Favorite Comic Book Stories? - Page 2

pingclang · 11-15-2013, 11:24 AM

Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt. I love the story in this series. It had a huge scale and covered so many different aspects of Cap`s day to day, showing him in a ton of different situations but still managed to keep an overarching story. It's pure awesome.

Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters. Only three issues but Longbow set up the 80 issue arch by Mike Grell that is some of the most amazing storytelling in comics. Period. Longbow is a very adult, complicated story with a little tragedy mixed in and paved the way for such an amazing turn in the Green Arrow mythos.

Thor: Walt Simonson`s run. Not sure if this counts since it's an entire run, but Simonson took Thor and did some new, awesome things with him. His run is still mentioned as the best Thor stuff and I have to agree. It felt like a Fantasy series, even when he was on Earth and the writing was out of this world good. Love it.

TMNT 1-8: Now, with Mirage Turtles, I've loved everything I've read, even the bad one's, but I love the first 8 especially. The first few are so good but when the world hopping starts, I absolutely go nuts. I love those stories because they're fun, entertaining and written so well. Granted, I haven't read all of the first volume of Turtles so I might like something in there more if I had, but this is still my favorite.

JoshDA7X · 11-15-2013, 03:33 PM

Other than Turtles, I'd have to go with Kevin Smiths Batman Cacophony and The Widening Gyre, Batman The Long Halloween and without a shadow of a doubt the Locke and Key series (even though I've not read the last one yet!).

*Roland* · 11-20-2013, 03:17 PM

The Amazing Spiderman vol 1 no 425 (aug 1997) ,The chump. the challenge. The champ.:

One of the awesome fights against Electro!

Spiderman vol 1 no 1 (July 1997) , A prelude in red:

Where the Stacy brothers find out a serial killer is a mutant. I like how Arthur Stacy is right in the end.

~~Leo656~~ · 11-20-2013, 09:20 PM

pingclang: I also liked "The Longbow Hunters". It was the right time and place for that story, a true "80s Style/Dark N Gritty" take on Green Arrow. I'm generally hit or miss on Arrow, I like him conceptually but at times the character's been portrayed very hokey. Longbow Hunters is one of the few stories that really rang true to the character; I've never once bought that a guy who uses a bow and arrow as his primary weapon has, most often, been portrayed as someone who doesn't kill bad guys. That's ludicrous, no matter how "cutesey" the boxing glove arrows etc. are. I didn't "get" the hubbub in the aftermath of "Cry For Justice"/"Fall Of Green Arrow",

Spoiler:

because I didn't think for that character it would be a big deal. Some characters, the no-killing code makes sense, but he isn't one of them, OTHER than being an uber-liberal. The entire arrow gimmick more or less implies lethal force.

I guess part of why I sometimes don't like the character a ton is how inconsistently he's been portrayed. They never even do a hard reboot, either, it's always arbitrary based on who the writer is, sometimes Arrow kills people and sometimes he's someone who has never and would never kill, and I just don't like that kind of inconsistency. In my head, Longbow Hunters is the "real" Green Arrow.

pingclang · 11-20-2013, 11:10 PM

As much as I love the character, Leo, you're right. One of the more frustrating things about him is how he's back and forth on his extremes. A lot of the fallout from the events of Cry for Justice came from the fact he promised Black Canary when they married that he wouldn't kill anymore. I guess shooting someone in the wrist with an arrow is perfectly fine. That was the beauty of Longbow and the series it led to, he was exactly what someone with his set of skills would be.

11-15-2013, 03:33 PM	#22
JoshDA7X Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: UK Posts: 261	Other than Turtles, I'd have to go with Kevin Smiths Batman Cacophony and The Widening Gyre, Batman The Long Halloween and without a shadow of a doubt the Locke and Key series (even though I've not read the last one yet!). __________________ Donatello: You're a claustrophobic. Casey Jones: You want a fist in the mouth? I've never even looked at another guy.

11-20-2013, 03:17 PM	#23
Roland is Laughing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Africa Posts: 2,384	The Amazing Spiderman vol 1 no 425 (aug 1997) ,The chump. the challenge. The champ.: One of the awesome fights against Electro! Spiderman vol 1 no 1 (July 1997) , A prelude in red: Where the Stacy brothers find out a serial killer is a mutant. I like how Arthur Stacy is right in the end. __________________ My fan art here on the drome! My fan art Spoiler:

11-20-2013, 09:20 PM	#24
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	pingclang: I also liked "The Longbow Hunters". It was the right time and place for that story, a true "80s Style/Dark N Gritty" take on Green Arrow. I'm generally hit or miss on Arrow, I like him conceptually but at times the character's been portrayed very hokey. Longbow Hunters is one of the few stories that really rang true to the character; I've never once bought that a guy who uses a bow and arrow as his primary weapon has, most often, been portrayed as someone who doesn't kill bad guys. That's ludicrous, no matter how "cutesey" the boxing glove arrows etc. are. I didn't "get" the hubbub in the aftermath of "Cry For Justice"/"Fall Of Green Arrow", Spoiler: the fallout from Arrow killing Prometheus because I didn't think for that character it would be a big deal. Some characters, the no-killing code makes sense, but he isn't one of them, OTHER than being an uber-liberal. The entire arrow gimmick more or less implies lethal force. I guess part of why I sometimes don't like the character a ton is how inconsistently he's been portrayed. They never even do a hard reboot, either, it's always arbitrary based on who the writer is, sometimes Arrow kills people and sometimes he's someone who has never and would never kill, and I just don't like that kind of inconsistency. In my head, Longbow Hunters is the "real" Green Arrow.

11-15-2013, 11:24 AM	#21
pingclang Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tennessee Posts: 552	Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt. I love the story in this series. It had a huge scale and covered so many different aspects of Cap`s day to day, showing him in a ton of different situations but still managed to keep an overarching story. It's pure awesome. Green Arrow: Longbow Hunters. Only three issues but Longbow set up the 80 issue arch by Mike Grell that is some of the most amazing storytelling in comics. Period. Longbow is a very adult, complicated story with a little tragedy mixed in and paved the way for such an amazing turn in the Green Arrow mythos. Thor: Walt Simonson`s run. Not sure if this counts since it's an entire run, but Simonson took Thor and did some new, awesome things with him. His run is still mentioned as the best Thor stuff and I have to agree. It felt like a Fantasy series, even when he was on Earth and the writing was out of this world good. Love it. TMNT 1-8: Now, with Mirage Turtles, I've loved everything I've read, even the bad one's, but I love the first 8 especially. The first few are so good but when the world hopping starts, I absolutely go nuts. I love those stories because they're fun, entertaining and written so well. Granted, I haven't read all of the first volume of Turtles so I might like something in there more if I had, but this is still my favorite.

11-20-2013, 11:10 PM	#25
pingclang Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tennessee Posts: 552	As much as I love the character, Leo, you're right. One of the more frustrating things about him is how he's back and forth on his extremes. A lot of the fallout from the events of Cry for Justice came from the fact he promised Black Canary when they married that he wouldn't kill anymore. I guess shooting someone in the wrist with an arrow is perfectly fine. That was the beauty of Longbow and the series it led to, he was exactly what someone with his set of skills would be.