What are your more obscure favorite comics? Hidden gems? 2 2

[Brother J]

I'm probably one of the few that enjoyed David Lapham's Young Liars. It was very strange, but interesting. Always liked Lapham's work from Stray Bullets to Valiant to Defiant.

[Chaykin Stevens]

21 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

My favourite issue in Hellstrom’s Bronze Age run, and, for me, easily the best.  Many of the Marvel Spotlight issues are still readable, even though Gerber’s stories aren’t as imaginative as, say, those in his Fear / Man-Thing series.

In this short, 8 issue, eponymous run, the preceding 7 issues by a now forgotten writer, John Warner, are overwritten and poorly paced, but the series finishes, or is cancelled, with this excellent story.  Some of Russ Heath’s best-ever artwork, very reminiscent of Bissette and Totleben’s later 80s interpretation of Hell in Swamp Thing Annual 2,  and a very inspired story from Bill Mantlo; one of the weirdest Christmas comics you’ll ever read.

Great choice. Heath and the Bissette/Totleben team were probably both trying to channel Hieronymous Bosch. One page by Heath showing Hellstrom being crucified was rejected and replaced with a page drawn by John Romita, but both versions of the page were published in Essential Marvel Horror #1.

The image of Hellstrom on the final page also looked a bit off, as though it might have been tampered with by Romita's Raiders.

[Scrooge]

Not sure it qualifies as obscure but this is a series that one can read again and again but is never much referred to -

[comicjack]

2 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Not sure it qualifies as obscure but this is a series that one can read again and again but is never much referred to -

And i don't no why, i loved that series which had some great reads 

[Ken Aldred]

2 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Not sure it qualifies as obscure but this is a series that one can read again and again but is never much referred to -

Good choice.

As a slightly more obscure variation on this, a similar style was applied by Wagner to his Green Hornet : Year One origin storyline, which I read recently as part of a Humble Bundle digital comics pack.

[Scrooge]

2 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

Green Hornet : Year One origin storyline

I have that trade. I agree. Much better than the work that Wagner did on The Shadow later on.

[Dick Pontoon]

On 8/14/2018 at 6:42 AM, Jerkfro said:

On 8/13/2018 at 8:44 PM, Ken Aldred said:

My favourite issue in Hellstrom’s Bronze Age run, and, for me, easily the best.  Many of the Marvel Spotlight issues are still readable, even though Gerber’s stories aren’t as imaginative as, say, those in his Fear / Man-Thing series.

In this short, 8 issue, eponymous run, the preceding 7 issues by a now forgotten writer, John Warner, are overwritten and poorly paced, but the series finishes, or is cancelled, with this excellent story.  Some of Russ Heath’s best-ever artwork, very reminiscent of Bissette and Totleben’s later 80s interpretation of Hell in Swamp Thing Annual 2,  and a very inspired story from Bill Mantlo; one of the weirdest Christmas comics you’ll ever read. 

Completely agree about Heath's work on this issue. One of the best things he ever did. 

Thanks for the tip! Son of Satan is a back burner title for me; I'll have to pick up a copy of this.

[Drummy]

These are not very obscure, but just overlooked and/or hidden away in a second-tier Marvel title from the '70's.  This four-issue arc of MTU was one of my faves from my childhood -- well worth reading!  

               

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2018 by Drummy

[Cocomonkey]

I enjoy it...

[FutureFlash]

22 hours ago, Scrooge said:

Not sure it qualifies as obscure but this is a series that one can read again and again but is never much referred to -

One of my favorite Vertigo series.

[Dr Zen]

I always loved this series...

[Bird]

I look forward to reading as many as I can of these. I am going to go through my Marvel Team Up box this weekend!

[chrisco37]

17 hours ago, Cocomonkey said:

I enjoy it...

Yes!!!  

[valiantman]

Multiple, multiple people have made the statement, "I can't believe I spent so long on Marvel and DC when I could have been reading Valiant!"

If you don't need physical copies to try something out... here's a pretty good way to spend $1.  (Or $8, or $15)

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/valiant-universe-books

 

[I like pie]

I recently found a really nice Deadline #1 I'm really excited about. It's at least an 8.5 but after a press, I'm hoping for 9.0-9.2. I posted a picture a few days ago in another thread recently. Kind of shocked there only 1 on the census.

[crazyhips]

On 8/14/2018 at 8:51 AM, MagnusX said:

* WE3 by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
* Madame Mirage by Paul Dini & Kenneth Rocafort
* Hunter Killer by Mark Waid & Marck Silvestry

 

 

LOVE MADAME MIRAGE.  HAVE THE SKETCH COVER VARIANT.  WAS A GREAT SERIES.  Also love the Madame Xanadu run by Matt Wagner and the Mice Templar

[revat]

This is pretty famous in the 'real world', but I'm not sure how famous it is for 'comic' people.  Its a great great read, especially in our current world....

 

Also, I'm reading Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic now on marvel unlimited.  Aside from the main characters NOT ACTUALLY BEING JEDI KNIGHTS, its a pretty good series on the average, if a bit occasionally uneven.  Maybe not that obscure.

 

Edited August 16, 2018 by revat

[Sal]

On 8/14/2018 at 4:42 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Something a bit different from Warren Ellis.

Actually excellent.

Ha, yeah, this is an excellent read.

[Pirate]

Just bought the Dalgoda run on ebay for $10 and am currently reading the Night Force HC.    Sandman Mystery Theater is next.

[Ken Aldred]

7 hours ago, valiantman said:

Multiple, multiple people have made the statement, "I can't believe I spent so long on Marvel and DC when I could have been reading Valiant!"

If you don't need physical copies to try something out... here's a pretty good way to spend $1.  (Or $8, or $15)

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/valiant-universe-books

 

I recently ordered it.

My caveat is that the .cbz versions of the Deluxe Editions are low resolution copies, which is easy to tell from the overall file size. I suppose they would be okay with a decent upscaling comic reader, but it’s still a bit stingy when compared to the recent Kodansha manga bundle.

Edited August 16, 2018 by Ken Aldred