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One Stray Word » Blog Archive » Top Ten — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:22:47 +0000

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By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:30:39 +0000

For me:

1 – Powers
2 – Alias
3 – Daredevil
4 – Goldfish
5 – Jinx

unless you ask me one a different day

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:07:32 +0000

1) Alias
2) Fortune & Glory
3) Torso
4) Sam & Twitch
5) Daredevil

By: The Dane

The Dane — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:23:04 +0000

I really enjoy Ultimate Spider-Man myself. I would place it around #6 on my list.

By: Gokitalo

Gokitalo — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:15:20 +0000

Hmm, Powers made quite a few number ones. I recently read some of the earlier arcs, including “Who Killed Retro Girl?”, but they didn’t really click for me. They weren’t all bad, but they felt like all of Bendis’ writing tics were amplified to almost unbearable levels.

That said, I loved the Powers short story from the 2001 Oni Press Color Special.

By: Matthew J. Brady

Matthew J. Brady — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:02:07 +0000

I thought Jinx was pretty good, but the plot ripoff from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly bothered me. Myself, I would probably put Alias at #1, and Powers at #2. I dunno about the rest.

By: lordlad

lordlad — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:58:49 +0000

Erm………..ultimate Spider-man (all 100+ issues of them) anyone ???

By: Alex_W

Alex_W — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:23:39 +0000

Man, I am the only guy in the world who actually likes New Avengers.

Except for everyone else who buys it I guess. But they’re idiots.

I’m so lonely.

By: The Dane

The Dane — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:31 +0000

I actually preferred Goldfish, Fire, and Fortune & Glory to Jinx, but that's just me. I think my list would go something like: 5. Fortune & Glory 4. Goldfish 3. Daredevil 2. Alias 1. Powers Powers just keeps being awesome, though I was a little put off by some of the gimmicks in volume 10 (Cosmic). I do like that there doesn't seem to be much of a status quo for the series, but I'm very curious as to where he's going to take things—as the direction seems to have evolved pretty far beyond where it was in Death of Retro Girl. I've never actually read Sam & Twitch. I just couldn't shake the fact that it was a Spawn spin-off *chills*

By: Nytwyng

Nytwyng — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:47:11 +0000

I’d be tempted to say “Top Five Bendis Books” is an oxymoron, then I remembered that it’s all relative.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:36:44 +0000

I am always debating whether I hate or like Bendis. One book, like powers, I enjoy but then I burn out on Daredevil. One minute I think his characterization is great the next its vapid and insipid.

But again, no love for New Avengers? That was one of the ones I liked….

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:12:56 +0000

Halo is better than New Avengers, agreed.

By: DubipR

DubipR — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:28:13 +0000

My Top 5 Bendis books:

5. Alias
4. Torso
3. Powers
2. Jinx
1. AKA Goldfish

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:10:10 +0000

Halo was better than New Avengers.

As are most things. But Halo was, too.

By: Jack Norris

Jack Norris — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:08:55 +0000

1. Powers
2. Alias
3. Daredevil
4. Ultimate Spider-Man
And, um… well, I do like a lot of his work elsewhere, but it seems to be bits and pieces of things rather than anything sustained that I could really point to as being part of a top 5. For instance, I did enjoy bits and pieces of New Avengers once it got going, but that was mostly isolated character bits and scenes, with things like the interminable fight at the prison alone enough to disqualify it. I think his style of decompression is great with character stuff, but when he applies it to “big action” it’s just dire.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:07:38 +0000

I forgot about Fortune & Glory and the various Jinx specials (I think Total Sellout is the name of the trade), which would probably edge out DD or Sam & Twitch. I miss the consistently good Bendis.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:07:23 +0000

I think I have a letter in the monkey fucking issue saying that the book would straighten out and he knew what he was doing.

oops.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:02:30 +0000

What about Halo?

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:39:27 +0000

Powers lands at #1 with no mention of the infamous monkey fucking issue? For shame. I really need to stop dragging my feet and pick up Torso and Jinx (and Goldfish). Maybe next paycheck.