Best single issue

[aardvark88]

1. FF 51 This Man, this Monster.

2. Swamp Thing Vol. 2, # 21 Moore

3. Cerebus 4 1st Elrod the Albino. Funny story & stellar BWS-ish art by Sim.

4. Capt America 111 Steranko

5. Conan 24 Song of Red Sonja by BWS.

6. Avengers 93 N Adams, This Beachhead, Earth. Kree /Skrull war.

[Calamerica]

1) The Silver Surfer by Lee & Kirby TPB 1978

 

2) Amazing Spider-Man # 90

3) Amazing Spider-Man # 121

4) Amazing Spidr-Man # 122

5) Tales to Astonish # 93

6) Tales of Suspense # 97

7) Tales of Suspense # 98

8) Tales of Suspense # 99

9) Iron Man & Sub-Mariner( one -shot) # 1

10) Iron Man # 2

 

 

Honorable Mention: Amazing Spider-Man # 62

 

CAL

[HarrisonJohn]

It's more of a guilty pleasue than a particually great comic book, but I'm going to say Uncanny X-Men 281.

[DiceX]

Best single comic...

Marvel Team Up #1

Because it was the first new comic I ever bought.

I've read it more times than any other comic.

 

Amazing Spider-Man #252

What *is* this strange new costume?

 

Hulk #162

Another of my childhood favorites, and the only book with a total number of reads close to that of MTU #1.

[Silver Surfer]

Man this is tough as its hard to find a storyline that doesn't flow over more than one issue. I'm going to rattle off what ever come to mind in terms of sheer enjoyment:

 

TTA#100

Avengers#166

Thor #382

Iron Man #150 (super art work)

Avengers#4 (1st series)

FF#242

FF#260

[Forbush-Man]

Two of my favorite Silver Age issues were Silver Surfer # 4; Surfer Vs Thor with great John Buscema art and the 52 page Avengers # 93, Antman goes inside the Vision. Also Avengers # 57; first apperance Silver Age Vision.

 

Some others, Daredevil # 7; fights Namor & # 8; The Siltman issue.

 

Lastly, just about any Kirby/Ditko monster book!

[Zonker]

I always answer this question the same way:

 

Detective Comics #443, one of those 100-page super-spectacular issues

containing a great variety of material:

 

- the culmination of the Manhunter strip in a Batman x-over by Goodwin & Simonson (new)

- Golden Age Green Lantern by Alex Toth (reprint)

- origin of the Creeper by Ditko (reprint)

- Golden Age Batman & Robin by Jerry Robinson (reprint)

- Golden Age Spectre (reprint)

[blowout]

Amazing Fantasy #15.

[Captain_Pike]

The best issue(s) I read would have to be-

1. Batman- The Dark Knight Returns 1-4

2. FF 51

3. X men 125-128

4. ASM 146

[uclapeterg]

I answer this with the same one I always do: Fantastic Four 285. It made me cry too.

[uclapeterg]

1) The Silver Surfer by Lee & Kirby TPB 1978

 

 

CAL

 

That story is awesome! I still have my "well read" copy.

[nearmint]

I'll go with the first thing that popped into my head...

 

Dark Knight #3. The death of the Joker.

[deathlok]

"God loves, Man kills."

[awe4one]

Marvels #2 - The mutant in the basement. Wonderful issue in a great mini-series!

 

Jim

[goldust40]

Strange Tales 178. The beginning of Starlin's Warlock saga that culminated in his "death" in Avengers Annual 7 / MTIO Annual 2.

 

I agree that SOST 21 was tremendous. Moore completely rewrote the rules for comic writing with that book - when Len Wein (Swampy creator) read the story, he said it made him feel redundant.

[Zonker]

Another Alan Moore story I always loved was Superman Annual 11.

 

Rob, Donut, et al...

 

"For the Man Who Has Everything" is being adapted on Cartoon Networks "JLA Unlimited" right now

 

Moore & Gibbons get an on-screen credit too!

[Calamerica]

That story is awesome! I still have my "well read" copy

 

This is great that there is someone else besides me that really enjoyed that TPB classic! I have yet to find any other TPB to offer such high entertainment level - but I must be fair here - I have not read that many TBP's and I am sure that there ARE many that would rival that 1978 classic.

 

CAL

[pjthib]

DKR #2. Batman operates on the mutant leader. I don't know what I liked better, the cover or the story.

 

Pete

[mr_highgrade]

Marvel Tales # 98 (Reprints Spidey # 121 Death of Gwen Stacy) that's the one that started my magical journey into the world of comics.

[BachelorOfComix]

DKR 3, read that puppy so many times.