Comic Geek Poll: Favorite Story Of All Time [Archive]

EliSnow

06-25-2006, 05:54 PM

Okay, comic lover fans.  Name your favorite comic book story of all time.  Is it Watchmen, the likely favorite, or is it another story that grabbed you and held on?Watchmen may be the best story I've ever read, but in going for pure superhero comic book story, my favorite is Daredevil: Born Again.

Don Stugots

06-25-2006, 05:56 PM

to me Kingdom Come was the tops.

Badinia

06-25-2006, 06:18 PM

Sandman: The Kindly OnesAltho I'm really only voting 'cos you were kind enough to put Sandman in there.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-25-2006, 06:32 PM

Voted for Watchman but personally I was a huge fan of the whole Starman run that James Robinson did.

You know your avatar.

badorties

06-25-2006, 06:39 PM

i've only read four of the titles, and thought each were amazing ... i also really enjoyed origin, 1602, the sin city books, ronin and v for vendettabut the two best books i've read in the last two years were:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830430/ref=ase_thelibyrinth/002-0566039-5989630?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=thelibyrinth" target="_blank"><img height="240" src="http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/blankets.gif" width="164" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891830198/002-0566039-5989630?v=glance&n=283155" target="_blank"><img height="240" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1891830198.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="169" border="0" /></a>'blankets' is a story of that first love and just being a teenager ... first graphic novel i ever read, and it pulled me into the whole genre'box office poison' is just a brilliant story of being on your own, after college, shitty jobs and all the highs and lows of being in yer 20s ... a part from the solid storylines, the composition of the artwork and panels are amazing ... plus the story really told brooklyn's future amlost a decade before it's current trend ... great, great book

This message was edited by badorties on 6-25-06 @ 10:39 PM

AKA

06-26-2006, 05:46 AM

Tough choices - but went with DARK KNIGHT, because it excited me about comics like nothing had before or since and i think it still holds up. Lots of excellent books/stories in this poll, though.Another superhero book i'd toss in would be the XMen Graphic Novel (their first?) - "God Loves/Man Kills" which really put them into a new focus and changed what the conventional superhero books could do - honorable mentions (for me) go out to 1980s "Swamp Thing," Iron Man's "Demon in a Bottle," "Ronin," and Miller's "Daredevil."

PhishHead

06-26-2006, 05:53 AM

Transmet.

bobrobot

06-26-2006, 05:55 AM

I voted "other" in honour of the recent Plasticman series. It isn't adult or sophisticated or likely to be optioned as a film, but I LOVE the way it looks (the stories are told primarily thru visuals, very lil text)!<img height="780" src="http://www.sequart.com/plasticman/plasticman03.jpg" width="512" border="0" />

This message was edited by bobogolem on 6-26-06 @ 10:05 AM

EliSnow

06-26-2006, 06:24 AM

klaus_kinski_Jr wrote: Voted for Watchman but personally I was a huge fan of the whole Starman run that James Robinson did. You know your avatar. I loved Starman too (as you noted by my avatar).  Just not as much as Born Again.

JustJon

06-26-2006, 09:36 AM

I put forth my vote for the Shaper of Dreams.  While the whole series is brilliant, the one issue that has always resonated with me is The Parliament of Rooks.  To the point where my friends in college called ourselves Corvidae and the website I'm working on now is called the Rookery.

Don Stugots

06-26-2006, 09:59 AM

i never got into sandman.  i remember raven used to quote it all the time.  i might have to pick up one book this week.

Snoogans

06-26-2006, 10:13 AM

Aquaman

Furtherman

06-26-2006, 10:31 AM

Ziggy.  The one where he lost a balloon.  So sad.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-26-2006, 03:13 PM

Yeah eli starman was great but it was one of those books you could not easily join. When i did pick up my first issue of it my comic guy was like pick up the trades (two were out at the time).

I WANT MY STARMAN MOVIE! No not the Jef Bridges one but he would be great as the dad in it.

furie

06-26-2006, 05:25 PM

i voted watchmen.

but days of future past has always held a special place in my heart because those are the first two issues i ever read.

DarkHippie

06-26-2006, 06:00 PM

I always liked Transmetropolitan: Year of the BastardThe Pro, by Garth Ennis is also really good

JustJon

06-27-2006, 09:31 AM

How did V for Vendetta not make that list?  V, Dark Knight and Watchmen practically defined the 80's.

PhishHead

06-27-2006, 09:31 AM

DarkHippie wrote: I always liked Transmetropolitan: Year of the BastardDamn Straight...Transmet is the best graphic novel.  See us Hippies are smart.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-27-2006, 01:13 PM

Well wheres the love for the indie comic crowd.

Bone,

Hate,

Eightball (Ghost World),

or the early Cerebus books nothing after GUYS

This message was edited by klaus_kinski_Jr on 6-27-06 @ 5:13 PM

furie

06-27-2006, 01:18 PM

How about the old comico Grendel:Devil by the Deed?

Badinia

06-27-2006, 01:34 PM

Well, the indie comics are a little lighter on the Story Arcs-Hate- The Time Buddy Gets Really Angry?Eightball- The One With Lloyd Llewynn's "I Hate You Deeply" in it?Regards, Virginia

EliSnow

06-27-2006, 01:35 PM

JustJon wrote: How did V for Vendetta not make that list?  V, Dark Knight and Watchmen practically defined the 80's. I wanted to provide a mix of entries for people to choose from.  With regard to V, I don't think it defined comics for the '80's as much as DKR or Watchmen.  If we had more than 10 options, I would have added that one, along with Swamp Thing.  The one I really am mad I didn't add was Alan Moore's Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow.  I tried to add it, but it didn't fit into the boxes.

PhishHead

06-27-2006, 01:47 PM

what about the Invisibles?

JustJon

06-28-2006, 09:19 AM

While Invisibles is rally good, there are few definable story arcs, except towards the beginning.  Great book, but hard to follow, so few people regard it as the best of all time.And as good as Man of Tomorrow is, I think Man who has everything is a better Alan Moore Superman story

kdubya

07-03-2006, 08:12 PM

klaus_kinski_Jr wrote: Well wheres the love for the indie comic crowd. Bone, Hate, Eightball (Ghost World), or the early Cerebus books nothing after GUYS This message was edited by klaus_kinski_Jr on 6-27-06 @ 5:13 PM Bone is up there for me, especially when you sit down and read all 55 issues traight through<img src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06272/bone55.jpg" border="0" /> And if I had to say best of the new millenium Sleeper is my pic, the first "season" in particular<img src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06272/sleeper-out.jpg" border="0" />

JoeYaDeadHomey

07-03-2006, 08:28 PM

kdubya

07-03-2006, 08:36 PM

JoeYaDeadHomey wrote: can we count the whole sandman series as one book? how can you forget the long halloween, fucking fantastic!!!year one was really good too.. so was kingdom come.. fuck. im going with long halloween. ive read it 30 or 40 times at least. Long Halloween is a great call<img height="240" src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06272/-111.jpg" width="240" border="0" />

EliSnow

07-05-2006, 06:56 AM

kdubya wrote: JoeYaDeadHomey wrote: can we count the whole sandman series as one book? how can you forget the long halloween, fucking fantastic!!!year one was really good too.. so was kingdom come.. fuck. im going with long halloween. ive read it 30 or 40 times at least. Long Halloween is a great call<img height="240" src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06272/-111.jpg" width="240" border="0" />The Long Halloween is one of the better Batman stories, but I wouldn't call it one of the best Batman stories ever, regardless of calling it the best comic book stories ever.

angrymissy

07-05-2006, 07:29 AM

I have to agree with Sandman: The Kindly Ones <3 Sandman

FMJeff

07-05-2006, 08:17 AM

JustJon

07-05-2006, 09:35 AM

Long Halloween was ok, but it was too drawn out and the ending was just such a let down at the end.  It's one of the books that's made me stop reading monthlies and just go to trades.

EliSnow

07-05-2006, 09:38 AM

I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore).    I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter.

kdubya

07-05-2006, 10:08 AM

EliSnow wrote: I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore).    I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter. Brian K Vaughn and Jeph Loeb are my top two. Also going back to teh Batmna Long Halloween debate. A few said it isn't the best, what would you list as the best?  And no DKR that's too easy.

EliSnow

07-05-2006, 10:16 AM

kdubya wrote: EliSnow wrote: I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore).    I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter. Brian K Vaughn and Jeph Loeb are my top two. Also going back to teh Batmna Long Halloween debate. A few said it isn't the best, what would you list as the best?  And no DKR that's too easy.What do I think is the Best Batman story or Best Story ever?  For Batman, it's Batman: Year One far and above DKR or any other Bats story.  After that, I'd list DKR, Batman: The Killing Joke, and  Mad Love before the Long Halloween.

JustJon

07-05-2006, 12:14 PM

EliSnow wrote: I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore). I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter.  Depends.  Are we talking classic or modern Alan Moore?

kdubya

07-05-2006, 12:22 PM

I say a poll on best ongoing series, my vote is Groo, the wanderer<img src="http://xs103.xs.to/xs103/06273/groo.jpg" border="0" />

klaus_kinski_Jr

07-05-2006, 01:10 PM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">EliSnow wrote: I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore).ÿÿÿ I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter.<hr color="cococo" align="left">

James Robinson
Garth Ennis
Geoff Johns
Frank Miller (well everything but that Dark Knight sequel)

ChimneyFish

07-05-2006, 01:17 PM

I remember Groo.    I didn't have a lot of Swamp Thing, but I had a storyline that brings back memorioes(faded ones, at that). It had to do with these four mutated, disfigured soldiers. I forget a lot about it, but I remember it being very good.Other than that, and I know I'm going with the cliche "favorite", but I haven't read any comics in quite awhile, (I've really got to get out and check out the Watchmen, and a whole lot else) I thought this was a decent story, but I was really into the way the artwork was done.<img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/innerfury.jpg" border="0" />One of the few that I still have around, unfortunately.

This message was edited by ChimneyFish on 7-5-06 @ 5:18 PM

EliSnow

07-05-2006, 01:31 PM

JustJon wrote:  EliSnow wrote: I'm thinking about another comic geek poll for Best Writer, but I'm wondering whether it should be Best Writer or Best Writer (Other Than Alan Moore). I'm thinking if Alan Moore's in the poll, over 80% will go for him, and thus, it should be the latter.   Depends.  Are we talking classic or modern Alan Moore? In whole, both classic and modern.  I'll do the poll with him.

EliSnow

06-21-2007, 07:38 AM

One of the recent questions on the questions thread led me to remember one of my favorite single issue comic book stories of all time: "The Nearness of You" in Astro City #1/2. I don't want to spoil the story for anyone, but I think that anyone who has ever loved anyone will appreciate the story.

AnnoyedGrunt

06-21-2007, 08:10 AM

I went with Watchmen, but I was surprised to see no love for MAUS in the thread so far.

weekapaugjz

06-21-2007, 08:28 AM

ive just recently gotten back into comics and haven't read many on this list, so seeing all the recommendations are great.

batman year one is fantastic.

i was completely enthralled by y: the last man. i just finished book 9 and can't fucking wait for the last book to come out. brian k. vaughn is a fantasic writer. so this gets my vote as of now.

what should i start getting into first: watchmen or sandman? cause i have had both in my hand at stores at times.

ToddEVF

06-21-2007, 09:39 PM

I was always was partial to The Infinity Gauntlet/Infinity Crusade storyline(s). However, I am digging these Marvel Zombies stories/arcs.

Bay Ridge Tim

06-21-2007, 10:23 PM

I voted Watchmen, but this is my real fav:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Killingjoke.JPG

I can't stand Dark Knight Returns. The dialogue is really clumsy and I hate it when they mix Batman up with someone with super powers. I like it when everyone is a human, just some are a little crazier in the head than others. Who needs Superman?! Meh.

Pyongyang (http://www.amazon.com/Pyongyang-Journey-North-Guy-Delisle/dp/1896597890) is my all-time favorite graphic novel, however.

BalzacWB

06-22-2007, 08:30 PM

I wnet with the original phoenix story.... fucking amazing even 20 years later

I really loved DKR and it is a close second, I dont think whole series should be up on that list only individual stories/arcs... just my opinion.

Another superhero book i'd toss in would be the XMen Graphic Novel (their first?) - "God Loves/Man Kills" which really put them into a new focus and changed what the conventional superhero books could do

amazing story

The Pro, by Garth Ennis is also really good

So glad I am not the only one who owns this... fucking comedy gold

im going with long halloween. ive read it 30 or 40 times at least. 
I loved that book, I also really liked hush too... not the after shit but the original 12 issue arc was very good for a recent batman book

Brian K Vaughn and Jeph Loeb are my top two. Also going back to teh Batmna Long Halloween debate. A few said it isn't the best, what would you list as the best?  And no DKR that's too easy.
killing joke, arkham asylum , death in the family, year one..... like I said I am a fan of the long halloween and hush but those 4 are better.

some more...

first few preacher trades (lets say first issue till after he kills his grandma) fucking excellent.

I love the first sin city book, 300 is awesome, MARVELS may be the best comic book art EVER!!!

Also how no one brought up ORIGIN (wolverine) is baffling to me... amazing art and a great story.

And you cannot go wrong with Days of future past... still love it all these years later.

i also dug avengers disassembled, really got me to appreciate the avengers after years of hating them

weekapaugjz

06-25-2007, 01:22 PM

EliSnow

06-25-2007, 01:44 PM

well, i took some advice from this thread and just picked up a few of these books with my tax return.

i grabbed watchmen, the dark knight returns, and the long halloween. im excited to get into watchmen from all the praise i have read about it on this site.

Two pieces of advice: take your time with it, and don't skip the text portions (some of the story has excerpts from fictional books, and are provided as text without any captions).

weekapaugjz

06-25-2007, 01:46 PM

Two pieces of advice: take your time with it, and don't skip the text portions (some of the story has excerpts from fictional books, and are provided as text without any captions).

thanks for the tip eli!

sr71blackbird

06-25-2007, 04:46 PM

Never having been a DC guy, I took a chance and ordered the hardbound collection of all the Watchmen based on the reviews in this thread, just so I can read it through. Sounds very interesting.
Cost me $45! I hope it is good http://www.ronfez.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

badorties

06-25-2007, 05:43 PM

just finished these two trades, and just picked up the comics that'll be the third volume

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GCD5QK7TL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/DMZ-Vol-Ground-Brian-Wood/dp/1401210627/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-4083728-5763322?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182821948&sr=8-1) http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JzTf8fRYL._AA240_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/DMZ-Vol-2-Body-Journalist/dp/1401212476/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-4083728-5763322?ie=UTF8&qid=1182821948&sr=8-1)

very cool and very new york

and i'm 40 pages into the first Y: the last man, amd i like things so far

weekapaugjz

06-25-2007, 05:55 PM

and i'm 40 pages into the first Y: the last man, amd i like things so far

i got hooked into y: the last man after about 20 pages and had finished the rest of the trades in under two weeks. i can't fucking wait to see how it all wraps up.

buzzard

06-27-2007, 12:43 PM

JustJon

06-27-2007, 01:23 PM

My favorites were probably a lil bit obscure for some,too old for others'; The Vision/Wonderman storyline(Avengers),Morbius,Capt.&Gwen Stacy(Spider-Man),The Hulk vs The Thing,Reed trying to make Ben "human",The Inhumans,Agatha Harkness(FF)...admittedly,I've not bought a comic-book in over 30 years.I hope No-one minds my posting these great memories.I sometimes wonder whatever happened in the past years.I think it's sorta funny that all the movies out now come from story-lines that are 30-40 years old. -Wil

But alot of these are repeated storylines.

Capt.&Gwen Stacy(Spider-Man) - Two big stories there with their deaths, plus all the stories in between and before
Reed trying to make Ben "human" - which time?
Morbius, The Inhumans,Agatha Harkness(FF) - Those are characters, not stories

And the movies are amalgam of modern stories, dark age stories (ok, visuals), silver age stories, etc.

weekapaugjz

07-05-2007, 02:34 PM

can we count the whole sandman series as one book? how can you forget the long halloween, fucking fantastic!!!year one was really good too.. so was kingdom come.. fuck. im going with long halloween. ive read it 30 or 40 times at least. 

i just finished reading long halloween and really enjoyed it, once i started reading it, i couldn't put it back down. i liked the whole concept of the holiday killer. are there any other books where it's pre-two face harvey dent? i was at borders today and picked up haunted knight and ordered dark victory.

i already have dark knight returns, year one, and just ordered hush vol. 1 & 2. what are some of the other good batman books? ive had war games in my hands a few times, but always seem to get something else. thoughts?

murfee

07-05-2007, 02:41 PM

the lockhorns when he said to her somthing funny about her bad cooking ha ha ha ha

BalzacWB

07-05-2007, 02:50 PM

i already have dark knight returns, year one, and just ordered hush vol. 1 & 2. what are some of the other good batman books? ive had war games in my hands a few times, but always seem to get something else. thoughts?

check out death in the family, the killing joke, arkham asylum, mad love, batman: harley quinn (these two are good if you are a harley fan like myself) Face the face is a new story (first trade after crisis) isnt amazing but it is a good detective story.

Also JLA tower of babel is a good batman story.

You will love hush.... trust me STAY AWAY FROM HUSH RETURNS!!!!! you will thank me

weekapaugjz

07-05-2007, 02:55 PM

check out death in the family, the killing joke, arkham asylum, mad love, batman: harley quinn (these two are good if you are a harley fan like myself) Face the face is a new story (first trade after crisis) isnt amazing but it is a good detective story.

Also JLA tower of babel is a good batman story.

You will love hush.... trust me STAY AWAY FROM HUSH RETURNS!!!!! you will thank me

very cool, thanks balzac. i forgot to say, i have arkham asylum too. just finished it this past weekend. i liked it, but i wish it would have been longer and was more in depth with some of the inmates.

BalzacWB

07-05-2007, 03:07 PM

very cool, thanks balzac. i forgot to say, i have arkham asylum too. just finished it this past weekend. i liked it, but i wish it would have been longer and was more in depth with some of the inmates.

yea arkham seems to run through the villians.... but watching batman "tripping" out was amazing ,the artwork was phenomenal too (especially how joker was drawn).

Joker was a sadistic fuck too.

Also if you want some older batman stuff check out knightfall 1 - 3 , cataclysm and no mans land 1 - 5 ... these arent amazing stories BUT there is some good stuff in them. A little expensive for just ok, but if your gonna go nuts then these are two LONG arcs.

Also I do not own war games 1 - 3, but I have heard mixed reviews.. I still have to pick them up... black mask is a sick fucking villian.

So thats 11 more trades if you want... the other stuff (previous post) are must haves though

buzzard

07-09-2007, 04:11 PM

But alot of these are repeated storylines.

Capt.&Gwen Stacy(Spider-Man) - Two big stories there with their deaths, plus all the stories in between and before
Reed trying to make Ben "human" - which time?
Morbius, The Inhumans,Agatha Harkness(FF) - Those are characters, not stories

And the movies are amalgam of modern stories, dark age stories (ok, visuals), silver age stories, etc. "back in the day"...some 30 + years ago I might have quoted you issue #s I also realize they were characters..they were also story-lines. I thought this thread was for me to voice MY opinions. As far as the repeat aspect,it's nice to know not much has changed in so many years,Thanks for reminding me why I stopped buying them,even though they were only 12,15,25,20 cents respectively.

sailor

07-09-2007, 04:15 PM

voted watchmen. i'm not a huge comics guy and have not read any of the others. i'm halfway thru watchmen, so it wins by default. if i'd thought of it i would have voted for other and secret wars. i had all of those in high school and loved it.

weekapaugjz

07-09-2007, 04:36 PM

Aqualad

07-18-2007, 07:56 PM

Sandman, no question. I would also nominate the Uncle Scrooge/ Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks.

bensonenson

07-19-2007, 12:18 PM

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5346/transmetronfezbh3.gif

Easy. I'm a Warren Ellis kinda gal.

aceofspades7

07-19-2007, 02:27 PM

i voted dark knight. i am reading watchmen right now and it's fantastic when i'm finished i would probably reconsider my vote. it will be very interesting to see how they make watchmen into a movie. it seems like they will have to cut a ton out... i'm def looking forward to reading other alan moore stuff. it sounds like what he did with swamp thing is amazing. i never thought i'd want to read swamp thing - not sure why - possibly the bad movie.

DarkHippie

07-19-2007, 03:58 PM

A few months ago I read Spiderman: The Other. I thought it was one of the best Spidey stories ever. Maybe its cause I'm ghey for Stracyznsky, but adding a mystical element to spiderman while making it plausible was great. It also opens an entire new range of storylines for them to get into.

Aqualad

07-23-2007, 06:39 AM

It also opens an entire new range of storylines for them to get into.

I wouldn't hold my breath. The new powers have been mentioned exactly zero times in Amazing Spider-Man since The Other storyline ended.

sr71blackbird

10-17-2007, 12:41 PM

I have read and reread the Watchmen several times now, but I cant figure one thing:
How does Janey Slater become a crime fighter? She was with Jon when he was turned into Dr Manhattan, and then later on, she is seen as his girlfriend/crime fighter associate. I do not know how she became an adventurer..anyone know?

AnnoyedGrunt

10-17-2007, 12:59 PM

I don't think she was a crime fighter. She tagged along when Captain Metropolis tried to start The Crime Busters (and got pissed at him for checking out a 16 year old girl) but they were just dating.

sr71blackbird

10-17-2007, 01:02 PM

So she was just there for no reason? I thought she had a costume..?

EliSnow

10-17-2007, 01:04 PM

Glad to see some of my comic geek threads still coming up every now and then.

sr71blackbird

10-17-2007, 01:09 PM

Well, what's the answer councilor? :tongue:

EliSnow

10-17-2007, 01:16 PM

Well, what's the answer councilor? :tongue:

To your question? I think she was there just to keep him company. It's been awhile since I read that scene, but I don't think she was in costume, and there may have been some dialogue about Manhattan asking her to come with.

As for the question of the thread, I think I said that my favorite was Daredevil: Born Again. The best story definitely is Watchmen.

AnnoyedGrunt

10-17-2007, 01:19 PM

So she was just there for no reason? I thought she had a costume..?

I just flipped through my TPB and in that scene she's wearing a blue dress with pearls and is looking kind of Jackie O-ish. I never took it as a costume. Any other time she's seen she's wearing a sweater or a bathrobe. Nothing you'd fight crime wearing. In a quick skim of part 4 where Jon looks back over his life I couldn't find any point where he refers to her as anything other than a girlfriend.

As for why she's at the meeting, I guess it's to set up the fact she's jealous of Laurie. Jon was a God working for the government, so what good would a non-powered sidekick do for him?

sr71blackbird

10-17-2007, 01:49 PM

I read mine too again and think you are right. I assumed she was part of the group.

djjd

10-17-2007, 02:33 PM

voted for dark knight returns, as a story arc it has some great moments, death of the joker, superman/batman going toe to toe

i much prefer the sandman but couldn't pick just one arc, i love the whole series

Kilgores Feet

10-23-2007, 08:59 AM

check out death in the family, the killing joke, arkham asylum, mad love, batman: harley quinn (these two are good if you are a harley fan like myself) Face the face is a new story (first trade after crisis) isnt amazing but it is a good detective story.

Also JLA tower of babel is a good batman story.

You will love hush.... trust me STAY AWAY FROM HUSH RETURNS!!!!! you will thank me

Tower of Babel was great...I think that was Waid. I love him.
The Killing Joke is short but wonderful. Alan Moore wins always.