Don't laugh, i'm reading the 'Essential Howard the Duck'. I love the humour (so 70's). I know it was a bad movie, but the comics are well worth checking out.

Also getting back into Spiderman, Hulk, X-men etc after about a 20 year gap.Any comic fans know any great stories i should seek out to catch up with? (i like mainly Marvel or DC)

appreciate any help.


[This message was edited Tue Nov 26 7:15:13 PST 2002 by Thecherryloon]

Thecherryloon said:

for Marvel, get the newest X-Men trade paperbacks collecting the early run of Grant Morrison on the title. I think the titles of the books are "E is for Extinction" and "Germ Free Generation". that should pretty much bring you up to speed. if you like more "classic" X-Men stories, get the X-Treme X-Men trade paperback.

but if you're already into buying "Essentials" and don't mind black and white reprints, Marvel's recently upped the stock on all of their Essentials books and put out some newer volumes in the last year or so. classic X-Men, Spider-Man, Avengers, FF, etc. stories.

Thecherryloon said:

One title that's a must read is "Preacher" on DC/Vertigo. I think the storyline is complete now, but the collections are in paperback. It started about 6 yrs ago and is just amazing. (Aaron, have you read this one?)

For a short series, i recommend "Kingdom Come" on DC, also in paperback. Kind of a 'Battle of the Titans' story.
Very good.

thanks for the replies!

I must say i've read some 'Preacher'.that is one truly badass comic!

Icenine would like that it's full of Rednecks!

Thecherryloon said:

Rednecks, vampires, angels, a one eyed boy, some sick fucks, and Arseface(my fave)!! I couldn't put those books down. Ice, if you haven't read this, i highly recommend it. I think it would be a great movie, but Hollywood would only ruin it.

here's a few must reads:
1.Watchmen (by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
2.V For Vendetta (by Alan Moore & Daid Lloyd)
3.Daredevil:Visionaries vol.2(by Frank Miller)

mrchristian said:

nah, i stopped caring about comics enough to keep buying everything, even great stuff. now, i only get the ones i started with.
[This message was edited Tue Nov 26 13:07:40 PST 2002 by AaronUnlimited]

AaronUnlimited said:

I'm with you on that one...i mostly buy the book collections when they come out, but i used to keep up with LOTDarkKnight and Preacher, when they both started.