Noir Comics

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Can anyone recommend some good noir-ish comics? To give you some background on my tastes, I've already read the entire Sleeper series, I'm a fan of Warren Ellis' Fell series and I like some of Steve Niles' Cal MacDonald stories and also Denny O'Neil's The Question run. I'm looking forward to Ed Brubaker's Criminal series. Is there anything I should be reading in that genre? Please, help a brother out!

 

[Elijya]

I usually hate just giving lists, but I don't have the time to do write-ups for these right now. But here's some essential and recommended reading:

Torso
100 Bullets
Johnny Double
Batman: Broken City
Batman: Year One
Road To Perdition
Sin City
Gotham Central
Goldfish
Jinx
Powers
Daredevil (Bendis/Maleev run)
Sam and Twitch
Alias

Check amazon listings for these for summaries and reviews from other readers

 

[Darthphere]

What Elijya said plus Madrox.

 

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I usually hate just giving lists, but I don't have the time to do write-ups for these right now. But here's some essential and recommended reading:

Torso
100 Bullets
Johnny Double
Batman: Broken City
Batman: Year One
Road To Perdition
Sin City
Gotham Central
Goldfish
Jinx
Powers
Daredevil (Bendis/Maleev run)
Sam and Twitch
Alias

Check amazon listings for these for summaries and reviews from other readers

Cool! Thanks for the list. I've been meaning to pick up Torso, Goldfish and Jinx, since I heard they're some of Bendis' best work. I tried picking up 100 Bullets but the one issue I picked up was kind of boring, it must have been in the middle of an arc and I just couldn't figure out who the characters were and what it was about. I should have listed Sin City in the books I've read. I love those. Powers is good, but I've only read a few issues. Bendis can get a little too talky in those books. Alias rocked, though. As did Gotham Central. I'll have to give Sam and Twitch, Johnny Double and Road to Perdition a try. Thanks again!

 

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What Elijya said plus Madrox.

Yeah, I heard Madrox is good. I liked the first few issues of the new X-Factor run. I'll check it out in TPB form.

 

[Elijya]

Cool! Thanks for the list. I've been meaning to pick up Torso, Goldfish and Jinx, since I heard they're some of Bendis' best work. I tried picking up 100 Bullets but the one issue I picked up was kind of boring, it must have been in the middle of an arc and I just couldn't figure out who the characters were and what it was about. I should have listed Sin City in the books I've read. I love those. Powers is good, but I've only read a few issues. Bendis can get a little too talky in those books. Alias rocked, though. As did Gotham Central. I'll have to give Sam and Twitch, Johnny Double and Road to Perdition a try. Thanks again!

Johnny Double was a four issue miniseries done by the same team that's on 100 Bullets - Brian Azzerrelo and Eduardo Risso. It'd be a great story to check out and if you enjoy it, look into 100B again

 

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Johnny Double was a four issue miniseries done by the same team that's on 100 Bullets - Brian Azzerrelo and Eduardo Risso. It'd be a great story to check out and if you enjoy it, look into 100B again

Sounds good. Is it in trade form yet?

 

[Elijya]

it is, but it's not on amazon, yuou'll have to look around for it

 

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cool. i'll check my local shop for it. gracias.