Topic: What are your favorite comic book story arcs?

[Papist]

As I said in another thread, mine are The Death and Return of Superman, Knightfall (Batman), and Maximum Carnage.


What are you yours, and why?

[Hiwot]

I am from a different time and world so ...

Tintin in Tibet, from the Adventures of Tintin.

may be because the Adventures of Tintin is the first comic book I ever read  when I was a child courtesy of my librarian neighbor & my book collector dad. in that series Tintin in Tibet is by far deeper on many levels and to my childhood spiritual inclinations quite fascinating and instructive.

[FormerReformer]

Thanks to those Pocket Book reprints from the '70s and '80s I got exposed to a lot of the early stuff. The first few times the Fantastic Four met up with Doctor Doom was great, culminating in Doom launching the Baxter Building into outer space; also Galactus. Spiderman's run ins with Doc Ock were very arcy. The Green Goblin arc, ending in the Death of Gwen Stacey is a classic. The Secret Wars are some of the first comics I remember reading, and taught me far more than the cartoon and live action series just why one should never mess with Spiderman. A Lonely Place of Dying was one of my favorite Batman arcs, along with Tim Drake's early years as Robin- barring Dick Grayson, who was Nightwing through most of my life, Drake is the best Robin. Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen. X-Men: Days of Future Past. The first few arcs in Superman/Batman comics were great, did an excellent job of breaking down the last of the post-Crisis "Batman and Superman work with each other, but don't like each other" attitude, and the one offs were hilarious.

And of course, all of Atomic Robo.

[Arachne]

I generally don't like comic book series that go on and on and on forevermore. I'm more of a mini-series than soap opera person, so to speak.

I love Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic for just that reason. Sandman is heartwrenchingly beautiful, but there are dips in the story. It could have been half as long without missing much.

The Metabarons saga is excellent, but probably too gruesome for the tastes of this crew.

Ambrosia, the very first Regulator instalment, was mindblowing. Too bad it's so insanely hard to find.

And, of course, Asterix and Cleopatra and the first cycle of Frutopia

[mike]

Soul Society Arc (aka Ryoka Invasion) - peak point in Bleach.

[Fabio Leite]

Daredevil's Born Again and the Elektra Saga up to her death, Batman's Dark Knight, Killing Joke and Year One. I like the Star Brand from Marvel's New Universe (I hear they are returning in the standard universe continuity...) I used to like Watchmen and Sandman, but although I still see the stories as compelling, I think they did more harm than good to my worldviews, not defining but supporting general moral relativism.

As for why, because they all are musings on what being a hero really entails, on what it means being faithful to virtue and truth in a world that fundamentally despises and hates everything that is true and honest.

[FormerReformer]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

[PeterTheAleut]

I don't know if this counts, but I just recently started watching all the TV episodes of The Incredible Hulk (starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno) again. It's amazing how very different the episodes appear now that I'm an adult watching them for the first time since I was a kid. It's as if I understand Dr. Banner's plight a lot better. What a truly sad, lonely existence wandering from town to town always in fear of the beast that lies within.

[FormerReformer]

I don't know if this counts, but I just recently started watching all the TV episodes of The Incredible Hulk (starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno) again. It's amazing how very different the episodes appear now that I'm an adult watching them for the first time since I was a kid. It's as if I understand Dr. Banner's plight a lot better. What a truly sad, lonely existence wandering from town to town always in fear of the beast that lies within.

On that note, Greg Pak did an interesting twist on the theme in his recent Hulk run, one that the current writers have decided to go with. Long-story short, all this time Banner thought he was protecting the world from the Hulk, the Hulk was actually protecting the world from him.

[biro]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

Because that's this board.

[Deacon Lance]

X-Men/X-factor/New Mutants: X-Tinction Agenda, X-Men:Days of Future Past, Spiderman: The Night Gwen Stacy Died

[Shiny]

The Infinity Gauntlet.

Does Watchmen count?

[James2]

Any of the JLA-JSA "Crisis" team-ups from the Silver Age.

Also, Zatanna's search for Zatara that spanned several stories in Hawkman, Detective, Atom, Green Lantern, and Justice League of America back in the mid-1960's.  It introduced Zatanna and reintroduced Zatara during the peak of the Silver Age.  Brilliant art by Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Giella, and Sid Greene, and excellent stories by Gardner Fox.  The arc was collected in a TPB several years ago called "Zatanna's Search".

[Schultz]

spiderman - alien costume/secret wars

batman - long halloween

judge dredd - so many...but the apocalypse war arc is still my favorite

i also am one of the few people who really liked the asgardian wars arc across the x-titles.

[choy]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

Wait 'til we get into DC vs. Marvel or Superman vs. Batman.  Anathemas will be in order.

[Schultz]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

Wait 'til we get into DC vs. Marvel or Superman vs. Batman.  Anathemas will be in order.

Batman.  Duh.  He knows he can do it and the JLA, including Superman, knows he can do it.  He has the means. 

[Papist]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

Wait 'til we get into DC vs. Marvel or Superman vs. Batman.  Anathemas will be in order.

Batman.  Duh.  He knows he can do it and the JLA, including Superman, knows he can do it.  He has the means. 

bahhhhh, not you too. It's definitely Superman.

[Schultz]

*sigh* Why is it a thread demonizing RCs or arguing against Protestant propaganda can reach 500 replies overnight, but something as vitally important as this is only at 6?

Wait 'til we get into DC vs. Marvel or Superman vs. Batman.  Anathemas will be in order.

Batman.  Duh.  He knows he can do it and the JLA, including Superman, knows he can do it.  He has the means. 

bahhhhh, not you too. It's definitely Superman.

I'm not saying he'd permanently incapacitate the Man of Steel, but Batman has the means to keep him under control until Supes comes to his senses.

[choy]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

[choy]

By the way, I liked Annihilation.  As mentioned earlier, I kinda developed a liking to Marvel's "other side of the universe" stories.

[Papist]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

[choy]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

But his face is alwasy exposed.

[Schultz]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

Don't act like Bats hasn't thought of that.  Even if he did, the lead suit could be disposed of in no short order.

[Papist]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

Don't act like Bats hasn't thought of that.  Even if he did, the lead suit could be disposed of in no short order.

Of course, Supes could always roast batman from a mile away with his heat vision before the Kryptonite ever became an issue. Just saying.

[orthonorm]

I once purchase a piece of Bazooka Joe gum.

Because I was the man that I was at the age of five, I realized that comics were for the more feeble minded of children and this one no less than mere war propaganda.

And upon putting the gum into my mouth, I immediately knew this product was also a way of supporting the military industrial complex along monetized lines as well as those ideological by repurposing spent M-16 shell casings as consumer goods.

[Schultz]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

Don't act like Bats hasn't thought of that.  Even if he did, the lead suit could be disposed of in no short order.

Of course, Supes could always roast batman from a mile away with his heat vision before the Kryptonite ever became an issue. Just saying.

Again, don't think Batman doesn't have a contingent plan.  The only person who will cause Batman's downfall is Batman.

[Rowan]

Killing Joke definitely.

[FormerReformer]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

Don't act like Bats hasn't thought of that.  Even if he did, the lead suit could be disposed of in no short order.

Of course, Supes could always roast batman from a mile away with his heat vision before the Kryptonite ever became an issue. Just saying.

Again, don't think Batman doesn't have a contingent plan.  The only person who will cause Batman's downfall is Batman.

On that note, and to resurrect this thread after finals-

JLA: Tower of Babel.

[Papist]

Batman also has an asteroid's worth of Kryptonite put away somewhere

That's only useful to him is Superman isn't wearing a lead suit.

Don't act like Bats hasn't thought of that.  Even if he did, the lead suit could be disposed of in no short order.

Of course, Supes could always roast batman from a mile away with his heat vision before the Kryptonite ever became an issue. Just saying.

Again, don't think Batman doesn't have a contingent plan.  The only person who will cause Batman's downfall is Batman.

On that note, and to resurrect this thread after finals-

JLA: Tower of Babel.

Very appropriate in light of the debate on Batman.

[primuspilus]

There can be only one

[Papist]

There can be only one

Was this connected to the Infinity Wars?

[Justin Kissel]

I need to buy me The Walking Dead ones (graphic novels?)...

[ma2000]

Soul Society Arc (aka Ryoka Invasion) - peak point in Bleach.

Yep, that's one of my favorites also How about the latest arc?

[mike]

Soul Society Arc (aka Ryoka Invasion) - peak point in Bleach.

Yep, that's one of my favorites also How about the latest arc?

It promises to be interesting. Everything is better that running around Hueco Mundo and fighting random Arrancars (or finding him new friends, gaining them new powers, then killing all these new friends and taking back the powers after a few chapters).

[FormerReformer]

There can be only one

Was this connected to the Infinity Wars?

Infinity Wars was the sequel.

In general, before 1995, I tended to like the Marvel crossover books better than the DC ones. With Marvel you might get a new costume or new character or some such out of the deal, but with DC you had to relearn an entire continuity and argue with other comics fans over what Superman's powers are THIS time around.

After 1995 we started getting Heroes Reborn, Civil Wars, and Spidey's One More Day. Bad Marvel.

[ma2000]

It promises to be interesting. Everything is better that running around Hueco Mundo and fighting random Arrancars (or finding him new friends, gaining them new powers, then killing all these new friends and taking back the powers after a few chapters).

The Fullbring arc was the worst
Do you like One Piece?

[mike]

It promises to be interesting. Everything is better that running around Hueco Mundo and fighting random Arrancars (or finding him new friends, gaining them new powers, then killing all these new friends and taking back the powers after a few chapters).

The Fullbring arc was the worst
Do you like One Piece?

Haven't tried OP.

[choy]

I read somewhere that a bunch of heroes were killed off last year?  I need to get up to speed!