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Laren Farmer
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 10:29am \| IP Logged \| 1

Geez, and I thought the favorite JB character list was hard.

No order -

Fantastic Four
Namor
She-Hulk
Generations
Danger Unlimited

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Nelson Zeppilli
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 3:02pm \| IP Logged \| 2

I felt the need to recapitulate the scores.

The story so far...

1. FANTASTIC FOUR (30 votes)

2. SUPERMAN / UNCANNY X-MEN (18 votes)

4. NEXT MEN / ALPHA FLIGHT (17 votes)

6. SHE-HULK (12 votes)

7. DANGER UNLIMITED (8 votes)

8. OMAC / GENERATIONS (7 votes)

10. WEST COAST AVENGERS (6 votes)

11. INCREDIBLE HULK (5 votes)

12. WONDER WOMAN / X-MEN: HIDDEN YEARS / STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS / AVENGERS (4 votes)

16. BLOOD OF THE DEMON / NAMOR (3 votes)

18. STAR TREK: CREW / HIGH WAYS / IRON FIST / DOOM PATROL / MARVEL TEAM-UP (2 votes)

23. TRIO / TRIPLE HELIX / ANGEL / STAR TREK: ROMULANS / COLD WAR / JACK KIRBY'S FOURTHWORLD / WOLVERINE / 2112 / BATMAN (Many Deaths of the Batman) / ROG-2000 back-ups in E-Man (1 vote)

Left out: Two votes (from Paul Go and my fellow countryman Yvan Jullien) which rewarded two series simultaneously (Trio and Triple Helix) and Josh Goldberg's pick of hand-drawn Ť Star Trek ť I didn't know what to do with. Sorry guys. Feel free to precise your choices.

One last comment: I'm surprised nobody picked Captain America. Not that other unmentioned series are not as good (I love the neglected Babe, for example) but Captain America is usually considered a classic run from JB. Where's the love, guys?

Edited for formating problems I often have when posting on this board

Edited by Nelson Zeppilli on 05 May 2017 at 3:04pm

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 6:00pm \| IP Logged \| 3

Nice try, Matt, but no matter how clearly and emphatically you word the
directions, there will always be those who feel they must flout the rules.

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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 6:07pm \| IP Logged \| 4

COLD WAR
DOOM PATROL
FANTASTIC FOUR
JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD
JOHN BYRNE'S NEXT MEN

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Anthony J Lombardi
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 6:21pm \| IP Logged \| 5

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Captain America would have made my list easily had I not eliminated it from my choices. I had two reasons for getting rid of it.

First JB was on the title for only 9 issues. Of those I only read two. SO for as much as I loved them. I didn't have enough exposure to that rum.

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Charles Valderrama
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 7:49pm \| IP Logged \| 6

Had to think long and hard before joining in. There two many titles JB has done that I enjoyed, but my five picks have to be:

IRON FIST

AVENGERS

X-MEN

FANTASTIC FOUR

GENERATIONS

Boy, that was tough!! I'm sure my list has changed since the last time we did this!

-C!

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Michael Hogan
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 8:20pm \| IP Logged \| 7

Here goes:
-- FANTASTIC FOUR (cuz JB just GETS them)
-- the entire SUPERMAN "saga'" from MOS thru ACTION,
SUPERMAN, ADVENTURES, etc. (thank you for making a character I
love readable)
-- NEXT MEN (a wild ride)
-- WEST COAST AVENGERS (it wasn't long, but it was sweet! And it
made so much sense.)
But it's too hard to pick a fifth from all the runners-up.

Edited by Michael Hogan on 09 May 2017 at 4:40am

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Kip Krasean
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 9:36pm \| IP Logged \| 8

I love these exercises. Remember that bracket? That was fun.

Holding to the "has to be a series" rule, because otherwise there'd be a replacement at the top spot. For many of us I bet. I call "not flouting" - I didn't name it!

In order:

JBNM

Blood of the Demon

JK4W

WCA

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Brian Floyd
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 10:15pm \| IP Logged \| 9

Fantastic Four

Superman

Generations

Captain America

Avengers

Was waffling between 3 different series for that last spot. Per the rules, I won't reveal what the other two were.

X-Men wasn't even considered, because I had the misfortune to discover the series just as JB was leaving, and I was only counting series that I read first run for my list. I bought a comic book 3 pack that included issues #129 and #136 (the 3rd comic was an issue of either Amazing Spider-Man or Marvel Tales), which was my introduction to X-Men, but the first issue I bought directly off the stands just so happened to be JB's last issue.

Edited by Brian Floyd on 05 May 2017 at 10:15pm

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Bill Mimbu
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 10:34pm \| IP Logged \| 10

Going by what I tend to revisit the most:

FANTASTIC FOUR
STAR TREK: ROMULANS
STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS
DOOM PATROL
TRIO

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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 05 May 2017 at 11:49pm \| IP Logged \| 11

ALPHA FLIGHT

FANTASTIC FOUR

GENERATIONS

NEW GODS/JK4W (it is one!)

AVENGERS WEST COAST

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Trevor Smith
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Posted: 06 May 2017 at 3:25am \| IP Logged \| 12

Man I hate these! I think I have it down, then someone
posts and I think "dammit, I forgot about that one"!
Anyway, trying to base this on fond memories and number
of re-reads, I end up something like this:

Man of Steel
Alpha Flight
Fantastic Four
Next Men
She Hulk

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