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Top Five Strangest Comic Books!
- by Brian Cronin
- in Top Five
- 16 Comments
Top Five Month continues with a look at the top five strangest comic books!
Enjoy!
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Strange Suspense Stories – This was a fun series from Charlton.
Adam Strange
This one would be higher, but Strange has only had two series, and this is the only good one – and even this one was sorta ruined by the ending, which forced it to tie into Infinite Crisis. Blech.
The Strangers – This superhero comic was all right. I love how silly the topical stuff seems now.
5. Strange Adventures
One of the top sci-fi comics of its day!
4. Strangers in Paradise
Terry Moore did a wonderful job with the deep characterizations he introduced in this excellent series.
3. The Phantom Stranger
Some top notch metaphysical stories from DC.
2. Strange Tales
The debut of both Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD AND Doctor Strange? This has got to be up there!
1. Doctor Strange
The coolest, strangest Strange you will ever meet!
16 Comments
Dan K
July 6, 2008 at 6:27 am
Is that John Lennon on the right on that Strange Adventures cover?
layne
July 6, 2008 at 7:17 am
And Paul Simon on the left?
sleeper
July 6, 2008 at 7:18 am
Dan K – It appears to be a John Lennon / Paul Simon team-up.
In space!
sleeper
July 6, 2008 at 7:19 am
ah, layne beat me to it… by a nose!
SanctumSanctorumComix
July 6, 2008 at 9:35 am
~P~
PTOR
rlsims
July 6, 2008 at 10:16 am
I’ve always seen this the STRANGEST comic cover I’ve ever looked at:
http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=97902&zoom=4
Though the medicine one is pretty strange…
Patent Dragon
July 6, 2008 at 3:07 pm
So here’s me enjoying my weekend following the Doctor Who season finale, and you go and remind me how much fun Malibu’s Ultraverse was until Marvel went and ass-***ed it…
Reid
July 6, 2008 at 10:19 pm
How about Strange Sports Stories? That was a really weird one from DC. I remember the super heroes vs. super villains one, because Plastic Man tricked the bad guys into losing by turning his foot into a base.
Why the Hell I can remember that, I have no idea.
Jack Norris
July 6, 2008 at 11:24 pm
That first one looks like it’s trying to sell insurance to old people.
DanCJ
July 7, 2008 at 1:41 am
Erm… this is a list of comics with “strange” in the title, but there’s nothing particularly strange about the ones of these that I know.
I was expecting to see things like Rogan Josh, Doom Patrol and Brother Power the Geek
Marc
July 7, 2008 at 2:58 am
Is the leader of the Strangers Captain Marvel (Marvel)? The costumes appear nearly identical.
Nessor Sille
July 7, 2008 at 10:05 am
Atom Bob (The blonde guy in red and blue) isn’t the leader. The leader is (ugh) Lady-Killer, the woman in the dreadful veil & lace fetish outfit.
Atom Bob was the “shocking twist” member. He’s nigh omnipotent and a bit of a flake, but it still took every member of the team totally by surprise when he suddenly turned 100% evil and corrupt.
(Most readers saw it coming a mile away.)
Eliot Johnson
July 7, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Man, are you ever right about that Adam Strange series, Brian. Its shoehorning into IC left gave a great series such an unrewarding finish. The Adam Strange showcase collection (and/or the archives) are worth noting though, if you like that kind of thing.
Rebis
July 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I’ll agree — I loved that Adam Strange mini, which I bought primarily for the rockin’ art by Pascal Ferry, though Diggle’s twisty plot kept me around. But BOOO! on the editorially mandated non-ending.
AERose
July 8, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I love that Strangers cover. There’s a rip off of Captain Marvel, a rip off of Storm, a rip off of Jean Grey, a rip off of the Human Torch, AND a rip off of Raven from the Titans. That’s some vigorous ripping,
Blackjak
July 14, 2008 at 7:27 am
Strangehaven