jay Geldhof
Frank Giacoia
Vince Giarrano
Dave Gibbons
Joe Giella
Keith Giffen
Michael T. Gilbert
Dick Giordano
Sam Glanzman
Michael Golden
Mike Grell
Mark Gruenwald
Tom Grummett
Butch Guice
Paul Gulacy
Mike Gustovich
Craig Hamilton
Cully Hamner
Ed Hannigan
Irwin Hasen
Russ Heath
Don Heck
Fred Hembeck
Marc Hempel
Jamie Hernandez
Mike Hernandez
Jamie Hewlett
Marty Hodell
Adam Hughes
Stuart Immonen
Carmine Infantino
Geof Isherwood
Klaus Janson
Dennis Jensen
Paul Johnson
Kelley Jones
Dan Jurgens
Michael W. Kaluta
Gil Kane
Rafael Kayanan
Karl Kesel
Jack Kirby
Barry Kitson
Andy Kubert
Joe Kubert
Alan Kupperberg
Peter Laird
Greg Larocque
Mike Leeke
Steve Leialoha
Steve Lightle
Don Lomax
Kevin Maguire
Tom Mandrake
Pable Marcos
Esteban Maroto
Cynthia Martin
Shelly Mayer
Dave Mazzucchelli
Scott McCloud
Luke McDonnell
Todd McFarlane
Dave McKean
Mike McKone
Frank McLauglin
Bob McLeod
Shawn McManus
William Messner-Loebs
Mike Mignola
Al Milgrom
Jim Mooney
Jerome Moore
Rags Morales
Pete Morisi
Gray Morrow
Dean Motter
Brian Murray
Rudy Nebres
Graham Nolan
Kevin O'Neill
Bob Oksner
Jerry Ordway
Joe Orlando
Mike Parobeck
Bruce Patterson
Chuck Patton
Jason Pearson
Shea Anton Pensa
George Perez
Brandon Peterson
Wendy Pini
Carl Potts
Howie Post
Sandy Plunkett
Keith Pollard
George Pratt
Joe Quesada
Ron Randall
Trina Robbins
Marshall Rogers
Dave Ross
Steve Rude
Bernard Sachs
Tim Sale
Alex Saviuk
Kurt Schaffenberger
Bart Sears
Scott Shaw!
James Sherman
Bill Sienkiewicz
Walt Simonson
Howard Simpson
Paul Smith
Jack Sparling
Dan Spiegle
Chris Sprouse
Jim Starlin
Leonard Starr
Joe Staton
Brian Stelfreeze
Dave Stevens
Larry Stroman
Tom Sutton
Curt Swan
Ty Templeton
Mark Texeira
Greg Theakston
Art Thibert
Jill Thompson
Frank Thorne
John Totleben
Dwayne Turner
Valentino
Rick Veitch
Charless Vess
Al Vey
Trevor Von Eeden
Mike Vosburg
Matt Wagner
Chris Warner
Alan Weiss
Mark Wheatley
Bob Wiacek
Al Williamson
Bill Willingham
Ron Wilson
Stan Woch
Bill Wray
Mike Zeck

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I own several of the Who's Who covers. I really loved that series. I studied it more than I did my homework.

[Thefapperest]

Batman and the Outsiders (first three years or so)



That was a great run. Loved both jim aparo and alan davis work on those characters

[Flamebird]

Some more favorites, at random.

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God, do I miss Mister Miracle. A truly fun book that kept you coming back for more.

[marshal99]

Action comics 544 - the debut of Lex green armor suit and the new Brainiac. Also , the destruction of the planet Lexor.

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Action comics 579 - a homage to the french comic Asterix as superman travel back in time to a small gaul village who has resisted the roman empire due to their druid's magic potion which gave them super strength.

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DC Comics presents 47 - It's He-man vs Superman. It's a rare crossover !

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DC comics presents 59 - It's Ambush Bug vs the Legion of substitute heroes ! A hilarious issue for sure as Ambush Bug runs amok in the 30th century.

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[Icefalcon]

Bill Messner-Loebs Flash run. for me the best the Flash has ever been.
Also fully agree with everyone who pointed out Denny O'Neill's Question and I also loved Roy Thomas All-Star squadron

[Ari Gold]

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For some reason I never realized Blue Beetle had his own series, was it any good?

[Flamebird]

For some reason I never realized Blue Beetle had his own series, was it any good?

Technically, it probably wasn't one of the best series to come out of Crisis, because Len Wein wrote him as the Charlton character instead of updating him to feel like a DC character,
Paris Cullins did a great Steve Ditko inspired Beetle, without it looking like he was ripping him off.
Oddly, Beetle seemed to be developed more in JLI than his own book, but this was nice simple heroics.

[hondobrode]

I own several of the Who's Who covers. I really loved that series. I studied it more than I did my homework.

Wow ! Too cool.

[dupersuper]

Off the top of my head:
triangle era Superman books
Morrison JLA
JLA Year 1
Waids Flash
Robinsons Starman
Kingdom Come
Astro City
Gaimans Sandman books
Gerard Jones GL books
PAD Supergirl, Young Justice, Aquaman, Star Trek
Priest Steel
Kessel Superboy
Morrison Animal Man
Moores Swamp Thing
Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow
For the Man Who Has Everything
Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
Camelot 3000
Crisis
Eisner graphic novels
Invisibles
Transmetropolis
Preacher
Ostrander/Yale Suicide Squad boks
Ostrander Spectre
LEGION
Veitch Swamp Thing
Enigma
Extremist
Finals
Perez Wonder Woman
Grant/Dixon/Milligan Batman books
Superman for Earth
Gibbons/Rude Worlds Finest mini
Invasion
V for Vendetta
ABC Comics
Milestone books
O'Neil Question
History of the DCU
Wolfman/Perez Titans
Chronos
Hourman
Resurrection Man
Power of Shazam
House of Secrets
All Star Squadron
Young All-Stars
Infinity Inc.
Booster Gold
Blue Devil
'Mazing Man
Ambush Bug
some of the Byrne/Wolfman Superman
Superman 400
Batman Year 1
Legends of the DCU
Secret Identity
JLA: The Nail
Moores GL and DC Comics Presents stories
Arkham Assylum
Killing Joke
Stars&STRIPE
Ms. Tree
Hitman
Johns JSA
Lex Luthor: Unauthorized Biography
Dini/Ross tabloid books
U.S.
Secret Origins
Legends of the Dark Knight
JLI/E/A
Vext
Major Bummer
Superman Adventures

...and on and on...

...and that's just DC...

Any one who dismisses the 80s and 90s as grimdark/speculator driven was really reading the wrong books.

[argon31pf]

I know this is a DC Universe thread but I'm putting down all the other good stuff anyway.

1980s :

Animal Man
Avengers (Roger Stern)
Cerebus
Fantastic Four (John Byrne)
Hulk (Peter David)
Legion of Super-Heroes (Paul Levitz)
Love and Rockets
Miracleman
Nexus
Sandman
Suicide Squad (John Ostrander)
Swamp Thing trades (Alan Moore)
New Teen Titans (Marv Wolfman / George Perez)
Thor (Walter Simonson)

1990s :

Astro City
Avengers (Kurt Busiek)
Cerebus
Deadpool (Joe Kelly)
Flash (Mark Waid)
Hellboy
Hulk (Peter David)
Legion of Super-Heroes (Keith Giffen)
JSA (Geoff Johns)
Justice League (Grant Morrison)
Hitman
Love and Rockets
Preacher
Sandman
The Spectre (John Ostrander)
Starman

[Libaax]

1990s

Ennis/Mcrea -Hitman
Wagner/Seagle/Guy Davis - Sandman Mystery Theatre
Legends of the Dark Knight: O'Niell/Hannigan/Beatty's Shaman, Matt Wagner Faces, Robinson/Sale Blades,
Ennis/various - Hellblazer
Ennis/Dillion - Preacher
Milligan/Bujkovic - Human Target
Ellis/Hitch - The Authority
Ellis/Cassaday - Planetary
Casey/Nguyen - Wildcats 3.0




1980s

Fleisher/Dezuniga - Jonah Hex
Delano/Hellblazer
Moore/Gibbons V for Vendetta

[DonEMC]

Wow ! Too cool.

Bought 'em several years ago when they were still cheap ... Except the Perez cover to issue 1 ... Which cost me a nice 7 grand (but, hey, it's got Ambush Bug and Aquaman on it).