Top 5 Runs You Would Bring To An Island

[Mike]

The more I think about it I just couldn't leave
6. Fox and Kubert -- Hawkman

[Stingo]

The more I think about it I just couldn't leave
6. Fox and Kubert -- Hawkman

1.) James Robinson's Starman

2.) Roy Thomas' All-Star Squadron

3.) John Ostrander's The Spectre

4.) Christopher Priest's The Ray

5.) Grant Morrison's Animal Man

[Hol]

1) Flash by Waid
2) Starman by Robinson
3) JLI by Giffen
4) Flash by Johns (Wally run)
5) Hawkworld mini by Truman

This is just my DC run but this list would be a little different if we could include all imprints and publishers.

[Twice-named]

Matt Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theater

Such an underrated series.

[Jekyll]

1) Flash by Waid
2) Starman by Robinson
3) JLI by Giffen
4) Flash by Johns (Wally run)
5) Hawkworld mini by Truman

This is just my DC run but this list would be a little different if we could include all imprints and publishers.

I placed no DC only restrictions so let’s have your real list!

[MRP]

I placed no DC only restrictions so let’s have your real list!

I limited mine to DC only because it was a DC forum, but if I am including all potential comics, my 5 would be...

1. The Complete Bone by Jeff Smith
2. The Spirit Archives by Will Eisner
3. The Incal by Jodorowsky & Moebius
4. Dr. Strange by Ditko & Lee
5. The PArker adaptations by Darwyn Cooke

(and regret not taking because they didn't make the top 5

6. The Complete Alex Raymond Flash Gordon
7. New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
8. Criminal by Brubaker & Phillips
9. The complete Lone Sloane by Drulliet
10 The Fourth World by Jack Kirby
11. Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo
12. Tex the Lonesome Rider by Joe Kubert

and the rest of my DC list.

-M

[Shadowcat]

I placed no DC only restrictions so let’s have your real list!

Unfortunately my own OCD requires me to read from one universe at a time.

[Lightning Rider]

Going by longstanding runs specifically:

The Flash by Mark Waid
The Flash by Geoff Johns
Batman by Grant Morrison
Justice League by Grant Morrison
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka

I limited my picks to books I actually read, though I imagine I'd choose some classic runs I have yet to dive into if I could. I had trouble picking a Superman run, but my favorite stories of his are stand-alone.

[Fantomen]

1. Punisher - Garth Ennis, specially Max Punisher.
2. All Daredevil by Frank Miller, specially Born Again
3. Criminal by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
4. Hitman by Garth Ennis
5. Sandman Mystery Theatre by Matt Wagner,Guy Davis.
6. Torpedo by Jordi Bernet.

Runner ups, other all-time fav runs: Dennis O'Neil Batman, Gotham Central - Brubaker, Rucka, Lark, Captain America-Brubaker, Epting, Spiderman-Stan Lee, Ditko, The Walking Dead, Kirkman,Adlred,

[Johnny Thunders!]

1. Frank Miller's Daredevil
2. Jack Kirby's 4th World
3. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
4. Neil Gaiman's Sandman.
5. Grant Morrison's Superman (I include Final Crisis and Justice League, especially DC 1,000,000)

6. Peter Milligan's and Mike Allred's X-Force could knock any of the above off the top 5.

[hairys]

Oh, man, this is hard. Ask me tomorrow and I might have 5 different runs. Sticking with DC only:

Priest's Deathstroke
Palmiotti & Gray's Jonah Hex
Ennis' Hitman
Morrison's Batman
Kanigher's Enemy Ace (or Sgt Rock, either one)

[abetterday]

Cyborg Rebirth
New Teen Titans Marv Wolfman George Perez
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Cyborg by David Walker
Batman the Dark Knight Returns

[Kaijudo]

Starman by James Robinson
Suicide Squad by John Ostrander
Flash by Mark Waid
Hawkman by Palmiotti/Gray
JLI by Giffen/DeMattis

[Jekyll]

Alright geeks, top 5 runs (they can be collected in any format) you would bring to a deserted island.

1. Starman by James Robinson
2. JSA by Goyer, Robinson, & Johns
3. The Flash by Mark Waid
4. The Power of Shazam by Ordway
5. Impulse by Waid

One year later and I’m changing my line up:
1-3 will stay the same.
4. TMNT the IDW run
5. Invincible by Kirkman

[Keyotheseasons]

1- Birds of Prey -Gail Simone
2- Justice League of America - Brad Meltzer
3- Aquaman - Geoff Johns
4- New Teen Titans - Marv Wolfman and George Perez
5- Green Arrow - Benjamin Percy