Jack of Hearts #4 was the first comic I ever bought! Had no idea what was going on since it was the last issue in the limited series but I was a devout comic book collector after that! Great to see it made your list!
What sucks is... Bill Mantlo is now in assisted living and has been for years. In the early 90's he was struck by a hit-in-run driver and was badly injured. Last I heard he's on the verge of absolute poverty and his health is very bad. So much for the creator of The Guardians of the Galaxy and the writer of Rom Spaceknight.
I agree about the best era of DC. Especially, the early Post-Crisis run, they could do no wrong. Byrne on Superman, Perez on Wonder Woman, etc.... I miss that. I'm also reading the New Titans trades that covers that period, I'm on volume 2.
Great list. Can't disagree with any of those. The 80's were just a golden era for comic books; so many great and seminal runs. Here's 10 more, off the top of my head: 10. Roger Stern's Avengers 9. Bob Layton's Iron Man 8. Larry Hama's GI Joe 7. Walt Simonson's Thor 6. John Byrne's Superman 5. George Perez's Wonder Woman 4. Frank Miller's Daredevil 3. Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-heroes 2. Chris Claremont's New Mutants 1. Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men I could keep going, because I love 80's comics. I've always thought the 80's and the 60's were the two greatest eras for comic books. But I'll stop there.
I don't know if this counts because it started out as a mini-series before being a trade but one of my favorites was John Byrne's Man of Steel mini-series. It marked the start of his run on the character, each issue was pretty stand alone in that they were different points in the pre-series run and had such great stories such as the Post-Crisis appearance of Bizarro. Lex Luthor's old power armor (used by his security forces, off and on) and it set up a much clearer and more solid reason for Lex Luthor hating Superman and wanting to kill him. To me, the '80s was the high water mark and if I can ever get my comics off the ground they will be very throwback to the '80s to be sure, especially mid 80's and on.
One of my favorite comics from the 80's was Sergio Aragones' "Groo the Wanderer". No comic book ever made me laugh as hard as that one (although Gen 13 later came close, especially with the antics of Grunge). But yeah, the artwork of Aragones' combined with the goofball humor that permeated Groo the Wanderer made for a great one-two punch of comedy. One of my favorite scenes: Groo is walking along, and he tries to greet a group of charging horseriders, and get a little information. One of the riders snidely says: "Stand aside, pedestrian! We are horsemen!" Groo's response: "What?! No one calls Groo something he does not understand and lives to tell about it!" After which he proceeds to cleave into the horsemen, and send them running with fear! Good times! I also liked, in Teen Titans, when Wonder Girl got her sexier, leggier star outfit and became Troia.
Just in case you forget there is... Chaykin's AMERICAN FLAGG! Sinonson on THOR Claremont/Byrne x-Men Byrne on FANTASTIC FOUR Byrne on Superman Perez on Wonder Woman THE NAM THE CROW THE ROCKETEER BATMAN:THE CULT G.I. JOE Mike Grell on: WARLORD JON SABLE LONG BOWHUNTERS/GREEN ARROW The original Teenage Mutant Turtles ElfQuest I'll stop now.
Other than Teen Titans, X-Men, Wonder Woman, Dazzler and Love & Rockets, one of my faves was Whisper, about a female ninja named Alexis Devin. It had a dark and moody tone, and was one of First Comics' (Nexus/American Flagg etc) longest-running titles (3 years). I actually had a letter published in it. I think it was Whisper that made me realize in high school that a female lead character could effortlessly work in selling comics even if it wasn't a famous heroine like Wonder Woman. The writing just needs to be good - an issue with which the CG folks are grappling even today.
After your recommendations of them, I picked up some Elementals and Badger comics while I was searching the thrift stores for comics. I look forward to reading these titles that I ignored when they first came out.
You gotta read Larry Hamas Nth Man from Marvel. Only 16-17 issues, but really cool and fun. Combines superheros, military/war, ninjas and a psychopath named Alphie, its awesome.
JIM SHOOTER was Writer and Editor in Chief for MARVEL and Green lighted a Lot of Genre COMIC BOOK Events at the TIME and Even the FUTURE for Comics as we Know it!!!!
*_!!!!Dude..... this is a TRULY Great list!!!!! You have EXCELLENT TASTES and EXCELLENT SENSE OF DISCERNMENT!!!!_* ▫ *_RONIN:: I FUCKING LOVE-LOVE-LOVVVVVVE [ Frank Miller's ] Ronin!!!!!_* I am _ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that that miniseries [[ which I _*_achingly_*_ wished was far-far longer than just a handful of issues ]] is _*_CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED, CRIMINALLY UNDER-APPRECIATED!!!!_* ▫ *_The ELEMENTALS_*_ ...ohhhh _*_The ELEMENTALS::_*_ a comic and concept that _truly resonated (( and _*_still*_*_ resonates )) with me!!!_ It's one of the comics that genuinely sparked the thought in my then 13~14 yr old mind: _"I want to create comics for a Living!!! I want to be a professional comicbook creator!!!!"_ ▫ _The _*_Cloak & Dagger_*_ miniseries:_ YESSSS!!!!! Simply...YESSSS!!!! EVERYTHING YOU SAY ABOUT IT, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE... And the ART!!!! *_OMFG, THE ART!!!!!!!_* I seem to have forgotten > _how much _*_Rick Leonardi_*_ [[ an UNDERRRATED GENIUS!!!!! ]] has influenced, and _*_still influences_*_ me!!!_
A different top 10: Dreadstar; Star-Lord Special Edition one-shot; The first Punisher mini-series; Alpha Flight; Night Force; Squadron Supreme; Camelot 3000; Alien Legion; Grimjack; Jon Sable Freelance.
Loved Willingham's "The Elementals," especially the first series. Was really disappointed to hear he lost the rights to them to Comico and then didn't get them back when Comico went out of business. They were one of my top 3 favorite titles in the 80's (along with Uncanny X-Men and Teen Titans).
Loved Elementals! Fathom was the best. Becky was a Jewish-American Princess with green skin who could control water. I could relate to that. But no, Englentine, Fathom is not "still around" from this book. You're thinking of Michael Turner's Fathom, whose name is Aspen Matthews and is a totally different character. Also good but not the same one.
I'm not going to waste time railing about what WASN'T on your list as I know you will cover them in future videos . I had the complete run of Badger in the collection tion I had to sell , and I recently picked up number one again and now I HAVE to find them all again . The Jack of Hearts is an interesting choice ..I thought the best part was working Marcy Kane into the story as his love interest . You're absolutely right about Dazzler ..That series was jam packed with super hero guest stars and just a blast to read .Teen Titans ..the mob storyline that introduced the Vigilante is one of the best storylines in comic book history..period .Crisis led to 20 years of DC being better than Marvel so it won't be me fighting you . And the Kid who Collected Spider-man is one of the greatest single issues of a comic book ..again , period . Looking forward to the next 10 .
Trialof Reed Richards is a really cool story! FF is such a great series.well it was for decades. They’ve screwed up quite a bit since the whole SJW takeover
I was curious if you were going to bring up WHAT IF... comics BUT yeah the assistant editors month pretty much covers that, and 'What If' started in the 70's.
@@EnglentineILovecomics MMmmmm can't wait to see it! I always loved the first two runs of What If, so many great stories. Although Nothing beats the one where it tells the tale of What If... 'You' were Spiderman in issue #34 of volume 2 where no one is watching the Watcher!
Ive read (and loved) everything on this list except Mazing Man. The Elementals however were a particular favorite of mine, I only recently was able to read all of the issues I was unable to acquire way back then so after 20+ years I got to finish (the unfinished) series. But what is this about Fathom surviving beyond the original series? Can you please give me some more info. A google search brings up nothing but Mike Turner's character and Comic Vine has nothing on her past the original run.
I have every single comic you put on this list & showed images of lol. I have doubles of a lot so am probably going to be selling some to clear space. I have over 100 long boxes and it’s time I clear space lol. I love Ronin, Crisis was a really cool series. I think I might even read it again.
The 80s will always stand out and be great. They did something that was never done before and it worked. It paved the way for alot. I like the mid 2000s and on though. To me that was a great time too.
Kind of the point. Everyone knows Watchmen & Dark Knight. What else is out there?
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@@EnglentineILovecomics kraven last hunt, swampthing, xmen, batman year one, superman man of steel, batman the last arkham, batman arkham assylum, Daredevil and a lot of good fucking manga
Jack of Hearts #4 was the first comic I ever bought! Had no idea what was going on since it was the last issue in the limited series but I was a devout comic book collector after that! Great to see it made your list!
They were awesome in the early 80s. Still had great artists and had great incoming writers. I miss the 80s.....
I've forgotten how much Ronnin was like Samurai Jack.
DJ Nieves 4th whaaaat? In what ways?
The creator admitted he took a lot of beats. One is a demon thrusting himself and the Samuri into the future
I wonder if Genndy took inspiration from 'Ronin' to create 'Jack'.
What sucks is... Bill Mantlo is now in assisted living and has been for years. In the early 90's he was struck by a hit-in-run driver and was badly injured. Last I heard he's on the verge of absolute poverty and his health is very bad. So much for the creator of The Guardians of the Galaxy and the writer of Rom Spaceknight.
I agree about the best era of DC. Especially, the early Post-Crisis run, they could do no wrong. Byrne on Superman, Perez on Wonder Woman, etc.... I miss that. I'm also reading the New Titans trades that covers that period, I'm on volume 2.
Great list. Can't disagree with any of those. The 80's were just a golden era for comic books; so many great and seminal runs. Here's 10 more, off the top of my head:
10. Roger Stern's Avengers
9. Bob Layton's Iron Man
8. Larry Hama's GI Joe
7. Walt Simonson's Thor
6. John Byrne's Superman
5. George Perez's Wonder Woman
4. Frank Miller's Daredevil
3. Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-heroes
2. Chris Claremont's New Mutants
1. Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men
I could keep going, because I love 80's comics. I've always thought the 80's and the 60's were the two greatest eras for comic books. But I'll stop there.
I don't know if this counts because it started out as a mini-series before being a trade but one of my favorites was John Byrne's Man of Steel mini-series. It marked the start of his run on the character, each issue was pretty stand alone in that they were different points in the pre-series run and had such great stories such as the Post-Crisis appearance of Bizarro. Lex Luthor's old power armor (used by his security forces, off and on) and it set up a much clearer and more solid reason for Lex Luthor hating Superman and wanting to kill him.
To me, the '80s was the high water mark and if I can ever get my comics off the ground they will be very throwback to the '80s to be sure, especially mid 80's and on.
One of my favorite comics from the 80's was Sergio Aragones' "Groo the Wanderer". No comic book ever made me laugh as hard as that one (although Gen 13 later came close, especially with the antics of Grunge). But yeah, the artwork of Aragones' combined with the goofball humor that permeated Groo the Wanderer made for a great one-two punch of comedy. One of my favorite scenes: Groo is walking along, and he tries to greet a group of charging horseriders, and get a little information. One of the riders snidely says: "Stand aside, pedestrian! We are horsemen!"
Groo's response: "What?! No one calls Groo something he does not understand and lives to tell about it!" After which he proceeds to cleave into the horsemen, and send them running with fear!
Good times!
I also liked, in Teen Titans, when Wonder Girl got her sexier, leggier star outfit and became Troia.
Groo had a mini series last year that was fun
I thought I was the only Groo dude left bro🤛. My sense of humor amplified 100× when I was reading those as a 10 year old😅😅😅😅😂😂
@@EnglentineILovecomics I'll have to see if I can find that. 👍👍
@@vincentparis314 🤜 Groo was part of what made the 80's so great for me, bro! Hail, Groo! We are not alone
Dazzler rules. Interesting character and unique premise.The roller skates, power microphone and pseudo Kiss makeup. Just spectacular.
Just in case you forget there is...
Chaykin's AMERICAN FLAGG!
Sinonson on THOR
Claremont/Byrne x-Men
Byrne on FANTASTIC FOUR
Byrne on Superman
Perez on Wonder Woman
THE NAM
THE CROW
THE ROCKETEER
BATMAN:THE CULT
G.I. JOE
Mike Grell on:
WARLORD
JON SABLE
LONG BOWHUNTERS/GREEN
ARROW
The original Teenage Mutant
Turtles
ElfQuest
I'll stop now.
That’s a great list thanks for including the NAM too!
@Mark C ~
You sir, put out a solid list to compare against the video, which had some good titles and books on it nonetheless... kudos!
Other than Teen Titans, X-Men, Wonder Woman, Dazzler and Love & Rockets, one of my faves was Whisper, about a female ninja named Alexis Devin. It had a dark and moody tone, and was one of First Comics' (Nexus/American Flagg etc) longest-running titles (3 years). I actually had a letter published in it. I think it was Whisper that made me realize in high school that a female lead character could effortlessly work in selling comics even if it wasn't a famous heroine like Wonder Woman. The writing just needs to be good - an issue with which the CG folks are grappling even today.
After your recommendations of them, I picked up some Elementals and Badger comics while I was searching the thrift stores for comics. I look forward to reading these titles that I ignored when they first came out.
You gotta read Larry Hamas Nth Man from Marvel. Only 16-17 issues, but really cool and fun. Combines superheros, military/war, ninjas and a psychopath named Alphie, its awesome.
I read it. It was cool.
Really enjoying going through your back catalog. A heck of a lot less drama in a nicer time.
Yeah. That is why I started Old Man Comics. To do a video all about what is on the page
th-cam.com/channels/Is8ZDCmt_vWIphNi9nCLSA.html
JIM SHOOTER was Writer and Editor in Chief for MARVEL and Green lighted a Lot of Genre COMIC BOOK Events at the TIME and Even the FUTURE for Comics as we Know it!!!!
I do wholeheartley agree with your number one! They have forgot how to have fun!
*_!!!!Dude..... this is a TRULY Great list!!!!! You have EXCELLENT TASTES and EXCELLENT SENSE OF DISCERNMENT!!!!_*
▫ *_RONIN:: I FUCKING LOVE-LOVE-LOVVVVVVE [ Frank Miller's ] Ronin!!!!!_* I am _ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that that miniseries [[ which I _*_achingly_*_ wished was far-far longer than just a handful of issues ]] is _*_CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED, CRIMINALLY UNDER-APPRECIATED!!!!_*
▫ *_The ELEMENTALS_*_ ...ohhhh _*_The ELEMENTALS::_*_ a comic and concept that _truly resonated (( and _*_still*_*_ resonates )) with me!!!_ It's one of the comics that genuinely sparked the thought in my then 13~14 yr old mind: _"I want to create comics for a Living!!! I want to be a professional comicbook creator!!!!"_
▫ _The _*_Cloak & Dagger_*_ miniseries:_ YESSSS!!!!! Simply...YESSSS!!!! EVERYTHING YOU SAY ABOUT IT, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE... And the ART!!!! *_OMFG, THE ART!!!!!!!_* I seem to have forgotten > _how much _*_Rick Leonardi_*_ [[ an UNDERRRATED GENIUS!!!!! ]] has influenced, and _*_still influences_*_ me!!!_
A different top 10: Dreadstar; Star-Lord Special Edition one-shot; The first Punisher mini-series; Alpha Flight; Night Force; Squadron Supreme; Camelot 3000; Alien Legion; Grimjack; Jon Sable Freelance.
Good pull
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Fanhobby Friki that would be tough to narrow them down to 10 considering there are so many damn reasons.
The 80's were so great and Cloak & Dagger was my shit!
Loved Willingham's "The Elementals," especially the first series. Was really disappointed to hear he lost the rights to them to Comico and then didn't get them back when Comico went out of business. They were one of my top 3 favorite titles in the 80's (along with Uncanny X-Men and Teen Titans).
Loved Elementals! Fathom was the best. Becky was a Jewish-American Princess with green skin who could control water. I could relate to that. But no, Englentine, Fathom is not "still around" from this book. You're thinking of Michael Turner's Fathom, whose name is Aspen Matthews and is a totally different character. Also good but not the same one.
BACK IN THE DAY I use to Compare MARVEL and DC like..WWE vs NWA Wrestling In the 1980's!!!!
Me to. I still do just for fun
I'm not going to waste time railing about what WASN'T on your list as I know you will cover them in future videos . I had the complete run of Badger in the collection tion I had to sell , and I recently picked up number one again and now I HAVE to find them all again . The Jack of Hearts is an interesting choice ..I thought the best part was working Marcy Kane into the story as his love interest . You're absolutely right about Dazzler ..That series was jam packed with super hero guest stars and just a blast to read .Teen Titans ..the mob storyline that introduced the Vigilante is one of the best storylines in comic book history..period .Crisis led to 20 years of DC being better than Marvel so it won't be me fighting you . And the Kid who Collected Spider-man is one of the greatest single issues of a comic book ..again , period . Looking forward to the next 10 .
Trialof Reed Richards is a really cool story! FF is such a great series.well it was for decades. They’ve screwed up quite a bit since the whole SJW takeover
There should have been a few Dazzler issues that Lila Cheney held concerts in and Dazzler rollerdancing around. Lol 😝
Dazzler v Rouge was great book! Also Mantlo's Micronauts, was brilliant as well
Lovely era 🇮🇩🇮🇩
I was curious if you were going to bring up WHAT IF... comics BUT yeah the assistant editors month pretty much covers that, and 'What If' started in the 70's.
Funny you should mention What If. I am recording the first in a series called The First 10. My first subject will be What If
@@EnglentineILovecomics MMmmmm can't wait to see it! I always loved the first two runs of What If, so many great stories. Although Nothing beats the one where it tells the tale of What If... 'You' were Spiderman in issue #34 of volume 2 where no one is watching the Watcher!
I always liked What If Moon Knight & Snowbird fought Wendigo In a Snow Storm
Quasar thing Spiderman rom those were some good comics too.
Great vid as always my man. Keep it up. Very enjoyable.
The Question by Denny O'Neal
Green Arrow by Mike Grell
Justice Society vs America by Roy Thomas
Anything DC post-Crisis is at least good
Ive read (and loved) everything on this list except Mazing Man. The Elementals however were a particular favorite of mine, I only recently was able to read all of the issues I was unable to acquire way back then so after 20+ years I got to finish (the unfinished) series. But what is this about Fathom surviving beyond the original series? Can you please give me some more info. A google search brings up nothing but Mike Turner's character and Comic Vine has nothing on her past the original run.
I have every single comic you put on this list & showed images of lol. I have doubles of a lot so am probably going to be selling some to clear space. I have over 100 long boxes and it’s time I clear space lol. I love Ronin, Crisis was a really cool series. I think I might even read it again.
HELL YEAH, THEY WERE!
80s comic were endless fun for me
I'd add the Longshot miniseries
Dazzler was a good read, I like campy.
MOON Knight -Doug Moench and Bill skienwicz. Rom- Bill Mantalo. And a comic called thriller-art by Trevor von eeden. good stuff . Look in bargin bins.
Jack of Hearts was one of the best. Read Ronin only recently. It's good, but I'm not sure I understand it completely.
Badger reminds me of Malibu's Ferrit (or vice versa)
I love 80s style covers. So active & an actual scene from the books (generally)
Holy Toledo!
Uhhhh.... where is Moore's run on Swamp Thing????
Other than that omission, solid list here...
I think I did two 80's vids on this playlist
@@EnglentineILovecomics ~ I gotta find that one then. I am curious where you ranked Moore's run at!
Ronin is awesome
Titans X-Men crossover
Well I got some stuff to add to my want list.
The 80s will always stand out and be great. They did something that was never done before and it worked. It paved the way for alot.
I like the mid 2000s and on though. To me that was a great time too.
Was Martha Washington late 80s or early 90s?
Squadron Supreme deserves a mention
This is amazing
You list is to obscure man, 3 to 1 im whit you, but the others are like "who cares about that"
Kind of the point. Everyone knows Watchmen & Dark Knight. What else is out there?
@@EnglentineILovecomics kraven last hunt, swampthing, xmen, batman year one, superman man of steel, batman the last arkham, batman arkham assylum, Daredevil and a lot of good fucking manga
so frank miller ronin is samurai jack
Sinister cause and the den of thieves on TH-cam
❤
Did this pop up in your feed? All of my comic books were better popped up in mine
@@EnglentineILovecomics yup
For me the best decade was the whole 2000's until 2011.