"Little' comics that meant a lot to you...

[Restingvoice]

I believe that was "Operation Escape" in BATMAN 199 (February 1968), but actually reprinted from STAR SPANGLED COMICS 124 (January 1952). It was also reprinted in THE GREATEST BATMAN STORIES EVER TOLD (1988).

"Robin recounts the case where he used a baseball cleat, golf ball, baseball, and a tennis racket frame to escape from a Champ Trask’s dungeon."

Yep! That's the one!

[Denirac]

New 52 Batman #51- “GOTHAM IS”

Will Update with More when I think of them

[married guy]

Hitman was a pure joy from start to finish - not sure how big that was at the time.
Marc Andreyko's Manhunter was another title that I LOVED, but people didn't seem to buy.

[matt levin]

Tales from the Bog. Journey. Neil the Horse. ah...Neil the Horse.... Dreamwalker. Wednesday Comics!

[Steroid]

Hourman, i loved this series so much.

[Jim Kelly]

Not really little, but little in the sense that it's only once a year--but at this time of year I wonder why DC didn't keep doing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer annuals. They did them from 1950 to 1962 and then again from 1972 to 1979.

I guess they would have to pay a licensing fee, but a once a year special Christmas comic featuring Rudolph would have to be a best seller.

[DrNewGod]

I don't know if this quite qualifies, but the original Charleston run of Blue Beetle. Loved the mid-80s relaunch, but Ditko just gave it something others couldn't match.

[iron chimp]

rick veitch's swamthing - some of the art was just mind melting and story managed the near impossible and proved to be a great follow on from moore's run until editorial derailed it all.

for many years all i had was the issue where swampthing is in world war 2 in easy company and the demented nature of that issue (yetis, sgt rock, the occult) would often slip into the corner of my mind until i got the full run.

[Jim Kelly]

Everyone praises the Alan Moore Swamp Thing stories, but it's actually the Rick Veitch adventures in time and space that I remember better. I thought those comics were a blast.

[iron chimp]

Everyone praises the Alan Moore Swamp Thing stories, but it's actually the Rick Veitch adventures in time and space that I remember better. I thought those comics were a blast.

Glad there are other fans of this run! I always thought Rick's art went up another gear when he took over writing the book too and it was already superb. The guy trapped in the limo for issue after issue added a little fun light relief to proceedings and the time travel meant you never knew what was coming one issue to the next - sad that the wheels came off that run - by the end there are one or two fill ins and there seemed some tension between rick and DC before DC finally blocked his jesus story. I sometimes think of that blocked issue too - should i (as editor at DC) publish a swamp thing in jesus story? in theory yes because the run was superb and Rick is top line talent in my book who deserved backing but I am going to take a LOT of flak for doing this - flak that will most likely cost me my job and create a lot of enemies for me - is it a hill worth dying on? I never could work out the answer to that conundrum. Makes things like current Black Label content and censorship look so tame in comparison.

[bretmaverick2]

The short lived JSA series with Parobeck artwork. A take on the JSA that made it different from your basic super team.

[king81992]

The New 52 Ravagers series wasn't very good but I kind of enjoyed it. Like most of the New 52 it had good ideas but bad execution.

[Kaijudo]

The first AMBUSH BUG mini.

[AdamFTF]

Young Justice is definitely one (hard to think it's "little" now when it fueled at least one big crossover). But also the Gail Simone run of All New Atom and the very short-lived New 52 OMAC series.

[My Two Cents]

For me in the late 90's/early 2000's it was Impulse and young Justice. The fun, animated style adventures kept me happy when I was stuck in a lot of crappy, isolating jobs back then. It was no Watchmen or Dark Knight but it was my little comic. I'm happy that Bart and YJ will be back courtesy of Bendis but it'll never the same (or will it?).

What was your little treasure?

Harvey Comics !!! I loved reading them all back in the sixties and seventies