Comments on: 26 Important Comic Books

By: Flawless Genius

Flawless Genius — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:18:15 +0000

Important Comic Books and no mention of anything from Saga Of The Swamp Thing v2 21-64?

Truly game changing stuff, without which there is no Watchmen, no DKR, no Vertigo (so no Sandman or Preacher).

Alan Moore deserves more props for what he did with Swamp Thing even than he does for Watchmen.

Oh and as an aside – how are Spider-Man 1 and Superman 75 “outside the mainstream”?

By: Endless Mike

Endless Mike — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:50:01 +0000

Not so much a single issue, but I thought Carl Barks deserved to be mentioned. He created many of the most famous characters around Donald Duck, inadvertently invented a way to raise sunken ships, and inspired the boulder scene in Indiana Jones.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:06:50 +0000

Yes, and Infinity Gauntlet was very influential, Xander. It has even inspired a nerdcore rap album, The War For Infinity, by Adam Warraock.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:05:07 +0000

Which comic/graphic novel ushered in the era of hiring serious writers and artists to create truly believable heroes? My vote is for the Ultimates, by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. It redefined the characters’ origins to make them more feasible, and I believe it was singularly responsible for convincing movie studios to attempt the first major comic crossover movie (The Avengers). A good story COULD be made with multiple heroes!

By: xanderjones

xanderjones — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:58:17 +0000

I would add something about the first (or many) alternate universes within the books.

Like the “Age of Apocalypse” or the “2099″ series that Marvel did.

Also, it would be cool to showcase the first (or many) “Universal” sagas, like the Infinity Gauntlet/Wars where all superheroes were called to the same battle.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:31:02 +0000

Excellent post! And yes, I would have included Watchmen.

By: Hulk 181

Hulk 181 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:44:36 +0000

I vote for Hulk 181 :) (wait…can we vote?)

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By: Comic Cat

Comic Cat — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:25:14 +0000

The Death of Superman is probably my favorite on that list. I have reread it a bunch of times and it still pulls at me emotionally every time.

Watchmen should be on that list too.

By: Dsandwich

Dsandwich — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:27:00 +0000

Just sos you know, the green arrow wasn’t introduced in 1969. His first appearance was in More Fun Comics #73 in 1941. Fact check yo.