Babillygunn
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Your post inspired me and now I’m re-reading Crisis on Infinite Earths. I’m 3 issues in
One of my absolute favouritesYour post inspired me and now I’m re-reading Crisis on Infinite Earths. I’m 3 issues in
I love Rebirth Red Hood and the Outlaws. I’m really disappointed that they broke up that team.
Sorry to spoil it!
Thanks Milk Tray. I really like Crisis, though admittedly I find it a bit overwhelming. It is a pretty ambitious work to say the least. I never have read the tie-ins, so that could definitely be worth it.
'Ambitious' is definitely the word! That 80s style of comic book storytelling can take some getting used to, too. I'm lucky I guess that I was able to read Crisis as it came out first time around; I find now that if I take a moment and switch my brain to '80s mode' before reading it it helps!
Lol. I love 80s comic mode as you put it. That’s when I started reading. I took a break in mid 90s during late high school and college before going back to reading comics during grad school. 80s comics I read a lot of Marvel. I loved the Johnny Walker Captain America saga and still read that annually, along with Kravens Last Hunt.
Definitely agree on the ones I've bolded being some of the greatest (Not really a Marvel reader so can't say on the others). And Kingdom Come is my all-time #1!I prefer the 80s story telling style. IMO the greatest comics ever written were in the 80s:
Watchmen
Miracleman
Dark Knight Returns
Batman Year one
Elektra Saga
Elektra Assassin
Teen Titans /Xmen crossover
Dark Phoenix saga
Secret Wars
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Man of Steel Superman reboot
For the Man who has everything..
I could keep going. Today's storylines are too convoluted and hard to follow. Occasionally something great has come along ( eg Kingdom Come) but I believe the 80s are the real Golden Age of mainstream comics ( and of course original TMNT and some other great independent stuff).