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Posted July 03, 2013
To any DC comic fans, Hardcore or Casual, Me and my bro recently made an account DC Entertainment.com to buy the Injustice Gods Among Us comics, so I have nearly a century worth of comic books to purchase of my choosing.

So I like to ask which books do you recommend such as:

Best Superman

Best Batman

Best Justice League

Best Original

etc.

Got any good recommendations?
Posted July 03, 2013
Everything and anything led by Grant Morrison.
So, Seven Soldiers, 52, Final Crisis, All Star Superman, his issues of Superman, his JLA and his Batman.

BUt mainly the first4 mentioned.
Posted July 03, 2013
Pretty much anything by Alan Moore:
Superman: Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow? http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Whatever-Happened-Man-Tomorrow/dp/1401227317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372899042&sr=8-1&keywords=superman+for+the+man+who+has+everything

I'd second All-Star Superman, but it was a bit hit and miss with some of the stories. It's available in 2 trades. The first volume's exploration of Lex Luthor in prison is still the definitive Lex in my mind. They also made an abridged animated movie, but it cut a bit too much.

Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore again) one of the few time you'll see the Joker as having more dimensions than "psycho-killer".

Batman: The Dark Knight returns: Frank Miller. Under no circumstances read the sequel "The Dark Knight Strikes Again." Seriously, don't.

The New Teen Titans: by Marv Wolfmen

Crises on Infinite Earths: Marvel Wolman

Orion: Walt Simonson. Only the first five issues have been collected, the rest you'd have to get back issues for. 25 issues total, not perfect, but when it's good, it's epic.

Justice League International vol 1-6 by Keith Giffen and JM Demattis (not the other JLI, using the same title by a newer team). Ran the gamut from full out comedy, to political intrigue. Ran out of steam towards the end, but I'd definetly at least recommend the first two volumes. This features lesser known heroes, but does have Batman in it for the first few issues.

There's been two mini-series called Deadshot, about a Batman supervillian,. I enjoyed them both, but they've never been collected and you have to get back issues on them. The first mini is pretty dark and "reaistic", the other is more super-hero ish.

Watchmen: This was THE comic miniseries back in the 80's. Much better than the mediocre movie that came out a few weeks ago.

If you're willing to go off the beaten path of the "big" heroes, also:
Saga of the Swamp Thing vol1-6 (Alan Moore) it's important to read these in order, dark horror, pretty good

And, one final Alan Moore recommendation: Miracleman/Marvelman. It's not a DC book, it was a knock-off of DC-owned Captain Marvel. Very good, but dark, exploration of what being able to turn into a Supehuman does to someone psychologically. Very hard to come by, also very unlikely to be reprinted.
Post edited July 03, 2013 by shadowknight2814
Posted July 03, 2013
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shadowknight2814: Pretty much anything by Alan Moore:
Superman: Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow? http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Whatever-Happened-Man-Tomorrow/dp/1401227317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372899042&sr=8-1&keywords=superman+for+the+man+who+has+everything

I'd second All-Star Superman, but it was a bit hit and miss with some of the stories. It's available in 2 trades. The first volume's exploration of Lex Luthor in prison is still the definitive Lex in my mind. They also made an abridged animated movie, but it cut a bit too much.

Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore again) one of the few time you'll see the Joker as having more dimensions than "psycho-killer".

Batman: The Dark Knight returns: Frank Miller. Under no circumstances read the sequel "The Dark Knight Strikes Again." Seriously, don't.

The New Teen Titans: by Marv Wolfmen

Crises on Infinite Earths: Marvel Wolman

Orion: Walt Simonson. Only the first five issues have been collected, the rest you'd have to get back issues for. 25 issues total, not perfect, but when it's good, it's epic.

Justice League International vol 1-6 by Keith Giffen and JM Demattis (not the other JLI, using the same title by a newer team). Ran the gamut from full out comedy, to political intrigue. Ran out of steam towards the end, but I'd definetly at least recommend the first two volumes. This features lesser known heroes, but does have Batman in it for the first few issues.

There's been two mini-series called Deadshot, about a Batman supervillian,. I enjoyed them both, but they've never been collected and you have to get back issues on them. The first mini is pretty dark and "reaistic", the other is more super-hero ish.

Watchmen: This was THE comic miniseries back in the 80's. Much better than the mediocre movie that came out a few weeks ago.

If you're willing to go off the beaten path of the "big" heroes, also:
Saga of the Swamp Thing vol1-6 (Alan Moore) it's important to read these in order, dark horror, pretty good

And, one final Alan Moore recommendation: Miracleman/Marvelman. It's not a DC book, it was a knock-off of DC-owned Captain Marvel. Very good, but dark, exploration of what being able to turn into a Supehuman does to someone psychologically. Very hard to come by, also very unlikely to be reprinted.
Alan Moore, he is the one that made V for Vendetta right, is it better than the film?
Posted July 03, 2013
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Elmofongo: Alan Moore, he is the one that made V for Vendetta right, is it better than the film?
I liked the graphic novel better... V was meant to be a more morally ambiguous character than he was in the movie. The ending was a lot better, whereas the move ending made me giggle. The movie also cut several major subplots from the book as well; the book takes a little getting used to because of how it's written, but it's worth the time, even if you've see the movie.

Keep in mind you can always check your county library to see if they have any graphics novels/comics in stock and check them out

I do want to throw in two more Alan Moore recommendations (last ones, I swear)
The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore by Alan Moore http://www.amazon.com/Across-Universe-Stories-Alan-Moore/dp/1401200877/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1372901592&sr=8-4&keywords=alan+moore+dc+universe. Some of the stories are hit and miss, but it inclues The Killing Joke, For the man who has everything, and a couple of really good Green Lantern Stories. The Omega Men and Vigilante stories were meh.

Supreme: not an actual DC book, but after getting screwed over by DC, Moore refused to work for them anymore, so he did Superman stories with a thinly-veied rip-off charcter. It's not perfect, and has a lot of meta-commentary, but it's worth it alone for the issue where Bill Clinton gets in a fistfight with Korgo the Space-Conquerer.
Post edited July 03, 2013 by shadowknight2814
Posted July 03, 2013
If a british sorcerer loud-mouth ,wise-ass and part con artist, who manages to con several major demons into curing him from death (among many other things) and tell them "up yours!", seems interesting to you, then I can recommend you read Hellblazer (from DC's vertigo seal).
Posted July 03, 2013
Best Superman is absolutely Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?. I've heard some people say that For the Man who has Everything is better, but in the WHttMoT Delux Edition they have both stories (I haven't read All Star Superman yet).

Best Batman, I personally like The Killing Joke, though The Long Halloween might be a better jumping on point, though I wasn't fond of the ending. Year One, Batman and the Monster Men, Batman and the Mad Monk and The Man who Laughs are all good, I would suggest reading them in that order, and then reading The Long Halloween at the end. Arkham Asylum is pretty fucking great, but man, it can be kind of a trip and take several readings and reading the supplementary information in the collection to understand.

I highly advise against reading The Dark Knight Returns because it is fucking terrible.

I haven't read much Justice League, though I love Formerly Known as The Justice League. For something more serious, I would suggest Kingdom Come.

For original, hm... I haven't read much, maybe Northlanders? Not superheroes, but vikings. I've only read the first collection, but I'm intrigued enough to want to pick up more. It is pretty violent though, as fitting a comic about vikings published by Vertigo.
Posted July 10, 2013
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Elmofongo: Alan Moore, he is the one that made V for Vendetta right, is it better than the film?
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shadowknight2814: I liked the graphic novel better... V was meant to be a more morally ambiguous character than he was in the movie. The ending was a lot better, whereas the move ending made me giggle. The movie also cut several major subplots from the book as well; the book takes a little getting used to because of how it's written, but it's worth the time, even if you've see the movie.

Keep in mind you can always check your county library to see if they have any graphics novels/comics in stock and check them out

I do want to throw in two more Alan Moore recommendations (last ones, I swear)
The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore by Alan Moore http://www.amazon.com/Across-Universe-Stories-Alan-Moore/dp/1401200877/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1372901592&sr=8-4&keywords=alan+moore+dc+universe. Some of the stories are hit and miss, but it inclues The Killing Joke, For the man who has everything, and a couple of really good Green Lantern Stories. The Omega Men and Vigilante stories were meh.

Supreme: not an actual DC book, but after getting screwed over by DC, Moore refused to work for them anymore, so he did Superman stories with a thinly-veied rip-off charcter. It's not perfect, and has a lot of meta-commentary, but it's worth it alone for the issue where Bill Clinton gets in a fistfight with Korgo the Space-Conquerer.
Spoilers

I bought the whole Graphic Novel, and well there are a lot of things that makes me like it better than the film, but there things where I liked to know more about.

Like the scene where V made his speech on National television, but talks like he is a CEO of the company, and the point of Evey saving Dominic, and Mr.Finch simply leaving London at the very end.

Also my grip with the Graphic Novel is the dare I say it art style, we its stylistic and mabye bright and clear colors back than were too expensive, but sometimes this art is too hard to see and comprehend, for example I confused Eric Finch with Leader Adam Susan in one part, forgive me if its considered heresy but I like this Novel to be remade with more better and clearer art style.
Post edited July 10, 2013 by Elmofongo
Posted July 10, 2013
New 52 Swamp Thing is amazing. Some people don't like the pacing, but they've made the character really interesting to me. Yanick Paquette's art is unique and refreshing. I'm looking forward to volume three, but it's really hard to wait.

New 52 Animal Man is also very good, but I feel like the writing is not as strong as Swamp Thing (though I think I'm in the minority on that opinion). The stories are connected, so both are worth a look.

Anything by Grant Morrison is usually good too. Only thing is his new 52 Batman work builds on his older work so you have to be already read up on them. Same goes for Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run, fantastic, but a lot of reading backlog to catch up on if you're interested.
Posted July 10, 2013
I think the Batman comics The Killing Joke, Arkham Asylum and The Dark Knight Returns are absolute musts.
Post edited July 10, 2013 by akhliber
Posted July 11, 2013
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Elmofongo: I bought the whole Graphic Novel, and well there are a lot of things that makes me like it better than the film, but there things where I liked to know more about.

Like the scene where V made his speech on National television, but talks like he is a CEO of the company, and the point of Evey saving Dominic, and Mr.Finch simply leaving London at the very end.

Also my grip with the Graphic Novel is the dare I say it art style, we its stylistic and mabye bright and clear colors back than were too expensive, but sometimes this art is too hard to see and comprehend, for example I confused Eric Finch with Leader Adam Susan in one part, forgive me if its considered heresy but I like this Novel to be remade with more better and clearer art style.
1. The TV speech has multiple levels t\o it: he's calling for a revolution, and he's praising Britain/the human race for its accomplishments, while also calling out the people for putting up, even passively supporting, an oppressive and murderous government. The TV clip was also to show that V is not just a freedom fighter, he's kind of a terrorist, especially with his threat at the end boiling down to the government has to step down, or he'll start taking care of it himself (with violence). Finally, he's insane, which is part of the reason for his odd metaphor.
2. Dominic, you mean the guy at the very end? It's to show how Every is following V's footsteps, albeit it will be different, as V was a destroyer, and he made a point that reforming society is destructive (V) at first, and then creative/rebuilding (Evey).
3. Mr. Finch was having issues with the morality of his position, and even avoided admitting to the government what he did to V at the end. His leaving town symbolized the common man leaving behind the old ways/government, even as he literally left London. He was stressed the entire novel, and was relaxed and looked free as he left his old life behind.

As to the colors, I'm not really pond of the pastel chalk look, but before DC took over printing, I think it was being done really cheaply in Britain, and they probably wanted to keep a consistent art tone throughout instead of redoing the colors. That's just a guess on my part.
Posted July 11, 2013
All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and art by Frank Quitely.
Posted July 11, 2013
Batman and Superman Earth one is great.
Posted July 11, 2013
Not being a fan of Superhero comics I'd take stuff from Vertigo an imprint of DC.

Titles like Hellblazer, Sandman, Lucifer, Fables, Preacher, Y the Last Man, Transmetropolitan, V for Vendetta, A History of Violence, Scalped, 100 Bullets.
Post edited July 11, 2013 by DodoGeo
Posted July 25, 2013
Question:

I got the first issues of three of the Crisis story lines and they were selling them for free.

I know people say Crisis on Infinate Earth is good, but how are Infinite and Final Crisis, Good or Bad?

Also how is Zero Hour: Crisis in Time and Identity Crisis?

Finally I noticed the website I go to

http://www.readdcentertainment.com/

does no have all issues, meaning DCs really bad ones like JLA Act of God, its like DC knew those comics were bad they refuse to sell it in there own site or mabye I am not finding right, what I am saying is not all the comics they have published are here?
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