I find Kingdom Come and Action Comics #775 to be strawmannish and immature takes on lethal force and an insecure overreaction in defense of Superman.
I find Kingdom Come and Action Comics #775 to be strawmannish and immature takes on lethal force and an insecure overreaction in defense of Superman.
No definitely not interested in a fight.
Personal things don't need to be in continuity or not to matter... by that token All Star is by default not in continuity...
As a new reader, back in 2016 (tho I'd read as a child) its hugely pointless to get hundreds of long time fans point to just one book ...
Itd be like if you asked whats a great 90s film friends. And we all just said the Titanic, or Forrest Gump..
Not to take away from either of the films... but as someone wanting to explore 90s films getting only 1 recommendations means you essentally get no recommendations...
You guys are all so well read. Dig deeper and dont recommend the default All Star...
Ultimately if you love this book all the power to you... if your recommendations is genuine then fine...
I Agree Morrisons Action is great
Over a long enough period of time all the stories get retconned or reboot... reading a supergirl story from the 80s has no baring on a 90s or 00s or 2020 story.
Wouldnt keep me from recommending good books
Also the average entry level reader who asks "recommend good Superman stories"
Likely couldnt care less about continuity. Arguably continuity exists for a given run for however long a writer is on the book... and I'd argue New52 Superman Morrison has a pretty good though line right up til Bendis, sure there is the Final Days story so that Superman dies but then Convergence, Rebirth, and eventually the Reborn merging is a solid 25 Volume run, its not perfect but enough sticks that it creates some semblance of continuity... but characters change and evolve.
Any case.
No I'm not trying to be a dick... typing on my phone rather then say using a laptop or desktop does cause me to write more abruptly and less tactfully.
Preacher. I've tried to get through it three times and actually made it to the thirties once.
Mark Andreyko's Manhunter
Instead of embracing the history of the Manhunter mantle, Mark Andreyko proceeds to kill every Manhunter except Oate Spencer and Mark Shaw in a gratuitous fashion.
Character assassination of Mark Shaw.
Ruins the character of Chase by making Dr. Trap just a generic supervillain.
Awful humor throughout with pop cultural refrences that date the book in the worst way possible.
There was some good moments, but man, Manhunter is bad. It ranks up there with Countdown and Heroes in Crisis for me.
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Batman: Year Two.
Picked it up after hearing about how it influenced Mask of the Phantasm and....ugh. I can see why O'Neill decided to chuck this into the non-continuity bin.
Morrison's Batman run. I run hot or cold on parts of this run. I wasn't a fan of Batman RIP but despite my initial skepticism, I ended up enjoying Batman Inc.
I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
Green Arrow: Year One
It seems every other Green Arrow story I've read is better than that.
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
Not really a classic but I do not get the hype for Court/ Night of the Owls. It has cool art and aesthetic, and the beginning with the mystery was intriguing, and the Labyrinth is cool, but the story itself is literally nothing. I liked Zero Year much more and yet people seemed to find it weaker.