Suggestions outside of Marvel and DC superheroes: -The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury by Brandon Thomas and Lee Ferguson -20th Century Men by Deniz Camp and Stipan Morian -The Wrong Earth by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle -Imperium by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite -The Life and Death of Toyo Harada by Joshua Dysart and various artists
Some other suggestions: Mike Grell’s Green Arrow O’Neil/Cowan’s The Question Ostrander’s Suicide Squad The Holy Roller Rogue Sun Minor Threats Black Hammer
I’m in a 80’s DC high and if you’d get to comment Green Arrow the Longbow Hunters, Hawkworld and Slash Maraud (although that’s not superheroes) would be great. Also some Elseworlds, most Batman stories were good to great. Also: Hellboy.
would love another part of both this and your prior independent comics reading list! this reminded me that I have a couple single issues of astro city tucked away in storage--going to revisit them and if I love it as much as I remember I might collect the whole series
Hell of a list. I loved Alan Moore 's Supreme way back when, and agree that Planetary was Ellis 's best work. My favorite of the America's Best Comics was Top Ten, the Hill Street Blues of comics.
I love this channel. The in depth analysis of story is so desperately needed in today’s “get as many omnis as you can” comic tube content. You’re great. Would love to hear your analysis on Dial H New 52 run
Some other suggestions: - Superman’s best pal Jimmy Olsen by fraction and Lieberman: one of the funniest comics I have ever read - Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Mike Allred is a throw back to the silver age and doctor who and it’s amazing - the marvel color series by loeb and sale. Batman haunted knight: particularly madness has the best mad hatter story - Batman ego by Cooke - Hitman by Ennis and Mcrea, and the follow up section eight ( Hitman is almost like a vertigo comic but set in the main stream dc universe and the characters just click in a way) Vigilante by Wolfman but mainly Paul Kupperburg ( with a fill-in by Moore) isn’t the peacemaker version but it’s great look at someone’s decaying mental state Ostrander’s Spectre Ghost rider trail of tears by Ennis and Clayton Trey
Interesting list, I'll have to check them out (preferably the more lighthearted ones, I'm sick of superhero deconstructions) Some suggestions: -Blacksad - Frankenstein's Mobster - I Kill Giants - Kingdom Come - Marvels * * I also _highly_ recommend the novelization by Eliot S. Maggin, it expands upon the story and fleshes it out more. The only downside is the lack of Alex Ross' gorgeous art.
Also I really think Marshall Law’s first series is amazing. And the second series is ok. But by the later series and crossovers it becomes a parody of itself. Espically the savage dragon one where Marshall learns to respect him Side note the boys is both the most overrated and overhated comic I have ever seen. It’s not amazing but it’s also not trying to be anything very deep ( in fact it does have more depth than most give it credit for). It’s like trying to analyze American Dad to death
For me the first Marshal Law series (Fear & Loathing) is up there with Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. The two one-shots that followed (Marshal Law Takes Manhattan and Kingdom Of The Blind) are almost as good, but after that it does lean far too much into parody, especially when it introduces all the zombie stuff.
Fantastic list! About X-Force/X-Static, they've tried to establish that Doop and Wolverine have history and are friends. He's the only character I've seen in other Marvel books from these titles.
AMAZING list, I echo praise for each entry on here I would also add Ellis' Stormwatch, Veitch's Brat Pack (if you're daring), and possibly Grant Morrison's Multiversity (also if you're daring)
Of the things I've read in this list, I'm in complete agreement with your assessments. Since this a mostly -mainstream superheroes list, my suggestion is Immortal Hulk. Here's a contentious thought: what about a list of titles you'd stay well away from, and why? Anyways! Countless thanks and illimitable appreciation!
You should do a full video dedicated to DC: The New Frontier. I love, love, love that book (I pretty much love everything that Darwyn Cooke did, but this is my favorite).
I found Marvel´s Darth Vader Vol 2/2017 much better than Vol 1. X-Static is canon btw. Not that it matters. Promethia is also clearly a reboot of Moore´s messy and unfinished Gloria comic. We don´t need Rob for that. The material speaks for itself when seen side by side.
I disagree with a lot of it but pretty good list, though i think missing out on vietchs maximortal is a major blindspot here, if we are talking about recommending superhero books to your assumedly mostly adult demographic thats some of the best stuff youll get. I also think missing out on a lot of the canonical classics, especially lacking anything by jack kirby, is a huge hole here but i understand why you might not want to immediately recommend stuff like that to someone with a passing interest in the genre (even if something like the fourth world probably represents the peak of the genre, and maybe the "american comic book tradition", in its entirety)
At least Gaiman and Buckingham finished The Silver Age...which I found interesting, but I understand many were put off by it. I have made peace with the knowledge that the universe hates Miracleman and will probably never see The Dark Age.
I think this is a good idea. But maybe as an overlook of the following year’s videos. Each segment could have a prompt in the upper corner to the video. A good way to get more views on a video that might need a little more word of mouth. Everybody is home over the holidays with nothing to do but watch RUclips videos. A good time for a little self promotion of the last year’s work.
Great video! I tend to really love Grant Morrison's stuff but their X-MEN run did nothing for me. I much prefer Morrison's DOOM PATROL and ANIMAL MAN. I've read a little bit of ZENITH but not enough to have much of an opinion. ALL-STAR SUPERMAN is probably my favorite Morrison work.
I’m biased, but imo the Blue Beetle ‘06 run is a must have. It starts out a bit mid but quickly picks up into one of the best teen books by DC. It helps its written by John Rogers, the creator of the show Leverage, and he does a great job making a mostly episodic series into an absolute banger.
@@Lomaxxx53 Hi. You said that there is only one Grant Morrison, but then, when he went out, more than one Grant Morrison didn't have any binaries. Also, when you say " we respect that" do you mean you and your friends, or do you have no binaries either? My grandad gave me Zenith. Is it like Zenith? Are you the ... who makes this channel? Thank you.
It's obviously a matter of a personal preference, but I have to say, that the Planetary was far less interesting and engaging than the Transmetropolitan. The latter has better characters, better dialogue and overall is more interesting. I've read it a loooong time ago and it blew me away. Every couple of years i tend to return to the story and I'm still having lots of fun. Mostly because I still uncover something that I've missed before. Granted T is quite edgy, but that's fine. Planetary on the other hand was so hyped that when I actually sat to read it I was dissapointed. The book did not live up to the hype.
I know lists are personal and subjective, but... Green Lantern? I mean... Daredevil after Frank Miller is an easy pick for any reader (at any point besides the occasional costume changes that are really dumb), Starman by James Robinson is quite possible the best superhero title of the modern age and Brad Meltzer (and Phil Hester)'s Green Arrow hits all the right places... But Green Lantern? GEOFF JOHNS Green Lantern?
God's it's almost disturbing how closely our tastes in superhero comics align. I suppose I should have mentioned this in last week's selection but the Manga - Beck, is worth anyone's time. Yes they did an Anime of the work which covers maybe the first 2/5ths of the story. However I'd argue as good as that anime was (Taliesin Jaffe was the lead writer for the english dub and it might be the man's best work) it covers the charcters at the youngest and least well formed and as much as I love it the story is some much more interesting past the point where the anime broke off. Anyway Beck is the story of a kid (Koyuki) who learns to play guitar, joins a rock band, finds he has a once in a generation voice for ballads. (Yes it is somewhat cliche, but DON'T let that steer you away from this work) Beck's (the name of the band) travails across the next six years as they learn the industry, hone the talent and grow into adults is as good as this sort of work can possibly be. It's utterly charming, delightful and one of my all time favourite reads regardless of medium. Harold Sakuishi's (the Magaka) character work in the series is enthralling. The Crowds at the festivals are drawn so well that they're worth the price of admission alone. Still it's in the more intimate moments that the series truly shines and I'd be hard pressed to find a reason not to recommend it to anyone, save that you do need to be something of an old school rock head to get the most out of Beck, but, if you are one such, you will have 103 chapters of your life.
I am aware that nobody was asking for my unpopular opinion but i am actuallysick of these superhero fashist crap. I just stpp reading it lost interest in it and now i am reading only things like vertigo or darkhorse. Is anybody felling same about superheroes or am i alone? pls let me know.
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I'd love to see you make a recommendation list for European comics next. There are so many that lots of western comic fans don't know about.
2000ad, Judge Dredd ( skip Grant Morrison because they are the worst Judge Dredd writer), Battle Action weekly, Dan Dare by Ennis, Toxic
I second this.
@@paulakroy2635 I'd add Warrior to that list. Possibly the best comic to ever come out of the UK.
Thirded! Good suggestion. 😁
Happy you're still posting.
Hands down the best comic channel on youtube by far.
I think it’s understated that the main things people remember The Authority for basically all emerged during Millar’s run.
Great list. Having a comprehensive list is helpful to just focus attention but also share both in simple ease and as a vertical slice of the channel.
Multi-part series please!
I'd love to see a recommended reading list for non-superhero action based comics, like Groo, Usagi Yojimbo, or Goon.
Thanks for this, I always enjoy hearing new recommendations.
I would love to have you provide a critique of Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme
Suggestions outside of Marvel and DC superheroes:
-The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury by Brandon Thomas and Lee Ferguson
-20th Century Men by Deniz Camp and Stipan Morian
-The Wrong Earth by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle
-Imperium by Joshua Dysart and Doug Braithwaite
-The Life and Death of Toyo Harada by Joshua Dysart and various artists
Thank you for continuing to bring educational and entertaining comic book content.
Some other suggestions:
Mike Grell’s Green Arrow
O’Neil/Cowan’s The Question
Ostrander’s Suicide Squad
The Holy Roller
Rogue Sun
Minor Threats
Black Hammer
Grell's Green Arrow is too often slept on.
I’m in a 80’s DC high and if you’d get to comment Green Arrow the Longbow Hunters, Hawkworld and Slash Maraud (although that’s not superheroes) would be great. Also some Elseworlds, most Batman stories were good to great. Also: Hellboy.
would love another part of both this and your prior independent comics reading list! this reminded me that I have a couple single issues of astro city tucked away in storage--going to revisit them and if I love it as much as I remember I might collect the whole series
Hell of a list. I loved Alan Moore 's Supreme way back when, and agree that Planetary was Ellis 's best work. My favorite of the America's Best Comics was Top Ten, the Hill Street Blues of comics.
Your channel rocks dude. Love these lists, you’re one of the few voices on comic YT that actually recommends something different
I love this channel. The in depth analysis of story is so desperately needed in today’s “get as many omnis as you can” comic tube content. You’re great. Would love to hear your analysis on Dial H New 52 run
Sorry you had to remake it but I’m glad we finally got this video lol, love the content brother
Some other suggestions:
- Superman’s best pal Jimmy Olsen by fraction and Lieberman: one of the funniest comics I have ever read
- Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Mike Allred is a throw back to the silver age and doctor who and it’s amazing
- the marvel color series by loeb and sale. Batman haunted knight: particularly madness has the best mad hatter story
- Batman ego by Cooke
- Hitman by Ennis and Mcrea, and the follow up section eight ( Hitman is almost like a vertigo comic but set in the main stream dc universe and the characters just click in a way)
Vigilante by Wolfman but mainly Paul Kupperburg ( with a fill-in by Moore) isn’t the peacemaker version but it’s great look at someone’s decaying mental state
Ostrander’s Spectre
Ghost rider trail of tears by Ennis and Clayton Trey
Is Hitman for a mature audience ? I like Ennis being free to do whatever he wants
@@mariod1547 It may as well be. Everything Ennis is there, minus the... creative swear word combinations.
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen is SO slept on!
I like these a lot. Would especially welcome one for westerns or pulp stories. I need something to fill the hole left by 5 Ghosts!
Jonah hex by Jimmy Palmitta
@paulakroy2635 well I already want to read some Jonah Hex so you're speaking my language!
Interesting list, I'll have to check them out (preferably the more lighthearted ones, I'm sick of superhero deconstructions)
Some suggestions:
-Blacksad
- Frankenstein's Mobster
- I Kill Giants
- Kingdom Come
- Marvels *
* I also _highly_ recommend the novelization by Eliot S. Maggin, it expands upon the story and fleshes it out more. The only downside is the lack of Alex Ross' gorgeous art.
I've never read I Kill Giants but I have watched the movie adaptation. It was absolutely heartbreaking 😭
I really liked the video! Would love to see more recommendation videos
Great video!
This video is awesome, have every comic that I read in my teenage years.
Great choices! Loved this, looking forward to future installments…
I would love to see more of these recommended vids.
Thank you for Jack Staff shoutout. Feels slept on.
Phenomenal list. More please. Cheers
Also I really think Marshall Law’s first series is amazing. And the second series is ok. But by the later series and crossovers it becomes a parody of itself. Espically the savage dragon one where Marshall learns to respect him
Side note the boys is both the most overrated and overhated comic I have ever seen. It’s not amazing but it’s also not trying to be anything very deep ( in fact it does have more depth than most give it credit for). It’s like trying to analyze American Dad to death
For me the first Marshal Law series (Fear & Loathing) is up there with Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. The two one-shots that followed (Marshal Law Takes Manhattan and Kingdom Of The Blind) are almost as good, but after that it does lean far too much into parody, especially when it introduces all the zombie stuff.
Fantastic list! About X-Force/X-Static, they've tried to establish that Doop and Wolverine have history and are friends. He's the only character I've seen in other Marvel books from these titles.
Question: Any comic book/graphic novel titles you would like to see made into a films? I'd like a video on that.
I like it a lot. I would like to see some in depth review to some of those series.
AMAZING list, I echo praise for each entry on here
I would also add Ellis' Stormwatch, Veitch's Brat Pack (if you're daring), and possibly Grant Morrison's Multiversity (also if you're daring)
Looking forward to the X-Statix stuff and related series.
Been loving the justice league of the 80s
Planetary and X-Statix being on this list is incredibly based. I don't agree with a lot of the other picks, but these 2 are fantastic choices.
RecommendPinocchio: Vampire Hunter for the visual of Pinocchio intentionally lying to use his nose as a wooden stake to kill vampires
My first suggestion for a comic is always New Frontier. Great suggestions!
Really enjoyed this list. Doing different genre recommendations could be cool -- sci fi, fantasy, crime, etc.
Of the things I've read in this list, I'm in complete agreement with your assessments. Since this a mostly -mainstream superheroes list, my suggestion is Immortal Hulk.
Here's a contentious thought: what about a list of titles you'd stay well away from, and why?
Anyways! Countless thanks and illimitable appreciation!
The Astounding Wolf-Man is also just good plain fun.
Multi part series pls.
Do a two reading lists. One on science fiction and one on fantasy comics.
You should do a full video dedicated to DC: The New Frontier. I love, love, love that book (I pretty much love everything that Darwyn Cooke did, but this is my favorite).
I remember quite enjoying the Moon Knight 2014-2015 run.
Please, continue the series!
seems james gunn is a fan of justice league international
Great video
I found Marvel´s Darth Vader Vol 2/2017 much better than Vol 1. X-Static is canon btw. Not that it matters. Promethia is also clearly a reboot of Moore´s messy and unfinished Gloria comic. We don´t need Rob for that. The material speaks for itself when seen side by side.
I disagree with a lot of it but pretty good list, though i think missing out on vietchs maximortal is a major blindspot here, if we are talking about recommending superhero books to your assumedly mostly adult demographic thats some of the best stuff youll get. I also think missing out on a lot of the canonical classics, especially lacking anything by jack kirby, is a huge hole here but i understand why you might not want to immediately recommend stuff like that to someone with a passing interest in the genre (even if something like the fourth world probably represents the peak of the genre, and maybe the "american comic book tradition", in its entirety)
Esoteric subject suggestion: the best comic anthologies
At least Gaiman and Buckingham finished The Silver Age...which I found interesting, but I understand many were put off by it. I have made peace with the knowledge that the universe hates Miracleman and will probably never see The Dark Age.
Do a video about the fantastic Mr. Monster.
I think this is a good idea. But maybe as an overlook of the following year’s videos. Each segment could have a prompt in the upper corner to the video. A good way to get more views on a video that might need a little more word of mouth. Everybody is home over the holidays with nothing to do but watch RUclips videos. A good time for a little self promotion of the last year’s work.
Small correction: "Injection" from image comics is Ellis best work. Rip John Cassaday.
Cool
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Great video!
I tend to really love Grant Morrison's stuff but their X-MEN run did nothing for me. I much prefer Morrison's DOOM PATROL and ANIMAL MAN. I've read a little bit of ZENITH but not enough to have much of an opinion. ALL-STAR SUPERMAN is probably my favorite Morrison work.
I think the Superman RESPONDING to The Authority in Action Comics # 775 is better than The Authority ever was...
I’m biased, but imo the Blue Beetle ‘06 run is a must have. It starts out a bit mid but quickly picks up into one of the best teen books by DC. It helps its written by John Rogers, the creator of the show Leverage, and he does a great job making a mostly episodic series into an absolute banger.
Wrong on Transmet
Hi. Is there more than one Grant Morrison? Thanks.
No, they came out as non-binary some years ago, and we respect it
@Lomaxxx53 ???
@@MatthewSigh yeah, what are you confused about?
@@Lomaxxx53 Hi. You said that there is only one Grant Morrison, but then, when he went out, more than one Grant Morrison didn't have any binaries. Also, when you say " we respect that" do you mean you and your friends, or do you have no binaries either? My grandad gave me Zenith. Is it like Zenith? Are you the ... who makes this channel? Thank you.
It's obviously a matter of a personal preference, but I have to say, that the Planetary was far less interesting and engaging than the Transmetropolitan. The latter has better characters, better dialogue and overall is more interesting. I've read it a loooong time ago and it blew me away. Every couple of years i tend to return to the story and I'm still having lots of fun. Mostly because I still uncover something that I've missed before.
Granted T is quite edgy, but that's fine. Planetary on the other hand was so hyped that when I actually sat to read it I was dissapointed. The book did not live up to the hype.
I know lists are personal and subjective, but... Green Lantern?
I mean... Daredevil after Frank Miller is an easy pick for any reader (at any point besides the occasional costume changes that are really dumb), Starman by James Robinson is quite possible the best superhero title of the modern age and Brad Meltzer (and Phil Hester)'s Green Arrow hits all the right places... But Green Lantern? GEOFF JOHNS Green Lantern?
Invincible?
God's it's almost disturbing how closely our tastes in superhero comics align.
I suppose I should have mentioned this in last week's selection but the Manga - Beck, is worth anyone's time. Yes they did an Anime of the work which covers maybe the first 2/5ths of the story. However I'd argue as good as that anime was (Taliesin Jaffe was the lead writer for the english dub and it might be the man's best work) it covers the charcters at the youngest and least well formed and as much as I love it the story is some much more interesting past the point where the anime broke off.
Anyway Beck is the story of a kid (Koyuki) who learns to play guitar, joins a rock band, finds he has a once in a generation voice for ballads. (Yes it is somewhat cliche, but DON'T let that steer you away from this work) Beck's (the name of the band) travails across the next six years as they learn the industry, hone the talent and grow into adults is as good as this sort of work can possibly be. It's utterly charming, delightful and one of my all time favourite reads regardless of medium. Harold Sakuishi's (the Magaka) character work in the series is enthralling. The Crowds at the festivals are drawn so well that they're worth the price of admission alone.
Still it's in the more intimate moments that the series truly shines and I'd be hard pressed to find a reason not to recommend it to anyone, save that you do need to be something of an old school rock head to get the most out of Beck, but, if you are one such, you will have 103 chapters of your life.
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Alan Moore's Wildcats run is some of his best Image hack work.
Early aren’t we?
I am aware that nobody was asking for my unpopular opinion but i am actuallysick of these superhero fashist crap. I just stpp reading it lost interest in it and now i am reading only things like vertigo or darkhorse. Is anybody felling same about superheroes or am i alone? pls let me know.
Dude....what?