Comments on: Comics Should Be Good Top 50 Countdown! – #18

By: Alex R.

Alex R. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:22:00 +0000

For my money, the most memorable #18 would be Runaways #18, featuring the death of Gert.

By: Elliot Kane

Elliot Kane — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:53:23 +0000

The New Mutants really started to hit stride with the introduction of Illyana to the team, but Sienkwicz taking on the art took it to a whole new level again.

New Mutants was, is and likely will remain a huge favourite of mine, but The Demon Bear Saga was probably the start of its true greatness.

By: Thenodrin

Thenodrin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:34:12 +0000

New Mutants was a decent, but ultamately forgetable series up until issue 18. Seriously, a person could start reading with this issue and never have to read the ones that came before. It wasn’t just that the art changed, but it was referenced in character when the others commented that Rhane’s werewolf form looked different.

Starting with this issue, the characters started to grow past the somewhat hokey proto-personalities they had before. The series took on a more serious tone. And, even the supporting cast made the jump from people who fill the page to people the reader cares and worries about.

Fantastic choice.

Theno

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:31:41 +0000

Why do you hate the Marvel Family, Cronin?

Yeah, I know! Talk about stupid randomness!

I used a random sequence generator to get the order, and it resulted in back-to-back screwings of the Marvel Family!

(by the by, while I used the random sequence generator for 46 out of the 48 numbers, I did specifically choose the last two numbers of the list on my own)

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:42:41 +0000

Transmetropolitan #18 is the emotional core of the entire series-the entire run is divided starkly by the events at the end of that issue, with everything before leading up to it and everything after flowing out of it.

Wasteland #18 was another final issue, this one with a strange, even by that book’s standard, single story that drew in plots and concepts from as many different of the already strange stories it anthologized.

By: buttler

buttler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:26:45 +0000

I am also shocked and saddened by your favoritism when it comes to Marvel alternate future. Way to dis Killraven, of Amazing Adventures #18 fame.

But yeah, this issue took New Mutants to a whole new, much less hokey level, at least as far as the art went.

By: SC

SC — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:07:34 +0000

The opening page that merges the bear with Dani’s quilt is just brilliant, though in general I’m not a huge Sienkiewicz fan.

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:53:58 +0000

The New Mutants was truly an awful series before Sienkiewicz came on board. I bought them all and was never impressed, but I didn’t realize how bad they were until i read them all in a row. Even the Sienkiewicz stuff is disappointing today because the paper in the original comics does not support his style of art at all. It’s a murky mess, especially as the paper ages. I sold off my whole collection of New Mutants a few years back. I’m sure they all went for a pittance.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:26:27 +0000

Why do you hate the Marvel Family, Cronin?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:08:28 +0000

New Mutants 18 was an amazing book. I remember finding two copies randomly laying on the shelf at a dollar store, and scooping both up. I’m not sure what I was going to do with them, but I felt like I had found a hidden treasure cache.

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:00:31 +0000

Quasar #18 features the rectonned costume change (which will go on to save the world in issue #25). it also features the more-or-less only appearance of Origin and Unbeing, cosmic characters at war with each other who can create or destroy superheroes on a whim. They’re living in a suburb, disguised as (Origin) a enthusiatic teen) and (Unbeing) a bitter old women. A bit of an obvious analogy for comic book creators, who have life and-death powers over their characters. Also I believe it’s the first work of Greg Capullo, who went on to do some X-books and then a long run on Spawn.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:50:06 +0000

I see the cover, and several images from within the comic flash through my head. Great choice!

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:15 +0000

Without question, the Demon Bear arc was the best story in the whole run. Bill’s bizarre art lent itself wonderfully to the otherworldly nature of the story.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:38:50 +0000

An unforgettable classic.

By: buttler

buttler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:19:40 +0000

Hey, don’t forget Captain Marvel Adventures #18 was also the debut of Uncle Marvel.