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scans_dailyHey folks, today we're asking what your favorite event is.
52 was really something special, in both form and content. A year-long weekly set in real-time, it pulled the spotlight off the big stars of the DCU and gave a few underdogs their chances to shine. It made Booster Gold a big deal again, introduced Batwoman to the world, and, perhaps most importantly, told the story of how the no-face was handed off from Vic Sage to Renee Montoya. There's story fodder here that's still being explored today, while others that unfortunately haven't gotten a proper look yet (dc where are my ghost detective dibnys they need to have their own book).
And beyond the compelling story, the process of how the various story beats were juggled between the four writers, Greg Rucka, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Geoff Johns, is pretty fascinating on its own. The commentary in the trade collections is invaluable stuff. The art could be a little iffy at times and uses guys like Joe Bennett and Eddie Barrows a little more often than I would've liked, but every now and then you get someone like Chris Batista, Drew Johnson or Darick Robertson, and the whole thing becomes a little more worth it. And the covers by J.G. Jones are gorgeously designed and rendered!
So how about you, what comics event really got your attention?
52 was really something special, in both form and content. A year-long weekly set in real-time, it pulled the spotlight off the big stars of the DCU and gave a few underdogs their chances to shine. It made Booster Gold a big deal again, introduced Batwoman to the world, and, perhaps most importantly, told the story of how the no-face was handed off from Vic Sage to Renee Montoya. There's story fodder here that's still being explored today, while others that unfortunately haven't gotten a proper look yet (dc where are my ghost detective dibnys they need to have their own book).
And beyond the compelling story, the process of how the various story beats were juggled between the four writers, Greg Rucka, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Geoff Johns, is pretty fascinating on its own. The commentary in the trade collections is invaluable stuff. The art could be a little iffy at times and uses guys like Joe Bennett and Eddie Barrows a little more often than I would've liked, but every now and then you get someone like Chris Batista, Drew Johnson or Darick Robertson, and the whole thing becomes a little more worth it. And the covers by J.G. Jones are gorgeously designed and rendered!
So how about you, what comics event really got your attention?
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Date: 2010-09-05 04:02 pm (UTC)Comics event that I ragingly hate beyond all reason (well, there are at least a hundred, but this is #1): Crisis on Infinite Earths. Oh, wait, no one asked? Oops! Sorry! I withdraw this part of the comment.
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Date: 2010-09-05 04:22 pm (UTC)There was something special about this one. A universe-spanning houseclearing that was, at the time, sorely needed. Before the concept became old-hat, before the revolving door of death robbed most sacrifices of their meaning, this was something that set fans like me back on their heels. Oh, Marvel beat them to the punch with Secret Wars, but SW ended up being just another hero crossover (biggest lasting effect was the introduction of the Venom costume), where CoIE became an event beyond expectations.
There've been awesome events since then, and terrible ones. But in many ways, they all came from here.
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Date: 2010-09-05 04:45 pm (UTC)Hmm. I think, going by the nostalgic value plus writing quality and all balled together (though there are some who win at nostalgic value, and some that are of better quality, but not both at the same time) I have to say that Kulan Gath's takeover of Manhattan, and further turning into a pseudo-Hyborian era counterpart, is the one I remember most fondly.
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Date: 2010-09-05 05:23 pm (UTC)On the marvel side I'll go wth World War Hulk... mostly because by that point I wanted to see Stark, and Richards beaten to death.
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Date: 2010-09-05 05:44 pm (UTC)For more recent crossovers, I'd choos DC One Million, which was a lot of fun and Vandal Savage totally had the best lines in it:
"Look Hitler, look!"
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Date: 2010-09-05 06:38 pm (UTC)The other one was Inferno. It's hard to say I like the whole of event because some of the X-books were kinda 'meh' with it, but I loved the idea of a demon invasion of the city, lovedt he New Mutants at the time and the conclusion to Illyana's story, and loved how other books temporarily had to deal with NYC going crazy with demons. Even Power Pack fought demons and had to reveal their powers to their parents because of it. I get a big kick out of the fact that the current New Mutants run is directly refernecing the Inferno period of history.
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Date: 2010-09-05 07:01 pm (UTC)*runs and hides*
OK, seriously...it's a tough choice.
I have a real soft spot for, of all things, Armageddon 2001.
Re-reading it fairly recently, it's...not terribly good (though not really terrible, either)...
But they were some of the first new comics I bought for myself, having mostly lived on DC's 60s reprint digests (especially Legion) and Archie digests, bought from the second-hand book store just down the street from my house, and the occasional new book bought by my parents (this is how I got hooked on Captain Carrot), before that.
So, despite the mediocrity of the books, I have a real nostalgic love of the whole event. And the idea behind it was pretty awesome, even if the execution lacked something, you have to admit.
And, actually, speaking of Countdown...the main book was bad, and Arena was worse, but the one-shots showing off various other universes were quite good.
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Date: 2010-09-05 07:25 pm (UTC)You know that guy has ruined too many things for me. Canceling Reboot, turning Beast Wars into the god awful Beast Machines, and the editorial mandates at DC... why must he ruin that which I like.
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Date: 2010-09-05 08:01 pm (UTC)The two original Tangent series.
They came out after I'd drifted away from superhero comics for the most part, but...I bought them, because they seemed interesting, and I did not regret the purchase at all.
Especially since some of them were my first exposures to artists and writers I've come to really like.
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Date: 2010-09-05 07:34 pm (UTC)For runners up I'd have to say Blackest Night, No Man's Land and 52.
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Date: 2010-09-06 02:59 am (UTC)Honestly, I'd called Jean as the killer early in it, but had her motivations wrong. I figured she was using a combination of different villain tech to throw people off her path. Or teleporting them in and out of the scenes to cover her tracks, and throw off the heroes trail.
But that's just me.
And for reasons why? This.
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Date: 2010-09-06 03:11 am (UTC)52
Batman: Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul
Batman: R.I.P. because I will never grow tired of the scene where Joker is driving an ambulance and ends up knocked off the road by Damian driving the batmobile. Pure gold!
Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night.
Shadowland is becoming a favorite of mine right now.
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Date: 2010-09-06 05:52 am (UTC)If I had to name one as a favorite, though, I guess I'd pick 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'. It was one of the first, it was a sincere attempt to clear up tangled continuity, and it had a lot of cool stuff in it (such as, for example, Supergirl's death, which wasn't necessarily cool in and of itself, but was very moving and well-handled). It's becoming increasingly irrelevant in recent years, as most of the big changes it ushered in have been quietly ushered out, but if you ignore all that...
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