I actually give him a lot of credit for turning Marvel around. Him and Jemas. Sure, they had some blounders, but overall I liked that they brought in outside talent form the independents or novels (i.e. Bendis, JMS), too chances (Kevin Smith), and made a lot of characters readable again (Spider-Man, Daredevil and Punisher, for example).
Another thing - getting Avengers vs JLA out.
Quesada also made a number of trips to England, trying to lure Alan Moore back. It didn't work out, but he certainly seemed to try, They did get Neil Gaiman back on board.
I feel like his era heralded the end of the "Dark Ages" of the nineties and really brought Marvel back to form. While not everything was perfect I think that it was arguably one of the strongest eras for Marvel period. So many good book/runs: Marvel Knights, Busiek/Perez and later Bendis Avengers, Brubaker Cap, Bendis Daredevil, DnA Cosmic, House of M, Civil War, JMS Spider-Man, I could go on and on. The event fatigue of recent years was born out of that era but it wasn't nearly as bad initially.
Yup. Even as someone who hates Civil War, the period of Heroes Return to Fear Itself was great. Definitely better than the current idiocy.
Cyclops was right
I thought there would be more demand for the Deadpool Kelly Omnibus and the Deadpool and Cable Omnibus since they are OOP but I can't seem to get rid of mine. Maybe it has to do with me being in Canada...
I read bits and pieces of the period from when I was in high school(started with CW in 2007), up to AoU. I skipped a ton of good material though, so I'm aiming to go more in depth this time. I didn't read much Marvel NOW aside from Hickman's material to be honest, and when SW ended, I dropped Marvel completely. But there are lots of post 2012 titles I'm very interested in, so I'm excited to explore it all!
I love me some X-Men but I'd go broke trying to collect everything thats out for it. I started this hobby around 2013 and I regret not picking up the two Claremont/Lee omnis while they were dirt cheap. Inferno HC was already out of the question by the then, but I wouldn't have minded just getting everything else(except for the mid-late 00's era), in fat trades. Now I just pick up whatever hc's are still availible and read the rest in Unlimited haha.
http://crushingkrisis.com/crushing-c...l-comic-books/
I've following this guys reading orders for a while. The most comprehensive and ambitious one I've seen thus far.
With regards to reading orders for events, I strongly recommend https://comicbookreadingorders.com/. I previously used comicbookherald, but when I was making my way through Shadowland, I noticed there were 2 very key issues missing (Shadowland: Bullseye one-shot and Daredevil #512) and the order seemed way off. I therefore started to look around and stumbled upon comicbookreadingorders and I have been using them since using the Marvel Event Timeline for Spider-Island, AvX and Age of Ultron. I am now on Infinity and in each and every event I have used them, their order of issues has been absolutely spot on. They have done an absolute stellar job and I can't recommend them enough. They also do reading orders for DC and other publishers.
Big omnibus day today, what is everyone interested in getting today? I may get the 1st 3, leave Star Wars UK for later.
Here are the choices
Punisher Classic
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171133
Punisher Ennis reprint
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171132
Darth Vader
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171128
Star Wars UK
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171127
Last edited by Avengers1986; 09-05-2017 at 10:39 AM.
^You forgot Planet Hulk. I'll be getting it, along with the Ennis Punisher reprint and Vader. Also several ohcs (ASM, W&D, Year One), so this one's gonna hurt a bit. Looks like October is not going to be any kinder to my wallet either
Oh yeah, here's Planet Hulk
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171138
I'm more excited for the World War Hulk omnibus
Big omnibus day today, what is everyone interested in getting today? I may get the 1st 3, leave Star Wars UK for later.
Here are the choices
Punisher Classic
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171133
Punisher Ennis reprint
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171132
Darth Vader
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171128
Star Wars UK
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR171127
Looks like they are available to buy at CheapGraphicNovels but not yet at INSTOCKTRADES.