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I have the Joker Stacked Deck compilation and the Best of the Batman and several hardcover compilations of precode horror comics but Batman from the 30s to the 70s has been my favorite for decades. Just so many good stories right next to kind of awful ones but even they are still fun. Printed out several of the B/W line drawing stories and used them as coloring pages at work. Just all around fun.
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All great! While I have many favorite graphic novels that I originally bought as comic books and later as HCs, I wouldn't characterize most of them as 'Giant.' 'Giant' to me means 'oversized'. With that in mind, I think my favorites among that sub-category are the Neal Adams Batman compilation, as well as the Micronauts Ominibus vol. 1, and ROM omnibus vol. 1, and GI Joe Omnibus vol. 1. -
If I had to pick one favorite it would be Starlin’s The Life and Death of Captain Marvel. Brubaker’s Captain America Omnibus and The Avengers/Defenders War are close behind.Comment
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I meant giant as more than just one story arc or more than one graphic novel. And despite the size of the books I personally wasn’t counting the No Man’s Land compilations because it was a basically a very large single story arc. Also I would not count for the Walking Dead compilations as it is still one basic story arc.Comment
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I love big books and I cannot lie!
I have all 3 of the DC from the 30s/40s-70s volumes (Batman, Superman and Shazam) and deeply adore them, and I have an abiding love for the Marvel Fireside Books editions (everything from Origins/Son of Origins/Bring on the Bad Guys to the character specific titles like Doctor Strange and Captain America. I have several of the Golden Age omnibus of Supes and Bats, and and some of the paperbacks of GA Wonder Woman. I have several of the Tempo books that reprint old DC stories in b&w that I used to get at Scholastic Book Fairs as a kid, as well as the Pocket Books b&w Marvel paperbacks. . For single stories-the Bone All-in-One edition is one of my all time favorite trades I own. I've read my copies of The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told that came out around the time of the 1989 movie dog-eared over the years, and I have long runs of both the Creepy and Eerie Archives collecting a bunch of the Warren books, plus volumes devoted tot he work of single artists (Toth in particular). I have tons of the DC Showcase volumes and have been buying every DC Finest edition that has come out so far.
But if I had to pick one single compilation collection as my absolute favorite, it would be the Genius Isolated/Genius Illustrated books about Alex Toth that collect many of his stories/strips as well as providing a biography of him and an overview of his career. (the third book in the trilogy, Genius Animated, is about his animation work and career rather than comics).
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32244355532.jpg"Opinion is the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding." -PlatoComment
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Some good stuff here. 1977, was the year that Filmation put out the NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN. AT that time I had no idea who BAT-MITE was. I fell in love with the character and the show. A year later our school library obtained the Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman 30's from the 70's volumes. I read all three, Loved ETTA CANDY in the Wonder Woman volume. Dug the Golden Age Mxyzptlk in Superman and of course the Batman volume floored me! As those of you who have them know part of it is in colour and the rest in Black and white.
The stories with BATWOMAN/Kathy Kane, Bat-Girl/Betty Kane, Ace! and Bat-Mite! I loved them stories and it IS my FAVORITE BATMAN PERIOD. I kept checking that volume out of the library until I went to my new school!
I would not get my own copy until I bought a used one from FRIENDLY FRANK's COMICS in 1984. That was a Happy Day! A year later I got my first silver age Detective/Batman comic featuring Bat-mite! I was Baptized!!!
I would obtain every SHELLY MOLDOFF comic featuring the above crew and in later years, I would have commissioned work done by him and finally meet him in 2010? Or 2009 (Sorry memory is shot).
I recently got the Golden age Captain America Golden age Omnibus ( Issues 1-12), but I haven't had time to read it,
I also go the COMPLETE Marvel SUPER-VILLIAN Team up trade and that is good ole silver age and BRONZE age stories, I know I have a few scattered issues, but not the whole story arc.
Are they my Favorite? No, but that doesn't take away the fun and hard work these guys put in creating these tales!
I know everyone has a Marvel or DC treasury or at least read one. I have a lot and the only ones that were missing from my collection were the Marvel HANNA-BARBERA treasury series. There were three. The first one was the Xmas Holiday one. The second one was the Easter one and the last one was the Summer time volume. Circa 1977/78. When Marvel was putting out comics with there characters.
Took me a while but I got all three and those are favorites.
OH! I know this!
I love the Golden age GHOST RIDER and whether it's Carter Slade or Rex Fury I dig those stories and the Dick Ayers art work is killer! NO, none of this Night-Rider or Phantom-Rider crap. This is the GHOST RIDER and it is amazing that the ME version and the Marvel version look so similar and done by Dick Ayers.
Hmm. I sense an opportunity here.
What a great thread!
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