Favorite comic storyline?

Yep It's A Trap · 09-10-2012, 09:19 AM

What was your favorite comic storyline? It doesn't matter the character or if it's DC or Marvel.

As much as everyone groans about what these storylines did for the comic industry, I still love the Death of Superman saga and the Batman Knightfall storyline. The Green lantern Emerald Twilight was great too. Just good old fashioned storytelling.

*ZariusTwo* · 09-10-2012, 04:37 PM

-Grant Morrison's Batman run (sorry Trap, I know you hate it

), just a very sound incorporation of every little crazy detail of Batman's muddled history, created the awesome Dick'N'Damien pairing, and created an exciting and expansive status quoe that launched new characters and introduced fresh villains, many of which are to surface in the new cartoon "Beware the Batman".

-The Clone Saga: Often derided by 1990s fanboys, this was the Spider-Man story that broke all the rules. It killed off long-standing characters, ressurected Spidey's greatest adversary, and breifly teased that Peter Parker would finally grow up. It's ending was anti-climatic, didnt do the franchise any good in the long run, and we gradually went back to normal afterwards, but the journey started off well, and it gave us Kaine (who endures to this day as the Scarlet Spider), a revived Norman Osborn, and, last but not least, the next subject....

-Most of Spider-Girl. Simple idea...let Peter Parker and Mary Jane grow up, have Peter pass the torch to his daughter, and watch a fresh hero swing. Brilliant twelve-year run where characters were allowed to age and develop in a less angsty, more regular fashion. A trait lacking in almost any mainstream Marvel book.

-Fatal Attractions: The 90s were much kinder to the X-Men than they were to Spider-Man, and this was one of it's peak events. There was a time when Magneto was treated as a serious Code-Red threat and a major leauge asshole and this story showcased him in that light. Everyone was pushed to their moral breaking point, emotions came to the surface, Logan lost his Adiantium, Magneto lost his marbles (or so we thought for many years until a retcon in 1997) Collosus lost his faith in the X-Men, it was a story full of big, sweeping change, and change that stuck for a good bit in the X-Books 'till about the dawn of the 2000s, after which everything went off the rails thanks to Quesada and Morrison (there 'Trap, I said something critical about him ^_^)

Yep It's A Trap · 09-10-2012, 06:17 PM

I forgot about Fatal Attraction. That was fantastic as well and a personal fave. I even did enjoy the clone saga. I wish sometimes Marvel would have had the guts to go through with the whole "the real Peter Parker was the clone from years ago" idea even if it pissed off a lot of fans. What a shake-up that would have been if they could have done it and made it cannon.

*MikeandRaph87* · 09-10-2012, 06:29 PM

1.Anything Batman/Detective Comics under Denny O'Neil!

2.Justice by Alex Ross

3. and of course "Future Shark Trilogy"

Honorable mention goes to "Sinestro Corps War"

HeavyMetalCarebear · 09-10-2012, 07:16 PM

The Batman killer storyline.

Obvious favorite is Testimony of the Riddler. I have that issue and cherish it dearly <3

The Many Deaths of Batman was interesting as well.

X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, absolutely awesome.

*MikeandRaph87* · 09-10-2012, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HeavyMetalCarebear

The Batman killer storyline.

Obvious favorite is Testimony of the Riddler. I have that issue and cherish it dearly <3

The Many Deaths of Batman was interesting as well.

X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, absolutely awesome.

Do you have the actual issue of Batman#291-#294? That is an amazing storyline that would never be printed in today's need to be edgey market. Do you have Batman#279? That is a fun story with The Riddler! Riddler is my second favorite villain to The Shredder!

HeavyMetalCarebear · 09-10-2012, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Do you have the actual issue of Batman#291-#294? That is an amazing storyline that would never be printed in today's need to be edgey market. Do you have Batman#279? That is a fun story with The Riddler! Riddler is my second favorite villain to The Shredder!

When it comes to Batman books/comics, I have:

~The Batman Files
~Batman: The World of the Dark Knight
~Batman coloring and sticker book
~Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
~Batman #292
~Batman #433
~Batman #434
~Batman #435
~Batman #445
~Batman #454
~Batman #455
~Batman #460
~Batman #670

There is a guy who runs a comic shop at the flea market and he has an insane amount of comics from pretty much every series on the planet, it seems. There is a lot to look through and the older comics are harder to find. He has a lot of the 90's ones and 00's. Gotta sit there and sift through all of them to find the older ones tucked in between.

Yep It's A Trap · 09-10-2012, 09:59 PM

What is the Testimony of the Riddler story about? Never heard of that one.

HeavyMetalCarebear · 09-10-2012, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Yep It's A Trap

What is the Testimony of the Riddler story about? Never heard of that one.

The Riddler's version of how he 'killed' Batman.

~~Leo656~~ · 09-22-2012, 06:42 AM

Definitely "Death & Return Of Superman", the entire arc. I was always "into" comics but this story got me "INTO" comics. Some of the best stuff wasn't even about Superman specifically, it was the great character moments showing everyone from Lois to Clark's parents to Batman to Mitch and everyone else dealing with what happened. That scene with Bibbo at the end of that one issue of Action Comics... nobody mentions it much, but who DIDN'T get choked up at that part, seriously? Very under-stated emotional stuff going on in the Superman books of the late-80s/early-90s, I miss it.

Also a big fan of "Man Of Steel", Batman "A Death In The Family", "Killing Joke", "Guy Gardner Reborn", "Guy Gardner: Yesterday's Sins", Dan Jurgens entire run on JLA, "Emerald Twilight", "Green Lantern: Rebirth", and "Infinite Crisis" (which is even better when you read all 80 or so issues of every DC series' books leading UP to it first... I think I suffered permanent brain damage but SO WORTH IT!).

I tend to prefer the stuff I grew up with, late-80s/early-90s, but I was digging a lot of DC's stuff post-2005 until they decided to screw it all up last year.

09-10-2012, 09:19 AM	#1
Yep It's A Trap Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 104	Favorite comic storyline? What was your favorite comic storyline? It doesn't matter the character or if it's DC or Marvel. As much as everyone groans about what these storylines did for the comic industry, I still love the Death of Superman saga and the Batman Knightfall storyline. The Green lantern Emerald Twilight was great too. Just good old fashioned storytelling.

09-10-2012, 07:16 PM	#5
HeavyMetalCarebear Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hugh Jackman's Pants Posts: 144	The Batman killer storyline. Obvious favorite is Testimony of the Riddler. I have that issue and cherish it dearly <3 The Many Deaths of Batman was interesting as well. X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, absolutely awesome. __________________ "He's sleeping with the ultimate failure." ~ Chris Redfield CM Punk > You

09-10-2012, 04:37 PM	#2
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,491	-Grant Morrison's Batman run (sorry Trap, I know you hate it), just a very sound incorporation of every little crazy detail of Batman's muddled history, created the awesome Dick'N'Damien pairing, and created an exciting and expansive status quoe that launched new characters and introduced fresh villains, many of which are to surface in the new cartoon "Beware the Batman". -The Clone Saga: Often derided by 1990s fanboys, this was the Spider-Man story that broke all the rules. It killed off long-standing characters, ressurected Spidey's greatest adversary, and breifly teased that Peter Parker would finally grow up. It's ending was anti-climatic, didnt do the franchise any good in the long run, and we gradually went back to normal afterwards, but the journey started off well, and it gave us Kaine (who endures to this day as the Scarlet Spider), a revived Norman Osborn, and, last but not least, the next subject.... -Most of Spider-Girl. Simple idea...let Peter Parker and Mary Jane grow up, have Peter pass the torch to his daughter, and watch a fresh hero swing. Brilliant twelve-year run where characters were allowed to age and develop in a less angsty, more regular fashion. A trait lacking in almost any mainstream Marvel book. -Fatal Attractions: The 90s were much kinder to the X-Men than they were to Spider-Man, and this was one of it's peak events. There was a time when Magneto was treated as a serious Code-Red threat and a major leauge asshole and this story showcased him in that light. Everyone was pushed to their moral breaking point, emotions came to the surface, Logan lost his Adiantium, Magneto lost his marbles (or so we thought for many years until a retcon in 1997) Collosus lost his faith in the X-Men, it was a story full of big, sweeping change, and change that stuck for a good bit in the X-Books 'till about the dawn of the 2000s, after which everything went off the rails thanks to Quesada and Morrison (there 'Trap, I said something critical about him ^_^) __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

09-10-2012, 06:17 PM	#3
Yep It's A Trap Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 104	I forgot about Fatal Attraction. That was fantastic as well and a personal fave. I even did enjoy the clone saga. I wish sometimes Marvel would have had the guts to go through with the whole "the real Peter Parker was the clone from years ago" idea even if it pissed off a lot of fans. What a shake-up that would have been if they could have done it and made it cannon.

09-10-2012, 06:29 PM	#4
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	1.Anything Batman/Detective Comics under Denny O'Neil! 2.Justice by Alex Ross 3. and of course "Future Shark Trilogy" Honorable mention goes to "Sinestro Corps War" __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

09-10-2012, 09:59 PM	#8
Yep It's A Trap Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 104	What is the Testimony of the Riddler story about? Never heard of that one.

09-22-2012, 06:42 AM	#10
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Definitely "Death & Return Of Superman", the entire arc. I was always "into" comics but this story got me "INTO" comics. Some of the best stuff wasn't even about Superman specifically, it was the great character moments showing everyone from Lois to Clark's parents to Batman to Mitch and everyone else dealing with what happened. That scene with Bibbo at the end of that one issue of Action Comics... nobody mentions it much, but who DIDN'T get choked up at that part, seriously? Very under-stated emotional stuff going on in the Superman books of the late-80s/early-90s, I miss it. Also a big fan of "Man Of Steel", Batman "A Death In The Family", "Killing Joke", "Guy Gardner Reborn", "Guy Gardner: Yesterday's Sins", Dan Jurgens entire run on JLA, "Emerald Twilight", "Green Lantern: Rebirth", and "Infinite Crisis" (which is even better when you read all 80 or so issues of every DC series' books leading UP to it first... I think I suffered permanent brain damage but SO WORTH IT!). I tend to prefer the stuff I grew up with, late-80s/early-90s, but I was digging a lot of DC's stuff post-2005 until they decided to screw it all up last year.