Best from Marvel in the 90s

[Geralt of Rivia]

In my opinion, Marvel gets too much-undeserved flack and bad rep due to some really bad stuff that did come out, but other really good stuff did as well.


I wanted to list my favorites from the era, encourage others to do the same and hopefully turn some hearts and minds:


(In no particular order)

Marvels by Busiek and Ross

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Nicieza's run on adjectiveless X-Men - best X book of the 90s for me



Ellis' run on Doom 2099 - the beginnings of a great writer



David's run on Hulk - a classic, everyone can agree on this one I think.
Harras' (sans Kavanaugh) run on Avengers - may be an unpopular opinion but I really enjoyed the Gatherers Saga. Shame it went so badly off the rails afterwards.
(latter half of) Gruenwald's run on Captain America - another classic run.
(early) Jurgens' run on Thor - despite the writer's name here it was a return to form for Thor's solo book and lasted over 80 issues.
Busiek's run on Thunderbolts - the best new concept of the 90s.
Busiek's run on Avengers - best revitalization of a then very badly damaged franchise.
Loeb's Cable - made Nathan a must read.
Claremont's Fantastic Four - brought the book back to form after years of mediocrity.
Kevin Smith followed by David Mack Daredevil.
Busiek's run on Iron man
Krueger and Ross Earth X
Age of Apocalypse
Fatal Attractions

I'm likely forgetting something, I'll edit the post as needed.

Thanks for reading.

[chicago_bastard]

Is this only ongoings? If limited series also count Marvels by Busiek and Ross should be mentioned.

[K7P5V]

My Top (3) Three:

1. PRE-Heroes Reborn Captain America from Mark Waid & Ron Garney





2. John Ostrander on Punisher





3. Jeph Loeb on Cable (In fact, nearly the entire '90s run could be recommended)

[Panic]

I remember enjoying Alan Davis' Excalibur.

[Geralt of Rivia]

Is this only ongoings? If limited series also count Marvels by Busiek and Ross should be mentioned.

Got that right. I'll file that under big stuff I forgot.

[Geralt of Rivia]

My Top (3) Three:

Mark Waid's first run on Cap (with Ron Garney)

John Ostrander on Punisher

Jeph Loeb's Cable

I couldn't get past Capmania on Waid's run. Does it get better?

[AdamFTF]

I seem to recall Nicieza's New Warriors being pretty good.

[K7P5V]

I remember enjoying Alan Davis' Excalibur.

Me too. Still the best EVER...

I couldn't get past Capmania on Waid's run. Does it get better?

Honestly, I kinda zoned-out until Cap had his shield restored...

I seem to recall Nicieza's New Warriors being pretty good.

Me too. But, it got better once Rich Rider went back to his original uniform...

[SJNeal]

Avengers West Coast by The Thomases & Ross



Wonder Man by Jones & Johnson



Alpha Flight by Furman & Broderick

[SJNeal]

Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme by Thomas & Isherwood and DeMatteis & Buckingham

[The BaRoN]

My favourite era

Uncanny X-men run by Joe Mad






Ben Reilly Spider-man run





Thunderbolts




And thats without Larrocca Ghost Rider, Defalco FF, Larrocca FF, Jim Lee FF, David Hulk, Pacheco X-men, Generation X, Dr Strange, Bagley New Warriors, Waid Cap America and Spider-man 2099/2099 era in general.

[The Cheat]

Age of Apocalypse
Jurgen's Thor
Kelly's Deadpool

[Sutekh]

Busiek's Thunderbolts wins hands down, for me, followed by New Warriors, but I also loved X-Men 2099.

La Lunatica, Xian Chi Xan, Krystalin and Meanstreak are some of my favorite X-Men, even more than many classic modern-day X-folk!

[Panic]

Simonson's Fantastic Four.

[Mike]

Namor, The Sub-Mariner by John Byrne.
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