Krydel4 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 So far I have 3 Criteria for consideration for choosing a series. 1: Longevity (Minimum 100 issues or 10+ Years of Publication in an unbroken run) 2: Historical Significance/Contributions to Comics 3: Cultural Impact So far I have 5 series. Adventure Comics More Fun Comics The Brave and the Bold Showcase Shonen Jump Anyone else have a series to add or criteria that should be used? I would like to do a poll once I've gathered the some insights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted February 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 Four Color has to be on the list as a candidate, at least. Doomed, Krydel4, PopKulture and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telegan Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 12:50 AM, OtherEric said: Four Color has to be on the list as a candidate, at least. I'm not sure what other comic series can compete, now that I think about it. I can't believe it didn't pop into my mind immediately. Nice one. OtherEric and Doomed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jeffreyk Posted February 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 Fantastic Four for me KCOComics, steveinthecity, iggykoopa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jesse-Lee Posted February 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 Batman Detective Action Superman Amazing Spider-man Uncanny X-Men Avengers Fantastic Four Archie Comics steveinthecity, The Commissioner, oakman29 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ken Aldred Posted February 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) I’d take out both the 100 + issues and decade criteria. Very limiting, and really, do many series have that degree of continuous, highest-level consistency? Seems a bit rose-tinted to me. Edited February 15, 2023 by Ken Aldred paperheart, D2, Larryw7 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydel4 Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 11:47 PM, Ken Aldred said: I’d take out both the 100 + issues and decade criteria. Very limiting, and really, do many series have that degree of continuous, highest-level consistency? That's sort of the point. Best of the the Best. Someone said ASM and FF. Those 2 series could be solely defined by the first decade or so as being their peak. While others could say some series, like Uncanny X-Men, didn't start to be great until it reached the 100+ issue mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) On 2/15/2023 at 7:59 AM, Krydel4 said: That's sort of the point. Best of the the Best. Someone said ASM and FF. Those 2 series could be solely defined by the first decade or so as being their peak. While others could say some series, like Uncanny X-Men, didn't start to be great until it reached the 100+ issue mark. With all of those there’s still for me a degree of inconsistency within the timeframes. There’s passable, bad, and admittedly brilliant: peaks and troughs, interspersed greatness, but hardly continuous. Edited February 15, 2023 by Ken Aldred Larryw7 and SuperBird 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse-Lee Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) The only one I could see an argument for outside these parameters (but I'm sure someone could make a compelling argument for anything) is TMNT Vol.1, which didn't reach 100 issues or 10 years, although it was close. Edited February 15, 2023 by Jesse-Lee Krydel4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel72 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 2:50 PM, OtherEric said: Four Color has to be on the list as a candidate, at least. Serious question, what's so special.about Four color ? Thot it was an anthology series. Is it because many first appearances were from these books. For me it would be FF or ASM for its impact on comicdom in terms of characterisation and story telling. That's for American comics. Personally for me, lone wolf and cub ranks among the greatest comic books ever done. KCOComics, Doomed and OtherEric 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdandns Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2000 A.D. Grendel Groo Greatest 100+ issue sustained run in a long-running title is probably Peter David's run from "Incredible Hulk". ASM was pretty solid from around #235 to #335. I’m Rick Jones bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydel4 Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 12:41 AM, Jesse-Lee said: The only one I could see an argument for outside these parameters (but I'm sure someone could make a compelling argument for anything) is TMNT Vol.1, which didn't reach 100 issues or 10 years, although it was close. Part of the reason I set the bar at 100 issues or 10 years is that it shows a level of consistency. 3 or 4 bad issues in a row can kill a series. There may have been a dud issue for every 10 issues of the first hundred or so of ASM but it was that continued storytelling consistency that drove it to great heights. But Longevity is just one of the criteria. Doomed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGo Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Cerebus Bone (55 issues but ran from 1991 to 2004) SuperBird, RockMyAmadeus and WolverineX 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Detective Comics, ASM and FF should all have a home on this list, given the criteria. steveinthecity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted February 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 I’d put Mad in the mix for cultural impact. Doomed, Ken Aldred, Larryw7 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 If we're picking just one, it has to be Action Comics for me, simply for introducing Superman and creating the superhero genre. SuperBird, Yorick and bronze_rules 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 If we're going a 'greatest stories' route, then I'd posit that Detective Comics or Batman would be at the top of the genre, considering how many great runs he's had and how popular he is as a character through time. Amazing Spider-Man could challenge, as I know the history of that title is rich, but I haven't read as much Spidey as I have Bats. bronze_rules, SuperBird and Gatsby77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Detective Action Fantastic Four Spider-Man MAD FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeniorSurfer Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Shonen Jump? (And before anyone starts writing letters, yes... I looked it up. But...) bronze_rules, KirbyJack and Lazyboy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 8:55 AM, jdandns said: Greatest 100+ issue sustained run in a long-running title is probably Peter David's run from "Incredible Hulk". Great choice. I was thinking about that one; consistently good stories, lots of nice artwork. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
