Stuff You Haven't Re-Read in Awhile....But Should

[spamn]

You know...those great arcs/series that you really enjoyed but it's been awhile since you've dug them out...

- Infinity Inc. (#1-10, The Generations Saga)
- New Teen Titans (from DC Comics Presents #26 up through The Judas Contract)
- Camelot 3000
- Fantastic Four (John Byrne's run)
- Alpha Flight (#1-12)

Why not Byrne's entire run on Alpha?

[samurainoir]

I've also been meaning to reread The American. Writer Mark Verheiden has since gone on to write for Smallville and Battlestar Galactica (as well as writing JCVD's Time Cop back in the day).

[The Toyroom]

Why not Byrne's entire run on Alpha?

'Cause I really like when #12 ended with Guardian's death....what a way to shake up the first year!

[spamn]

'Cause I really like when #12 ended with Guardian's death....what a way to shake up the first year!

Very true, especially considering his popularity being one of the reasons there WAS an Alpha Flight comic. But the story of how he didn't come back made for a compelling second year, too.

[samurainoir]

I actually liked the second year of Alpha Flight better because of the odd couple pairings after that first year of solo stories, and the surviving members Alpha Flight had to cope with Guardian's death. The Courtney revelation was absolutely heartbreaking at the end of year two, you really felt for Heather.

When Mantlo took over, I liked that he put Heather in Mac's old Guardian costume, but pretty much hated just about everything done to most of the other characters, including making Roger Bochs nuts, revealing that Puck wasn't actually a dwarf but a six foot tall dude with a curse, and worst of all, putting a Superteam that was supposed to be able to protect all of Canada on an Island off the west coast. The beauty of the team was their diverse regionalism and that was Byrne's innovation to the Superhero team book with Alpha Flight... to put them all in a headquarters pretty much took away what was so unique about those two dozen or so issues. All the American writers who have worked on the title since Byrne's departure haven't ever really captured that.

[aquatroy]

Morrison's Doom Patrol & Animal Man. It will be good to re-read his entire Batman arc once finished.

[spamn]

I actually liked the second year of Alpha Flight better because of the odd couple pairings after that first year of solo stories, and the surviving members Alpha Flight had to cope with Guardian's death. The Courtney revelation was absolutely heartbreaking at the end of year two, you really felt for Heather.

When Mantlo took over, I liked that he put Heather in Mac's old Guardian costume, but pretty much hated just about everything done to most of the other characters, including making Roger Bochs nuts, revealing that Puck wasn't actually a dwarf but a six foot tall dude with a curse, and worst of all, putting a Superteam that was supposed to be able to protect all of Canada on an Island off the west coast. The beauty of the team was their diverse regionalism and that was Byrne's innovation to the Superhero team book with Alpha Flight... to put them all in a headquarters pretty much took away what was so unique about those two dozen or so issues. All the American writers who have worked on the title since Byrne's departure haven't ever really captured that.

Stop reading my mind.

[Thor]

I was thinking of reading The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke again soon.

[highquality]

The Alan Moore run on Saga of the Swamp Thing was pretty fantastic.

X-Men Graphic Novel: God Loves, Man Kills was one of the greatest books I've ever read. Claremont really went above and beyond.

[boynightwing]

Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Alan Moore, Curt Swan, and George Perez.
I actually read it for the very first time today. I was floored with how cool it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superma...of_Tomorrow%3F

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I tend to make the rounds every so often:

Recently re-read:
-Judge Dredd (Eagle)
-2000 AD (weekly)
-American Flagg

Currently re-reading:
-Mighty Samson

Coming soon:
-Those Annoying Post Bros

Don C.

[WannabeMego]

Cosmic Cube:
- Marvel Two-In-One #42-43
- Super-Villain Team-Up #16-17
- Marvel Two-In-One #57-58

Zodiac:
1st
- Avengers #72
- Avengers #80 - 81
- Daredevil #69
- Avengers #82
- Iron Man #33 - 34
- Daredevil #73
- Iron Man #35 - 36

2nd
- Avengers #120 - 123
- Avengers #124
- Ghost Rider #6 - 7
- Captain America #177 - 178

Count Neferia:
- Avengers #164 - 166

...and my FAVORITE...

Ragnarok:
- Thor #172 - 300

[samurainoir]

Morrison's Doom Patrol & Animal Man. It will be good to re-read his entire Batman arc once finished.

Morrison's stuff always reads better in one big lump.

I'm trying to find the time to go back and read Seven Soldiers chronologically as opposed to each individual mini like I did when I first read it.

His Batman is starting to make greater sense with him pretty much spelling everything out for the more casual reader in #702. I can see why this extended ongoing storyline (and this particular issue) would completely polarize the readership. You either love all the extra stuff he has brewing underneath the surface action, or you would find it infinitely frustrating and pretentious. I think both reactions are fair and valid when it comes to this run.

He really does seem to be pulling much of the narrative bag of tricks he's developed in more experimental titles like The Filth, Invisibles, Animal Man and Doom Patrol, and tried to drag it kicking and screaming into the mainstream superhero book.

You'll either Buy Into the Meta-fictional conceits, or it will collapse under it's own weight coupled with the reader's suspension.

I personally would tend to think that the readership would want to read their comics without Cliff/Coles Notes, but it appears that the continuing strength of sales of the Morrison titles might very well surprise me.