Best Copper Age Storylines

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Here are some more:

 

Daredevil 227-233____Born Again

 

Daredevil 238____Mutant Massacre tie-in

 

Daredevil 248-257____Wolverine, Intro Typhoid Mary, Punisher, Bullet, Bushwacker, Kingpin (#252 is one of my all-time favorites, a Fall of the Mutants tie-in)

 

Daredevil 259-282___Mephisto, Ultron, Silver Surfer, Intro Blackheart, Inhumans, Shotgun, Blob, Pyro

 

Fantastic Four Vs. X-men 1-4______post Mutant Massacre, One of the greatest FF stories that I've ever read. I hoard'em just to have copies to pass around. Highly recommended.

 

Detective Comics 575-578____Batman Year Two

 

Superman 400___Anniversary anthology - Bradbury, Bolland, Kirby, Williamson, Byrne, Jack Davis, Miller, Simonson, etc.

 

Marvel Comics Presents 10-16______7-part Colossus story - God's Country

 

Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham 1-17___classic Marvel Funny Animal

 

Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew 1-20____classic DC Funny Animal

 

Web Of Spider-Man 33, ASM 295, PPSS 133____Life in the Mad Dog Ward

 

Invasion 1-3____DC crossover

 

Batman: The Cult 1-4_____Starlin + Wrightson mini

 

Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior 1-11_____Toy tie-in

 

Visionaries 1-6___Toy tie-in

[Mac Man]

AH! My Todd McFarlane ASM collection is complete with some beautiful 9.4-9.6 copies of 313 & 314 today! Wahoo! I love reading the letter on how many people were unhappy with Todd's work on ASM, but his stuff easily the best looking from throughout the Copper and Modern Ages (in my opinion anyhow).

[HeroDreamer]

My first thought was definitely the Hobgoblin saga over ASM 238-289...but, I thought "The Kid Who Collects Spiderman" backup from 248 deserves a mention. Only comic I can think of that ever gave me the lump in the back of the throat.

[Mac Man]

Yeah, that one's been on my buy list for sometime, but I just haven't gotten around to picking it up.

[Jeffro.]

New Teen Titans 42-44

 

 

Great stuff

[Jeffro.]

AH! My Todd McFarlane ASM collection is complete with some beautiful 9.4-9.6 copies of 313 & 314 today! Wahoo! I love reading the letter on how many people were unhappy with Todd's work on ASM, but his stuff easily the best looking from throughout the Copper and Modern Ages (in my opinion anyhow).

 

I liked McFarlane back then. Now, when I look back at that stuff it's just wayyyyyyyy too busy. Give me Frenz or Romita Jr on Spidey any day over McFarlane. Although I would take McFarlane any day over Bagley.

[kidcolt]

I agree. I really liked Mcfarlanes spideys back in the day, now I would pass on them. I also enjoyed the Romita Jr issues.

[Mac Man]

I dunno... there's just something I really enjoy when I crack open a McFarlane issue that I don't seem to get from many of the other artists out there. And don't think I'm railing against JRJR (though don't ask me which of the two Romitas is best ), I just always dug Todd's work. One concession I WILL make, however, is I felt that his take on MJ was always a little.... trashy? Not always, but sometimes it's a little more than I care for.

 

But there will never be anyone who can do a better Venom than him- I'll go to the mattresses on that one

[Jeffro.]

AH! My Todd McFarlane ASM collection is complete with some beautiful 9.4-9.6 copies of 313 & 314 today! Wahoo! I love reading the letter on how many people were unhappy with Todd's work on ASM, but his stuff easily the best looking from throughout the Copper and Modern Ages (in my opinion anyhow).

 

I liked McFarlane back then. Now, when I look back at that stuff it's just wayyyyyyyy too busy. Give me Frenz or Romita Jr on Spidey any day over McFarlane. Although I would take McFarlane any day over Bagley.

 

Actually, give me Romita Sr any day on Spiderman.

[MutantKeys]

AH! My Todd McFarlane ASM collection is complete with some beautiful 9.4-9.6 copies of 313 & 314 today! Wahoo! I love reading the letter on how many people were unhappy with Todd's work on ASM, but his stuff easily the best looking from throughout the Copper and Modern Ages (in my opinion anyhow).

 

I liked McFarlane back then. Now, when I look back at that stuff it's just wayyyyyyyy too busy. Give me Frenz or Romita Jr on Spidey any day over McFarlane. Although I would take McFarlane any day over Bagley.

 

Actually, give me Romita Sr any day on Spiderman.

No doubt

[Mac Man]

And if we were on the Silver Age thread, you better believe it. But I don't recall JRSR doing on ASM work in the CA. (j/k) But yeah, I don't think you can compare Todd (no matter how cool he is) with the likes of Ditko and JRSR.

[mr_highgrade]

And if we were on the Silver Age thread, you better believe it. But I don't recall JRSR doing on ASM work in the CA. (j/k) But yeah, I don't think you can compare Todd (no matter how cool he is) with the likes of Ditko and JRSR.

 

 

[shiverbones]

JRSR also worked with JRJR on ASM 238's cover

[kidcolt]

I agree Romita sr was the bomb.

 

Favorite storylines

 

Year one

Dark knight returns

Born again

Killing joke

[THE_BEYONDER]

Fantastic Four 285

 

 

[chrisco37]

Dunno if I mentioned this one before or not, but the Doom/Strange Triumph & Torment was a pretty good read. I really enjoyed that one.

[spoonerism]

Someone else mentioned Miracleman, and I have to agree. That's some of the best stuff ever, not just Copper Age. But then again, I haven't read a lot of the stuff mentioned here, so now I have a lot to catch up on.

[Silver Surfer]

The Avengers stuff mentioned by Foolkiller is probably some of the best action packed/great art work combination your going to find. This arc actually starts about 10 issues before but would make anyone a Thor fan.

[ft88]

Some random issues not mentioned yet

 

X-men v Teen Titans

What If (Old) various: Phoenix hadn't died, Wolverine v Hulk, Hulk went Berserk, Conan issues, Daredevil Issues.

Camelot 3000

Web of Spidey 1

Batman 404-407 Miller Mazzuchelli

Punisher mini series

[Mac Man]

Year One... man, that stuff was great. I always like to go back and reread my copies. And you're right ft88- some of those old "What If's" were a lot of fun to read.