Ken Aldred

Quite chunky-looking, 21st century Wayne Boring style. One of his better interpretations, and quite subtle; scowling rather than shouting or screaming.

The book that most fits this definition is my CGC 9.0 Freak Brothers 1, sold to me at under half GPA by Howard Greber, the board's great expert on underground comics and one of my best boardie pals. The difficulty here arises from him selling me this only a couple of weeks or so before he died of cancer. That was the last time I spoke to him, I still miss our phone chats, and I'm deeply saddened every time I try to admire this really nicely-presenting comic.

I always think of Paul Dini being associated more with Batman stories, especially animated series. Not surprising 'War on Crime' seems the better of the two.

It’s just occurred to me that it would be feasible to create a Mylar to bag a 12.9-size iPad Pro and it’s raw digital comic book content.

I prefer my digital comics raw.

Brings back memories. The only ones I remember here in the UK were very chalky.

A British reprint of Adventure 353 for me. Parallels between the self-sacrifice of Ferro Lad, a human mutant, to end a planet- destroying threat, and the later sacrifice by Jean Grey in X-Men 137. Both powerful stories.

The value, great value, is in reading some brilliantly-inventive stories with inspired artwork and involving characters. Then again, I am a total comics nerd. I’m now satisfied with having the easiest access to all this, digitally, rather than engaging in frenetic, boiler room speculation.

I found that the word 'narcissistic' was out of favour that year.

Yup. In 2008 it was brutal for newbies. One word too polysyllabic from me, a post count of just 13, and the hunt by the pack was on.

My alternative to Enter Sandman. I've never liked the strobing in its video.

Spider-Gwen Spider-Ben Please, no.

To be literal about the OP's thread title; 'greatest ... all-time ... any universe...' Darkseid and Thanos tend to focus solely on one universe, whereas the most devastating threat faced by multiple universes is more likely that of Mobius, The Anti-Monitor.

In a super-hero universe, everyone seems to recover quickly from Death, and so little more than a minor inconvenience. Unless you're Uncle Ben. Or, is he back now as well? Which reminds me about Death's greatest nemesis; Aunt May. She's proved simply unkillable.

Actually a nice range across Bronze Age, Copper Age and 90s-to-recent Modern Age.

It's not quite that clear-cut. There's a lot of talk here about Thanos' chin, but, I've always noticed Darkseid's very prominent brow ridges. That bone structure could itself do a great deal of damage. I haven't ever tried anything with mine, but I consider this a strong theory.

I've read all of those in digital format. Some good stuff there.

He does provide a valuable service for humanity as a whole, protecting us from the worst vermin around.

The menace called Argh!yle! was once a simple sock worn by Brum-El of the planet Schwab. Argh!yle! and his wife Marnie were sent to Earth in the same spaceship as the Ambush Bug uniform. The ship was smooshed by a radioactive space-spider, its alien energy absorbed by the socks. Marnie died in the crash, but Argh!yle! and the uniform survived. When Irwin Schwab – the soon to be Ambush Bug – salvaged the suit, he didn't notice the newly-sentient sock. Crushed by rejection and maimed by a cat, Argh!yle! stumbled into an abandoned lab, where he used advanced machinery to mend himself. He made an iron mask to hide his disfigurement and gain great powers. Stealing socks from laundromats, he started bringing them to life, building an army. Finally, he created the Bureau, an orbiting headquarters from which he attacks his most hated foes, everybody, and in particular Ambush Bug. After several attempts of world conquest and clashes with the Bug, Argh!yle!'s plans were foiled when his headquarters was blown up. He is a scientific genius with the powers of The Legion of Super-Heroes' socks.

Still one of the saddest comics I've ever read. The first story to have a powerful effect on me as a very young kid. You never forget.

To be fair, both Jim Shooter and Cary Bates were talented as well as precocious.

I haven't seen the film, but I bet the creature was released.

Yup. There must be some boardies here who can't boast and brag about having any of those top hottest 100 books because they've only got an Action Comics 1.

They did. He's called Timber Wolf.