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[BentonGrey]

I agree with SA, and that is part of what I meant about books I dislike.  Many of those folks are pretty talented writers, when they work within some boundaries, but they produce some fairly nasty and/or despicable stuff when left to their own devices.  I have zero interest in their excesses, but when they are forced to actually tell a story, they can produce some pretty good work.

Spade: Ohh, you're getting into the best stuff of the TMNT!  Yeah, the micro and mini series are really great.  I'm very happy to hear you're enjoying it!  I think my favorite bit so far has been the recent Turtles in Time mini-series, but most of them are great.

I'm glad you enjoyed King's Watch!  I thought it was a great re-imagining of those characters, and I'm looking forward to reading the spin-offs, especially the one about Flash Gordon by Jeff Parker (I've become a big fan of his!).

[HarryTrotter]

I read tmnt up to #23,and sadly that all I could find...
Kings Watch had a great artwork.Thats what I liked most about it.
ACs Local Heroes is a very great,touching miniseries.

[Starman]

Oh okay, then you read me loud and clear. I feel the same with most of them. Occasionally they get gems in with the big two though. I feel it a lot with Bendis though. I think he works much better when creating a world based in his style as opposed to trying to inject his style into an already established one.

Yeah, Bendis doesn't really hit his mark when he has to deal with a lot of pre-existing continuity and softer themes. But if you let him have his own sandbox, he can turn out amazing stuff. It's like comparing Alias on Marvel MAX, which I own the omnibus of because it's amazing, to The Pulse on the mainstream Marvel imprint, which was really disappointing.

You can really say the same for most of those writers you mentioned. It's only the writers like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Scott Snyder, Jonathan Hickman, etc who really work really easily within mainstream comics AND create great creator-owned comics. Alan Moore is actually writing Crossed at the moment!

Oh and I'll toss in a second for X-Static as well, didn't noticed that there before. Solid book all the way.

Yeah, I'm just adding stuff as I think of it. Pete Milligan is great. Mike Allred is great. You can't go wrong with that book.

[HarryTrotter]

-Justice was okay,a little confusing thou."Realistic" artwork was an interesting touch.And Aquaman can basicly regenerate anything?
-Osborn is a new perpective on...guess who?Basicly its all one of Normans crazy awessome moments.I liked it,others may,or may not...
-1/4 into Stormwatch V1.I liked Winter,hes slightly less generic then others.And Fuji is still very japanese...
-Superior Foes is fun.I just started it.
-Nocturnals are kind of weird,Im not sure what to think about it.

[murs47]

Sub-Mariner: The Depths
Silver Surfer: Requiem
Superman: Red Son

All short and all good.

[HarryTrotter]

Iv read Red Son...and Im not that big on Elseworld.

[BentonGrey]

Spade, what did you find confusing about Justice?  Yeah, I LOVE the art.  The strength of Aquaman's regenerative abilities have generally not been shown to be of that degree, but yes, he is quick healing.  I like their take on the character, and I think it should feed back into the main DCU.

I've heard that SS: Requiem was good.

Red Son is so good!

[HarryTrotter]

The whole finale was a little confusing,Brainiac and Luthors schemes I found kinda tangled and hard to follow.On a general note,I liked Justice.
-The Batman adventure-I just started it,and it seems ok.I carries some nostalgia,for sure.

[DrMike2000]

I recently picked up the trades of the Milestone Comics series from the 90s.

Icon is absolutely brilliant! There are two of these available, both very much worth getting and they form a fairly complete story, even though the series continued.
What really shines here is the character dynamics between Icon himself and his teenage sidekick Rocket. He's a stuffy old Republican lawyer (really a centuries old alien), and rather naive about race issues in modern day America, she's a spunky kid from the street. The art by MD Bright is high quality but nothing special, like a decent 90s X-Men style.
It's political, it examines the black American experience from the 1800's to today, but manages to do so in a very natural way without ever getting preachy. Its incredibly funny in places as it does so. The final issue in the second trade is a retrospective of black superheroes that manages to be genuinely touching and hilarious at the same time.
"A well told adventure story that achieves genuine political depth" - Alan Moore said that.

Static was pretty cool too, very much a Spiderman style story with a geeky young hero who develops superpowers. This one had a great sense of dropping you into a whole universe of characters - Blood Syndicate, HEROES, Icon, Rocket and Hardware and everyone else are introduced just enough for you to pick up and run with them. Static himself and his supporting cast are really endearing. Lovely inky art from Jean Paul Leon.

Hardware I wouldn't recommend. It hasn't aged well, it feels like a good premise but then its trying too hard to be edgy and fails. And Denys Cowan's art was a bit disappointing. He does great splash images and pin ups, but his sequential work is a lot weaker her. (And it doesn't help that Hardware has one of the worse costume designs ever).

In short, if you havent read Icon, give it a go. You're in for a treat.

[HarryTrotter]

-Done with the first volume of Stormwatch,Wasnt that great IMO.
-New 52 version of Stormwatch I like a lott better. 
-Superior foes where crazy fun.Also very quotable.
  -I want you to draw Doom...like one of those French girls
  -So,yeah, this guy,right?
  -Is this some kinda sex thing?
I tottaly felt sorry for Inspector  .
-AC v2 was very good.First two Dark ages books I also liked.
-Joss Whedons run on Astonishing X-men was also good.Is there something I missed before Ellises run?What depowered everyone before the Ghost box storyline?
-Suicide Squad(1987) shows promise. 

[XStream]

One of my all-time favorite series was Marvel's Exiles. The first two or three years is amazing!  Mimic is the greatest X-Man to have ever graced the pages of a comic book.

[Silver Shocker]

-Done with the first volume of Stormwatch,Wasnt that great IMO.
-New 52 version of Stormwatch I like a lott better. 

I actually have a bunch of Stormwatch trades I bought a few years ago on the cheap (including one that reprints the Wildcats/Aliens crossover by Warren Ellis that kills off a bunch of them), but sadly I fell way out of the book and never really got back into it.

-Superior foes where crazy fun.Also very quotable.
  -I want you to draw Doom...like one of those French girls
  -So,yeah, this guy,right?
  -Is this some kinda sex thing?

"Total Heisenberg moment." Man that was a fun book. I think that book's the moment where everybody reading it like Boomerang more.

-Joss Whedons run on Astonishing X-men was also good.Is there something I missed before Ellises run?What depowered everyone before the Ghost box storyline?

Ah, yes, that would be House of M/Decimation. Spoilers just in case you want to read for yourself:

Spoiler

A very big status quo shake up in the X-Men books for many years until Avengers Vs X-Men started to undo it. In Bendis's run on the Avengers books the Scarlet Witch went crazy and lost control of her powers.  In House of M she was able to warp reality and in the end caused all but 200-ish mutants to lose their powers (Marvel was notoriously wishy-washy and just how many mutants still had their powers, and a few new ones were made after the fact).

I never finished the original volume of Exiles but that was a really good book with a great cast. Highly recommended. King Hyperion was a beast.

[HarryTrotter]

-Like I said,Stormwatch v1 is just too...90s.With kinda generic cast,terrorists,Balkan wars and so on.Warren Ellis run is an improvment,but still...
-Superior foes have so many funny stuff.
Where did Walt and Jesse go?
Charmeleon playing a couple.
If you want to convince somebody to help you,dont show him a video of a bull @@@ his wife!!!
Why is it always Dormammu with  you?
And his costume looks like something your wife says she doesnt own.
In general,making fun of Shocker.
-Read Rockeeter/Spirit: Pulp Friction.It was awessome,I really liked it.

[HarryTrotter]

Since it was never collected,Power company was VERY HARD to find.And one-shots are pretty much lost forever.

[HarryTrotter]

-Finished everything I had of Astro City.Great stuff really.Broken Man was cool.I cant wait for the rest of volume 3.
-Power Company was great,Very nostalgic in a way.

[Starman]

-Power Company was great,Very nostalgic in a way.

Why?

[HarryTrotter]

I dont know,It reminded me on some older superhero stories.In a good way,ofc.

[Starman]

I dont know,It reminded me on some older superhero stories.

Oh, which ones?

[HarryTrotter]

Looking at Starman's list I would say Preacher is an essential read for every comic book enthusiast.

The Boys, while a well done story and at times especially later on and in some of the side stories is poignant and multi-layered stuff but one should be warned it can represent the uppermost echelon of Garth's well known lack of tact and sensitivity to issues and at times surprise one with borderline pornography as some of his other works are known to do (The Pro), so mind that step if considering the option. The content is not for everyone.

I know its a bit late to continue the topic,but I forgot to mention it the first time-as far as Garth Ennis goes,nothing can top Hellblazer Son of Man.IMO definitely his most ''colorful'' story.And by that I mean bat**it insane.