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Top 10 comics to read before you die

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jjonahjameson1

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Funny seeing all the lists of the Ditko/Lee Spider-Man run. While I love the run, I really feel like the Romita/Lee run has aged so much better. I think the must read should run from 1-122 of Spidey. Then jump back in for the Hobgoblin arc.

 

Everything else has been mentioned in here already. I've even added some of this stuff to my Amazon wish list that keeps growing.

 

 

You know I think you are right that the Romia run is much more readable, the thing about the Ditko part of the run was the # of homeruns that Lee/Ditko hit in creating all of Spidey's enemies.

 

In 40 issues we got:

Doc Oc

Green Goblin

Samndman

The Lizard

Vulture

Mysterio

Electro

Kraven the Hunter

The Scorpion

 

and those are just the homeruns. Thats not even counting all of the non-villians that were created in Spidey's world.

 

Romita's run is far more readable, and brings Spidey from being super nerdy to more manageabley awkard.

 

I think the Romita run may have been more readible for several reasons:

 

1. Change in panel layout from Ditko's standard 9-grid page to a more varied approach by Romita

 

2. Less words. By the time Romita came onboard, the average word count per page/issue had decreased substantially from the initial Ditko issues and reading ASM required less time

 

3. Ditko's Spidey had a lot of teenage angst and yes, Peter was nerdy. By the time Romita came on board, Peter got a motorcycle, dated Gwen and MJ, moved in with Harry, got rid of his glasses and became handsome and chic-cool.

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In alphabetical order, this is most but not quite all of everything I have on my tablet.

 

100 Bullets

300

A Contract with God - Will Eisners

Animal Man - Grant Morrison run

Astro City

Batman- Batman Arkham Asylum

Batman Dark Victory

Batman Hush

Batman The Killing Joke

The Dark Knight Returns

The Long Halloween

Year One

Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

Blankets

Bone

Books of Magic - mini 4 issues

Conan - Dark Horse

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Daredevil - Daredevil 227-233 Born Again

Daredevil The Elektra Saga

Daredevil The Man Without Fear

Daredevil Yellow

DC-The New Frontier

Death The High Cost Of Living

Death The Time Of Your Life

Doom Patrol 19-63

Green Arrow - Kevin Smith

Green Lantern Rebirth

Hard Boiled

Infinity Gauntlet

Invincible

Kingdom Come

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Love and Rockets

Martha Washington

Marvels

Maus

Miracleman

Preacher

Promethea

Rising Stars

Ronin

Sandman

Scott Pilgrim

Sin City

SpiderMan 1-122

Kravens Last Hunt

Strangers in Paradise

Superman- All Star Superman

Superman For All Seasons

The Invisibles

TMNT

Tom Strong

Transmetropolitan

V for Vendetta

Watchmen

WE3

Y The Last Man

 

 

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The Death of Captain Marvel.Can't believe no one's mentioned it yet.

 

Avengers from around #50 through 250 or so,prefer the pre-100 ones although there are some classics after that.

 

E-man,the original Charlton version.

 

Fish Police for the sheer madness of it.Nothing ever topped demolition drinking!

 

+1 The Spirit by Eisner.

 

Barry Smith's run on Conan

 

The Rocketeer by the late great Dave Stevens :cloud9:

 

The Rook in Warren mags(bet everyone here forgot that one didn't they?)

 

Early Howard the Duck by Gerber

 

Maybe not the best list but additions to all the other great suggestions already listed.

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I start out with a diversification of series.

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and anything by Jack Kirby!

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I liked Starlin's Warlock saga when I first read it 30 years ago, but to me, it doesn't hold up, much the same as the Adams GL/GA run. It feels kinda dated.

 

DD Born Again - I've always had difficulty understanding the appeal of this storyline, but for me, I couldn't get past the artwork. Like nails to a chalkboard (hey kids, remember chalkboards?)

 

Alan Moore - The Killing Joke is brilliant. Everything else I've read by him is meh.

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Fantastic Four #232-293.

 

Byrne is a master storyteller.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

and that run is on my list +1.

 

Stormwatch vol 1 37-50

Stormwatch vol 2 complete

Stormwatch/Aliens one shot

The Authority vol 1 ( all time favorite )

Planetary - Warren Ellis had a fantastic run with all of the books.

 

Sin City by Miller

The Dark Knight Returns by Miller

The Watchmen by Moore

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Moore

Kingdom Come by Waid and Ross

 

JLA by Morrison

New X-Men by Morrison

Sandman by Gaiman

Hitman by Ennis

Amazing Spider-man the whole thing.

Batman Knightfall and Hush

 

Action 775 is my favorite Superman story.

 

I believe if the story holds together that East of West will join this list.

 

 

When I was younger and had a more forward looking outlook the list would be more like

 

Rom Spaceknight

X-men 94 up by Claremont

Avengers in the mid 100s through mid 200s

Conan by BWS

 

There is no way I could pin it down to 10. I'm leaving off 100 lol

 

 

 

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Fantastic Four #232-293.

 

Byrne is a master storyteller.

 

Peace,

 

Chip

 

and that run is on my list +1.

 

Stormwatch vol 1 37-50

Stormwatch vol 2 complete

Stormwatch/Aliens one shot

The Authority vol 1 ( all time favorite )

Planetary - Warren Ellis had a fantastic run with all of the books.

Sin City by Miller

The Dark Knight Returns by Miller

The Watchmen by Moore

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Moore

Kingdom Come by Waid and Ross

 

JLA by Morrison

New X-Men by Morrison

Sandman by Gaiman

Hitman by Ennis

Amazing Spider-man the whole thing.

Batman Knightfall and Hush

 

Action 775 is my favorite Superman story.

 

I believe if the story holds together that East of West will join this list.

 

 

When I was younger and had a more forward looking outlook the list would be more like

 

Rom Spaceknight

X-men 94 up by Claremont

Avengers in the mid 100s through mid 200s

Conan by BWS

 

There is no way I could pin it down to 10. I'm leaving off 100 lol

 

 

 

Under rated runs :applause:

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