Essential The Official Comic Book Discussion Thread [Support @Neuromancer’s book!]

[MenacingMonk]

Has anyone read Galactic Storm? I've been contemplating on copping the trades, but I'm not sure if they're worth it.

 

[DMR]

I thought Gamora did specify that Drax was dead and Quill was stuck with Thanos in the CancerVerse. After that she lumped both of them together but I don't think Bendis meant Drax has retcon-replaced Richard.

Yeah, plus when you watch AR in this panel they recap Thanos Imperative with both Star-Lord and Nova stuck with Thanos in Cancerverse

 

[Mr. Negative]

bored nerd nikka post.

100. Daniel Clowes’ Eightball – 83 points


99. Jim Steranko’s Nick Fury – 84 points

98. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Thor/Tales of Asgard – 89 points (2 first place votes)

97. Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise – 90 points

96. Jack Cole’s Plastic Man – 91 points

95. Peter David’s 1st Run on X-Factor – 92 points (1 first place vote)

94. Gail Simone’s Secret Six – 94 points (1 first place vote)

93. Chris Claremont’s New Mutants – 95 points

92. Frank Miller’s Sin City – 96 points (2 first place votes)

91. Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty – 97 points (1 first place vote)

90. John Layman and Rob Guillory’s Chew – 98 (1)


89. Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo’s Fantastic Four – 99

88. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke and Key – 100 (3)

87. Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man – 102

86. Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim – 103

85. Keith Giffen and Tom and Mary Bierbaum’s Legion – 104 points (2 first place votes)


84. Alan Moore, Zander Cannon and Gene Ha’s Top 10 – 105 points (1 first place vote)

83. Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf and Cub – 106 points (5 first place votes)

82. Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark and Stefano Gaudiano’s Daredevil – 107 points (2 first place votes)

81. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal – 108 points

80. Joe Kelly’s Deadpool – 111 points (1 first place vote)


79. Jim Starlin’s Warlock – 112 points

78. Rick Remender’s Uncanny X-Force – 113 points

77. Larry Hama’s G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – 114 points (4 first place votes)

76. Denny O’Neil and Denys Cowan’s The Question – 115 points (2 first place votes)

75. Kieron Gillen’s Journey Into Mystery – 116 points (4 first place votes)


74. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Doctor Strange – 117 points (1 first place vote)

73. Peter Milligan and Mike Allred’s X-Force/X-Statix – 118 points

72. Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo and Jonathan Clapion’s Batman – 119 points (2 first place votes)

71. Mark Waid’s Daredevil – 120 points

70. Geoff Johns’ JSA – 121 points (3 first place votes)


69. Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ Batman – 122 points

68. Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary’s Authority – 123 points

67. Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III’s Promethea – 124 points (3 first place votes)

66. David Michelinie and Bob Layton’s Iron Man – 125 points

65. Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s Nextwave –128 points


64. Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ Green Lantern (co-starring Green Arrow) – 129 points

63. Will Eisner’s The Spirit – 131 points (2 first place votes)

62. John Byrne’s Superman – 134 points (3 first place votes)

61. Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Immortal Iron Fist – 143 points

60. Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley’s Invincible – 149 points (5 first place votes)


59. Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers – 152 points (1 first place vote)

58. Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle’s Batman – 154 points (3 first place votes)

57. John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake’s The Spectre – 155 points (3 first place votes)

56. John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad – 158 points (1 first place vote)

55. Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers’ Detective Comics – 161 points (3 first place votes)


54. Carl Barks’ Duck comics – 167 points (1 first place vote)

53. Garth Ennis and John McCrea’s Hitman – 168 points (1 first place vote)

52. Jonathan Hickman’s FF – 171 points (3 first place votes)

51. Jack Kirby’s Fourth World – 176 points (2 first place votes)

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/10/31/2012-top-100-comic-book-runs-2-1/

 

[Mr. Negative]

50. Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris’ Ex Machina – 184 points


49. Peter David’s 2nd Run on X-Factor – 189 points (2 first place votes)

48. Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson’s Astro City – 198 points (2 first place votes)

47. Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt’s Legion of Super-Heroes – 201 points (5 first place votes)

46. Dave Sim and Gerhard’s Cerebus – 203 points (10 first place votes)

45. Grant Morrison’s Invisibles – 204 points (4 first place votes)


44. Roger Stern and John Romita Jr.’s Amazing Spider-Man – 214 points (1 first place vote)

43. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s 100 Bullets -226 points (5 first place votes)

42. Roger Stern’s Avengers – 228 points (4 first place votes)

41. Jeff Smith’s Bone – 230 points (2 first place votes)

40. Los Bros Hernandez’s Love and Rockets – 231 points (8 first place votes)


39. Mike Mignola’s Hellboy – 247 points (6 first place votes)

38. Alan Moore’s Marvelman/Miracleman – 254 points (6 first place votes)

37. Stan Lee and John Romita’s Spider-Man – 262 points (3 first place votes)

36. Mark Waid’s Flash – 263 points (6 first place votes)

35. Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s Ultimates – 265 points (2 first place votes)


34. Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways – 272 points (6 first place votes)

33. Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera’s Scalped – 289 points (4 first place votes)

32. Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol – 333 points (8 first place votes)

31. Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos’ Transmetropolitan – 336 points (6 first place votes)

30. Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker’s Gotham Central – 340 points (8 first place votes)


29. Kurt Busiek and George Perez’s Avengers – 342 points (6 first place votes)

28. Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s Walking Dead – 351 points

27. Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha’s Fables – 358 points (4 first place votes)

26. Peter David’s Incredible Hulk – 365 points (7 first place votes)

25. Garth Ennis’ Punisher – 380 points (5 first place votes)


24. John Byrne’s Fantastic Four – 381 points (4 first place votes)

23. Grant Morrison’s Animal Man – 393 points (6 first place votes)

22. Ed Brubaker’s Captain America – 445 points (8 first place votes)

21. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men – 463 points (8 first place votes)

20. Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League – 474 points (8 first place votes)


19. Warren Ellis and John Cassaday’s Planetary – 489 points (8 first place votes)

18. Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern – 498 points (11 first place votes)

17. Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man – 501 points (6 first place votes)


16. Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s Daredevil – 514 points (7 first place votes)

15. Chris Claremont’s Solo X-Men – 533 points (14 first place votes)

14. Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s New Teen Titans – 560 points (13 first place votes)


13. Grant Morrison’s New X-Men – 584 points (9 first place votes)

12. Grant Morrison’s JLA – 607 points (7 first place votes)

11. James Robinson’s Starman – 637 points (22 first place votes)


10. Walter Simonson’s Thor – 701 points (16 first place votes)

9. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher – 792 points (22 first place votes)

8. Grant Morrison’s Batman – 830 points (27 first place votes)


7. Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s Daredevil – 838 points (17 first place votes)

6. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Amazing Spider-Man – 849 points (24 first place votes)


5. Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan’s Y the Last Man – 855 points (23 first place votes)

4. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four – 863 points (29 first place votes)


3. Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing – 1184 points (27 first place votes)

2. Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin’s X-Men – 1233 points (39 first place votes)


1. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman – 1375 points (45 first place votes)

 

[Jello Biafra]

The fact that Priest's run on Black Panther isn't on this list while seriously overrated (but far less influential) runs like Bendis/Maleev's Daredevil, Hickman's FF, Brubaker/Aja/Fraction's Immortal Iron Fist, and Waid/Weiringo's FF are is crazy.
The whole modern interpretation of Black Panther as the cool, nuanced and complicated character he is now is due entirely to Priest.

 

[OmegaK2099]

today is steve ditkos birthday

 

[Mic-Nificent]

The fact that Priest's run on Black Panther isn't on this list while seriously overrated (but far less influential) runs like Bendis/Maleev's Daredevil, Hickman's FF, Brubaker/Aja/Fraction's Immortal Iron Fist, and Waid/Weiringo's FF are is crazy.
The whole modern interpretation of Black Panther as the cool, nuanced and complicated character he is now is due entirely to Priest.

I believe that list is based on votes from CBR posters. So it's a bunch of people voting on stuff they probably never read or people who just got into comics voting on things that they heard was dope. The simple fact that Whedon's Astonishing run made the list should show tell you everything you need to know. I like Wheadon's run, but it damn sure isn't one of the best 100 comic book runs of all time.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Nothing of significance even happened in BOTA lmao I have a feeling Marvel only did this event because the X-Men aren't part of Infinity

I know. Not only was the entire event a festering pile of shyt, but it was totally pointless. I thought at least the original 5 would go back to the past, but even that didn't happen.

The big development out of it is Kitty Pryde joins Cyclops and them. WOW! They didn't need a shytty 10 part crossover to do that.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I believe that list is based on votes from CBR posters. So it's a bunch of people voting on stuff they probably never read or people who just got into comics voting on things that they heard was dope. The simple fact that Whedon's Astonishing run made the list should show tell you everything you need to know. I like Wheadon's run, but it damn sure isn't one of the best 100 comic book runs of all time.

Whedon's run was godly. So was #13 on the list @R=G

 

[R=G]

CBR has a gay love for Grant Morrison...doesn't change the fact that he is a hack gimmick writer.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Whedon's run was godly. So was #13 on the list @R=G

It was good, but it's vastly overrated. There was nothing in his run that hadn't been done before in X-Men comics. At it's core it was just incredibly high quality fan fic right down to the constant references to older shyt.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

CBR has a gay love for Grant Morrison...doesn't change the fact that he is a hack gimmick writer.

 

[R=G]

The X portion of CBR is mostly females...they act like Gambit is great..they hate Scarlet Witch and can't even make a coherent post about her without whining or trolling...love the most obscure fukking characters anyone has ever heard of.....try to act like Morrison's run is near Claremont's...whines about Jean Grey....whines about the Magneto family....has a weird love for Sage..and acts like Cyclops has mattered past his push since 2007. LOL@some of their top 10 A listers lists. It's hilarious. They think Cyclops and Jean Grey are as big as Rogue and Storm in the mainstream. Jean is usually more talked about dead than alive and all you gotta do is look at the movies and the shows to see how relevant Cyclops is compared to anyone else who matters.

 

[R=G]

White boy answer.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

It was good, but it's vastly overrated. There was nothing in his run that hadn't been done before in X-Men comics. At it's core it was just incredibly high quality fan fic right down to the constant references to older shyt.

It was better than any X-Men run since Claremont in his heyday except for da gawd Morrison's.