Comic Book Thread

[The Lurker]

Also, Scott Ciencen passed away recently.

[Kete]

I love comics, but I am certainly a novice.  I've only started reading in the last 10 years, and I don't do it very frequently.  I've mostly only read DC stuff, and pretty much only major events stuff (Death of Superman, Hush, Watchmen).

I just subscribed to Marvel Unlimited.  I'm only going to be signed up for a few months, so I need suggestions on things that I must check out while I'm a member.  I've read Planet Hulk, and I'm about 1/3 of the way through Civil War.  Both of these have been okay, but not amazing.  I was thinking about reading House of M or latest version of Deadpool with Brian Posehn.  Any thoughts?

[Johnny Unusual]

House of M is pretty good, though I always like stories where characters are given their fondest desires.  I haven't read Brain Posehn and Gerry Duggan's Deadpool, but I have heard generally good things.

Personally, I really liked Planet Hulk, certainly more than Civil War which was perfectly all right (that Steve McNiven art looks good).  You also might want to check out World War Hulk, which is a lot of fun.

Right now I'm about to re-read Sixth Gun so I won't be too lost when I read the next two volumes I bought.  A pretty fun series which will apparently be a TV series sometime in the near future.

[Edward J Grug III]

I loved both Civil War and Planet Hulk, so maybe I'm not the person to ask BUT if Alias is on there, read that. Daredevil starting with Bendis' run all the way through Brubaker's is great (Skip Kevin Smith's story unless you are in to that - I didn't care for it anyway).

I have Unlimited too. Currently reading Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova and enjoying them.

[k1]

Is Sixth Gun finally going to be made? It was a few years ago I first heard about it getting on TV but I thought it got dropped and later picked up by another network and then scrapped again.

[Pak-Man]

Marvels is worth checking out, if only to oggle the awesome Alex Ross art.

[The Lurker]

Civil War is a polarizing one.

[LucasM]

I love comics, but I am certainly a novice.  I've only started reading in the last 10 years, and I don't do it very frequently.  I've mostly only read DC stuff, and pretty much only major events stuff (Death of Superman, Hush, Watchmen).

I just subscribed to Marvel Unlimited.  I'm only going to be signed up for a few months, so I need suggestions on things that I must check out while I'm a member.  I've read Planet Hulk, and I'm about 1/3 of the way through Civil War.  Both of these have been okay, but not amazing.  I was thinking about reading House of M or latest version of Deadpool with Brian Posehn.  Any thoughts?

The Adam Warlock Saga:
Strange Tales v1 178 (Warlock) (1975)
Strange Tales v1 179 (Warlock) (1975)
Strange Tales v1 180 (Warlock) (1975)
Strange Tales v1 181 (Warlock) (1975)
Warlock v1 009 (1975)
Warlock v1 010 (1975)
Warlock v1 011 (1976)
Warlock v1 012 (1976)
Warlock v1 013 (1976)
Warlock v1 014 (1976)
Warlock v1 015 (1976)
Marvel Team-Up v1 055 (1976)
Avengers Annual v1 007 (1977)
Marvel Two In One Annual 02 (1977)

One of the best 'cosmic' stories in Marvel history.  Written and drawn by the then-magnificent Jim Starlin.  [If it's any added incentive, Joss Whedon has said it is one of the finest stories ever in comics.  If you don't like Joss Whedon, don't read that previous sentence. ]

Oh, and speaking of Joss Whedon, his run on Astonishing X-Men (v3 [01-24 and 'Giant Size' #1 with the story's conclusion], starting July 2004) is one of the best X-Men stories created, with the truly exceptional art of John Cassiday.


Off of Marvel, if you have access, by all means check out the truly astonishing 'Planetary' by Warren Ellis and that same amazing John Cassiday.  It started in 1999.  It has some interesting twists on well-known stories from multiple places (e.g. a visit to, basically, Godzilla's Monster Island; a Fantastic Four 'homage').  A complete hardcover of the entire story is HERE.  It is a huge (864 pages), heavy book.

[The Lurker]

Another pic from the Deadpool/Brute Force crossover:

[goflyblind]

damn, wade's got booty. 

[The Lurker]

And here's a preview:http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=23219

[Johnny Unusual]

Maybe Sixth Gun was dropped.  Now I don't remember.  Anyhoo, I actually think it would make a good show for Adult Swim if they ever decided to try action/adventure series.

Right now, I'm tearing through Sweet Tooth, since I got the final two volumes and I needed to reread it.  I remember it being a bit slow, but if you read several volumes at once, it actually holds up MUCH better.  Another great series worth checking out, if you haven't yet.

[PsychoGoatee]

My fav ongoings are Invincible, Savage Dragon, and 2000AD! Also the Judge Dredd Megazine. And a shoutout to Hack/Slash, in five epic omnibuses.

[The Lurker]

Marvel Anti-Bullying Variants:

[The Lurker]