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Sid_Ceaser
 
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| | #1 posted May 15, 2007 at 7:45pm (EST) |
H eya Gren,
I was wondering what comics you read currently.
I spent all day going through my 12 old boxes of comics (finally splitting them up into my "keep" and "will sell eventually" catagories) and was wondering what you still purchase and read.
Right now the only two (three) that I'm buying on a regular basis is the new Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) series, and the Green Lantern Corps ongoing. I just purchased the first eight issues of the new Justice League of America series (by Brad Meltzer) because I've been re-re-reading the old Grant Morrison JLA from the late 90's and I want to see how the new League is being written.
So I'm only picking up three monthly titles, and I keep fresh with the trade paperbacks of "Strangers in Paradise" by Terry Moore.
You?
 | Grenadier
  
 
| | #2 posted May 15, 2007 at 11:18pm (EST) |
WAY too many books from Marvel and DC. Basically, most of their superhero lines. I also get assorted oddball licensed books from some of the smaller publishers (Star Wars, Galactica, etc).
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| | #3 posted May 16, 2007 at 12:11am (EST) |
What are some of your favorites?
I just purchased my first Overstreet guide since 1989 - man, takes me back.
The market seems to be down. Of course, now that grading and slabbing companies are grading/slabbing books, it doesn't seem like you can sell anything now.
I spent all day seperating stuff, and I've got about six boxes of things I'm going to try to list out and sell - its to the point that it isn't worth trying to ask what the prices in Overstreet are worth. I've got a 42 issue run of Preacher that nobody will touch because the first print issues aren't slabbed. Wha? But at this point, Even if I got a buck or buck fifty a book I'd be happy. I just want to get alot of this clutter out of the house 
have you been picking up the new JLA? What are your thoughts. I'm pretty obsessed over the first 16 issues of the Morrision run of JLA from 1998-ish. That title was really impressive. I haven't read the new Meltzer series, but I got the first eight issues cheap on eBay so its worth giving it a shot. I'm just glad that Hal is back in it.
If you are looking for anything, let me know and I'll check to see if I have it. Alot of stuff I have is from the 1993-1998 Vertigo line, lots of Image stuff (from 1996-1999 I worked at a comic store which refuled my comics passion, but died out when I left), and stuff. But I noticed today there is alot of Vertigo, and alot of mid-80's runs (Huntress, Hawk and Dove, Power of the Atom, Dective and Batman runs, Wolverine, Ghostrider, Punisher and War Journal, Justice League Europe/International, etc).
Whats the current status on Xmen? I poped back in when Chris Bachallo was doing the art, and I think Rogue had ditched whatisface in the artic or something after finding out he was associated with the Mauraders or something.
You a Marvel of DC guy?
| Grenadier
| | #4 posted May 16, 2007 at 10:29am (EST) |
Sid_Ceaser wrote:
> What are some of your favorites?
JLA and JSA from DC. DC also just wrapped up a weekly limited series called 52 that was excellent. (52 weeks, get it?) I'm hoping the new one (Countdown) does as well. (Countdown started last week with Issue 51, countdown down to #0 a year from now.)
From Marvel, the Avengers line has been strong of late, with some reservations due to Iron Man turning into a major asshat. (See below for details). Also, I know some people have problems with it, but I enjoy J. Michael (Babylon 5) Straczynski's Amazing Spider-Man most months.
> I just purchased my first Overstreet guide since 1989 -
> man, takes me back.
Wow, I gave up on buying those back then too. I realized I was spending money to find out values for books that I didn't plan on selling. 
> have you been picking up the new JLA? What are your thoughts.
> I'm pretty obsessed over the first 16 issues of the Morrision
> run of JLA from 1998-ish. That title was really impressive.
> I haven't read the new Meltzer series, but I got the first
> eight issues cheap on eBay so its worth giving it a shot.
> I'm just glad that Hal is back in it.
Meltzer's Identity Crisis was a better read, until the final issue which was a bit of an anti-climax. He really likes his Satellite-era League.
The 90's JLA was never the same after Morrison left.
> If you are looking for anything, let me know and I'll check
> to see if I have it.
I should be selling old stuff myself, not buying. I have dozens of longboxes now, dating back to the late 70's/early 80's.
> Whats the current status on Xmen? I poped back in when
> Chris Bachallo was doing the art, and I think Rogue had
> ditched whatisface in the artic or something after finding
> out he was associated with the Mauraders or something.
The X-Men have had a lot of major status quo shifts. The last big one was in the aftermath of a crossover called House of M. At the end of the story, the number of mutants was reduced to roughly 198, down from literally millions. Everyone else lost their powers, sometimes with fatal or near-fatal consequences. Also, no new mutants are being born or having powers activated.
Currently we have Scott and Emma running the school, and leading a team of X-Men in Astonishing X-Men, which I find to be the best of the core X-Books. It's written by Joss (Buffy) Whedon, at least until the end of the current arc. Another team is wrapping up a space-based adventure in Uncanny X-Men. Still another is led by Rogue in "adjectiveless" X-Men. They're promising a big new crossover event for the X-books at the end of the year, which will deal with the fact that mutants are going extinct, due to the issues listed above.
> You a Marvel of DC guy?
I buy a lot from both, but find that DC has been better of late. Marvel's big Civil War story was a good read, but in the end it ticked me off. They had to ruin a few too many characters to end up with the new status quo of the Marvel Universe. Presently, all powered/costumed beings must register with the US Government, and are subject to being essentially drafted into SHIELD and assigned to one of 50 superteams, one per state. SHIELD is now run by Iron Man, who oversees all this. During the course of the storyline, Stark, Reed Richards, and Hank Pym proved themselves to be butt-holes of the highest caliber. It will take a while for their characters to recover and be respected again, I think.
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| | #5 posted May 16, 2007 at 1:06pm (EST) |
Grenadier wrote:
> Sid_Ceaser wrote:
>> What are some of your favorites?
>
> JLA and JSA from DC. DC also just wrapped up a weekly limited series
> called 52 that was excellent. (52 weeks, get it?) I'm hoping the
> new one (Countdown) does as well. (Countdown started last week with
> Issue 51, countdown down to #0 a year from now.)
>
Yeah, I flipped occasionally through issues when at the comic store. It was nice to see Ambush Bug make a little cameo in one of the later issues. Ha, the last weekly comic I picked up was that Action Comics Weekly fiasco back in the mid 80's (if I remember correctly)
>> have you been picking up the new JLA? What are your thoughts.
>> I'm pretty obsessed over the first 16 issues of the Morrision
>> run of JLA from 1998-ish. That title was really impressive.
>> I haven't read the new Meltzer series, but I got the first
>> eight issues cheap on eBay so its worth giving it a shot.
>> I'm just glad that Hal is back in it.
>
> Meltzer's Identity Crisis was a better read, until the final issue
> which was a bit of an anti-climax. He really likes his Satellite-era
> League.
I'm going to see if Sara (girlfriend) can pick up the paperback for me of Identity Crisis (she works at a Borders Books). I've heard IC is good. I want to see what this Meltzer guy is all about and why they would give him the JLA title
>
> The 90's JLA was never the same after Morrison left.
I stopped at issue 23 (the Sandman storyline). I just read that he stuck around until issue 41. Is it worth picking up some of the TPB's that go up to his last issues? Did he have anything from 23-41 that was on par with his first sixteen issues? Especially the "Rock of Ages" storyline. Man, I can always reread the issue with Green Arrow and Atom killing Darkside. That Rock of Ages storyline is some of the most fun reading I've ever had.
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>
>> Whats the current status on Xmen? I poped back in when
>> Chris Bachallo was doing the art, and I think Rogue had
>> ditched whatisface in the artic or something after finding
>> out he was associated with the Mauraders or something.
>
> The X-Men have had a lot of major status quo shifts. The last big
> one was in the aftermath of a crossover called House of M. At the
> end of the story, the number of mutants was reduced to roughly 198,
> down from literally millions. Everyone else lost their powers, sometimes
> with fatal or near-fatal consequences. Also, no new mutants are being
> born or having powers activated.
>
> Currently we have Scott and Emma running the school, and leading a
> team of X-Men in Astonishing X-Men, which I find to be the best
> of the core X-Books. It's written by Joss (Buffy) Whedon, at least
> until the end of the current arc. Another team is wrapping up a space-based
> adventure in Uncanny X-Men. Still another is led by Rogue in
> "adjectiveless" X-Men. They're promising a big new crossover
> event for the X-books at the end of the year, which will deal with
> the fact that mutants are going extinct, due to the issues listed
> above.
>
How was the Morrison New X-Men run? Is it availale in TPB? I see he's been doing a new All Star Superman title with Frank Quietly that I'm hoping will go TBP so I can pick it up.
>> You a Marvel of DC guy?
>
> I buy a lot from both, but find that DC has been better of late.
> Marvel's big Civil War story was a good read, but in the end it ticked
> me off. They had to ruin a few too many characters to end up with
> the new status quo of the Marvel Universe. Presently, all powered/costumed
> beings must register with the US Government, and are subject to being
> essentially drafted into SHIELD and assigned to one of 50 superteams,
> one per state. SHIELD is now run by Iron Man, who oversees all this.
> During the course of the storyline, Stark, Reed Richards, and Hank
> Pym proved themselves to be butt-holes of the highest caliber. It will
> take a while for their characters to recover and be respected again,
> I think.
>
>
I've dipped into Marvel when I was a kid; my dad helped me amass collections of Amazing Spidey, X-Men, Punisher and Daredevil with some really key Silver Age stuff, but going back over some of the stuff I was purchasing back then (Ghost Rider? Egads!) I'm kinda shocked how stinky some of that was.
Actually, I can't believe I went with Justice League International/Europe/America/Quarterly as long as I did. That stuff was pretty fluffy and light.
Hal Jordan's return is what got me back into the comic stores. When they screwed up his character in '93 it took all the fun out of collecting for me. Then I got a gig at a comic store that got me back into it for a bit because I was in charge of ordering each month, but I still avoided most of the stuff because seeing Kyle Rayner just made me angry (Hal Fanboy speaking).
Hal's return was really dumb - and even through "Rebirth" looked nice, the plot and excuses created to tie up his loose ends were silly.
But, still, I got my Hal back, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that returned to the readership because of it.
| Grenadier
| | #6 posted May 16, 2007 at 1:24pm (EST) |
Sid_Ceaser wrote:
> Yeah, I flipped occasionally through issues when at the
> comic store. It was nice to see Ambush Bug make a little
> cameo in one of the later issues. Ha, the last weekly comic
> I picked up was that Action Comics Weekly fiasco back in
> the mid 80's (if I remember correctly)
I think that was the last time one came out that wasn't just a 4-issue mini.
> I'm going to see if Sara (girlfriend) can pick up the paperback
> for me of Identity Crisis (she works at a Borders Books).
> I've heard IC is good. I want to see what this Meltzer
> guy is all about and why they would give him the JLA title
>
Meltzer had a really good run on Green Arrow too.
IC might still be in hardcover only. I'm not sure.
> I stopped at issue 23 (the Sandman storyline). I just read
> that he stuck around until issue 41. Is it worth picking
> up some of the TPB's that go up to his last issues? Did
> he have anything from 23-41 that was on par with his first
> sixteen issues? Especially the "Rock of Ages" storyline.
> Man, I can always reread the issue with Green Arrow and
> Atom killing Darkside. That Rock of Ages storyline is some
> of the most fun reading I've ever had.
All of his run should be in TPB's by now. It was good stuff, but you've probably seen the best of it.
> How was the Morrison New X-Men run? Is it availale in TPB?
> I see he's been doing a new All Star Superman title with
> Frank Quietly that I'm hoping will go TBP so I can pick
> it up.
Morrison's run was fun, but got into being typical weird Morrison, with lots of new (and oddball) characters.
His ending has already kind of been retconned, since it involved a major death that couldn't be allowed to stand.
It's been collected, but I believe it was in multiple volumes. Look for it under the name "New X-Men." (There is another book by that same name now, so make sure you get Morrison's run, not the newer "New X-Men" which is basically a new version of New Mutants.
> I've dipped into Marvel when I was a kid; my dad helped
> me amass collections of Amazing Spidey, X-Men, Punisher
> and Daredevil with some really key Silver Age stuff, but
> going back over some of the stuff I was purchasing back
> then (Ghost Rider? Egads!) I'm kinda shocked how stinky
> some of that was.
Check www.gitcorp.com for a great way to catch up with lots of old Marvel books. They've been doing DVD-ROM collections. Amazon has them for sale, if you're interested.
> Hal Jordan's return is what got me back into the comic stores.
> When they screwed up his character in '93 it took all the
> fun out of collecting for me. Then I got a gig at a comic
> store that got me back into it for a bit because I was in
> charge of ordering each month, but I still avoided most
> of the stuff because seeing Kyle Rayner just made me angry
> (Hal Fanboy speaking).
I'm glad they finally fixed Hal, too. I see a similar fixing in the future for Iron Man over at Marvel.
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