Monday, March 31, 2014

My Most Recommended Comic Book Runs by DC: Part 2

11. Firestorm: The Nuclear Man vol. 1 (1978) #1-4; The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1982) #1-28, 31, 33-36, 38-53, Annual 1-4 [Gerry Conway's run on Firestorm]http://www.comicvine.com/firestorm-the-nuclear-man/4050-18409/object-appearances/4040-40871/












12. Superboy vol. 4 (2011) #1-11 [Jeff Lemire’s Superboy series]http://www.comicvine.com/superboy/4050-36387/



13. Justice League vol. 1 (1987) #1-6, Annual 1/Justice League International vol. 1 (1987) #7-25, Annual 2-3, Special 1/Justice League America (1989) #26-60, Annual 4-5, Justice League Europe (1989) #1-35, Annual 1-2 and Justice League Quarterly (1990) #1-3 [Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis/Kevin Maguire's run on the Justice League International period, though Giffen as writer is the only constant through all of these issues]


14. Hawkman vol. 4 (2002) #1-25, Hawkman Secret Files & Origins (2002) #1 [Geoff Johns’ Hawkman run]; Hawkman vol. 4 #28-49 (last issue of the series) [Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray's Hawkman run]; Hawkman vol. 4 #26 & 27 [2 stand-alone story issues, one by Josh Siegal & the other by Ed Brubaker, both decent reads]--the best Hawkman comics I've ever read so far
15. Black Lightning vol. 2 (1995) #1-8 [Tony Isabella’s ‘90s Black Lightning run]http://www.comicvine.com/black-lightning/4050-5500/object-appearances/4040-42209/
 

16. JLA (1997) #1-17, 22-26, 28-31, 34, 36-41, JLA Secret Files (1997) #1 [Grant Morrison's JLA run]; JLA #18-21, 32-33, 43-58, 60, JLA Secret Files #3, JLA: Heaven's Ladder (2000) original graphic novel (I actually have yet to own or read it, but it sounds excellent) [Mark Waid's JLA run]; JLA #61-76, 78-90, 100 [Joe Kelly & Doug Mahnke's JLA run]http://www.comicvine.com/jla/4050-5957/?page=3
17. Starman vol. 2 (1994) #0-81, 1,000,000 & Starman Secret Files & Origins (1998) #1 [James Robinson’s Starman series]

18. Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #1-6, Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2005) #1-5, Green Lantern vol. 4 (2005) #1-67, Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins 2005 (2005) #1, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2007) #1, Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files & Origins (2008) #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007) #1, Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns (2008) #1, Blackest Night (2009) #0-8, Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #1-3, Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #1-3, & Green Lantern vol. 5 (2011) #0, 1-20, Annual 1 [Geoff Johns’ epic Green Lantern run (with help from Peter Tomasi on writing the GLC: Recharge mini) & Doug Mahnke on most of the regular series art] -- I don't include Brightest Day series here because that focused on characters not related to the Green Lantern mythos at all.

19. Animal Man vol. 1 (1988) #1-26 [Grant Morrison’s Animal Man run]http://www.comicvine.com/animal-man/4050-3976/object-appearances/4040-40434/


20. Captain Atom vol. 1 (for DC)(1987) #1-57, Annual 1-2 [possibly the best quasi-military-themed series ever, all written by Cary Bates, except for #47, 51-57 handled by a few various others]
http://www.comicvine.com/captain-atom/4050-3782/