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Best runs in characters
Was just wondering if we as a forum could compile a list of what we think are the best runs for characters. There’s a few I can think of, and a few more that will probably take a bit of disputing.
Brubaker/Epting on Captain America
Miller/Mazzucchelli Daredevil
Fraction/Aja on Hawkeye
Stan Lee/Kirby on Fantastic Four
There’s a few I can think of for Spider-Man/X-Men etc. Are there any other like the ones above we can think of?
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The entire Claremont's original X-Men run.
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Fraction/Allred on Scott Lang in Future Foundation
Milligan/Allred on X-Statix
Jeff Parker on Agents of Atlas
Lee/Kirby on Fantastic Four
Ellis/Shalvey on Moon Knight
Monech/Sienkiewicz on Moon Knight
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Only because no one else is probably going to mention it:
Bruce Jones and Brent Anderson - Ka-Zar the Savage
and Walt Simonson (w/Sal Buscema) on Thor
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It's pretty easy to figure the consensus although there are some pretty disputable ones. Like Stan Lee is hard to beat on Spider-Man, except you can definitely make a case for Stern and Slott.
Most people I'm willing to bet will say:
Brubaker Cap
Simonson Thor
Fraction Iron Man
David Hulk
Claremont X-Men
Hickman Avengers (?)
Lee Kirby Fantastic Four
Moench Moon Knight
Fraction Hawkeye
Slott She Hulk
Ennis Punisher
Not sure about too many others. I really like Millar on Wolverine and Hama's run up to AoA, but maybe Aaron these days?
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[QUOTE=your_name_here;4811763]Was just wondering if we as a forum could compile a list of what we think are the best runs for characters. There’s a few I can think of, and a few more that will probably take a bit of disputing.
Brubaker/Epting on Captain America
Miller/Mazzucchelli Daredevil
Fraction/Aja on Hawkeye
Stan Lee/Kirby on Fantastic Four
There’s a few I can think of for Spider-Man/X-Men etc. Are there any other like the ones above we can think of?[/QUOTE]
Larry Hama’s Wolverine run. His is the definitive version of the character in my mind
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Michelinie/Layton & JRJR on [B]Iron Man[/B]:
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Owsley/Bright on [B]Power Man & Iron Fist[/B]:
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Nicieza/Bagley on [B]New Warriors[/B]:
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DnA on Nova
Fraction/Aja on Immortal Iron Fist
Agree with Ennis punisher & Slott She Hulk
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[QUOTE=your_name_here;4812599]DnA on Nova
Fraction/Aja on Immortal Iron Fist
Agree with Ennis punisher & Slott She Hulk[/QUOTE]
Absolutely DnA on Nova.
For me, Peter David's run with Genis Vell is still my favourite Captain Marvel series.
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Avengers is a three way tie—for me. Jim Shooter’s original run, Roger Stern’s run, and Kurt Busiek/George Perez.
X-Men—Claremont. No other choice for me.
Doctor Strange—Stern, and Englehart.
Hulk—Bill Mantlo
Thor—Thomas/Buscema
Fantastic Four—I haven’t read the Lee/Kirby run yet, so I guess I’m going with Byrne
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Doctor Strange had some excellent creators early on, but I am going to say Steve Englehart's run was the strongest. Would love to hear other thoughts.
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Duggan/Posehn, then just Duggan - Deadpool
Nicieza - Gambit
Daredevil is too hard to pick a best run. You have Miller, Brubaker, Bendis, Waid, among others and Zdarsky is LIGHTING IT UP right now.
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[QUOTE=The_Last_Czarnian;4812693]Absolutely DnA on Nova.
For me, Peter David's run with Genis Vell is still my favourite Captain Marvel series.[/QUOTE]
DnA were also great on Guardians of the Galaxy. I really liked Star-Lord on that comics.
But thanks to Bendis, I want Star-Lord dead... He is no longer that character. :(
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[COLOR="#000080"]Walt Simonson on Thor
John Byrne of Fantastic Four
Roger Stern on Amazing Spider-Man
Jim Starlin on Silver Surfer
And the already mentioned Priest on Black Panther[/COLOR]