mkronck Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Giant Size Astonishing Xmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubmonkey Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 This is going to sound very funny...but my favorite comic I used to love faithfully reading was Sergio Aragones Groo the Wanderer. I don't have a single issue popping into my head right now but when I was a kid I remember picking up issue #14 of the Marvel/Epic run off the magazine rack at Waldenbooks and was hooked. I was a huge Conan fan and this parady/comical Conan type was a big hit with me and my best friend who also began collecting Groo the same day. I soon went to my LCS and got all the back issues. Still have them all to this day. 100% agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike1988-migration Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Hello, I'm new here. First post. I'm Mike btw. I'd have to say when it comes to reading rather than collecting, I found the "Somerset Holmes" comic series from 1983-1984 that I first came upon in a large box I bought when I was younger around 13 years ago or so caught my eye. The story started good and never let up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Hello, I'm new here. First post. I'm Mike btw. I'd have to say when it comes to reading rather than collecting, I found the "Somerset Holmes" comic series from 1983-1984 that I first came upon in a large box I bought when I was younger around 13 years ago or so caught my eye. The story started good and never let up. Welcome to the Boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzer Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Too many to name one, but a series which needs to be read is Leave it to Chance. 13 issues, great writing and art, suitable for all ages and still cheap to buy the whole run. I am not a moderns guy, but this run is the perfect antidote to the big guns, big boobs, no storyline drek that is all too common in the medium today. Read it now kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBK78 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 The 8 year old version of me typically just looked at the pictures in the comics but one day I picked up Amazing Spider-Man #284 and was blown away reading it. The book had it all, Hobgoblin, Hammerhead, Jack O' Lantern, Kingpin, Silvermane, The Rose, and I think Punisher. That was the hook. To this day I refuse to re-read that book or story line for fear it would not be as good as I remember it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumptown Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The collected Box Office Poison. Like the Astro City arc about the Batman-like character training his protege too. I couldn't find it just now on my bookshelf but think it's "Confession" and the Batman-like guy is the Confessor. Good stuff. For something on the stands now, Scalped is fantastic. Modern day American Indian reservation meets Sopranos with excellent takes on poverty, racism, crime, redemption, history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyconlan Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 The Spirit of the Thing, from New Love #1 by Gilbert Hernandez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IchigosSoul Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Noob here, I know it's not that old of a book, but for me it has to be Y the Last Man #58. Got me back into comics after a 5 or 6 year hiatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonetree Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Fantastic Four #48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinthecity Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Noob here, I know it's not that old of a book, but for me it has to be Y the Last Man #58. Got me back into comics after a 5 or 6 year hiatus. Welcome to the boards. These forums have much to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexenmeister-migration Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Best story would have to be "Placebo" from Dark Horse Presents 5th anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman1fan Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 The Brave and the Bold 200. I bought it new off the stand when I was 12, and it introduced me to the golden age Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Surprised no one else has chosen this... Captain America 110, 111 and 113 is probably the most memorable comics reading experience I had as a kid. The Steranko art, and the story are simply incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfmaples Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 FF 39 and 40. Read them when I was young and have always thought they were the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_manhattan Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Swamp Thing Annual #2 by Alan Moore. A work of genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE #8 (Dec. 1972). The book has meant a lot to me since I first bought it off the news stand. A close second would be Dell's GHOST STORIES #1. John Stanley wrote some great stuff! Dell didn't knuckle under and submitt their books for Comic Code approval and their few horror books were actually pushing the limits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There are too many good choices. I have to specifically agree with several already mentioned. ASM 42 (love that last page with MJ)Swamp Thing Ann 2, the entire Miller run of DD but if you have to pick one than 181. Not mentioned: The Green Lantern / Green Arrow run by Adams & O'Neil stand the test of time. Hard to pick the "best" of the run between 76, 85 & 86 ASM 248 - the back up story "The Kid who Collects Spider-Man" No one has mentioned the classic Carl Barks stories yet either (I don't think anyway).I'm doing these from memory so don't remember the actual issue numbers. I could and have read "Christmas on Bear Mountain, "Only a Poor Old Man", "the Ghost of the Grotto", "Omlet" and the "Olympic Torch Bearer" and countless others over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE #8 (Dec. 1972). The book has meant a lot to me since I first bought it off the news stand. A close second would be Dell's GHOST STORIES #1. John Stanley wrote some great stuff! Dell didn't knuckle under and submitt their books for Comic Code approval and their few horror books were actually pushing the limits... Dell basically produced exclusively wholesome books throughout the pre-code era, and positioned themselves in the marketplace as purveyors of decency and approvability in their line - which is why they escaped being reined in by the code, as they were considered exempt. So their brief tenure publishing horror books in the early ' 60s was somewhat of an anomaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony S Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE #8 (Dec. 1972). The book has meant a lot to me since I first bought it off the news stand. A close second would be Dell's GHOST STORIES #1. John Stanley wrote some great stuff! Dell didn't knuckle under and submitt their books for Comic Code approval and their few horror books were actually pushing the limits... Dell basically produced exclusively wholesome books throughout the pre-code era, and positioned themselves in the marketplace as purveyors of decency and approvability in their line - which is why they escaped being reined in by the code, as they were considered exempt. So their brief tenure publishing horror books in the early ' 60s was somewhat of an anomaly. I'm not exactly disagreeing, but the way you have stated it isn't entirely accurate. The Comics Code Authority was a voluntary self censorship body. The CCA was established in October 1954 as a reaction to the US Senate investagion of the comic book industry and their stories for contributing to juvenile delinquency. There was widespread public concern over the content of comics and their appropriateness for children around this time. Several communities had already banned crime and horror comics and many more communities had organized comic book burning drives. Concerned about potential goverment intervention and regulation, comic book publishers formed the Comics Magazine Association of America. A self policing "code of ethics" was established. Publishers voluntarily submitted their comic books for review and approval to display the CCA seal. The CCA seal itself was meant as sign, an assurance that the comic was "safe" for juveniles. Dell was not "considered exempt". Rather Dell believed that their reputation for producing only family friendly books was good enough they didn't need to display the CCA seal for their books to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
