Comments on: Comics Should Be Good Top 50 Countdown! - #9

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:38:12 +0000

Spawn 9 stands out in my mind, much stronger than Miracleman and Sandman. Avengers 9 still takes the cake, though; another great choice, Brian.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:56:44 +0000

Yeah, I became pretty certain once I hit 'Publish'.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:16:37 +0000

It is a gag, Funky.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:16:16 +0000

By the by, there really is a good reason why Marvel WOULD be more represented on this list than DC - Marvel usually places a higher premium upon the importance of their individual issues.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:38:22 +0000

Is the Quasar #9 thing a gag, or did he really do it?

I mean it made me laugh, but Gruenwald did always have a bit of Roy Thomas in him.

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:44:38 +0000

I think the intro of Angela in #9 of Spawn is a bigger deal than the intro of Wonder Man.
If nothing else, there's far more action figures of Angela.

There never was a Party Time Simon figure, after all.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:37:46 +0000

I actually considered giving that an honorable mention, Scott, just for that cover! But the interiors just aren't that interesting at all.

By: Scott MacIver

Scott MacIver — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:34:42 +0000

I'd suggest Batman #9, just for the iconic statement of the cover alone:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/batman/9-1.jpg

By: buttler

buttler — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:23:59 +0000

In the spirit of peace and conconciliation that's now reigning, I'd just like to say that while i consider the JLA story more important/memorable, I will say that as a character Wonder Man is marginally cooler than the Appelexian aliens.

Except maybe the rock guy. Nothing beats rock.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:57:15 +0000

Nah, it's cool - I shouldn't have been so irked. I mean, don't get me wrong, you can imagine how the complaint was pretty annoying (I wasn't even counting the two #34s! With them, it'd be 12-10), but that's no call for going to such a harsh insult. So I accept your apology and offer up one of my own.

By: Ro b Einhorn

Ro b Einhorn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:54:35 +0000

I appreciate the insult and apologize for not doing my research.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:45:22 +0000

Why should Brian show any love to a publsiher other than Marvel. After all, isnt Marvel the only publisher of comic books?

Of course the JLA origin story should be here, but any one who tends to read more DC than Marvel and sees these lists, knows that is not going to happen.

Marvel books on the list - 10

DC books on the list - 11

INSULT EDITED OUT - Too mean.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:45:07 +0000

MODAM first appeared in Quasar? Huh.

By: Thenodrin

Thenodrin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:54:38 +0000

Wonderman is also noteworthy (IMHO) as one of the first throw-away characters to be brought back for a major push.

The only earlier example I can think of is Joker.

Theno

By: dhole

dhole — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:43:17 +0000

I agree with this choice as well as the case for Miracleman 9.

While it's not in that league, I'd also mention John Byrne's Superman no. 9 as one of the most memorable issues of his run, not just for a pretty cool fight with the Joker but also the back-up Luthor story (featuring some really unsettling psychological torture) that made quite a splash with fans back in the day.

By: Ro b

Ro b — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:12:42 +0000

Why should Brian show any love to a publsiher other than Marvel. After all, isnt Marvel the only publisher of comic books?

Of course the JLA origin story should be here, but any one who tends to read more DC than Marvel and sees these lists, knows that is not going to happen.

By: Craig B.

Craig B. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:20:11 +0000

I'm completely with Brian here - it was the first #9 I thought of, although the JLA issue makes a strong case, too. But Wonder Man was pretty darn significant - arrived and died in first issue, served as part of basis for another major character years later, then came back on his own and has been a major Avengers character with one of the great buddy-hero relationships of all time. Definitely the right call here.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:58:13 +0000

Definitely the first 9 I thought of. But then my first comic EVER was the Marvel Saga that represented this issue, so it's got value to me.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:27:32 +0000

I'm also on Team Miracleman here, but...

Grendel #9 was the silent issue, years before Marvel tried that gimmick for a spin.

New Teen Titans (v2) #9 introduced Kole (although we'd seen here in Crisis before then and she was going to die in that book before the origin story here finished up)

Warrior #9 contained the first of Alan Moore's Warpsmith stories.

and Spawn #9 was Neil Gaiman's guest-writer issue, which introduced Angela and would be a focus of the McFarlaine/Gaiman legal battles...

By: buttler

buttler — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:08:51 +0000

How much of the spare-parts thing with the Vision still holds water, anyway? I mean, it was easier to buy the "left elbow of the Human Torch, nose of Wonder Man, knee of a Rigellian Recorder" thing when all his organ donors weren't running around as well. I'll buy this one on the criterion of what Brian thinks of when he thinks of number 9, but it doesn't come close to the JLA origin in terms of stories that have been revisited and retold over time. Maybe after FInal Crisis they'll retcon it so that Firestorm and Vixen are founding members.