Good Comics from the 90s?

[Arkady Rossovich]

Gen13.I cant believe it was not mentioned.

 

[Sandman138]

Eightball

 

[jesse custer]

tim truman and john k. snyder did an absolutly amazing comiccalled THE PROWLER about an aged costumed vigilante, living on borrowed time and pushing 80, getting back in the game with a young prodige. they get into some deep sh** as far as adventures go-zombies,kiddie porn rings, old nemisis. it was a great little book. i believe they did two 4 issue limited series. THE PROWLER- Great F^^&(( book.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

I like the artwork of Tim Truman -- mainly his GrimJack stuff -- so I'll have check out The Prowler sometime.

 

[jesse custer]

Yeah, ash, it was eclipse comics that put that out. I was all about that book. It kinda goes on the Dark Knight theme litely but it's grittier and deals with real issues more. It's a great 'heros in a real world setting' book. it's soooo well written. and simply writen too. Truman I think inks and writes and Snyder draws it. I remember always going back to re-read it. The second series is better than the first in my opinion. it just sucked that the adventure ended.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Ok, thanks.

 

[jesse custer]

I like the artwork of Tim Truman -- mainly his GrimJack stuff -- so I'll have check out The Prowler sometime.

eCLIPSE did a one shot where they teamed up with airboy, that was an ok book.

 

[Prognosticator]

This hasn't been mentioned at all, but I'm going to say the majority of Batman books flourished in the 90s when DC, Marvel, and so many up and coming Comic labels were in the stink hole!

First of all, you had Batman regularly mourning Jason Todd, which furthered his crusade at times. There was the development of Tim as a character to take serious and care about. You had the lead up to Knightfall, which was exceptionally brooding and bold. Then there was Knightfall itself, which is a flawed masterpiece. Following KF was the often unnoticed Batman: Contagion storyline, which lead to Legacy, the precurser to Cataclysm & No Man's Land. And I know NML wasn't the fondest of Bat-stories, but it was big & dangerous & allowed the supporting Bat characters to flesh out even more.

...Not to mention all of Loeb's work w/Tim Sale.

I'd say Batman (and related books) was the best overall superhero book of the 90s, not counting mature reads from Vertigo.

 

[jesse custer]

i was so thru with suphero comics in the nineties. i just kept seeing old friends change into wtf! the x-men sucked once silvestri came aboard and claremont started churning out crap. ff was already thru once byne left. new mutants sucked and everyone drawing at dc and marvel were getting on the dark and gritty style wagon. it was dismal. thats why i got into stuff of the 80's early 90's like-

elementals
justice machine
yummy fur
love and rockets
sandman
hate/neat stuff
eightball
ironwood
grendel:war child

 

[jesse custer]

and of course sin city and hard boiled!

 

[Sandman138]

Understanding Comics came out in 1993.