Top 5 Best Comics - 9/23/07 Edition

[CConn]

I think it's time once again.

Shoot.

[GoldenAgeHero]

All star superman
Invincible
Captain america
runaways
justice society of america

[PhotoJones]

Marvel
Captain America
Immortal Iron Fist
Daredevil
X-Factor
Nova

DC/Image/Dark Horse/Misc.
Scalped
Fell
Casanova
Invincible
Hellboy/BPRD

[Darthphere]

X-Factor
Captain America
Checkmate
Blue Beetle
Ex Machina

[SouLeSS]

X-Factor
Green Lantern Corps
Nova
Thor
JSA.

[CConn]

Here's mine:

1. Daredevil
2. The Walking Dead
3. Invincible
4. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
5. Brave and the Bold

[hippie_hunter]

In no particular order:

DC Comics
1. Checkmate
2. Justice Society of America
3. Booster Gold
4. Green Lantern Corps
5. The All-New Atom

Marvel Comics
1. Captain America
2. Daredevil
3. Thor
4. Cable & Deadpool
5. Incredible Hulk

[CaptainStacy]

Captain America
Incredible Hulk
Daredevil
Sensational Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man

[Darthphere]

In no particular order:

DC Comics
1. Checkmate
2. Justice Society of America
3. Booster Gold
4. Green Lantern Corps
5. The All-New Atom

Marvel Comics
1. Captain America
2. Daredevil
3. Thor
4. Cable & Deadpool
5. Incredible Hulk

Dude, you made a mistake, you put Cable and Deadpool on your list.

[PhotoJones]

Captain America
Incredible Hulk
Daredevil
Sensational Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man

The Sensational Spider-Man that's about to get cancelled?

[hippie_hunter]

Dude, you made a mistake, you put Cable and Deadpool on your list.

Cable and Deadpool is one of the best books in the industry dammit!

[CConn]

Oh, what the hell...

DC
1. Brave and the Bold
2. All-New Booster Gold
3. The Flash
4. Justice Society of America
5. All Star Superman

MARVEL/OTHER
1. Invincible
2. The Walking Dead
3. Daredevil
4. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
5. Captain America

[CaptainCanada]

DC
1. Green Lantern
2. Fables
3. Booster Gold
4. Justice Society of America
5. Green Lantern Corps

Marvel
1. Captain America
2. Ms. Marvel
3. New X-Men
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. Uncanny X-Men

[PhotoJones]

Dude, you made a mistake, you put Cable and Deadpool on your list.

People are making all kinds of mistakes on these lists. CaptainCanada just put Ms. Marvel and three X-books without the word "Factor" on his list. What's going on? :confused:

[SouLeSS]

HOLD THE PHONE!

WHAT IS GOING ON?
:huh: :huh:

[deemar325]

Avengers:The Initiative (My comicbook wetdream!)
Captain America (Simply awesome writing.)
Green Lantern (At least the current story arc is kicking a$$!)
Ironman (Its solid story telling.)
TEAM YOUNGBLOOD (ROB LIEFELD IS GOD!)

[deemar325]

People are making all kinds of mistakes on these lists. CaptainCanada just put Ms. Marvel and three X-books without the word "Factor" on his list. What's going on? :confused:

I noticed that also, oh well to each his own.

[fifthfiend]

Daredevil
Iron Fist
Gen 13
Thor
Cable & Deadpool

Don't ask me what Gen 13's doing there, cause I don't know either.

[PhotoJones]

Then what's C&D doing there?

[deemar325]

You got paid for advertising space on your list?

DareDevil
Ironfist
"Blank"
Thor
C&D


Pay me money now and I'll add Team YoungBlood by Rob Liefeld.

[PhotoJones]

I got $5 on it.

[deemar325]

Done Deal!

[PhotoJones]

Add it to list, Deemar.

[deemar325]

I did look at my original real list.

[PhotoJones]

Sweet Christmas!

[fifthfiend]

You got paid for advertising space on your list?

Depressingly no, I just actually really like that comic right now.

[Dread]

Marvel Books:
IMMORTAL IRON FIST
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE
NEW WARRIORS
NOVA
[space formerly reserved for IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN]/THE ORDER

DC/Image/Other Books:
INVINCIBLE (my favorite book ever)
DYNAMO 5
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN
BLUE BEETLE
DETECTIVE COMICS (under Dini)

Mini's that Should be Ongoings:
THE LONERS
STARLORD (by Giffen)

[deemar325]

Who would have thought Starlord, Groot and Rocket Racoon would make for good comics?

[PhotoJones]

Giffen did, apparently.

[deemar325]

Well yeah he's the guy who made me give a damn about Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.

[Dread]

Well yeah he's the guy who made me give a damn about Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.

And let us not forget the rollar coaster of bad-assery that was ANNIHILATION (the core mini) that he wrote.

[deemar325]

Giffen is proof that a old man can still bring the comicbook heat.

Annihilation single handedly saved the whole cosmic MU characters from both obscurity and lameness. Remember Joey Q has no love for the cosmic stuff and would have gladly dragged Marvel into a 'Grimm&Gritty' maliase of 'street' 'crime fiction' 'Frank Miller is Jesus!' rehash.

I seriously believe Annihilation, Agents of Atlas, NextWave and Dan Slott truly saved Marvel from total Bendisization!!

[Dread]

Giffen is proof that a old man can still bring the comicbook heat.

Annihilation single handedly saved the whole cosmic MU characters from both obscurity and lameness. Remember Joey Q has no love for the cosmic stuff and would have gladly dragged Marvel into a 'Grimm&Gritty' maliase of 'street' 'crime fiction' 'Frank Miller is Jesus!' rehash.

I seriously believe Annihilation, Agents of Atlas, NextWave and Dan Slott truly saved Marvel from total Bendisization!!

Giffen is one of a few vets IMO that proves he still has it after over 20 years in the biz. There are others, but fewer than you'd imagine after that length of time, which is understandable.

AGENTS OF ATLAS, sadly, tanked. As did NEXTWAVE. But, whatever works to save or delay the Bendisization (2008; SECRET INVASION, Bendisization titled like a porno promising more retcons, poorly written heroes, decompression, and fanboy headaches. Y'know how when you watch so many horror movies that you get frustrated when you see the same bits, like half naked teenagers investigating spooky sounds alone, because you know the end result? That is me regarding Bendis).

Dan Slott getting to creator summits does help. As do other writers getting amped up. Brubaker, Fraction, and others. The problem is sometimes the market doesn't cooperate, like with THE ORDER falling hard in #2.

Hey! I forgot about THE ORDER. I'll add it to the list.

[deemar325]

NextWave didn't tank Immonen just got picked up for Ult.Spidey (F'k yu Bendis!!!) and although AOA didn't burn up the sales charts it was a critic's favorite and has a solid cult following.

[deemar325]

I honestly soured on the Order like the concept just found the characters pretty boring so far plus I can't stand Barry Kitson's art.

[Dread]

NextWave didn't tank Immonen just got picked up for Ult.Spidey (F'k yu Bendis!!!) and although AOA didn't burn up the sales charts it was a critic's favorite and has a solid cult following.

What do you mean? The sales fell below the Top 100 rather quickly and Joe Q's Marvel even now has little tolerance for that.

To each their own on THE ORDER. I like it. :up:

[CaptainCanada]

People are making all kinds of mistakes on these lists. CaptainCanada just put Ms. Marvel and three X-books without the word "Factor" on his list. What's going on? :confused:
Meh, Ms. Marvel is one of the most fun books I read; New is great, and I just can't bring myself to leave Astonishing off; Uncanny gets in there too, partly perhaps out of my love for Brubaker's work, even if this isn't his best. Never found X-Factor all that impressive, honestly; the dialogue is clever, but that's about it.

My other Marvel buys are X-Men, X-Factor, Thor, Runaways, and Mighty Avengers; I haven't really been reading the first three long enough to really place them, and the fourth is middling.

[deemar325]

Trust they could have kept NextWave going.

Ms.Marvel I'm kinda on the tipping point about it.

I neither like or dislike it.

[venom892]

Marvel top 5 no order
Immortal Iron Fist
Captain America
Daredevil
Cable/Deadpool
Sensational Spider-Man{Spot now up for grabs}

DC/other top 5 no order
Scalped
Detective Comics
Green Latern
Brave and The Bold
Buffy

[yenaled]

Captain America
Checkmate
Jonah Hex
Blue Beetle
Fell

I'm not a fan of putting comics on that list who haven't even done an arc yet, so Thor, Booster Gold need to run a bit longer before being best comic.

[Sloth7d]

New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Avengers: the Initiative(My bias for Avengers titles is strong, I know)
Spider-girl
Sonic the hedgechog(what can I say I'm just a big kid)

Anyway, is there gonna be a top 5 manga thread?

[PhotoJones]

Not in this forum, hopefully.

[Sloth7d]

I meant in general.

[PhotoJones]

I don't know. If there's not one and you want one, start it up. :up:

[Sloth7d]

I'm not popular enough to. One of the cool kids should do it.:word:

[Doc Destruction]

Checkmate
JSA
New Warriors
Green Lantern Corps
X-Factor

Book I miss the most: Nextwave :(

[Dan_Slott]

Iron Fist
Criminal
Captain America
Ultimate Spider-Man
Walking Dead

[PhotoJones]

Psst...Dan. That was your chance to plug Avengers: The Initiative.

[TheCorpulent1]

In no particular order:

Ongoings
Checkmate
Blue Beetle
Captain America
Fables
Welcome to Tranquility

Minis
Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord
The Loners
The Highwaymen
Black Adam: The Dark Age
Metal Men

[PhotoJones]

Aw, you cheated. ;)

[BrianWilly]

In no particular order

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Fallen Angel
Justice Society of America
Blue Beetle
Checkmate

[Doc Destruction]

Iron Fist
Criminal
Captain America
Ultimate Spider-Man
Walking Dead

USM really? That one shocked me a little.

Dan, your Spidey stuff should be popping up on my top list soon, I'm sure. ;)

What a kissass.

[trustyside-kick]

The Sensational Spider-Man that's about to get cancelled?

All of them are except for Amazing. They are doing something I admire: not forcing people to buy 093743208743208 different titles for characters they love just to understand their continuity.

[Darthphere]

All of them are except for Amazing. They are doing something I admire: not forcing people to buy 093743208743208 different titles for characters they love just to understand their continuity.

Yeah, instead they're forcing you to buy one title 3 times a month. In other words, its the same ****.

[trustyside-kick]

The issue I had with more than 1 title was the continuity stuff. I know the amount spent will be the same, but I think it will not make some people as confused. I don't even collect Spidey, but I look at the idea and like it better than multiple continuity titles where things can and most likely will conflict with another.

[Watchman]

Marvel
Captain America
Daredevil
Avengers: The Initiative
Immortal Iron Fist
Criminal

DC/Image
Casanova
Fell
All Star Superman
Walking Dead
Invincible

[fifthfiend]

Psst...Dan. That was your chance to plug Avengers: The Initiative.

Dan's hit the big-time now, he doesn't need to advertise.

[CaptainStacy]

The Sensational Spider-Man that's about to get cancelled?

Yes.

[PhotoJones]

Dan's hit the big-time now, he doesn't need to advertise.

Tell that to Brubaker and Iron Fist. :o

:(

[vog]

My top five:

Justice Society of America
All-Star Superman
Criminal
The Walking Dead
Green Lantern

[fifthfiend]

Tell that to Brubaker and Iron Fist. :o

:(

...

:csad: :csad:

Hey Dan if you're reading this, can you use your big-time mojo to make Iron Fist start sellin' good?

[PhotoJones]

All the mojo in the world isn't enough to make an ignorant fanboy change his ways. :(

[TheCorpulent1]

Maybe if Dan wrote him into an A:TI issue more in line with his fun, flippant IIF chracterization rather than Bendis' stoic, stony-faced New Avengers characterization...

[Doc Destruction]

Oh, you mean Bendis is writing a character out of character? GET OUT!

[TheCorpulent1]

Not really out of character. Danny hasn't done anything to be out of character with. I think the most he's done is be accused of being a Skrull by Wolverine for not talking to Luke much anymore, to which he replied "scowl." He's just boring window dressing in New Avengers at the moment.

[PhotoJones]

He did have the badass moment in the first issue of the relaunch where he held off the ninjas with his chi while the rest at the team could escape through Strange's portal.

[TheCorpulent1]

Ah, I wasn't reading NA at that point.

[PhotoJones]

When did you jump in?

[TheCorpulent1]

#28.

[PhotoJones]

You literally missed the best issue of the entire series. :dry:

[TheCorpulent1]

lolz, figures.

[PhotoJones]

I'm sure you could find a copy of #27 pretty easily. If you wanted to, that is.

[TheCorpulent1]

I probably could. But I don't really feel a burning need to get it. I know what's going on, so the only thing I'm really missing is some more New Avengers vs. ninjas fight scenes, which I'm not a fan of to begin with.

[PhotoJones]

Exactly. There's a double page splash with the top half being a group shot of the Might Avengers and the bottom half being the New Avengers. It's nice, but it's probably nothing you haven't seen in preview images or posted scans.

[Themanofbat]

Current Top Five...

Invincible
The Walking Dead
Brave & The Bold
Rex Mundi
The Lone Ranger

(I have to mention HellBlazer & Amazing Spider-Man due to my lifelong love of the books)

[PhotoJones]

The Lone Ranger is one of those books that I don't think about much, but I always enjoy it just as much as any other book that I read. :up:

[TheCorpulent1]

Exactly. There's a double page splash with the top half being a group shot of the Might Avengers and the bottom half being the New Avengers. It's nice, but it's probably nothing you haven't seen in preview images or posted scans.
I got a poster of Yu's New Avengers from my shop on this year's Free Comic Book Day, actually. I think it might be of the page you're talking about.

[PhotoJones]

Colored, obviously (and from #29, not #27):

http://www.newsarama.com/marvelnew/newavengers/meet/newavengers29-4-5-copy.jpg

[fifthfiend]

Maybe if Dan wrote him into an A:TI issue more in line with his fun, flippant IIF chracterization rather than Bendis' stoic, stony-faced New Avengers characterization...

I was thinking him just using vodoun witchery to command people to buy IIF. But your way works too.

[Norman Osborn]

Marvel

DareDevil
Punisher (Max)
Captain America
Nova
Avengers the Initiative

DC

Brave and the Bold
Detective Comics
Flash
Robin
Batman

[DoomJester]

No Particular Order

Justice Society of America
Criminal
Iron Fist
Batman
Astonishing X-men

[TheCorpulent1]

Colored, obviously (and from #29, not #27):
Oh, I have the issue with that pic. The one I have a poster of is the big fight between the New Avengers and the Hand ninjas.

[lowly marvelite]

All star superman
Invincible
Captain america
runaways
justice society of america
Uh, dude, this is the Marvel side of the threads; keep that Republican, conservatiove, DC crap over on the DC side...

[Doc Destruction]

It said best, not best MARVEL.

[lowly marvelite]

Now that I got that off my chest; regular titles? My picks: Thor, Mighty Avengers, Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man and Uncanny X-Men.

[Steve Rogers]

Captain America
She-Hulk
Daredevil
Mighty Avengers
I really want to throw Tales of the TMNT in there, but I just saw what happens when you suggest something non-Marvel, so...

[Anubis]

Invincible
Walking Dead
Casanova
Captain America
Daredevil

[GNR]

The Order
Thunderbolts
Thor
Iron Man
Black Summer

[fifthfiend]

Republican, conservative, DC crap

What the ****?

[Hunter Rider]

Uh, dude, this is the Marvel side of the threads; keep that Republican, conservatiove, DC crap over on the DC side...

Don't start that silly fanboy war.

[CConn]

What the ****?
Imagine Batman listening to Limbaugh in the car.

[fifthfiend]

Imagine Batman listening to Limbaugh in the car.

"At last my eyes have been opened! It's time to go fight the real criminals - Hollywood Lie-berals and the Feminazi shock troops of the Democratic party!"

[fifthfiend]

Oh ****, I just described Amazons Attack.

****.