Sunday, June 15, 2014

My Most Recommended Comic Book Runs by DC: Part 5

41. Power of Shazam! (1995) #1-48

42. Resurrection Man vol. 1 (1997)

43. Outsiders vol. 3 (2003) #1-50, Annual 1

44. Catwoman vol. 3 (2002) #1-10, 12-37 [Ed Brubaker's Catwoman run] -- There's scattered other issues from this series that are decent, but Brubaker's is the best solid run of the series.

45. Crisis Aftermath: Battle for Bludhaven (2006) #1-6, Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters vol. 1 (2006) #1-8, Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters vol. 2 (2007) #1-8, Freedom Fighters vol. 2 (2010) #1-9 [Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray's Freedom Fighters run]

46. Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3 (1989) #122-125, Legionnaires (1993) #78-81, Legion Lost vol. 1 (2000) #1-12, Legion Worlds (2001) #1-6, The Legion (2001) #1-33 [Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning's run writing The Legion/Legion of Super-Heroes]

47. Saga of Swamp Thing (1982) #20-38, 42-45 & Swamp Thing vol. 2 (1985) #39-41, 46-64, Anual 2 [Alan Moore's run writing Swamp Thing]

48. The Flash vol. 2 (1987) #1/2, 0, 1-247, Annual 1-13

49. R.E.B.E.L.S. vol. 2 (2009) #1-28, Annual 1

50. Batman vol. 1 (1940) #655-658, 663-683, 700-702, Batman and Robin vol. 1 (2009) #1-16, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (2010) #1-6, Batman: The Return (2011) #1, Batman, Inc. vol. 1 (2011) #1-8, Batman, Inc.: Leviathan Strikes (2012) #1, & Batman, Inc. vol. 2 (2012) #0, 1-13 [Grant Morrison's run writing Batman]

Friday, June 13, 2014

My Most Recommended Comic Book Runs by DC: Part 4

31.  1st Issue Special (1975) #8, The Warlord vol. 1 (1976) #1-133, Annual 1-6

32. Birds of Prey vol. 1 (1999) #1-127

33. Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 1 (1980) #298; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld vol. 1 (1983) #1-12, Annual 1; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld vol. 2 (1985) #1-11 [Gary Cohn & Dan Mishkin's Amethyst run]

34. Green Lantern vol. 3 (1990) #0, 1-181, Annual 1-9

35. Aquaman vol. 6 (2003) #1-39

36. Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005) #1; OMAC Project (2005) #1-6, Infinite Crisis Special; Checkmate vol. 2 (2006) #1-25 [Greg Rucka's run on Checkmate]

37. Day of Vengeance (2005) #1-6, Infinite Crisis Special; Shadowpact (2006) #1-25 [Shadowpact's complete run]

38. Villains United (2005) #1-6, Infinite Crisis Special; Secret Six vol. 2 (2006) #1-6; Secret Six vol. 3 (2008) #1-36 [Gail Simone's Secret Six run]

39. JLA/Titans (1998) #1-3; The Titans (1999) #1-25; Titans Secret Files & Origins (1999) #1-2 [Devin Grayson's run writing The Titans]

40. Doom Patrol vol. 5 (2009) #1-22

Monday, June 02, 2014

My Most Recommended Comic Book Runs by DC: Part 3

21. Seven Soldiers of Victory (2005) #0-1, Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer (2006) #1-4, Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein (2006) #1-4, Seven Soldiers: Guardian (2005) #1-4, Seven Soldiers: Klarion the Witch Boy (2005) #1-4, Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle (2005) #1-4, Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight (2005) #1-4, and Seven Soldiers: Zatanna (2005) #1-4 [Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers mega-series]
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers/4050-18436/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-bulleteer/4050-18520/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-frankenstein/4050-18521/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-guardian/4050-18516/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-klarion/4050-18518/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-mister-miracle/4050-18519/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-shining-knight/4050-18515/
http://www.comicvine.com/seven-soldiers-zatanna/4050-18517/

22. Justice League of America vol. 1 (1960) #125-127, 131-134, 151-155, 163-223, 228-230, 233-234, 236, 238, 243-246, 248, 251-255, Annual 2 [Gerry Conway's Justice League of America run]
http://www.comicvine.com/justice-league-of-america/4050-2014/object-appearances/4040-40871/?page=1
http://www.comicvine.com/justice-league-of-america-annual-2--the-end-of-the/4000-140262/

23. 
Batman and the Outsiders vol. 1 (1983) #1-32 (last issue before the title change), Annual 1-2/Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-46 (these issues are reprints), The Outsiders vol. 1 (1985) #1-28, Annual 1, Special 1 (This series continued directly from BatO #32.) [Mike W. Barr's first Outsiders run]

24. Swamp Thing vol. 5 (2011) #0, 1-40, Annual 1-2 [Scott Snyder's run ended with #18, but Charles Soule has been an excellent successor since then. I've been loving the entire series so far.]
http://www.comicvine.com/swamp-thing/4050-42599/
http://www.comicvine.com/swamp-thing-annual/4050-53507/

25. Booster Gold vol. 2 (2007) #32-43 [J.M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, & Chris Batista's (with some fill-in by Pat Oliffe)  run], #0, 1-10, 1,000,000 [Geoff Johns & Dan Jurgens' run], #11-12 [Chuck Dixon & Dan Jurgens' run], #15-19, 21-31, 44-47 [Dan Jurgens' mostly solo run], #13-14 & 20 [Rick Remender & Pat Oliffe's 2 issues & one stand-alone] -- I <3 this entire series, but arranged it in order of which creative teams' runs I liked best.

26. Batgirl vol. 1 (2000) #1-11, 13-19, 21-25, 28-29, 33-37, Batgirl Secret Files & Origins (2002) #1 [Scott Peterson, Kelley Puckett & Damion Scott's run], #12, 20, 30-32 [Chuck Dixon's run (mostly with Damion Scott's art)], #38, 58-73 (the last issue of this series) [Andersen Gabrych's run (mostly with Ale Garza's art)], #45-47, 49-50, 52, 54 [Dylan Horrocks & Rick Leonardi's run]--Basically, the only issues I didn't care for from this series was #39-44 because of Adrian Sibar's art.
http://www.comicvine.com/batgirl-secret-files-and-origins-1/4000-175057/

27. Animal Man vol. 2 (2011) #0, 1-29, Annual 1-2
http://www.comicvine.com/animal-man/4050-42600/
http://www.comicvine.com/animal-man-annual/4050-49334/

28. The Power Company (2002) #1-18, preceded in 2002 by 7 one-shots spotlighting each member: Bork, Josiah Power, Manhunter, Sapphire, Skyrocket, Striker Z, & Witchfire [Kurt Busiek's Power Company series]

29. Green Arrow vol. 3 (2001) #1-75 [Judd Winick's run from #26-75, then Kevin Smith's run of the first 15 issues were the best of this series, but it was all good. Smith was responsible for starting it out with wonderfully resurrecting Oliver Queen, who had been killed off in the mid-'90s.]
http://www.comicvine.com/green-arrow/4050-9113/

30. Action Comics vol. 1 (1938) #837-840, 844-846, 850-851, 855-873, part of 900, Annual 10-11, Superman vol. 1 (1939) #650-653, Superman: New Krypton Special (2008) #1, Superman: Secret Origin (2009) #1-6 [Geoff Johns' continuous Superman run]
http://www.comicvine.com/action-comics/4050-18005/object-appearances/4040-40439/
http://www.comicvine.com/action-comics-annual/4050-3776/object-appearances/4040-40439/
http://www.comicvine.com/superman/4050-773/object-appearances/4040-40439/
http://www.comicvine.com/superman-new-krypton-special-1-new-krypton/4000-140868/
http://www.comicvine.com/superman-secret-origin/4050-28107/object-appearances/4040-40439/