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Old 02-01-2010, 19:30
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No love for the Dark Horse novels?

I particularly liked the first Aliens comic series, which seemed to benefit from being black and white all the more. Great story too.

The colour follow up was pretty good, it looked absolutely stunning but the story was not quite as compelling.

I guess after that the law of diminishing returns came into play, and I lost track of them after a while.

Other honourable mentions would be the original Aliens v Predator series (far better than the movies), and the first Predator series, which Predator 2 seemed to have stolen large chunks from.

I did dip into other occassional movie related comics after that, like Robocop, Terminator etc. But on the whole I found them to be pretty poor.

The once exception would be Terminator - Burning Earth. Possibly one of the best things Dark Horse ever did.

I have not bought a comic or graphic novel for a long while now (was into comic buying in the 80's and early 90's), so apologies if my memories are a little hazy.
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Old 12-01-2010, 16:47
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I loved the Dark Horse Alien comic books, been years since I read them but they were set after Aliens and must have been before Alien 3 came out, because Newt and Hicks were the main characters. The original AvP stories were really good, too, so much better than the movies.

Surprised there's been no mention of the Scott Pilgrim series, I've only just started getting into them so I've come to it a bit late, but I've been really enjoying it.

Also, as already mentioned - The Walking Dead. Amazing.
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Old 24-01-2010, 16:12
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Just like to say thanks for the choices listed on this thread. I've made several purchases based on the recomendations and have enjoyed all of them.
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Old 26-01-2010, 14:27
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As others have said, Transmetropolitan.

That said, my all-time favourite is Weapon X by Barry Windsor-Smith. He did the words and the pictures, and it shows. Stunning bit of work, if a little 'classic'-looking now.
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Old 27-03-2010, 22:47
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Just started on Garth Ennis's 'The Boys' - loving it as much as Preacher and it's funny to see Simon Pegg in it!
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Old 28-03-2010, 12:47
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DO NOT read The Walking Dead. Unless you enjoy a "kill everyone" Prison Break-style of storytelling with the writer constantly 1-upping himself with the next outrageous storyline. A long-running comic book series about zombies is exactly as depressing as it sounds.

DO, however, read Scott Pilgrim if you enjoy a coming-of-age story with interesting, funny, flawed characters, anime visuals and a ridiculous amount of video game references, many of them story-related.
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Old 31-03-2010, 18:34
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Planet Hulk - superb graphics and great Hulk story
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Old 04-04-2010, 19:44
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Agree with most of the above.


Bit surprised nobody has mentioned Any or all of the Miracleman collected series? A great read, even retrospectively and highly sought after. I sold all the books and the complete run of first prints on amazon and ebay for a combined £600...

Don't think anyone has mentioned the collected edition of Elektra assassin either? IMO Miller and Seinsewickz
were never better.

Am I showing my age?
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Old 04-04-2010, 19:46
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Planet Hulk - superb graphics and great Hulk story
I have never liked the hulk but was surprised to really, really enjoy that.
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Old 05-04-2010, 09:30
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I have never liked the hulk but was surprised to really, really enjoy that.
I agree, I love the Hulk but the stories never really grip. PLanet Hulk got to the essence of the HUlk. Just superb.
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Old 05-04-2010, 20:19
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The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire - both fantastic By Brayn Talbot.
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Old 15-04-2010, 11:33
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Just read Laika about the first dog in space. If you don't have a wee sniffle at the end you are dead inside!

Started Transmetropolitan too - loving it
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Old 18-04-2010, 00:23
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Sandman (best ever series IMHO, never read a story line where I felt so upset when a major character 'died' before! Gaiman is just a genius as far as I'm concerned)
Watchmen (everyone mentions it,but it is genuinely genius)
Preacher (agree with silentNate- gutted when I read the last one and realised that's it for the series!)

Now getting into The Boys (read the first two, instantly hooked)
The Ultimates series (love the re-imagination of the characters, but haven't been following the proper time-line, so it seems a bit all over the place, and the reviews of the Ultimatum series which I haven't reached yet have been very poor)

And bonzai1888 - strangely I'd mentioned Zenith in the pub the other week, I remember those stories being quality, but haven't seen any copies of it around, think I'll have to do some ebay searches for less official copies! Thanks for the reminder!
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Old 18-04-2010, 19:54
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If you like "The Boys" you'll love "Powers".
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Old 20-07-2010, 16:32
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The Graphic Novels 'The Walking Dead' have been brought to life! Check out the facebook page for the series.... I'ts currently in productions but will be hitting UK screens in October. EXCITING!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wa...8110486?ref=mf
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Old 30-07-2010, 16:28
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All of the collected editions of the Marvel UK Captain Britain run from 1981 to 1986. From Dave Thorpe & Alan Davis through the classic Alan Moore Jasper's Warp story and then the aftermath with the RCX, Kaptain Briton, Gatecrasher by Davis & Jamie Delano. You can't beat that for quality.

Moore's run on Miracleman is pretty amazing as well. Difficult to get hold of now unless you've got deep pockets or an ambivalent moral standpoint about copyright theft.
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Old 30-07-2010, 16:32
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And bonzai1888 - strangely I'd mentioned Zenith in the pub the other week, I remember those stories being quality, but haven't seen any copies of it around, think I'll have to do some ebay searches for less official copies! Thanks for the reminder!
Zenith is amazing. I know Morrison tossed off phase IV 'cos he'd rather be playing with the big boys across the Atlantic but I prefer Zenith to Doom Patrol, Animal Man or any of his DC work.

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Old 26-08-2010, 21:57
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Moore's run on Miracleman is pretty amazing as well. Difficult to get hold of now unless you've got deep pockets or an ambivalent moral standpoint about copyright theft.
Was just at the Alan Moore event at the Edinburgh Book Festival - what a guy! A friend then proceeds to pull out all the Miraclemen to get signed. I will be borrowing these!
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Old 01-09-2010, 20:57
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For me it has to be Akira, those 6 chunky black & white graphic novels by Katsuhiro Otomo, spectacular work which will have you hooked.

Runners up are-Watchmen and Frank Millers batman stuff.
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:16
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Was just at the Alan Moore event at the Edinburgh Book Festival - what a guy! A friend then proceeds to pull out all the Miraclemen to get signed. I will be borrowing these!
I once bought a bagged copy of issue one to complete my set at a comic mart. It was only a couple of quid at the time. When I opened it, it was signed by Alan Moore on page one!
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Old 25-11-2010, 16:41
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Never read these before but picked up the Walking Dead and read all 78 issues in 3 days, amazing, dark stuff !!!
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Old 03-01-2011, 16:37
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I was the same with The Walking Dead - I got the compendium volume 1 (issues #1-48 for £32!!!!) and read it all in 3 days!

I could not put it down!
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Old 03-01-2011, 16:41
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I don't normally read graphic novels, but I'm doing an English degree and Maus was on the reading list - it was so so so good, and I couldn't put it down.

I've read Watchmen since too, that was also great.
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Old 06-01-2011, 23:47
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If you like "The Boys" you'll love "Powers".
I'm trying so hard to get into Powers, but It's been a bit of a chore so far. I bought the Definitive Collection volume 1 a few months back, and I finally got round to starting it a couple of weeks back, but I'm not enjoying it too much. While I liked the writing, the Retro Girl storyline felt really hard to get into - the last couple of issues of it were actually pretty good, but then I started reading the weird story featuring Warren Ellis and I was put off again. The dialogue in Powers so far has been great, really, but I'm just not clicking with it yet.
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Old 20-05-2011, 14:41
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I don't normally read graphic novels, but I'm doing an English degree and Maus was on the reading list - it was so so so good, and I couldn't put it down.

I've read Watchmen since too, that was also great.
Is it a translation or was it originally written in english?
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