Comments on: Comics Should Be Good Mailbag for 11/5

By: Teebore

Teebore — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:13:02 +0000

My friend emailed me back to say she’s fairly certain the comic in questions was, indeed, Aladdin Quest. She is very appreciative of the help and suitably impressed. Thanks everyone

Austin

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:21:13 +0000

Brian: thanks for answering my question, I’m stoked that I haven’t read any of those books.

By: danjack

danjack — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:59:00 +0000

i totally agree with these runs of comics. L.E.G.I.O.N. lost some steam at the end, but then morphed into R.E.B.E.L.S. which was one of the most fun comics to read. Basically, every issue ended with a ‘how in the world are they going to get out of…?’. i wish that it had run for much longer.

Legion Lost – This is one of my favorite Legion stories. At first, i didn’t like it, as it was so bleak and depressing, but as it went along, i really enjoyed the interplay between the members. i really loved how it wrapped up, and finished with such hope along with loss. Really great story!

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:32:16 +0000

Add Hellstorm to the list (particularly the Ellis issues) and (as far as I know, not yet collected) Alan Davis’ solo run on Excalibur.

By: MLViola

MLViola — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:51:36 +0000

Glad to see your list of “should be in TPB” comics. I have most of them. I am also planning on getting rid of most of them, so if anyone is interested in some of those series, let me know at mlviola@yahoo.com.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:35:52 +0000

Loeb is STILL doing Ultimates 4… but with Frank Cho. It’s been confirmed this summer soon after the Millar announcement : http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0807/26/ultimate.htm

Cho is currently acquiring lots of lead time by… doing fill-ins on Hulk. Oh dear…

(On the other hand, Ultimatum is already running two months late – #3 will be out in February – so he’s still got time…)

By: Teebore

Teebore — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I was actually asking the question for a friend of mine, who orignally asked me. When I drew a blank, I forwarded it to Brian. So I’ll check with her and see if any of the suggestions are what she was thinking of and let you know.

-Austin

By: Nick Marino

Nick Marino — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:49 +0000

I’m so glad The Aladdin Effect made it into this mailbag cause I’m gonna buy it now!!!

By: Sprout

Sprout — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:32:23 +0000

Matt D : and the TPB includes also the Bill Messner-Loebs’issues that were quite good.
Too bad this revamp was shot down by Heroes Reborn

By: Aqualad

Aqualad — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:30:46 +0000

Ellis’ Excalibur was head and shoulders above the other mid-90′s X-Men books, but I don’t know if it’d hold up so well today. I recently picked up the “Dream Nails Trilogy” at a convention and enjoyed the hell out of it, but my wife couldn’t even get through it (why is this guy a John Constantine ripoff? This is like the X Files but dumb, etc etc).

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:29:15 +0000

I like the “Whoa and behold” in the first letter…

New Joe Kelly Deadpool trades!? Woohoo!

By: Matt D

Matt D — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:58:34 +0000

Sprout: Thanks. That’s good to know. It blew me away as a kid in a way that his Excalibur run really didn’t.

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:22:15 +0000

My memories of Bizarre Adventures from an earlier comment were muddled to say the least. I was combining two issues that I owned with an issue I didn’t own. Anyway, here’s a link to the all-woman issue of Bizarre Adventures:

http://tinyurl.com/6ezd97

Don’t worry the url is safe. The cover image is at the bottom left of the page.

By: Sprout

Sprout — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:21:36 +0000

oops wrong link : it’s here : http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=1319
sorry for the goof

By: Sprout

Sprout — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Matt D : Ellis’ Thor is collected in the Marvel Visionnairies, Thor : Mike Deodato
check out here : http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/aug02/gmorrison2.shtml

By: Eric Michael

Eric Michael — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:29:09 +0000

L.E.G.I.O.N. was fantastic and I got into by pure accident. I was sick, my mom went to the comic book store for me, and the owner slid an issue in, because Lobo was starting to become popular. That tidbit notwithstanding, I really ended up loving it and quickly bought all the back issues. But here’s the kicker; I had never, in my 15 year comic reading life, even heard of the Legion of Super-Heroes!

So here I am, reading a book that is packed to the gills with continuity nods and references, that flew so completely over my head that I never once thought I was missing something. I read it purely on its own merits and loved nearly every issue of it.

And yes, Vril Dox made the DCU a much more interesting place.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:05:37 +0000

I know it’s been covered again and again, but two volumes that for legal reasons apparently CAN’T be reprinted, but should be …
Marvelman/Miracleman
and
Flex Mentallo

By: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:55:01 +0000

Hitman. It’s criminal that they didn’t reprint more, and that it’s not still in print.

By: Filrouge

Filrouge — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:49:51 +0000

Ellis did not really do a run on Thor, it was only a story arc of 4 issues.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:44:05 +0000

I totally agree with you on every comic you wanted to see get a trade collection there. You hit most of the stuff I wanted to see the most. I think I would prefer Ellis’ Thor run to his Excalibur run, though, but that’s just me.