Let's Name The Top 100 Comic Book Storylines/Events Together

[FanboyStranger]

Enigma by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo. A psycho-sexual examination of loneliness, obsession, and need done through the spectrum of superheroes. Plus, who the hell is telling this story anyway?

Since the list is getting long, I'm only going to list the last twenty:

60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo

[pakehafulla]

60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78) The Authority by Ellis and Hitch

So I'll forego the Great Darkness Saga cos Dan gave us 81 issues of Adventure awesomeness, but I cant let everyone out of here without getting in a book that completely blew my mind when it came out. Warren Ellis was at the height of his powers, and Bryan Hitch...OMG Bryan Hitch he be quite a nifty drawer that fulla.

[shaxper]

Strange Tales #130-141

Two of Kirby's greatest Silver Age epics, Dr. Strange's surprisingly dark Dormammu Saga and (starting five issues later) Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD's first (and arguably most memorable) HYDRA storyline, both climaxing in parallel in #141. Damn powerful stuff, plus you get the whole introduction of the Agent of SHIELD feature in #135, which has always been memorable to me, as well as Kirby and Ditko art back-to-back in one book.




1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81) & Annual #4
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Action Comics #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR
26. All star superman Morrison
27. Gilbert Hernandez's "Palomar" cycle from Love & Rockets
28. Thor-Simonson
29. Manhunter--Goodwin & Simonson
30. Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
31. Simon & Kirby's Young Romance
32. Planetary
33. Promethea
34. Harvey Kurtzman's MAD
35. Thanos saga by Jim Starlin
36. Box Office Poison
37. Jim Shooter's Valiant Universe
38. Englehart, Rogers, and Austin's run on Detective
39. Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
40. Zot! by Scott McCloud
41. Walt Kelly's Pogo stories in Animal Comics
42. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
43. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
44. Astonishing X-Men, the Joss Whedon run
45. V for Vendetta
46. Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck
47. Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth
48. Charley's War
49) Hard Time
50) Spectacular Spider-Man: Death of Jean DeWollf
51) Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52) Tintin
53) Yotsuba & !
54) Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55) Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56) Nexus
57) Fables #1-75
58) Watchmen
59) Kingdom Come
60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78) The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79) Strange Tales #130-141

[Kirayoshi]

If you're gonna mention Kirby's SHIELD run, I gotta add Jim Steranko's run. Some of the best artwork of the 60s.

51) Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52) Tintin
53) Yotsuba & !
54) Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55) Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56) Nexus
57) Fables #1-75
58) Watchmen
59) Kingdom Come
60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78) The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79) Strange Tales #130-141
80) Strange Tales #151-168, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 1-3, 5(Steranko's run)

[Scott Harris]

51) Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52) Tintin
53) Yotsuba & !
54) Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55) Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56) Nexus
57) Fables #1-75
58) Watchmen
59) Kingdom Come
60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78) The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79) Strange Tales #130-141
80) Strange Tales #151-168, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 1-3, 5(Steranko's run)
81) Starman

[benday-dot]

82. Kona (Dell Comics/breathtaking Sam Glanzman art)
83. From Hell (Moore Campbell)
84. Blazing Combat (Warren)

[MRP]

Ok just a reminder of the guidelines, post the whole list so we can see the whole thing and make sure we avoid duplicates and one addition per post, you can suggest more but someone else must post between your suggestions.

I'm adding Englehart's run on Dr. Strange with Frank Brunner-amazing art and mind-blowing cosmic goodness from Englehart.


1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81) & Annual #4
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Action Comics #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman by Neil Gaiman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR
26. All star superman Morrison
27. Gilbert Hernandez's "Palomar" cycle from Love & Rockets
28. Thor-Simonson
29. Manhunter--Goodwin & Simonson
30. Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
31. Simon & Kirby's Young Romance
32. Planetary
33. Promethea
34. Harvey Kurtzman's MAD
35. Thanos saga by Jim Starlin
36. Box Office Poison
37. Jim Shooter's Valiant Universe
38. Englehart, Rogers, and Austin's run on Detective
39. Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
40. Zot! by Scott McCloud
41. Walt Kelly's Pogo stories in Animal Comics
42. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
43. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
44. Astonishing X-Men, the Joss Whedon run
45. V for Vendetta
46. Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck
47. Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth
48. Charley's War
49) Hard Time
50) Spectacular Spider-Man: Death of Jean DeWollf
51) Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52) Tintin
53) Yotsuba & !
54) Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55) Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56) Nexus
57) Fables #1-75
58) Watchmen
59) Kingdom Come
60) Wolverine LS
61) Slaine: The Horned God
62) Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63) Master of Kung Fu
64) Scalped
65) Fantastic Four-Byrne
66) Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67) The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68) Our Fighting Forces #152
69) "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70) Little Lulu by John Stanley
71) The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72) Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73) Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74) Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75) The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76) Brat Pack-Veitch
77) Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78) The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79) Strange Tales #130-141
80) Strange Tales #151-168, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 1-3, 5(Steranko's run)
81) Starman
82. Kona (Dell Comics/breathtaking Sam Glanzman art)
83. From Hell (Moore Campbell)
84. Blazing Combat (Warren)
85. Dr. Strange by Englehart & Brunner

[MRP]

hmm maybe when the list is done we can do a copy of it with the username of each poster next to their suggestions so we know who suggested what, and who to thank if we ge tturne don to a comic run or story we never read before.

-M

[An Ear In The Fireplace]

For 21. Sandman and 81. Starman I have a good guess which one they mean, but I'm not 100% certain.

[MRP]

Slam confirmed the Sandman was the Gaiman run when I asked him.

I think it was Scott Harris who nominated Starman-Scott is it the James Robinson series or one of the others?

-M

[shaxper]

I'm adding Englehart's run on Dr. Strange with Frank Brunner-amazing art and mind-blowing cosmic goodness from Englehart.

How far in? I enjoyed the Marvel Premiere stuff, was thoroughly bored by the first issue of the self-titled volume, and didn't have the heart to press on further. Am I missing anything awesome?

[An Ear In The Fireplace]

This will probably be the last entry I can make, so I better make it a good one. Tough choice.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81) & Annual #4
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Action Comics #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR
26. All star superman Morrison
27. Gilbert Hernandez's "Palomar" cycle from Love & Rockets
28. Thor-Simonson
29. Manhunter--Goodwin & Simonson
30. Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
31. Simon & Kirby's Young Romance
32. Planetary
33. Promethea
34. Harvey Kurtzman's MAD
35. Thanos saga by Jim Starlin
36. Box Office Poison
37. Jim Shooter's Valiant Universe
38. Englehart, Rogers, and Austin's run on Detective
39. Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
40. Zot! by Scott McCloud
41. Walt Kelly's Pogo stories in Animal Comics
42. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
43. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
44. Astonishing X-Men, the Joss Whedon run
45. V for Vendetta
46. Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck
47. Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth
48. Charley's War
49. Hard Time
50. Spectacular Spider-Man: Death of Jean DeWollf
51. Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52. Tintin
53. Yotsuba & !
54. Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55. Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56. Nexus
57. Fables #1-75
58. Watchmen
59. Kingdom Come
60. Wolverine LS
61. Slaine: The Horned God
62. Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63. Master of Kung Fu
64. Scalped
65. Fantastic Four-Byrne
66. Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67. The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68. Our Fighting Forces #152
69. "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70. Little Lulu by John Stanley
71. The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72. Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73. Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74. Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75. The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76. Brat Pack-Veitch
77. Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78. The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79. Strange Tales #130-141
80. Strange Tales #151-168, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 1-3, 5(Steranko's run)
81. Starman
82. Kona (Dell Comics/breathtaking Sam Glanzman art)
83. From Hell (Moore Campbell)
84. Blazing Combat (Warren)
85. Dr. Strange by Englehart & Brunner
86. Sheldon Mayer's Sugar and Spike

[MRP]

How far in? I enjoyed the Marvel Premiere stuff, was thoroughly bored by the first issue of the self-titled volume, and didn't have the heart to press on further. Am I missing anything awesome?

I enjoyed the Marvel Premiere Run and pretty much all of Englehart's run until he left midstory when he was exploring the occult history of America. The Marvel Premiere stuff was probably a nod better than the rest, but I liked the whole of Englehart's run, and Brunner's art always blew me away. YMMV though.

As an aside, I always wished Englehart had taken the story and finished it with another publisher as he did with his Madame Xanadu stories bringing it to Eclipse as Scorpio Rose and continuing his Mantis story in JLA in altered form. I was always fascinated by the premise of his run and disappointed with what Marv Wolfman did with it after the Stainless one left.
-M

[shaxper]

Fleischer and Aparo's Spectre:

Twisted, uncomplicated, guilty pleasure to the max. It certainly wasn't the goriest, most offensive comic ever written, but somehow the fact that it was done by a superhero, and done with seemingly limitless power (and aided by a creative team with seemingly limitless twisted imaginations) made it...shocking. Fleischer and Aparo had the perfect creative marriage for that initial run. Of course Fleischer had some sort of meltdown partway through that seemed to bring the series to an early close. Too bad.



1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81) & Annual #4
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Action Comics #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR
26. All star superman Morrison
27. Gilbert Hernandez's "Palomar" cycle from Love & Rockets
28. Thor-Simonson
29. Manhunter--Goodwin & Simonson
30. Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
31. Simon & Kirby's Young Romance
32. Planetary
33. Promethea
34. Harvey Kurtzman's MAD
35. Thanos saga by Jim Starlin
36. Box Office Poison
37. Jim Shooter's Valiant Universe
38. Englehart, Rogers, and Austin's run on Detective
39. Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks
40. Zot! by Scott McCloud
41. Walt Kelly's Pogo stories in Animal Comics
42. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
43. Hellboy by Mike Mignola
44. Astonishing X-Men, the Joss Whedon run
45. V for Vendetta
46. Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck
47. Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth
48. Charley's War
49. Hard Time
50. Spectacular Spider-Man: Death of Jean DeWollf
51. Roy Thomas Avengers #51-71, Special #2
52. Tintin
53. Yotsuba & !
54. Suicide Squad (original run by John Ostrander)
55. Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers
56. Nexus
57. Fables #1-75
58. Watchmen
59. Kingdom Come
60. Wolverine LS
61. Slaine: The Horned God
62. Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga
63. Master of Kung Fu
64. Scalped
65. Fantastic Four-Byrne
66. Justice League by Giffen & DeMatteis
67. The Weirdo-era R. Crumb stories
68. Our Fighting Forces #152
69. "Legion of Super-Heroes" in Adventure #s 300-380.
70. Little Lulu by John Stanley
71. The USS Stevens stories of Sam Glanzman
72. Batman: "The Jungle Cat Queen" Detective 211
73. Incredible Hulk-Peter David
74. Spectre by Ostrander/Mandrake
75. The Zabime Sisters by Aristophane
76. Brat Pack-Veitch
77. Enigma by Milligan and Fegredo
78. The Authority by Ellis and Hitch
79. Strange Tales #130-141
80. Strange Tales #151-168, Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 1-3, 5(Steranko's run)
81. Starman
82. Kona (Dell Comics/breathtaking Sam Glanzman art)
83. From Hell (Moore Campbell)
84. Blazing Combat (Warren)
85. Dr. Strange by Englehart & Brunner
86. Sheldon Mayer's Sugar and Spike
87. Fleischer and Aparo's Spectre:

[shaxper]

While I'm glad that this list isn't entirely made up of traditional superheroes, I must confess I'm a bit surprised to see what a small fraction of the list traditional superheroes actually take up.

Granted, Marvel and DC have traditionally been fantastic at warding off innovation when it comes to their core characters, but still -- a few of the established "legacy" characters' heydays must be worth inclusion on this list.

Weisinger era Superman anyone?
Wein Incredible Hulk?
Adams/Aparo Green Lantern/Green Arrow?
Perez Wonder Woman?
What was the best Defenders run? Gerber? Thomas? Englehart?
Was there ever a great Flash run?
And really, only one Batman run on the list? No love for Finger, Kane, Sprang, or Moldoff?

Just a few thoughts.