Wizard's 100 Greatest Trade Paperbacks
Chad
someone posted it here on Usenet. I found it to be a decent guide as I
began to downsize my monthlies and build my trade paperback library in
earnest. I now own 200+ trades with more arriving every month. I don't
agree with all their choices or the order, so at the end I list some I
think could have been contenders.
I won't point out the ones I disagree with, it's all subjective
anyway. I just hope someone else gets as much use out of it as I have.
:-)
100 Batman: Faces
99 The Red Star
98 Batman - Red Rain
97 Spiderman Vs. Venom
96 The Complete Concrete
95 X-Men: From the Ashes
94 Batman: Haunted Knight
93 Adventures of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey
92 Cerebus Vol.2: High Society
91 Wolverine: Blood Debt
90 American Flagg! Vol.1- Hard Times
89 Batman: Arkham Asylum
88 Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero
87 Ultimate X-Men Vol.1 - The Tomorrow People
86 Batman: Dark Victory
85 Nightwing Vol.4
84 The Coffin
83 Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood
82 Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn
81 Obergeist: Director's Cut
80 Crisis on Infinite Earths
79 Avengers: Ultron Unlimited
78 JLA: Earth 2
77 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1
76 Batman: Long Halloween
75 Doom Patrol: Crawling from the Wreckage
74 WhiteOut
73 Punisher: Circle of Blood
72 Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?
71 Goldfish
70 Fortune and Glory
69 Wolverine (Original Claremont & Miller)
68 Captain America: War & Remembrance
67 Daredevil: Man Without Fear (Miller & Romita)
66 Avengers: Under Siege
65 Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos
64 X-Men: God Loves, man kills
63 Jinx: Definitive Collection
62 X-Force: A New Beginning
61 Justice League: A New Beginning
60 Infinity Gauntlet
59 Earth X
58 JLA: New World Order
57 Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom: Triumph & Torment
56 Legion of Super-Heroes: Great Darkness Saga
55 Strangers in Paradise Vol.2: I Dream of You
54 Animal Man
53 Hellblazer- Dangerous Habits
52 Box Office Poison
51 The Authority: Under New Management
50 The Power of Iron Man
49 Stormwatch: A Finer World
48 Hellboy: The Chained Coffin & Others
47 Thor Visionaries: Walt Simonson
46 Hellblazer: Hard Time
45 X-Men: E for Extinction
44 Usagi Yojimbo, Book 6
43 Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne
42 100 Bullets: Hang Up On the Down Low
41 Akira v.1
40 Kingdom Come
39 Startling Stories: Banner
38 Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days
37 Planetary v.2: The Fourth Man
36 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
35 Pedro & Me
34 300
33 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
32 Bone Vol. 2: The Great Cow Race
31 Torso
30 Astro City Vol. 3: Confessions
29 Daredevil: Yellow
28 Spider-Man: Nothing Stops the Juggernaut
27 Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
26 Solar, Man of the Atom: Alpha and Omega
25 Fantastic Four: Trial of Galactus
24 Death: The High Cost of Living
23 Superman For All Seasons
22 Squadron Supreme
21 The Books of Magic
20 Preacher Vol.3: Proud Americans
19 Hawkworld
18 Daredevil Visionaries Frank Miller Vol. 2
17 Magnus, Robot Fighter: Steel Nation
16 Top Ten, Vol.1 (Abc/Wildstorm)
15 New Teen Titans: Judas Contract
14 MiracleMan Vol.3: Olympus
13 Swamp Thing Vol.1
12 X-Men: Days of Future Past
11 The Golden Age
10 X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga
9 Superman: What Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
8 Marvels
7 Daredevil: Born Again
6 Batman: Year One
5 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol.1
4 Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
3 Batman: Dark Knight Returns
2 Watchmen
1 Maus
And now for my recommendations:
Hopeless Savages
-fun, fast-paced adventure with a punk rock family gone domestic.
Great dialogue, great mix of art. I really can't recommend this one
enough. Offbeat quirky humor that will appeal to so many. Vol.2:
Ground Zero is also available and just as good, while being different.
you have to read'em to understand it.
Avengers: Korvac Saga
-the best Avengers story to date in my mind behind the capable hands
of Shooter and Perez. I own the issues but not the trade... still
keeping an eye out for it on eBay. Maybe Marvel can publish it again
with their new trade push. Anyone?
Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron - The Phantom Affair
-that's "Affair" not "Menace" and this one gets it right. Strong
central plot, unique cast, imposing villain, humor, chases, dogfights,
and awesome art from the late Edvin Biukovic.
The Authority Vol.1: Relentless
-Wizard went with Vol.2 at #51 but I enjoyed the straight-forward
super-hero action of the first trade more. Big bad guys, big battles.
Good book.
Grendel: Devil By The Deed
-technically not a trade, more of a graphic novel. Still it reprinted
previous published material - so I'm running with it. Just an awesome,
awesome book, great writing, powerful art. This is what got me to
start reading non-superhero comics.
Fables Vol.1: Legends In Exile
-been a lot of hype about this book. It really is that good. Try it.
Strangehaven (Two Volumes) Arcadia & Brotherhood
-hmm, not sure they are contenders but they're damn interesting and
have some of the most realistic human faces I've seen portrayed.
Mystery? Thrilller? Something is going on in this town and I'm
intrigued. The story is ongoing, I recommend both and wait for Vol.3.
Transmetropolitan Vol.3: Year of the Bastard
-Warren Ellis stopped writing super-heroes and I found something I
liked. Over-the-top, in-your-face, politcally incorrect, perverted,
disgusting, deranged, intense, introspective, smart and funny.
(TransMet led me back to Warren and his improved super-hero tales in
Stormwatch and The Authority - funny I hated his early Marvel work)
Slow News Day
-another indie that maybe wouldn't break the 100 mark but sure
deserves wider recognition.I tore through this book about a female
American writer transplanted to England for research only to get caugt
up in life instead. It's just a great story.
The Wretch Vol.1: Everyday Doomsday
-this one just came out and suprised me with it's astounding goodness.
I had never heard of it before and picked it up on Phil (Green Arrow)
Hester's name alone. No continuity necessary. Just a great collection
of stand-alone stories that are much better than Mr. Hester gives
himself credit for (read his remarks in the book, amusing).
Midnight Nation
-this book just hit me on so many different levels that I felt like
maybe JMS wrote it especially for me. Then I realized he wrote it for
all the people like me with thoughts on personal beliefs, feelings
loneliness, mistrust of society, price of friendship, importance of
sacrifice, and the adventure of a cross-country trip. I love this
book. My Top Ten easy.
Hope a few of you found those interesting and maybe even appealing.
Many of you have helped me track down new titles I've never tried
before and some of you are currently recommending stuff I didn't know
had been available. Thanks.
-Chad
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Iron Maiden
> This list was compiled last year, I think, by Wizard magazine and
> someone posted it here on Usenet. I found it to be a decent guide as I
> began to downsize my monthlies and build my trade paperback library in
> earnest. I now own 200+ trades with more arriving every month. I don't
> agree with all their choices or the order, so at the end I list some I
> think could have been contenders.
>
> I won't point out the ones I disagree with, it's all subjective
> anyway. I just hope someone else gets as much use out of it as I have.
> :-)
I don't have as many of these as I would like to have but will keep
looking. However what I do miss is the fact that most TPBs used to be
original stories and not merely a collection of something that has
already seen print as a monthly. Why can't we have a bit of both?
One of my favorites from the list is the Doctor Doom/Doctor Strange
graphic novel by Rogers Stern with art by Mike Mignola and Mark
Badger. In light of the storyline in the current FF, it makes for
quite a contrast.
Yarn Spinner
or Concretre.
In fact, many of the books that are being overlooked came from the time just
before Wizard started-up.No Love & Rockets, Nexus, Scout, Vietnam War Journal.
No greats like From Hell, BratPack, ACME Library, Zot.
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Chad
>Tsk! Only one Sandman and no Grendels, Simpsons (or other kid-friendly books),
>or Concretre.
>
>In fact, many of the books that are being overlooked came from the time just
>before Wizard started-up.No Love & Rockets, Nexus, Scout, Vietnam War Journal.
>
>No greats like From Hell, BratPack, ACME Library, Zot.
Good list of omissions there. Although "The Complete Concrete" is on
the list at #96. And I've never read Usaji Yojimbo but wasn't that a
kid-friendly book?
Is there a specific Simpsons trade you would recommend? I have two
friends who are big fans of the show I wouldn't mind buying them for.
Mikel Midnight
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Yarn Spinner
>friends who are big fans of the show I wouldn't mind buying them for.
The one with the Broadway Musical (top hats and glitter) picture on the cover.
Sorry, I don't know the name. It has a lot of Matt Groening's short essays in
it.
Also, the newest "Simpsons Comic Madness" is good. But then, they're all good.
jay
> One of my favorites from the list is the Doctor
> Doom/Doctor Strange graphic novel by Rogers
> Stern with art by Mike Mignola and Mark Badger.
> In light of the storyline in the current FF, it makes
> for quite a contrast.
That one is ranked inexcusably low, at #57.
The Daredevil: Born Again collection should have
been ahead of the three which are immediately
ahead of it.
Scott Dubin
> About the kind of mediocre list I'd expect from Wizard.
It's a joke that Ultimate Spider-man scored so high.
Jeremy Henderson
<blak...@best.outdamnspam.com> wrote:
>About the kind of mediocre list I'd expect from Wizard.
With the predictable important indy book at #1 to prove they're not as
shallow as they really are. According to Wizard, Spider-Man vs. Venom
is a better TPB than From Hell or Berlin. Heh.
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time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
George Grattan
> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
If *you* want to collate it, sure it'll be fun... :-)
Care to set some ground rules/parameters as to genre, format, what have you?
Are we talking specifically about paperback/softcover collections of
material that previously appeared in another format?
If so, here's just a few at random to get the ball rolling. No idea where I
think they should rank, but I'd include them on a top 100 list:
Maus I
Maus II
Watchmen
Daredevil: Born Again
From Hell
Batman: Year One
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga
Camelot 3000
Sandman: Dream Country
Sandman: A Season of Mists
Sandman: Fables and Reflections
Death: The High Cost of Living
Swamp Thing: (whichever one contains the trip to Hell in Annual 2)
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
Flash: The Return of Barry Allen
Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Confessions (right title?)
The Complete Concrete
Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories
Preacher: Gone to Texas
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume One
Amelia Rules
Blue Monday: The Kids are Alright
Blue Monday: Absolute Beginners
Hopeless Savages
Safe Area Goradze
That's just what came to mind, now, with some prodding. Haven't looked at
the bookshelf, yet, and never saw Wizard's own list.... :-)
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Mikel Midnight
Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 04 May 2003 15:13:33 GMT, Mikel Midnight
> <blak...@best.outdamnspam.com> wrote:
>
> >About the kind of mediocre list I'd expect from Wizard.
>
> With the predictable important indy book at #1 to prove they're not as
> shallow as they really are. According to Wizard, Spider-Man vs. Venom
> is a better TPB than From Hell or Berlin. Heh.
Yeah -- I noticed that too but decided to keep my message terse.
Mainly, because reading the list was downright painful for me, and I
didn't want to start making a list of everything I thought should have
been on there (I will mention the utter Americanness of it: no such
list is complete without Vittorio Giardino's Hungarion Rhapsody, and at
least token selections by Moebius and Herge)
Animeg3282
Stuck Rubber Baby should be on there, and some token Tezuka.
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George Grattan
> On Mon, 05 May 2003 00:34:37 -0400, George Grattan <gra...@rcn.com>
> wrote:
>
>> on 5/4/03 11:59 PM, Jeremy Henderson at hel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
>>> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
>>
>> If *you* want to collate it, sure it'll be fun... :-)
>>
>> Care to set some ground rules/parameters as to genre, format, what have you?
>>
>> Are we talking specifically about paperback/softcover collections of
>> material that previously appeared in another format?
>
> I don't see any reason why original graphic novels should be excluded.
Oh, good. Then I can add these:
Seven Miles a Second
Why I Hate Saturn
I Die at Midnight
King David
Stuck Rubber Baby
Batman: Son of the Demon
Batman Adventures: Mad Love
The Tale of One Bad Rat
A Child's Life and Other Stories
The Dreamer
A Contract With God
Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood
And add these to the reprint category (did you say only 100? ):
Manhunter: Special Edition
Concrete: Think Like a Mountain
Supreme: The Story of the Year
Elfquest Volumes 1-4
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt
I'll stop now. :-) Maybe.
Jeremy Henderson
wrote:
>And add these to the reprint category (did you say only 100? ):
>
>Manhunter: Special Edition
>Concrete: Think Like a Mountain
>Supreme: The Story of the Year
I just finished this last one, and it is really fantastic, though the
Image style art of the present day scenes in a bit of a turnoff
(wonderful art in the flashbacks though).
One thing that puzzled me though...why are the costumes Supreme and
Suprema wearing on the cover completely different from the ones in the
comics themselves? Do they change them at some point later in the
series? Or was Alex Ross just going off on his own thing?
Jeremy Henderson
<blak...@best.outdamnspam.com> wrote:
>In article <punbbvgtopt48junb...@4ax.com>, Jeremy
>Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 04 May 2003 15:13:33 GMT, Mikel Midnight
>> <blak...@best.outdamnspam.com> wrote:
>>
>> >About the kind of mediocre list I'd expect from Wizard.
>>
>> With the predictable important indy book at #1 to prove they're not as
>> shallow as they really are. According to Wizard, Spider-Man vs. Venom
>> is a better TPB than From Hell or Berlin. Heh.
>
>Yeah -- I noticed that too but decided to keep my message terse.
>Mainly, because reading the list was downright painful for me, and I
>didn't want to start making a list of everything I thought should have
>been on there (I will mention the utter Americanness of it: no such
>list is complete without Vittorio Giardino's Hungarion Rhapsody, and at
>least token selections by Moebius and Herge)
I started a thread trying to compile a new best 100 TPBs list as
chosen by the folks of this newsgroup, and everyone's contributions
would certainly be welcome.
Jeremy Henderson
wrote:
Ok, we're well on our way to knowing what George's top 100 TPB/Graphic
Novels are (49 so far, if you count the 4 Elfquest books separately).
Animeg3282 threw in a vote for Stuck Rubber Baby, so we have na even
50.
To add a few of my own picks that George hasn't mentioned so far:
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
Heart of Empire
Sandman: Brief Lives
Lone Wolf and Cub (just about any volume)
V for Vendetta
Berlin
Jar of Fools
The Metabarons vol 2: Blood and Steel
Zot! Book 1
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Cages
Nexus Book 1
George Grattan
>> I'll stop now. :-) Maybe.
>
> Ok, we're well on our way to knowing what George's top 100 TPB/Graphic
> Novels are
Oooohhh! The suspense is *killing* me! Can't wait to find out what the rest
of my top 100 are! :-)
> To add a few of my own picks that George hasn't mentioned so far:
>
>
> Lone Wolf and Cub (just about any volume)
> V for Vendetta
Agreed on both.
>
> Zot! Book 1
Doh! Agreed.
Chad
>So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
>time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD be collected
into trades. Personally I'm not inot the high dollar hardcovers Marvel
and DC put out but would love to have the first 100 issues of
Fantastic Four in trade paperback as wll as all those early Legion of
Super-Heroes being collected in (respectively) Marvel Masterworks and
DC Archives.
I don't see why they don't do the hardcovers first for the
collectors/investors and then 6 months down the road offer them again
in paperback form and keep those in stock / in print for constant
reorders.
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> On Mon, 05 May 2003 12:16:24 -0400, George Grattan <gra...@rcn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >on 5/5/03 10:02 AM, Jeremy Henderson at hel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 05 May 2003 00:34:37 -0400, George Grattan <gra...@rcn.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> on 5/4/03 11:59 PM, Jeremy Henderson at hel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
> >>>> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
> >>>
> >>> If *you* want to collate it, sure it'll be fun... :-)
Hummmpph. I suppose I can collate it, if folkses gets interested in making a list.
George Grattan
> Jeremy Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
>> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
>
> I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD be collected
> into trades.
Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown.
The rest of Morrison's Animal Man run.
The Skeates/Aparo Aquaman stories (though getting the "conclusion" of the
story over in Marvel's Namor title is going to be tricky... :-) )
Bat Lash
The Greatest Earth-2 Stories Ever Told, (probably a two or three volume
project)
*Color* tpbs of Kirby's Mister Miracle, New Gods, and Forever People
Claremont/Byrne work from Iron Fist and Marvel Team-Up
More of Leave it To Chance (only hardcover collections so far, yes?)
First 10 or 12 issues of Infinity, Inc.
Blue Devil, first year or so.
Moench/Gulacy's Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu
Someone needs to do an authoritative edition (perhaps with critical
commentary) with whole selections from the horror and crime comics of the
late 40s through the mid 50s, particularly the Lev Gleason and EC material,
though that's probably better suited to hardcover treatment.
Some of the 60s Haney/Cardy Teen Titans
Grell's Warlord
Amethyst
As many Jose Luis Garcia Lopez works as you can fit into a tpb.
The Barr/Davis collaborations on BATO
Foglio's Stanley and His Monster
"New Look" Wonder Woman
PAD's X-Factor run
More of Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man
The Complete Ambush Bug Compendium, Codex, and Folio
Todd Tamanend Clark
>
> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs
> of all time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile
> a list.
I dislike Wizard magazine's conservative choices and suggest
these one hundred trade paperbacks as an alternative list:
Alvar Mayor: Death And Silver
(Carlos Trillo)
Animal Man
(Grant Morrison & Charles Truog)
Animal Man: Origin Of The Species
(Grant Morrison & Charles Truog)
Apache Skies
(John Ostrander & Leonardo Manco)
Aquaman: Time And Tide
(Peter David & Kirk Jarvinen)
Batman: Aliens
(Ron Marz & Bernie Wrightson)
Batman: Prey
(Doug Moench & Others)
Batman: Shaman
(Dennis O'Neil & Edward Hannigan)
Batman: The Cult
(Jim Starlin)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
(Frank Miller)
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
(Frank Miller)
Batman: The Killing Joke
(Alan Moore & Brian Bolland)
Batman: Year One
(Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli)
Batman & Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow
(Dennis O'Neil & Others)
Batman In The Fifties
(Dick Sprang & Others)
Battle Gods: Warriors Of The Chaak
(Francisco Velasco)
Black Orchid
(Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean)
Blaze Of Glory
(John Ostrander & Leonardo Manco)
Blood Of Palomar
(Gilbert Hernandez)
Captain Gravity
Stephen Vrattos & Keith Martin)
Chelo's Burden
(Los Bros Hernandez)
Chester Square
(Jaime Hernandez)
Comanche Moon
(Jack Jackson)
Concrete: Think Like A Mountain
(Paul Chadwick)
Creature From The Black Lagoon
(Steve Moncuse & Art Adams)
Crisis On Infinite Earths
(Marv Wolfman & George Perez)
Cyberforce: Assault With A Deadly Woman
(Marc Silvestri & Others)
Cyberforce: The Tin Men Of War
(Marc Silvestri & Others)
Dance Me Outside
(Nick Craine)
Daredevil: Parts Of A Hole
(David Mack & Others)
Doctor Strange: A Separate Reality
(Steve Englehart & Frank Brunner)
Dogmoon
(Robert Hunter & Timothy Truman)
Doom Patrol: Crawling From The Wreckage
(Grant Morrison & Others)
Duck Feet
(Los Bros Hernandez)
Earth X
(Alex Ross & Others)
ESPers
(James D. Hudnall)
ESPers: Undertow
(James D. Hudnall)
Fantastic Four Visionaries
(John Byrne)
Flies On The Ceiling
(Jaime Hernandez)
Gen 13: I Love New York
(John Arcudi & Gary Frank)
Gen 13: Medicine Song
(Ben Raab & Brent Anderson)
Give Me Liberty
(Frank Miller & Dave Gibbons)
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
(Mike Grell)
Green Lantern: Emerald Allies
(Chuck Dixon & Ron Marz & Others)
Hawkworld
(Timothy Truman)
Hernandez Satyricon
(Los Bros Hernandez)
House Of Raging Women
(Los Bros Hernandez)
I Am Coyote
(Steve Englehart & Marshall Rogers)
Indian Lover: Sam Houston And The Cherokees
(Jack Jackson)
JLA: Rock Of Ages
(Grant Morrison & Others)
Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo
(Joe R. Landsdale & Timothy Truman)
Kingdom Come
(Mark Waid & Alex Ross)
Las Mujeres Perdidas
(Los Bros Hernandez)
Locas In Love
(Jaime Hernandez)
Love And Rockets X
(Gilbert Hernandez)
Luba Conquers The World
(Gilbert Hernandez)
Luba In America
(Gilbert Hernandez)
Marvel Visionaries: Steranko
(Jim Steranko & Others)
Marvels
(Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross)
Music For Mechanics
(Los Bros Hernandez)
Nick Fury, Agent Of SHIELD
(Jim Steranko)
Poison River
(Gilbert Hernandez)
Predator: Big Game
(John Arcudi & Evan Dorkin)
Scout: Mount Fire
(Timothy Truman)
Scout: The Four Monsters
(Timothy Truman)
Secret Of San Saba
(Jack Jackson)
Shade, The Changing Man: The American Scream
Peter Milligan & Others)
Silverheels
(Bruce Jones & Others)
Skinwalkers
(Nunzio DeFilipis & Others)
Snowman Tradepaperback
(Matt Martin)
Swamp Thing: A Murder Of Crows
(Alan Moore & Others)
Swamp Thing: Earth To Earth
(Alan Moore & Others)
Swamp Thing: Love And Death
(Alan Moore & Others)
Swamp Thing: Reunion
(Alan Moore & Others)
Swamp Thing: Saga Of The Swamp Thing
(Alan Moore & Others)
Swamp Thing: The Curse
(Alan Moore & Others)
Tales Of The Beanworld: Book One
(Larry Marder)
Tales Of The Beanworld: Book Two
(Larry Marder)
Tales Of The Beanworld: Book Three
(Larry Marder)
Tales Of The Beanworld: Book Four
(Larry Marder)
Tana's Secret World
(Rafael Raven)
Tears From Heaven
(Los Bros Hernandez)
Tecumseh
(Allan Eckert & Timothy Truman)
The Death Of Speedy
(Jaime Hernandez)
The Essential Showcase 1956-1959
(Jack Kirby & Others)
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection Volume One:
Hard-Traveling Heroes
(Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams)
The Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection Volume Two:
More Hard-Traveling Heroes
(Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams)
The Kents
(John Ostrander & Others)
The Lone Ranger And Tonto
(Joe R. Lansdale & Timothy Truman)
The New Mutants
(Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod)
The New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga
(Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz)
The Sensational She-Hulk
(John Byrne)
The Spider
(Timothy Truman)
Universe X: Volume One
(Alex Ross & Others)
Universe X: Volume Two
(Alex Ross & Others)
Watchmen
(Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Wigwam Bam
(Jaime Hernandez)
Wilderness: The True Story Of Simon Girty
(Timothy Truman)
X-Force And Spider-Man: Sabotage
(Todd McFarlane & Others)
X-Men Visionaries: The Neal Adams Collection
(Neal Adams & Roy Thomas)
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Owls In Obsidian (CD: Instrumental, 2000)
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ttc
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They made a TPB of Warlord 1-10 in the 80s. I found it on eBay relatively
cheap.
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Brendan Carson
> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
Purely subjective, there's a hell of a lot I haven't read.
But...
V for Vendetta - absolutely galvanising.
Watchmen - the best a superhero comic can get
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I - pure enjoyment
Batman: Killing Joke - textbook writing
Born Again - more for its importance than what I get out of it. But a
damn fine read each time.
And because it's easy to miss "classics" at the time they are
produced, here's wo from this last (very good) year.
Underboss - this to me was groundbreaking. A story of inexorable
collapse told in a completely engrossing way. This is wat to show
people who say comics are kids stuff stuck. The current run is pretty
fine too.
Ultimates vol 1 - the first writer/author combination with a fraction
of the courage and ability that made Stan and Jack so very very great.
Only my opinion.
BDC
PS: I neede to decide which Swamp Thing, which of the numerous Grant
Morrisons and which early stuff I would include for personal reasons
(early FF/SS/Defenders etc.). And maybe Marvels, Supreme.... I've
certainly forgotten lots.
richard
"George Grattan" <gra...@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:BADC7D44.198E6%gra...@rcn.com...
> on 5/5/03 6:44 PM, Chad at comi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Jeremy Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
> >> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
> >
> > I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD be collected
> > into trades.
>
> Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown.
A Challengers of the Unknown archive edition is scheduled for July 3:
http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/july_03/july_03display.html?in
dex=3
> *Color* tpbs of Kirby's Mister Miracle, New Gods, and Forever People
The same week as the Challengers book, a trade paperback
of Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run is scheduled. Oddly enough,
it's going to be in color:
http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/july_03/july_03display.html?in
dex=62
Anyone for a Kamandi trade paperback?
Richard
George Grattan
>
> "George Grattan" <gra...@rcn.com> wrote in message
> news:BADC7D44.198E6%gra...@rcn.com...
>> on 5/5/03 6:44 PM, Chad at comi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Jeremy Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
>>>> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
>>>
>>> I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD be collected
>>> into trades.
>>
>> Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown.
>
> A Challengers of the Unknown archive edition is scheduled for July 3:
> http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/july_03/july_03display.html?in
> dex=3
Yeah, I was aware of that, and I may pay the higher price for it, but I wish
they'd gone the Jimmy Olsen route and put in in TPB form. Other than Legion
and The Spirit, there are very, very few Archives I'm able to allow myself
to buy (Supergirl was one, Doom Patrol was another).
>
>> *Color* tpbs of Kirby's Mister Miracle, New Gods, and Forever People
>
> The same week as the Challengers book, a trade paperback
> of Kirby's Jimmy Olsen run is scheduled. Oddly enough,
> it's going to be in color:
> http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/july_03/july_03display.html?in
> dex=62
Yes, good news. I'm hoping this means they'll do the other Fourth World
Books in color TPBs, now.
>
> Anyone for a Kamandi trade paperback?
Not a bad idea at all, actually.
ErikLarsen
KurtBusiek
They don't have any Essentials on the list, which suggests that one of their
parameters is color.
Since another is that it's a list of trade paperbacks, that leaves out all the
Masterworks, too (the recent Barnes & Noble Masterworks softcovers didn't exist
yet, and their previous try at softcover Masterworks was long out of print).
I think that pretty well eliminates the Lee/Kirby FF -- ARE there any color
trade paperbacks of that material? Maybe a story here and there in themed
collections, but I don't think there are any wall-to-wall Lee/Kirby FF trades,
not in color.
kdb
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Jason Michael
"KurtBusiek" <kurtb...@aol.comics> wrote in message
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> >> HOW can this list NOT include ANY of Stan and Jack's FF? >>
>
> They don't have any Essentials on the list, which suggests that one of
their
> parameters is color.
>
I don't think color is the issue, as Maus is ranked at # 1. The list also
includes Bone, Sin City, Fortune & Glory and other B&W work. I think they
just have bad taste. Maus seems to be on that list solely because it won a
Pulitzer and they couldn't justify not having it on the list. The majority
of titles are mediocre super-hero books. (Admittedly, that is Wizard's
purview, so it's not surprising.) In a list of superhero comics, Stan and
Jack's Fantastic Four would have to be near (or at) the top. And having
Ultimate Spider-Man at # 5 while not even listing Stan and Steve's
Spider-man is ridiculous.
Jason
Ben Kennedy
> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
One of my favorites is Phil Foglio's adaptation of Robert Asprin's MYTH
series - they were originally published by WARP Graphice, then collected by
Starblaze as "Myth Adventures One" and "Myth Adventures Two". Some other
stories were adapted as well, but as far as I know those are the only
reprint collections. I have seen the later stories, but most agree that
Phil did an excellent job and the rest were noting special. They are a
no-brainer if you like Asprin's stuff, and I reccomend them to anyone into
Piers Anthony style fantasy/humor. They are out of print, but pop up
regularly on EBay.
--Ben Kennedy
Scott Dubin
> "KurtBusiek" <kurtb...@aol.comics> wrote in message
> news:20030506225754...@mb-m28.aol.com...
> > >> HOW can this list NOT include ANY of Stan and Jack's FF? >>
> >
> > They don't have any Essentials on the list, which suggests that one of
> their
> > parameters is color.
> >
>
> I don't think color is the issue, as Maus is ranked at # 1. The list also
> includes Bone, Sin City, Fortune & Glory and other B&W work. I think they
> just have bad taste. Maus seems to be on that list solely because it won a
> Pulitzer and they couldn't justify not having it on the list. The majority
> of titles are mediocre super-hero books. (Admittedly, that is Wizard's
> purview, so it's not surprising.) In a list of superhero comics, Stan and
> Jack's Fantastic Four would have to be near (or at) the top. And having
> Ultimate Spider-Man at # 5 while not even listing Stan and Steve's
> Spider-man is ridiculous.
Wizard doesn't like old stuff, this is hardly a secret.
Chad
>Since another is that it's a list of trade paperbacks, that leaves out all the
>Masterworks, too (the recent Barnes & Noble Masterworks softcovers didn't exist
>yet, and their previous try at softcover Masterworks was long out of print).
Woo-hoo, Softcover Masterworks?!?!? I hadn't heard of these.
Anyone know which ones are available?
Jason Michael
"Chad" <comi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> kurtb...@aol.comics (KurtBusiek) wrote:
>
> >Since another is that it's a list of trade paperbacks, that leaves out
all the
> >Masterworks, too (the recent Barnes & Noble Masterworks softcovers didn't
exist
> >yet, and their previous try at softcover Masterworks was long out of
print).
>
> Woo-hoo, Softcover Masterworks?!?!? I hadn't heard of these.
> Anyone know which ones are available?
>
Daredevil
X-Men Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
Fantastic Four Vol. 1
Incredible Hulk Vol. 1
Silver Surfer
coming in July:
Avengers Vol. 1
You can see the listings at B&N:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?userid=6WM7436XD0&WRD=Masterworks+marvel&sort=P&Go%21.x=11&Go%21.y=6
Hope this helps!
Jason
Chad
>Daredevil
>X-Men Vol. 1
>Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
>Fantastic Four Vol. 1
>Incredible Hulk Vol. 1
>Silver Surfer
>
>coming in July:
>Avengers Vol. 1
>
>You can see the listings at B&N:
>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?userid=6WM7436XD0&WRD=Masterworks+marvel&sort=P&Go%21.x=11&Go%21.y=6
>Hope this helps!
A bunch. Thanks!
UnkLBob42
re-read Watchmen (the best I have) every now & then, as well as Marvels. I
prefer DC to Marvel, and my top books are:
"Dark Knight Returns : 10th Anniversary Edition"-as great as everyone says
"Astro City:Life in the Big City"-along with the complete V2 run, I read this
"Crisis on Infinite Earths"-almost worth a top rating for the Perez/Ross cover
alone
"Squadron Supreme"- a first printing w/Gruenwald's ashes mixed in the ink, good
story
"The Sentry"- I liked the story, even if the hype for it was kind of sucky
"Golden Age"
"Rising Stars: Born in Fire"
"Supreme: Story of the Year" - jabs the comic genre in the ribs
"Batman: Long Halloween" - not a big Bat-fan, but like Loeb's work
I don't have the Kingdom Come TPB, so I'm forced to carefully read my originals
and don't get the bonus epilogue - bummer. It would be my number one choice if
I had it.
I'm not a big fan of the 'Essentials' since those comics were meant to be seen
in color. I know it allows readers to get the backstory, but the artist's
intentions are certainly not realized in this format. The inking would be
different if they knew no color were to be added, just like b/w
cinematographers didn't plan for their films to be colorized, so shadows look
all screwy on the 'Turner-ized' classic films.
How about the books you wish would be TPBs so you could quit putting wear &
tear on the original issues ?? For me it would be 'X-Men Age of Apocalypse'
storyline (mainly so I could read it in order more easily), 'JLA:The Nail',
'Doctor Tomorrow', and the DC themed annuals from the 1990's (those'd be some
pretty thick books !!).
-UnklBob
Steven Schend
>
> > Jeremy Henderson <hel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So we have what Wizard considers to be the 100 greatest TPBs of all
> >> time, so what do we all think? Might be fun to compile a list.
> >
> > I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD be collected
> > into trades.
>
> More of Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man
Definitely on these. Also add:
Wolfman's/Colan's/Palmer's Tomb of Dracula (all or skip the first 9 issues)
Byrne's entire FF run
FF 191-200 (one of the best Doom stories outside of the Dr. Strange/Doom GN
by Mignola/Stern)
Tim Truman's SPIDER books (Collect both mini series into TPBs)
Steven Schend
Todd Tamanend Clark
> I'd be more interested in seeing what people think SHOULD
> be collected into trades.
I actually prefer the hardback books, but if none of these
are forthcoming, I would settle for them in trade paperbacks:
Adam Strange (Carmine Infantino)
Alpha Flight (John Byrne)
Animal Man (The 1960s Through Forgotten Heroes)
Animal Man (Grant Morrison Book Three)
Animal Man (Post-Morrison)
Ant-Man (1960s)
Arizona (Various Mini-Series)
Aztec Ace (Entire Series)
Aztek, The Ultimate Man (Entire Series)
Batman (1950s Dick Sprang)
Batman (Doug Moench)
Batwoman (1950s & 1960s)
Classic DC Native American Stories (Silver Age)
Classic Marvel Native American Stories (Silver Age)
Coyote (Early Issues)
Doctor Strange (1960s)
Doctor Strange (1970s)
Doctor Strange (1980s)
Ghostdancing (Mini-Series)
Green Arrow (Golden Age)
Green Arrow (Jack Kirby)
Hawkman (1990s Solo Series)
Jack Kirby's Marvel Monsters (1959-1962)
Johnny Cloud, Navajo Ace (1960s)
Justice League Of America (Relevance Issues)
Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth (1970s Jack Kirby)
Lois Lane (Early Issues)
Lois Lane (Relevance Issues)
Metal Men (Early 1960s)
Phantom Lady (Golden Age)
Poison Ivy (1960s & 1970s)
Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman (1950s)
Puma (Spider-Man Appearances)
Red Wolf (1970s Avengers & Solo Series)
Ripclaw (Solo Series)
Sandman (Golden Age Jack Kirby)
Scout: War Shaman (Entire Series)
Shaman's Tears (Entire Series)
Space Ranger (Early Issues)
Straight Arrow (1950s)
Swamp Thing (Rick Veitch)
Teen Titans (Relevance Issues)
The Fly (Silver Age)
The Human Torch (1960s Solo Series)
The Jaguar (Silver Age)
Timespirits (Entire Series)
Tomahawk (1950s)
Tonto (1950s Solo Series)
Turok, Dinosaur Hunter (Entire Series)
Turok, Son Of Stone (1950s)
Turok, Son Of Stone (1960s)
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