Posted: 01 October 2016 at 9:13pm | IP Logged | 12
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It has to be the 80s for me as well. That was when I discovered Marvel Comics (when I was just a freshman in high school) and ran through my senior year in college, when various friends introduced me to other titles that I had missed while I was studying.
Looking back on it, a lot of my preferences were based on the writer / artist combinations that were in place at DC and Marvel during that decade. It was a fabulous time to dive into comic books. Consider...
John Byrne (our superb host) and his 80s work on: ACTION COMICS SUPERMAN MAN OF STEEL LEGENDS THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE BATMAN THE AVENGERS WEST COAST AVENGERS ALPHA FLIGHT X-MEN (the tail end of the Byrne/Claremont run) CAPTAIN AMERICA (the all too brief Stern/Byrne combo) FANTASTIC FOUR THE INCREDIBLE HULK (again, a short but great run)
The debut of Frank Miller and his 80s output: DAREDEVIL RONIN WOLVERINE (the first four issue mini-series)
The 80s British invasion of Alan Moore with... V FOR VENDETTA (loved David Lloyd's pencils) WATCHMEN (ditto for Dave Gibbons)
My introduction to the talents of George Perez: THE AVENGERS WONDER WOMAN NEW TEEN TITANS
And the talents of other DC / Marvel heavyweights: IRON MAN with art by John Romita Jr. THE INCREDIBLE HULK with Sal Buscema CONAN THE BARBARIAN with John Buscema / Roy Thomas KING CONAN with Buscema & THomas at the helm THOR with art by Keith Pollard and written by Mark Gruenwald POWER MAN & IRON FIST with art by Kerry Gammill GREEN ARROW - The Longbow Hunters by Mike Grell
Yes, I certainly read some great comics during the 90s and the 00s, but nothing compares to discovering those DC / Marvel characters while they are in the capable hands of the talented writers and artists that blossomed during the Eighties. They made a tremendous impression on me as a teenager and made reading comics a part of my life that I cherished for more than thirty years.
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