comicbook recommendations anyone?
comicbook recommendations anyone?
okay, so i've just finished collecting the tpb's of cable and deadpool, i'm awaiting the paperback version of moon knight volume 3, i'm still awaiting escalation and spotlight vol 1 (after 4 months!) and i've just read watchmen so i'm in a bit of a lull comicbookwise and i'm wondering what to pick up next. any ideas?
i had my eye on ultimate x-men or maybe new x-men but couldn't decide which, i was also thinking of runaways, chronicles of wormwood or ghost rider...
i had my eye on ultimate x-men or maybe new x-men but couldn't decide which, i was also thinking of runaways, chronicles of wormwood or ghost rider...
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im not too familiar with the character, would i need to know much?Hound wrote:Green Lantern
Start with "Rebirth" and stay with it and GL Corps. They're probably one of the best comics series being put out right now.
This whole build up to Blackest Night is epic...
"No point in long goodbyes, here's the door."
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Okay, Nextwave is definitely in the running. I did feel kind of let down at the end by the fact that I had to look up Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy and kind of felt that I'd lost out on a great joke. If Marvel is your strong point, then it is probably watertight.
To be fair, I liked Dark Knight Returns just as much as anyone when I was fourteen. These days I like it most for the colouring and those crazy flying child bombs. Seriously, what were those things? Their inclusion is one of the few times that Frank Miller appeared to be genuinely inspired.
Oh hey, thought of another insanely fun comic that could rival even Nextwave - Shaolin Cowboy. Someone gave Geoff Darrow as much time and paper as he needed and now we can see his brain.
To be fair, I liked Dark Knight Returns just as much as anyone when I was fourteen. These days I like it most for the colouring and those crazy flying child bombs. Seriously, what were those things? Their inclusion is one of the few times that Frank Miller appeared to be genuinely inspired.
Oh hey, thought of another insanely fun comic that could rival even Nextwave - Shaolin Cowboy. Someone gave Geoff Darrow as much time and paper as he needed and now we can see his brain.
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Hound wrote:Green Lantern
Start with "Rebirth" and stay with it and GL Corps. They're probably one of the best comics series being put out right now.
This whole build up to Blackest Night is epic...
Agreed...even though it makes me feel dirty all over to agree with Hound.
The new Buffy series is quite good and there are TPBs out to get you caught up.
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Out of Ultimate Marvel, Ultimate X-Men is actually the last series I'd recommend. I mean, it's good, but I always liked Ultimates, Ultimates Spider-Man and Ultimate Fantastic Four more.
I third Johns' Green Lantern. I'ts great and you won't be lost. Last time I read GL was when Hal and Guy had a fist fight which resulted in latter's expulsion from the Corps. I read Rebirth and it filled me in on everything I needed to know.
Runaways is actually starting to get released in TPB format, so far it was collected only in omnibus style hardcovers and those silly digest things.
Like GL, Marvel cosmic universe has recently become really good. You can start with Annihilation, although not all three books are that good.
I'd say yes to New X-Men, especially under Kyle and Yost (unless you meant the time when X-Men went under Morrison and it change the title to New X-Men - that's good, too). They (sort of) continue their story in current X-Force, while some of the other characters from New X-Men went to Young X-Men, which so far was pretty mediocre.
As for other Marvel recent stuff... She-Hulk? Criminal? X-Factor? Other X-Men stuff?
Non-Marvel... Invincible? Hellboy/BPRD?
I third Johns' Green Lantern. I'ts great and you won't be lost. Last time I read GL was when Hal and Guy had a fist fight which resulted in latter's expulsion from the Corps. I read Rebirth and it filled me in on everything I needed to know.
Runaways is actually starting to get released in TPB format, so far it was collected only in omnibus style hardcovers and those silly digest things.
Like GL, Marvel cosmic universe has recently become really good. You can start with Annihilation, although not all three books are that good.
I'd say yes to New X-Men, especially under Kyle and Yost (unless you meant the time when X-Men went under Morrison and it change the title to New X-Men - that's good, too). They (sort of) continue their story in current X-Force, while some of the other characters from New X-Men went to Young X-Men, which so far was pretty mediocre.
As for other Marvel recent stuff... She-Hulk? Criminal? X-Factor? Other X-Men stuff?
Non-Marvel... Invincible? Hellboy/BPRD?
-Okay, the bomb's dropped. Life goes on. No amount of sulking or worrying changes that. We've got our own lives to live. In that regard, in five minutes time, I am using the autopilot on the Midnight Runner and taking it down the pub. If I go on my own, I go on my own.
-Well. Wait up, you horrible English git. While I'm around, you don't have to go anywhere on your own.
And, one by one, the others follow.
And, one by one, they begin to smile.
-Well. Wait up, you horrible English git. While I'm around, you don't have to go anywhere on your own.
And, one by one, the others follow.
And, one by one, they begin to smile.
Don't know if you'd be able to track any of them down, but 'Captain Britain and MI13' is pretty quirky and now with added Blade! Yup, he was born in Soho in London, remember, so he qualifies as a home-grown hero... Some of the 'Wisdom' jokes have carried forwards, but you wouldn't need to know them to get the newer ones.
Why not try standing in front of the comics emporium shelves and doing a Bludgeon (no sword) and selecting at random.
Re: the Ultimates. Is it a really good time to get onboard as there looks to be a definite horizon looming?
Why not try standing in front of the comics emporium shelves and doing a Bludgeon (no sword) and selecting at random.
Re: the Ultimates. Is it a really good time to get onboard as there looks to be a definite horizon looming?
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Jeph Loeb being put in charge is never a good time to get onboard anything.Clogs wrote:Re: the Ultimates. Is it a really good time to get onboard as there looks to be a definite horizon looming?
Definite horizon's probably not the term, as the universe will supposedly still exist in some form. I'm unclear on exactly what's happening, though that might be the idea.
Though possibly also something to do with me having dropped every Marvel title that starts "Ultimate" and doesn't end "Spider-Man"
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And yeah, people really stopped paying attention to South Africa after the elections. Zimbabwe gets all the spotlight now, the damn hog. Wait till the football comes around, then we'll get even. Oh yes.
And yeah, people really stopped paying attention to South Africa after the elections. Zimbabwe gets all the spotlight now, the damn hog. Wait till the football comes around, then we'll get even. Oh yes.
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Yeah, (March On) Ultimatum so far steered clear off Ultimate Spider-Man. There's going to be a tie-in in the series, but I'm pretty sure you don't need to read the rest of the cross-over.Halfshell wrote:Though possibly also something to do with me having dropped every Marvel title that starts "Ultimate" and doesn't end "Spider-Man"
SPOILER! (select to read)If you haven't, I'd suggest reading Ultimate Origins #4, because it is rather important for Ultimate Spider-Man. Or I could just spoilt it, if you want.And it seems that Ultimate Spider-Man after Ultimatum should be really interesting with th enew cast. So should be Ultimate Avengers.
-Okay, the bomb's dropped. Life goes on. No amount of sulking or worrying changes that. We've got our own lives to live. In that regard, in five minutes time, I am using the autopilot on the Midnight Runner and taking it down the pub. If I go on my own, I go on my own.
-Well. Wait up, you horrible English git. While I'm around, you don't have to go anywhere on your own.
And, one by one, the others follow.
And, one by one, they begin to smile.
-Well. Wait up, you horrible English git. While I'm around, you don't have to go anywhere on your own.
And, one by one, the others follow.
And, one by one, they begin to smile.
If you can get your hands on a copy, i recomend Cerebus the Aardvark books, "High Society" and "Church and State" Vol 1 and 2.
to be honest any thing up to "Reads" is terrific.
After that, well, you can read the full article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus#St ... _summaries
to be honest any thing up to "Reads" is terrific.
After that, well, you can read the full article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus#St ... _summaries
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My best suggestion will require a little hunting on your part since it has never been released as a TPB..but I promise you it will be more than worth it. My best suggestion would the the Marvel series Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies which ran for 21 issues in 1993-1994. This is without a doubt one of the best Marvel series that was ever created, and gave life to an old character that not many people even remembered.
Warren Ellis wrote most of the issues, and took the character to a very dark place that had not really been explored before in Marvel continuity. His follow up was a mini-series called Druid which did much the same thing with another washed up old character that had sunken into obscurity. The mini-series also takes off where the Hellstorm one ends, making it essential reading if you get into this series.
Warren Ellis wrote most of the issues, and took the character to a very dark place that had not really been explored before in Marvel continuity. His follow up was a mini-series called Druid which did much the same thing with another washed up old character that had sunken into obscurity. The mini-series also takes off where the Hellstorm one ends, making it essential reading if you get into this series.