Favourite comics? (The obligatory list thread)

[Colin Hicks]

What are your favourite comics, either ongoing or limited-run? My top ten are probably:

Watchmen
Preacher
Uncanny X-Men (Claremont/Byrne/Cockrum)
Sandman
JLA (Morrison/Porter)
Punisher (Ennis/Dillon)
The Avengers (Busiek/Perez)
Amazing Spider-Man (JMS/Romita Jr)
The Ballad of Halo Jones
Judge Dredd (Wagner/Grant/Ezquerra/Bolland early-mid Eighties run)

Anyone else?

[Lucy McGough]

Top five:

Sandman
JLA
Batgirl
Batman
Superman

[Colin Hicks]

Not a Marvel fan, then?

[Lucy McGough]

Marvel? No way! DC rocks my socks. (Especially the (late) Martian Manhunter.)

[Colin Hicks]

I like DC as well, but Marvel has just as many good characters - Spidey, Cap, Hawkeye, the core X-Men, the Thing, Doctor Doom - and when written by the right writers, they're far more entertaining than the somewhat blander DC ones. I only really like Batman and Superman when they're working with the JLA; in fact I think the only solo character I've really got time for at DC is Green Arrow.

[Nick Barlow]

I'm much more of a DC fan than a Marvel one, though I tend to find Superman pretty dull. Anyway, my top 10 would be:

Watchmen
Denny O'Neill's version of The Question
V For Vendetta
Hectic Planet/Pirate Corp$
Milk and Cheese
Kingdom Come
Global Frequency
Y: The Last Man
Hellblazer
The Authority (with Jenny Sparks, at least)

[Colin Hicks]

The Ellis/Hitch run on The Authority almost made it into my Top 10, too . In fact, it's a bit of a crying shame that there's no Warren Ellis in there at all.

[barnaby morbius]

not in order

daredevil- born again(still reading this and loving brubaker and bendis' stuff)
preacher
from hell
nick fury agent of shield (by jim steranko)
cerebus- high society and church and state
v for vendetta
sandman
maus
doom patrol(grant morrison)
i'm tempted to say kick ass which i'm really enjoying- but i'll go for hellblazer by delano/ennis

[Colin Hicks]

I can see I'm really going to have get round to getting some Hellblazer. Is it all good, or just specific writers (I've read some of the Ennis stuff)?

[Nick Barlow]

Hellblazer's a bit like Who - different people like different eras of it, so if you don't like the early stuff, jump ahead and see if something else grabs you instead.

[Colin Hicks]

I'll probably try the Ennis ones first. I like Ennis .

[barnaby morbius]

I can see I'm really going to have get round to getting some Hellblazer. Is it all good, or just specific writers (I've read some of the Ennis stuff)?

you can't go wrong with the first 80 issues- half delano /half ennis. after that it was all downhill for me- i lost interest during paul jenkins' run. warren ellis was dissappointing by his standards. azzarello didn't do it for me, carey was ok from what i read. didn't like mina's run at all and haven't read anything by andy diggle.

BUT- i picked up 250 for old times sake and enjoyed it- and then bought the first issue of pete milligan's new run and really liked it.

delano was still the best for me though- "the fear machine" and "the family man" are out in TB now colin and well worth getting. and a special mention for "son of man" and "fear and loathing" by garth ennis

[Colin Hicks]

Thankd for that, Barnaby. Sounds like good advice.

[Zoltar]

Only 10? Hrmm. That's going to require some pondering...

I like DC as well, but Marvel has just as many good characters - Spidey, Cap, Hawkeye, the core X-Men, the Thing, Doctor Doom - and when written by the right writers, they're far more entertaining than the somewhat blander DC ones. I only really like Batman and Superman when they're working with the JLA; in fact I think the only solo character I've really got time for at DC is Green Arrow.

I like DC and Marvel about equally. I find sometimes I'm in the mood for DC's heroes, which are often like modern gods on Earth, and sometimes I'm in the mood for Marvel's, the underdog types. Right now I'm enjoying Marvel more.

[Zoltar]

The problem with pondering is you get caught up reading.

Some faves, in no particular order and just a bit more than ten…

Marvelman/Miracleman
Secret Wars
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Planetary
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Batman: Year One
Preacher
Captain Britain/Excalibur (all the stories tied together from Moore, Claremont, Delano and Davis)
Atomic Robo: The Dogs of War
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Sandman
Invincible
Kingdom Come
Planet Hulk
Nextwave
Agents of Atlas
Judge Dredd

[Aspadistra]

When I was a kid, I was into Silver Age D.C. , but the supply in Scotland used to arrive in a sporadic manner, and out of order.

I favoured Batman, Superman and Green Lantern. Used to read a bit of Supergirl, Superboy and The Flash, alongside a bit of JLA.

My mum threw out my collection. Including one with Batgirl distracting the baddies by having a run in her tights. Apparently, it would now be worth a lot of money.


GRrrrrrrr.

[barnaby morbius]

The problem with pondering is you get caught up reading.

Some faves, in no particular order and just a bit more than ten…

Marvelman/Miracleman
Secret Wars
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Planetary
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
Batman: Year One
Preacher
Captain Britain/Excalibur (all the stories tied together from Moore, Claremont, Delano and Davis)
Atomic Robo: The Dogs of War
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Sandman
Invincible
Kingdom Come
Planet Hulk
Nextwave
Agents of Atlas
Judge Dredd

some more excellent stuff zoltar- how could i have forgotten miracleman? nextwave is brilliant as well.

re read preacher quite recently- still great.

DOOM COCK

[Colin Hicks]

re read preacher quite recently- still great.

DOOM COCK

Poor Herr Starr. The most victimised character in comics, and I don't think it's until the bit with the cannibals that you first realise that Ennis is doing it solely for his - and the reader's - enjoyment.

"Wub".

[barnaby morbius]

re read preacher quite recently- still great.

DOOM COCK

Poor Herr Starr. The most victimised character in comics, and I don't think it's until the bit with the cannibals that you first realise that Ennis is doing it solely for his - and the reader's - enjoyment.

"Wub".

it's the bit when he's trying on the hats and wigs that gets me- steve dillon is a genius

[Colin Hicks]

It's when he gets to the Nazi helmet. "Very funny, Featherstone."

I don't think I've ever enjoyed a comic as much as Preacher. Watchmen might be intellectually more satisfying, but Preacher beats it for sheer entertainment value.

[Rich Flair]

Top five:

Sandman
JLA
Batgirl
Batman
Superman

That's a bit broad - any particular runs? Has Batgirl even had a comic?

[Rich Flair]

The Ellis/Hitch run on The Authority almost made it into my Top 10, too . In fact, it's a bit of a crying shame that there's no Warren Ellis in there at all.

Is it because he's not actually as good as everybody says?

[Rich Flair]

I can see I'm really going to have get round to getting some Hellblazer. Is it all good, or just specific writers (I've read some of the Ennis stuff)?

Read the first 100 or so issues - not quite 100, but until Ennis leaves. Read his appearances in Moore's Swamp Thing first and his appearances in Veitch's Swamp Thing cross over heavily with the first 10 issues of Hellblazer. Don't forget the Hellblazer special by Ennis/Dillon with a very creepy story about the Devil's confession.Then get The Horrorist graphic novel to see him wipped in an S & M club, drawn by David LLoyd.

[Lucy McGough]

Has Batgirl even had a comic?

Yes. It had the current Batgirl in it - Cassandra Cain.

[Nick Barlow]

The Ellis/Hitch run on The Authority almost made it into my Top 10, too . In fact, it's a bit of a crying shame that there's no Warren Ellis in there at all.

Is it because he's not actually as good as everybody says?

No, that's Neil Gaiman.

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