What's YOUR favorite ensemble/epic story from DC?

[LibrarianThorne]

Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's run on Justice League of America is the definition of the epic storyline, every single volume. Do you want to see the heroes of Earth fight aliens, devils, angels, supervillains, and a threat to time and space itself? Then you read Justice League.

It also has my favorite arc, where the Justice League meet Dream and help the Dreaming fight off Starro because of a boy's belief in heroes. In the middle of the most epic storytelling comics has to offer, it's a reminder of why we read them in the first place.

Notables:
Kevin SMith's run on Green Arrow. They got me into the character, and I maintain that Smith, despite his lateness, gets Olliver Queen to a degree that no one else can match.

Crisis on Infinite Earths. It changed everything, enough said.

Kingdom Come. The death knell of grim and gritty's heyday, thanks to Mark Waid and Alex Ross .

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? This is how you say farewell to a cornerstone character, people. Alan Moore took fifty years of stories and in two issues wrapped them up. On top of that, those two issues may be the greatest two issues of Superman in history. I believe that other writers should judge their work on Superman in regards to that story, that's how good it is.

The Death of Superman/World Without a Superman/The Return of Superman. The comics that shook the real world.

 

[The Leaguer]

Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's run on Justice League of America is the definition of the epic storyline, every single volume. Do you want to see the heroes of Earth fight aliens, devils, angels, supervillains, and a threat to time and space itself? Then you read Justice League.

It also has my favorite arc, where the Justice League meet Dream and help the Dreaming fight off Starro because of a boy's belief in heroes. In the middle of the most epic storytelling comics has to offer, it's a reminder of why we read them in the first place.

So it was you who stole my diary, entitled, "Why the Leaguer's Opinions are Better than Everyone Else's."

 

[hippie_hunter]

So it was you who stole my diary, entitled, "Why the Leaguer's Opinions are Better than Everyone Else's."

You don't need to steal it, you make it blatantly obvious

- Grant Morrison is the greatest writer ever
- Howard Porter is the greatest artist ever
- All-Star Batman and Robin: The Boy Wonder sucks
- Cassandra Cain is the best Batgirl
- Kyle Rayner is the greatest Green Lantern EVER!
- Zauriel is one of DC's greatest characters, he makes any story good, hence why I have him as my avatar
- DC sucks for making Batgirl go evil for no reason
- Hal Jordan sucks and is a crappy character
- hippie_hunter is a fool
- I took part in Grant Morrison's wankathon
- I hate Geoff Johns' current writing
- My opinion's are better than everyone elses
- Grant Morrison's and Howard Porter's run on JLA was the greatest run in comic book history
- I'm a jackass
- Supergirl sucks and is a waste of Joe Kelly's talent
- Frank Miller sucks
- The Dark Knight Returns is overrated

 

[The Leaguer]

You don't need to steal it, you make it blatantly obvious

- Grant Morrison is the greatest writer ever
- Howard Porter is the greatest artist ever
- All-Star Batman and Robin: The Boy Wonder sucks
- Cassandra Cain is the best Batgirl
- Kyle Rayner is the greatest Green Lantern EVER!
- Zauriel is one of DC's greatest characters, he makes any story good, hence why I have him as my avatar
- DC sucks for making Batgirl go evil for no reason
- Hal Jordan sucks and is a crappy character
- hippie_hunter is a fool
- I took part in Grant Morrison's wankathon
- I hate Geoff Johns' current writing
- My opinion's are better than everyone elses
- Grant Morrison's and Howard Porter's run on JLA was the greatest run in comic book history
- I'm a jackass
- Supergirl sucks and is a waste of Joe Kelly's talent
- Frank Miller sucks
- The Dark Knight Returns is overrated

...You stole my diary!

On an unrelated note, having seen my opinions listed out like that, I'm simply astonished at how f***ing awesome I am.

 

[Eros]

...You stole my diary!

On an unrelated note, having seen my opinions listed out like that, I'm simply astonished at how f***ing awesome I am.

you must be a very nerdy and skinny guy offline, but thats cool i guess.

 

[Darthphere]

I think hes nerdy and fat, but I dont see how that is relevant.

 

[yahman]

1. Watchmen
2. V for Vendetta
3. Kingdome Come
4. Return Of the Dark Knight
5. Identity Crisis
6. World War 3 (JLA Morisson)
7. Infinity Crisis 2
8. Brave New World (JLA Morisson)
9. Terror Incognito (JLA Waid)
10. Green Lantern Rebirth

There's my '2 cents worth'. Mann D.C. are far superior in story department IMO. There aren't many Marvel runs that would make it on to that list; Enemy of the State, Ultimates 1 + 2 and Supreme Power are the only ones that come to mind.

 

[batbat_29640]

Marvels was pretty damn good.

 

[yenaled]

Yeah, it contained so many wonderful DC characters.

I just remembered that JLA: the Nail is fantastic, one of the best elseworlds out there.

 

[Anubis]

Though the sequal...not so much.

 

[yenaled]

Agreed it was very "meh".

Nowhere near as bad as DKSA mind you.

 

[Anubis]

You know, i've never read that. What exactly was so bad about DKSA that has people universally panning it?

 

[Darthphere]

Frank Miller.

 

[hippie_hunter]

...You stole my diary!

On an unrelated note, having seen my opinions listed out like that, I'm simply astonished at how f***ing awesome I am.

You actually took part in Grant Morrison's wankathon

 

[yenaled]

It's like one day Frank Miller woke up, decided he hates Superheroes and the Government, then wrote a story about it and decided to call it a Batman story. It's not even Batman from DKR it's just an angry mental man and he isn't really the main character it's Superman. It feels so rushed and it feels so poorly thought up.

The art is horrific, which added to the rushed script is horrible. It was trying to be psychedelic instead of gritty like DKR was instead it was a mess. Psychedelic art can be good Chris Bachalo in Shade the Changing Man did crazy art and colours and it worked but in DKSA it just hurt.

I've been told it's meant to be satirical but I'd rather a story.

It's funny, DKSA, Another Nail, The Kingdom. Don't write sequals

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Though the sequal...not so much.

If you read them as one story, it's actually pretty good.

 

[batbat_29640]

Yeah, it contained so many wonderful DC characters.

I just remembered that JLA: the Nail is fantastic, one of the best elseworlds out there.

I was refering to he post right above mine.