What two comic book titles would you take with you If you were stranded on a desert island ... forever .... (entire runs)
Mine would be (after much agonizing)
1) uncanny x-men
2) JLI ( hopefully that includes 'I can't believe it's not the JLA' and 'Formally known as the JL')
I will really be missing the LSH on my desert island especially the giffen run and the 5YL stories.
What are the two titles you would take if you were stranded on a desert island?
Posted by future king on :
1) LSH
2) Teen Titans
To have to pick just two is agonizing! Next time make the list 5 picks would ya? Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
1. JSA 2. LSH
Posted by MLLASH on :
Just 2, full runs?
LSH is a great choice because there are sooooooo many issues. So definitely LSH, including all LSH-related minis and spinoffs (even Wanderers, LOL).
And I'll be needing some laughs, so I will go with JLI too. JLI not only includes the follow up minis you mention, PB, but also its sister title Justice League Europe. NO issues post-Giffen though... not interested. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
1. LSH 2. Astro City (I could pass the time imagining more stories about all those wonderful characters)
Posted by Power Boy on :
2 is really hard (for me) If I had three I'd be fine .... LSH of course ... then I would't want to get OFF the island for about a year.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
LSH and Spider-Man; for me that's a no-brainer. But I could easily pick 10 runs.
Posted by Jerry on :
LSH Sandman
Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by Power Boy: 2 is really hard (for me) If I had three I'd be fine .... LSH of course ... then I would't want to get OFF the island for about a year.
I know what you mean!
I was thinking after my post, I could probably take 10, and not just 5 titles with me. None of us wants to pick just one,two titles ... we all fell in love with comic(S)... plural... not just 1, or 2. Posted by Legion Tracker on :
If we took more than two titles, we'd never get off our butts and crack some coconuts.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
1) Legion of Super Heroes.
2) The Amazing Spider-Man.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: LSH and Spider-Man; for me that's a no-brainer. But I could easily pick 10 runs.
Just noticed this...great taste.
Posted by Power Boy on :
.... These are pretty interesting .... Posted by Candlelight on :
These are gonna be stored in some airconditioned, mold repelling and watertight container or room(preferably), right? With lots of cold drinks. lol
*LSH - every single appearance in any comic *X-MEN - ditto.
Posted by Power Boy on :
quote:Originally posted by Candlelight: These are gonna be stored in some airconditioned, mold repelling and watertight container or room(preferably), right? With lots of cold drinks. lol
*LSH - every single appearance in any comic *X-MEN - ditto.
This whole stranded on a desert island thing is starting to look more and more like a dream vacation !!!! Posted by Dev - Em on :
You have no idea...
One question...can I take someone with me. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev - Em:
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: LSH and Spider-Man; for me that's a no-brainer. But I could easily pick 10 runs.
Just noticed this...great taste.
quote:Originally posted by Dev - Em: 1) Legion of Super Heroes.
2) The Amazing Spider-Man.
You sir, have a refined literary palette!
Posted by cleome45 on :
Roberta Gregory's Naughty Bits and... I don't know about the second choice.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
1) Young Justice
2) Dreadstar
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Good grief, did I kill this thread?
I agree Dreadstar's pretty obscure, but I know there's lots of Young Justice fans here at LW.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
I can't imagine taking any comics series with me if I were going to be on a deserted island forever. It would get old reading the same stories over and over, and the temptation to supplement the firewood would be great . . .
But if I have to choose (and am allowed some liberty in interpreting the term "entire runs"), then I'll pick:
1. The preboot Legion up to and including 5YL 2. The Incredible Hulk series from 1968 to whenever
I have not read most of the latter, so it would be fresh. I picked up a couple of back issues recently (226 and Annual 13) and surprisingly enjoyed them.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Oooo, He Who, the Hulk from 331 to 426 is consistently excellent. And that run is being collected in a series of trades titled Hulk Visionaries: Peter David.
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Hmm... if a complete run of Superman included Superboy, Jimmy Olsen, and Lois Lane, I'd definitely be tempted by that! Plus, if I ever *did* get rescued, I sure wouldn't mind having that Action Comics #1 to fund my post-Island retirement!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Now that you mention it, Fanfie, I remember reading much of Peter David's Hulk run. I agree: It was excellent.
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Always glad to find out someone else is a fan of PAD's Hulk run.
I especially like when Dale Keown was drawing it, circa the late 360s through late 390s.
By any chance, He Who, did you read any of PAD's Young Justice run?
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
No, I never read Young Justice. A quick check on Wikipedia revealed that it started in 1998, a time when I was winding my way back into the Legion after an absence and had otherwise scaled back my comics purchases. I had no time or interest in another youthful super-team.
I'm often wrong about such things, though. The Hulk never appealed to me as a character (apart from his interaction with the other Defenders), but his book has at times been intelligently written and emotionally satisfying. Issue 226, which I mentioned above, was written by Roger Stern, who has the Hulk visiting his (Banner's) old college campus and confronting some past emotional demons. Annual 13, written by Bill Mantlo, is a moving piece about the need for friends. Writers like Stern, Mantlo, and PAD can take seemingly unpromising concepts and spin gold around them.
Posted by dadman on :
I'd have to go LSH (of course!)
second choice is tough, but I think Alpha Flight gets to go
Posted by Fanfic Lady on :
Arguably, PAD's Young Justice was the book that the various reboots of the Legion (and, for that matter, the various reboots of the Titans) SHOULD have been but rarely were.
The first year of PAD's YJ is a bit frivolous and some of the jokes are groaners (although they come so thick and fast that the duds are excusable), but it really turns a corner with issue #15. Cissie, Anita, Cassie, and Suzie/Greta, and Cissie and Cassie's mothers were some of the most believeable female characters ever seen in a superhero comic. The whole run is never less than worth reading, and it should have been much longer than just 55 issues. It seems to me the whole reason it was cancelled was because the DiDiot just didn't GET it, which I think says a lot about the DiDiot.
Posted by Emily Sivana on :
1. Legion of Super-Heroes- Probably Three-Boot simply because that's when I discovered Legion. Elysion is mine. Looking back, while the plot was sometimes lacking the characterization was excellant.
2.Fantastic Four- Kirby/Lee is great with the team, and Byrne is excellant as well. But I really love Waid and Wieringo's run, which I have reread countless times. They ran character analysis and did tons of research. It paid off big time because they managed to combine the right amount of action and light-hearted moments.
I just notice both of these titles had Waid as writers. I guess I really like his writing style.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
1) LSH, for sure. I'll cheat by bringing ALL appearances, so I get to have Crisis on Infinite Earths too. There's enough material there to be pleasantly entertained for quite a while.
2) I'm torn between JLA and JSA. A lot of my favorite characters were with the JLA, but the membership comes and goes... on the other hand, I've enjoyed JSA immensely in the past few years.
If I really had to pick I'd go with JLA. Love reading the JLI bits!
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