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zodarzone

War Journal Entry number 746 - Weekly 4/21/10

May 30, 2010 20:06

Let's hop on into the wayback machine and check out the comics I bought April 21st.

MARVEL
Captain America: Who Won't Wield The Shield? one-shot - A wonderful and bizarre piece of mockery and satire in the vein of What The--?! and Not Brand Ecch. The main story, by Jason Aaron and Mirco Pierfederici, features Marvel classic “mascot” Irving Forbush ( Read more... )

x-factor, second coming, g.i.joe, thor, fall of the hulks, captain america, dr doom, deathlok, comics, nova, green lantern, hulk, war of hulks, guardians of the galaxy, transformers, hercules, blackest night, x-men, deadpool, thanos imperative

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harperjean July 17 2010, 02:33:38 UTC

Hey, Jer! V. has been asking me where is a good place (or places) to start reading X-Men for the first time. I think she is interested in some of the more recent reboots but also in the "classic" stories as well. My X-Men literacy is somewhat spotty so I was unsure how to advise. (Have gotten the same question from her re: Batman as well but I don't think you're as big a fan.) Any suggestions?

zodarzone July 19 2010, 16:32:11 UTC

I'm working on a list, I know the issues but they've been collected in numerous different collections, so I want to make it easy to follow

harperjean July 20 2010, 03:13:38 UTC

Would it make sense to just start with Essential X-Men vol. 1 (the 1975 etc. run)?

zodarzone July 20 2010, 16:36:52 UTC

Only good if already used to reading 70s comics. For somebody only used to reading modern comics or independent comics, plunging into the old 70s stuff can be like hitting a brick wall. Wasn't sure what the familiarity was there, I just know I gave The Dark Phoenix Saga to Becca and she just couldn't do it ( ... )

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