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]

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...

[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.

[K7P5V]

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

Agreed. And since Marvels has been added, these other limited series should then be included (ASAP):

1. Peter David's Future Imperfect





2. Heroes Reborn: The Return





3. Avengers Forever

[Geralt of Rivia]

3. Avengers Forever

100% agreed, however I see this one and Future imperfect as fully integrated into the larger runs by Busiek and David, which is why I don't list them.

[Snoop Dogg]

Every good 90's Marvel comic is a Busiek thing.

[Geralt of Rivia]

Every good 90's Marvel comic is a Busiek thing.

Now that's a myth I want to dispel.

[K7P5V]

100% agreed, however I see this one and Future imperfect as fully integrated into the larger runs by Busiek and David, which is why I don't list them.

Completely understandable.

And speaking of integrating the works of Busiek & David,
the Genis-Vell version of Captain Marvel is a product of their collaboration which I'll forever LOVE (T^T):

Kurt Busiek
(with Roger Stern)


Peter David

[FFJamie94]

Marvels is a diamond in the rough. It's both a beautiful story and great introduction to the Marvel Universe at large
I can recommend this to anyone as a first time read

Also Todd McFarlane's Spider-man, it's poorly written but that art is fantastic.